The Best Episodes of The Tatami Galaxy Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(298 votes)

   #1 - Tennis Circle Cupid

   S1:E14/23/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Masaaki Yuasa

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
2. 

   8.1/10(275 votes)

   #2 - Film Circle Misogi

   S1:E24/30/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
3. 

   7.7/10(254 votes)

   #3 - Cycling Club Soleil

   S1:E35/7/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Ryotaro Makihara

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
4. 

   7.3/10(250 votes)

   #4 - Disciples Wanted

   S1:E45/14/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
5. 

   7.5/10(248 votes)

   #5 - Softball Circle Honwaka

   S1:E55/21/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Tomoya Takahashi

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
6. 

   8.7/10(274 votes)

   #6 - English Conversation Circle JoEnglish

   S1:E65/28/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Shingo Natsume

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
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7. 

   7.7/10(244 votes)

   #7 - Hero Show Association

   S1:E76/4/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Michio Mihara

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
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   8.2/10(244 votes)

   #8 - Reading Circle SEA

   S1:E86/11/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Junichi Fujise

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
9. 

   8.3/10(242 votes)

   #9 - Secret Society Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant

   S1:E96/18/2010

   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

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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   Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama

   Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
10. 

    9.1/10(322 votes)

    #10 - The 4½ Tatami Ideologue

    S1:E106/25/2010

    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

    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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    Director:Choi Eun-young

    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda
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    9.3/10(357 votes)

    #11 - The End of the 4½ Tatami Age

    S1:E117/2/2010

    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

    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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    Director:Masaaki Yuasa

    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda