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Skip and Loafer

TV·2023–present·1 season, 12 episodes·Tokyo MX·Animation, Drama, Comedy·24m·7.8

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Iwakura Mitsumi, a tenacious country girl, prepares for high school in the big city. She meets the handsome Shima Sousuke, whose easygoing ways help her adapt in the real world.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Skip and Loafer S01E06Drizzling and FlickeringS01E06 · 7.5Fumi’s in love, but Mitsumi doesn’t have time to internalize it as exams are right around the corner!
  2. 02Skip and Loafer S01E03Dreamy and SparkyS01E03 · 7.0Mitsumi heads to the student council office after school, where she finds Makoto standing frozen by the door.
  3. 03Skip and Loafer S01E04Tingling and ScrapingS01E04 · 7.0Kanechika enlists Mitsumi’s help in getting Shima to join the drama club. He shows her a recording of an old TV show…

Cast

Tomoyo KurosawaTomoyo KurosawaMitsumi Iwakura (voice)Akinori EgoshiAkinori EgoshiSousuke Shima (voice)Yuka TerasakiYuka TerasakiMika Egashira (voice)Maaya UchidaMaaya UchidaYuzuki Murashige (voice)Megumi HanMegumi HanMakoto Kurume (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2023Aired 6.9Season avg
  1. S01E01Skip and Loafer S01E01Sparkling-FreshApril 4, 2023 6.5Mitsumi heads out for her entrance ceremony, confident that her day will be perfect, only to get lost. When she's panicking at the station,
  2. S01E02Skip and Loafer S01E02Fidgeting and WanderingApril 11, 2023 6.7Heading into self-intros, Mitsumi is a nervous wreck. Nao-chan tries to ease her fears, but she makes a choice that she will end up regretti
  3. S01E03Skip and Loafer S01E03Dreamy and SparkyApril 18, 2023 7.0Mitsumi heads to the student council office after school, where she finds Makoto standing frozen by the door.
  4. S01E04Skip and Loafer S01E04Tingling and ScrapingApril 25, 2023 7.0Kanechika enlists Mitsumi’s help in getting Shima to join the drama club. He shows her a recording of an old TV show…
  5. S01E05Skip and Loafer S01E05Prickly and GiddyMay 2, 2023 7.0Mitsumi finds herself in the volleyball event for the class matches. Unathletic as she is, she asks Mika, who used to be on her school’s vol
  6. S01E06Skip and Loafer S01E06Season's bestDrizzling and FlickeringMay 9, 2023 7.5Fumi’s in love, but Mitsumi doesn’t have time to internalize it as exams are right around the corner!
  7. S01E07Skip and Loafer S01E07Hectic and Hot StuffMay 16, 2023 7.0There's good news and bad news as Mitsumi and Narumi wonder how to cheer up a friend and Narumi's past is revealed.
  8. S01E08Skip and Loafer S01E08Heat and ComplicationsMay 23, 2023 7.0Mitsumi and Sousuke head to the zoo, where they are shadowed by a couple of worrywarts.
  9. S01E09Skip and Loafer S01E09Drowsy and PeppyMay 30, 2023 7.0Summer break enters its latter half, and Mitsumi heads home to Ikajima. How does returning to her old stomping grounds affect her?
  10. S01E10Skip and Loafer S01E10Scrambling and DrippingJune 6, 2023 7.0Class 1-3 is putting on a play for the upcoming school festival, but Mitsumi is torn between helping out and her student council duties.
  11. S01E11Skip and Loafer S01E11Hype and ExcitementJune 13, 2023 6.5The Tsubame West School Festival gets underway, and Mitsumi—surrounded by classmates being visited by friends and family—remembers that she’
  12. S01E12Skip and Loafer S01E12ShiningJune 20, 2023 7.0It’s the second and final day of the school festival, and Mitsumi’s class gets some surprise visits from Sousuke’s family and friends.

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