Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi season 2

Sekai'ichi Hatsukoi: Onodera Ritsu no Ba'ai (世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜, lit. "The World's Greatest First Love: Onodera Ritsu's Affair") is a Japanese boys-love manga series written and illustrated by Shungiku Nakamura. In 2011, the manga was adapted into an anime television series under the title Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. Produced by Studio DEEN under the direction of Chiaki Kon, the anime series began its broad

cast run on April 9, 2011.An original animation DVD was bundled with the fifth an

d sixth volumes of the manga series, rele

ased in March and September 2011

Plot

Onodera Ritsu, a literary editor, resigns from his father's publishing company, due to his coworkers' jealousy of his success, claiming that he is simply riding his father's coattails. He applies for a position at Marukawa Publishing, but instead of his preferred department of literature he is placed in the infamous shōjo manga department, Emerald. He initially considers resigning, especially because he finds his new boss, Masamune Takano, intolerable and unnerving from the very beginning; however, Takano inadvertently convinces Onodera to stick with the job by calling him "useless," his pride forcing him to stay in order to prove his worth. Later, Onodera learns that Takano's old family name was Saga, an older schoolmate from high school that Ritsu fell in love with and confessed to.

Characters

Ritsu Onodera (小野寺 律 Onodera Ritsu)

Voiced by: Takashi Kondo

Ritsu is a 25-year-old jaded literary editor. He is the only son of the head of Onodera Publication and previously worked at his father's company in the literature department. Hearing his fellow co-work ers accusing him of only getting ahead because of his father's influence, he decides to show that he can be successful on his own by going to work at Marukawa Publishing. After b eing hurt by his first love in high school when he was 15, Ritsu vowed to never fall in love again. His resolve is tested, however, when he is reunited with the boy he once loved. Now very much a man and his new boss, things get very complicated for Ritsu. And now he must figure out his feelings while also juggling his career and seduction from his former first love and new boss. At his previous jo b, he was an editor in charge of Akihiko Usami as well as Ryouichi Sumi, father of Misaki's friend Kei ichi Sumi (all from Junjo Romantica).

Masamune Takano (高野 政宗 Taka

no Masamune)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi

Formerly known as Masamune Saga, before his parents divorced in high school and his mother remarried. He is the editor-in-chief of the Emerald department at Marukawa, and is sometimes referred to as "the capable". He and Ritsu were once in a brief relationship in high school but split up over a misunderstanding, where they both thought each other was wrong. It is revealed that he la ter had a breakdown from the break-up, family problems, and other personal issues, which in turn left him with unresolved feelings for Ritsu. When both he and Ritsu realize who each other are, he promises Ritsu he will make him fall in love with him again, much to Ritsu's contempt. In Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: Takano Masamune no Baai (lit. Masamune Takano's Case), the reader sees Takano's perspective on his and Ritsu's first meeting and romantic dev elopment.

An Kohinata (小日向 杏 Kohinata An)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura

Ritsu's childhood friend and his fiancée, due to an agreement their parents made when the two were kids. However, Ritsu does not view her as his fiancée. Sweet, polite and sensitive, An has deep feelings towards him, despite being rejected by Ritsu (whom she calls 'Ricchan') when she confessed her love. She discovered the bond between Masamune and Ritsu and encouraged Ritsu to do his best, while telling Masamune she will not forgive him if he hurts Ritsu.

Chiaki Yoshino (吉野 千秋 Yoshino Chiaki)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana

Chiaki Yoshino is a 28 year old s hōjo manga artist known as Chiharu Yoshikawa (a female name). His editor in-charge is Yoshi yuki Hatori, who is also his childhood friend. His two best friends are Hatori and Yanase, but the lines between friendship and love begin to blur after a number of confusing incidents. Chiaki begins to question his feelings for Hatori after not only witnessing him and Yanase together in what he thinks is a kiss; then Hatori kisses him one night. Chiaki begins to realize he has to confront his true feelings or risk losing them both.

Yoshiyuki Hatori (羽鳥 芳雪 Hatori Yoshiyuki)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)

Hatori, also known as Tori, is 28 years old and an editor in the Emerald department. Although in the beginning he is serious and reserved, we later learn that he has harbored both deep and secret feelings for his childhood friend Chiaki. After kissing him and confessing his love, Hatori pulls away fearing that Chiaki doesn't feel the same, but instead loves his rival, Yanase. Although C hiaki does somewhat have the same feelings, unbeknownst to Tori.

Yuu Yanase (柳瀬 優 Yanase Yuu)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya

Chief assistant for mangaka Yoshino Ch iaki. Hatori and Chiaki both came to know Yuu when they were in junior high. An immediate tension is visible between Hatori and Yanase. It isn't until later that it is discovered that both are vying for the love of Chiaki.

