Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Episode 13 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

One Step Before Winter

After a strange dream, Sorata hears from Jin that Nyaboron's survey responses were positive and tells him he has entered another game design, this time with Ryuunosuke's help. Misaki confesses to Jin with a lunchbox and a love letter containing a marriage registration form, and Jin hands Nanami two Christmas Eve performance tickets.

Mashiro wants to learn cooking but cuts her finger, and Ayano tells Sorata that Mashiro is becoming more ordinary; he says he prefers the old Mashiro. When the competition letter shows he has failed again, Sorata snaps at Mashiro, who tells him to get out. That night Misaki asks Sorata and Nanami to leave her alone with Jin on Christmas Eve, and Nanami invites Sorata to the performance, which he promises to attend.

• Survey results and a new entry

  On the roof, Jin shows Sorata the generally positive survey responses to Nyaboron, and Sorata says he has entered another design in the game competition, this time with Ryuunosuke's help.

• Misaki's lunchbox and marriage form

  Misaki hands Jin a lunchbox that spells out her love. At the shoe lockers Nanami learns from Jin that Misaki also sent him a love letter with a marriage registration form, and Jin gives Nanami two tickets to a Christmas Eve performance, telling her to use her props while she can.

• Cooking lesson and Sorata's outburst

  Mashiro asks Sorata to teach her to cook and cuts her finger; Ayano later tells Sorata that Mashiro is becoming a more ordinary girl, and he says he prefers the old Mashiro. When a letter shows he has lost the competition again, he lashes out at Mashiro for cooking instead of drawing, and she tells him, in an unusually emotional tone, to get out.

• Christmas Eve plans

  Misaki asks Sorata and Nanami to leave her alone with Jin at Sakurasou on Christmas Eve. On the way back, Nanami invites Sorata to the performance with Jin's tickets, and he pinky-swears to come.

Recent Timeline

• Rita's confession and the Nyaboron approval (Episode 10)

  Rita confessed that she had quit painting because of Mashiro, as had her classmates in England who could not match Mashiro's talent. After Ryuunosuke's blunt criticism drove her out into the rain, Sorata and the others found her in the park, and Mashiro's honest words persuaded her to help. With her help the Nyaboron graphics were finished, Sorata led the presentation, and the project was approved.

• Misaki learns of Jin's Osaka plan (Episode 11)

  During Jin's talk with Fuuka, Misaki overheard that he would attend Osaka University of Arts and ran off; Fuuka's request for a second chance was refused. When Mashiro told her she still had a chance, Misaki threw herself back into Nyaboron, and Sorata, inspired by Mashiro's passion for her manga, had the audience shout their own feelings instead of a move name. The team finished the revision five hours before the show.

• Nyaboron's success and Rita's departure (Episode 12)

  When the audience hesitated to shout at the climax of Nyaboron, Mashiro, Misaki and Rita shouted first and the show became a great success. Searching for Mashiro afterward, Nanami was confessed to by Miyahara and turned him down. At the airport Sorata begged Mashiro not to leave, but she had only come to see Rita off; Rita kissed Ryuunosuke's cheek as a 'punishment' and returned to England alone.

• Misaki's marriage form and Christmas Eve plans (Episode 13)

  Misaki confessed to Jin with a lunchbox and sent him a love letter containing a marriage registration form. Meeting Jin at the shoe lockers, Nanami learned of it and received two Christmas Eve performance tickets from him. That night Misaki asked Sorata and Nanami to leave her alone with Jin on Christmas Eve, and Nanami invited Sorata to the performance.

• Sorata's outburst at Mashiro (Episode 13)

  Mashiro cut her finger learning to cook, and Ayano told Sorata that Mashiro was becoming a more ordinary girl; he said he preferred the old Mashiro. When a letter showed he had lost the competition again, Sorata threw it at Mashiro and told her to draw instead of cooking. Mashiro, in an unusually emotional tone, told him to get out.

Character Graph

Sorata Kanda

Sakurasou resident · Sakurasou

An ordinary Suiko student in Sakurasou room 101, sent there for taking in stray cats, who wants to make games and looks after Mashiro. After learning he has lost the game competition again, he took it out on Mashiro, and the two are no longer speaking. He has promised Nanami to go to a Christmas Eve performance with her.

• Mashiro duty

  Asked by Chihiro to look after Mashiro, he handles her clothes, laundry and waking her up.

• Nyaboron director

  Directed Sakurasou's Nyaboron project for the culture festival and got it approved.

• Mashiro Shiina (Guardian, Friend, Mixed)

  He looks after her, but after losing the competition again he snapped at her for cooking instead of drawing, and she told him to get out.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  School friend who invites him to a Christmas Eve performance; he pinky-swears to come.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Friend, Affinity)

  Sakurasou senior who asks him to leave the dorm to her and Jin on Christmas Eve.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Neutral)

  Sakurasou senior who shows him the Nyaboron survey; Sorata knows Jin plans to leave for Osaka.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Dorm adviser who hands him errands such as fixing the nameplate and fetching Mashiro.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Friend, Neutral)

  Fellow resident who helped him with his new competition entry.

• Daichi Miyahara (Friend, Affinity)

  School friend who warned him about picking up cats.

Mashiro Shiina

Sakurasou transfer student · Sakurasou

A world-renowned painter from England who transferred to Suiko and now draws manga, leaving her daily life to Sorata. She asked Sorata to teach her to cook and cut her finger; when he snapped at her for not drawing, she told him, unusually emotional, to get out.

• Mashiro duty

  Needs someone to handle her clothes, laundry, room, hair and waking up; Sorata does most of it.

• Manga artist

  Debuted as a manga artist and won a serialization; Ayano is her editor.

• Staying at Sakurasou

  Chose to stay at Sakurasou when Rita returned to England.

• Sorata Kanda (Guardian, Friend, Mixed)

  Her caretaker; she told him to get out after he snapped at her.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin and Sakurasou's dorm adviser.

• Ayano Iida (Colleague, Neutral)

  Her editor, who sees her cut finger and tells Sorata she is becoming an ordinary girl.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  Housemate whom she once insisted on letting go to her audition.

• Rita Ainsworth (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend from the atelier in England, who has gone back home.

Nanami Aoyama

Suiko student · Sakurasou

Sorata's school friend and fellow Sakurasou resident, who trains at a seiyuu school to become a voice actress. She heard from Jin about Misaki's marriage form and received his Christmas Eve performance tickets. She invited Sorata, and he promised to come.

• Seiyuu school

  Once collapsed from overwork and failed an audition, but keeps training at the seiyuu school.

• Feelings for Sorata

  Has shown signs of liking Sorata, which he does not notice.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Invites him to the Christmas Eve performance, and he promises to come.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Neutral)

  Receives two Christmas Eve tickets from him, told to use her props while she can.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Housemate whose dedication to her manga she admires.

Misaki Kamiigusa (Misaki)

Sakurasou resident · Sakurasou

An eccentric animator in Sakurasou room 201, a third-year graduating this spring, who is in love with Jin. She confessed to Jin with a lunchbox and a love letter containing a marriage form, and asked Sorata and Nanami to leave her alone with Jin on Christmas Eve.

• Animator

  Makes her own anime and drew the graphics for Nyaboron at the culture festival.

• Sister Fuuka

  Resents her older sister Fuuka, who once dated Jin.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Affinity)

  Confesses to him with a lunchbox and a marriage form.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Asks him and Nanami to clear the dorm for her on Christmas Eve.

• Fuuka Kamiigusa (Family, Hostility)

  Older sister and Jin's ex-girlfriend, whom she resents.

Jin Mitaka (Jin)

Sakurasou resident · Sakurasou

A popular third-year in Sakurasou room 103, graduating this spring, who writes scripts and is close to Misaki. He plans to study at Osaka University of Arts, away from Misaki. He gave Nanami Christmas Eve performance tickets, telling her to use her props while she can.

• Scriptwriter

  Wrote the script for Nyaboron.

• Past with Fuuka

  Dated Misaki's sister Fuuka in the past and has made it clear that it is over.

