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The Best Episodes of The Tatami Galaxy Season 1

Every episode of The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Tatami Galaxy Season 1!

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When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 11 - The End of the 4½ Tatami Age
    9.3/10(356 votes)

    S1:E11

    The angst-ridden narrator becomes lost in a maze of 4.5 Tatami rooms as he searches for what lingers just out of reach. Will he finally make the long-awaited, often-hinted-at love connection he’s sought for so long?

    Director:Masaaki Yuasa
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  2. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 10 - The 4½ Tatami Ideologue
    9.1/10(322 votes)

    S1:E10

    An unusual young man with no interest in the outside world tries to survive the college experience by refusing to leave his room. Will it be extreme hunger or a desire for female companionship that forces him out first?

    Director:Choi Eun-young
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  3. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 6 - English Conversation Circle JoEnglish
    8.7/10(273 votes)

    S1:E6

    When a young man seeks romance and adventure by joining the foreign language club, he gets caught in a bizarre love triangle where a night of drinking leads to intrusive gum massages and sloppy tongue baths.

    Director:Shingo Natsume
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  4. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 9 - Secret Society Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant
    8.3/10(242 votes)

    S1:E9

    Membership has its privileges, but not for an unsuspecting college student forcibly initiated into the Secret Society Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant! Will his covertly cruel conduct spoil a young man’s chance at love?

    Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  5. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 8 - Reading Circle SEA
    8.2/10(244 votes)

    S1:E8

    A name scrawled inside a secondhand novel leads to a romantic exchange of letters, but the storybook ending takes a bizarre turn when the two star-crossed pen pals meet face-to-face.

    Director:Junichi Fujise
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  6. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 2 - Film Circle Misogi
    8.1/10(275 votes)

    S1:E2

    The not-so-lovable loser and his sidekick Ozu use hidden cameras in an attempt to overthrow the head of the campus movie circle. Glorious revolution is the goal, but if their plan backfires - things could get ugly.

    Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  7. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 1 - Tennis Circle Cupid
    7.7/10(298 votes)

    S1:E1

    A college dropout in search of ramen crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his days as a “black cupid.”

    Director:Masaaki Yuasa
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  8. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 3 - Cycling Club Soleil
    7.7/10(254 votes)

    S1:E3

    After the campus cleanup crew confiscates his state-of-the-art bicycle, a college misfit trades his wheels for some wings in an attempt to become a human birdman. Why? To impress a girl, of course.

    Director:Ryotaro Makihara
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  9. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 7 - Hero Show Association
    7.7/10(244 votes)

    S1:E7

    Everyone falls in love at least once during college, but not everyone severs all connections with actual humans in favor of an illicit romance with a life-sized plastic doll.

    Director:Michio Mihara
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  10. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 5 - Softball Circle Honwaka
    7.5/10(248 votes)

    S1:E5

    The Softball Club, with its supply of tanned and toned female members, seems like a good place for a lonely boy to find intimacy, but the action takes a foul turn when his only friend hatches another heinous scheme.

    Director:Tomoya Takahashi
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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  11. The Tatami Galaxy Season 1 Episode 4 - Disciples Wanted
    7.3/10(250 votes)

    S1:E4

    A lowly college student signs on as a disciple to a madman who’s wanted by the library police. His first assignment: accompany the girl of his dreams on a quest to attain a mystical toilet brush.

    Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama
    Writers:Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The End of the 4½ Tatami Age" is the best rated episode of "The Tatami Galaxy" season 1. It scored 9.3/10 based on 356 votes. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa and written by Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Ueda, it aired on 7/2/2010. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The 4½ Tatami Ideologue".