The BEST episodes of Tamayura
Every episode of Tamayura ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tamayura!
For her first year of high school, Fu Sawatari moves to Takehara, a scenic old town near Hiroshima, on the Inland Sea. Her father, who has passed away, grew up in Takehara. She loves taking photographs with his old film camera, a Rollei 35S. The story follows her and the friends who gather around her as she comes to love her new home.
#1 - The Sound on Opportunity Island, It Is!
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2011
Fū and her friends decide to have their summer vacation in Mitarai, where Maon's family runs an inn. While exploring the town, they visit a theatre which seems to hold some symbolism for Maon. After the gang visits Fū's grandfather, Maon explains that a guitar concert she once saw at that theatre inspired her to aim to try and perform on that stage at some point.
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#2 - A Day Filled with a Gentle Aroma
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2011
It's been a month since Fū moved to Takehara, and she and her friends feel a bit bemused by the antics of her homeroom teacher, Mr. Dougou. After hearing Sayomi is going to be out of the house, Fū suggests a sleepover at her place. However, on the day of the sleepover, Dougou asks Kaoru to help out with making bamboo figures to impress the Hoboro okonomiyaki shop manager, so Fū and the others decide to help. As the girls finally resume their sleepover, Sayomi appears, telling him that Dougou had Kaoru's loneliness in mind when he asked her for help. As everyone else sleeps, Sayomi gives Fū her thanks for returning to this town.
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#3 - Arrival! Battling Girls
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2011
As Norie decides to try to learn to make sweets from Fū's grandmother, she is pestered by Kou's classmate, Komachi, who challenges her to see who can make the tastiest dessert with Kou acting as judge. Though Komachi struggles at first, Fū's grandmother helps her realise the most important thing about cooking; thinking about making the person who will eat it smile. After Kou tries both Norie and Komachi's dishes, the contest is declared a tie. Afterwards, Norie reveals it was her older brother who inspired her to aim to become a patissiere.
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#4 - I Wonder What the Me of the Future Will Be Like, I Do.
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2011
Kaoru feels a bit downhearted when the others have plans for Sunday, as she is unsure what she wants to be in the future. The others suggest ideas, but she rejects them, leading everyone to become worried. Come Sunday, as the girls send texts to Kaoru, Sayomi arranges a little get-together in the afternoon, where everyone gives their support for Kaoru. Having read the texts earlier, Kaoru decides she wants to set up an exhibition at the end of the year which makes use of everyone's talents.
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#5 - The Story of Christmas Eve, It Is.
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2011
As the girls prepare for the upcoming exhibition, Maon decides she wants to do a reading. Despite deciding she wants to do an original story, she hasn't been able to come up with anything, and she feels pressured by all the people planning to attend. On the day of the exhibition, Maon still doesn't have an ending for her story, and becomes more anxious when she learns that she is to perform her reading in the theatre due to the increasing number of attendees. Seeing her parents in the audience, Maon decides to perform anyway and, with encouragement from her friends and family, manages to make up an ending on the spot. Afterwards, the girls spend their Christmas at the spot where they unknowingly assembled back in 1999.
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#6 - A Brand New Year, It Is.
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/2011
The day of the exhibition comes and soon gathers a large audience. After the exhibition, the girls look over the surveys the guests filled in before seeing in the New Year together, where Fū also gets a call from Chihiro. On New Year's Day, Sayomi takes the girls on an expedition which comes to a halt when her car goes off the road. While waiting for their rescue, they get to see a special view brought on by the first sunrise of the year. As Fū takes a photo of everyone, she is reminded of her father.
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#7 - Chihiro-chan Has Come! She Has.
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2011
Chihiro comes to Takehara to visit Fū, though ends up getting off a station too early. As Fū's mother goes to pick her up, Fū hears from her biker friends about how she once was a motorcyclist. The next day, Fū takes Chihiro to meet the others, visiting various place to get along. Later, Sayomi takes everyone on a lengthy expedition to Kurotaki Hill, where everyone becomes friends with Chihiro and exchanges e-mail addresses.
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#8 - It Will Happen Someday, It Will.
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2011
Back in Autumn 1999, Fū meets Maon at the top of a hill after hearing her read out a story she is writing. When an incident between Kaoru and Norie, who also arrive at the top of the hill, causes everyone to start crying, Maon manages to calm everyone down with her whistling. After Fū returns to her father, Maon is able to come up with an ending to her story. Ten years later, Maon, who is now in middle school but is having trouble making friends, encounters Norie, who became depressed after a boy rejected her offer of sweets. As the two discuss their ambitions, they find something nostalgic about Maon's whistling and they become friends.
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#9 - The Promise by the Bamboo Lamps, It Is.
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2011
As the town makes preparations for a bamboo light festival, Riho comes around to visit Fū. As they visit Hoboro, Dougo asks for the girls' help so he can confess to the owner. As rain starts to fall, Fū and Kaoru become worried that the Road of Aspiration they were looking forward to might be cancelled. While writing wishes, they meet Shouko Hirono, who played with Kaoru and Fū once during their childhood. Luckily, the rain stops in time and Fū and Kaoru are able to enjoy the festival for the first time since Fū moved.
