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Usagi Drop

TV·2011–2011·1 season, 11 episodes·Fuji TV·Animation, Drama·23m·8.2

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By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".

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  1. 01Usagi Drop S01E07Secretly Running Away From HomeS01E07 · 6.5Daikichi's cousin, Haruko, runs away from home to Daikichi's house with her daughter Reina in tow. Daikichi can hardly fathom Haruko's determination, but when he does learn her reasons, he's not a little surprised by how strong Haruko has become as a mother. It gets him thinking again about what marriage and family mean.
  2. 02Usagi Drop S01E02Pinky SwearS01E02 · 5.7What kind of clothes to buy her? What to feed her? What to do about nursery school? Daikichi's new life raising a 6-year-old girl is an uninterrupted stream of bewilderment. Rin looks anxious on her first day of nursery school, so Daikichi does a "pinky swear" with her, promising to pick her up as soon as he can. And Daikichi, who has no confidence he can live with Rin for long, starts thinking about meeting Rin's mother...
  3. 03Usagi Drop S01E03Daikichi's DecisionS01E03 · 5.7Daikichi goes back to his parents’ house with Rin in tow in order to search for clues about her mother. At first, his parents were opposed to him taking custody of the girl, but now they’re not entirely dissatisfied about having what amounts to a grandchild. And at his grandfather's house, Daikichi discovers a mystery modem. This leads him to think about his life with Rin and he makes an important decision.

Cast

Ayu MatsuuraAyu MatsuuraRin Kaga (voice)Hiroshi TsuchidaHiroshi TsuchidaDaikichi Kawachi (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode11Episodes2011Aired 5.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Usagi Drop S01E01The Bellflower GirlJuly 8, 2011 5.330-year-old bachelor businessman Daikichi Kawachi encounters Rin, a girl he's never seen before, at his grandfather's funeral. Surprisingly,
  2. S01E02Usagi Drop S01E02Pinky SwearJuly 15, 2011 5.7What kind of clothes to buy her? What to feed her? What to do about nursery school? Daikichi's new life raising a 6-year-old girl is an unin
  3. S01E03Usagi Drop S01E03Daikichi's DecisionJuly 22, 2011 5.7Daikichi goes back to his parents’ house with Rin in tow in order to search for clues about her mother. At first, his parents were opposed t
  4. S01E04Usagi Drop S01E04LetterJuly 29, 2011 5.7Rin befriends Kouki, a boy she met at the local nursery school, while Daikichi's pulse races a bit when he meets Kouki's beautiful single
  5. S01E05Usagi Drop S01E05Daikichi Should Stay DaikichiAugust 5, 2011 5.7Daikichi finally meets Rin's mother, Masako, and he's shocked by her frankness. When they part, Masako asks Daikichi for a favor, and it's a
  6. S01E06Usagi Drop S01E06My TreeAugust 12, 2011 5.7When Rin enters elementary school, Daikichi proposes planting a tree to commemorate the occasion. Rin plants a loquat seed in the yard, but
  7. S01E07Usagi Drop S01E07Season's bestSecretly Running Away From HomeAugust 19, 2011 6.5Daikichi's cousin, Haruko, runs away from home to Daikichi's house with her daughter Reina in tow. Daikichi can hardly fathom Haruko's dete
  8. S01E08Usagi Drop S01E08Precious to GrandpaAugust 26, 2011 5.3During Rin's summer vacation, Daikichi and Rin visit her father's grave, where they find an ink bottle and bellflowers. Daikichi runs after
  9. S01E09Usagi Drop S01E09A Typhoon Has Come!September 2, 2011 5.3At school, Rin is concerned that the disobedient Kouki is getting off track and getting a bad reputation. Meanwhile, when a typhoon hits, Ko
  10. S01E10Usagi Drop S01E10Stomach FluSeptember 9, 2011 5.3Daikichi feels helpless when Rin is laid up with stomach flu, so Kouki's mother steps in to give them both a hand.
  11. S01E11Usagi Drop S01E11The First StepSeptember 16, 2011 5.3It's the first anniversary of Grandpa's death, which means Rin and Daikichi have been living together for about a year now. Daikichi mulls o

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