Slow Start (2018)

Original title: スロウスタート

Hana Ichinose is a normal 16-year-old high school student. However, there is something different about her: She enrolled in high school one year late! Her classmates are unaware of this, and Hana will have to work hard to catch up with everyone else.

Slow Start

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as Hana Ichinose (voice)

as Tamate Momochi (voice)

Tomomi Mineuchi

Tomomi Mineuchi

as Eiko Tokura (voice)

as Kamuri Sengoku (voice)

as Shion Kyouzuka (voice)

as Hiroe Hannen (voice)

Manami Numakura

Manami Numakura

as Kiyose Enami (voice)

as Hazuki Ichinose (voice)

as Amane Otani (voice)

as Maho Ogano (voice)

as Takeru Ichinose (voice)

as Sachi Tsubakimori (voice)

as Chihiro Imai (voice)

as Teacher (voice)

as Hina Sasaki (voice)

Tomori Kusunoki

Tomori Kusunoki

as Miki Tokura (voice)

Kiyoko Miyazawa

Kiyoko Miyazawa

as Takako (voice)

as Fumio (voice)

as Nanae Takahashi (voice)

as Kei Iwasaki (voice)

as Chinami Nakamura (voice)

as Momoka Sekine (voice)

Kazumasa Fukagawa

Kazumasa Fukagawa

as Doctor (voice)

Miyuri Shimabukuro

Miyuri Shimabukuro

as Student (voice)

Shizuka Ishigami

Shizuka Ishigami

as Rikano Sato (voice)

as Junior (voice)

as Girl (voice)

as Motoi Nishimura (voice)

Haruka Shiraishi

Haruka Shiraishi

as Ao Masuda (voice)

as Yuri Endo (voice)

as Grandfather (voice)

as Banbi Fujii (voice)

as Miyako Shimada (voice)

as Old Man (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

The first butterflies
1x2

Exercise wears me out
1x3

Teardrops are falling
1x4

The premium tournament on the second floor
1x5

Kamuri's fluffy
1x6

Sliminess of an eel
1x7

Cuffed wrists
1x8

Hana's friends
1x9

Gorilla in a swimsuit
1x10

The shark's cousin
1x11

Tomato festival
1x12

Starting slow

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