RE-MAIN (2021–2021)

TV ShowEndedAnimation, Comedy, Drama1 season, 12 episodes
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Plot

Minato is a boy who stopped playing water polo due to a certain incident in the winter of his third middle school year. He picks the sport back up again with a new team when he starts in high school, but the fledgling team runs into many problems.

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  1. 01RE-MAIN S01E01Sorry, Who Are You?S01E01 · 7.5Minato Kiyomizu wakes from a coma following a car accident. Though once a water polo star in junior high, he's lost three whole years of memories. Abandoning any hope of playing again, he enters Yamanami High School an entire year late.
  2. 02RE-MAIN S01E02I'm No ProdigyS01E02 · 7.5Minato learns from Chinu Kawakubo about a promise they made in the past. To fulfill their promise, he decides to join the water polo club, much to the delight of Eitaro Oka and the team captain, Jo Jojima. They utilize his fame to recruit members, but...
  3. 03RE-MAIN S01E03But, Give Us a HendyS01E03 · 7.5Takekazu Ejiri, Yutaka Babayaro Inomata, and Yoshiharu Ushimado join the club, but it needs one last person to make seven for a regulation team. They ask Shugo Amihama, who swam in junior high, but he refuses. When they persist, Shugo makes a proposal.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2021Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01RE-MAIN S01E01Season's bestSorry, Who Are You?July 4, 2021 7.5Minato Kiyomizu wakes from a coma following a car accident. Though once a water polo star in junior high, he's lost three whole years of mem
  2. S01E02RE-MAIN S01E02I'm No ProdigyJuly 11, 2021 7.5Minato learns from Chinu Kawakubo about a promise they made in the past. To fulfill their promise, he decides to join the water polo club, m
  3. S01E03RE-MAIN S01E03But, Give Us a HendyJuly 25, 2021 7.5Takekazu Ejiri, Yutaka Babayaro Inomata, and Yoshiharu Ushimado join the club, but it needs one last person to make seven for a regulation t
  4. S01E04RE-MAIN S01E04This Ain't Looking Good...August 1, 2021 7.0Amihama stubbornly refuses to join, but a certain something changes his mind and Yamanami's Water Polo Club is officially underway. Despite
  5. S01E05RE-MAIN S01E05Dude, That's Scary!!!August 8, 2021 7.0Though they're only up against a junior team, the club learns just how intense water polo, aka "water wrestling," can be. Minato's spirits a
  6. S01E06RE-MAIN S01E06Hey! Look This Way!August 15, 2021—Hoping for their first win at the summer prefectural tournament, the club holds a training camp during Golden Week. The team is getting alon
  7. S01E07RE-MAIN S01E07Auspicious DayAugust 29, 2021—Jo, the water polo captain, proposes that the team creates an original jersey. But emotionally attached to his own, Amihama declines saying,
  8. S01E08RE-MAIN S01E08Who Are These Guys?September 5, 2021—While watching a video, Minato sees his past self from before he lost his memories. When asked about it, Chinu reveals her motives for keepi
  9. S01E09RE-MAIN S01E09I've Always Been MeSeptember 12, 2021—Eitaro tries to persuade Minato to rejoin the water polo club. Wanting no part of it, Minato is frustrated at being compared to his past sel
  10. S01E10RE-MAIN S01E10It's the Only Way I Know to WinSeptember 19, 2021—With one month left till the prefectural tournament, Minato directs the others on how they should train while starting a regimen of his own
  11. S01E11RE-MAIN S01E11Pass! Pass to Me!September 26, 2021—The Yamanami water polo club nervously faces the day of the prefectural tournament. Minato spearheads the team as they battle Rikka Gakuen i
  12. S01E12RE-MAIN S01E12C'mon, Let's Get StartedOctober 3, 2021—It's finally time for their second match of prefecturals--the long-awaited showdown with Shogakukan. Minato, Eitaro, Jo, Amihama, Ejiri, Bab

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Cast

Yuto UemuraYuto UemuraMinato Kiyomizu (voice)Koutaro NishiyamaKoutaro NishiyamaEitaro Oka (voice)Subaru KimuraSubaru KimuraJo Jojima (voice)LynnLynnChinu Kawakubo (voice)Soma SaitoSoma SaitoShugo Amihama (voice)Makoto FurukawaMakoto FurukawaTakekazu Ejiri (voice)Tasuku HatanakaTasuku HatanakaYutaka Bayaro Inomata (voice)Daisuke HiroseDaisuke HiroseYoshiharu Ushimado (voice)

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