The BEST episodes written by Toshifumi Kawase
#1 - The Public Embarrassment Chapter
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 3 - Episode 1
Realizing that he forgot to pack his bathing suit while rushing to meet his friends at the pool, Keiichi borrows a pair of trunks from Mion's uncle, who claims that these trunks have the magical ability to make women attracted to whoever writes their name on them.
#2 - The Dice Killing Chapter - Part 2
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 3 - Episode 3
Rika finally makes contact with Hanyu, who tells her that for her to return to her old world, she must find and dispose of a piece from her old world.
#3 - The Dice Killing Chapter - Part 3
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 3 - Episode 4
Rika becomes gradually more torn between remaining in this new world that knows no sin, or killing someone she loves and returning to her old world.
#4 - The Festival Orchestrating Chapter - Part 11 - The End
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 2 - Episode 24
The Yamainu concede defeat, but Takano refuses to surrender. As she flees into the mountains, she has a final, emotional confrontation with Rika's group. At last, Rika and all of her friends are able to attend the Cotton Drifting Festival, finally free from fate.
#5 - The Mass Slaughter Chapter - Part 6 - Strong Will
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 2 - Episode 11
The efforts to rescue Satoko reach a conclusion, and with the Cotton Drifting Festival the next day, everything seems to moving in the direction of a happy ending — until the true culprit finally comes forth.
#6 - The Festival Orchestrating Chapter - Part 1 - Miyo
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 2 - Episode 14
Takano's past is revealed, ranging from her stay in an abusive orphanage, to the beginning of her research into the Hinamizawa Syndrome.
#7 - The Disaster Awakening Chapter - Part 4 - The Great Hinamizawa Disaster
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 2 - Episode 5
As mysterious men storm the Furude house, Satoko manages to hide, but Rika refuses to join her. When Satoko leaves her hiding place, she discovers many horrifying sights in the once peaceful village of Hinamizawa.
#8 - The Festival Orchestrating Chapter - Part 5 - The Final Playing Piece
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 2 - Episode 18
Details about Satoshi's past are revealed, including the reason for his disappearance. Rika and Hanyu make their final preparations for the impending struggle against destiny.
#9 - Prologue - Reunion
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 2 - Episode 1
In 2007, after the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, Akasaka and Oishi return to the ruined village, and reflect on the events that happened twenty-four years before.
#10 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 5 - Retake
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 26
Rena has returned, but not for the right reasons, as she causes a serious crisis at the school, and demands the police investigate the Three Great Families' connection to Oyashiro-sama's curse. What will become of Keiichi and his friends?
#11 - The Curse Killing Chapter - Part 4 - Lost Item
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 12
After strange encounters with Takano, Dr. Irie, and Inspector Oishi, Keiichi starts to question whether the previous night's incident actually occurred.
#12 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 3 - Document 34
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 24
While studying Takano's scrapbooks, Rena starts to uncover the the truth behind Oyashiro-sama's curse and Hinamizawa's dark past.
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#13 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 2 - Place to Return
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 23
Rena learns of Rina's plot, and a confrontation at the deserted garbage dump triggers another disastrous chain of events.
#14 - The Daybreak Chapter
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 3 - Episode 5
During a picnic with Keiichi, Rena accidentally swallows one of the mysterious "Fuwazaru Magatama" which falls from the sky, and begins acting lovesick.
#15 - The Curse Killing Chapter - Part 5 - Apology
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 13
When Keiichi heads to Satoko's house and finds her in need of medical attention, he becomes convinced that Oyashiro-sama's curse may be the cause of all these recent misfortunes.
#16 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 4 - Earth Invasion
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 25
By discovering the truth behind Oyashiro-sama's curse, Rena has become a target of one of the Three Great Families, and she decides to go into hiding.
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#17 - The Spirited Away by the Demon Chapter - Part 4 - Disturbance
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 4
Unnerved by Rena and Mion's menacing behavior, Keiichi begins to distance himself from his former friends — but it might already be too late.
#18 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 1 - Hinamizawa
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 14
Four years ago, during the Hinamizawa dam incident, young police investigator Mamoru Akasaka comes to the village to investigate a child kidnapping, where he meets young Rika.
#19 - The Spirited Away by the Demon Chapter - Part 3 - Suspicion
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 3
Delving further into the mysteries surrounding the village, Keiichi's paranoia grows after he starts to suspect that someone might be after his life.
