No-Rin — Season 1
When the national idol Kusakabe Yuka suddenly retired from the entertainment business, it shocked the world and it devastated teenager Hata Kosaku. Kosaku was Yuka's biggest fan and her departure left
About this season
When the national idol Kusakabe Yuka suddenly retired from the entertainment business, it shocked the world and it devastated teenager Hata Kosaku. Kosaku was Yuka's biggest fan and her departure left him depressed. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School finally are able to get him to leave his room and attend his class, but to everyone's amazement, Kusakabe Yuka (her stage name) comes into the class under the name Kinoshita Ringo as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has the once in a lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she is here and become closer than just classmates.
Episodes (12)
1. Chuno Love Story
8.0Aired 11 January 2014 • 24 min
Kousaku dreams of being with the popstar Yukatan. His friends don't understand his obsession. Kousaku learns that Yukatan is retiring from singing. But then, a new girl who looks like Yukatan has enrolled at his school...
2. The King of Farmers
8.0Aired 18 January 2014 • 24 min
Kousaku tries to introduce Ringo (former popstar Yukatan) to his school and to farming. However, everything comes to a standstill when a debate starts about the value of panties...
3. Super Sub-Mom War: Training Stage
8.0Aired 25 January 2014 • 24 min
Minori tries to embarrass Ringo in a series of farming challenges in order to send her packing back to Tokyo.
4. The Smile You Showed Me
8.0Aired 1 February 2014 • 24 min
When one of the school's fields is trashed by a wild monkey, the students have to agree on the best counterattack--but some of their ideas seem a little questionable.
5. Farming's Five Top Four
8.0Aired 8 February 2014 • 24 min
An unexpected shortage of miso results in a series of bizarre encounters with some of the more unusual members of the school's student body.
6. Full-Moe Alchemist: Bounty
8.0Aired 14 February 2014 • 24 min
A grand plan to jump on the "moe foods" bandwagon goes in ever-crazier directions, egged on by another of Farming's Top Four.
7. Sob Salad
8.0Aired 21 February 2014 • 24 min
The students cope (twice) with too much of a good thing, and a secret is revealed that could have dire consequences for Kousaku and Ringo.
8. Cooking Granny
8.0Aired 28 February 2014 • 24 min
Kousaku's class experiences what he claims is a typical school day, despite Ms. Becky's best efforts to make her teaching style anything but normal.
9. School Swim Trunks
8.0Aired 7 March 2014 • 24 min
A big summer storm threatens the gang's planned lazy day at the beach, but soon it's clear that's not the only thing in danger.
10. Veggie Battle: Ultimate v. Supreme
8.0Aired 14 March 2014 • 24 min
Rei stakes his agricultural future on his organic, pesticide free veggies in a showdown against a farming megacorporation.
11. Cheerful Farming Village
8.0Aired 21 March 2014 • 24 min
Minori brings Kousaku and Ringo back to the countryside where she and Kousaku grew up, but she has more than a simple visit on her mind.
12. Everybody's No-Rin
8.0Aired 28 March 2014 • 24 min
The Aioi Village Mixer starts off on the right foot, but when the event's grand finale rolls around, will Kousaku and Minori hold up their end of the bargain?