The Best Episodes Written By Rintarou Ikeda

Every TV Episode Written by Rintarou Ikeda Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Kawaii Puniru is a Slime
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Kawaii Puniru is a Slime

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    S1:E3

    Kotaro’s favorite plushie as a child was the adorable Kyuthi-chan, which had a profound (jealous) effect on Puniru. Now he wants to go to the Kyuthi Café, where he gets Puniru to pretend to be his girlfriend so he can order a dish meant for couples.

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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Sweet Bitter Summer

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    S1:E7

    Kotaro and the boys go to the beach for a day of fun while Puniru and Kirara-senpai are at the school pool. Later, Kotaro asks Puniru to help him cool off with a special transformation, the gang hits a café, and then it’s time to tackle summer homework.

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    Director:China
  3. Background image for Let's Start a Band, Punks!
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Let's Start a Band, Punks!

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    S1:E9

    Kotaro wants to be cool and decides to try his luck with dragons and a rock band. Puniru then lets the cat out of the bag about Kotaro’s feelings for Kirara, which forces him to make a move. Can he get Puniru to help him out?

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    Director:Yuushi Ibe
  4. Background image for Rampaging Love
    9.2/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Rampaging Love

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    S3:E24

    Estarossa professes his love for Elizabeth. When he loses control after absorbing three of the Commandments, Stigma's army faces him in a final battle.

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    Director:N/A
  5. Background image for I'm Not Going to Lose! x Are You Like Me?
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - I'm Not Going to Lose! x Are You Like Me?

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    S1:E4

    Searching for couple candidates as usual Aoji A girl with pigtails who wants a love consultation comes to Guri . Aoji who supports shy love. She guides Seiji to the scene where she meets a person she fell in love with at first sight, but she is tied up by a mysterious thread there.

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  6. Background image for Absolutely... Nothing... x There's Just Something Wrong With Me...
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Absolutely... Nothing... x There's Just Something Wrong With Me...

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    S1:E9

    The school is about to be a cultural festival. Akane struggles to show a reconciled appearance with Guri through the play . Transfer students also came and the area around Aoji became even more lively. However, Yuzu seems to have some trouble and does not come to Seiji's school. The curtain goes up as it is ruthlessly.

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  7. Background image for Where Did She Go? x I Apologize for Troubling You Until Now
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Where Did She Go? x I Apologize for Troubling You Until Now

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    S1:E11

    Guri? Aoji and his friends are worried and amazed by the three parties, but they do not come out even if they look for them. Guri finally found out and stared at Aoji. "What do you think of me, Mr. Aoji?"

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  8. Background image for The Reservoir
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Reservoir

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    S1:E10

    It's a lazy day at Souta's house when Nakajima abruptly reveals that his mother guilted him into agreeing to a marriage interview. He's thirty and still single, and Souta's stuck in the same boat. Rinko on the other hand is already married, but not exactly a perfect homemaker. So when she offers to make the boys lunch, they realize she's acting strange...

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  9. Background image for From Purgatory
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #9 - From Purgatory

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    S4:E1

    Ban searches purgatory for Meliodas. King, Deriri and the others head to Heaven's Theater to rescue Elizabeth, who's been abducted by Estarossa.

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    Director:N/A
  10. Background image for The Tragic Strike
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Tragic Strike

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    S4:E5

    Gowther reveals that his creator, the real Gowther, cast a forbidden spell on Mael and all those who knew him to end the Holy War 3,000 years ago.

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    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Just The Slightest Bit of Motivation

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    S1:E2

    Even after losing the duel, Glenn lacks all motivation. Yet through his interactions with Sistine and Rumia, he eventually starts genuinely teaching classes that will help them. Meanwhile, suspicious men show up at the academy...

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  12. Background image for A Single-Minded Love
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - A Single-Minded Love

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    S4:E3

    With Wild now an ally, Meliodas brings Zeldris' tragic past to light as the newly formed trio make their way towards the Demon King.

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    Director:N/A
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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Heirs

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    S4:E24

    Arthur's battle with Cath comes to an epic conclusion. The Seven Deadly Sins go their separate ways as peace returns to the world once again.

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    Director:N/A
  14. Background image for The Light That Drives Off Darkness
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #14 - The Light That Drives Off Darkness

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    S3:E1

    The demons are collecting human souls, whilst Estarossa is recovering from the battle with Escanor. Pelio discovers that humans are being given to the demons, who are defeated by Meliodas. The King chooses the next Great Holy Knight.

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    Director:N/A
  15. Background image for War-torn Britannia
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - War-torn Britannia

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    S3:E22

    The new Holy War commences as the allied forces of Stigma face off against the Demon Clan. Derieri decides to surrender her Commandment to Zeldris.

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    Director:N/A
  16. Background image for The One Twisted by Darkness
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The One Twisted by Darkness

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    S3:E23

    Sensing Elizabeth's magic, Derieri appears before the Stigma army. Estarossa follows her, but Sariel and Tarmiel have other plans for him.

