The Best Episodes of The Tatami Galaxy
Every episode of The Tatami Galaxy ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Tatami Galaxy!
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Tatami Galaxy" is "The End of the 4.5 Tatami Age", rated 9.2/10 from 239 user votes. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa and written by Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda. "The End of the 4.5 Tatami Age" aired on 7/2/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The 4.5 Tatami Ideologue".
9.2/10 239 votes#1 - The End of the 4.5 Tatami Age
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/2/2010
The angst-ridden narrator becomes lost in a maze of 4.5 Tatami rooms as he searches for what lingers just out of reach. Will he finally make the long-awaited, often-hinted-at love connection he’s sought for so long?
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
9.1/10 222 votes#2 - The 4.5 Tatami Ideologue
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/25/2010
An unusual young man with no interest in the outside world tries to survive the college experience by refusing to leave his room. Will it be extreme hunger or a desire for female companionship that forces him out first?
Director: Eunyoung Choi
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
8.6/10 190 votes#3 - English Conversation Circle
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/2010
When a young man seeks romance and adventure by joining the foreign language club, he gets caught in a bizarre love triangle where a night of drinking leads to intrusive gum massages and sloppy tongue baths.
Director: Shingo Natsume
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
8.1/10 170 votes#4 - Reading Circle "Sea"
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/11/2010
A name scrawled inside a secondhand novel leads to a romantic exchange of letters, but the storybook ending takes a bizarre turn when the two star-crossed pen pals meet face-to-face.
Director: Junichi Fujise
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
8.1/10 167 votes#5 - Secret Society "Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant"
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/18/2010
Membership has its privileges, but not for an unsuspecting college student forcibly initiated into the Secret Society Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant! Will his covertly cruel conduct spoil a young man’s chance at love?
Director: Akitoshi Yokoyama
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
8.0/10 190 votes#6 - Movie Circle "Misogi"
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2010
The not-so-lovable loser and his sidekick Ozu use hidden cameras in an attempt to overthrow the head of the campus movie circle. Glorious revolution is the goal, but if their plan backfires - things could get ugly.
Director: Akitoshi Yokoyama
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
7.6/10 199 votes#7 - Tennis Circle "Cupid"
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2010
A college dropout in search of ramen crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his days as a “black cupid.”
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
7.6/10 175 votes#8 - Cycling Association "Soleil"
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/7/2010
After the campus cleanup crew confiscates his state-of-the-art bicycle, a college misfit trades his wheels for some wings in an attempt to become a human birdman. Why? To impress a girl, of course.
Director: Ryotaro Makihara
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
7.6/10 168 votes#9 - "Hero Show Association" Circle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/4/2010
Everyone falls in love at least once during college, but not everyone severs all connections with actual humans in favor of an illicit romance with a life-sized plastic doll.
Director: Michio Mihara
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
7.3/10 174 votes#10 - Softball Circle "Honwaka"
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2010
The Softball Club, with its supply of tanned and toned female members, seems like a good place for a lonely boy to find intimacy, but the action takes a foul turn when his only friend hatches another heinous scheme.
Director: Tomoya Takahashi
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
7.2/10 175 votes#11 - Disciples Wanted
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/14/2010
A lowly college student signs on as a disciple to a madman who’s wanted by the library police. His first assignment: accompany the girl of his dreams on a quest to attain a mystical toilet brush.
Director: Akitoshi Yokoyama
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda