The Best Episodes Written By Shouji Saeki

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Controlling the Student Council!

   S1:E14/4/2012

   Kurokami Medaka is perfect in anything she tries to do – be it sports, exams or anything else. When she ran for Student Council President, she managed to gain 98% of the votes, promising to solve everyone’s problems, 24/7, through the suggestion box that she implemented. Because no-one can match her standards, Medaka runs a one-man Student Council, and so she asks her childhood friend Hitoyoshi Zenkichi to join her, but he isn’t interested. To change his mind, Medaka brings Zenkichi along when solving her first request – to deal with the third-years that have taken over the kendo hall.

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   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #2 - Simon, Hands Off

   S1:E116/10/2007

   Team Dai-Gurren falls into a trap set by the third member of the Four Divine Generals, Guame. The Team is taken captive and stored underground to await execution. While digging an escape path, Simon finally understands Kamina's last words to him and after having a discussion with Guame, Nia finds out the reason why she was thrown away.

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Who Is This Bro?

   S1:E106/3/2007

   Nia true identity is revealed, as she flaunts her authority to get rid of another one of the Four Divine Generals, Adiane. The members of the Great Gurren Brigade are now suspicious of Nia and her true intentions, but she is only concerned about the depressed Simon. Adiane later returns to finish them all off, with Lordgenome's blessing.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #4 - I Don't Get It, Not One Bit!

   S1:E54/29/2007

   Team Gurren must find their way out of a strange underground village where Gunmen are worshipped as divine beings.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Lily: Purity

   S1:E1112/18/2020

   As Riri and the others continue to grieve, Yuyu isolates herself, tormented by visions of Misuzu. As the Huge attack Yurigaoka as they never have before, Yuyu is forced to question the truth of her relationship to her late Schutzengel.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Cosmos: The Joys That Love Life Can Bring

   S1:E912/4/2020

   When Yuri's origins are revealed, she is classified as a Huge. Riri flees the academy with her, but orders are issued for their capture. What will the other Lilies choose when ordered to hunt one of their own?

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #7 - A Different Story From So Far

   S1:E243/12/1999

   Yukino has changed a lot since meeting Arima, but Arima still feels that he himself hasn't changed much at all.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Anemone: Believe in You and Wait

   S1:E1012/11/2020

   Riri is confined for a week as punishment for insubordination and sinks into depression over Yuri's death. The other members of her legion look for her missing hair tie, hoping to cheer her up, but will it be enough?

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Bouquet: Flower Language

   S1:E1212/25/2020

   The most powerful Huge yet is attacking Yurigaoka, and Riri is the only one left who can fight! Can Yuyu overcome her past in time to join her? And what can the other Lilies do against an enemy that disables their weapons?

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Forget-Me-Not: True Love, Memories

    S1:E310/16/2020

    Riri is overjoyed that Yuyu is now her Schutzengel, but can she hold up under Yuyu's harsh training? Then, when a powerful Huge attacks, Riri gets a glimpse of Yuyu's secret.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Jade Vine: Forget Me Not

    S1:E510/30/2020

    Yuyu wants to give Riri a birthday present but doesn't know what to give her. While Riri struggles to find two more members for her legion, can Yuyu overcome her awkwardness and find a way to cheer Riri up?

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Violet: Daydreaming, You Occupy My Thoughts

    S1:E611/6/2020

    Riri's newly formed legion goes to watch an experienced legion fight to study teamwork. The Huge they're fighting, however, is more than it seems, and Riri and Yuyu's bond will be tested like never before.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Camellia: You're Flame in My Heart

    S1:E811/27/2020

    Yurigaoka holds a school-wide competition to choose the year's best Lily. Riri worries that the inexperienced Yuri could get hurt in the games, but with spies swarming outside the school grounds, that could be the least of her worries.

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    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Freesia: Innocence

    S1:E711/20/2020

    Riri finds a mysterious girl in the remains of a dead Huge. The amnesiac girl quickly grows attached to Riri, who devotes herself to taking care of her. But just who is this girl, and how will Riri's legion deal with her absence?