Shōta Kisa (木佐 翔太 Kisa Shōta)

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto

Kisa is a fellow editor in the Emerald department, and because of his looks he is mistaken for being much younger than his true age of 30. He considers himself gay and has never been in a serious relationship; he doesn't think himself capable of being in one because of his tendency to fall in love for only good looks without knowing a guy's personality. Because of this, he immediately questions his feelings for Kou and doesn't hold out much hope for a relationship with him. His mentality can be described by his line: "love at first sight works well enough in manga, but this is reality."

Kō Yukina (雪名 皇 Yukina Kō)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

Yukina is a 21-year-old clerk in charge of the shōjo manga section at the bookstore Marimo Books. He's been aware of Kisa coming in to watch him, but when he finds out Kisa is the editor behind all of his favorite works he begins to develop feelings for him, though he considered himself straight prior to then. He's willing to fight to make Kisa understand that what they feel for each other is real and that Kisa is able to actually fall in love.

Takafumi Yokozawa (横澤隆史 Yokozawa Takafumi)

Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi

Yokozawa works in the sales department at Marukawa. He is friends with and had a physical relationship with Takano when they were both in college. It's also common knowledge in the publishing world that he helped Takano get into publishing and get his position at Marukawa. He is seriously jealous of and resents Ritsu, blaming him for "screwing up" Takano. He often warns Ritsu away from Takano, even going as far as proclaiming Takano is his. He has his own side story called Takafumi Yokozawa No Baii(Takafumi Yokozawa Case) about his new love interest, Kirishima, and him handling his rejection by Takano.

Zen Kirishima (桐嶋禅 Kirishima Zen)

He was first introduced in Junjo Romantica as the editor in chief of Japun, the shonen manga magazine, and is now Yokozawa's new love interest. He is raising his daughter, Hiyori, on his own due to his wife passing away a few years ago. After blackmailing Yokozawa, the two start dating once they realizing their feelings for each other. He has a habit of teasing Yokozawa, calling him the mother of his daughter Hiyori.

Hiyori Kirishima (桐嶋日和 Kirishima Hiyori)

Hiyori is the only child of Zen; 10 years old and lost her mother some time ago. She bonds quickly with Yokozawa, to whom she refers as 'Onii-san' (big brother/older male figure). She's responsible for cooking her father's meals and is very fond of kittens and green tea sweets.

Kanade Mino (美濃奏 Mino Kanade)

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

Mino is a fellow editor in the Emerald department, who is constantly smiling through all the stress and exhaustion. It has been hinted that he has a dark side, with Takano saying "Make sure you don't make Mino upset".

Ryūichirō Isaka (井坂 龍一郎 Isaka Ryūichirō)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Isaka is the senior managing director of Marukawa Publishing, and is acquainted with Ritsu's parents. He is quite the mysterious man. He is also a character of Junjo Romantica. In "Junjo Mistake" the reader learns he has been in a relationship with his secretary/former childhood playmate/car etaker Asahina since 10 years ago when both realized their mutual feelings. He once aspired to be a novelist, but realized his real talents lay in finding future best-sellers. Like Ritsu, others once implied that Isaka's success only came from his family's influence (when in reality it was his talent in nurturing authors to greatness), so he feels a kinship with Ritsu, which annoys Ritsu who wants to get away from that image.

Kaoru Asahina (朝比奈 薫 Asahina Kaoru)

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu

Asahina is Ryūichiro's assistant, and came to work for the Isaka family when they helped the Asahina family out of a bad situation. Originally intended to be Isaka's playmate, he ended up becoming something more of a caretaker and developed feelings for Isaka at a young age.

