9.4/105 votes#1 - Thank You, Merry! Snow Falls Over the Parting Sea!
Season 9 Episode 312 - Aired 6/3/2007
The Straw Hats bid a tearful farewell to the brave little ship that was their home for so very many adventures. Rest in peace, Merry!
Director: Katsumi Tokoro
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.3/103 votes#2 - Hard Battles, One After Another! Devil Fruit Eaters vs. Devil Fruit Eaters!
Season 13 Episode 468 - Aired 9/26/2010
Supernatural powers take center stage in the battle to save Ace as Luffy and his uniquely talented allies throw down with the Navy’s own arsenal of Devil Fruit Eaters!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.3/103 votes#3 - Landing at the Maiden Island! The Harsh Reality Falls upon Luffy!
Season 13 Episode 491 - Aired 3/27/2011
Power-hungry pirates terrorize innocent citizens once protected by Whitebeard, and Luffy’s nightmarish awakening sends him on a reckless rampage that could land him in an early grave!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.3/103 votes#4 - Freedom Taken Away! The Nobles' Plot Closing in on the Brothers!
Season 13 Episode 500 - Aired 5/29/2011
The brothers are captured by a gang of pirates, and Sabo is handed over to his noble father, where the boy quickly discovers a sinister plot to destroy Gray Terminal forever!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/101 votes#5 - P-P-P-Chan! He's Good For Nothin'
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/1989
Not knowing that it's Ryoga, Akane adopts the little black pig as her pet, naming him P-Chan. This of course drives Ranma crazy, as he desperately wants to get Ryoga away from her, yet feels honorbound not to reveal the secret.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/101 votes#6 - Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 4/20/1990
Akane is shocked when she witnesses Genma getting attacked by a stranger referring to him as father, wanting revenge for being abandoned. Who is this Ukyo?
Director: Saeko Ochaya
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/104 votes#7 - A Farewell to Arms! Pirates and Different Ideas of Justice!
Season 4 Episode 127 - Aired 10/6/2002
Now that the battle has ended, the outcome is tallied. Igaram appears with proof of Cobra's innocence, as well as Koza telling everything. Tashigi and Smoker both are rewarded for taking on Crocodile, but neither one of them believes that is right, considering the Straw Hat pirates did all the work.
Director: Harume Kosaka
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/104 votes#8 - Fierce Sword Attacks! Zoro vs. Kaku, Powerful Sword Fighting Showdown!
Season 9 Episode 299 - Aired 3/4/2007
Zoro finally lands a blow against the killer giraffe, but Luffy still can't find a way to break through against Lucci! Can Frank reach Robin before it's too late!?
Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#9 - Sanji's Shock! Mysterious Old Man and His Super Yummy Cooking!
Season 9 Episode 319 - Aired 7/22/2007
Sanji spends the day with a very old chef who teaches him the secret of packing amazing flavor into each and every dish!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#10 - Everyone Finally Has A Bounty! A Pirate Group Worth Over Six Hundred Million!
Season 9 Episode 320 - Aired 8/19/2007
Franky and Iceberg stay up all night on a mission to finish a new ship for the Straw Hats, but the first light of day brings troubling news!
Director: Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#11 - Jet Pistol of Anger! Luffy vs. Blackbeard!
Season 13 Episode 447 - Aired 4/18/2010
Even in Second Gear, Luffy is no match for Blackbeard’s vortex, but the rubber-man rebounds by knocking out a Demon Guard with one ferocious pistol-punch. Elsewhere, Warden Magellan vows to finish Luffy once and for all!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#12 - A Surprising Outcome! White Chase vs. Vergo!
Season 15 Episode 616 - Aired 10/13/2013
Luffy makes Caesar pay for his crimes against the children, and Smoker risks his life for a chance to see Vergo fall in battle!
Director: Takashi Otsuka
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#13 - A Burning Passion! Rebecca vs. Suleiman!
Season 16 Episode 665 - Aired 10/12/2014
As the contenders for the battle of Block D dwindle to only thirty, Rebecca has her hands full with the menacing Suleiman the Beheader! As he fends off her signature finishing move, the Back-to-the-Water Dance, all hope seems lost that she can take him down and move on to the finals!
Director: Katsumi Tokoro
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.7/103 votes#14 - Goodbye My Dear Underlings! Franky Departs!
Season 9 Episode 322 - Aired 9/2/2007
A series of flashbacks to his younger days - and some painful persuasion by Robin - help Franky make the difficult decision to leave his friends and go to sea with the Straw Hats!
