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Waiting in the Summer: Season 1

12 episodes Premiered Jan 10, 2012 Updated Oct 31, 2026
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S1·E1 Mytharc

I Can't, Senpai

Jan 10, 2012 · 24 min

While testing his high-speed film video camera, second year high school student Kaito Kirishima sees a bright blue light, then an impact has blown him off of his footing and beyond

S1·E2 Mytharc

Together With Senpai...

Jan 17, 2012 · 24 min

In this episode Ichika is revealed to be an alien journeying to look for a certain scenery that she has been seeing in her imagination. She crash lands on Earth when her spacecraft

S1·E3 Core

Senpai Says...

Jan 24, 2012 · 24 min

Kaito seems to be frustrated with his failed attempt to confess to Ichika, so he decides to ditch school, telling her to leave him alone for awhile. Worried, Kanna goes to visit hi

S1·E4 Core

Senpai Was Amazing

Jan 31, 2012 · 24 min

Things turn awkward the next day, but they try to put it behind them. More complications arrive when Manami, Tetsurō's married sister, takes a homebound Kaito for shopping. Ichika

S1·E5 Core

Senpai Is the Heroine

Feb 7, 2012 · 24 min

Ichika becomes the heroine of the independent film the gang were planning before summer break. Kaito agrees, while helping Ichika look for that particular place she is looking for.

S1·E6 Core

Senpai Has a Rival

Feb 14, 2012 · 24 min

As Ichika is pondering on what Tetsurō told Kaito that night, thanks to Tetsurō's sister, filming for their movie goes to Okinawa, where Kaito meets a childhood friend, and Tetsurō

S1·E7 Core

Senpai's Feelings

Feb 21, 2012 · 24 min

Ichika's worries are banished when she gets to the root of what's going on with Kaori and Kaito; while Miu does her best to protect Tetsurō from a ravenous Chiharu--to a point of r

S1·E8 Mytharc

Senpai's Pinch

Feb 28, 2012 · 24 min

After Ichika enjoys her first Japanese festival, Lemon pops out of nowhere to challenge everyone to a test of courage at a dark shrine. During the test Rinon appears to Ichika, tel

S1·E9 Mytharc

Senpai

Mar 6, 2012 · 24 min

After the incident involving the rescue drone Ichika reveals her true identity to Kaito and the gang, and reveals her true intentions on Earth, namely "looking for that place in he

S1·E10 Core

Senpai and Our...

Mar 13, 2012 · 24 min

As Ichika and Kaito spend some time close together (which Ichika credits to Kanna), a depressed Kanna shuts herself in her room after a visit from Tetsurō, who tells everyone that

S1·E11 Mytharc

Don't Go, Senpai

Mar 20, 2012 · 24 min

Emika is retrieving Ichika because the latter is on a planet where contact with its lifeforms is forbidden under their Federation laws, and the only solution is for her to leave th

S1·E12 Mytharc

Waiting There, in the Summer

Mar 27, 2012 · 24 min

Some unexpected allies have joined the cause to help Ichika and Kaito, and they pack firepower. But if Ichika and Kaito make it to the spot in her dreams, what will they do then?

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