List of Nisekoi episodes
Nisekoi is an anime adaptation of the manga of the same title written and illustrated by Naoshi Komi. The series is produced by Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. Starting on January 11, 2014, the program airs weekly on a number of Japanese channels such as MBS, Tokyo MX, tvk, TV Aichi and some others,[1] while outside Japan, it is being simulcast streamed by Crunchyroll and Daisuki with subtitles in English and other languages. A run of 20 episodes has been planned.[2][3]
The romantic comedy follows the misadventures of Raku Ichijo, a high school student who is the son of a yakuza leader, as he is forcibly paired with Chitoge Kirisaki, a transfer student with a conflicting personality who is the daughter of a rival gang leader, in a pretend dating relationship to quell the feud between the gangs. As Raku pines for the affections of his crush Kosaki Onodera, he learns that the girls have been carrying keys that could unlock his locket, a symbol of his past love.
The opening theme for the series is "Click" by ClariS[4] for the first fourteen episodes and the ending themes are "Heart Pattern" by Nao Tōyama for the first seven episodes, "Recover Decoration" (リカバーデコレーション) by Kana Hanazawa for episode 8 and 10-13, Trick Box by Mikako Komatsu for episode 15 and 17 and "Hanagonomi" (はなごのみ) by Kana Asumi for episode 18 and 19. Starting at episode fifteen, the opening theme is "Step" by ClariS, which also happens to be the ending theme of episode fourteen.[5] Episode 20's ending theme is "Sōzō Diary" (想像ダイアリー Sōzō Daiarī) by Nao Toyama as Chitoge Kirisaki, Kana Hanazawa as Kosaki Onodera, Mikako Komatsu as Seishirou Tsugumi, and Kana Asumi as Marika Tachibana. On the Japanese Blu-ray version, the fourth ending theme is "Order×Order" (オーダー×オーダー Ōdā×Ōdā) by Yumi Uchiyama.[6]
Episode list
Nisekoi
| No. | Title[7][8] | End Card | Original air date[8][9][10] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Promise" "Yakusoku" (ヤクソク) | Koyama Hirokazu (TYPE-MOON) | January 11, 2014 |
| Raku Ichijo, the son of a yakuza boss, prefers to just live a normal high school life. On the way to school he is kneed in the face by a girl, but gets tended by Kosaki Onodera, a sweet classmate that he has a crush on. The teacher announces a transfer student, Chitoge Kirisaki, who happens to be the girl that crashed into Raku, and they start arguing. Raku realizes he has lost his locket that contains memories of his first love, because of the collision, and asks Chitoge to help look for it. After several days their relationship gets worse that Raku tells Chitoge to stop looking. Chitoge eventually finds the locket. Afterwards, Raku's father tells Raku that he is to be in a dating relationship with a girl from a rival gang in order for their gangs to make peace, but the girl turns out to be Chitoge. | |||
| 2 | "Encounter" "Sōgū" (ソウグウ) | Hajime Ueda | January 18, 2014 |
| In order to settle the feud between their families' gangs, Raku and Chitoge act lovey-dovey towards each other. The next day, Chitoge and Raku go on a date, which is heavily supervised by the gangs, but they drive each other nuts on typical activities. At a park, Chitoge heads to a restroom where she overhears her gang acting suspicious over the relationship. Raku wishes he were on a date with Kosaki instead when she suddenly appears. Chitoge returns and tells Kosaki that she and Raku are a couple. | |||
| 3 | "Two of a Kind" "Nitamono" (ニタモノ) | Yuji Himukai | January 25, 2014 |
| Raku and Chitoge's classmates get word that they are a couple, but before they can deny it, they spot Claude watching from the tree, so they act lovey-dovey. Kosaki tells Raku about his good qualities and how he cares about people, but accidentally drops her key. When Raku learns that Chitoge has not made any other friends, he helps her out. They talk about their fake dating situation, unaware that Kosaki has overheard them. | |||
| 4 | "The Visit" "Hōmon" (ホウモン) | Hekiru Hikawa | February 1, 2014 |
| Raku's friends come over to his house for a study session. Ruri tries to set up a situation where Raku tutors Kosaki, but Chitoge volunteers. Shu asks if they have kissed yet, so Raku pulls him aside and reveals his situation with Chitoge. Raku's gangster guys trick Raku and Chitoge into being locked in a storage room, where Raku learns that Chitoge has some fears of the dark. They also discover they have never kissed anyone on the lips before. | |||
