Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse S1E5 — Ideal Partner
8.5
Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse•Season 1•Episode 5

Ideal Partner

8.5/10 · 80 votesAug 2, 202524 min

Ranked #10 of 26 in Season 1•matches the season avg

Discussion

On their walk, Naoto and Ishihara run into Fujioka, her "ex-boyfriend". What really happened between them?

Directed byMatsuo Asami
Written byTakashi Naoya
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The Day Peace Began to Collapse stillE1 7.6

The Day Peace Began to Collapse

Small Lies stillE2 7.6

Small Lies

Worldly Desires, Begone stillE3 8.7

Worldly Desires, Begone

Showing and Being Seen stillE4 8.4

Showing and Being Seen

Ideal Partner stillE5 8.5Now viewing

Ideal Partner

Confession stillE6 8.5

Confession

After School, Just Before Summer Break stillE7 8.5

After School, Just Before Summer Break

A Cute Junior stillE8 8.3

A Cute Junior

The Fireworks stillE9 8.5

The Fireworks

A Relationship I Don't Want to Mess Up stillE10 8.5

A Relationship I Don't Want to Mess Up

Still a Child stillE11 8.8

Still a Child

Being Independent stillE12 8.4

Being Independent

Do You Really Love Her? stillE13 8.5

Do You Really Love Her?

Nao-kun Mk. II stillE14 8.6

Nao-kun Mk. II

What It Means to Love Someone stillE15 8.6

What It Means to Love Someone

A Contract for Sex stillE16 8.5

A Contract for Sex

Answers for Satsuki and Ishihara-san stillE17 8.3

Answers for Satsuki and Ishihara-san

What They're Searching For stillE18 8.5

What They're Searching For

Seeing Things stillE19 8.5

Seeing Things

Now's My Chance stillE20 8.3

Now's My Chance

Honest Feelings stillE21 8.5

Honest Feelings

The One I Need stillE22 9.0

The One I Need

A Story from Another Time stillE23 9.2

A Story from Another Time

New Life stillE24 9.1

New Life

The Shape of a Family stillE25 8.6

The Shape of a Family

One Last Thing to Make Sure Of stillE26 8.6

One Last Thing to Make Sure Of

Cast7

Shuichiro Umeda

Shuichiro Umeda

Naoto Watari (voice)

Yumika Yano

Yumika Yano

Satsuki Tachibana (voice)

Yurie Igoma

Yurie Igoma

Yukari Ishihara (voice)

Megu Umezawa

Megu Umezawa

Makina Umezawa (voice)

Yoshiki Nakajima

Yoshiki Nakajima

Shigenobu Tokui (voice)

Hinaki Yano

Hinaki Yano

Suzushiro Watari / Sukekiyo (voice)

Naomi Ohzora

Naomi Ohzora

Tamayo Watari (voice)

Crew10

Takashi Naoya

Takashi Naoya

Storyboard Artist

M

Matsuo Asami

Director

M

Masato Okada

Animation Director

K

Kaori Ikeda

Animation Director

Takashi Naoya

Takashi Naoya

Writer

T

Takuro Sakurai

Animation Director

J

Jin Isurugi

Animation Director

A

Atsushi Aono

Animation Director

K

Kazuma Kikuchi

Animation Director

Y

Yukiyo Komito

Supervising Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Ideal Partner" is episode 5 of Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse season 1. It scored 8.5/10 from 80 votes, ranking #10 of 26 episodes this season (season average 8.5). Directed by Matsuo Asami and written by Takashi Naoya, it aired on August 2, 2025.

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