Season guide

GameCenter CX: Season 5

6 episodes Premiered Jun 7, 2006

Previously on GameCenter CX

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of GameCenter CX Season 4.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (3): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S5·E1 Mytharc

"Umihara Kawase:" How 'bout it? The Kacho Returns (#31)

Jun 7, 2006

Six months later, everyone’s favorite section chief arrives back on the scene. Due to Arino’s family commitments, season 5 is only a scant six episodes long, but it promises to be

S5·E2 Core

Best Regards to "Contra" (#32)

Jun 21, 2006

Arino challenges Konami's classic action game, and he doen't even use the Konami Code! AD Inoue a.k.a. Inoko MAX tries to aid Arino after his previous blunder.

S5·E3 Core

Sega's Strongest Brothers: "Bonanza Bros." (#33)

Jul 5, 2006

Arino challenges Bonanza Bros, a Mega Drive game about burglarizing buildings and hiding from the cops.

S5·E4 Core

Another Life-Or-Death Struggle: "Ghouls 'n Ghosts" (#34)

Jul 19, 2006

Arino's worst nightmare has come true, he must challenge the sequel to Makai Mura, and once again face the Red Arremer.

S5·E5 Mytharc

Seconds, Please! "Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom" (#35)

Aug 2, 2006

Arino's first adventure game challenge. As the valiant Sir Cucumber, Arino must rescue Princess Tomato and stop the evil Minister Pumpkin.

S5·E6 Mytharc

Amourousness in Summer: "Yokai Dochuki" (#36)

Aug 30, 2006

Arino begins his last challenge: Youkai Dochuuki (a.k.a. Shadowland), the PC Engine version of a Namco arcade game starring Tarosuke, a boy trying to make it through a land full of