Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Episode 11 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Galaxy Cat Nyaboron

During Suimei High's Cultural Festival, the Nyaboron team races to finish its animation while Sorata and friends juggle exhibit duties and a comic mishap. Sorata overhears Rita arranging Mashiro's flight back to England for the festival's last day, and Fuuka, Jin's ex-girlfriend and Misaki's older sister, turns up. Misaki resolves to pursue Jin after learning he is headed to Osaka University of the Arts, and Sorata decides to add passion to the climax by having the audience shout their own feelings. Before the show, Mashiro asks Sorata to stay by her until she falls asleep.

• Festival exhibit and Nyaboron preparation

  Sorata works through exhaustion on Nyaboron while Nanami takes over at the Chocolate Banana stall. The group visits Mashiro's cat-themed class exhibit, where Misaki and Mashiro fight over drawing on Sorata's omelette rice.

• Rita's call about England

  While waiting outside the bathroom at Sakurasou, Sorata overhears Rita telling Mashiro's father on the phone that the flight is set for the last day of the festival and that Mashiro has agreed. The next day he asks Mashiro whether she is hiding something, but she is called away before she can answer.

• Fuuka, Jin, and Misaki

  After Kazuki Fujisawa's lecture, Mashiro tells Sorata that Jin is with his ex-girlfriend Fuuka, who turns out to be Misaki's older sister; Fuuka asks Jin for another chance and he turns her down. Misaki learns Jin will attend Osaka University of the Arts and runs off, and Mashiro's plain 'Yes' to whether she still has a chance spurs her to keep pursuing Jin.

• Climax revision and Mashiro's request

  Sorata proposes that the audience shout their own sentiments instead of the move name to add passion to the climax. Before the show, Mashiro asks Sorata to stay with her until she falls asleep.

Recent Timeline

• Sorata's rejected presentation (Episode 8)

  Sorata passes the first round of the game design competition but is rejected at his presentation after failing to answer judge Kazuki Fujisawa's question, while Mashiro's serialization meeting succeeds the same day. A pool-party chase and fireworks with the residents help him see that it hurt because he was serious.

• Rita's arrival and the hotel exhibition (Episode 9)

  Rita comes from England to take Mashiro back and stays at Sakurasou after Mashiro refuses. Sorata texts Mashiro that he is on neither side, the residents plan a festival project with him as director, and at a hotel exhibition Rita shows him a painting by Mashiro that convinces him she belongs in the art world.

• Rita's confession and the approved project (Episode 10)

  Asked to help with Nyaboron, Rita confesses she quit painting because of Mashiro, then runs into the rain after Ryuunosuke's harsh words. Moved by Mashiro's honest apology in the park, she agrees to help, the project is approved, and she puts off the question of Mashiro's return to art until after the festival.

• Festival opening and the call about England (Episode 11)

  As the festival opens, Nanami takes over Sorata's stall shift and the group visits Mashiro's class exhibit. That night, while the team works at Sakurasou, Sorata overhears Rita telling Mashiro's father that the flight is set for the festival's last day and that Mashiro has agreed.

• Misaki's resolve and the climax revision (Episode 11)

  After Kazuki Fujisawa's lecture, Sorata learns that Jin's ex-girlfriend Fuuka is Misaki's older sister; Jin turns down her request to start over, and Misaki, learning he will attend Osaka University of the Arts, runs off but is revived by Mashiro's 'yes'. Sorata then has the audience shout their own feelings at the climax, and before the show Mashiro asks him to stay by her until she falls asleep.

Character Graph

Chihiro Sengoku (Chihiro-sensei)

Dorm adviser · Suimei University of the Arts High School art teacher

Sakurasou's dorm adviser and a Suiko art teacher, lazy and still single. As Mashiro's cousin, she is the one who left Mashiro's care to Sorata.

• Family link

  Mashiro's cousin, who asked Sorata to pick her up and look after her.

• Mashiro Shiina (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin, whose care she has left to Sorata.

• Sorata Kanda (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Student she keeps handing chores, from fixing the nameplate to picking up Mashiro.

