The Man from the South / A Fruitless Lunchtime

8.3/10 · 104 votesAug 26, 200325 min

Ranked #1 of 11 in Season 2•+0.8 vs season avg

A secret admirer leaves a love letter in Sousuke's shoe locker. Instead of finding the letter, he deduces that his locker was tampered with and promptly blows it up. From its fragments, Sousuke misinterprets the letter as a death threat and confronts his "stalker". Sousuke forgets

Season 2 Episodes11

E1 8.3Now viewing

The Man from the South / A Fruitless Lunchtime

E2 7.9

Summer Illusion of Steel

E3 7.4

Summer Illusion of Steel

E4 7.6

The Hamburger Hill of Art / Single-Minded Stakeout

E5 7.4

The Pure Yet Impure Grappler / Trespassing on Good Faith

E6 7.3

The Hard Sell Fetish / The Patient of Darkness

E7 7.1

The Warcry of Excessiveness

E8 7.4

A Goddess Comes to Japan (Part 1: The Suffering)

E9 7.3

A Goddess Comes to Japan (Part 2: The Hot Spring)

E10 7.6

A Fancy Without Honor or Humanity

E11 7.6

Uncontrollable Bluebird

Cast9

Tomokazu Seki

Sousuke Sagara (voice)

Satsuki Yukino

Kaname Chidori (voice)

Michiko Neya

Melissa Mao (voice)

Rio Natsuki

(voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kurz Weber (voice)

Mamiko Noto

Shinji Kazama (voice)

Ikue Kimura

Kyoko Tokiwa (voice)

Yukana

Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Cmdr. Richard Mardukas (voice)

Crew3

Kazuya Sakamoto

Key Animation

Shouji Gatou

Writer

Noriyuki Kitanohara

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Man from the South / A Fruitless Lunchtime" is episode 1 of Full Metal Panic! season 2. It scored 8.3/10 from 104 votes, ranking #1 of 11 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Noriyuki Kitanohara and written by Shouji Gatou, it aired on August 26, 2003.

The Man from the South / A Fruitless Lunchtime

Seasons4

Season 2 Episodes11

Cast9

Crew3

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Episode Summary