The Best Episodes Directed By Hiroaki Kudou

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(12 votes)

   #1 - The Messenger from Kyoto

   S1:E121/4/2007

   Zero and the core members of the Black Knights meet with Taizō Kirihara, one of the most powerful people in the Japanese underground and an acquaintance of Lelouch from his younger days at the Kururugi Shrine. Lelouch deftly displays his tactical prowess and wit before Taizō and reveals his true identity to the man to gain his trust and support. When Lelouch returns to Tokyo, Shirley informs him of her father's death, indirectly caused by Zero during the Battle of Narita.

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #2 - The Taste of Humiliation

   S2:E178/3/2008

   The battle for Japan gets underway, and it does not start out well for the Black Knights. Luciano and Bismark decimate their ranks, with only Li Xingke to keep them at bay. Suzaku and Lelouch meet to discuss Nunnally. After some initial animosity, Lelouch manages to win Suzaku over. However, Schneizel has his personal guard arrest Lelouch, making Lelouch believe Suzaku has betrayed him. Schneizel and Lelouch have a private chat, and Lelouch is rescued by none other than Guilford, having used his Geass on Guilford beforehand to make him believe he is Cornelia. Using the Gefjun Disturber train network, Lelouch shuts down the Tokyo Settlement. At the same time, his reinforcements emerge from the ocean, ready to take advantage of the opportunity. Meanwhile, the Emperor is preparing for Ragnarök.

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   7.4/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Battle for Kyushu

   S1:E203/8/2007

   The Britannian Army fights back against the Kyūshū invaders with the Lancelot. Meanwhile, Nina meets Princess Euphemia and inadvertently gives Euphemia peace of mind about her feelings for Suzaku. As Suzaku becomes cornered when his Lancelot's battery runs out, Euphemia encourages Suzaku to fight on and live. Zero and C.C. fly into the battlefield in the Gawain to recharge the Lancelot, and the two Knightmares end the Kyūshū campaign together.

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   7.3/10(15 votes)

   #4 - The Stolen Mask

   S1:E611/9/2006

   Suzaku transfers into Ashford Academy and faces the scorn of the Britannian students. Cornelia continues her hunt for Zero, destroying several rebel strongholds but finding no clues to his whereabouts. A stray cat slips into the Lamperouge residence on campus and takes off with Lelouch's Zero mask and a massive, comedic chase involving the entire student body follow. The Emperor of Britannia makes a speech during Prince Clovis' funeral on the virtues of inequality and the social battle for evolution and betterment.

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   6.8/10(9 votes)

   #5 - What Year Is She?

   S1:E44/27/2019

   Kagura Soma visits and expresses her rather explosive love for Kyo. At first she regards Tohru as a potential rival, but she soon comes to realize that Tohru is interested in friendship, not fighting.

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   6.5/10(8 votes)

   #6 - It's Valentine's, After All

   S1:E106/8/2019

   Shigure does some serious scheming while Kagura, Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru all go on a double date.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The False Minoshiro

   S1:E310/13/2012

   The group has rowed past their designated safe areas in search of monsters. What they find is worse than what they originally imagined.

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