Rita Ainsworth (Rita)

Mashiro's friend from England

Mashiro's childhood friend and roommate from her art atelier in England, a blond girl who came to Japan to take Mashiro back. She draws for Nyaboron and teases Ryuunosuke, while Sorata overhears her telling Mashiro's father that the flight is set for the last day of the festival.

• The atelier

  She studied at the same atelier as Mashiro, where classmates overwhelmed by Mashiro's talent quit one by one; she introduced Mashiro to manga hoping to hurt her.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  They drew side by side for ten years; after confessing her envy and admiration, she draws Nyaboron with her.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Taught him to draw from references; he found her in the park and comforted her.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Other, Mixed)

  Teases him and badgers him to go to the festival with her.

Saori Himemiya

Suiko student

Student council president Tatebayashi's girlfriend, who will provide the music for Sakurasou's festival project.

• Souichirou Tatebayashi (Other, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend, the student council president.

Jin Mitaka

Sakurasou resident

A popular third-year in room 103 who writes scripts; he loves Misaki but keeps his distance, unable to bear the gap between them. His ex-girlfriend Fuuka, Misaki's older sister, visits the festival and asks to start over, which he refuses, and Misaki overhears that he will attend Osaka University of the Arts.

• Osaka plan

  Will attend Osaka University of the Arts, which Misaki learns at the festival.

• Past with Fuuka

  Fuuka suspects he dated her as a stand-in so Misaki would not get hurt.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Other, Mixed)

  Fuuka believes he dated her as a stand-in to keep Misaki from getting hurt.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Neutral)

  Junior who directs the project he writes the script for.

• Souichirou Tatebayashi (Other, Hostility)

  Argues with the student council president over the demand for a presentation.

• Fuuka Kamiigusa (Other, Neutral)

  Ex-girlfriend; he turns down her request to start over.

Mashiro Shiina

Sakurasou resident · Suiko transfer student

A world-famous painter from England who transferred to Suiko dreaming of becoming a manga artist; she can barely take care of herself, so Sorata looks after her. At the festival she gives Misaki a plain 'yes' that revives her hopes about Jin, and before the show she asks Sorata to stay by her until she falls asleep.

• Needs constant care

  Needs someone to handle her clothes, laundry, room cleaning and waking up.

• Painter's talent

  Her painting at a hotel exhibition convinces Sorata that she belongs in the art world.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin, who arranged for her to live at Sakurasou.

• Sorata Kanda (Guardian, Friend, Affinity)

  She asks him to stay by her until she falls asleep.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  Fellow resident who voices Nyaboron.

• Rita Ainsworth (Friend, Affinity)

  After hearing Rita's confession she apologized, and they draw Nyaboron side by side.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Friend, Affinity)

  Her plain 'yes' gives Misaki the courage to keep pursuing Jin.

Nanami Aoyama

Sakurasou resident · Suiko student

Sorata's classmate who moved into Sakurasou while chasing her dream of becoming a voice actress; she works hard and rarely relies on anyone. At the festival she takes over Sorata's shift at the class stall and practices her Nyaboron lines while the others race to finish.

• Hidden feelings

  Has feelings for Sorata that he does not notice.

• Nyaboron's voice

  Provides the voice for the festival anime Nyaboron.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Covers his stall shift so he can keep working on Nyaboron.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Fellow resident she makes Nyaboron with.

Ryuunosuke Akasaka

Sakurasou resident

A genius programmer in room 102 who rarely leaves his room and talks to others through his self-made AI mail program, Maid. He finishes the Nyaboron program while Rita teases him, shows up at school in a maid outfit after she sleeps in his room, and suggests Sorata attend Kazuki Fujisawa's lecture.

• Communication method

  Usually talks to others through Maid, the AI program he built himself.

• Gynophobia

  Is afraid of women and flees when Rita gets close.

• Maid (Other, Neutral)

  His self-made AI, which answers for him.

• Sorata Kanda (Colleague, Neutral)

  He suggests Sorata attend Kazuki Fujisawa's lecture.

• Rita Ainsworth (Other, Mixed)

  She teases him relentlessly and badgers him to go to the festival with her.

