The BEST episodes of Summer Time Rendering

Every episode of Summer Time Rendering ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Summer Time Rendering!

Shinpei Ajiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died, returns to his hometown for the first time in two years. His best friend, Sou Hishigata, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and someone else can die next.

Last Updated: 2/18/2025Network: Tokyo MXStatus: Ended

8.65

108 votes

#1 - Lights Camera Action

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/22/2022

Heine, who loops like Shinpei, realizes the pattern of behavior when a new loop begins.

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8.46

105 votes

#2 - [I'm Home]

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/30/2022

Shide is gone and Ushio's final iteration must vanish. Shinpei comes to on the morning of July 22nd.

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8.32

95 votes

#3 - Summertime Re-Rendering

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/23/2022

After a fierce battle, Shinpei takes the place of an exhausted Ushio and confronts Shide.

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8.30

96 votes

#4 - Face to Face

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/12/2022

A seventy-year-old photograph reveals the truth.

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8.27

95 votes

#5 - All is (not) Lost.

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/26/2022

Hizuru and Karikiri face off, while Gil and Rose enter the fray.

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8.27

98 votes

#6 - Bloody Night

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/1/2022

Tokiko, Sou's younger sister, reveals she has been offering corpses as food to Hiruko.

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8.25

92 votes

#7 - Return

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/9/2022

Ushio fully comes back to life. Shinpei heads to Hiruko's grotto.

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8.17

93 votes

#8 - Shinpei Ajiro's Longest Day

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/2/2022

Shinpei despairs over Hizuru's death. However, hope is on the horizon.

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8.05

94 votes

#9 - Made in Black

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/19/2022

Karikiri and Heine strike. Mio and Hizuru learn of Ushio's death.

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8.03

90 votes

#10 - Everlasting Night

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/16/2022

After slicing down Heine, Shide brings Shinpei and Ushio to her home.

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8.03

113 votes

#11 - Maelstrom

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2022

A giant shadow massacres everyone at the Hitogashima Summer Festival and engulfs the whole island.

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8.02

117 votes

#12 - Jamais-vu

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2022

Ushio's shadow appears before Shinpei at the summer festival.

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8.01

99 votes

#13 - Original

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/29/2022

Mio proposes to turn the shadows into allies.

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8.00

99 votes

#14 - Friends

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2022

It is the fifth July 22nd for Shinpei. Hizuru takes time to process that Shinpei is a time traveler.

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7.95

168 votes

#15 - Goodbye, Summer Days

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2022

Shinpei returns home for his friend Ushio's funeral. She apparently drowned, but something is off.

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7.94

101 votes

#16 - My Flowing Tears

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/10/2022

In a video, Ushio and her shadow recount their encounter up to the moment the video is recorded.

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7.91

111 votes

#17 - Enemy

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2022

In order to defeat the Kobayakawa's shadows, Shinpei and Hizuru join forces with Nezu.

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7.82

101 votes

#18 - To Be/Not to Be

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/15/2022

Shinpei finds himself in Hizuru's memories from fourteen years ago.

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7.79

105 votes

#19 - Memento

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2022

Mio's shadow appears before Shinpei and threatens him with a knife.

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7.78

114 votes

#20 - Orbital Resonance

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2022

Hizuru Minakata, the woman on the ferry, returns to Hitogashima Island hoping to solve a mystery.

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7.77

95 votes

#21 - Dinner Time

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/2022

Ushio, Sou and Shinpei are surrounded by shadows.

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7.72

139 votes

#22 - Shadow

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/22/2022

To find out the truth about Ushio's death, Shinpei and Mio head to Hiruko.

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7.68

97 votes

#23 - Into the Darkness

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2022

Shinpei gains clues on Mount Takanosu since Ushio and her shadow had gone there.

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7.66

95 votes

#24 - Determination

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/5/2022

Shinpei hears about Shide's identity from Sou's father, Director of Hishigata Clinic.

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7.63

123 votes

#25 - Washing Ashore

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/2022

After being stabbed by Mio's shadow, Shinpei regains consciousness at the docks on July 22nd.

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