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The Best Episodes of Sonny Boy Season 1

Every episode of Sonny Boy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sonny Boy Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 12 - A Two-Year Recess
    9.1/10(436 votes)

    S1:E12

    Nagara attends the opening ceremony of his technical school, but feels out of place. He sees Mizuho leaving her all-girls' school, but she brushes him off. He recalls what happened after blasting off into space, questioning if he ever really went adrift.

    Director:Shingo Natsume
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  2. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 8 - Laughing Dog
    8.8/10(421 votes)

    S1:E8

    While traveling the wilderness, Mizuho asks Yamabiko how he became a dog. Yamabiko then relates how, 5000 years ago, he wandered different worlds all alone, until meeting a girl to whom he gradually opened his heart. But their happiness was short-lived.

    Director:Keiichiro Saito
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  3. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 11 - The Young Man and the Sea
    8.7/10(354 votes)

    S1:E11

    After learning of Nozomi's death from Kossetsu's letter, Nagara and Mizuho hold a memorial service for her. While advancing the project to return home, they are visited by an old friend, who tells them the story of when he met the man who invented death.

    Director:Nichika Ono
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  4. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 6 - The Long Goodbye
    8.5/10(369 votes)

    S1:E6

    Nagara and Rajdhani arrive in a world called "Filmmaker," and discover a movie filmed entirely from Nagara's POV. Mizuho discovers a stray dog by the name of Yamabiko, claiming to be another castaway who attended the same school as the other students.

    Director:Tomoya Kitagawa
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  5. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 1 - The Island at the Far End of Summer
    8.1/10(457 votes)

    S1:E1

    Midway through summer vacation, 36 students, some with newfound super-powers, find themselves all alone in their high school, adrift in a black void, unable to contact the outside world. Some students try to impose order, but are faced with opposition.

    Director:Shingo Natsume
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  6. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 7 - Road Book
    8.0/10(308 votes)

    S1:E7

    Having learned the truth about This World, groups led by Ms. Aki and Hoshi prepare to go their separate ways. Nagara finds himself in an upside-down world he cannot freely leave, and is forced to work on building a Tower of Babel that reaches downward.

    Director:Kento Matsui
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  7. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 3 - The Cat Who Wore Sandals
    7.8/10(348 votes)

    S1:E3

    Nagara, Nozomi, Asakaze, and Rajdhani continue searching for new worlds. Students start going missing, and their bodies are found "frozen" into black shells, so Pony asks Mizuho to look into the matter. Mizuho reveals a surprise about her power to Nagara.

    Director:Keiichiro Saito
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  8. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 10 - Summer and the Demon
    7.8/10(284 votes)

    S1:E10

    Kossetsu reads the minds of others passing by in a train station world using her true power. She pines for Asakaze, knowing that he is interested in Nozomi, and that Nozomi is the only one who can change him. Asakaze is given a world-changing assignment.

    Directors:Tomoya Kitagawa, Kento Matsui
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  9. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 5 - Leaping Classrooms
    7.7/10(318 votes)

    S1:E5

    Nagara and friends use his power to survey new worlds in an effort to get back home. Meanwhile, the others students discuss the bombshell from Ms. Aki that some students were able to use their powers beforehand, and that may be what set them adrift.

    Director:Rei Ishikura
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  10. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 2 - Aliens
    7.6/10(372 votes)

    S1:E2

    The students have relocated to a nearby island, where they have no shortage of food, and can get whatever they want through Mizuho's power. Suddenly, unexplained fires begin breaking out, and the hunt is on to find out who or what is causing them.

    Director:Tomoya Kitagawa
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  11. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 9 - This Salmon Chazuke Is Missing Its Salmon Nya
    7.5/10(279 votes)

    S1:E9

    In a vast frozen waste, twins Sou and Seiji have been fighting each other for millennia. Ms. Aki says that to change the world, they need the twins' "Reverse" power, and Nagara and Mizuho come to assist. Yamabiko questions Sakura, one of Mizuho's cats.

    Director:Atsushi Kashiwa
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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  12. Sonny Boy Season 1 Episode 4 - The Great Monkey Baseball
    6.9/10(361 votes)

    S1:E4

    As the castaways swim in a mysterious sinkhole, they seem to be momentarily taken back home. Cap invites Nagara to practice baseball with him, leading to him telling about the Monkey League, and how its star pitcher, Blue, missed out on a perfect game.

    Director:Lim Ka-hee
    Writer:Shingo Natsume

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Two-Year Recess" is the best rated episode of Sonny Boy season 1. It scored 9.1/10 from 436 votes. Written and directed by Shingo Natsume, it aired on October 1, 2021. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Laughing Dog".