#20 - The Atonement Chapter - Part 1 - Happiness
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 22
After a day of summer fun, Rena goes to the garbage dump, where she begins to remember things from her troubling family background.
#21 - The Time Wasting Chapter - Part 2 - Sign
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 15
Mamoru and Oishi discover some important clues, and head to the district of Takatsudo to continue the search for the Cabinet Minister's son. Little do they know, there are much more sinister forces at work.
#22 - The Curse Killing Chapter - Part 3 - Borderline
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 11
Following Satoko’s disturbing panic attack in the classroom, Keiichi’s concern for her well-being grows to the point where he plans to take matters into his own hands.
#23 - The Spirited Away by the Demon Chapter - Part 2 - The Secret
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 2
The Cotton Drifting Festival is coming up and everyone goes to have a day of fun. During the festival, Keiichi gets separated from everyone and he meets Tomitake the photographer again, who later tells him more about the shocking past of Hinamizawa.
#24 - The Demon's Tradition
Hiiro no Kakera ~ The Tamayori Princess Saga - Season 1 - Episode 11
Aria and Vier find out their superiors are acting strange. Meanwhile, Tamaki and the others continue to research the history of the Tamayori princess and came across something important about Mahiro's bloodline and the truth of Takuma's lineage
#25 - The Curse Killing Chapter - Part 2 - Bond
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 10
Satoko has been absent from school, and Keiichi starts to worry about her family situation after discovering the cause of her absence.
#26 - The Spirited Away by the Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 1
Keiichi Maebara, a student who recently moved into the village of Hinamizawa, is invited by his new friends at school to join their club. But while searching for treasure at a garbage dump, he discovers the village is not as peaceful as it seems.
#27 - The Curse Killing Chapter - Part 1 - Older Brother
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 1 - Episode 9
When Keiichi's parents leave for Tokyo for a few days, Satoko and Rika offer to help him around the house and he learns about the mysterious disappearance of Satoko's older brother, Satoshi.
#28 - Quiet Groundwork
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 10
A close-range fight forces Cestvs up against the wall. Not only does he have nowhere to run, but Cestvs unfortunately injured his ankle when Felix's powerful blows forced him to the ground. "If I can't retreat, then I'll counterattack here!" His efforts appear ineffective as he barely evades Felix's tempestuous blows, waiting for an opportunity to strike back. "No matter how big my disadvantage, as long as there's something I can do, I won't give up!" Just then, Felix's attacks begin to change, and Cestvs finds his golden opportunity.
#29 - Epiphany
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 8
Cestvs wins his first fight of the qualifier, but he is irritated for reasons he doesn't understand, and even clashes with the other fighting slaves. He can feel that his training has produced results, but something's not right... As Cestvs struggles with the problem, Zafar tells him to open his eyes. He must discover the answer for himself and apply what he has learned. After training with a clear mind and doing some self-reflection, Cestvs finds the feeling he's been looking for. However, his next opponent is a powerful professional gladiator who uses a style unlike anything he's faced before.
#30 - Caged Screams
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 7
Due to their lack of decisive power, Zafar instructs Cestvs and his companions to train all day every day by digging with pickaxes. Though his companions complain, Cestvs regards Zafar's word as his only ray of hope and continues digging. Meanwhile, a pair of messengers arrive to announce a fighting tournament held by the emperor. Emperor Nero himself has ordered that Cestvs participate. He seems to be unable to escape him... With indescribable uncertainty in his heart, Cestvs participates in the qualifier in order to win his freedom. However, the arena is a wooden structure resembling a run-down cage.
#31 - The Lucky Man
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 9
The final fight of the qualifier for the tournament has begun. Cestvs' opponent is Felix the professional gladiator, also known as the Red Storm. Felix is confident, repeatedly throwing what appear to be wide swings and calling Cestvs a sucker, as he is well-versed in fighting in cramped arenas. Cestvs attempts to focus on reading his opponent's attacks, but he suffers damage as he takes blow after blow. Meanwhile, Felix doesn't miss the change in Cestvs and demonstrates the true strength of the Red Storm.
