An Encouragement of Love - Season 1
Otori Keisuke attends a prestigious high school that has implemented a rigid environment to allow students to focus on their studies only. The high school has a strict rule that all kinds of entertainment are banned, including dating. If a student is found to be dating, they will be expelled from the school. Otori Keisuke happens to meet a girl and falls in love for the first time in his life. He is not willing to give up on his first love and goes up against his school's rule on dating. His friends attending the same school try to stop him, but they become touched by his sincerity.
An Encouragement of Love: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - Episode 1
November 22, 2023
Brilliant student Keisuke Otori attends an academy with a strict policy against romance. One day, he meets a high school girl named Hanako Takada.
1x2 - Episode 2
November 29, 2023
Otori's date with Hanako doesn’t go as well as he planned. Meanwhile, the school disciplinary committee attempts to catch Otori breaking the rules.
1x3 - Episode 3
December 6, 2023
Otori attends a grueling study camp at his school, but he can't get Hanako out of his mind. He notices that his classmate Shishimaru seems anxious.
1x4 - Episode 4
December 13, 2023
Otori asks Hanako about the boy he saw her with and learns a devastating truth. Later, he receives a remarkably terrible grade on his midterm exam.
1x5 - Episode 5
December 20, 2023
In the struggle over Hanako, Kujirai challenges Otori to a judo match. Otori's friends beg Toramatsu — whose family runs a dojo — to train him.
1x6 - Episode 6
December 27, 2023
After the principal orders a crackdown on romantic thought, a band of freedom-minded students rises up in revolt and brings Otori back to its base.
1x7 - Episode 7
January 10, 2024
Having arrived at Kaimei Academy, Hanako has some harsh words for Otori. Later, at a general student meeting, Otori makes a surprising statement.
1x8 - Episode 8
January 17, 2024
After his name is erased from Kaimei Academy's records, a despondent Otori has an unexpected encounter. The school prepares for its cultural festival.
1x9 - Episode 9
January 17, 2024
1x10 - Episode 10
January 24, 2024