NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Separation
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2002
"Excuse me... I would like to scrub your back so would you mind if I came in?" Kaoru is flustered by Aoi's sudden idea. He tries to push her away when she enters (wearing her clothes), but Kaoru steps on the soap, and both of them fall on the floor. Something soft touches Kaoru's hand and cheek. Kaoru is on top of Aoi, hands, unwittingly, on her breasts. When Aoi's scream shakes the whole apartment, the door opens and Aoi's caretaker, Miyabi Kagurazaki jumps in, looking furious. When she sees him naked and on top of Aoi on the floor, she throws Kaoru against the wall. "Lady Aoi, are you aware of the position that you've put yourself in?" Actually, Aoi came to Kaoru without telling anyone about it. Miyabi says that Kaoru, who left the Hanabishi, is no longer Aoi's fiancée, and tries to take Aoi back home. Aoi frees herself from Miyabi's grasp, and says to Kaoru, "I cannot imagine being with anyone other than Kaoru-sama...Won't you please reconsider returning to the Hanabishi? So that we can be together..." With Aoi's words, Kaoru is...
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Tsuyoshi Tamai
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Living Together
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2002
After being taken back home by Miyabi, Aoi comes back to Kaoru wishing to be together with him even if it means losing everything. "Please accept me, vows and all, and make me your wife, Kaoru-sama!" Suddenly Kaoru falls forward. Kaoru got soaked when he went to pick Aoi up in the pouring rain, and has come down with a fever. While taking care of Kaoru, Aoi rolls his shirt up to wipe the sweat, and is stunned by the numerous scars on his back. The scars bring back the horrible memory of life in the Hanabishi clan and the beatings his grandfather delivered with a stick while trying to force Kaoru to give up an omamori (charm). His grandfather hated the charm for the same reason Kaoru treasured it—it was a reminder of Kaoru's mother who had left the Hanabishi family. "S-Sorry, I know it's not a pretty sight to look at," says Kaoru, and tries to pull his shirt down. Aoi touches his scars tenderly and says, "I will take extra care in healing these wounds of yours over time." Aoi's tears drop onto Kaoru's back. They hold each other...
Director: Masahito Otani
Writer: Yasunori Yamada
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Old Friend
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2002
It has been a while since Kaoru showed up in the photo club. What's waiting for him is the new member of the club, Taeko Minazuki, wearing costumes for a photo shoot. With the mistakes that Taeko makes combined with the vice-president of the photo club, Sato's cos-play (costume playing) antics, the photo club had turned into complete chaos. Kaoru thinks about Tina, one of the members of the club who left to travel the world. All of a sudden he gets tackled. "I came straight here from Narita 'cause I wanted to see my darling Kaoru!" It is Tina Foster, an American who grew up in Hakata. She came back after one year abroad. Taeko greets Tina shyly, and Tina responds in her own unique way! "All right then, it's time to celebrate my return and welcome our new member with an old-fashioned party!" While they party, Kaoru loses consciousness when he drinks some weird beverage which Tina brought from her travels. Back at home, poor Aoi worries about Kaoru when he doesn't return even late at night. The next morning, Aoi visits Kaoru's room and she finds him in the futon. Aoi hugs Kaoru, feeling relieved. But the futon that Kaoru is sleeping in suddenly starts moving. And who should appear from under the covers? Tina!
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Kenichi Kanemaki
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Family Tradition
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/22/2002
Taeko shows up at the cottage with her bags packed desperately in need of a job and place to live. She just was fired from her last job as housekeeper so Miyabi decides to give her a chance. Sadly, Taeko is very clumsy and despite her efforts to do a good job, she constantly is breaking something. Miyabi has seen enough and decides to fire her. However, Aoi steps in and encourages her to make one final effort—to make a dinner. She does and Miyabi relents and lets her stay on.
Director: Akira Tsuchiya
Writer: Kenichi Kanemaki
NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Spiritual Illusion
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2002
Aoi sees a brochure about a hot spring and she imagines taking a trip there with Kaoru. Meanwhile the photo club decides to take a trip to that very same hot spring and they insist that Aoi come along. Miyabi can't make it, but she ensures to impress upon Kaoru how is life will be if something happens to Aoi! Taeko has made reservations for a hotel but gets the group lost trying to find it. When they finally do arrive, she's made reservations not for that day but a year from that day! The hotel is packed and there is no room. However, Aoi whips out a company card and suddenly the hotel scrambles to get them a room at any cost! The photo club initiates new members by forcing them to take a picture of a ghost. Taeko being the new member is happy to oblige much to the shock of everyone else. However, when she doesn't return for a while, Kaoru and Aoi get concerned and set out to find her through the scary woods and to the haunted shrine. They find her well, but since a dense fog has settled, they end up spending the night in the shrine.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Masashi Kubota
NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Cherished Treasure
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/5/2002
Tina decides to buy a ferret much to the chagrin of Miyabi. Since pets make messes, Miyabi says she doesn't want to make more work for Taeko. However, Taeko sees the animal and goes, "KAWAII" which ends Miyabi's argument. The ferret escapes confinement and heads straight for Miyabi, stealing her favorite pen. This causes her to chase the animal all through the house. Finally, Miyabi locks herself into her study and refuses to answer anyone. The ferret encamps outside of her door and then tries to get in by climbing up a grandfather clock to go into a small open window above the door. Unfortunately, the animal falls and gets stuck behind the clock. Miyabi aides the others in rescuing the poor animal and the ferret gets a name.
