The Best Episodes Written By Sumika Hayakawa

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Where I Ought to Be

   S1:E157/16/2022

   While still feeling unconvinced, Ashito makes up his mind that he must try and learn to be a full-back. He goes to practice, wanting to figure out Fukuda's intention. However, being unfamiliar to the position and disliking defending, Ashito doesn't quite get the meaning of "shuffle" and feels out of place.

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   #2 - The Truly Weak One

   S1:E208/27/2022

   Esperion B team starts to show some signs of improvement as they face undefeated Musashino in the next match. When the team needs to be united more than ever, Takeshima and Togashi, who are the key defenders of the team, have a huge fight. Tachibana, with a strong resolution that he will do anything he can to win the next match, goes to Yuma to ask him what happened between Togashi and the promoted players in the past.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - First Fan

   S1:E65/14/2022

   Ashito arrives at Esperion's base, meets fellow test participants and meets future teammates. However, the team's coaching staff promises not to give an easy life to the players' desires.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - No Compromises

   S1:E106/11/2022

   In the unusual mini game of 11-on-21, Ashito completely loses the trust of Kuroda and Asari for lack of cooperation. Date gives Ashito the assignment to figure out why they got mad at him. While the others enjoy the only day off of the week, Ashito sets out to practice alone, not being able to find the answer. Then, a sudden visitor appears.

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   #5 - What We Lack

   S1:E198/20/2022

   The B team ends the match with Tama Sports U. Next match is against Musashino, currently the first place of the League and also Tachibana's old team. However, Tachibana doesn't feel confident enough to play since he hasn't had notable achievements in the League so far, and asks Date not to play him in the match against Musashino. Ashito and others bring Tachibana along to observe Musashino's game. Team Musashino, which includes Kaneda and Nakano, who played alongside Ashito at the tryouts, displays an incredible play.

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   #6 - Paws, Paws, Paws…

   S1:E310/21/2023

   One day, Momose and Shirosaki come upon an abandoned kitten in a cardboard box along the side of the road. At first, the kitten was scared of Shirosaki and intimidated him. But because of Shirosaki's gentle words and actions, the kitten gets attached and decides to go live with him. Since taking in and raising the kitten, Shirosaki struggles to decide on a name when he suddenly remembers the time he mistook a tanuki for an abandoned cat during his childhood. Shirosaki recalls the name he and his grandmother gave the tanuki back on that sad day they returned it to the mountains. What name will Shirosaki give to the kitten…?!

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Wanna Visit My Family Home?

   S1:E811/25/2023

   Momose and Shirosaki's next business trip takes them to Shirosaki's hometown in Akita Prefecture. Shirosaki is triggered by the trauma of being snatched up by a namahage demon as a child during the local festival, but he is able to complete their field research safely. Previously, Shirosaki received a phone call from his grandmother saying, "I have something I want to show you," so the two head to Shirosaki's family home. At his grandmother's suggestion, they look at and reminisce over old photo albums when his grandmother reveals that "what she wants to show" is something Shirosaki never expected.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Li'l Miss Vampire and Sakuma-san

   S1:E210/19/2025

   Ishikawa's classmate, Eiko Sakuma, stumbles upon her practice session with Otori in the school library.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Li'l Miss Vampire and Swimsuits

   S1:E711/23/2025

   With finals over and summer vacation on the horizon, Ishikawa goes shopping for a swimsuit with the girls.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Li'l Miss Vampire and the After-Party / Li'l Miss Vampire's Surprise Plan

    S1:E1112/21/2025

    Class 2-A meet up after the school festival at an okonomiyaki restaurant. Ishikawa plans a surprise party.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Heart Eyes!

    S1:E511/4/2023

    Momose and Shirosaki stay at a hot spring inn when it is decided that they will go on a business trip. At the same time, Aoyama and Kinjo go on a single-day business trip to Kumatte Land. After arriving at the inn, Shirosaki realizes something important when he sees Momose naturally enjoying his time. On the other hand, Aoyama and Kinjo are suddenly hit with heavy rain on their way home after walking around and finishing up at Kumatte Land. Thanks to assistance from the public relations staff, the two stay at the hotel. But Kinjo catches a cold….

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Tonight Is Special

    S1:E31/20/2025

    When Tateishi visits Mitsuya's house, he is excited to see her room filled with her favorite things and an unexpected side to her that he doesn't see at work. The more they get to know each other, the more they are drawn to each other, and their relationship deepens. One day, Tateishi visits the warehouse in search of documents and happens upon Mitsuya, who is organizing the warehouse by himself. Mitsuya slips off the stepladder, and the two end up in a position that looks like they are embracing each other, gazing at each other.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - What I Need Now

    S1:E62/10/2025

    Mitsuya submits a proposal for a new product competition to his superiors, and although he is told there are areas for improvement, he steadily moves forward with the plan, step by step. One day, he attends a meeting with Kiribayashi, the head of the new business division, who is rumored to be an extremely talented person within the company. Kiribayashi has a high opinion of a product that Mitsuya had previously planned, and invites him to join the new business division. Mitsuya is confused by Kiribayashi's unexpected proposal. Mitsuya is torn between staying in the planning division or transferring to a new department.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - I'll Listen to That!

    S1:E912/2/2023

    The group – Momose, Shirosaki, Aoyama, and Kinjo – end up going to a last-minute mixer. Momose becomes depressed when bad memories resurface of a mixer he attended with his previous boss. But as the current mixer kicks off, Momose and the others get absorbed in Aoyama's story. When Kinjo follows Aoyama, who had left his seat during the mixer, and asks if there's anyone he is interested in, Aoyama becomes somewhat evasive. It seems there is a reason that Aoyama has become the life of the party…!

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