The Best Episodes Written By Shouji Gatou

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   #1 - Zero Hour

   S4:E14/13/2018

   Amalgam decides it's time to get serious about its Mithril problem, and this means big challenges are on the horizon for Sousuke, Kaname, and Tessa. As enemies close in on all fronts, will they find ways to overcome those challenges?

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   #2 - Damage Control

   S4:E24/20/2018

   In Tokyo, Sousuke and Kaname flee from enemy agents in a desperate attempt to rendezvous with their allies. On Merida Island, Mithril struggles to respond to a fierce and demoralizing assault by Amalgam forces.

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   #3 - Big One Percent

   S4:E34/27/2018

   The SRT team has its hands more than full trying to protect Merida Island from three rampaging Behemoths. Sousuke and Kaname attempt to deal with their own frantic situation, as Amalgam's Kurama drags the students of Jindai High School into the fray.

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   #4 - On My Own

   S4:E45/4/2018

   Sousuke and Kaname work together to save Kyoko and everyone else at Jindai High, and they both reach a point where they must make difficult, fateful decisions. Tessa likewise tries to save as many of her people as possible as she abandons the island base.

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   #5 - The Prestigious Classic Lit Club's Activities

   S1:E24/30/2012

   Eru grows bored of the club's lack of activities, and suggests that they prepare an anthology to submit for the school's culture festival in the fall. While tracking down previous anthologies, the club discovers a mystery in the school's library.

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   #6 - The Doll That Took the Long Way Around

   S1:E229/17/2012

   Hotaro is enlisted by Eru to appear in a Dolls' Festival parade that her local shrine holds every year. When construction work unexpectedly causes a last-minute detour, it leaves the participants wondering what went awry.

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   #7 - The Revival of the Time-Honored Classic Lit Club

   S1:E14/23/2012

   "Energy conservationist" Hotaro Oreki joins the Classic Lit Club at his high school at his sister's behest, to keep it from being shut down. Also joining the club are his best friend, Satoshi Fukube, and Eru Chitanda, a curious girl who enjoys mysteries.

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   #8 - The Day of Sagittarius

   S1:E116/12/2006

   Hoping to reclaim the computer Haruhi extorted from the Computer Research Society earlier in the year, the Computer Research Society president challenges the SOS Brigade to a computer game they created for the cultural festival entitled The Day of Sagittarius III. Haruhi accepts his challenge, but soon finds out that playing the game is much harder than she thought. Yuki is initially mystified by the computer's operation but catches on quickly, as she will tend to do. Eventually, she manages to find out that Computer Research Society club members are cheating and is able to block and use it against them, thus winning the game and some laptops for the SOS Brigade club room.

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   #9 - Let's Go to the Festival

   S1:E126/25/2007

   Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa go to Comiket 71; Konata meets Tsukasa and Kagami at a New Year festival and receives very bad luck in a lottery drawing; Konata goes out of her way to be nice to her dad in order to receive her otoshidama.

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    #10 - The Truth About the Historic Classic Lit Club

    S1:E55/21/2012

    Hotaro is torn between continuing with his "gray" life and the "rosy" life that the others live. A phone call from Hotaro's sister leads him to believe that there are pieces missing to his theory regarding the events of Sekitani's expulsion.

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    #11 - The Jumonji Affair

    S1:E157/30/2012

    Eru's curiosity is drawn by the rash of thefts from the various clubs, and when Hotaro discovers a pattern to the crimes, Satoshi comes up with a way to publicize the Classic Lit Club through the school newspaper so they can sell their anthologies.

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    #12 - The Kudryavka Sequence

    S1:E178/13/2012

    Eru appears on a school radio show, asking all the other students to stand with the Classic Lit Club against the phantom thief. Hotaro confronts the person he believes to be Jumoji. Satoshi comes to terms with his expectations.

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    #13 - No One Can Predict the Future!

    S1:E1212/19/2014

    Amagi Brilliant Park set a new attendance record after it was selected as the venue for the soccer match. Visitors walk through the entrance gates one after another under Amagi Project's supervision. Latifah prays for them to achieve the target visitor count, but...

