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Play It Cool, Guys

Play It Cool, Guys
★ 7.2/10•2022•11m•TV-14•Animation•Comedy
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Despite their distinctive personalities, Souma Shiki, Hayate Ichikura, Shun Futami, and Takayuki Mima all have one thing in common: though naturally clumsy, the four disguise their embarrassment from tiny slip-ups by maintaining a composed demeanor. However, it is actually the guys' airheaded natures that makes the girls' hearts throb. No matter what happens in their daily lives, the boys do their best not to lose their cool!

StatusEnded
Runtime11m
LanguageJA
First Air DateOct 11, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - Ichikura HayateE111m

Ichikura Hayate

Guys who are cool and good-looking, but a tiny bit awkward. This is a story of guys who pull off being cool despite not always being on the ball.

Oct 11, 2022

Episode 2 - Futami ShunE211m

Futami Shun

Futami Shun is a high schooler with good looks who excels at all types of sports. He is a tryhard who hates losing, and he wants to pass off his flubs as intentional.

Oct 18, 2022

Episode 3 - Mima TakayukiE311m

Mima Takayuki

If you were to judge Mima Takayuki by his looks and competence at work, you would not guess that he makes silly mistakes a lot. His colleagues say that he's "unofficially in charge of soothing" everyone because of that.

Oct 25, 2022

Episode 4 - Shiki SoumaE411m

Shiki Souma

Shiki Souma is a cheerful student at a vocational school who's not bothered by his own blunders; sometimes they even crack himself up. When a friend talks about her future, he realizes that he has a lot of things he wants to achieve, but not enough strengths yet.

Nov 1, 2022

Episode 5 - Shared TableE511m

Shared Table

Hayate is about to go into the Small Animals Cafe when Takayuki approaches him because he didn't want to go into a cafe full of girls and couples by himself. Once inside together, Hayate gets really excited about all the animals, while Takayuki feels the soothing effect of them by just watching.

Nov 8, 2022

Episode 6 - Things in CommonE611m

Things in Common

"Shun is in the park after jogging with his dog Sakura when suddenly someone falls flat onto their face in front of him. That someone is Souma, who is out taking pictures of the park. Souma can't help but laugh at his blunders, but somehow the two begin to become friends anyway."

Nov 15, 2022

Episode 7 - LoopE711m

Loop

Hayate starts his new job at the cafe Shun's sister Asami runs. But then Asami asks him to help Shun with his studying, seeing that her brother is not making any progress on his own...

Nov 22, 2022

Episode 8 - DetourE811m

Detour

Other than tutoring Shun, Hayate also tries to get used to his new job by getting to know the other employee, Souma. But intimidated by Souma's flashy style, he keeps messing up... But then Takayuki's calm voice lifts his up again...

Nov 29, 2022

Episode 9 - BentoE911m

Bento

Souma is worried about his older brother because when he's focused on work, he neglects food and sleep. After discussing it with his friends, Souma decides to make a bento lunch for his brother.

Dec 6, 2022

Episode 10 - Day OffE1011m

Day Off

Despite it being a precious day off, Takayuki has agreed to watch his older sister's daughter Ririka. When Ririka badgers him into going to the park to have their bento lunch, Shun spots them and desperately tries to remember what he meant to say to Takayuki.

Dec 13, 2022

Episode 11 - EverydayE1111m

Everyday

Hayate is badgered into going to a mixer by his friend who was just dumped, and thinking that he needs something to jolt some excitement into his everyday life, he reluctantly agrees. Once there though, he can't quite get into the vibe and is about to leave when one of the girls approaches him.

Dec 20, 2022

Episode 12 - ProgressE1211m

Progress

"Hayate and Takayuki have come to the stadium to cheer Shun on in his handball tournament, but for some reason Shun's friend Souma is missing. It turns out that he went onto the wrong train... Meanwhil Shun is really fired up about winning as much as possible to prolong being together in a team with his teammates who will retire after this event, but the hype backfires and he can't quite perform right..."

