The Best Episodes Directed By Hiroaki Matsushima

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Is There No Way We Can Stay Like This?

   S1:E119/16/2025

   Renako heads to the hot spring town with Ajisai and Mai. They explore candy shops and photo studios, where Renako discovers a surprising part of Ajisai’s childhood. Dressed in yukata, they enjoy the evening festival. The fireworks are dazzling, but just before, something happens between Ajisai and Mai that Renako doesn’t notice…

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Perform? On a Stage Like That? No Freaking Way!

   S1:E161/1/2026

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   7.6/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Imagined, but Not Real.

   S1:E210/16/2022

   One stormy night, Akari and Jiro decide to watch a horror movie to earn some points. Akari pulls out matching pajamas to increase their score and starts changing clothes right in front of Jiro. Flustered, he turns his back, starts changing, and then...

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   7.4/10(5 votes)

   #4 - A Male Virgin, but No Female Virgin.

   S1:E611/13/2022

   Akari suddenly stops calling Jiro by his first name, calling him “Yakuin” instead. While he’s still puzzling over why, Shiori gets hit in the head by a soccer ball and sent to the infirmary. Jiro goes to visit her at Mei’s request, and then...

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   7.2/10(4 votes)

   #5 - More Than a Confession, but Not Yet a Broken Heart.

   S1:E1112/18/2022

   Their summer job ends with a test of courage event. But before that, Jiro’s kindness causes Shiori to let some of her true feelings slip. As Jiro wrestles with her words, Kamo mentions that he has the ability to rig the parings for the night’s event.

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