Sorata Kanda

Sakurasou resident

An ordinary Suiko student who was moved to Sakurasou's room 101 for picking up stray cats, and the one in charge of looking after Mashiro. During the festival he works without sleep to finish Nyaboron and comes up with a climax in which the audience shouts their own feelings. He overhears Rita saying Mashiro's flight to England is set for the festival's last day and asks Mashiro whether she is hiding something.

• Mashiro duty

  At Chihiro's request he wakes Mashiro, picks out her clothes and does her laundry.

• Festival director

  Directs Sakurasou's cultural festival project, the audience-participation anime Nyaboron.

• Mashiro Shiina (Guardian, Friend, Affinity)

  She asks him to stay by her until she falls asleep, while he senses she is keeping her return to England from him.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Dorm adviser who keeps handing him chores, such as fixing the nameplate and picking up Mashiro.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  She takes over his stall shift so he can keep working on Nyaboron.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Neutral)

  Finishes Nyaboron with him in the prep room.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Friend, Affinity)

  He chases after her when she runs off and apologizes for not telling her about Jin's plan.

• Rita Ainsworth (Friend, Mixed)

  She taught him to draw and helps with Nyaboron, but he overhears her call setting Mashiro's flight to England.

• Daichi Miyahara (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate who notices how worn out he looks at the festival stall.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Colleague, Neutral)

  Suggests he attend Kazuki Fujisawa's lecture for inspiration.

• Kazuki Fujisawa (Other, Neutral)

  His lecture, saying you must shake yourself before you can move others, gives Sorata the idea for the climax.

Souichirou Tatebayashi

Student council president

Suiko's student council president, who requires Sakurasou to present its plan for approval before performing at the festival; his girlfriend is Saori Himemiya.

• Saori Himemiya (Other, Affinity)

  His girlfriend, who provides music for the project.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Hostility)

  Argues with Jin over the demand for a presentation.

Fuuka Kamiigusa

Misaki's older sister

Misaki's older sister and Jin's ex-girlfriend, who visits the Suiko festival. Believing she was only a stand-in for Misaki, she asks Jin for another chance, is turned down, and laughs it off as a joke.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Mixed)

  Ex-boyfriend who turned down her request to start over.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Family, Mixed)

  Younger sister, who is jealous of her because of Jin.

Misaki Kamiigusa

Sakurasou resident

An eccentric animator in room 201, a third-year about to graduate who wants to be Jin's girlfriend. When Jin's ex-girlfriend, her older sister Fuuka, shows up at the festival and she learns Jin will go to Osaka University of the Arts, she runs off, but Mashiro's plain 'yes' revives her resolve.

• Feelings for Jin

  Even after learning Jin will attend Osaka University of the Arts, she resolves to keep pursuing him.

• Creator of Nyaboron

  Nyaboron, the star of the festival anime, is a character she has imagined since kindergarten.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Mixed)

  Learns he will attend Osaka University of the Arts but resolves to keep chasing him.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Junior who chases after her and apologizes for not telling her about Jin's plan.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Mashiro's plain 'yes' gives her the courage to keep pursuing Jin.

• Fuuka Kamiigusa (Family, Hostility)

  Her older sister and Jin's ex-girlfriend, whom she is jealous of.

Maid

AI

An AI mail program Ryuunosuke built himself, which replies to people on his behalf. Since Ryuunosuke rarely leaves his room, the residents usually reach him through it.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Other, Neutral)

  Its creator, on whose behalf it answers.

• Sorata Kanda (Other, Neutral)

  Answers Sorata in Ryuunosuke's place.

Kazuki Fujisawa

Game competition judge

A judge at the game design competition who asked Sorata a question he could not answer just before his presentation, leading to his rejection. At the Suiko festival he gives a lecture saying you must shake yourself before you can move others, which gives Sorata an idea.

• Sorata Kanda (Other, Neutral)

  Rejected his game, then gives the lecture that inspires Nyaboron's climax.

Daichi Miyahara

Suiko student

Sorata's classmate and friend, who once warned him that picking up cats would keep him out of the regular dorm. He likes Nanami, and at the festival he notices how worn out Sorata looks at the class stall.