#32 - Separated From the Goddess
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 6
In the midst of desperation, Cestvs takes a chance on a one-in-a-million punch. His punch is effective, and he achieves victory over Emden. The mob calls for Emden's death, but Sabina convinces them to settle down. She then tells Emden that this is goodbye. The victor secures his survival only once he has shattered the hope of his opponent with his own fists... The victory weighs heavily on Cestvs. Meanwhile, Zafar finds it odd that both Emden's special technique and the technique he taught Cestvs have the same goal as well as name and goes to visit Emden. What truth will be revealed there?
#33 - Fighting Slave Cestvs
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 1
As Nero was being crowned emperor of the Roman Empire at the tender age of 17, Cestvs the slave was fighting in a boxing match in order to become a fighting slave. However, the moment he defeats his friend from the training school, countless arrows strike his friend in the back. Defeat means death... Cestvs is terrified to learn the cruel fate of fighting slaves. He is promised his freedom if he wins one hundred matches, but the path to freedom is long. A competition between training schools sponsored by the emperor is to be held in Rome, and Cestvs steps onto the big stage.
#34 - #01
Giant Killing - Season 1 - Episode 1
Tatsumi returns to ETU from managing FC Eastham to the 4th round of the FA Cup, his return only to be greeted by jeers of the disillusioned ETU supporters, who think of Tatsumi as a traitor for abandoning ETU for an overseas club. Meanwhile on the practice pitch, Tatsumi shocks the squad by announcing that he’ll hold a scrimmage between a younger inexperienced ETU side against the seasoned ETU starters to see who will make up the starting eleven of his ETU side…
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#35 - Where Hope Can Be Found
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 5
Emden's Decapitator is a literal killer technique. Cestvs' muddy consciousness recalls the single knockout blow his master Zafar taught him. Furthermore, Emden has been injured by Cestvs' attacks so far. He could win by trading blows... But in the next moment, Emden's fist cuts Cestvs' brow, which begins bleeding into his eye. It's kill or be killed. While one of Cestvs' eyes is blinded, Emden attempts to finish him off.
#36 - A New Battlefield
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 11
Cestvs defeats Felix with a miraculous single blow. The defeated Felix tells Cestvs to race up to the top before departing. In Sicily, where the main event will be held, Cestvs is reunited with Emden, who is excited for their rematch, as well as Ruska. Ruska insists that it's impossible for Cestvs to win and that he should withdraw from the tournament, but Cestvs refuses. "These fists are already soaked in blood. All I can do is move forward!" Each fighter carries his own feelings and desires in his heart as the Emperor Nero's tournament begins...
#37 - The Boxing Dogs
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 3
Sabina, daughter of a wealthy family of Pompeii, orders Cestvs to fight some thugs in the city. After realizing his own powerlessness, he asks Zafar to teach him how to throw a single knockout punch. Sabina offers to purchase Cestvs, but he rejects her offer, saying he wants to buy himself back on his own. Offended by his rejection, Sabina instructs Emden to thoroughly beat him in a boxing match. Emden agrees. He and Sabina have made a promise that will be fulfilled once he completes his undefeated record.
#38 - The Dice Killing Chapter - Part 1
When They Cry - Higurashi - Season 3 - Episode 2
Now that she and her friends are finally free from the eternally repeating tragedies of June 1983, Rika has a new lease on life. While biking with her friends, Rika carelessly collides with an oncoming truck. When she awakens, she finds herself in another Hinamizawa.
#39 - A Different Kind of Fight
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 2
During an audience with Emperor Nero, Agrippina orders Cestvs to fight the young guard Ruska. After being choked out by fighting prodigy Ruska, Cestvs is discouraged by his first defeat, but when Zafar tells him that he has a future, he pledges to become stronger. Time passes, and Cestvs visits Pompeii as part of Drisco's boxing group, where he encounters Pompeii's strongest fighting slave, Emden. At the mansion he is invited to, he spots a person sneaking in late at night... who turns out to be a beautiful woman. Who is she really?!
#40 - Surviving Until Tomorrow
CESTVS -The Roman Fighter- - Season 1 - Episode 4
Cestvs' fight against Emden, who is aiming to achieve an undefeated winning streak, has begun. Cestvs struggles with Emden's strength, which is even greater than he imagined. Despite it, he attacks by striking swiftly, but his opponent throws an unexpected series of blows that down Cestvs. Cestvs gets back up on unsteady legs and goes for a counterattack, but rather than attacking back, Emden focuses on defense. However, the look in his eyes reveals that he is up to something. Just as Cestvs attempts to land a powerful single blow, Emden's terrifying objective becomes apparent.