Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Episode 19 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

There's No Place Like Sakurasou

Chihiro-sensei reports that a construction firm found Sakurasou unsuitable over winter break and that it will be demolished before the next term. The residents debate how to respond, rejecting a direct appeal to the principal, and Sorata tells Mashiro how he first came to the dorm. The episode ends with everyone agreeing to stop the demolition and vowing to protect the dorm.

• Demolition notice

  Chihiro-sensei announces that a construction firm found Sakurasou unsuitable after winter break inspection and that it will be demolished before the next term.

• Residents debate response

  Misaki proposes talking to the principal, but Jin rejects it as likely to strengthen the demolition case. Nanami and Sorata suggest making the board listen, and Ryuunosuke suggests weighing pros and cons.

• Sorata's flashback

  Sorata tells Mashiro about his move-in and first meetings with the residents, and his resolve to keep the dorm grows stronger.

• Collective vow to protect the dorm

  After Ryuunosuke is disappointed by the school's lack of reasons, everyone agrees to stop the demolition and vows to protect the dormitory.

Recent Timeline

• Game pitch rejected for production (Episode 16)

  Sorata presents his game to Kazuki Fujisawa and a colleague. They judge that production would cost at least 100 million yen and need 45,000 copies sold to recoup, far beyond the 10,000 Fujisawa expects, so the game cannot be produced. Fujisawa's colleague offers Sorata a chance to work with the production team to refine the concept, and Fujisawa asks him to email to set up an appointment.

• Valentine's visit and roof reconciliation (Episode 17)

  Rita flies in from England for Valentine's Day and clashes chaotically with Ryuunosuke, who rejects her chocolate; she leaves behind a letter confessing that her airport kiss was her first. Nanami is stranded by train stoppages, and Sorata borrows Miyahara's bike to get her to her audition, where she regains her confidence. Jin fails to show up for Misaki on Valentine's Day, and she says she still has chances. Sorata misses Mashiro's roof wait after forgetting her, and she confronts him over the broken promise; they admit they have been forgetting each other, and he thanks her for her thoughtfulness before they go home.

• Yuuko's failed exam and roof brawl (Episode 18)

  Yuuko's exam number is absent from the Suiko results list, and Sorata tells her by phone that she failed, closing her entrance attempt. On the school roof, Sorata grabs Jin by the collar over his refusal to date Misaki. Jin punches him down in a brawl, but Sorata gets back up and keeps begging Jin to go out with her.

• Ring promise and roof door locked (Episode 18)

  On the roof, Jin asks Misaki to wait four years, when he will ask her to let him be her screenwriter, and gives her a ring as a reminder that he still loves her. Misaki accepts it in tears and swears never to take it off. Jin then thanks the teachers for his three years of high school, locks them on the roof and sends the group home to Sakurasou.

• Sakurasou demolition notice (Episode 19)

  Chihiro-sensei announces that a construction firm has judged Sakurasou unsuitable and that it will be demolished before the next term. After weighing their options, the residents unanimously vow to stop the demolition and protect the dormitory.

Character Graph

Fuuka Kamiigusa

Misaki's older sister and Jin's ex-girlfriend. She once saw through Jin's real reason for following Misaki to Suiko: he couldn't bear to see her hurt.

• Jin Mitaka (Other, Mixed)

  Former girlfriend who once saw through his reason for choosing Suiko.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Family, Mixed)

  Her younger sister, who resents Fuuka's past with Jin.

Chihiro Sengoku (Chihiro-sensei)

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

Sakurasou's dorm adviser, a lazy, still-single art teacher at Suiko and Mashiro's cousin. She breaks the news that Sakurasou will be torn down at the end of the school year and that the residents will move to the regular dorms in April.

• Mashiro's cousin

  She brought her cousin Mashiro to Sakurasou and assigned Sorata to look after her.

• Old friend

  Kazuki Fujisawa is her old classmate and a former Sakurasou resident.

