7.5/10138 votes#1 - You're going to be my boyfriend.
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/24/2022
Umino Nagi was swapped with another child at birth. He’s going to meet his real parents today, but on his way to school, he meets a girl who is threatening to die to get out of her engagement.
Director: Yoshino Shirahata
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.5/10122 votes#2 - I'm not going to marry you.
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/1/2022
Nagi and Erika are now engaged, but Nagi can’t wrap his head around how loaded Erika is, and Erika seems to have concerns of her own.
Director: Mayu Numayama
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.4/10114 votes#3 - You aren't going to beat me!!!!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/8/2022
Living together with Erika gives Nagi an opportunity to focus on exam prep, except when they run into trouble.
Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.3/1093 votes#4 - Would you please go out with me...?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/15/2022
Having scored higher than anyone else in his grade, including Hiro, Nagi decides to finally confess to her.
Director: Shuuji Saitou
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.3/1090 votes#5 - Can we do our morning study sessions together...?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/22/2022
Hiro and Nagi begin studying together in the mornings, but unexpected circumstances put a wrench in their relationship.
Director: Chihiro Kumano
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.2/1084 votes#6 - I thought you live by yourself.
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/29/2022
Erika joins Nagi’s and Hiro’s morning study sessions to wingman for Nagi, and Hiro wants to come hang out at her place.
Director: Yoshino Shirahata
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.0/1083 votes#7 - Is my fate going to change?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/5/2022
Nagi invites Hiro to join his group for a school field trip. The group is plunged into chaos with the addition of a couple more members.
Director: Marina Maki
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.7/1081 votes#8 - Are you going to marry him?
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/12/2022
Sachi notices something going on between Erika and Nagi and decides to try to get to the bottom of it. Both she and Nagi are on the verge of a big decision.
Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.6/1075 votes#9 - The Kuroshio currents beckon to me.
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/19/2022
Hiro and Nagi go on date at the amusement park. Sachi is not amused.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.9/1073 votes#10 - Don't treat me like your kid sister.
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/26/2022
Sachi and Nagi go shopping together for a Mother’s Day gift, but they can’t think of anything their mother would appreciate
Director: Chihiro Kumano
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.8/1069 votes#11 - I can't forget that just happened.
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/3/2022
Erika and Nagi are stuck in a power outage. Nagi goes to the front door to find an emergency kit, when the unthinkable happens.
Director: Shuuji Saitou
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.9/1071 votes#12 - It's not that I like you, yet.
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/10/2022
Nagi tries to redeem himself after embarrassing himself in front of Hiro on their amusement park date.
Director: Mayu Numayama
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.8/1066 votes#13 - Things aren't quite working out, are they?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/24/2022
Nagi is beginning to question his own feelings, and he has trouble even focusing on midterms.
Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.6/1067 votes#14 - Walls exist to be overcome!!
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/31/2022
Erika’s parents want her to come home if she fails her make-up exams. She asks Nagi for help, but it may not be that easy.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.6/1063 votes#15 - We have to tell her... about our secret!
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/7/2022
Erika and Nagi walk around the festival together, and she shocks him with how out-of-touch she is.
Director: Fumio Maezono
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.6/1062 votes#16 - I want to talk about now.
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/14/2022
Sachi is worried about Hiro, so she brings Erika along to follow her and learn about her.
Director: Nobuyoshi Arai
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.7/1061 votes#17 - Anything could happen right now!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/21/2022
Erika, Hiro, Sachi and Nagi make plans to study at Erika’s vacation house, but there ends up being a slight change in the roster.
Director: Yoshiaki Okumura
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.0/1062 votes#18 - Who is that person?
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/28/2022
Nagi is hoping to do the test of courage with Hiro, but Erika takes him instead. Nagi can’t figure out what it is that’s bothering her.
Director: Shuuji Saitou
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.9/1063 votes#19 - You must have noticed by now.
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/4/2022
Erika reveals who it is that she’s been trying to reach through social media.
Director: Masaya Sasaki
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.7/1059 votes#20 - I want to grow up already!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/11/2022
Nagi discusses with Erika what he learned – or tried to learn – from her father.
Director: Fumio Maezono
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.8/1059 votes#21 - It's a secret between you and me.
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/18/2022
Having topped his grade in the term exams, Nagi confesses to Hiro once again.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.5/1057 votes#22 - I'll Be There With You
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/25/2022
Erika, Hiro, Sachi, and Nagi spend more time at the beach home retreat, and eventually, clues about Erika's missing older brother are found. This incites Nagi to search for him around the nearby town with Erika by his side.
Director: Yoshiaki Okumura
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.9/1058 votes#23 - What Should We Do Now?
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/2/2022
On the day Nagi, Erika, Sachi, and Hiro are to return home, Nagi and Hiro decide to stay behind to collect a shrine stamp from the local temple. However, become of this, their train ride home is canceled due to the stormy weather, thus forcing them to stay at a local inn where things get strangely intimate.
Director: Tomio Yamauchi
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.8/1066 votes#24 - All That Matters Is That You Two Are Happy
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/2/2022
The household visits the diner to attend Yohei's birthday party and learn some family secrets surrounding them. The next day after a study session, Erika succumbs to a cold that she caught, and the household, including Hiro, scrambles to help her through it.
Director: Chihiro Kumano
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
The Best Episodes of A Couple of Cuckoos Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"You're going to be my boyfriend." is the best rated episode of "A Couple of Cuckoos" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 138 votes. Directed by Yoshino Shirahata and written by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, it aired on 4/24/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "I'm not going to marry you.".