8.0/101 votes#1 - Dreams and Reality
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/2019
A runner from another school trips and falls right in front of Haiji. Fortunately, he’s able to avoid crashing into him, but he puts all his weight on his right leg. The fall causes a commotion at the water station. The cold rain mercilessly pounds down on the runners and the fans watching over them. Eventually the races moves into the city streets, and the runners’ race for survival accelerates.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
8.0/101 votes#2 - The World of Violence
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2023
Tetsuo and Kyoichi work together to trace Nobuto's footsteps before his disappearance. But in that process, they're given a violent and possibly fatal ultimatum by the organization.
Director: Daisuke Shimamura
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
8.0/101 votes#3 - Entertaining the Guest, Kasen Style
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2023
Tetsuo succeeds in uploading the fake video of Nobuto, but it leads to more investigation by Kubo's men. Kyoichi, still suspicious of Tetsuo, decides to investigate Tetsuo's house. Without consulting Tetsuo, Kasen chooses to entertain Kyoichi...
Director: Fumio Maezono
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
8.0/101 votes#4 - Mother and Mother
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2023
As the deadline approaches, Tetsuo and Kasen begin putting a plan in action to frame someone else for Nobuto's murder. Kyoichi contacts Reika and attempts to meet with her.
Director: Yuri Uema
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
8.0/101 votes#5 - The Fateful Day
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/28/2023
After Tetsuo and Kyoichi inspect Kyoichi's apartment, they share what could be their "last meal." When they go back to Takeda, new evidence shows up that makes Kyoichi a prime suspect.
Director: Daisuke Shimamura
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
8.0/101 votes#6 - One Thing I Did
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/2023
Tetsuo is allowed to walk away after Kyoichi is condemned by the organization. However, Kyoichi does not quietly accept his fate and attempts to escape his death sentence.
Director: Shintaro Matsui
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#7 - Mismatched Runners
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2018
Kakeru asks Prince to quit the team depending on his performance at the next track meet. Though Haiji says Kakeru’s words are ineffective, Prince asks if he’ll be able to achieve an official record. But there’s something else bothering Haiji: there’s one leftover portion of food.
Director: Asami Nakatani
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#8 - And Then Start Running
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/2019
The Kansei University track team runs into Tokyo Sport University at Lake Shirakaba, where they’re holding their training camp. Sakaki insistently provokes Kakeru over his past actions. Pushes to his limit, Kakeru grabs ahold of him, but his friends come between them before anything can happen. Later they begin their grueling practice, but Kakeru can’t stop recalling heavy memories from his high school days: a cruel past that pushed a group of elite runners to their breaking point. Recalling how he chose his own destruction, Kakeru agonizes over his past. That night, the sky is full of stars. Haiji appears next to Kakeru as he’s hanging around by himself…
Director: Yoko Kanamori
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#9 - Place of Destiny
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/2019
The entire team achieves offical records. Having earned the right to compete in the qualifier, Haiji reports their progress to Coach Tazaki. Though they still have many challenges to face before they make it through the qualifier, the expections of everyone around them continue to rise. They even receive an interview request from a TV station. While the others are excited, Yuki alone seems unhappy.
Director: Hitomi Ezoe
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#10 - Searching for the Answer
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/2019
The Kansei University track team miraculously makes it through the qualifier. The team is inundated by club applicants and interview requests. Despite them, Haiji calmly focuses on preparing for the race. However, Jota and Joji suddenly begin to oppose him. "Haiji’s fooling us, isn’t he?" What misgivings weigh heavily on their minds?
Director: Asami Nakatani
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#11 - The Moment of Release
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/2019
The Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race finally begins. Haiji was right, and Section 1 moves at a slow pace while the teams try to feel each other out. Prince, who bears the heavy responsibility of starting the race, takes up his position behind the other runners and conserves his strength. It’s all part of Haiji’s plan to take the top. Haiji also sends a message to Prince through Tazaki in the coach’s vehicle and heads to the Tsurumi Relay Station where Musa waits. The group raises its pace. Prince desperately hangs on. And in the back of his mind, he recalls a conversation he once had with Haiji…
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#12 - Goodbye, Beautiful World
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/2019
His teammates faced death to pass the sash along. Bearing that weight in his mind, Yuki prepares for the race. Shindo approaches him. Turning his overflowing anxiety and regrets into strength, Yuki waits for the race to start. Meanwhile, in Yokohama, Kakeru and Haiji wait for Sections 9 and 10 to start. However, when Haiji is nowhere to be found, Kakeru grows uneasy. As though confirming his concerns, a sports doctor exits Haiji’s room. Kakeru interrogates Haiji, but Haiji remains the same calm Haiji he’s always been. It’s 8AM. The second half begins!
Director: Asami Nakatani
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#13 - Embrace Your Loneliness
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/20/2019
Sakaki’s fighting spirit verges on tragic. As though dragged along by it, King loses his pace. He thinks back on a conversation he had once with Haiji. The words he can’t say, the reality he can’t escape. Will Haiji’s words free him from the doubts that cling to him? King’s thoughts eventually arrive at the day he arrived at the Chikusei-so. It was the beginning of a lonely but also dream-like time. That small disappointment, that small pride. Carry all of it with you as you run. The men continue to fight to find themselves…!
Director: Masako Sato
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#14 - In The Wind
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/2019
Kakeru is bewildered by this new experience. His speed overwhelms the other competitors. Meanwhile, reigning champion Rikudo’s ace Fujioka breaks the section record as promised and pushes his team into first place. Fujioka finds Haiji. What answers wait for them at the ends of their roads? They reassure one another as they exchange words. Prince’s smile pushes Haiji’s quiet resolve forward. Kakeru eventually appears at the relay station, running at shocking speeds. Their dream lies before them. Kakeru passes to Haiji. Their sash unites them and their entire team. At what peak will the Kansei University track and field team arrive?
