7.5/1088 votes#1 - Spring and Hard Times
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2017
Kotarou Azumi and Akane Mizuno became third year students at junior high school and are classmates for the first time. These two, along with fellow classmates, Chinatsu Nishio and Takumi Hira, relate to their peers through mutual understandings and feelings. As their final year at junior high school progresses, the group overcome their challenges to mature and become aware of changes in themselves.
Director: Mitsuhiro Iwasaki
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.8/1076 votes#2 - A Handful of Sand
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2017
It's the last sports festival of middle school. Kotarou gets put in the relay race. He becomes friends with one of Akane's friends who bandages his scraped hand.
Director: Yoshimichi Hirai
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.9/1074 votes#3 - Howling at the Moon
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2017
With the school trip looming, the third-years are abuzz with dating gossip. Meanwhile, Kotarou is busy with his writing, and Akane is working on her running performance.
Director: Yoshihiro Hiramine
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.1/1074 votes#4 - Passing Shower
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2017
Things get awkward between Kotarou and Akane after he asks her out. He tries to find some time alone with her on the school trip, but sneaking his cell phone past the teachers proves to be a challenge.
Director: Makoto Nakata
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.2/1072 votes#5 - Kokoro
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2017
Akane and Kotarou want to spend more time together at school, but they can never seem to find the time or space. Chinatsu, meanwhile, seems to have no trouble finding ways to hang out with him.
Director: Takafumi Fujii
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.8/1073 votes#6 - Run, Melos!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2017
Akane's big track meet is coming up, but she's flustered by Chinatsu's confession to her that she has a crush on Kotarou.
Director: Makoto Nakata
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/1073 votes#7 - Hold Back Nothing When Taking Love
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2017
Chinatsu invites Akane, Kotarou and Hira to Tokyo Dome City amusement park. She makes a last-ditch effort.
Director: Masatoyo Takada
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.1/1070 votes#8 - Vita Sexualis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/2017
Word gets around that Kotarou and Akane are in a relationship.
Director: Satoshi Saga
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.8/1068 votes#9 - The Wind Rises
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2017
Despite the stressful changes that come with the transition from middle school to high school, Kotarou and Akane have each other to lean on—for now.
Director: Yoshihiro Hiramine
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.4/1082 votes#10 - The Setting Sun
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2017
Akane decides to apply to a school in Chiba that her parents and Takumi recommended. She meets with Kotaro, who says he will try to apply to the same one and that, regardless, they will be together. The track club later goes to Kotaro’s festival.
Director: Yoshimichi Hirai
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/1073 votes#11 - An Encouragement of Learning
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/2017
Kotaro begins studying incredibly hard to go to Akane’s school, despite not having sufficient grades. Initially, his mother is elated, having earlier criticized his hobbies as distractions. However, at a PTS conference, Kotaro reveals his true intentions, straining his relationship with his parents. Meanwhile, in addition to studying, Akane starts knitting a scarf for Kotaro.
Director: Mayo Nozaki
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.7/10118 votes#12 - And Then
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/30/2017
Kotaro learns that he was not accepted into Akane’s school, saddening them. Daisuke suggests Kotaro use it in his writing, while Ayane suggests Akane should break up with him rather than do long-distance.
Director: Takafumi Fujii, Yoshimichi Hirai, Makoto Nakata, Masatoyo Takada, Takashi Ikehata
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
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Kotarou Azumi and Akane Mizuno became third year students at junior high school and are classmates for the first time. These two, along with fellow...
Genres:AnimationDrama
Network:Tokyo MX
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Spring and Hard Times" is the best rated episode of "Tsukigakirei" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Mitsuhiro Iwasaki and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on 4/7/2017. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Handful of Sand".