• Warning

  Told Sorata that if he kept picking up cats he would never get back into the regular dorm.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend he tries to defend from class rumors.

• Nanami Aoyama (Other, Affinity)

  Classmate he has feelings for.

World Memo

• Suimei University of the Arts High School

  An arts high school attached to Suimei University of the Arts, called Suiko for short. Students can transfer in mid-year, and all the Sakurasou residents attend it.

• Sakurasou

  One of Suiko's dorms, where students who caused trouble in the regular dorm end up. Sorata was moved here for picking up stray cats, and once moved, returning to the regular dorm is not easy. Art teacher Chihiro Sengoku serves as its dorm adviser.

• Sakurasou meetings and Mashiro duty

  Matters at Sakurasou are settled at Sakurasou meetings of all the residents, and it was at one that Sorata was put on Mashiro duty: because Mashiro can barely manage daily life, he wakes her, picks out her clothes and does her laundry. Nanami took the duty over for a while, but returned it to Sorata after her audition.

• Each resident's dream

  The residents each pursue a craft: Sorata wants to become a game creator, Nanami a voice actress, Misaki makes anime, Jin writes scripts, Mashiro draws manga despite being a famous painter, and Ryuunosuke is a genius programmer.

• Nyaboron, the festival project

  For the cultural festival, the last before Misaki and Jin graduate, the residents are making Nyaboron, an audience-participation anime starring a character Misaki has imagined since kindergarten. Mashiro and Misaki handle the graphics, Jin the script, Nanami the voice and Ryuunosuke the program, with Sorata as director, and Rita helps with the drawing. At the climax, the audience shouts their own feelings instead of the move's name.

• The atelier in England

  Mashiro and Rita studied painting side by side at the same atelier in England for ten years. Classmates overwhelmed by Mashiro's talent quit one after another.

• Jin's Osaka plan

  Instead of moving on to Suimei, Jin plans to attend Osaka University of the Arts, which would separate him from Misaki.

Clue Board

• Jin's Osaka plan and Misaki (Episode 6)

  At the festival Misaki learns that Jin will attend Osaka University of the Arts, and his ex-girlfriend, her older sister Fuuka, reappears, yet Misaki resolves to keep pursuing him. Fuuka suspects Jin dated her as a stand-in to keep Misaki from getting hurt, but Jin's own feelings remain unspoken.

• Nanami's feelings (Episode 6)

  Nanami is embarrassed by class rumors pairing her with Sorata, and Miyahara, who likes her, tries to defend them. Her own feelings for Sorata are still unspoken.

• Mashiro's question about love (Episode 8)

  On the day a note reading 'Teach me love' arrives, Mashiro asks Sorata what love is, and he guesses she sent the note. She says she needs to feel love to draw a love story, and her question has no answer yet.

• Mashiro's return to England (Episode 9)

  Sorata overhears Rita telling Mashiro's father that the flight is set for the last day of the festival and that Mashiro has agreed, and Rita says someone is waiting for Mashiro in the place she belongs. When Sorata asks Mashiro whether she is hiding something, she is called away by classmates before she can answer.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–11

Sorata Kanda looks after Mashiro Shiina, a genius painter from England, at the problem-student dorm Sakurasou, and stays after seeing her devotion to her manga. Over the summer Nanami fails her audition, Jin secretly plans to leave for university in Osaka without telling Misaki, and Sorata's game is rejected while Mashiro's serialization moves forward.

In autumn Mashiro's friend Rita comes from England to take her back, and the residents make the anime Nyaboron for Misaki and Jin's last cultural festival with Sorata as director; Rita, who quit painting because of Mashiro, joins after Mashiro's apology. During the festival Sorata overhears Rita setting Mashiro's flight to England for the last day, and Misaki, learning Jin will attend Osaka University of the Arts, resolves to keep pursuing him. Before the show, Mashiro asks Sorata to stay by her until she falls asleep.

Music Releases

• Kimi ga Yume wo Tsuretekita (OP)
• Days of Dash (ED)