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[Discussion] What episodes are masterpieces for you?
Some of mine:
Violet Evergarden Eps 7-10
Aria the Origination Eps 9-13
Takopi’s Original Sin Eps 1-4 and 6
Clannad After Story Ep 18
A Place Further Than the Universe Ep 12
BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! Ep 10
86 episode 23 - Handler One (probably the most beautiful and touching thing I’ve ever seen in any medium).
Sword Art Online episode 3 - The Red-nosed Reindeer (a hard watch, but very well done and with a pretty much perfect ending).
Ikoku Nikki episode 1 - Overflow (my all-time favorite first episode).
Akudama Drive episode 12 - Akudama Drive (“Serves you right.”)
Yuru Yuri episode 5 - When Akari and the Cicadas Cry (comedy gold from start to finish).
Non Non Biyori episode 10 - We Watched the First Sunrise of the Year (I love the dynamic between Kaede and Renge).
Cheng He Titong season 2 episode 12 - Thank You For Saying These to Me (Yu Wanyin and Xie Yong’er and bitter truths in the bitter cold - beautiful).
FLCL 1
Ping pong the animation 5 and 6
KareKano 16
Yay! I get to post my list I already made for personal use.
Best episodes of anime of all time
I have 3 in common with you in my top 20
Neon Genesis Evangelion Ep 9 - “Moment, Heart, Together” / “Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!”
Witch Watch E08, 2nd part.
Okay I’ve seen Violet Evergarden episode 10 mentioned way too often in this post, so I’m obligated to blame you all for being currently sobbing uncontrollably
Re:zero S01E15 is the most memorable one
Little Witch Academia ep. 8.
Last few episodes of Sonny Boy. I didn’t know I could cry that much. Grimgar of fantasy and ash got me as well.
Too many to name to be honest.
And with masterpiece I just mean whatever episodes come to mind that I like to rewatch on their own.
honourable mention: Aria the Crepuscolo (a short film so doesn’t count but it feels like a big Alice + Athena episode full of some of my favorite moments)
Surprising: I can’t think of a single Hidamari Sketch episode above the rest of them.
Hidamari is one of my favorites but it doesn’t really have any particular episodes that are amazing. Honeycomb #12 might be my favorite. It’s the new year’s episode where they write ema. I do always write down which anime episodes I liked so I have a list of:
365: episodes 1,5,13
Hoshimittsu: episodes 5, 9, 10, 11, special episode 2
Honeycomb: episodes 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
But I couldn’t tell you what happens in each one
Paranoia Agent Episode 8-10
It breaks away from the main story and the next few episodes did the same. They were all almost self-contained short stories that didn't really move the plot forward but the tone of the main story set these episodes up to be some of the best episodes in TV anime I've seen so far.
I don't want to spoil the events but the focal characters for these episodes were particularly interesting. Especially episode 9 where it's just a bunch of gossiping aunties lol
episode 8 goes so damn hard, start to finish. i didn’t get 10 when i first watched but it’s a stunner now for sure.
Going through my list made me realise that I don’t have favourite episodes; I have favourite scenes 😅
Anyway, here are mine:
86 Part 2 Episode 12 - You know which scene I’m referring to
Umamusume Season 2 Episode 13 - The greatest
comeback
of all time
May not be considered masterpieces by most, but they are masterpieces to me:
entrance
of all time
Too hard for me to rewatch, but I’d consider them masterpieces:
DanDaDan Episode 7 - You know which episode I’m talking about
+1 for Violet Evergarden Episode 10 - You know which episode I’m talking about
And of course
Notable exclusions for having too many standout episodes:
Oshi no Ko Episode 1
God this website needs inline spoilers already! I can’t remember what happens in S02E03, but more people definitely need to watch Medalist!
Ohhhh that. They really perfected the skating animations in the second season! Wonder what the movie will be like.
I also mostly have favourite scenes. Much easier to come up with and more plentiful.
agreed on Frieren lol, too many to list
Jujutsu Kaisen s2e4 occupies a special place in my heart.
Ninkoro ep.11
spoilerWhen Konoha being kudere in all episodes, after being a child she became a kindhearted and very emotional girl.