The Best Episodes Directed By Yasuhiro Matsumura

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Becoming a Bully's Buddy

   S1:E1212/18/2000

   Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.

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   8.5/10(6 votes)

   #2 - K.O. Dream

   S1:E192/12/2001

   Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Steel Step Suite

   S1:E68/9/2014

   There were no traces of the battle that once occurred on Tanegashima, which was heavily damaged in Heaven’s Fall. When they arrive, Marito is flooded with memories of the fierce fighting there. But then, the Kataphraktos of a female Mars Knight comes at them relentlessly. Meanwhile, Slain, who has been acting without the knowledge of his superiors, acts recklessly.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Fierce Fighting Conclusion! Who's the Strongest?

   S1:E2021/13/2009

   Captain Kenpachi Zaraki and Nnoitra Gilga conclude their battle.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Texhnophile

   S1:E35/1/2003

   We see some flashbacks of Ichise's childhood. His father was tortured and hanged for some crime he committed. A short time later, his mother became very ill and died. He received a vial from the hospital that contained some of her cells and he had kept it with him since. He wakes up in Doc's Lab and he freaks out that he doesn't have the vial. She tells him that she used the contents as part of a new Texhnolyze Unit that will become his new arm and leg. He freaks out, but she knocks him unconscious. Some men from the Alliance attempt to assassinate Oonishi, but fail miserably. We learn that Kimata, the Alliance's leader, is Texhnolyzed, which is strictly against their ideals. We also see Oonishi's wife, Mana, for the first time. She is very unresponsive and almost seems to be off in her 'own world'.

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   7.6/10(18 votes)

   #6 - Zodd the Immortal

   S1:E611/12/1997

   In another raid, Guts and Griffith come across a demon known as Nosferatu Zodd.

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   7.5/10(8 votes)

   #7 - The Ultimate Union! Pesche's Seriousness

   S1:E19511/18/2008

   Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck returns to her child form, leaving Ichigo Kurosaki in the hands of Tesra Lindocruz. Szayelaporro Granz is seemingly impervious to attack, Zommari Rureaux is about to finish off Rukia Kuchiki, whilst the Exequias plan to execute Yasutora Sado.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Soldiers' Pay

   S1:E161/31/2015

   Lt. Marito, who is serving with Yuki Kaizuka, receives orders for a new operation. Yagarai is concerned about the position this will put Yuki in, who has been assigned to a unit away from the Deucalion. Meanwhile, a group of Mars Knights who oppose the Earthborn Slaine’s rise to power plan a new attack on Earth in hopes of securing more power of their own.

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9. 

   7.2/10(17 votes)

   #9 - The Battle

   S1:E1112/17/1997

   On a stormy battlefield, Casca, Griffith's second in command, is wounded while fighting the leader of an enemy army. Guts runs to her rescue but when she passes out at the edge of a cliff, he cannot catch her in time and they both fall into the river below.

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10. 

    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Friendship? Hatred? Haineko & Tobiume

    S1:E2389/22/2009

    10th Division Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto and 5th Division Lieutenant Momo Hinamori battle their Zanpakutō Spirits, and 10th Division Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya tells Hyōrinmaru what his name is while Muramasa limps through the Forest of Menos.

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    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Special Mission! Rescue Captain Commander Yamamoto!

    S1:E24611/17/2009

    A group of Shinigami attempt to rescue Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, but they are held back by several Zanpakutō Spirits. Meanwhile, Ichigo Kurosaki arrives at the barrier surrounding Yamamoto and prepares to destroy it.

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12. 

    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Karakuraizer's Last Day

    S1:E2144/7/2009

    The Karakura-Raizer Team face off against a female Arrancar.

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