The Best Episodes Written By Taiki Sakurai

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Chevaliers

   S1:E202/25/2006

   David and the others arrive at the headquarters of the Red Shield, where they get checked for possible Chiropteran reactions, Kai finds out some shocking truth from "Joel's diary", a mysterious document in possession of the Red Shield. In the meantime, in France, the chevaliers, Amshel, Solomon, James and Nathan are meeting to decide the fate of Saya who has been keeping their plan from materializing.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - After the Dance

   S1:E1112/17/2005

   An annual ball is being held in the lycee. Students, guardians and guests in formal attire are gathered in the school cafeteria when Saya arrives in a dress she borrowed from Min. On the dance floor, Saya meets a young man named Solomon, who asks her for a dance. As the music starts, David reaches the entrance to the basement surrounded by blue roses...

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   7.8/10(13 votes)

   #3 - C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE

   S1:E2510/1/2003

   Despite their best efforts, the remaining members of Section 9 are rounded up one by one by the government forces; only Batou and Motoko are left.

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Falsehood

   S1:E24/13/2006

   A client seeks Yūko's aid because she has problems with her right little finger; Yūko tells her that it is happening because of a bad habit of hers. Watanuki learns more about Yūko while becoming the shop's cook. Himawari-chan and Doumeki both make their first appearance in this episode.

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   7.5/10(13 votes)

   #5 - C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION

   S1:E249/1/2003

   The government orders Section 9 disbanded. Aramaki is taken away, and Togusa is arrested. Motoko assembles the remaining team members at HQ for one final mission. They prepare for a full-scale assault while Elite troopers and Armed Suits descend on Section 9 HQ.

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   7.3/10(2 votes)

   #6 - The Place Where It All Started

   S1:E310/22/2005

   The memory of that terrible night is fading away: not a trace is left, and a brand new desk is placed in the biology room, as if nothing had happened. On her way home from school, George takes Saya to the grave of the Miyagusuku family, on a hill overlooking the sea colored by the sunset. George talks about his past and his meeting with Saya. Back at Omoro, David reveals to Saya that she is the only living being who can defeat the chiropterans, as the creatures like the one that attacked her at school are called. Saya is shocked, but a new menace is just approaching, its eyes shining red...

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   7.2/10(15 votes)

   #7 - C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ

   S1:E113/1/2003

   Togusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrome, a hospital completely cut off from communication with the outside world.

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   7.1/10(14 votes)

   #8 - SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM

   S1:E123/1/2003

   One of the Tachikomas decides to take a little stroll through the city. It meets a little girl, Miki, who is searching for her lost dog and it agrees to help her. On their journey, the Tachikoma finds a strange box.

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   7.1/10(14 votes)

   #9 - SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES

   S1:E155/1/2003

   The Major has become worried about the Tachikomas. It appears that their AIs have developed much more quickly and in ways that were not anticipated; they have begun speaking about their "individuality".

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    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #10 - SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS

    S1:E81/1/2003

    Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It seems a little girl just received a heart transplant, but the donor's family doesn't remember ever agreeing to donate the heart. When Motoko mentions this story to Aramaki, he tells them to determine if this is tied to a ring of black-market organ smugglers supposedly run by the mafia.

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    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE

    S2:E147/3/2004

    Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.

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    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #12 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL

    S2:E105/8/2004

    Togusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.

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    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #13 - SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE

    S1:E176/1/2003

    While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit an old flame who's now in the wine brokering business. She asks him to help her put a stop to the corruption in her company, but he tells her that it's out of his jurisdiction. Just then, however, two thieves break into the building and take them hostage.

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    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #14 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I

    S1:E311/1/2002

    A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androids have been committing "suicide". Section 9 is called in as it may be related to a virus detected in an android at the National Assembly Building.

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #15 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

    S2:E11/1/2004

    A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.

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    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #16 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.

    S2:E158/7/2004

    During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.

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    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Back to Battle City (3)

    S1:E1249/17/2002

    Jonouchi may have fought some of the fiercest fights in Battle City, but has all his frontline training taught him to become an elite duelist, or is he still a cut below the other three big boys of Duel Monsters? Jonouchi’s gonna show what he’s made of in the conclusion to the four-man battle royal!

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