9.0/101 votes#1 - The Massacre Chapter - Part 6 - A Strong Will
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/14/2007
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.
Director: Akira Iwanaga
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
9.0/101 votes#2 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 11 - End
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 12/18/2007
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.
Director: Chiaki Kon
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
8.5/102 votes#3 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 2 - Secret
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2006
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.
Director: Yuji Hiraki
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
8.5/102 votes#4 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 3 - Suspicion
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2006
Delving further into the mysteries surrounding the village, Keiichi's paranoia grows after he starts to suspect that someone might be after his life.
Director: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
8.0/101 votes#5 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 4 - Distortion
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2006
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.
Director: Hisakazu Ishikawa
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
8.0/101 votes#6 - Reunion
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2007
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.
Director: Shunji Yoshida
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
7.0/102 votes#7 - The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2006
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.
Director: Chiaki Kon
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
7.0/101 votes#8 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 5 - Retake
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/27/2006
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.
Director: Chiaki Kon
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#9 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 1 - Elder Brother
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/31/2006
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.
Director: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#10 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 2 - Bond
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/2006
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.
Director: Hisakazu Ishikawa
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#11 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 3 - Boundary
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/14/2006
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.
Director: Chiaki Kon
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#12 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 4 - Something Lost
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/21/2006
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.
Director: Matsuo Asami
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#13 - The Cursed Murder Chapter - Part 5 - Apology
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/28/2006
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.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#14 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Omen
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/12/2006
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.
Director: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#15 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/30/2006
Rena discover the true character of her father's girlfriend and grows a deep hatred for her.
Director: Daisuke Tsuji
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#16 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 2 - A Place to Return to
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/6/2006
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.
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#17 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 3 - File No. 34
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/2006
While studying Takano's scrapbooks, Rena starts to unveil the the truth behind Oyashiro-sama and Hinamizawa's dark past.
Director: Matsuo Asami
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
6.0/101 votes#18 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 4 - Earth Invasion
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/20/2006
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.
Director: Yuji Hiraki
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
4.0/101 votes#19 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 1 - Hinamizawa
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/5/2006
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.
Director: Yuji Hiraki
Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
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"The Massacre Chapter - Part 6 - A Strong Will" is the best rated episode written by Toshifumi Kawase. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Akira Iwanaga. It aired on 9/14/2007 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 11 - End".