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    Director:N/A
  17. Background image for A Meeting with the Unknown
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - A Meeting with the Unknown

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    S4:E2

    Reunited once again, Ban and Meliodas prepare to face the Demon King, who they suspect holds the key to their escape from purgatory.

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    Director:N/A
  18. Background image for Kotoden
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Kotoden

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    S1:E2

    Souta is freaked out by his encounter with a shape-shifting tanuki, but how could anyone leave such a lonely-seeming little thing to fend for itself? He offers the hungry crybaby some shoyumame to eat, and a bath to boot. After that, Souta decides to take the kid into town via the Kotoden train line for some much-needed clothes shopping. There he runs into his first love, Manabe-san, now the mother of two young children, and coincidentally enough, she has her own little ones in tow, too. Caught off guard, Souta introduces the tiny tanuki by the first name that pops into his head: "Poco."

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  19. Background image for Shodoshima
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Shodoshima

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    S1:E8

    Souta takes Poco on a trip to Shodoshima, where he's to meet with the company his former boss put him in touch with. When they get to the office, the boss is out, so it's time for some sightseeing. But when Souta dozes off, he wakes up to a nightmare...

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  20. Background image for Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Comparing Couples.
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Comparing Couples.

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    S2:E1

    One day, a gifted graduate student in Saitama University's science department, Himuro Ayame, confesses her feelings to Yukimura Shinya. However, as neither of them have any experience with romance, they are worried as to whether it truly is love or not. They decide to discover "the standard conditions of love" so that they can judge each other's feelings by them. Even as their underclassman in the lab, Kanade, throws up her hands in exasperation, Yukimura and Himuro attempt to quantitatively measure "thrilling palpitations of love" by taking their heart rates while performing actions such as "kabedon," "chin-lift," and "sleeve-roll," but...

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    Director:N/A
  21. Background image for Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Looking for a New Theory.
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Looking for a New Theory.

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    S2:E2

    Yukimura and Himuro even kissed, but due to the amount of oxytocin in saliva, they were defeated by Chris and Midori. The impatient Yukimura offers Chris and his colleagues a control experiment again. However, during the experiment with the Yukimura-Suirain pair, Yukimura was tempted by Suirain and stretched out under his nose. Himuro, who was watching it, experimented with Yukimura again, but she was completely disappointed, and the two developed into a silly story. Chris looks down at Yukimura with a frosty eye and is amazed that he is disqualified as a man.

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  22. Background image for Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Taking a Nap.
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Taking a Nap.

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    S2:E3

    Although Professor Ikeda recommended that he go on to a doctoral course, he couldn't decide his course, but he touched on Professor Ikeda's love for muscle training and worked hard on his unfamiliar abdominal muscles on the sofa. Torasuke falls in love with such a thorn field. On the other hand, worried about Himuro who caught a cold at the turn of the season, Yukimura goes to visit his house, but he gets excited by the heat and gets excited by the glossy Himuro. Yukimura suddenly hides in the futon of the ice house

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    Director:Gaku Shiga
  23. Background image for Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Going to a Live Concert.
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Going to a Live Concert.

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    S2:E4

    At Kanade's suggestion, the first "Ikeda Lab Science-type Girls' Night Out" is held at a family restaurant, but Himuro and Ibarada, who are both uncomfortable around people, start talking about their experiences of being all alone. Kanade attempts to liven up the mood with some girl talk about romance, asking Himuro what she likes about Yukimura, but Himuro then pulls out some documents and begins to analyze them in a matter-of-fact manner. Later, Kosuke attends a concert and waves his penlight furiously for Aika's voice actress, Hinamori Ren. When he looks behind him, he sees Ibarada and Himuro!

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    Director:N/A
  24. Background image for Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Analyzing Their Proof of Love
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Analyzing Their Proof of Love

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    S2:E5

    Yukimura and Himuro allow Yamamoto to turn their experiences thus far into a manga and Yamamoto collects proof of love from her readers in return. The manga becomes very popular. Yamamoto, pleased with herself, says that an anime adaptation may not be just a dream. In the meantime, Kanade, still bothered by the love she experienced back in high school, gives some hard thought to the confession she received from Shikijou. Seeing Kanade so full of anxiety over the question, "what is love anyway," Yukimura tries to give her some advice and pulls out a whiteboard where he begins to write out an equation.

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    Director:Gaku Shiga
  25. Background image for Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Not Trying to Prove it.
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried Not Trying to Prove it.

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    S2:E6

    Yukimura is working hard on his computer, as usual, when Himuro suddenly says, "I am in love with you. Her confession greatly shakes Yukimura. Unlike the last time, Himuro states her feelings matter-of-factly. Yukimura asks, "What theory did you use to determine that you love me?" Himuro replies by taking Yukimura out on a date and begins performing experiments they've done before such as measuring heart rates, using an emotion counter, collecting saliva, and the kiss experiment.

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    Director:N/A

Rintarou Ikeda Ratings Summary

"Kawaii Puniru is a Slime" is the best rated episode written by Rintarou Ikeda. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Minami Honma. It aired on 10/20/2024 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Sweet Bitter Summer".