• Osaka plan

  Plans to study at Osaka University of Arts after graduating.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Other, Affinity)

  Receives her lunchbox confession and a marriage form.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Neutral)

  Junior he shows the Nyaboron survey results to.

• Nanami Aoyama (Other, Neutral)

  Gives her Christmas Eve performance tickets.

• Souichirou Tatebayashi (Other, Hostility)

  Student council president he clashed with over the festival presentation.

• Fuuka Kamiigusa (Other, Neutral)

  Ex-girlfriend; he refused her request for a second chance.

Ryuunosuke Akasaka

Sakurasou resident

A genius programmer in Sakurasou room 102, wary of women, who talks to people through his self-made AI mail program Maid. He helped Sorata with his new competition entry. At the airport Rita kissed his cheek as a 'punishment' before leaving.

• Maid

  Built the AI mail program Maid, which answers messages for him.

• Nyaboron program

  Wrote the program for Nyaboron at the culture festival.

• Maid (Colleague, Affinity)

  AI mail program he built, which answers messages in his place.

• Rita Ainsworth (Other, Mixed)

  Mashiro's friend, who kissed his cheek at the airport as a 'punishment'.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Neutral)

  Helped him with his new competition entry.

Maid

AI

The AI mail program Ryuunosuke built, which answers messages and talks to people on his behalf. She can be blunt, once telling Sorata to read game design books until he tore himself to shreds.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Colleague, Affinity)

  The programmer who built her.

• Sorata Kanda (Other, Neutral)

  Gives him blunt advice on his game design.

Chihiro Sengoku (Chihiro)

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

Sakurasou's dorm adviser, a lazy, still-single Suiko art teacher, and Mashiro's cousin. At the culture festival she watched Nyaboron beside her old friend Fujisawa, a former Sakurasou resident.

• Mashiro's cousin

  Had Sorata fetch her cousin Mashiro to Sakurasou and look after her.

• Mashiro Shiina (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin, whom she had Sorata fetch and look after.

• Sorata Kanda (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Resident she hands errands such as fixing the nameplate and fetching Mashiro.

• Kazuki Fujisawa (Friend, Affinity)

  Old friend and former Sakurasou resident.

Rita Ainsworth (Rita)

Mashiro's friend of ten years and former roommate from their atelier in England, who once came to take Mashiro back to painting. When Mashiro chose to stay at Sakurasou, she returned to England alone, kissing Ryuunosuke's cheek at the airport as a 'punishment'.

• Visit to Sakurasou

  Came to take Mashiro back to the art world and stayed in Sorata's room.

• Why she quit painting

  Confessed that she gave up painting because she could not match Mashiro.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend she painted with for ten years; she accepted Mashiro's choice to stay.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Other, Affinity)

  Kissed his cheek at the airport and got an email address that turned out to be Sorata's.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Stayed in his room and taught him to draw from references.

Ayano Iida

Editor

Mashiro's manga editor. After seeing Mashiro's cut finger, she told Sorata over a meal that Mashiro is becoming a more ordinary girl and asked which Mashiro he prefers.

• Mashiro Shiina (Colleague, Neutral)

  The manga artist she edits; she came to check on the finger Mashiro cut while learning to cook.

• Sorata Kanda (Other, Neutral)

  Asks him whether he prefers the old or the new Mashiro; he says the old one.

Daichi Miyahara (Miyahara)

Suiko student

Sorata's school friend, who once warned him that picking up cats would keep him out of the regular dorm. At the culture festival he confessed his love to Nanami, who turned him down and ran off.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend he warned about picking up cats.

• Nanami Aoyama (Other, Mixed)

  Confessed to her and was turned down.

Kazuki Fujisawa

Game industry

A game industry professional and former Sakurasou resident, and an old friend of Chihiro's. In the summer he judged Sorata's competition presentation and asked a question Sorata could not answer. At the culture festival he watched Nyaboron beside Chihiro.

• Sorata Kanda (Other, Neutral)

  Judged his presentation and asked a question he could not answer.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Friend, Affinity)

  Old friend from his Sakurasou days.

