The BEST episodes of His and Her Circumstances

Every episode of His and Her Circumstances ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of His and Her Circumstances!

Yukino Miyazawa is really, really vain, and loves to hear people praise her. She's always been the best at everything, and always tries to look perfect. But when Yukino goes to high school, she's finally upstaged--by Souichiro Arima, who scores better on the entrance exams and instantly snatches the attention of the class. By accident, Arima finds out that Yukino is just pretending, and this starts off a series of events that lead to Yukino and Arima falling in love. They then have to cope with a lot of obstacles in their relationship.

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His Circumstances
star
6.88
51 votes

#1 - His Circumstances

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1998

Things have been good between Arima and Yukino for the past few weeks but lately Arima has been acting strange. He's been very distant and it almost seems like he's purposefully ignoring Yukino... what is it that's changed so suddenly?

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The Subjectivity of Happiness
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6.87
46 votes

#2 - The Subjectivity of Happiness

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1998

Tsubasa decides to go home, but her loathing for her father getting remarried is renewed upon meeting her future stepbrother... a punk-rocker named Kazuma. How could she ever possibly relate to someone so completely different?

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Her Difficult Problem
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6.81
47 votes

#3 - Her Difficult Problem

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1998

Confessing your love for someone can be very tricky... and it's not any easier for Yukino!

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The Location of Happiness
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6.74
46 votes

#4 - The Location of Happiness

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1998

Tsubasa has holed up at Yukino's house and refuses to go home. Tsubasa's father is remarrying and it's been hard for her to come to terms with the idea.

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Your Voice That Changes Me
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6.70
46 votes

#5 - Your Voice That Changes Me

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1998

Arima and Yukino lead very similar lives despite their differences... but how will their bond stand against the test of time? While Yukino feels as if she's been liberated of her guise of perfection.

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Eternal Interspersion
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6.63
43 votes

#6 - Eternal Interspersion

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1999

The Miyazawa family heads off to meet grandpa... an ill-tempered old man who's got it in for Yukino's father!

Their Secret
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6.63
51 votes

#7 - Their Secret

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1998

Yukino's inadvertently made a fool of herself in front of Arima and now he's blackmailing her! Getting her to do his work, act as his slave... she's just about at her wit's end!

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Her Day
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6.59
44 votes

#8 - Her Day

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1998

Arima and Yukino both have the day off from school so they decide to meet up over at Arima's place. But that's not the whole story...

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Everything Starts Now
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6.58
43 votes

#9 - Everything Starts Now

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1998

The class has sided with the scheming Maho and they all decide to give Yukino the "silent treatment." As time goes on and it appears that things won't change, Yukino knows that she'll have to confront her saboteur and put an end to the harassment... but how?

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Their Estrangement
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6.56
43 votes

#10 - Their Estrangement

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1998

The newest test scores have been posted and Yukino and Arima's scores weren't up to their typical standard.

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Atonement for Postponed Debts
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6.55
44 votes

#11 - Atonement for Postponed Debts

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1998

Two jealous rivals emerge to sabotage Yukino! The first girl, Maho, resents her popularity and attempts to unmask Yukino's superficiality to the whole school...

At the End of the First Semester
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6.55
44 votes

#12 - At the End of the First Semester

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1998

Summer has arrived and it's a time of separation. Arima is going away for a Kendo tournament while Yukino has made new friends. Even Tsubasa has taken a liking to Yukino, but something's not right... she's grown a little too attached.

Progress
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6.51
43 votes

#13 - Progress

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1999

Arima's feelings for Yukino are beginning to build up and he knows now, more than anything, he wants to take their relationship to the next level...

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Day of Labyrinth
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6.49
45 votes

#14 - Day of Labyrinth

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1998

A new boy has just transferred to Yukino and Arima's school... Asaba. He's pretty handsome and charismatic, so it doesn't take long for him to rise in popularity, but he's got a real problem with Yukino.

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His Return
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6.44
43 votes

#15 - His Return

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1999

Hearing from her friends that Arima has changed a lot over the summer, Yukino bemoans over the fact that she hasn't changed at all and that she can't seem to get her feelings sorted well when it comes to him.

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Her Circumstances
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6.44
57 votes

#16 - Her Circumstances

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1998

Yukino Miyazawa is the model student and she absolutely craves all the attention and admiration it gets her.

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14 Days: Act 4
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6.41
39 votes

#17 - 14 Days: Act 4

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1999

After reading the Aya's play, Yukino decides that she'd like to participate in it.

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14 Days: Act 3
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6.38
40 votes

#18 - 14 Days: Act 3

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1999

Aya has finished her script for the culture fest play, but neither Yukino nor Maho are eager to participate. All the while, Tonami has begun to make his mark on Tsubaki. She begins to suspect who he really is.

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14 Days: Act 5
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6.38
40 votes

#19 - 14 Days: Act 5

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1999

Yukino's organizational talents shine as the play really starts to come together. Meanwhile, Tonami's plot for revenge against Tsubaki isn't going as well as he'd hoped...

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A Different Story From So Far
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6.32
41 votes

#20 - A Different Story From So Far

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1999

Yukino has changed a lot since meeting Arima, but Arima still feels that he himself hasn't changed much at all.

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14 Days: Act 1
star
6.27
41 votes

#21 - 14 Days: Act 1

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1999

Yukino isn't all that interested in the culture fest until she finds out that the class that puts on the best show gets the test notes of a student who went on to Tokyo University!

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14 Days: Act 2
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6.17
40 votes

#22 - 14 Days: Act 2

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1999

Tonami had a tough childhood... he was constantly sick, being bullied, but the worst of it was all Tsubaki's fault. Now he's back and he's determined to throw it back in her face!

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The Story So Far: Part 2
star
6.14
42 votes

#23 - The Story So Far: Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1999

Arima's absence has been hard on Yukino, but she's not the only one. Asaba's had it tough as well...

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The Story So Far: Part 1
star
5.78
45 votes

#24 - The Story So Far: Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1998

Yukino and Arima's story up to this point is revisited.

Writer: Hideaki Anno
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14 Days: Act 6
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5.47
40 votes

#25 - 14 Days: Act 6

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/26/1999

The final episode. As tensions rise over Arima's jealous and over-protective nature, Tonami begins to realize that his desire to get Tsubaki to notice him was one born out of an emotion different from hate.

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