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#10 - Unchanging People and Unchanging Times, They Are.
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2011
After Fū learns Riho is staying with Hoboro's owner and becomes curious about the relationship between the two. Meanwhile, Komachi also takes up traditional photography. As Fū and the others learn the owner's real name, Chimo Yakusa, she becomes concerned after hearing Riho had stopped taking pictures of the sky. Later, Fū accompanies Riho and Chimo to a restaurant to meet Chimo's senpai, Misano Fuji. After the trip, Riho reassures Fū about her worries.
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#11 - The Melancholy of Momoneko-sama, It Is. / Heartbreak Camera, It Is.
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2011
Momoneko, the pink cat who wanders around the city, has trouble dealing with a wild boar who's been eating people's vegetables. However, after some invigorating words from Fū and co, Momoneko manages to get rid of the boar with help from Kou. Later, a woman named Shimako Tobita goes on a food binge after being rejected by a boy she liked and ends up having to spend the night at Fū's place. Sayomi decides to cheer her up by taking her and the others on another expedition, where her best friend Manami Hoshi helps her let out her feelings.
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#12 - It All Started in My Town, So...
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2011
In her final year of middle school, Fū is a middle school student who had previously locked away her feelings following the death of her father. She returns home one day to find her brother, Kou, looking at the old photos their father had taken. Fū comes to understand the warmth of these photos and takes an interest in photography, asking to use her father's old camera. After taking a few photos, mainly with her friend Chihiro Miyoshi, she sends some to Riho who responds with positive feedback and a train ticket with no destination. After she decides that she'd like to go to high school in Takehara, her father's home town, the whole family decides to move there. After saying her goodbyes to Chihiro, Fū travels to Takehara where she meets with Kaoru.
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#13 - Thank You For Another Year
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/11/2013
The girls prepare for their exhibition on New Year's Eve, which is also the last day Kanae can be part of the photography club before she has to study for her exams. After receiving a special collage made by Chihiro and Tomo, Fū decides to have the photo Kanae took of her as the first photo people see upon entering the exhibition. The exhibition soon draws in a large crowd, becoming a great success. After seeing the New Year in, Fū and Kanae emotionally reminisce about their time together in the photography club. Later, Sayomi takes everyone to the beach to watch the first sunrise of the new year, where Kanae lets out all of her feelings.
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#14 - And Thus, The Season of Departures Has Come
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2013
After celebrating her father's birthday with her family, Fū finds the shutter on her camera has stopped working and takes it in for repairs. Left without her camera for the day, Fū starts to worry that, someday, she will have to part ways with everyone. Noticing Fū feeling down, Tamae takes her for a motorcycle drive to where Fū's father proposed to her, telling her how her strength in coming to Takehara and taking up photography gave herself strength too. After getting her camera back, Fū and the others attend Kanae's graduation, where Fū gives her thanks to Kanae for a wonderful year spent with the photography club. Looking back over the past year, Fū gives her heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it possible.
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#15 - Looking for a Smile That Won`t Come Again
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/7/2013
Fū is visited by Riho, who brings along a travel planner named Harumi Kawai, an old acquaintance of Fū's father from before Fū was born. Wanting to learn more about her father, Fū goes with Harumi and Shihomi to Onmochi to help take pictures for a tour guide. Along the way, Harumi tells her how her father would always deviate from their plans and find fun things by going with the wind. They later stop at a bed & breakfast inn run by an old couple who tell Fū more about her father, who gave them advice about turning their house into a B&B. Later that night, as Harumi gives Fū a much belated congratulation for being born, Fū thanks her for helping her connect more with her father, inspiring Harumi that she should be more open and connected with her tours.
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#16 - The Distant Promise Made That Day
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/21/2013
Chihiro comes to Takehara so she can watch their fireworks festival, swinging by the Photography Club to meet Kanae and Mutsuko. Whilst thinking about what to do for the festival, Fū and Chihiro recall a secret place Fū's father told them about when they were younger. The next day, Riho offers Fū and Kanae to have their photos shown in an exhibit. After Fū takes various photos of the festival preparations, Sayomi leads everyone to an ideal viewing spot, which Chihiro believes to be the secret place Fū's father talked about.
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#17 - The Bamboo Lantern in My Heart
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/28/2013
As the town prepares for the bamboo festival, Fū meets Nozomu Natsume, who was one of her father's classmates. Upon hearing Nozomu's harsh criticism of Fū's photos, Kanae can't help but express her love for Fū's photos. Later that day, Fū and Kanae run into Riho, who advises them on how the technical skills of photography shouldn't affect what's most important to the photographer. Meeting Nozomu again at the okonomiyaki shop, the girls take him to see the bamboo lanterns, where he talks about how Fū's father always put showing love in photographs over any technical prowess. Before he leaves, Nozomu asks Fū to take a picture of him.
