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After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.
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After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.
Cast, crew and production details
Daisuke OnoSei 'Seishu' Handa (voice)
Suzuko HaraNaru Kotoishi (voice)
Nozomi FurukiMiwa Yamamura (voice)
Rumi OkuboTamako 'Tama' Arai (voice)
Rina EndouHina Kubota (voice)
Seiya KimuraKentaro 'Kenta' Ohama (voice)
Junichi SuwabeTakao Kawafuji (voice)
Toshihiko MikiDirector (voice)
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Nippon Television Network CorporationJapan
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Episode 1
Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his writing in solitude, but rambunctious little Naru won't leave him alone...
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Episode 2
A week after coming to the island, Handa is trying to focus on improving his calligraphy. However, he keeps getting interrupted by Naru and her friends, including middle-school girls Miwa and Tama, who want their old base back!
Directed by Kazuhisa OnoWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rumi Okubo, Rina Endou, Tanuki Sugino, Koki Uchiyama, Kei Hayami, Ryoko Ono, Kenichi Mochizuki
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Episode 3
Tama hides a deep, dark secret, and meeting Handa may have led her to reveal it. Is it too late for her to save her reputation? Meanwhile, Handa is suffering his own angst after not placing first in a calligraphy competition. Maybe a friendly mochi-picking session with the villagers will cheer him up...
Directed by Satomi NakamuraWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rumi Okubo, Rina Endou, Seiya Kimura, Junichi Suwabe, Fumihiko Tachiki, Yasuko Hatori, Koki Uchiyama
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Episode 4
After his computer and cell phone break, Handa's only link to the outside world is the phone at the general store. He decides to focus on his entry for the upcoming Naruka Institute competition, but hits a wall. Can a job from Miwa's gangsterish dad help him break through it?
Directed by Taketomo IshikawaWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rina Endou, Seiya Kimura, Junichi Suwabe, Fumihiko Tachiki, Reiko Suzuki, Megumi Han, Atsushi Ono
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Episode 5
After the job from Miwa's dad breaks his artist's block, Handa's ready to get writing! But some distractions come up, in the form of the girls demanding penmanship help, a day taking the kids to the beach, and Naru's Grampa's addictive pickled daikon...
Directed by Shingo KanekoWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rumi Okubo, Rina Endou, Seiya Kimura, Junichi Suwabe, Hiroshi Ito, Tanuki Sugino, Fumihiko Tachiki
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Episode 6
Handa's only friend, Kawafuji, arrives with a kid named Kanzaki Kousuke in tow, but their trip to Handa's house ends up being very roundabout. Why does Kousuke want to meet Handa so badly, and why did Kawafuji agree to bring him?
Directed by Kazuhisa OnoWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rumi Okubo, Rina Endou, Junichi Suwabe, Toshihiko Miki, Fumihiko Tachiki, Koki Uchiyama, Kei Hayami
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Episode 7
To make up for the turmoil of the previous two days, the village kids and Handa treat his guests to a fun day of fishing before bidding them farewell.
Directed by Shinya KawatsuraWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rina Endou, Junichi Suwabe, Tanuki Sugino, Koki Uchiyama, Yuki Kaji, Megumi Han
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Episode 8
It's Naru's birthday, and Handa wants to present her with a new rhinoceros beetle. However, Kenta not only refuses to help him catch one, but also declares a battle to get Naru the best bug! Later, Handa is invited along for a visit to the Kotoishi family gravesite, but finds the local Obon customs unusually cheerful.
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Episode 9
It's only two weeks until the Naruka Exhibition. Handa waits for inspiration as he deals with a broken bath heater and various scuffles with the kids. Unfortunately, not long after inspiration falls, so does Handa...
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Episode 10
After Handa submits his "Star" calligraphy despite some trepidation, he gets roped into helping to build a stone wall and then into taking the girls to the summer festival. Meanwhile, Kawafuji gets the exhibition hall director to agree to welcome Handa back to Tokyo. How will he bid farewell to the kind islanders who've taught him so much?
Directed by Shinya IinoWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rumi Okubo, Rina Endou, Seiya Kimura, Junichi Suwabe, Toshihiko Miki, Hiroshi Ito, Fumihiko Tachiki
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Episode 11
Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Handa doesn't feel quite right about the work, and ends up smearing it before the director can. Could some inspiration from his time at the island help him create an even better work before the deadline?
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Episode 12
With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his mom is dead set against it. How will he convince her to let him go?
Directed by Masaki TachibanaWritten by Pierre SugiuraGuest stars Nozomi Furuki, Rumi Okubo, Rina Endou, Seiya Kimura, Junichi Suwabe, Toshihiko Miki, Hiroshi Ito, Koki Uchiyama
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