9.0/101 votes#1 - The First... Paycheck...
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/25/2016
Aoba Suzukaze receives her first paycheck ever, and a discussion for how to spend it begins at the office. Her colleagues spent their first paychecks on a variety of things like clothes and vacations. How will Aoba spend hers?
Director: Ryouki Kamitsubo
Writer: Shingo Nagai
9.0/101 votes#2 - It's Summer Break!!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/22/2016
It's summer break for Nene Sakura, aka Nenecchi, but Aoba Suzukaze isn't getting any break from work as the game's closing date draws near. In fact, Eagle Jump is looking for part-timers to help out with the debugging, and Nenecchi may have something to say about that.
Director: Tatsuya Nokimori
Writer: Shingo Nagai
9.0/101 votes#3 - There Were Leaked Pictures of the Game on the Internet Yesterday!
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/12/2016
The deadline for the game is right around the corner, so everyone at the company is staying over night after night to meet the tight schedule. However, Ko Yagami recommends Aoba, Hajime, and Yun to go to the Tokyo Game Exhibit during work hours. What is she thinking?
Director: Hiroshi Haraguchi
Writer: Shingo Nagai
8.3/103 votes#4 - Maxing Defense and Hunting for Crystals
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2023
With the eighth event about to start, Maple and Sally decide to leisurely explore Level 7. Their plans quickly change when they stumble upon a strange crystal...
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Shingo Nagai
8.0/103 votes#5 - There are some problems a bottom-tier character can’t fix alone
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2021
Mimimi’s at her breaking point. A deeper dive into her past reveals why she’s so driven to beat Hinami, while Hinami’s motivation remains a mystery.
Director: N/A
Writer: Shingo Nagai
8.0/102 votes#6 - Important items are usually lying around in enchanted forests
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2024
It's up to Tomozaki to find a suitable play to perform at the culture festival, all while trying to check more of Hinami's tasks off his Pinsta list.
Director: Takanori Yano
Writer: Shingo Nagai
8.0/103 votes#7 - Maxing Defense and the Eighth Event
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2023
The preliminary round of the eighth event finally begins. The members of Maple Tree fight their hardest, making the most of their new monster companions, in hopes of ranking high for the main event.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Shingo Nagai
8.0/103 votes#8 - Maxing Defense and New Teams
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/29/2023
The second day of the eighth event begins with forced teleports that send players in all directions, a dark void that swallows up some parties' bases, and the disabling of maps. On top of all this, those who survived the first night are left to fight either alone or with members of rival guilds.
Director: Ryuta Yamamoto
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.7/103 votes#9 - The characters who become your friends after you clear a hard event usually have high stats
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2021
Tomozaki makes a new friend, then goes on a shopping trip for Nakamura’s birthday—of all things. Naturally, Hinami turns it into a teaching moment.
Director: Toshiaki Kanbara
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.5/106 votes#10 - Defense and Fourth Event
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2020
Guilds prepare for all-out war as the big competition finally begins. But sneaky Sally has some tricks up her sleeve that hopefully gives them the upper hand.
Director: Masafumi Tamura
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/103 votes#11 - Once you start speedrunning the minigames, you seriously can’t stop
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2021
The student council election is approaching, and Tomozaki joins Mimimi’s campaign. Turns out they both have their reasons for wanting to beat Hinami.
Director: Nana Fujiwara
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/106 votes#12 - Defense and Spoils of War
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2020
Maple and Sally make new friends and fall into more trouble as the second event winds down. But to reach their goal of 20 medals, they may have to resort to PvP.
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/106 votes#13 - Defense and Third Event
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2020
The third event is packed with people making it hard to compete for cowbells. Following the event, Maple gets into gear to explore new content on the third level.
Director: Yuushi Ibe
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/106 votes#14 - Defense and Mighty Foe
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2020
Maple Tree is vastly outnumbered and struggles to stay on the board. As guilds get wiped out left and right, they must face a mighty foe that may be their undoing.
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/103 votes#15 - Maxing Defense and Tower Conquest
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2023
Maple and Sally continue to work their way up the ten floors of the tower as they attempt to complete the event before anyone else.
Director: Ryuta Yamamoto
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.0/103 votes#16 - When a mentor character becomes a boss, they’ll push you to the edge
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2021
Tomozaki brings his gamer’s cunning to Mimimi’s campaign speech—but Hinami’s a gamer, too. Tama tells Tomozaki how she and Mimimi became friends.
Director: Yuu Yamaguchi
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.0/102 votes#17 - Sometimes the ancient tome in the first town is the key to the final dungeon
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/2024
Tomozaki tries to show Kikuchi the issues with her world view. Mimimi and Tomozaki perform their comedy routine. The curtain rises on the class play.
Director: N/A
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.0/106 votes#18 - Defense and Second Event
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2020
Though Maple and Sally get off to a clumsy start in the second event, their tenacity and teamwork is rewarded in more ways than one.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Shingo Nagai
6.7/103 votes#19 - Maxing Defense and Tentacles
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2023
Level 7 has been released, and it introduces a new feature: players can now tame monsters. The members of Maple Tree explore the new level in search of their ideal companions.
Director: Yusuke Sekine
Writer: Shingo Nagai
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"The First... Paycheck..." is the best rated episode written by Shingo Nagai. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Ryouki Kamitsubo. It aired on 7/25/2016 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "It's Summer Break!!".