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    #14 - The Yonder Here

    S1:E229/3/2007

    Konata's late mother appears as a spirit and looks over her family as Konata and Sōjirō discuss what life was like when she was alive.

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    #15 - The Case of the Furuoka Deserted Village Murder

    S1:E96/18/2012

    In search of a conclusion to their movie, the assistant director, the prop master, and the publicist meet with the Classic Lit Club members one at a time to propose their solutions to the unfinished murder mystery.

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    #16 - Blind Spot to All

    S1:E106/25/2012

    After meeting with Irisu, Hotaro has a change of heart, and sets his mind to solving the murder mystery. Hotaro and Satoshi discuss the nature of their own potential, and what each of them might be able to accomplish.

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    #17 - Can't Build Any Teamwork!

    S1:E911/28/2014

    Muse and others practice for a new show, but they're completely out of sync and uncoordinated. Latifah is worried, and decides to host a sukiyaki party in order to deepen their friendship.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Man from the South / A Fruitless Lunchtime

    S2:E18/26/2003

    A secret admirer leaves a love letter in Sousuke's shoe locker. Instead of finding the letter, he deduces that his locker was tampered with and promptly blows it up. From its fragments, Sousuke misinterprets the letter as a death threat and confronts his "stalker". Sousuke forgets Kaname's notes at home, and they make a frantic dash to retrieve them and return before lunchtime ends. Despite their tardiness, they find out that the notes were not needed since their teacher coincidentally fell sick.

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    #19 - The Hamburger Hill of Art / Single-Minded Stakeout

    S2:E39/9/2003

    During a field trip to the park, the class selects Sousuke to be the model for their art project. However, Sousuke misinterprets the modeling advice he receives from their art teacher, turning the assignment with his classmates into a game of life-and-death. Kaname goes on a date with a former classmate to an amusement park while Sousuke and Kyoko follow her. Sousuke seems relieved that she's simply on a date until a drunken yakuza group threatens Kaname. Not wanting to reveal that he was following her, Sousuke comes to the rescue disguised as the amusement park mascot.

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    #20 - A Goddess Comes to Japan (Part 1: The Suffering)

    S2:E710/21/2003

    During a lull at the Mithril base after the events of the first season's final few episodes, Tessa decides to spend the time as an exchange student at Jindai High to learn more about school life. Sousuke, however, finds the stress of guarding her overbearing and collapses from fatigue.

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    #21 - A Goddess Comes to Japan (Part 2: The Hot Spring)

    S2:E810/28/2003

    Sousuke, Kaname, Tessa, Kurz, Melissa, and their friends travel to an onsen (hot springs) for some rest and relaxation before Tessa returns to Merida Island. Sousuke sets up a defensive perimeter and booby traps around the girls' bath, foiling the other boys' attempts to sneak a peek.

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    #22 - 5th Period Hot Spot

    S2:E1111/18/2003

    Sousuke orders a new scope for his pistol, but receives a strange bottle instead. Unfortunately, the contents are a biological weapon. Even worse, the bottle is opened up in the school!

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    #23 - The Battlegroup Commander's Rather Quiet Day

    S0:E45/26/2006

    Teletha spends the day trying to find out why she awoke half-naked on the bridge of the Tuatha de Danaan, as well as looking for her favorite stuffed animal that she likes to sleep with.

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    #24 - The End of Day by Day

    S3:E17/14/2005

    Mithril and the SRT rescue refugees caught in a civil war in the African country of Balic. However, during the fighting, they discover that the enemy possesses advanced weaponry rivaling their own. They surmise that a highly funded, well-equipped organization may be supplying their enemies.

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    #25 - Labyrinth and Dragon

    S3:E37/28/2005

    In Nanjing, Amalgam kidnaps peace delegations from Northern and Southern China and fortify themselves in an underground tunnel beneath the Yangtze River. Mithril attempts a rescue in the tunnel's dangerous confines, but falls into Amalgam's trap.

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