Ai Yori Aoshi - Season 1 Episode 5 Old Friend
It has been a while since Kaoru showed up in the photo club. What's waiting for him is the new member of the club, Taeko Minazuki, wearing costumes for a photo shoot. With the mistakes that Taeko makes combined with the vice-president of the photo club, Sato's cos-play (costume playing) antics, the photo club had turned into complete chaos.
Kaoru thinks about Tina, one of the members of the club who left to travel the world. All of a sudden he gets tackled. "I came straight here from Narita 'cause I wanted to see my darling Kaoru!" It is Tina Foster, an American who grew up in Hakata. She came back after one year abroad.
Taeko greets Tina shyly, and Tina responds in her own unique way! "All right then, it's time to celebrate my return and welcome our new member with an old-fashioned party!" While they party, Kaoru loses consciousness when he drinks some weird beverage which Tina brought from her travels.
Back at home, poor Aoi worries about Kaoru when he doesn't return even late at night. The next morning, Aoi visits Kaoru's room and she finds him in the futon. Aoi hugs Kaoru, feeling relieved. But the futon that Kaoru is sleeping in suddenly starts moving. And who should appear from under the covers? Tina!
Year: 2003
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Studio: Fuji TV
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Cast: Ayako Kawasumi, Soichiro Hoshi, Akiko Hiramatsu, Haruko Momoi, Kaori Mizuhashi, Satsuki Yukino
Crew: Kenichi Kanemaki (Series Composition), Yutaka Kurosawa (Director of Photography), Yoshio Ookouchi (Director of Photography)
First Air Date: Apr 10, 2002
Last Air date: Dec 27, 2003
Season: 2 Season
Episode: 36 Episode
Runtime: 24 minutes
IMDb: 7.76/10 by 77.00 users
Popularity: 112.132
Language: Japanese