| 5 | "Swimming" "Suiei" (スイエイ) | Kantoku (illustrator) | February 8, 2014 |
| Ruri tries to improve Kosaki's chances with Raku by having Raku and Chitoge teach Kosaki how to swim. Ruri notices that Raku and Chitoge argue more often than act lovey-dovey. Raku finds Kosaki's key and tries to use it unlock his pendant but it turns out to be the key to the girls locker room. The day of the swim meet, Kosaki uses a kick board, but when Chitoge gets hit by leg cramps and almost drowns, Raku rescues her and then has to give her mouth-to-mouth. Following the credits is a showcase of Raku and the gang's previous Valentine's Day experiences. | |||
| 6 | "Borrowing and Lending" "Kashikari" (カシカリ) | Mako Aboshi | February 15, 2014 |
| Chitoge finds out that Raku was the one who saved her from drowning on the school pool. She tries to thank him, but ends up beating him up more in the process. Kosaki attempts to confess her feelings to Raku but ultimately fails. Chitoge later finds Raku's locket and returns it to him. It is later revealed that Chitoge had secretly had the locket chain fixed, and that she also made a promise with a boy ten years ago, yet all she can remember about the boy is the line "Zawsze in Love" ("ザクシャ イン ラブ"). | |||
| 7 | "Rival" "Raibaru" (ライバル) | Robico | February 22, 2014 |
| Seishirou Tsugumi is introduced as a transfer student. As a former acquaintance of Chitoge, Seishirou finds Raku unfit to be Chitoge's lover. Seishirou challenges Raku to a duel but is inadvertently outplayed. While trying to revive his opponent, Raku learns that Seishirou is actually a girl despite her masculinity. The day ends with Raku earning a genuine amount of respect and affection from Seishirou. | |||
| 8 | "Happiness" "Shiawase" (シアワセ) | MagoMago | March 1, 2014 |
| When Raku has to buy pet food, Tsugumi accompanies him to see if he is really fit to be Chitoge's boyfriend. However, Tsugumi is bothered by her developing feelings for Raku, so she later seeks advice from her classmates. After being reminded that Chitoge had a first love, Chitoge opens her closet and reads her old diary from ten years ago. When the entries cease, she discovers a key that resembles one that could open Raku's locket. | |||
| 9 | "Hot Springs" "Onsen" (オンセン) | Namori | March 8, 2014 |
| Raku's class has a trip to a hot springs resort. Shu arranges for Raku, Chitoge, Kosaki and Seishirou to ride together and bump into each other on the way. Chitoge recalls the boy from her diary has a scar on his forehead, but is shocked when she sees Raku with a forehead scar. After settling in, the group plans to take a dip at the hot springs. Claude switches the signs for the men's and women's bath to trap Raku into the wrong hot springs. In the bath, Chitoge finds Raku but the two cooperate to get Raku to an escape route, however, the other girls arrive, and Kosaki's talk about first love has Raku curious. Raku eventually escapes and apologizes to Chitoge. | |||
| 10 | "Lottery" "Kujibiki" (クジビキ) | Akihiko Yoshida | March 15, 2014 |
| Continuing on the resort trip, the class holds a test of courage where boys are paired with girls. Raku and Kosaki are luckily paired with each other. Meanwhile, Chitoge had mixed feelings after the bath incident, was prompted to become one of its ghosts for the test despite her fear of the dark. After hearing of Chitoge's situation, Raku leaves Kosaki to rescue Chitoge. While recollecting on the time she was saved by a boy as a kid, Raku appears before Chitoge. Afterwards, Chitoge tells Raku to call each other by their first name. | |||
| 11 | "Celebration" "Oiwai" (オイワイ) | Amakura Surume | March 22, 2014 |
| When Tsugumi plans a surprise birthday party for Chitoge, and invites Raku and his friends, Ruri makes Kosaki go with Raku to shop for gifts together. Raku finds his time with Kosaki to be fleeting, but Kosaki shows Raku a scenic overlook. When Raku asks Kosaki if she is the promised girl from ten years ago, she answers yes, but they are interrupted by a phone call. At the party, after receiving her friends and family's gifts, Chitoge asks Raku about his feelings for the promised girl and whether he recognizes the phrase "Zawsze in Love". | |||
