Murai in Love (2024–2024)

Name: Murai in Love
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

TV ShowEnded

huluAnimation, Comedy, Drama1 season, 12 episodes

Plot

Murai, a peculiar high school boy, is in love with his otaku teacher Tanaka. However, Tanaka rejects him, saying that she would never be interested in a boy with long, black hair. Murai then cuts his hair and dyes it blond, becoming the spitting image of Tanaka's favorite video game character.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

01Episode 1S01E01 · 10.0Murai is in love with his teacher, Tanaka. After a haircut, he resembles her favorite character.
02Episode 3S01E03 · 10.0Tanaka, believing Murai deceived her, runs away from the convention only to run into his friends.
03Episode 6S01E06 · 10.0Tanaka is worried about Murai dozing off in class. Learning the reason behind it, she goes to him.

Episodes by season

Season0112Episodes2024Aired 9.2Season avg

S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1October 6, 2024 10.0Murai is in love with his teacher, Tanaka. After a haircut, he resembles her favorite character.
S01E02Episode 2October 13, 2024 8.0In return for borrowing the game Sengoku Koi Emaki, Murai participates in the Doujinshi Convention.
S01E03Episode 3October 20, 2024 10.0Tanaka, believing Murai deceived her, runs away from the convention only to run into his friends.
S01E04Episode 4October 27, 2024 7.0Yayoi Fukunaga has a happy reunion with Murai, until she finds out he is in love with someone else.
S01E05Episode 5November 3, 2024 8.0Tanaka admits to being worried about Murai. Murai asks for three seconds in return for forgiveness.
S01E06Episode 6November 10, 2024 10.0Tanaka is worried about Murai dozing off in class. Learning the reason behind it, she goes to him.
S01E07Episode 7November 17, 2024 10.0The school festival begins. Murai struggles to beat Tanaka's brother, Mao, to gain his approval.
S01E08Episode 8November 24, 2024 10.0Murai is upset when Yamakado, the second-year head teacher, shows up for homeroom instead of Tanaka.
S01E09Episode 9December 1, 2024 10.0Tanaka wakes up to find herself at Yamakado's house. Yamakado does something unexpected.
S01E10Episode 10December 8, 2024—Yamakado asks Tanaka about her relationship with Murai. Something starts to change in Tanaka.
S01E11Episode 11December 15, 2024—Murai and Tanaka are caught hugging each other on TV. Kiriyama and Yamakado try to save them.
S01E12Episode 12December 22, 2024—As a child, Murai met and fell in love with Tanaka, but she never realized that the boy was Murai.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Kengo TakanashiMurai (voice)

Nobunaga ShimazakiHitotose (voice)

Yoko HikasaAyano Tanaka (voice)

Kohei AmasakiKiriyama (voice)

Haruki IshiyaHirai (voice)

Masaya MatsukazeYamakado (voice)

Hochu OtsukaNarrator (voice)

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