The Best Episodes Written By Shinji Takamatsu

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Association

   S2:E37/22/2025

   Aina is out of control! But why?

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2. 

   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Entering the Final Chapter!

   S3:E269/25/2008

   On news of the series entering its final arc, the characters go over their choice of best moments in the series.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Brother

   S2:E27/15/2025

   Shiori's here and on a mission! How will Iori handle this situation?

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Back to the All-Girls College

   S2:E68/12/2025

   After being expelled from college, the boys devise various plans to get back into it.

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   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #5 - The Male Beauty Pageant

   S1:E48/4/2018

   The Izu Spring Festival has begun! The members of Peek-a-Boo run an okonomiyaki stall with Iori, Kohei, Chisa, and Azusa helping out. Iori finds himself in a complicated situation when a misunderstanding with Azusa occurs and a rivalry with the tennis club Tinkerbell begins. When Chisa gets nervous and freezes up during the women's beauty pageant, Iori and Kohei think of a plan to cheer her on.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Sister

   S2:E17/8/2025

   Iori receives a letter from his little sister back home. Note: This is still a diving anime.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Deep Blue

   S1:E17/14/2018

   When Iori Kitahara heads off to college, he decides to live at his uncle's dive shop in Izu. Iori is looking forward to experiencing college life, but ends up running into a group of tough guys playing strip rock-paper-scissors. Iori gets dragged into the diving club's crazy shenanigans and ends up spending his first day in college wearing nothing but a pair of underwear.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Underwater

   S1:E27/21/2018

   After a cutthroat battle with Kohei Imamura, a handsome otaku from school, Iori ends up joining the Peek-a-Boo diving club. Iori arrives home worn out from the day, but perks up when he hears about a party with a women's college. However, his cousin Nanaka won't allow him to stay out three nights in a row, so Iori tries to show her he's an independent man to get her to let him go.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Ticket Scramble

   S2:E47/29/2025

   Aina has a spare ticket for the Oumi Women's University Festival, and it causes all sorts of chaos.

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10. 

    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - First Time at a Women's University

    S2:E58/5/2025

    Iori and Kohei attend the All-Girls College Festiva, but the girls ask them to help out at the cafe.

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11. 

    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #11 - A New World

    S1:E37/28/2018

    Iori and Kohei don wetsuits and head to the sea! Although Iori used to be afraid of the water, he starts becoming more interested. But diving equipment is expensive! Tokita and Kotobuki decide to hold a men's beauty pageant for the Izu Spring Festival in May. The guys want to avoid being paraded around on stage, so they try to get Chisa to participate in a women's beauty pageant.

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12. 

    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Be a Person Who Can See People's Strong Points and Not Their Weak Points

    S2:E432/7/2008

    An assassin has been hired to kill Matsudaira but encounters unexpected scenarios while carrying out the task.

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13. 

    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Older Brothers and Sisters / Drop-Kicks / The End of Summer / Glasses / The Daily Lives of the Student Council / Panties / Wiring / Archdemon

    S1:E93/6/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys deal with their sibling dating their friend's sibling, visit their grandmother, break a younger girl's heart, lose their glasses, solve issues with the student council, prove points, and atone for misdeeds.

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14. 

    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Limits / Consequences / Winter / Run / Mochi Soup / Ground / Bikes / Cooking / Schools / Women Who Left a Scar

    S1:E103/13/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys hold it for as long as possible, have a bad day, prepare for winter, run from a girl, choke on food, slip on the pavement, ride a bicycle, cook for their sister, and hang out at school.

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15. 

    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Fathers / Literary Girl 4 / Conflict / Kick the Can / Chitchat / Love Letters / Distance / Annoyance / Conflict

    S1:E113/20/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys bond with their father, get caught in an awkward situation, compete with each other, ruin their friend's stuff, engage in small talk, get a love letter, get their souls crushed by a girl, and get annoyed.

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16. 

    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Demons / Lies / UFO Catchers / Store Employees / Assertiveness / Getting Hit On / Frankfurter / ...

    S1:E123/27/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys lie, play a crane game, get help from a store clerk, comment on the relationships of others, save a girl from the advances of strangers, enjoy a hot dog, and graduate from high school.

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17. 

    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - High School Boys and After School

    S1:E11/10/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys role play how to get a girlfriend, wear their sister's clothes, tell scary stories, block another boy's relationship with a girl, and act cool down by the river.

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18. 

    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - High School Boys and the Morning Journey

    S1:E21/17/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys LARP on the way home from school, work at a pizza place, prove their friendship and camaraderie, mistake people for someone else, talk to their principal, relive their childhood, and tell more scary stories.

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19. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Motoharu's Sister / Mitsuo's Worries / Manga / Balconies / Convenience Store / Towers / Cakes / Horoscopes / 100 / Ramen / Skirts

    S1:E82/28/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys converse with their sister, console their friend, critique their friend's fan comic, talk to the girl across the balcony, go to the convenience store, help a girl, eat cake, discuss horoscopes, and deal with bugs.

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20. 

    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Doubles

    S1:E78/25/2018

    Iori and the others dream about going diving at a beautiful location after seeing an article on Miyakojima in a magazine. However, Tokita and Kotobuki decide the club is going to join a tennis doubles match! They explain that they're joining the match to get everyone to build trust with their diving buddy, but the real reason is to get back at the tennis club and take away their prize money!

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21. 

    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Arrival in Okinawa

    S1:E109/15/2018

    The Peek-a-Boo members arrive in Okinawa! After checking out their gorgeous vacation home, the group decides to head to the beach. In order to make sure the guys don't try to get naked, they decide to go to a popular beach with lots of visitors, where they have some wild fun on a banana boat. However, Iori loses their banana boat contest and ends up having to sleep in Nanaka and Azusa's room!

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22. 

    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Too Late

    S1:E58/11/2018

    Iori and Kohei attend class in their underwear like normal, but everyone glares at them with a bloodthirsty look in their eyes! It's because they heard that Iori and Chisa are dating! Sensing their lives are in danger, Iori and Kohei offer to setup a mixer. They ask Azusa to introduce her friends, but she brings Aina Yoshiwara, the "Cakey" girl from the Izu Spring Festival!

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #23 - First Buddy

    S1:E68/18/2018

    Inori and Kohei get through their exams by cheating. Meanwhile, PaB throws a welcome party for Aina, their new member. Aina was looking forward to getting a new start to college life, but discovers that no one in the club is normal! Nevertheless, the club members are serious about diving and have the new members learn basic hand signals and dive in pairs. However, Iori gets paired up with Chisa.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - You Have the Wrong Idea

    S1:E119/22/2018

    "You might be the only one who can't pass the license test," Nanaka says to Iori, pointing out what he's bad at. To avoid being made fun of by Kohei and Nanaka, he practices secretly. Yet, while practice, all he thinks of is how to poison them at dinner. He avoids being pairs with Kohei and Aina and gets Chisa to promise to help him with practice. But, these interactions cause misunderstandings...

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Otori

    S1:E129/29/2018

    For the last half of their trip, the Peek-A-Boo members arrive in Miyakojima. Everyone goes for a serious dive into the majestic sea with the exception of Iori, who couldn't obtain his license. Everything is magical with the stunning coral reef, colorful fishes and sea turtles, until the members engage in PaB-style Otori (a drinking custom of Miyakojima), which turns things into a living hell...

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