| 12 | "Confirmation" "Kakunin" (カクニン) | Mizu Tamago | March 29, 2014 |
| Chitoge reveals that she has a key that could unlock Raku's locket, but when they try, the key breaks. While Raku's locket is being repaired, Raku thinks about who might be the one he made a love promise to. Chitoge's father mentions that he recognized Kosaki from the past as the three were friends. Raku's father mentions he has a photo of the girl that Raku made a promise to ten years ago. | |||
| 13 | "After School" "Hōkago" (ホウカゴ) | Akio Watanabe | April 5, 2014 |
| While happy that he has a nice picture of Kosaki, Raku struggles with finding the photo of the girl with whom he made a promise. At a study group, he nearly publicizes that he likes Kosaki. After Raku's father tells him the location, Raku discovers that the girl in the photo is someone else, and that she also has a different key. Raku shares his umbrella with Chitoge in the rain, but when the downpour gets heavy, they rest at a shelter and share the photos they ordered. Raku's father tells them that the girl in the photo is coming to school tomorrow and that she is actually Raku's fiancée. | |||
| 14 | "Ordeal" "Shuraba" (シュラバ) | Ume Aoki | April 12, 2014 |
| Baffled by the fact that the girl in the photo is Raku's fiancée, the aforementioned girl transfers in Raku's class as Marika Tachibana, the daughter of the police chief. She also bears a key that may unlock Raku's locket. Marika and Raku then head on a date, with Kosaki, Ruri, Seishirō and Chitoge spying on them. During their date, Marika bribes Raku into ending his relationship with Chitoge in exchange for answering all his questions regarding the girl and the promise he made ten years ago. Raku refuses, furthermore adding that he has no past memories with Marika, inciting within Marika her vulgar persona and bursts into a tantrum, causing Raku to finally recognize Marika. | |||
| 15 | "Three Keys" "Sanbon" (サンボン) | Mel Kishida | April 19, 2014 |
| Finally having recognized Marika, the latter fills in Raku about their childhood days and how she mold herself into being Raku's ideal woman then kissing him on the cheek by surprise. With the existence of three keys further shadowing the true identity of the promise girl — in the midst of the confusion — Marika invites Raku to her home to pay respects to her father. | |||
| 16 | "Typhoon" "Taifū" (タイフウ) | Kouhaku Kuroboshi | April 26, 2014 |
| Raku was asked by Kosaki to help out at their family's sweets shop. While in the line of work, a strong typhoon forces Raku to stay at Kosaki's house for the time being. While under awkward silence at first, the pair eventually holds a proper conversation until the typhoon subsided — allowing Raku to head home safely — much to Raku's discontent. Nonetheless, Raku was able to exchange e-mail addresses with Kosaki as the latter feels proud of the progress she made with Raku. | |||
| 17 | "Temple Festival" "Ennichi" (エンニチ) | toi8 | May 3, 2014 |
| At a temple festival, Raku works in one of the food stalls being run by his faction's men. After bumping into Chitoge, she had Raku accompany her as a free pass to most of the stalls. When purchasing a relationship charm, Raku gets separated from Chitoge in the crowd and instead stumbles on Kosaki. Afterwards, Raku's relationship charm gets nabbed by a calico cat and Raku chases after it, passing by Marika then Seishirou. Meanwhile, a yukata-clad Chitoge finds Raku's charm and returns it to him. Reading a sign regarding the meaning behind relationship charms, Chitoge receives a relationship charm as an offer from Raku and mistakes it as a proposal. | |||
| 18 | "At the Beach" "Umibede" (ウミベデ) | Kentaro Yabuki | May 10, 2014 |
| Raku and the gang go to a beach in the midst of their summer vacation. Chitoge develops romantic feelings for Raku, much to her anxiousness. Kosaki inadvertently asks an asleep Raku of allowing her to kiss him whereas Chitoge mishears it as Kosaki asking for kimchi. While trying to confirm her feelings, Chitoge is approached by Raku and asks him if they would make a functional couple. As a reply, Raku rebukes otherwise, much to Chitoge's heartbreak and causing her to storm off whilst leaving Raku an apology. During their new semester, Raku and Chitoge get nominated for playing the role of Romeo and Juliet for their upcoming cultural festival, but Chitoge refuses to take the role. | |||
