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The Best Episodes of HaNaYaMaTa

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Naru is a high school girl who is average in every way. She loves fairy tale heroines, though she’s never had the courage to escape her ordinary life. One day, she sees Hannah, a transfer

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 5 - First Step
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - First Step

    S1:E5

    With Tami and Yaya having joined, the club finally has four members, and they begin working towards their goal of performing in the Hanairo Yosakoi Festival in the summer. But Naru and the others have never seen real yosakoi, so by Tami's suggestion, they go to the Shounan Yosakoi Festival.

    Director:Kotono Watanabe
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 6 - Try, Try, Try
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Try, Try, Try

    S1:E6

    The club prepares for the Hanairo Yosakoi festival: logos, costumes, choreography, music. Meanwhile, Hana discovers a gig at the department store. They plan for the club to perform, but Sally-sensei makes two demands in exchange for permission for the out-of-school activity...

    Director:Akira Shimizu
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 7 - Girl Identity
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Girl Identity

    S1:E7

    With the department store event coming up, Yaya seems somehow depressed. It seems to have something to do with her band's audition. Yaya is reluctant to talk about it, and when Naru and the gang try to help her out, she accidentally explodes at them.

    Director:Fumihiro Yoshimura
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 8 - Mission Event
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Mission Event

    S1:E8

    Yaya officially joins the Yosakoi Club, making for four members. They make progress on their preparations for the department store event, but they forget to bring their CD. Sally-sensei says she'll "ask her sister", who, as it turns out, is student council president Machi. The four approach their first performance, but...

    Director:Hideki Hosokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 9 - Sister Complex
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Sister Complex

    S1:E9

    Having gotten over their misstep at the department store, the members set their minds on the Hanairo Yosakoi Festival. Meanwhile, Machi brings shocking news that the Yosakoi Club still hadn't been officially accepted as a club.

    Director:Osamu Sekita
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 10 - Hot Springs Camp
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Hot Springs Camp

    S1:E10

    With Machi having joined the Yuihama Academy Middle School Yosakoi Club, the group plan a training camp for the Hanairo Yosakoi Festival at a hot spring in Hakone. Machi is under pressure to catch up with the rest of the club.

    Director:Chikayo Nakamura
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 11 - Smile Is Flower
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Smile Is Flower

    S1:E11

    Just three weeks until Hanairo Yosakoi Festival! Everyone is hard at work practicing, but Hana seems a bit down. One night, after recording the vocals for their song, Hana visits Naru, and tells her...

    Director:Kotono Watanabe
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 12 - Hanayamata
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Hanayamata

    S1:E12

    The Hanairo Yosakoi Festival is finally here. It was Naru that gave everyone encouragement after Hannah's departure. Naru visits the place where she first met Hana. And once again, Hana runs through the town hoping to dance with everyone again. The girls have a new summer memory. Cute and energetic, HaNaYaMaTa!

    Director:Atsuko Ishizuka
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 3 - Girls' Style
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Girls' Style

    S1:E3

    Naru and Hana visit yosakoi shop Masaru, where they learn of the summer Hanairo Yosakoi Festival. Hana is eager to participate through their Yosakoi Club, but to form a club, they need at least four members. As Hana performs all around the school to recruit members, Yaya asks her how she could be so happy.

    Director:Hideki Hosokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 2 - Jealousy Rose
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Jealousy Rose

    S1:E2

    Naru and Hana discuss how they can get their school interested in yosakoi. Their classmate Yaya isn't too happy about Naru and Hana becoming so close. A little mistake becomes the beginning of a fight between Naru and Yaya, but...

    Director:Chikayo Nakamura
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 1 - Shall We Dance?
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Shall We Dance?

    S1:E1

    On the night of a full moon, typical second-year middle school student Naru Sekiya has an encounter with Hana, a blonde girl dressed in a kimono. That was Naru's first exposure to the extraordinary world of yosakoi dance. Hesitant, but wanting to be spectacular, Naru takes her first steps towards something new.

    Director:Atsuko Ishizuka
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. HaNaYaMaTa Season 1 Episode 4 - Princess/Princess
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Princess/Princess

    S1:E4

    Naru and the gang are forbidden by student council president Machi to use the rooftop. But student council vice president and Naru's childhood friend, Tami, promises to buy them time until they can find a new place for their club activities. Hana tries to get traditional Japanese beauty Tami to join the club, but she has to weigh what she wants to do against her position as a Nishimikado daughter.

    Director:Keiya Saito
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"First Step" is the best rated episode of "HaNaYaMaTa". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Kotono Watanabe and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/5/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Try, Try, Try".