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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

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  • Tennis Circle Cupid
    7.7/10298 votes

    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

  • Film Circle Misogi
    8.1/10275 votes

    Film 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

  • Cycling Club Soleil
    7.7/10254 votes

    Cycling Club 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

  • Disciples Wanted
    7.3/10250 votes

    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

  • Softball Circle Honwaka
    7.5/10248 votes

    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

  • English Conversation Circle JoEnglish
    8.7/10274 votes

    English Conversation Circle JoEnglish

    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

  • Hero Show Association
    7.7/10244 votes

    Hero Show Association

    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

  • Reading Circle SEA
    8.2/10244 votes

    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

  • Secret Society Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant
    8.3/10242 votes

    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

  • The 4½ Tatami Ideologue
    9.1/10322 votes

    The 4½ 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: Choi Eun-young

    Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

  • The End of the 4½ Tatami Age
    9.3/10357 votes

    The End of the 4½ 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