Yuuko Kanda (Yuuko)

Kanda family

Sorata's younger sister, a third-year middle schooler in Fukuoka who adores her brother. In the summer she visited Sakurasou, admitting that her high school questions were an excuse to see Sorata, and announced she wants to attend Suiko to be with him.

• Sorata Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  Older brother she adores and wants to follow to Suiko.

• Mashiro Shiina (Other, Hostility)

  Suspects Mashiro of being too close to her brother.

Souichirou Tatebayashi (Souichirou)

Student council

Suiko's student council president, whose girlfriend is Saori Himemiya. Before the culture festival he argued with Jin over the council's demand for a presentation.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Hostility)

  Argued with him over the festival presentation.

Fuuka Kamiigusa

Misaki's older sister and Jin's ex-girlfriend. She asked Jin for a second chance and was refused, then said it was a joke.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Mixed)

  Ex-boyfriend who refused her request for a second chance.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Family, Mixed)

  Younger sister, who resents her for having dated Jin.

World Memo

• Suimei University of the Arts High School

  An arts high school known as Suiko, attended by Sorata and the Sakurasou residents; students like Mashiro can transfer in mid-year.

• Sakurasou

  Suiko's dorm for problem students, separate from the regular dorm and overseen by the art teacher Chihiro Sengoku. Sorata was moved there for taking in stray cats.

• Sakurasou meetings and Mashiro duty

  Important matters at Sakurasou are decided at meetings of all residents, and the decisions are recorded in the minutes. Sorata is on 'Mashiro duty', looking after Mashiro, who can't take care of herself.

• Each resident's dream

  Sorata wants to make games and Nanami aims to become a voice actress, while Mashiro draws manga, Misaki makes anime, Jin writes scripts and Ryuunosuke programs.

• Game design competition

  In the 'Let's Make A Game' competition, entries that pass screening are presented to game company staff. Sorata failed at the presentation stage in the summer and has now been rejected again.

• Seiyuu training school

  Nanami attends a voice-acting school alongside Suiko, where auditions decide which students continue.

• Osaka University of Arts

  Jin, a third-year graduating this spring like Misaki, plans to study at Osaka University of Arts, far from her.

Clue Board

• Nanami's feelings for Sorata (Episode 13)

  Nanami has shown signs of liking Sorata since the summer, which he doesn't notice. Now she invites him to a Christmas Eve performance with Jin's tickets and makes him pinky-swear to come.

• Mashiro's question about love (Episode 12)

  Mashiro wants to understand love for her work and has asked Sorata to teach her. Since the culture festival she has felt something unfamiliar toward him, but she still doesn't know what it is.

• Mashiro's change (Episode 13)

  Ayano says Mashiro is becoming a more ordinary girl, and Mashiro suddenly wants to learn cooking. Sorata says he prefers the old Mashiro, and why she wants to cook is not yet clear.

• Misaki's Christmas Eve plan (Episode 13)

  Misaki gave Jin a lunchbox confession and a love letter containing a marriage form, then asked Sorata and Nanami to leave her alone with Jin on Christmas Eve. Jin's answer is still unknown.

• Jin's move to Osaka (Episode 11)

  Jin plans to attend Osaka University of Arts after graduating, which would separate him from Misaki. How things will turn out between them is still open.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–13

Sorata Kanda, an ordinary student sent to Suiko's problem-child dorm Sakurasou for taking in stray cats, is put in charge of Mashiro Shiina, a world-renowned painter who can't look after herself. He fails a game competition presentation while Mashiro debuts as a manga artist, and he supports Nanami through overwork and a failed audition. When Rita comes from England to take Mashiro back to painting, the residents stage Nyaboron at the culture festival, and Mashiro chooses to stay while Rita returns home alone.

In winter, after losing the competition again, Sorata takes it out on Mashiro, while Misaki, knowing Jin plans to study in Osaka after graduating, confesses to him with a marriage form and asks to be alone with him on Christmas Eve.

Music Releases

• Yume no Tsuzuki (OP)
• Prime Number ~Kimi to Deaeru Hi~ (ED)