The Best Episodes Written By Toshifumi Kawase

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   #1 - The Massacre Chapter - Part 6 - A Strong Will

   S2:E119/14/2007

   At last, Rika persuades Satoko to ask for help and she is freed from Teppei. However, just when the village seemed to be relieved from its eternal cycle of hatred and death, the real enemies start to act, just like they did in previous worlds.

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   #2 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 11 - End

   S2:E2412/18/2007

   The rest of the Yamainu concede defeat, but Takano is unwilling to surrender. After learning Nomura in Tokyo planned to use her as a scapegoat, she flees into the mountains and has a final confrontation with Rika's group. In the end, the Banken comes to arrest her, but Tomitake, pitying her and seeing how she had been infected with the Hinamizawa Syndrome, takes her into the the Irie Clinic for treatment. At the end, Rika and her friends Hanyū, Keiichi, Rena, Satoko, Mion, and Shion, attend the festival.

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   #3 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 3 - Suspicion

   S1:E34/19/2006

   Delving further into the mysteries surrounding the village, Keiichi's paranoia grows after he starts to suspect that someone might be after his life.

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   #4 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 2 - Secret

   S1:E24/12/2006

   The annual Watanagashi Festival finally starts, and everyone has fun feasting and playing games. However, in the following day, Keiichi is interrogated by chief police officer, Oishi, about a crime that occurred at the night of the festival, and he starts fearing the villagers might be involved in this and other similar incidents, like Oishi suspects.

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   #5 - Reunion

   S2:E17/6/2007

   Mamoru Akasaka, with an assistant, visits the abandoned town of Hinamizawa in the year 2007, and meets with Officer Oishi. They still wonder about the Great Hinamizawa Disaster that decimated the town and the connection to Miyo Takano's File No. 34. Rena shares with them the little knowledge she has about Rika's strange behavior, shortly before the supposed "gas leak", and Akasaka recalls his meeting with the young Rika as well.

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   #6 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 4 - Distortion

   S1:E44/26/2006

   Keiichi's despair reaches its peak. After being captured and sedated, he wakes up restrained by Mion and Rena, and they attempt to inject him with a mysterious drug. Keiichi murders them before taking his own life by clawing his throat.

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   #7 - The Law of Kosuke Ueki's Righteousness

   S1:E14/4/2005

   Kosuke Ueki has been given the power to change trash into trees for the battle to decide who would be the next King of the Celesial World. But if Ueki were to attack non-power users with his trees, then he will be punished by losing one of his talents. If all of Ueki's talents are gone, he will vanish.

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   #8 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 5 - Retake

   S1:E269/27/2006

   Rena's madness reaches the peak to the point of taking all the school children hostage. With the police's help and working together with the rest of the group, Keiichi manages to defuse a homemade bomb Rena planted on the rooftop of the school. There, the two have a final confrontation and even though he is defeated, Keiichi manages to get Rena to realize she should have trusted and confided in her friends.

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   #9 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning

   S1:E14/5/2006

   Keiichi Maebara, a student who recently moved into the village of Hinamizawa, is invited by his new friends at school to join their club. But while searching for treasure at a garbage dump with Rena Ryugu, he discovers the village is not as peaceful as it seems.

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    #10 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen

    S1:E157/12/2006

    Akasaka and Oishi find the kidnappers' hideout and rescue the boy. After discovering that their efforts were in vain because the perpetrators' demand was already conceded, he realizes the real meaning behind Rika's words to him.

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    #11 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness

    S1:E228/30/2006

    Rena discover the true character of her father's girlfriend and grows a deep hatred for her.

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    #12 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 2 - A Place to Return to

    S1:E239/6/2006

    Rena disposes of Rina and her lover Teppei, after discovering their plan to con her father. Discovered by her friends, she ends up getting support by them, and they help her hide the bodies, but during the night of the Watanagashi festival, she is interrogated by Oishi and wonders if he suspects of her.

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    #13 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 3 - File No. 34

    S1:E249/13/2006

    While studying Takano's scrapbooks, Rena starts to unveil the the truth behind Oyashiro-sama and Hinamizawa's dark past.

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    #14 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 4 - Earth Invasion

    S1:E259/20/2006

    Keiichi tries to dissuade Rena, but is confronted by her with his own dark secrets. After confessing his past sin to his friends, he finds that he can recall events from Onikakushi-hen, even though they have no bearing on the current situation.

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    #15 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 1 - Elder Brother

    S1:E95/31/2006

    Keiichi's parents leave for Tokyo for a few days. Helped by Satoko and Rika, who makes dinner for him, Keiichi learns about Satoshi, Satoko's older brother, and his mysterious disappearance on the night of last year's Watanagashi.

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    #16 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 2 - Bond

    S1:E106/7/2006

    Satoko is absent from school for a few days. After discovering that the cause of her absence is Teppei, her abusive uncle, who left Hinamizawa after his wife was murdered on the night of Watanagishi, but recently has returned, Keiichi decides to intervene.

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    #17 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 3 - Boundary

    S1:E116/14/2006

    Keiichi comes to the resolution that he must kill Teppei. After brutally beating him to death with Satoshi's baseball bat, he buries the body, and on his way back home, Keiichi bumps into a suspiciously acting Takano.

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    #18 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 4 - Something Lost

    S1:E126/21/2006

    Keiichi's mentality is shaken when his friends tells him that he was actually at the Watanagashi Festival with them and Satoko still bemoans her uncle's abuse, despite being sure about having him dead. His confusion grows when he tries to unsuccessfully find the truth.

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    #19 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 5 - Apology

    S1:E136/28/2006

    Keiichi goes over to the Houjou residence to ascertain Teppei's existence and finds Satoko in need of clinical help. At the Furude Shrine, Keiichi discovers Rika's disemboweled body, and Satoko believes that Keiichi is the culprit and flees. After fruitlessly trying to convince her that he is not the murderer, disaster strikes the town of Hinamizawa.

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    #20 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 1 - Hinamizawa

    S1:E147/5/2006

    Four years ago, during the dam incident, young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka comes to Hinamizawa to find leads to a child kidnapping. After hearing an enigmatic warning from a younger Rika, Mamoru becomes suspicious of some of the townsfolk.

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