Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Episode 15 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Where is My Usual Self?

Over the New Year break, Sorata brings Mashiro, Nanami and Misaki to his family home in Fukuoka, where his sister Yuuko is shocked and his mother Akiko welcomes them. Jin calls to explain that he confessed to Misaki and ended his flings for her sake, and asks Sorata to look after her.

Sorata prepares his presentation with Maid's help and a picture from Mashiro, and Nanami's question about marketability helps him finish it. Yuuko learns that Mashiro draws her favorite manga, and Sorata persuades their father to let her try for Suiko. At the first sunrise of the year, Misaki, still down over Jin, resolves to return to her old self and turn his script into an anime.

• New Year in Fukuoka

  With Sakurasou closing for New Year while Chihiro vacations in Australia, Mashiro, Nanami and Misaki, who have nowhere else to go, travel with Sorata to his family home in Fukuoka. His sister Yuuko is shocked, his mother Akiko welcomes them, and his father jokes that he rejects polygamy.

• Jin's phone call

  On the phone, Jin tells Sorata that he confessed his love to Misaki, that he has dreams to achieve for her sake, and that he has broken up with all his girlfriends; he asks Sorata to look after her. He is staying with his best friend Souichirou.

• A good future wife

  Seeing Nanami help with the dishes, Akiko remarks that Sorata has found a good future wife. Yuuko declares that any would-be wife must defeat her first, and says she wants to apply to Suiko but her father won't allow it; Nanami offers to help her study.

• Presentation preparations

  With help from Ryuunosuke's AI program Maid, Sorata prepares his presentation, and Mashiro gives him a picture for it. Yuuko discovers that Mashiro is the author of her favorite manga and asks for an autograph. Nanami's question about the game's marketability helps Sorata complete the presentation, and he promises to help her once her audition script arrives.

• The bath talk and the first sunrise

  In the bath, Sorata persuades his father to let Yuuko try for Suiko, with a local high school if she fails; his father agrees but scolds him to stop being indecisive. At the New Year sunrise on a mountaintop, Misaki, helped by Mashiro's questions, resolves to return to her old self and turn Jin's script into an anime.

Recent Timeline

• 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 Sorata's outburst (Episode 13)

  Misaki 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, while Nanami invited Sorata to a performance with Jin's tickets. Mashiro cut her finger learning to cook, and when Sorata lost the competition again he snapped at her for cooking instead of drawing; in an unusually emotional tone, she told him to get out.

• Christmas Eve: reconciliation and refusal (Episode 14)

  On Christmas Eve, Nanami told Sorata she must return to Osaka if she failed a February audition, and when Mashiro vanished from her party, Sorata left Nanami to search and made up with Mashiro at a fountain; the contest then asked him for a new presentation. Jin told Misaki he loved her but turned her down, saying he could not take care of her as he was, and she cried that she would rather have been hurt.

• New Year in Fukuoka (Episode 15)

  With Sakurasou closed for New Year while Chihiro vacationed in Australia, Mashiro, Nanami and Misaki went home with Sorata to Fukuoka. By phone, Jin told Sorata he had confessed to Misaki, had dreams to achieve for her sake and had broken up with all his girlfriends, and asked Sorata to look after her. With Maid's help, Mashiro's picture and Nanami's question about marketability, Sorata completed his presentation.

• Yuuko's Suiko condition and Misaki's resolve (Episode 15)

  In the bath, Sorata asked his father to let Yuuko try for Suiko, with a local high school if she failed; his father agreed she could go if she passed, though neither expected her to. At the New Year sunrise on a mountaintop, Misaki realized her gloom over Jin had been a mistake and resolved to return to her old self and turn his script into an anime.

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. Over New Year he took Mashiro, Nanami and Misaki to his family home in Fukuoka and finished his presentation with their help. He also persuaded his father to let Yuuko try for Suiko.

• 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, Affinity)

  Confirms he meant what he said on Christmas Eve, and receives a picture for his presentation.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  She helps him finish his presentation, and he promises to help when her audition script arrives.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Friend, Affinity)

  Brings her to his family home while she is down over Jin.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Neutral)

  Calls him to learn what happened on Christmas Eve, and is asked to look after Misaki.

• Yuuko Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  Persuades their father to let her try for Suiko.

• Maid (Colleague, Neutral)

  Ryuunosuke's AI program, which helps him prepare his presentation.

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 spent New Year at Sorata's home in Fukuoka, finished her manga deadline early and gave him a picture for his presentation. Her questions helped Misaki see what Jin means to her.

• 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, Affinity)

  Gives him a picture for his presentation and checks that he meant what he said on Christmas Eve.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Friend, Affinity)

  Asks Misaki what she really wants from Jin, helping her recover.

• Yuuko Kanda (Other, Affinity)

  Turns out to be the author of Yuuko's favorite manga.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin and Sakurasou's dorm adviser.

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 spent New Year at Sorata's home, where Akiko called her a good future wife for Sorata. She tutored Yuuko and helped Sorata finish his presentation, and the two promised to help each other.

• 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)

  Helps him finish his presentation and asks for help when her audition script arrives.

• Yuuko Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Tutors her for the Suiko entrance exam.

• Akiko Kanda (Other, Affinity)

  Helps her with the dishes and is called a good future wife for Sorata.

• 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. Still down over Jin, she spent New Year in Fukuoka with Sorata's family. At the first sunrise she resolved to return to her old self and turn Jin's script into an anime.

• 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, Mixed)

  Resolves to turn his script into an anime after his gentle refusal.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Mashiro's questions help her realize what Jin means to her.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Stays at his family home over New Year.

• 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. Staying with his best friend Souichirou, he told Sorata by phone that he confessed to Misaki and has dreams to achieve for her sake, and asked Sorata to look after her.

• 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.

• Request to Sorata

  Asked Sorata to look after Misaki for him.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Other, Mixed)

  Loves her but has dreams to achieve for her sake first.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Asks him by phone to look after Misaki.

• Souichirou Tatebayashi (Friend, Affinity)

  Best friend he is staying with.

• 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. Over the holidays his AI program Maid helped Sorata prepare his presentation.

• 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)

  Sent her an email on Christmas Eve.

Maid

AI

The AI mail program Ryuunosuke built, which answers messages and talks to people on his behalf. Over the holidays she helped Sorata prepare his presentation, then suggested he thank her with a trip to England to torment Rita.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Colleague, Affinity)

  The programmer who built her; she guards him jealously.

• Sorata Kanda (Colleague, Neutral)

  Helps him prepare his presentation.

• Rita Ainsworth (Other, Hostility)

  Rival for Ryuunosuke's attention, whom she won't let talk to him.

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. With Sakurasou closed while she vacations in Australia, she sent the girls who had nowhere to go home with Sorata to Fukuoka.

• Mashiro's cousin

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

• Sorata Kanda (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Tells the girls to stay with him in Fukuoka over the holidays.

• Mashiro Shiina (Family, Neutral)

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

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. Back in England, she fought with the jealous Maid on Christmas Eve when Maid kept her from talking to Ryuunosuke, who later emailed her.

• 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.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Other, Affinity)

  Received an email from him on Christmas Eve.

• Maid (Other, Hostility)

  Fights with Maid, who jealously keeps her from Ryuunosuke.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend she painted with for ten years.

Yuuko Kanda (Yuuko)

Kanda family

Sorata's younger sister, a third-year middle schooler in Fukuoka who adores her brother. When Sorata brought the Sakurasou girls home, she declared that anyone who wants to be his wife must defeat her first. Her father opposed her applying to Suiko, but Sorata persuaded him to let her try, and she discovered that Mashiro draws her favorite manga.

• Sorata Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  Older brother who persuades their father to let her try for Suiko.

• Mashiro Shiina (Other, Affinity)

  Once suspicious of her, she becomes a fan on learning Mashiro draws her favorite manga and asks for an autograph.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  Nanami tutors her for the Suiko exam.

• Akiko Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  Her mother.

Akiko Kanda (Akiko)

Kanda family

Sorata and Yuuko's mother, who welcomes the Sakurasou girls to the family home in Fukuoka. Seeing Nanami help with the dishes, she remarked that Sorata has found a good future wife, and she asked Sorata to help Yuuko study.

• Sorata Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  Her son, whom she teases about having found a good future wife.

• Yuuko Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  Her daughter, whose hard studying she praises.

• Nanami Aoyama (Other, Affinity)

  Calls her a good future wife for Sorata.

Souichirou Tatebayashi (Souichirou)

Student council

Suiko's student council president and Jin's best friend, whose girlfriend is Saori Himemiya. Jin is staying at his place.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Affinity)

  Best friend who lets Jin stay at his place.

• Saori Himemiya (Other, Affinity)

  His girlfriend.

Saori Himemiya

Souichirou's girlfriend, who contributed music to Sakurasou's Nyaboron project.

• Souichirou Tatebayashi (Other, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend, the student council president.

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. Sorata's sister Yuuko wants to attend, and her father will let her enroll only if she passes the entrance exam.

• Sakurasou

  Suiko's dorm for problem students, separate from the regular dorm and overseen by the art teacher Chihiro Sengoku. It closed over New Year, so Mashiro, Nanami and Misaki spent the holidays at Sorata's home in Fukuoka.

• 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. After being rejected again, Sorata has been asked to present his latest entry.

• Seiyuu training school

  Nanami attends a voice-acting school alongside Suiko, where auditions decide which students continue. If she fails the February audition, she must go back to Osaka.

• 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 15)

  Nanami is flustered when Akiko calls her a good future wife for Sorata, and she tells him she helps him because she wants to. Sorata still doesn't notice her feelings.

• Nanami's February audition (Episode 15)

  Nanami must pass a February seiyuu audition or return to Osaka. If she passes, she wants Sorata to hear her out, and he has promised to help once her audition script arrives.

• Mashiro's question about love (Episode 15)

  Mashiro asks Sorata whether he meant what he said on Christmas Eve, and asks Misaki what she really wants from Jin. She still doesn't know what her own feelings are.

• Jin and Misaki (Episode 15)

  Jin told Sorata that he loves Misaki but has dreams he wants to achieve for her sake, and asked Sorata to look after her. Misaki resolves to turn his script into an anime, but where the two stand is still unsettled.

• Yuuko and Suiko (Episode 15)

  Yuuko wants to attend Suiko, and her father agrees to let her go only if she passes the entrance exam; neither he nor Sorata expects her to make it.

• Sorata's presentation (Episode 15)

  Sorata has completed his presentation, adding an answer on marketability after Nanami's question; it will be held after New Year.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–15

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, but they reconcile on Christmas Eve and the contest asks him for a new presentation. Nanami reveals she must return to Osaka if she fails a February audition, and Jin, who plans to study at Osaka University of Arts, gently turns down Misaki's confession. Over New Year the girls stay with Sorata's family in Fukuoka, where Misaki resolves to return to her old self and Sorata wins his father's consent for Yuuko to try for Suiko.

Music Releases

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