Nina Iseri drops out of high school and moves to Tokyo by herself. In front of the station in the suburbs of Tokyo, Nina sees Momo Kawaragi singing alone and is touched by the power of music. Nina decides to form a band with Momo, Subaru Awasu, a girl who hides her true feelings, Tomo Ebutsuka, who was abandoned by her parents, and Rupa, a lonely girl without any family...
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Nina Iseri drops out of high school and moves to Tokyo by herself. In front of the station in the suburbs of Tokyo, Nina sees Momo Kawaragi singing alone and is touched by the power of music. Nina decides to form a band with Momo, Subaru Awasu, a girl who hides her true feelings, Tomo Ebutsuka, who was abandoned by her parents, and Rupa, a lonely girl without any family...
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Episode 1
Tokyo Heave-Ho
24m9.5 / 10
In March, at the age of 17, Nina drops out of high school and moves to Tokyo on her own. She's completely lost in the big city. She was encouraged to come here after hearing a certain song she found online. The day she arrives, Nina meets the street musician who plays that song.
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Directed by Kazuo Sakai, Kenji ImuraWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Haruo Yamagishi, Sakura Ando, Ritsu Takahashi, Masaya Fukunishi, Mutsuki Iwanaka, Ryunosuke Watanuki, En Yoneda, Taichi Takeda
Nina starts to cram for school. She promised her parents she would try to get into college. However, she's having a hard time adjusting to her new cram school life, finding it difficult to get into her studies. As she's struggling, she receives a text from Momoka. When Nina visits Momoka's house, she is introduced to a girl her age.
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Directed by Maaya AsakuraWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Haruo Yamagishi, Ryunosuke Watanuki, En Yoneda, Kosuke Echigoya, Yuuki Urushiyama, Miyuu Ayase, Sayaka Kunimatsu, Shuki Sato
As always, Nina's having a hard time focusing on her studies, but she finds herself having to go to Subaru's school to deliver Subaru's phone. After having a heart to heart, they start opening up to each other. Soon after, the trio set out to put on their first live show as a band.
Subaru's grandmother drops by Tokyo out of the blue. Subaru doesn't want to pursue acting. She wants to be in a band and play music. Now that she's come this far, she needs to say it clearly. But when the moment comes, she finds herself putting on a fake smile and playing the good granddaughter.
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Directed by Kazue OtsukiWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Naoko Kouda, Saya Horigome, Shuki Sato, Keita Yoshikawa, Masaomi Yamahashi, Takahiro Miyake, Junko Oka, Rio Sato
A live house that Momoka used to play at asked the girls if they wanted to play a show, and they agree to have their first battle of the bands. As they struggle to meet the ticket sale quota, Momoka gets tickets to a show for her former band.
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Directed by Maaya Asakura, Atsushi MimuraWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars En Yoneda, Kosuke Echigoya, Reina Kondo, Misato Matsuoka, Yuuki Urushiyama, Momoko Miyashiro, Hiroaki Hirata, Saima Nakano
The three girls practice to level up as a band. Nina is obsessed with beating Diamond Dust, and researches ways to increase their popularity, but she fails to find anything good. That's when Tomo and Rupa approach Nina after having been to see the three girls perform the other day.
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Directed by Yasuhiro TanabeWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Miku Komiyama, Rio Sato, Shuki Sato, Hikaru Araki, Yuichi Matsuda, Chihiro Suno, Hikari Tomio, Takahiro Miyake
Tomo and Rupa join Nina, Subaru, and Momoka, making a five-member band. Momoka informs the rest of an upcoming show they could play, but the five members have such different personalities that it doesn't look like they'd ever come together. Nina and Momoka have different feelings about the band, and they begin the show while their relationship remains strained.
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Directed by Kazue Otsuki, Kazuo Sakai, Kenji ImuraWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Sakura Ando, Yuichi Matsuda, Takahiro Miyake, Miyuki Sawashiro, Miku Komiyama, Rio Sato, Shuki Sato, Hikaru Araki
After the live show, Nina and Momoka's fight continues to heat up as they express how they feel. Nina abandons all her escape routes to seriously pursue music professionally. Tomo says she'll quit if Nina and Momoka's rocky relationship continues. Then as Nina starts her first day of her part-time job, Momoka shows up.
Tomo is scared to say how she feels due to traumatizing past experiences and is unable to truthfully express herself to the other band members. Nina is currently learning the guitar and asks Tomo for her assessment, and Tomo gives her harsh feedback. However, when Tomo sees that Nina isn't giving up, it gives her the confidence to change.
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Directed by Masayuki IimuraWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Miku Komiyama, Shuki Sato, Hikaru Araki, Yuichi Matsuda, Chihiro Suno, Takahiro Miyake, Rio Sato, Hikari Tomio
Nina's parents come to visit her from her hometown as she continues to dedicate herself to the band. Nina runs away, but she reluctantly returns to her home after everyone convinces her. She tries to talk to her father, but as always, he doesn't see things from her perspective. The next day, her father takes her to her old high school.
Nina and the others arrive at an outdoor music festival. It's a huge venue, and the large stage gets them pumped. Diamond Dust takes the stage and they've gotten better since their last show. Nina and the band absolutely cannot lose. They're going to leave their mark. It's the start of their performance of a lifetime.
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Directed by Miho Hirayama, Kazuo Sakai, Atsushi Mimura, Tomotaka WakumotoWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Ritsu Takahashi, Reina Kondo, Misato Matsuoka, Yuuki Urushiyama, Momoko Miyashiro, Hiroaki Hirata, Miyuki Sawashiro, Rio Sato
Nina and the others officially sign with a talent agency. The five of them start writing their new song when Diamond Dust challenges them to a battle of the bands. Diamond Dust has doubled their follower count from before. Should they accept the challenge or not? The members find themselves split on this decision.
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Directed by Masayuki IimuraWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Ai Furihata, Mitsuaki Kanuka, Keita Yoshikawa
In the battle of the bands against Diamond Dust, Nina's band's ticket sales have not even reached half of their sales projection. Meanwhile, Diamond Dust sold out their tickets. The harsh reality comes crashing down. Even then, Nina and the band stay true themselves and begin to play their song.
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Directed by Kazuo SakaiWritten by Jukki HanadaGuest stars Kosuke Echigoya, Reina Kondo, Hikaru Araki, Chihiro Suno, Ai Furihata, Sayaka Kunimatsu, Mitsuaki Kanuka, Kazuyoshi Shiomi