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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Lily of the Valley: Return of Happiness

    S1:E210/9/2020

    Riri is determined to get Yuyu to agree to be her Schutzengel and find out what changed her, but Yuyu won't even talk to her. Riri works out her feelings as she learns her way around Yurigaoka Academy.

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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Fragrant Olive: A Person of Eminence

    S1:E410/23/2020

    Riri is slacking off now that Yuyu has accepted her. Yuyu asks Riri to form a legion to keep her active, expecting her to fail. But when Riri starts actually recruiting members, Yuyu may be in for more than she bargained for.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Shoot Me Straight Through The Heart

    S1:E410/26/2001

    It's summertime and a everyone travels to the beach for some fun in the sun! However, things go awry when an alien anti-android robot appears and strips off all the female bathing suits *ahem*. Mahoro must now return briefly to her combat mode to take care of this threat. Will she be able to take care of this now that she has discarded her combat armor?

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - To The Scenery I Once Dreamt Of

    S1:E1212/28/2001

    Mahoro may be the Earth's greatest weapon, but human technology is still only so much; whatever the reasons and explanations, Ryuga does take a direct hit from an antimatter cannon...and shrugs it off. Mahoro is caught off guard, and her last thoughts before she blacks out are that if she somehow gets out of this alive, she still just might get back home before Sugur wakes up, destroy the note she left, and go on as if nothing at all happened. So black out she does, into her personal True Happiness that is a morning, any morning, cooking and ready to face the day. Of course it only gets better from there; Suguru suggests a picnic, and soon enough, the whole gang, Miyuki and Rin and Chizuko, Kiyomi and Toshiya, are at the door, yelling to Mahoro to come and join them...So just like on so many other sundays, a hillside picnic, a perfect day, friends, food, Shikijo-sensei the annoying, ridiculous...but familiar. Then, as the four girls are perched in a majestic tree looking over as much of the world as matters for them, the talk turns to dreams and aspirations. Sakura, Rin and Chizuko's answers are completely predictable, but as they turn to Mahoro with the same question - what it is that she dreams of - cue the end of the dream... And cue nothing but pain, as Mahoro snaps back into reality. But though she may be weakend and injured, on the brink of realizing that she may not be coming home after all, her and Ryuga both know she is still not at her limit. What Ryuga can't quite figure out, though, is why? And when he is about to unleash his own ultimate weapon - Ray Blade - all Mahoro does is stand there and wait for death to take her...because in the end, one death is the same as another. It is just at this moment, not a second too soon, really, that Suguru comes dashing into the middle of the fight. Like he said, he is all too aware he is not able to actually affect what happens in any real way...but that isn't the point; he does all he can - protects the one he cares for. And when Ryuga simply swats him out of the way, Mahoro, too, cannot merely stand aside. That which she would not do for herself, she will do for Suguru in an instant. The ultimate warrior, beaten but not defeated, charges up her ultimate weapon, which draws on her very life energy for its power - a one-shot suicide move - but if there ever was a time to use it, that time is now. As she charges towards him, and as Slash screams for her to stop, Ryuga snaps to a realization. In the end of all things, Mahoro did not care defeating him, even though she could have in a second. The only way for her to truly win would be if she survived. To protect Suguru, though, she is more than willing to give her own life. This way, the entire battle loses its meaning. There is no way Ryuga can truly "win"...and, instants before Mahoro is about to defeat him, the VESPER android lowers his sword... In the end, then, as Mahoro tells Suguru, the events of this one night end "like a dream." And as the two of them are flying home, Mahoro's happy tears glittering in the moonlight like so many stars, all Suguru asks is for her to never again go away without telling him. And, knowing what she knows, Mahoro's answer is "Okay. I will stay with you forever." What the full meaning of the seven words is will not be revealed until much later...

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    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Water Lily: Purity of Heart

    S1:E110/2/2020

    Riri enters Yurigaoka Girls' Academy to become a Lily and protect people from the Huge, but finds her fellow Lilies more competitive and combative than she'd imagined. When a Huge specimen escapes, can Riri survive her first battle with no training?

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