| 19 | "The Play" "Engeki" (エンゲキ) | KEI | May 17, 2014 |
| Due to Chitoge's refusal of accepting the role in their play, Kosaki steps in and takes the role as Juliet with Raku as Romeo. Whilst in the midst of rehearsals, Raku and Chitoge gets into a heated argument over their fake relationship. As Raku vehemently states how dysfunctional things are between them and is considering to end their ties, Chitoge slaps Raku out of indignation. On the day of their play, Kosaki gets injured after rescuing a fellow classmate from a fall. With no one else to take over Kosaki in her role as Juliet, Raku approaches Chitoge and convinces her to take the part. After Raku apologizes and admits he doesn't despise Chitoge as the latter had presumed, Chitoge leans onto Raku and accepts the role as his Juliet. | |||
| 20 | "Showtime" "Honban" (ホンバン) | Naoshi Komi | May 24, 2014 |
| With Chitoge's inclusion into their cast, the play commences with Shu as the narrator taking their performance into a comedic turn, adding nonsensical subplots into the play's story for the enjoyment of the audience but for the chagrin to some of its casts. Nevertheless, the play finishes, gaining warm admiration from the audience while Chitoge recognizes her true love for Raku. With their usual relationship back in place, Chitoge apologizes to Raku for her harsh behavior and adds that she will still be herself in front of him. During a conversation with Kosaki, Raku takes notice of Kosaki's desire of playing the role of Juliet. To compensate for not having played her role, as a result Raku and Kosaki reprise their roles as Romeo and Juliet respectively and did a private play for themselves as Chitoge looks into the horizon and remarks the conclusion of their memorable cultural festival. | |||
| OVA 1 | "Loss / Shrine Maiden" "Funjitsu / Mikosan" (フンシツ / ミコサン) | - | October 3, 2014 |
| OVA 2 | "Change / Work" "Henbo / Oshigoto" (ヘンボウ/ オシゴト) | - | February 4, 2015 |
| OVA 3 | "Bath House / Service" "Sentō / Sābisu" (セントウ / サ一ビス) | - | April 3, 2015 |
Nisekoi:
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "From Now On / Please Notice" "Korekara / kidzuite" (コレカラ／キヅイテ) | April 10, 2015 |
| Acknowledging her love for Raku, Chitoge contemplates on how their faked relationship will progress from now on. Raku reveals to Chitoge, Kosaki and Marika that his locket has been returned to him but is still not completely repaired, preventing them from discovering the girl Raku made a promise with in the past. As Chitoge ruminates on the possibility of not being Raku's promised girl, the latter takes notice on Chitoge's anxiousness and assumes it as hunger for being on a diet, much to Chitoge's chagrin. In hopes to get Raku's attention, Chitoge makes constant refurbishes to her appearance which Raku constantly fails to notice, much to her vexation. Raku eventually reveals that he was aware of Chitoge's efforts yet refused to comment about it out of embarrassment though was not able able to notice Chitoge's new ribbon until it was pointed out to him by the latter, much to his surprise. | ||
| 2 | "Fate / Showdown" "In'nen / shōbu" (インネン／ショウブ) | April 17, 2015 |
| Leaving school, Raku and Tsugumi are attacked by hitwoman Paula McCoy, Tsugumi's former colleague, leading to a clash until Raku gets injured in the cross fire. At Tsugumi's rented apartment, Paula expresses her disappointment with Tsugumi's lax lifestyle when she was once considered the feared "Black Tiger" of the Bee Hive faction. Intent on surpassing Tsugumi for calling her flat-chested during their first meeting, Paula challenges Tsugumi to a duel where the victor must steal a kiss from Raku, much to the opposition of Raku and Tsugumi, both of whom made a point to Paula that Raku is their mistress' lover. But by abiding to the code of the faction - where a match stands once agreed upon - Tsugumi and Paula's duel ensues. After successfully restraining Raku in an abandoned warehouse, Paula ignorantly deems the importance of a first kiss whereas Raku states otherwise. Tsugumi, opposed by the thought of Paula kissing Raku, eventually locates Paula and destructively frees Raku, much to Paula's awe. After being the victor by giving Raku an indirect kiss, Tsugumi embraces Paula and praises her for her skills, sending the latter to tears. As she leaves for America, Paula asks Tsugumi if she is fine with Raku being her mistress' lover whereas Seishirō feigns ignorance. | ||
