9.0/101 votes#1 - Cheerful Child
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2014
Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his writing in solitude, but rambunctious little Naru won't leave him alone...
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#2 - Annoying
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/2014
A week after coming to the island, Handa is trying to focus on improving his calligraphy. However, he keeps getting interrupted by Naru and her friends, including middle-school girls Miwa and Tama, who want their old base back!
Director: Kazuhisa Ono
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#3 - Mochi Thrown in Celebration
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2014
Tama hides a deep, dark secret, and meeting Handa may have led her to reveal it. Is it too late for her to save her reputation? Meanwhile, Handa is suffering his own angst after not placing first in a calligraphy competition. Maybe a friendly mochi-picking session with the villagers will cheer him up...
Director: Satomi Nakamura
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#4 - Island Dads
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2014
After his computer and cell phone break, Handa's only link to the outside world is the phone at the general store. He decides to focus on his entry for the upcoming Naruka Institute competition, but hits a wall. Can a job from Miwa's gangsterish dad help him break through it?
Director: Taketomo Ishikawa
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#5 - Going Swimming at the Beach
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/2/2014
After the job from Miwa's dad breaks his artist's block, Handa's ready to get writing! But some distractions come up, in the form of the girls demanding penmanship help, a day taking the kids to the beach, and Naru's Grampa's addictive pickled daikon...
Director: Shingo Kaneko
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#6 - Guys From Tokyo
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/2014
Handa's only friend, Kawafuji, arrives with a kid named Kanzaki Kousuke in tow, but their trip to Handa's house ends up being very roundabout. Why does Kousuke want to meet Handa so badly, and why did Kawafuji agree to bring him?
Director: Kazuhisa Ono
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#7 - A High-Grade Fish
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/16/2014
To make up for the turmoil of the previous two days, the village kids and Handa treat his guests to a fun day of fishing before bidding them farewell.
Director: Shinya Kawatsura
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#8 - Onde
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/23/2014
It's Naru's birthday, and Handa wants to present her with a new rhinoceros beetle. However, Kenta not only refuses to help him catch one, but also declares a battle to get Naru the best bug! Later, Handa is invited along for a visit to the Kotoishi family gravesite, but finds the local Obon customs unusually cheerful.
Director: Taketomo Ishikawa
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#9 - Almost Got Badly Hurt
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/6/2014
It's only two weeks until the Naruka Exhibition. Handa waits for inspiration as he deals with a broken bath heater and various scuffles with the kids. Unfortunately, not long after inspiration falls, so does Handa...
Director: Shinya Iino
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#10 - Dacchi Ikode
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2014
After Handa submits his "Star" calligraphy despite some trepidation, he gets roped into helping to build a stone wall and then into taking the girls to the summer festival. Meanwhile, Kawafuji gets the exhibition hall director to agree to welcome Handa back to Tokyo. How will he bid farewell to the kind islanders who've taught him so much?
Director: Shinya Iino
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#11 - I am in Tokyo
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/20/2014
Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Handa doesn't feel quite right about the work, and ends up smearing it before the director can. Could some inspiration from his time at the island help him create an even better work before the deadline?
Director: Taketomo Ishikawa
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#12 - Glad You're Back
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/2014
With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his mom is dead set against it. How will he convince her to let him go?
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#13 - Where Should We Go Next?
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2024
Rin thinks back to how her grandpa got her into camping. Meanwhile, the Outdoor Activities Club gets back together for the first time in a while. They build an alcohol stove and plan their next outing.
Director: Shin Tosaka
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
8.0/101 votes#14 - We're Off! Land of Suspension Bridges
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/2024
On their way to meet up with Nadeshiko for a three-girl camping trip, Rin and Ayano bike their way around Ikawa to see the area's impressive array of suspension bridges.
Director: Arisa Shima
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
8.0/101 votes#15 - Hatanagi Attack! Death Road From Hell
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2024
Rin and Ayano bike their way up treacherous mountain roads and cross terrifying swinging bridges to make it to the campsite. While she waits for them, Nadeshiko takes in the sights and manages to find a scare of her own...
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
7.0/101 votes#16 - True or Embellished? Retrospective Camping
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2024
After Nadeshiko returns from the Oigawa trip, the other Outclub girls recount for her (somewhat dubiously) a spontaneous bus-based camping trip they took while she, Rin, and Ayano were away.
Director: Norihiko Nagahama
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
7.0/101 votes#17 - Chikuwa, Trains, Chiaki's Solo Camping
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/2024
Ena takes Chikuwa for a springtime walk in the park, Nadeshiko manages to sneak some trains into her cherry blossom tour with her sister, and Chiaki tries her hand at solo camping with a savory twist.
Director: Harume Kosaka
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
7.0/101 votes#18 - April 2nd: Cherry Blossom Camp Trip
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/20/2024
The entire gang finally gets together for their much-awaited cherry blossom camp trip, and there's plenty of good food and good memories to go around!
Director: Shin Tosaka
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
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"Cheerful Child" is the best rated episode written by Pierre Sugiura. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Masaki Tachibana. It aired on 7/5/2014 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Annoying".