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SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?
- Cast:
- Shuichiro Umeda, Hina Youmiya, Makoto Furukawa
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan
- Network:
- HTB, tv asahi, Nagoya TV, KBC, ABC TV, NCC, OAB, ABA, Niigata Television Network 21, khb, KFB, HOME, KSB, Kagoshima Broadcasting, Iwate Asahi TV, Akita Asahi Broadcasting, Yamagata Television System, Shizuoka Asahi TV, Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Ehime Asahi TV, Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting, Ryu-Q Asahi Broadcasting
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Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.0Sheep Costume
2024-07-07 · 23mKobato and Osanai made a pact to lead a quiet life as regular students upon entering high school. However, soon after, a handbag mysteriously disappears at the school, and Kobato is asked to help solve the case.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 6.5How to Make Delicious Hot Cocoa
2024-07-14 · 23mKobato and Osanai are invited to Dojima's house, where he makes them cocoa using his special method. When Osanai leaves, Dojima asks Kobato about his change in personality.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.7Humpty Dumpty
2024-07-21 · 23mDuring a class assignment, a vase in the cabinet seemingly breaks by itself, but there's an elaborate plan behind it. However, this mystery is quickly forgotten when Osanai sees the bicycle thief again and plots revenge.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 6.7Mind of a Lone Wolf
2024-08-04 · 23mKobato, along with Kengo, tries to get to the bottom of Sakagami's motives. It seems there is more to the case than initially suspected. However, Kobato's concern for Osanai is also growing.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 6.3Berliner Mystery
2024-08-11 · 23mKobato finds Osanai crying in the school hallway, but she runs away without telling him what happened. At the student newspaper club, a new mystery involving Berliner Pfannkuchen (jelly doughnuts) awaits him.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.0But I Get to Keep Charlotte
2024-08-18 · 23mOsanai ropes Kobato into her plans for the summer vacation. However, the cake he is supposed to buy for her proves to be irresistible, even for Kobato.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.7Shake Half
2024-08-25 · 23mJust before a date with Osanai, Kobato runs into Kengo, who shares some disturbing news and leaves a strange message. Together with Osanai, Kobato tries to solve the mystery. However, shortly after, it appears that Osanai is in great danger.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.5C'mere, You Want Some Free Candy?
2024-09-01 · 23mWhen Kobato goes to visit Osanai at her home to invite her to eat candied apples, he learns that she has been kidnapped. Just as he leaves the apartment, he receives a mysterious message from Osanai and, with Kengo's help, sets out to find her.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0Sweet Memory (1)
2024-09-08 · 23mTo top off their summer sweets tour around the city, Osanai treats Kobato to a Tropical Parfait as thanks for rescuing her. Along with this delicious treat, Kobato is also served the whole truth about Osanai's kidnapping.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 8.0Sweet Memory (2)
2024-09-15 · 23mAfter a long conversation, Osanai and Kobato come to the conclusion that their agreement has failed – and with it, their friendship. From then on, they go their separate ways.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.0A Warm Winter (1)
2025-04-06 · 23mAfter starting to get involved with Osanai, Itsukaichi investigates a possible string of fires in the city.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 8.0A Warm Winter (2)
2025-04-13 · 23mUrino begins writing articles predicting the locations of the next suspicious fires.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0Hesitant Spring
2025-04-20 · 23mThere will be a change of pace in the school newspaper. Kobato shows an interest in serial fires.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.0Suspicious Summer (1)
2025-04-27 · 23mUrino has a plan to catch the arsonist in the act.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 8.0Suspicious Summer (2)
2025-05-04 · 23mUrino's rules spark escalating arson; Hiyori supports him while Osanai gives advice as bonds shift.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 8.0Midsummer Night
2025-05-11 · 23mUrino and Kobato both arrive at the site of the final fire.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 8.0Autumn Returns
2025-05-18 · 23mKobato explains to Osanai how he arrived at his conclusion about the arsonist’s identity.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 9.0Should We Really Have Met?
2025-05-25 · 23mKobato remembers his encounter with Osanai when they were in middle school.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 8.0Kobato-kun and Osanai-san
2025-06-01 · 23mKobato wakes up in the hospital and sees a box of chocolates with a message from Osanai.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 8.0Please Water the Dried Flowers
2025-06-08 · 23mIn the hospital, Kobato thinks back to the circumstances around Hisaka's car injury in middle school.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 8.0The End of What Seemed Like a Golden Age
2025-06-15 · 23mKobato finally manages to see Osanai in the hospital, revealing a sinister and terrifying truth.
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E22
Episode 22
Just Deserts
2025-06-22 · 23mKobato and Osanai finally find out the whole truth and get help from an old acquaintance.
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Shuichiro Umeda
Jogoro Kobato (voice)
Hina Youmiya
Yuki Osanai (voice)
Makoto Furukawa
Kengo Dojima (voice)
