Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow Season 1 Episode 1 Sixteen Years of Age, Spring, Still Buds 2011
Upon returning from school one day, Ohana Matsumae learns that her mother is going on a moonlight flit with her boyfriend to escape from debt and they are sending her to live at her estranged grandmother's hot spring inn in the country. When her best friend, Kōichi Tanemura, hears of this, he confesses his love for Ohana before running off, not seeing her off when she leaves. As Ohana arrives at the Kissuisō inn, she makes a bad first impression with one of the employees, Minko Tsurugi, before being informed by her grandmother, Sui Sujima, that she is to work at the inn to earn her keep. She is shown around the inn by the head mistress, Tomoe Wajima, and another employee, Nako Oshimizu. When Ohana notices the hard work Minko has to do, she tries to do something nice for her by airing out her futon, but it ends up falling off a window and landing near some customers. As Minko is slapped by Sui for Ohana's mistake, Ohana demands to slapped even harder, though Minko doesn't particularly thank her for it.
- Released: 2011-04-03
- Runtime: 24 minutes
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy
- Stars: Kanae Ito, Chiaki Omigawa, Aki Toyosaki, Haruka Tomatsu, Mamiko Noto
- Director: Kenji Horikawa, Shigeru Saito, Masahiro Ando, Kanami Sekiguchi, Mari Okada
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1. Sixteen Years of Age, Spring, Still Buds 2011-04-03
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2. Vengeance is a Staff Meal 2011-04-10
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4. Grey Heron Rhapsody 2011-04-24
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5. A Tearful Chef Romance 2011-05-01
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6. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win 2011-05-08
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7. All Quiet on the Kissui Front 2011-05-15
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9. Kissuisō's Longest Day 2011-05-29
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10. Slight Fever 2011-06-05
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11. Bark at the Night 2011-06-12
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12. Goodbye. 2011-06-19
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13. Woman from Shijima 2011-06-26
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14. This Is My Way of Life 2011-07-03
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15. Sunny with a Chance of Blister 2011-07-10
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16. This Sky, That Sky 2011-07-17
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17. Pool on the Hill 2011-07-24
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18. Mermaid Princess and Shell Bra 2011-07-31
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19. Muddled Rice Omelette 2011-08-07
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20. Love, Kōrin Festival 2011-08-14
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21. The Return of the Word 'Die' 2011-08-21
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22. A Determined One-Sided Crush 2011-08-28
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23. Just Before the Dream Ends 2011-09-04
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24. Sui Shijima, The Final Boss 2011-09-11
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25. The Kissui Inn I Love 2011-09-18
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26. When the Flowers Bloom 2011-09-25
