7.6/10144 votes#1 - Sparkling-Fresh
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2023
Mitsumi heads out for her entrance ceremony, confident that her day will be perfect, only to get lost. When she's panicking at the station, a boy wearing her school's uniform talks to her.
Director: Kotomi Deai
Writer: Yoko Yonaiyama
7.8/10127 votes#2 - Fidgeting and Wandering
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2023
Heading into self-intros, Mitsumi is a nervous wreck. Nao-chan tries to ease her fears, but she makes a choice that she will end up regretting.
Director: Yuriko Abe
Writer: Tomoko Shinozuka
8.0/10128 votes#3 - Dreamy and Sparky
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/2023
Mitsumi heads to the student council office after school, where she finds Makoto standing frozen by the door.
Director: Akira Takamura
Writer: Katsuro Hidaka
7.4/10122 votes#4 - Tingling and Scraping
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2023
Kanechika enlists Mitsumi’s help in getting Shima to join the drama club. He shows her a recording of an old TV show…
Director: Ken Sanuma
Writer: Tomoko Shinozuka
7.7/10116 votes#5 - Prickly and Giddy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2023
Mitsumi finds herself in the volleyball event for the class matches. Unathletic as she is, she asks Mika, who used to be on her school’s volleyball team, to help her practice.
Director: Yohei Fukui
Writer: Katsuro Hidaka
8.4/10129 votes#6 - Drizzling and Flickering
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/9/2023
Fumi’s in love, but Mitsumi doesn’t have time to internalize it as exams are right around the corner!
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Yoko Yonaiyama
7.4/10111 votes#7 - Hectic and Hot Stuff
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2023
There's good news and bad news as Mitsumi and Narumi wonder how to cheer up a friend and Narumi's past is revealed.
Director: Mitsuyo Yokono
Writer: Katsuro Hidaka
8.0/10110 votes#8 - Heat and Complications
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2023
Mitsumi and Sousuke head to the zoo, where they are shadowed by a couple of worrywarts.
Director: Chie Yamashiro
Writer: Yoko Yonaiyama
7.9/10107 votes#9 - Drowsy and Peppy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2023
Summer break enters its latter half, and Mitsumi heads home to Ikajima. How does returning to her old stomping grounds affect her?
Director: Shu Honma
Writer: Katsuro Hidaka
7.7/10104 votes#10 - Scrambling and Dripping
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/2023
Class 1-3 is putting on a play for the upcoming school festival, but Mitsumi is torn between helping out and her student council duties.
Director: Takanori Yano
Writer: Yoko Yonaiyama
7.7/10100 votes#11 - Hype and Excitement
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/13/2023
The Tsubame West School Festival gets underway, and Mitsumi—surrounded by classmates being visited by friends and family—remembers that she’s a long way from home.
Director: Yuriko Abe
Writer: Katsuro Hidaka
8.3/10107 votes#12 - Shining
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/20/2023
It’s the second and final day of the school festival, and Mitsumi’s class gets some surprise visits from Sousuke’s family and friends.
Director: Kotomi Deai
Writer: Yoko Yonaiyama
The Best Episodes of Skip and Loafer Season 1
Every episode of Skip and Loafer Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Skip and Loafer Season 1!
Iwakura Mitsumi, a tenacious country girl, prepares for high school in the big city. She meets the handsome Shima Sousuke, whose easygoing ways help her...
Genres:AnimationComedy
Network:Tokyo MX
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Sparkling-Fresh" is the best rated episode of "Skip and Loafer" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by Kotomi Deai and written by Yoko Yonaiyama, it aired on 4/4/2023. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Fidgeting and Wandering".