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Slow Start

Season 1
Hana Ichinose has enrolled in high school one year late due to studying to get in. It might not seem like a big deal, but it is to her. She’s off to a slow start, but she wants to work hard and catch up to everyone else!
201812 episodes13+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The First Butterflies
    January 5, 2018
    24min
    13+
    It’s the first day of school and Hana Ichinose is worried that her gap year will distance herself from her classmates. It’s also her birthday! Will Hana be able to enjoy her birthday with her new friends?
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  2. S1 E2 - Exercise Wears Me Out
    January 12, 2018
    24min
    13+
    Hana and her classmates have lunch together. Hana enjoys comparing lunches and sharing food with each other, but she still keeps her past a secret. Meanwhile, the school's sports test begins. Unfortunately, Hana hasn't gotten any exercise at all during her year off between middle school and high school.
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  3. S1 E3 - Teardrops are Falling
    January 19, 2018
    24min
    13+
    The girls talk about how they're going to spend their Golden Week vacation. After realizing that they all have the final day of the break open, they make plans to meet up for a study session to prepare for proficiency tests the following day, and decide to go to Hana's apartment. Hana can't contain her excitement over having friends coming to her place and Shion is just as thrilled when she h...
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  4. S1 E4 - The Premium Tournament on the Second Floor
    January 26, 2018
    24min
    13+
    Hiroe Hannen is the mysterious resident of Temari Heights apartment 202. When Hana goes up to deliver a package for her, paranoid Hiroe mistakes Hana as a suspicious intruder. Her misunderstanding is straightened out with Shion's introduction, but it soon becomes clear that Hiroe is a shut-in, who cannot step out even to the convenience store. Her high school years were smooth sailing until a...
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  5. S1 E5 - Kamuri’s Fluffy
    February 2, 2018
    24min
    13+
    The Eiko-loving Kamuri is thrilled when she gets a middle school-era photo of her. However, the Eiko in the photo doesn't look like the Eiko Kamuri saw in passing one year earlier. And yet, Eiko confirms that it is indeed her in the picture. Unsatisfied with the lingering mystery, Kamuri talks to Hana who recalls that she recently saw a girl who looked a lot like Eiko in the shopping district...
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  6. S1 E6 - Sliminess of an Eel
    February 9, 2018
    24min
    13+
    The point of the sleepover at Hana’s apartment is supposed to be a study session to prepare for the girls’ upcoming semester finals, but Tamate is more interested in cooking a delicious dinner for them. The girls also enjoy playing a video game and taking a bath, rewards for studying hard. They cap off the enjoyable evening with bedtime ghost stories which results in a freaked-out Hana being ...
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  7. S1 E7 - Cuffed Wrists
    February 16, 2018
    24min
    13+
    Eiko gets presents from her classmates on her birthday, but they all turn out to be hairpins. Being a good friend, Eiko puts them all on, resulting in a head full of hairpins and the new nickname "Pinko" bestowed upon her by their teacher, Ms. Enami. On the walk home from school, Eiko is back to wearing just her normal mature-looking hairpin, which becomes the subject of a discussion. A curio...
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  8. S1 E8 - Hana's Friends
    February 23, 2018
    24min
    13+
    Hana hasn't talked to half the students in her class since the school year started. Worried about Hana, the girls try to help her break her shyness. Later, Hana and her friends go shopping for swimsuits.
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  9. S1 E9 - Gorilla in a Swimsuit
    March 2, 2018
    24min
    13+
    The four have plans to go to the beach, but unfortunately, it's pouring rain on that day. Though nervous about wearing a bikini, Hana was looking forward to going so much that she weeps uncontrollably, heartbroken that their excursion is canceled. To cheer themselves up, the girls decide to have fun hanging out in their bikinis at Temari Heights. The atmosphere becomes even more festive when ...
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  10. S1 E10 - The Shark's Cousin
    March 9, 2018
    24min
    13+
    Eiko is still keeping her accessory-making a secret from her friends, but gives a handmade brooch to Hana, her one confidant. Hana is thrilled to get it, but feels guilty about continuing to keep her own secret about her gap year before starting high school. She can't decide whether to share the truth with her friends.
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  11. S1 E11 - Tomato Festival
    March 16, 2018
    24min
    13+
    At last the summer vacation starts! The four decide to go to the summer festival together. They have lunch at Tama's place and get ready to attend the festival in their yukatas!
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  12. S1 E12 - Starting Slow
    March 23, 2018
    24min
    13+
    Hana's mother always bought clothes for her, but now she's going to choose her own outfit for the first time. The problem is she can't imagine what kind of clothes would suit her. When Hana goes to her friends for advice, Eiko proposes they all go out shopping the following day. Tamate is also excited about helping Hana choose an outfit that would look good on her, while Kamuri is more intere...
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