• Mashiro Shiina (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin, whom she brought to Sakurasou.

• Sorata Kanda (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  She put him in charge of Mashiro.

Nanami Aoyama

Suiko student · Sakurasou

Sorata's classmate from Osaka, who is training to become a voice actress and moved into Sakurasou. She is waiting for the result of her February audition; if she fails, she must go back to Osaka. She joins the vow to protect the dorm.

• Voice-acting school

  She attends a voice-acting school while working part-time.

• Condition from home

  If she fails the February audition, she has to go back to Osaka.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  She has feelings for him that she hasn't told him; he got her to her audition on Valentine's Day.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  She once took over Mashiro duty and came to admire Mashiro's dedication.

Souichirou Tatebayashi

The student council president and Jin's best friend, who is dating Saori Himemiya. Jin has been staying at his place, and he once needled Jin that he would just find someone else in Osaka.

• Needling Jin

  He needled Jin that he'd just find someone else in Osaka.

• Jin's host

  Jin stayed at his place while studying for exams.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Mixed)

  Jin's best friend, who put him up during exams and needled him about leaving Misaki.

Mashiro Shiina

Sakurasou transfer student · Sakurasou

A world-famous painter from England who transferred to Suiko to become a manga artist, and who can't look after herself without Sorata's help. She learns that if Sakurasou is torn down Sorata can no longer look after her, and joins the vow to protect the dorm.

• Can't live alone

  She needs someone to handle her clothes, laundry, room and waking up.

• World-famous painter

  Back in England she was a celebrated painter, but she came to Japan to draw manga.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  The boy who looks after her; she is told he can't keep doing so if the dorm is torn down.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Family, Neutral)

  Her cousin, who brought her to Sakurasou.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Mixed)

  A friend she worries about, though she sometimes feels jealous of her over Sorata.

• Rita Ainsworth (Friend, Affinity)

  Childhood friend from England with whom she painted for years.

Yuuko Kanda

Kanda family

Sorata's younger sister from Fukuoka, a middle-school third-year who adores her brother. She took the Suiko entrance exam in February to be near him, but Sorata found her number missing from the results and told her she had failed.

• Suiko dream

  She wanted to go to Suiko to be near Sorata, and their father agreed to let her try.

• Exam result

  Sorata couldn't find her number on the results board and told her she had failed.

• Sorata Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  The brother she adores; he told her she had failed the Suiko exam.

• Mashiro Shiina (Other, Hostility)

  She sees Mashiro as a rival for her brother.

Rita Ainsworth

Mashiro's childhood friend and former roommate from England, a painter who once quit because of Mashiro's talent and who has feelings for Ryuunosuke. On her Valentine's Day visit Ryuunosuke turned down her chocolate, and her parting letter confessed that her kiss at the airport had been her first.

• Visit to Sakurasou

  She came to take Mashiro back to England but ended up staying at Sakurasou for a while.

• Why she quit painting

  She gave up painting after seeing how far beyond her Mashiro's talent was.

• First kiss

  Her letter revealed that the kiss she gave Ryuunosuke at the airport was her first.

• Mashiro Shiina (Friend, Affinity)

  Childhood friend and former roommate; Rita once quit painting out of envy of Mashiro's talent.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Other, Affinity)

  She has fallen for him; her letter confessed the airport kiss was her first.

• Maid (Other, Hostility)

  Maid is openly jealous of her.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  She stayed in his room on her first visit and went on a date with him to an art exhibition.

Daichi Miyahara

Suiko student

Sorata's classmate and friend, who once confessed to Nanami and was turned down. On Valentine's Day he lent Sorata his bike and pedaled him uphill so Sorata could get Nanami to her audition.

• Confession

  He confessed to Nanami and she turned him down.

• Bike

  He lent Sorata his bike to get Nanami to her audition.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  He lent Sorata his bike to get Nanami to her audition.

• Nanami Aoyama (Other, Mixed)

  He confessed to her and was turned down, but still cheers her on.

