SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?
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1.Sheep Costume
7.007-07-202423 minKobato and Osanai made a pact to lead a quiet life as regular students upon entering high school. However, soon after, a handbag mysteriously disappears at the school, and Kobato i...
2.How to Make Delicious Hot Cocoa
6.514-07-202423 minKobato and Osanai are invited to Dojima's house, where he makes them cocoa using his special method. When Osanai leaves, Dojima asks Kobato about his change in personality.
3.Humpty Dumpty
6.721-07-202423 minDuring a class assignment, a vase in the cabinet seemingly breaks by itself, but there's an elaborate plan behind it. However, this mystery is quickly forgotten when Osanai sees th...
4.Mind of a Lone Wolf
6.704-08-202423 minKobato, along with Kengo, tries to get to the bottom of Sakagami's motives. It seems there is more to the case than initially suspected. However, Kobato's concern for Osanai is als...
5.Berliner Mystery
6.311-08-202423 minKobato finds Osanai crying in the school hallway, but she runs away without telling him what happened. At the student newspaper club, a new mystery involving Berliner Pfannkuchen (...
6.But I Get to Keep Charlotte
7.018-08-202423 minOsanai ropes Kobato into her plans for the summer vacation. However, the cake he is supposed to buy for her proves to be irresistible, even for Kobato.
7.Shake Half
6.725-08-202423 minJust before a date with Osanai, Kobato runs into Kengo, who shares some disturbing news and leaves a strange message. Together with Osanai, Kobato tries to solve the mystery. Howev...
8.C'mere, You Want Some Free Candy?
7.501-09-202423 minWhen Kobato goes to visit Osanai at her home to invite her to eat candied apples, he learns that she has been kidnapped. Just as he leaves the apartment, he receives a mysterious m...
9.Sweet Memory (1)
7.008-09-202423 minTo top off their summer sweets tour around the city, Osanai treats Kobato to a Tropical Parfait as thanks for rescuing her. Along with this delicious treat, Kobato is also served t...
10.Sweet Memory (2)
8.015-09-202423 minAfter a long conversation, Osanai and Kobato come to the conclusion that their agreement has failed – and with it, their friendship. From then on, they go their separate ways.
11.A Warm Winter (1)
7.006-04-202523 minAfter starting to get involved with Osanai, Itsukaichi investigates a possible string of fires in the city.
12.A Warm Winter (2)
8.013-04-202523 minUrino begins writing articles predicting the locations of the next suspicious fires.
13.Hesitant Spring
7.020-04-202523 minThere will be a change of pace in the school newspaper. Kobato shows an interest in serial fires.
14.Suspicious Summer (1)
7.027-04-202523 minUrino has a plan to catch the arsonist in the act.
15.Suspicious Summer (2)
8.004-05-202523 minUrino's rules spark escalating arson; Hiyori supports him while Osanai gives advice as bonds shift.
16.Midsummer Night
8.011-05-202523 minUrino and Kobato both arrive at the site of the final fire.
17.Autumn Returns
8.018-05-202523 minKobato explains to Osanai how he arrived at his conclusion about the arsonist’s identity.
18.Should We Really Have Met?
9.025-05-202523 minKobato remembers his encounter with Osanai when they were in middle school.
19.Kobato-kun and Osanai-san
8.001-06-202523 minKobato wakes up in the hospital and sees a box of chocolates with a message from Osanai.
20.Please Water the Dried Flowers
8.008-06-202523 minIn the hospital, Kobato thinks back to the circumstances around Hisaka's car injury in middle school.
21.The End of What Seemed Like a Golden Age
8.015-06-202523 minKobato finally manages to see Osanai in the hospital, revealing a sinister and terrifying truth.
22.Just Deserts
0.022-06-202523 minKobato and Osanai finally find out the whole truth and get help from an old acquaintance.
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