Season 2

No.	Title	Original airdate
OVA	"The Case of Hatori Yoshiyuki."	September 27, 2011[14]
Hatori and Yoshino have been going out for a year now, and Hatori reflects over that. Yoshino gets a call from his mother who complains over how he never visits. As Hatori plans to go to his parents’ house, Yoshino decides to go along with him and visit his mother and sister. While there, Mrs Yoshino makes a remark how Hatori and Chinatsu (Yoshino's sister) would make a nice couple, which makes Yoshino jealous. Hatori is touched by how much Yoshino cares for him.
01	"A Good Beginning Makes a Good Ending."	October 8, 2011[15]
Onodera leaves the office to visit the bookstore and thinks about how it has felt whenever Takano has touched him, but he dismisses these thoughts. At the bookstore, he runs into Yokozawa, and as they leave together, Yokozawa demands that Onodera move to a new home. Onodera argues that it his none of his business and teases Yokozawa that maybe he and Takano were dating. Yokozawa confirms this suspicion and Onodera realizes that Yokozawa doesn’t like him because he is protecting Takano. Back at the office, Onodera overhears a conversation between two women, one of whom saw Takano and Yokozawa together the night before. Takano invites Onodera to dinner, and though Onodera declines, Takano makes the plan anyway. Onodera tries to avoid having dinner with Takano, but Takano catches him and they go to dinner at Takano’s apartment. At dinner, Onodera becomes intoxicated and drunkenly confesses that Takano’s behavior has an emotional effect on him. The next morning, Onodera awakens to find himself naked in Takano’s bed, unable to remember the events of the previous night, but pain in his hips and back leads him to realize that he and Takano had had sex. Despite this obvious evidence, he openly denies this taking place.
02	"One Cannot Love and Be Wise"	October 15, 2011[11]
Onodera reflects upon how he imagined Christmas would be when he and Takano were together 10 years ago. Onodera runs a manuscript over to the printers and upon arriving back at the office, he receives an email from Takano telling him he can go home. As the elevator door opens, he sees Takano and Yokozawa talking and when the leave together, Yokozawa asks what Onodera’s plans are for the 24th, which happens to be Takano’s birthday. Yokozawa then implies to Onodera that he and Takano are still together, and he warns Onodera again to stay away from Takano. Onodera wishes Takano a happy birthday and as they part, Takano requests Onodera’s company on a drive for his birthday gift. On the drive, Onodera reflects on his feelings toward Takano, and Takano reveals the true nature of his relationship with Yokozawa and reminds Onodera that he has loved him for 10 years. They kiss, and Onodera admits to himself that he cannot resist Takano.
03	"Lingering Love Breeds Mistake."	October 21, 2011[15]
The triangle between Yoshino, Tori, and Yuu is coming to the tipping point. Who will be the first to speak their heart?
04	"Delay in love is dangerous."	October 28, 2011
Yoshino and Tori make a date, but Tori cancels at the last minute. Later Yoshino sees Tori with his old high school girlfriend. An infuriated Yoshino turns to Yuu for comfort.
05	"Follow love and it will flee thee, flee love and it follow thee."	November 4, 2011
While trying to deal with the stress at work, Onodera gets an unexpected phone call and visit from his "fiance" that causes a riff between him and Takano.
06	"Love is without reason."	November 11, 2011
This episode is an adaptation of the previously un-animated side story from Junjou Romantica, Junjou Mistake. Originally wanting to be a novelist, Editor Ryuichiro Isaka is torn between choosing editing, which he apparently excels at (he can determine which book will perform well in sales), and writing, which he admits (to himself) that he isn't that good at. He is also struggling with his feelings toward his assistant and long time companion, Kaoru Asahina.
07	"Actions speak louder than words."	November 18, 2011
Tonight is the company annual New Year’s Party and Onodera has to learn how to navigate the crowd of publishers, editors, and authors. Onodera and the rest of the editorial party go to work early to finish up before the party when Onodera gets an unexpected call from his mother about An-chan. Takano, to Onodera calles An-chan his "girlfriend" until the end of the party where he thinks he might have learned the truth about Onodera's love.
08	"Love and envy make a man pine."	November 25, 2011
Kisa and his perfect boyfriend Yukina haven't been able to see much of each other because of Kisa's work. Yukina always complies with Kisa when he says he is busy at work, which causes Kisa to believe that Yukina's lack of anger means he doesn't love Kisa as much as Kisa thought he did. Kisa finally resolves to make time for Yukina no matter what after he hears about the marriage of a friend of his when a major project was given to him from Takano. Again, Yukina says it is fine when Kisa cant make it, but Kisa goes to his work and waits for him anyways after hurrying to finish his work. There, he unexpectedly finds Kisa meeting with a girl and watches them as the two walk towards the naughty part of town Kisa knows all too well.
09	"Love is blind."	December 2, 2011
Kisa just wants to end things with Yukina but doesn’t know how to do it. At a moment of weakness Kisa agreed to go on date with a guy he met a while ago. But when he arrives, Yukina appears demanding answers.
10	"Love goes never without fear."	December 9, 2011
Takano wants Onodera to admit his feelings, but before he can Takano gets sick. When Onodera tries to visits, he is stopped by Yokozawa. A heated exchanged happens, leaving Onodera saying things he might regret…
11	"Love makes the world go round."	December 16, 2011
Takano and Onodera share a moment in the rain and talk about their time in school. A few startling truths are revealed that may change their opinion about each other.
12	"Love is a bitter-sweet."	December 23, 2011
Takano remembers how he fell in love with Ritsu and his problems with his family. This is the season finale. WATCH SEKAI ICHI HATSUKOI SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 EPISODE 2 EPISODE 3 EPISODE 4 EPISODE 5 EPISODE 6 EPISODE 7 EPISODE 8 EPISODE 9 EPISODE 10 EPISODE 11 EPISODE 12 credits :wikipedia, animehere