Iori Himemiya

music department

Saori Himemiya's younger brother, who has just passed the entrance exam for Suiko's music course. He will join Suiko as a first-year in the new school year.

Jin Mitaka

Sakurasou resident · Sakurasou · Osaka University of Arts

A third-year in room 103 of Sakurasou, a popular ladies' man who writes the scripts for Misaki's anime. He has passed the Osaka University of Arts exam and will leave in April, after asking Misaki to wait four years. He first urges the residents to think rationally, then has Ryuunosuke dig into the school's servers and vows to protect the dorm.

• Scriptwriter

  He writes the scripts for Misaki's anime.

• Osaka University of Arts

  He passed the entrance exam and will move to Osaka in April.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Pact, Friend, Affinity)

  Childhood friend he loves; he gave her a ring and promised to become her screenwriter in four years.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  The junior who fought him on the roof to make him face Misaki.

• Souichirou Tatebayashi (Friend, Mixed)

  Best friend he stayed with during his exams, who likes to needle him.

• Fuuka Kamiigusa (Other, Neutral)

  Former girlfriend; their relationship is over.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Friend, Neutral)

  He had Ryuunosuke dig into the school's servers.

Misaki Kamiigusa

Sakurasou resident · Sakurasou

A third-year in room 201 of Sakurasou, an eccentric genius animator and Jin's childhood friend. Wearing the ring Jin gave her with the promise to wait four years, she proposes appealing to the principal and agrees with Jin that the dorm must not be torn down.

• Genius animator

  She makes her own anime, with Jin writing the scripts.

• Promise ring

  Jin gave her a ring and asked her to wait four years for him to become her screenwriter.

• Jin Mitaka (Pact, Friend, Affinity)

  Childhood friend she loves; he gave her a ring and asked her to wait four years.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  Her 'Kouhai-kun', the junior she counts on.

• Fuuka Kamiigusa (Family, Mixed)

  Her older sister, who used to date Jin.

Ryuunosuke Akasaka (the ghost of Sakurasou)

Sakurasou resident

A second-year genius programmer who rarely leaves room 102 of Sakurasou and talks to others mostly through Maid, the AI mail program he built. At Jin's request he digs into the school's servers, and joins the vow after the school fails to give any reason for the demolition.

• Maid

  He usually talks to others through Maid, the AI program he built.

• Maid (Other, Affinity)

  The AI mail program he built, which speaks for him.

• Rita Ainsworth (Other, Mixed)

  He coldly turned down her Valentine's chocolate, but her letter revealed the airport kiss was her first.

• Sorata Kanda (Friend, Affinity)

  He joins Sorata's vow after the school fails to explain itself.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Neutral)

  At Jin's request he digs into the school's servers.

Sorata Kanda (Solanine)

Sakurasou resident · Sakurasou

A second-year in room 101 of Sakurasou who moved in after taking in stray cats, and who dreams of becoming a game creator. When Chihiro-sensei announces the demolition, he tells Mashiro the story of his first days at Sakurasou and leads the residents' vow to save it.

• Mashiro duty

  Chihiro-sensei put him in charge of Mashiro's daily life, from waking her up to choosing her clothes.

• Game proposal

  His proposal couldn't be produced as it was, but Kazuki's team invited him to refine the concept with them.

• Mashiro Shiina (Guardian, Friend, Affinity)

  He looks after her daily life on Mashiro duty and wants to keep doing so at Sakurasou.

• Nanami Aoyama (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate he pedaled to her audition on Valentine's Day, now waiting with her for the result.

• Jin Mitaka (Friend, Affinity)

  Senior he looks up to; he fought Jin on the roof to make him face Misaki.

• Misaki Kamiigusa (Friend, Affinity)

  The senior who calls him 'Kouhai-kun' and keeps Sakurasou lively.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Friend, Affinity)

  Fellow second-year resident who joins the vow to protect the dorm.

