The Best Episodes Directed By Hidetoshi Takahashi

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(59 votes)

   #1 - Assassin's Bullet

   S4:E82/1/2021

   With no Titans left to threaten their escape, the Scouts retreat on the airship. Determined to make them pay for trampling on her home, Gabi chases after with gun in hand.

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   8.6/10(11 votes)

   #2 - The Dawn After an Endless Night

   S1:E1312/27/2018

   With Sakuta's help, Kaede is able to go to school at night. She is now enthusiastic about heading to school during the day. However, on the following day, the original Kaede's memory suddenly returns, eradicating all memories of the Kaede that had spent the last two years together with Sakuta. A certain person appears before Sakuta, who is overwhelmed with grief because Kaede was no longer around.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #3 - No Dreams of Santa Claus

   S2:E139/27/2025

   After her boyfriend Takumi Fukuyama was unable to remember who she is, Nene completely forgets her own identity, and believes that she is Touko Kirishima. The only person who can correct this Puberty Syndrome is Takumi, and Sakuta believes doing so will help him protect Mai. He and Ikumi Akagi rush off to Hokkaido, where Takumi’s hometown is. As Takumi welcomes them at the airport, Sakuta shows the trophy that Nene won at a beauty contest...

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #4 - The Acknowledged One

   S14:E2992/7/2013

   Itachi uses the ultimate genjutsu technique Koto Amatsukami to free himself from the Reanimation Jutsu. Itachi then joins Naruto and Killer Bee to fight Nagato, who is still under Kabuto’s control.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Idol Song

   S2:E37/19/2025

   It’s the day of Sweet Bullet’s performance in an ensemble concert at a venue in Odaiba.

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6. 

   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Night of the Crescent Moon

   S14:E3084/11/2013

   Yugao is ordered by Sukui to track down the reanimated Hayate. Still shaken by her lover’s unexpected return as an enemy, Yugao manages to catch up to Hayate and his men.

   Director:Hidetoshi Takahashi

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7. 

   7.1/10(13 votes)

   #7 - Let It Ring

   S1:E811/28/2014

   Takeshi Aiza and Emi Igawa. These two have a strong rivalry with Kousei. But what drives them to play piano?

   Director:Hidetoshi Takahashi

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8. 

   7.0/10(20 votes)

   #8 - GGO (Gun Gale Online)

   S2:E47/26/2014

   Kikuoka has recruited Kirito to investigate GGO, and so he logs in. To lure Death Gun into targeting him, he hopes to enter Bullet of Bullets (BoB), a tournament to decide the most powerful gunman in GGO. But as a first-timer, he doesn't know his way around this game, and soon loses his way, when he catches sight of Sinon and approaches her.

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   6.5/10(20 votes)

   #9 - The King of the Giants

   S2:E1610/25/2014

   Kirito and the others are tasked with subjugating the Frost King Thrymr, and a quest to recover Excalibur. It's Yui's guess that this isn't a quest planned by the game admins, but something automatically generated by the system. And if that's the case…

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