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.7/103 votes#15 - A Bunch of Animals? Perona's Wonder Garden!
Season 10 Episode 345 - Aired 3/2/2008
After awakening the General Zombies, Absalom is accosted by Lola, a zombie warhog obsessed with making him her husband. After learning that he's chosen Nami to be his bride, Lola sets her sights on the navigator. Nami, Usopp, and Chopper manage to escape their coffin and find themselves in a garden, surrounded by animal zombies, including a bizarre penguin-bulldog zombie named Inuppe who talks and acts a lot like Sanji. The other Straw Hats, meanwhile, discover a hallway lined with suits of armor, and realize that Zoro is now missing as well.
Director: Sumio Watanabe
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.7/103 votes#16 - The Promise from a Distant Day! The Pirates' Song and a Small Whale!
Season 10 Episode 378 - Aired 11/23/2008
Hogback and Absalom escape Thriller Bark with the unconscious Moria, revealing that Blackbeard's Warlord status from defeating Ace. The next day, the Straw Hats celebrate their victory over Moria, but do not know why Zoro is so badly wounded. Sanji hears the story from the Risky Brothers, but prevents them from telling anyone else, saying it would trouble Luffy greatly to hear that Zoro suffered for his sake, but Robin eavesdrops on the conversation. Luffy tells Brook that Laboon is alive, and he is overjoyed to hear it, and begins to think about the time 50 years ago when he and his pirate crew first met Laboon.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.7/103 votes#17 - A Mysterious Mermaid Appears? As Consciousness Fades Away...
Season 9 Episode 306 - Aired 4/22/2007
Luffy's gigantic attack on Lucci takes a devastating toll on his body, Robin rejoins the fight, and the rest of the Straw Hats struggle to survive underwater!
Director: Keisuke Onishi
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.7/103 votes#18 - From the Sea, a Friend Arrives! The Straw Hats Share the Strongest Bond!
Season 9 Episode 310 - Aired 5/20/2007
With their leader crippled by exhaustion and their escape ship destroyed, the Straw Hats find themselves with only one treacherous option: throwing themselves into the sea!
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.5/104 votes#19 - A Gutless Afternoon
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/1993
Sakuragi Hanamichi has been training in the basics for two weeks under Ayako and he wants to play with the other. Akagi refused to let him play. Out of frustration, he quits the team. But after seeing Haruko's face, he changes his mind again.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.5/102 votes#20 - Bad! Introducing Sanosuke, Fighter-for-hire
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/1996
Gohei enlists a vicious street-fighter known as Sanosuke to seek revenge against Kenshin. And even though Kenshin exposes Gohei's plan, Sanosuke makes it clear that the two of them will fight each other one day.
Director: N/A
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.5/102 votes#21 - The Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/1996
After accepting Sanosuke's challenge, Kenshin encourages him to release his anger towards the corrupt Royalist forces.
Director: Nobuhiro Takamoto
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.5/102 votes#22 - The Strongest Group of Ninjas: The Horrible Oniwaban Group
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/6/1996
Though her medical knowledge has saved Yahiko's life, Sansosuke suspects Megumi of producing the opium responsible for a close friend's death.
Director: Nobuhiro Takamoto
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.4/105 votes#23 - The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/1993
After being dumped by Yoko, a girl he really liked in Junior High, Sakuragi Hanamichi was devastated. On the first day of school, he was approached by a girl who asked him whether he likes basketball or not. He immediately said he loves it although he has no idea how to play the sport. His world is filled with hope again.
Director: Nobutaka Nishizawa
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.3/103 votes#24 - Boss Luffy Returns! Is It a Dream or Reality? Lottery Ruckus!
Season 9 Episode 291 - Aired 12/24/2006
Travel back to ancient Japan for a madcap adventure starring the Straw Hats, some old friends and enemies, and a camel that eats lottery tickets!
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.3/103 votes#25 - Bubble Master Kalifa! The Soap Trap Closes in on Nami!
Season 9 Episode 293 - Aired 1/14/2007
Nami battles a bathing beauty and her lethal bubbles, Chopper unleashes his inner beast, and Luffy inches ever closer to catching up with Robin!
Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
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"Thank You, Merry! Snow Falls Over the Parting Sea!" is the best rated episode written by Yoshiyuki Suga. It scored 9.4/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Katsumi Tokoro. It aired on 6/3/2007 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Hard Battles, One After Another! Devil Fruit Eaters vs. Devil Fruit Eaters!".