• Chihiro Sengoku (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  The dorm adviser who put him in charge of Mashiro.

• Yuuko Kanda (Family, Affinity)

  His younger sister; he had to tell her she failed the Suiko exam.

• Daichi Miyahara (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate who lent him his bike on Valentine's Day.

Maid (Maid-chan)

AI

The AI mail program Ryuunosuke built, which answers mail on his behalf and guards him jealously. She is jealous of Rita, who keeps trying to get close to Ryuunosuke, and appears in her early form in Sorata's memories of moving in.

• Creator

  Built by Ryuunosuke, she answers mail on his behalf.

• Jealousy

  On Christmas Eve she fought with Rita, refusing to let her talk to Ryuunosuke.

• Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Other, Affinity)

  Her creator, whom she guards jealously.

• Rita Ainsworth (Other, Hostility)

  Jealous of Rita's interest in Ryuunosuke.

World Memo

• Suimei Arts High School (Suiko)

  Suimei University of the Arts High School, or Suiko, has a general course alongside art and music courses, and students can transfer in mid-year.

• Sakurasou, the problem-student dorm

  Sakurasou is where Suiko's problem students end up, like Sorata, who wouldn't give up the stray cats he took in. Once moved there, getting back into the regular dorm is hard.

• Sakurasou meetings and Mashiro duty

  Anything important at Sakurasou is decided at a meeting of all residents, from keeping a new cat to who looks after Mashiro; that meeting is how Sorata ended up on 'Mashiro duty'.

• Each resident's dream

  Each resident chases a dream: Sorata plans games for a game design contest, Nanami trains to be a voice actress, Misaki makes anime with Jin's scripts, Ryuunosuke programs, and Mashiro draws manga.

• Sakurasou demolition

  Citing a construction firm's winter-break inspection, the school has decided to tear Sakurasou down at the end of the year and move its residents to the regular dorms in April.

• Nanami's condition

  Nanami must go back to Osaka if she fails her February audition at the voice-acting school.

Clue Board

• Sakurasou's demolition (Episode 19)

  The school has decided to tear Sakurasou down at the end of the year but has given no convincing reason, and the residents have vowed to stop it.

• Nanami's audition (Episode 17)

  Nanami took her audition on Valentine's Day and is waiting for the result; if she fails, she has to go back to Osaka.

• Sorata's game proposal (Episode 18)

  Kazuki has approved Sorata's latest plans and asked for a final design document with Mashiro's art; the final review is still ahead.

• What Mashiro feels (Episode 17)

  Mashiro has been asking what love is, and says her heart beats strangely when she holds Sorata's hand, but she has not put a name to the feeling.

• Nanami's feelings (Episode 17)

  Nanami's 'I love you' lines in audition practice felt real to Sorata, but she says some things can't be said even to the people closest to you.

• Rita and Ryuunosuke (Episode 17)

  Ryuunosuke turned down Rita's chocolate, yet her letter confessed that her airport kiss was her first; how he feels about her is unclear.

• Jin and Misaki's promise (Episode 18)

  Jin gave Misaki a ring and asked her to wait four years until he can be her screenwriter, but he leaves for Osaka in April.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–19

Sorata Kanda, who moved into Sakurasou, Suiko's dorm for problem students, after taking in stray cats, is put in charge of Mashiro Shiina, a world-famous painter who came to Japan to draw manga but cannot live on her own. Living alongside the genius animator Misaki, the scriptwriter Jin, the programmer Ryuunosuke and later the aspiring voice actress Nanami, Sorata keeps entering a game design contest while envying the talent around him. Through the culture festival, Rita's visit from England and Christmas Eve, his feelings for Mashiro grow. Jin, bound for Osaka University of Arts, turns Misaki down, but after Sorata confronts him on the roof he gives her a ring and asks her to wait four years.

Then Chihiro-sensei announces that Sakurasou will be torn down at the end of the school year. The school gives no convincing reason, and the residents vow to protect the dorm.

Music Releases

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