7.4/1018 votes#1 - The Ugly Cat and The Cursed High Schooler
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2009
Junpei Kousaka's most important matters were to stay away from cats, due to his allergy to them, and his crush on his classmate Kaede Mizuno, until he accidentally damages the statue of a cat deity and is cursed with the ability to talk to cats and the task of attending 100 requests from them, with the risk of be transformed into a cat himself if he fails. The first quest he receives is to help the stray cats in the local park who have been tormented by a stranger leaving them traumatized. The tormentor later turns out to be Kaede who has an extreme fondness for cats to the point of smothering them.
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6.6/1018 votes#2 - That Man is My Slave?
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2009
Junpei must help a cat to give his thanks to a girl who helped him, however she is no other than Kanako Sumiyoshi, a childhood acquaintance of his who is determined to torment him during the school's cultural festival. The cat later moves in with Kunpei until he can find another home.
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7.7/1018 votes#3 - What's your name?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2009
Junpei meets Chizuru Mochizuki, a postwoman in trouble and decides to help her while roaming the city helping the cats with their requests. However, hanging around with her ends up putting him on a series of misunderstandings much to his despair.
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7.4/1015 votes#4 - Beautiful Person
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2009
Junpei's next request is from a cat owned by Nagi Ichinose, an upperclassman of him. While Nagi seems to be a threat to his relationship with Kaede at first, he ends up being surprised when he figures out Nagi's true nature.
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7.5/1014 votes#5 - Times Square
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2009
Junpei sets for the amusement park with Kaede, which could be the perfect chance to get closer to her if Kanako and Nagi had not come along for the ride.
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7.3/1014 votes#6 - Milk & Bitter & Sugar & Spice
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2009
Junpei meet the twins Akari and Kotone Kirishima, who know about his curse and decided to help on his ordeal. However, hanging with them becomes another source of misunderstandings, mostly due to Kotone's strange infatuation on him and their ability to sense the supernatural like Junpei's curse.
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7.5/1014 votes#7 - Wait Until It's Getting Dark
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2009
Junpei sets for a school trip to Kyoto with his classmates, but he barely has time to enjoy the trip when words about him spread among the local cats who flood him with requests. Junpei along with Kaede and Sumiyoshi soon stumble upon Ichinose who's family is situated in Kyoto and is there to attend an annual meeting. This meeting is in fact an arrangement to have Ichinose choose a husband, a decision which she would always decline.
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7.4/1014 votes#8 - The Burning Private Instruction Runner
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2009
Junpei's next task is to help a cat to get in shape in order to win the favor of his beloved. But when he starts to neglect his promise with him, the cat decides to enact revenge by putting him on a very embarrassing situation.
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7.8/1014 votes#9 - Girls in the Water
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2009
The gang sets for a leisure time at the swimming pool, but Junpei gets sick, and Kanako pays a visit to take care of him, while struggling about her true feelings.
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7.7/1014 votes#10 - The Happenings of a Certain Night
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2009
The Kirishima sisters end up counting with Junpei's unexpected help to deal with a spirit who threatens his friends.
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7.8/1014 votes#11 - Friends
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2009
Christmas is coming and after stumbling on Junpei, Kanako ends up spending some quality time with him.
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8.1/1016 votes#12 - Heaven Will Wait?
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2009
Kaede is suspicious about Junpei's secret and he must find a way to dissuade her before being stricken with the full force of his curse.
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The Best Episodes of Nyan Koi! Season 1
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High school student Junpei Kousaka is allergic to cats—unfortunately for him he is surrounded by cat lovers and is cursed with an ability to understand...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Ugly Cat and The Cursed High Schooler" is the best rated episode of "Nyan Koi!" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/2009. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "That Man is My Slave?".