Koikimo

Amakusa Ryo nearly falls down some stairs on a rainy day, when he is saved by an ordinary high school girl named Arima Ichika; Ryo tries to find a way to thank Ichika for saving his life.

Ryo gets home and he finds Ichika there wearing an apron; Ryo thinks he's daydreaming for a moment, but then he finds out Rio invited her as well as their other classmates, Satsuki and Ruri over; Satsuki and Ruri fall head over heels for Ryo.

When Ichika apologizes to Kai for hitting him with a volleyball, they bond over a book related to her favorite anime, and Kai lends it to her; when Ryo meets up with Ichika at a convenience store so he can walk her home, Kai also happens to be there.

Ichika and Rio go to Okinawa for a school trip; Masuda comes along to be their camera guy on their trip; Ryo finds an anime keychain.

Ryo's coworker, Arie, has been working as long as he has and is a secret anime nerd; they get closer after discussing anime; Arie starts to realize that she has feelings for Ryo and invites him out to dinner with some other coworkers.

Kai goes to the bookstore to buy the new volume of "Forward World"; when he gets there, he sees Ryo and immediately tries to avoid her.