| 3 | "Need" "Hitsuyou" (ヒツヨウ) | April 24, 2015 |
| Chitoge's feared workaholic mother, Hana, arrives in the midst of the holidays and Chitoge invites Raku in welcoming her. After a rocky meeting with her husband and daughter, Hana appoints Raku as her new secretary to test his worth as her daughter's lover; if Raku succeeds on meeting Hana's expectations and gains her approval, she will reward Raku and Chitoge a one night-stay in a premium hotel suite on Christmas Eve. While Raku feels overwhelmed by Hana's tight schedule and tensed by the workload assigned to him, Chitoge makes a call to her mother and asks that they bond together as mother and daughter on Christman Eve. Declining her daughter's request under the pretense of being busy, Raku scolds Hana for prioritizing her job over her daughter. | ||
| 4 | "Mother" "Hahaoya" (ハハオヤ) | May 1, 2015 |
Broadcast
The series is currently being aired on a number of channels in Japan. The following is a list of the TV Channels on which the episodes are currently being broadcast along with the timing and day of the week it is aired on and the date the first episode was aired on the channel. The anime is aired weekly in all of the following channels. With the exception of Terebihokkaido and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting where it is aired on Wednesdays and Tuesdays respectively, the anime is streamed on all of the channels on Saturdays. Some of the schedule times are for after midnight, for instance, Chibaterebi's Saturday 24:30 broadcast on January 11 takes place on Sunday 12:30 am on January 12. Occasionally the stations will adjust their schedules for other programming. It is also simulcast to Crunchyroll for premium users on Saturdays 9:00am PDT.[8]
| No. | T.V. Station [1] | Timing[1] | Day[1] | Premiere date[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBS | 26:28 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 2 | Tokyo MX | 23:30 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 3 | Chiba TV | 24:30 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 4 | tvk | 24:30 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 5 | Television Saitama | 24:30 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 6 | Tochigi TV | 23:30 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 7 | Gunma TV | 23:30 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 8 | TV Aichi | 25:50 | Saturdays | January 11, 2014 |
| 9 | Television Hokkaido | 26:05 | Wednesdays | January 15, 2014 |
| 10 | TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting | 26:35 | Tuesdays | January 14, 2014 |
| 11 | BS11 | 23:30 | Saturdays | January 18, 2014 |
References
- General
- Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Nisekoi, on air". Nisekoi.jp. Aniplex. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- ↑ "Nisekoi TV Anime to End in Late May With 20 Episodes". Animenewsnetwork.com. Anime News Network. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- ↑ Green, Scott (2014-03-03). ""Nisekoi" Anime to Run 20 Episodes". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
- ↑ "Musical Duo Claris to Perform Nisekoi Anime's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ↑ "ClariS to Also Perform Nisekoi's New Opening Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ ニセコイ 第4巻. nisekoi.jp (in Japanese).
- ↑ "第12話 カクニン - オハナシ | TVアニメ「ニセコイ」公式サイト". Nisekoi.jp. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Nisekoi Full episodes streaming online for free". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ↑ "とちぎテレビトップページ→番組表" [Tochigi TV Home - Program Guide]. Tochigi-tv.jp. Retrieved 2014-04-01. - search for ニセコイ
- ↑ "TOKYO MX ＊ アニメ「ニセコイ」" [Tokyo MX Anime Nisekoi] (in Japanese). S.mxtv.jp. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
External links
- Official anime website (Japanese)
- Nisekoi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia