The Best Episodes Directed By Kazuhiro Furuhashi

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood

   S1:E496/15/1990

   After a nasty blow to the head, Ranma wakes up believing he's a girl. No more martial arts for her, it's flower arrangement and tea ceremony from now on...

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race

   S1:E1910/20/1989

   Who would sell his only son for a bowl of rice, a fish, and some pickles? Genma Saotome, that's who! And now, the wealthy restaurant owner has come to collect, demanding Ranma marry his daughter unless Akane can beat her in the ancient art of Martial Arts Takeout Delivery...

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Bathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now

   S1:E404/13/1990

   The water heater is broken, so Ranma and co are off to the public bathhouse for a bath. Naturally, Happosai wants to come, planning to pay a little visit to the women's side...

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - The Man Who is Chosen for Victory: Shishio Versus Kenshin, Finale

   S2:E339/3/1997

   Kenshin's final effort to win the ultimate battle ends with Shishio destroying himself. But in the wake of Kenshin's victory, Shishio's closest aide vows revenge.

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - A Devil of Vengeance: Makoto Shishio's Plot

   S2:E311/13/1996

   After stopping a fatal battle with Hajime Saito, a top government official asks Kenshin's help in killing a shadowy assassin who's threatening the future of the regime.

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Kaoru Ecstatic! Kenshin's Proposal?

   S3:E411/11/1997

   After Kenshin finds a ring inside a catfish, he's persuaded to give it to Kaoru. Thinking it's an engagement ring, Kaoru is sure that he's asking her to get married.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - The Handsome Swordsman of Legend: A Man who Fights for Love

   S1:E11/10/1996

   A mysterious wanderer known as Kenshin is taken at the Kamiya Kasshin Dojo, a martial arts school run by a young woman named Kaoru.

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   8.4/10(47 votes)

   #8 - OPERATION STRIX

   S1:E14/9/2022

   Twilight is an agent that works for WISE, Westalis's intelligence agency, and he is tasked with investigating Desmond, who is in Ostania and planning to start a war. Twilight disguises himself as the psychiatrist Loid Forger and adopts a girl named Anya so that he can enroll her into the prestigious Eden College to get closer to his target. Unbeknownst to him, Anya is actually a telepath who can read people's minds. One day, members of a mafia group that is after Twilight kidnaps Anya. Loid realizes that he needs to reconsider his priorities and...

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast!

   S1:E117/14/1989

   Intending to insure St. Hebereke School for Girls' victory in the upcoming match, Kodachi of puts the entire Furinkan Martial Arts Rythmic Gymnastics team out of commission. Akane is chosen as Furinkan's replacement, but not only does her gymnastics skills leave something to be desired, Kodachi decides to lessen Akane's odds with a little visit to the Tendo Dojo...

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga

    S1:E86/2/1989

    Ryoga finally manages to find Ranma again, and challenges him to a fight in the schoolyard. Unfortunately for Ranma, several outside parties have a vested interest in seeing him lose.

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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Love Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart

    S1:E55/12/1989

    A solid beating from Akane brings Ranma to Dr. Tofu, who tries to help out the two teens' relationship, as well as Ranma's injuries.

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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Trust & Betrayal: Act 3 - The Previous Night at the Mountain Home

    S0:E46/19/1999

    Act 3 details how Kenshin lived with Tomoe and married her as a cover until his side replenished its forces to continue the rebellion.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul

    S1:E169/1/1989

    Tired of the constant outbursts whenever she gets near Ranma, Shampoo decides to get Akane out of the way.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo

    S1:E455/18/1990

    Ranma recives a challenge from one Tsubasa Kurenai, a strange girl determined to win back her beloved Ukyo.

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Dororo and Hyakkimaru

    S1:E246/24/2019

    Daigo's castle is engulfed in flames. Within, two brothers by blood are at the mercy of fate. Dororo, Jukai and Lady Nui also head for the castle, each with their own thoughts weighing down upon their hearts. For a life that began with a silenced cry, where will the path of destiny lead?

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    7.8/10(25 votes)

    #16 - Trust & Betrayal: Act 1 - The Man of the Slashing Sword

    S0:E22/20/1999

    This is the story of how Kenshin came under the wing of Soujiro Hiko the 13th, and how Kenshin became a manslayer.

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    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #17 - FOLLOW MAMA AND PAPA

    S2:E110/7/2023

    Yor is shot in the butt while on a mission and looks miserable when she gets home. Loid mistakes her very apparent miserable mood as her being unhappy with their marriage of convenience and offers to take her out on a date.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Trust & Betrayal: Act 4 - The Cross-Shaped Wound

    S0:E59/22/1999

    Act 4 is about the betrayal against Kenshin, how he lived for the next few years as a manslayer, and the origin of his cross-shaped scar.

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    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #19 - The Story of Daigo

    S1:E11/7/2019

    In Japan's Warring States period, Lord Daigo Kagemitsu makes a pact with 12 demons, offering them his unborn son in exchange for the prosperity of his lands. Years later, young thief Dororo is attacked by a ghoul but rescued by a mysterious boy, whose body parts turn out to be almost entirely prosthetic.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Assault on the Girls' Locker Room

    S1:E342/23/1990

    Ranma is determined to infiltrate the Furinkan High girl's locker room when he gets a map from Ryoga that shows there's a old spring beneath it that can cure his curse. It proves harder than Ranma thought though, since the girls are on high alert due to the recent raids by Happosai.

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!?

    S1:E189/15/1989

    Genma tries to dissuade Ranma from abandoning Akane to travel back to China and trying to find a cure at Jusenkyo.

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