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#18 - Until That Day Comes
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/4/2013
Whilst preparing photos for Riho's exhibit, Kanae comes to realise it may very well be the last big event she'll do with the photography club before she graduates. Wanting to make as many memories as possible, Kanae suggests they all go on a photography trip, which conveniently ties in with Kaori's plans to hold another exhibition like last year and Maon's parents inviting them to Mitarai to attend a concert. Whilst exploring Mitarai with Fū, Kanae meets a woman, becoming awed by her singing. Curious about what she should do after graduation, Kanae asks Fū and the others about what got them interested in their career paths, worrying that she doesn't have any inspiration of her own. Later at the concert, the woman Kanae saw before takes to the stage as part of a band that had inspired Maon to become an entertainer. This helps Kanae realise she has already had a turning point; the day she joined the photography club.
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#19 - A Special Place with Special Memories
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2013
Fū and Kanae are struggling to come up with a theme for their festival presentation; Dougou has plans to turn it into a musical performance. To give them some inspiration, the gang visit some cherry blossom trees that were planted for Kaori and Sayomi when they were little. As the festival gets underway, Fū searches for a tree from one of her father's photos. However, Dougou ends up injuring his hands, leaving him unable to perform for Fū's presentation. Despite this, Fū and Kanae work up the courage to perform by themselves. After the festival, Kou leads Fū to the trees planted in their names, having been led there by Momoneko, where Fū finds the exact spot her father took that photo from.
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#20 - Finally, Everyone's Together!
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2013
Fū and the others travel to her hometown of Shioiri, where they meet up with Chihiro and are introduced to Tomo, who is excited to finally meet Fū. Whilst taking a tour around Shioiri, Fū is filled with memories of her father. Later that night, the girls attend a summer festival where Fū recalls entering a sparkler contest when she was younger, prompting the group to enter themselves. As Fū makes it as far as the finals, she is reminded yet again of her father as Sayomi takes a picture of her.
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#21 - An Exciting New Step
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2013
As Fū worries about becoming a club president, Komachi brings in a magazine featuring a picture of Fū, submitted by a girl named Kanae Mitani. Dougou helps Fū get her photography club approved, assigning new teacher Mutsuko Shimokamiyama as the club's advisor. After eventually finding them a new club room, Mutsuko tells Fū that Kanae is a student at their school. Following a congratulatory party held by the others and an awkward meeting with the other club presidents, Fū hears from the photo shop owner about how her father entered a lot of photo contests in his high school days, encouraging Fū to try her hardest. The next day, Kanae herself briefly appears before Fū at her clubroom.
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#22 - For Tomorrow's Sake, Let's Photo!
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2013
Following a suggestion from Mutsuko, Fū and Kanae decide to enter a cherry blossom photography contest, but struggle to find any cherry blossom trees they can photograph. Hearing this, Sayomi takes the group on yet another trip. Whilst stopping to eat, Kanae talks about how she got into photography which led to that photo of Fū she took. After they eventually come across a group of cherry blossom trees, Sayomi takes them even further to an even bigger cherry blossom tree. Despite Mutsuko inevitably forgetting to enter them into the contest, Fū and Kanae are proud with the photos they've managed to take.
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#23 - The Photography Club Truly Starts
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/17/2013
After Kanae hurriedly left the clubroom the other day, Fū's nervousness gets the better of her as she tries to promote the photography club to the freshmen. Meanwhile, Kaoru and the others encounter Kanae again, noticing that she has a camera. After receiving some encouragement from Sayomi and her mother, Fū decides she should try and convince Kanae to join the photography club. The next day, after Dougou asks Fū to help out with an upcoming cherry blossom festival, Fū chases after Kanae and invites her to the clubroom. Kanae explains that she had wanted to form her own photography club, but didn't have the confidence. Moved by Fū's confidence and pictures, Kanae decides to join the photography club as an official member.
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#24 - A Year Since I Was Welcomed Home
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/3/2013
A year has passed since Fū moved to Takehara, and Fū and Kaoru reminisce about their reunion at that time and all the things that have happened since. As Fū becomes determined to be more assertive this year, she receives an encouraging text from Chihiro. The next day, Fū states that she wants to start up a photography club when the new school year begins, receiving support from her friends, including Chihiro's classmate, Tomo.
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#25 - Graduation Photo - Movie, Part 1: Signs
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2015
As Fū and her friends begin their last year of high school, the photography club gets two new members; freshman Takumi Shindou and sophomore Suzune Maekawa. Thinking about what to do after graduation, Fū decides she wants to pursue a career combining photography and travelling. Afterwards, Fū's family tell Fū about the time she took a picture of her father and first learned about "tamayura" from him. Later, as Chihiro and Tomo pay a visit for the Bamboo Festival, announcing that they plan to study abroad after graduation, Fū is shocked to learn that Riho is planning to leave town. During the festival the next day, as the girls get to see Kanae as part of Sayomi's explorer's club, Fū is approached by Riho, who explains she is going to Tokyo to open a gallery with her friend. Thankful for everything Riho has done for her, Fū promises the carry on her torch in pursuit of a career in photography.