Director: Kazuya Nomura
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
7.0/101 votes#15 - Father
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/2023
Hearing the truth from Kyoichi, Matori visits Reika's apartment where Tetsuo happens to be. Just like on that fateful day, Tetsuo hides in the closet. Seeing the rage and sorrow of Matori, Tetsuo decides to ends it by confessing the crime to Matori.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.5/102 votes#16 - The Correct Path
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2023
The group of men, led by Kyoichi, finds out Tetsuo and Kasen's lie and resorts to violence to interrogate them to find out what happened to Nobuto.
Director: Shintaro Matsui
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#17 - The 10th Man
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2018
Kurahara Kakeru runs through the city streets at night. A single man chases after him on a bicycle. That man’s name is Kiyose Haiji. When Haiji catches up to Kakeru, he asks him a question: "Hey, do you like running?" Led by Haiji, Kakeru arrives at the Chikusei-so student dorm. He meets the strange residents living there. Haiji behaves in a peremptory manner. Kakeru is bewildered by the sudden development. No one at the dorm is aware of Haiji’s ulterior motive. That night, the residents hold a welcoming party for Kakeru. At the party, from Haiji’s mouth comes a grand and reckless plan. How will Kakeru respond…?
Director: Kazuya Nomura
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#18 - The Ogre's Arrival
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2018
"The residents of the Chikusei-so will run in the Hakone Ekiden together." Kakeru responds strongly to Haiji’s rash suggestion. All the residents are amateurs when it comes to long distance running. Nobody takes Haiji’s words seriously. The residents attempt to carry on with their college lives, but Haiji’s shadow approaches. Threatened by Haiji’s mysterious pressure, several tragically fall to Haiji’s hand. Kakeru tries to leave the Chikusei-so, but he runs into Nico-chan in the city. Meanwhile, the Chikusei-so’s bath breaks for unknown reasons, and they decide to go to the "hellish" public bath instead…
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#19 - A Single Flower
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2018
When their hot water contest ends in a tie, Kakeru participates in the dorm’s morning jogs while continuing to rebel against Haiji. His plan is to make the other residents give up. The next morning, several of the residents decide to boycott the jogging. A young girl wearing a school uniform runs up to Kakeru and his cool attitude.
Director: Hitomi Ezoe
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#20 - Shadows That Don't Fade
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2018
"It’s been a while…" Sakaki smirks fearlessly. He and Kakeru are old acquaintances. Kakeru is unable to hide how shaken he is by their unexpected reunion. Swirling inside Kakeru was the loneliness he experienced as a high school student due to his talents. Kakeru runs as though fleeing from shadows, when before him appears "the other Kakeru." It is the desperate man he used to be before he met Haiji. Kakeru glares resentfully at his past. Just as he’s about to lose hope in himself, someone with a kind voice reaches out to him. It’s Prince and his friends…
Director: Yusuke Kamata
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#21 - The Ones Not Chosen
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2018
After being challenged by Tokyo Sport University’s Sakaki, Kakeru and the other residents of Chikusei-so have grown closer. As they celebrate the renewal of their resolve, King comes home wearing a suit for a change. Meanwhile, Kakeru voices his objections to participating in a track meet so soon. What point is there in forcing the amateurish residents to face reality? In response to Kakeru, Haiji asks his own question. Kakeru’s doubts remain unresolved as Haiji begins holding proper practices. However, King refuses to participate because he’s busy looking for a job… Under a cloud of anxiety, their proper training begins.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#22 - The Emperor's New Clothes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2018
King rebels against Haiji’s escalating demands. His job search continues to go poorly, causing him to close himself off to even Shindo, who is concerned for him. Eventually King begins acting independently. The other residents are also unable to hide their befuddlement at being told they can’t work. Meanwhile, Kakeru goes to Nico-chan in order to dispel his doubts about Haiji, but he’s unable to find a definitive answer. While this is happening, Shindo has an idea and suggests it to the other residents, but…
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#23 - Bear Your Fangs at the Summit
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2018
The residents of the Chikusei-so go to Tokyo Sport University in order to attend their first track meet. While there, Kakeru is reunited with his old teammate Sakaki Kosuke. Sakaki persistently attempts to provoke Kakeru. When Haiji tries to stop them, a man calls out to him. That man is the champion of Hakone and Rikudo University’s ace, Fujioka Kazuma.
Director: Hitomi Ezoe
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#24 - Dangerous Character
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2018
The residents of the Chikusei-so experience a crushing defeat at the track meet. When Kakeru sees his teammates complain and praise one another for their powerlessness, he explodes. While trying to calm down Kakeru, Nico-chan reveals his feelings towards running that he’s been hiding. Kakeru advises him to try as hard as possible. The next morning, Kakeru and Nico-chan abandon Haiji’s coaching and begin training alone. Meanwhile, in order to regain the comic reading time that was taken from him by practice, Prince plans to have a certain item delivered to the apartment…
Director: Juzo Nayuta
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
6.0/101 votes#25 - Our Speed
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2018
Haiji suddenly faints. The residents realize how Haiji has been supporting them, and Nico-chan encourages Kakeru and Prince to reconcile. However, the stubborn boys refuse to bridge the gap. The next day, Shindo suggests that the team pick a temporary captain. When all the older members refuse, Kakeru agrees to do the job. Desperate to do something about Prince, Kakeru follows him around while nagging him. Prince’s opposition increases in response. As the residents are unable to even feed themselves, someone comes to extend a helping hand…
Director: Yusuke Kamata
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
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"Dreams and Reality" is the best rated episode written by Kohei Kiyasu. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Shintaro Itoga. It aired on 2/6/2019 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The World of Violence".