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Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino who happens to live under the bridge. To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
BridgeApril 5, 2010—Falling off a bridge while trying to get his pants back Ichinomiya Kou is saved by a woman named Nino. Desperate to live up to his family m - S01E02
2 BridgeApril 12, 2010—Recruit is introduced to the other people living under the bridge. He finds out from Sister that the rest of the inhabitants want to kick h - S01E03
3 BridgeApril 19, 2010—Rec is interrogated by Sister and Hoshi about how far he has actually gone with Nino. To their frustration he admits that absolutely nothin - S01E04
4 BridgeApril 26, 2010—Riku and Nino go on their first date. Later Stella the little orphan girl arrives and challenges Riku to a game of play fighting. After a - S01E05
5 BridgeMay 3, 2010—After discovering Sisters one fatal weakness Riku meets P-Ko the resident vegetable farmer and local clutz. Afterwards the bridge holds a w - S01E06
6 BridgeMay 9, 2010—Ric discovers that he is actually quite good at teaching, at least in comparison to Nino's "advanced" swim lesson. He decides to make his o - S01E07
7 BridgeMay 16, 2010—Ric starts his first day as a teacher. Nino and the helmet brothers show up for class, but everyone else thinks up a way to get away from R - S01E08
8 BridgeMay 24, 2010—Ric is visited by his secretary from his outside job. Thinking quickly he comes up with an elaborate lie about why he is under the bridge o - S01E09
9 BridgeMay 30, 2010—Riku learns more about the past life of Star. Stella discovers that Sister is in love with Maria and a battle of epic proportions ensues. - S01E10
10 BridgeJune 6, 2010—Sisters holds a fire drill involving a real fire. Riku's father beings his plan to correct his fallen son by evicting the residents under t - S01E11
11 BridgeJune 13, 2010—Sure now that his father is behind the plan to evict the residents under the bridge, Ric decides to launch his own counter proposal and turn - S01E12
12 BridgeJune 20, 2010—Ric and Star become shooting stars and Nino makes a wish upon them. A mysterious man appears and derails Ric's father, Seki, plan to redeve - S01E13
13 BridgeJune 27, 2010—Ric plans on building an amusement park for Stella and the metal brothers to go to and nearly kills himself coming up with a plan. In the m
Season02
- S02E01
1 Bridge * 2October 3, 2010—Noticing Nino's habit of sleepwalking into his apartment, Ric suggests she move in with him. The guys participate in a marathon run, where R - S02E02
2 Bridge * 2October 10, 2010—Ric encounters the Amazoness. Captain of the Earth Force shows up under the bridge looking to fight Nino and the Venusians. - S02E03
3 Bridge * 2October 17, 2010—Ric finds a cassette player belonging to Nino containing messages for a supposed Venusian. Nino becomes angry at him and climbs on top of a - S02E04
4 Bridge * 2October 24, 2010—P-ko writes a script for a movie and gets Ric to be the director. Later, the gang holds a haunted house which Ric is escorted through, with - S02E05
5 Bridge * 2October 31, 2010—The Captain of the Earth Force starts living in the riverbank after giving the Mayor and the gang manga with them as main characters and rev - S02E06
6 Bridge * 2November 7, 2010—Under Seki's orders, Shimazaki researches about Nino, but she is threatened by a strange man not to go any further. Meanwhile, Nino reported - S02E07
7 Bridge * 2November 14, 2010—The Arakawa residents decide to do a physical checkup to prepare for their trip to Venus, and Ric and Star end up trying to 'outsick' each o - S02E08
8 Bridge * 2November 21, 2010—Amazoness appears at the riverbank and becomes one of Ric's students, revealing she has a crush on him. She has her Tengu henchmen hypnotize - S02E09
9 Bridge * 2November 28, 2010—A package arrives for Whitey, and Ric is charged with delivering it. Ric realizes it's from Whitey's wife and assumes it's their divorce pap - S02E10
10 Bridge * 2December 5, 2010—With an apparent 500kg weight limit for the rocket to Venus, everyone goes on a diet so they can all go together. While Ric and the Mayor lo - S02E11
11 Bridge * 2December 12, 2010—As the Arakawa residents hold a Bon Festival, Star and Amazoness team up to try and split up Ric and Nino. In the end though, Amazoness ends - S02E12
12 Bridge * 2December 19, 2010—The Mayor decides to hold a tournament to see who is strongest on the riverbank. The winner will be granted one wish, something the rest of - S02E13
13 Bridge * 2December 26, 2010—Although Sister puts up a valiant defense against Maria's physical attacks, her insults help her win. Although her royal decree turns out to
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