Director: Kiyotaka Isako
Writer: Yasunori Yamada
NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - One Night
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/12/2002
Miyabi and Aoi have to leave for a day to take care of family business leaving Kaoru in charge of the house. The other two male members of the photo club come by and nab Taeko for some cos-play photos. This leaves Tina and Kaoru alone for the night. A storm comes along and knocks out the power causing Tina to insist on being alowed to spend the night with Kaoru. Surviving the night, the next evening, Tina and Kaoru start drinking and Tina trashes the place. Miyabi and Aoi return and Miyabi is ticked about the mess and forces Kaoru to clean it up while the culprit Tina gets taken to bed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Place of Learning
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/19/2002
Tina and Kaoru show the group pictures they had taken a year prior before Tina's trip. Aoi sees a picture of Kaoru standing next to the statue of his college's founder. Since the only picture she has of him is from their childhood, she asks if she can have that photo. The next day when Aoi is out buying food, she finds herself thinking of Kaoru and his life at school. Meanwhile at school, it is lunchtime and Tina, Taeko, and Kaoru are eating the lunch Aoi made for them and remarking how good it is. Aoi returns home and sees something on the TV about a certain food item that Tina had been raving on. Since the vendor will be shutting down in an hour, Aoi decides to go over, buy some of this, and take it to the university for Kaoru. She wanders around the campus lost and gets seen by Tina. Tina is unable to get Aoi's attention nor get to her, so she heads off to find Kaoru. He has Tina and Taeko go to class while he continues to search for Aoi. Eventually he runs into her at the statue where he had his picture taken and together, they eat the meal she purchased. Kaoru tells Aoi that he now has the afternoon free and they can do anything she wants. She wants to tour the campus with him which he gladly does. Then Tina and Taeko find them and the group goes out to eat.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Debutante
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/26/2002
The photo club puts on a show with Tina and Taeko wearing outfits to draw attention. To this event comes Mayu -- a girl who's been living in England and has returned to go to this college at 16. Seeing Kaoru, her mood improves and she flings herself at him and kisses him on the lips. Tina and Taeko are stunned by this.
Director: Masahito Otani
Writer: Kenichi Kanemaki
NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Kiss
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/3/2002
Mayu, who comes from a wealthy family, convinces Kaoru to come to her house for dinner. Kaoru informs Aoi of this though he neglects to tell Aoi that his friend is a female. Then Mayu convinces Kaoru to spend the night at her house since she's there alone. Again, Kaoru calls but doesn't let Aoi know that his friend is female. However, when Taeko lets it slip that she was surprised Kaoru's friend would kiss him like that and that the friend was female, Aoi is suddenly worried.
Director: Akira Tsuchiya
Writer: Kenichi Kanemaki
NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Star Festival
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/10/2002
Kaoru works incredibly hard all week in order to be able to afford the perfect gift for Aoi's birthday.
Director: Kunitoshi Okajima
Writer: Masaharu Amiya, Tsuyoshi Tamai
NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Servant
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/31/2002
Mayu tries to learn cooking from Aoi in a attempt to win the love of Kaoru.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Feelings of the Heart
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/7/2002
When Aoi was a child her grandmother wore a kimono that Aoi loved and told her that she would have someday. Aoi would walk through the cherry blossoms hand in hand with her grandmother. Aoi's grandmother also tells her that her husband loved the kimono and one day her husband would love it to if his love was true.Kaoru asked Aoi to go shopping with him. Aoi decided to wear the inherited kimono since she knows they will be alone together. Kaoru tells her that he loves the kimono which brings tears to her eyes and her love for him grows.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Shores
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/14/2002
everyone goes to the beach where Kaoru discovers that everyone but Aoi has worn a sexy swimsuit to attract his attention.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Waves
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/21/2002
Chika, tricks Kaoru into taking a bath with Taeko!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Bedsharing
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/21/2002
a trip to the zoo becomes a day with Tina followed by a drunken night in a love hotel! Will Aoi really believe they simply fell asleep? part 1
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Lap Pillow
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/4/2002
a trip to the zoo becomes a day with Tina followed by a drunken night in a love hotel! Will Aoi really believe they simply fell asleep? part 2
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Cure
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/4/2002
Aoi has some hidden talents, some that she saves just for Kaoru and others that she uses to save the college festival!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Familiar Scent
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/18/2002
When Aoi falls ill, everyone at the Sakuraba mansion falls apart trying to fill her shoes with the necessary household chores.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Returning Home
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/18/2002
Kaoru invites Aoi to visit someone special, she finds herself being introduced to Kaoru's mother's grave as someone important in his life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Decision
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/25/2002
Kaoru and Aoi encounter a severe frost Aoi's father forces Aoi to return home in an attempt to separate her from Kaoru forever!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Aoi
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/25/2002
Miyabi and Kaoru drive back to the Sakuraba to meet with Aoi again so that they can take her back. But Kaoru will have to go through Aoi's father first.
Director: Daisuke Takashima, Masami Shimoda
Writer: Kenichi Kanemaki
NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Spring Blossom
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2003
Chika-rin 'interrogates' every inhabitant of the mansion about their feelings towards Kaoru-oniisan, causing embarrassing situations throughout the whole episode.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Friends
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2003
Chika-chan invites two of her class mates to visit her home at the mansion, where she ""lives together with a guy"".
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Tennis
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2003
Chika tries to learn playing tennis for some forthcoming sports event; Miyabi has been a good tennis player some time ago and volunteers to teach her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Ai Yori Aoshi
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Kaoru is a college boy with everything going for him. He lives in a mansion with his beautiful fiancé, Aoi, all his roommates are babes,...
Genres:AnimationComedyDrama
Network:Fuji TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"Separation" is the worst rated episode of "Ai Yori Aoshi". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Mitsutaka Noshitani and written by Tsuyoshi Tamai, it aired on 4/24/2002. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Living Together".