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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S1E7 9.1
Ketsui

After the sobering realization that Hikaru is truly dangerous, Yoshiki decides that he must act and invites his best friend to skip school together.

#2
S1E12 8.7
Ibasho

While everyone else attends the school assembly, Asako finds Hikaru wandering the halls. Alone at the beach, Hikaru reveals his final plans to Yoshiki.

#3
S1E9 8.6
Takeda no Jisan

Kurebayashi shares her knowledge about impurities with the boys. Later, the elder Takeda loses his temper over Hikaru's ignorance of the Indo's history.

#4 Daitaihin S1E1 8.5
#5 Asako S1E6 8.5
#6 Sesshoku S1E8 8.5
#7 Giwaku S1E2 8.4
#8 Kyozetsu S1E3 8.4
#9 Shinso S1E10 8.3
#10 Katsura no Obake S1E5 8.2

Lowlights

#12 S1E4 Natsumatsuri 8.1

As Yoshiki attends the summer festival with Hikaru, the village elders fret over the recent death and Tanaka ends up with more questions than answers.

#11 Indo no Tobira S1E11 8.2
#10 Katsura no Obake S1E5 8.2
#9 Shinso S1E10 8.3
#8 Kyozetsu S1E3 8.4

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.

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Episode Engagement

High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

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