About this season
Iwakura Mitsumi, a tenacious country girl, prepares for high school in the big city. She meets the handsome Shima Sousuke, whose easygoing ways help her adapt in the real world.
Episodes (12)
1. Sparkling-Fresh
6.5Aired 4 April 2023 • 24 min
Mitsumi heads out for her entrance ceremony, confident that her day will be perfect, only to get lost. When she's panicking at the station, a boy wearing her school's uniform talks to her.
2. Fidgeting and Wandering
6.7Aired 11 April 2023 • 24 min
Heading into self-intros, Mitsumi is a nervous wreck. Nao-chan tries to ease her fears, but she makes a choice that she will end up regretting.
3. Dreamy and Sparky
7.0Aired 18 April 2023 • 24 min
Mitsumi heads to the student council office after school, where she finds Makoto standing frozen by the door.
4. Tingling and Scraping
7.0Aired 25 April 2023 • 24 min
Kanechika enlists Mitsumi’s help in getting Shima to join the drama club. He shows her a recording of an old TV show…
5. Prickly and Giddy
7.0Aired 2 May 2023 • 24 min
Mitsumi finds herself in the volleyball event for the class matches. Unathletic as she is, she asks Mika, who used to be on her school’s volleyball team, to help her practice.
6. Drizzling and Flickering
7.5Aired 9 May 2023 • 24 min
Fumi’s in love, but Mitsumi doesn’t have time to internalize it as exams are right around the corner!
7. Hectic and Hot Stuff
7.0Aired 16 May 2023 • 24 min
There's good news and bad news as Mitsumi and Narumi wonder how to cheer up a friend and Narumi's past is revealed.
8. Heat and Complications
7.0Aired 23 May 2023 • 24 min
Mitsumi and Sousuke head to the zoo, where they are shadowed by a couple of worrywarts.
9. Drowsy and Peppy
7.0Aired 30 May 2023 • 24 min
Summer break enters its latter half, and Mitsumi heads home to Ikajima. How does returning to her old stomping grounds affect her?
10. Scrambling and Dripping
7.0Aired 6 June 2023 • 24 min
Class 1-3 is putting on a play for the upcoming school festival, but Mitsumi is torn between helping out and her student council duties.
11. Hype and Excitement
6.5Aired 13 June 2023 • 24 min
The Tsubame West School Festival gets underway, and Mitsumi—surrounded by classmates being visited by friends and family—remembers that she’s a long way from home.
12. Shining
7.0Aired 20 June 2023 • 24 min
It’s the second and final day of the school festival, and Mitsumi’s class gets some surprise visits from Sousuke’s family and friends.