Dec 27, 2022

Episode 13 - ReunionE1311m

Reunion

Takayuki has been picked to lead the project to promote a movie adaptation of a novel. In order to prepare for the meeting, he devours all the other works of the author, who curiously has the same name as a childhood friend of his, Igarashi Motoharu. On the day of the meeting, Takayuki's completely in awe because Motoharu keeps correctly guessing facts from his childhood...

Jan 10, 2023

Episode 14 - Nice LocationE1411m

Nice Location

Souma is really susceptible to cracking up, and even memories will put him into laughing fits. But being self-conscious about this, he always tries to hide it. When he does this again at a clothing store his friend works at, the friend asks him why he does that, especially when it's so easy to tell anyway. Later, Shun also repeats the same sentiment...

Jan 17, 2023

Episode 15 - Talking About LoveE1511m

Talking About Love

Shun gets a letter from a younger girl at school. After opening it, he realizes that it's a love letter and is about to immediately reject her when his friends stop him. Instead, they convince him to write a letter back. But since he has never really written a letter, let alone a response to a love letter, he agonizes over what to write. So he asks Hayate, Takayuki, and Souma for advice, but none of them are particularly helpful...

Jan 24, 2023

Episode 16 - Umbrella and…E1611m

Umbrella and…

It's raining. Hayate forgot his newly purchased plastic umbrella at the bookstore. Luckily, Souma runs into him and they both go back to the bookstore to look for it. Once there, Hayate bumps into Takayuki and they realize that they both like the same author. But being too excited about the conversation, Hayate forgets his original mission and leaves without the umbrella. When he rushes back in from the outside, a certain person hands him his umbrella, but for some reason, he's also carrying a shoe horn...

Jan 31, 2023

Episode 17 - CatalystE1711m

Catalyst

Popular author Motoharu is not at all bothered when he makes a blunder. When he's at a meeting to discuss the promotion for the upcoming movie adaptation of one of his novels, he meets Takayuki, his friend from grade school. Later, this brings back old, pleasant memories... To Motoharu, who always had the dream of becoming an author, Takayuki is an unforgettable friend who unwittingly gave him a push he needed back then.

Feb 7, 2023

Episode 18 - Takayuki and MotoharuE1811m

Takayuki and Motoharu

Takayuki has been put in charge for the promotinal campaign of the movie adaption of his childhood friend's novel. Wanting to create something great for his friend Motoharu, he get fired up about his assignment. However, unlike his motivation, the ideas are just not coming. In order to clear his head, he takes a break outside where he randomly runs into Motoharu, who reminds him of something very important.

Feb 14, 2023

Episode 19 - New MemberE1911m

New Member

Souma goes out with Hayate and Shun to see the movie adapation of Igarashi Motoharu's book, the movie that Takayuki did the promo campaign for. Seeing Hayate being even more excited about the movie after seeing Takayuki's ad makes Souma want to create something that will move people in similar ways. After the movie, the group runs into Motoharu and end up going to the mawarimichi cafe together. On the way there, Souma asks Motoharu a certain question.

Feb 21, 2023

Episode 20 - Things You Don't LikeE2011m

Things You Don't Like

Takayuki has to do the PR for a new horror game, so he ends up trying the demo with Souta and other colleagues. However, Takayuki doesn't really like gaming nor horror, so he is not too enthused. Deciding that he has to do this for work, he jumps in anyway, but then the graphics are too high fidelity and real, that he gets scared. Not wanting to be alone at home, he asks Hayate if he can stay the night. For some reason, Shun was already there, and then...

Feb 28, 2023

Episode 21 - FriendsE2111m

Friends

Hayate is helping Shun with his summer homework and suggests he reads Igarashi Motoharu's novel for his book review assignment. However, Shun doesn't like reading anything but manga, so he thinks he should just ask the author and contacts Motoharu. Meanwhile, on his way to Mawarimichi Cafe, Souma sees a bunch of people dressed for the summer festival and thinks they should all go.

Mar 7, 2023

Episode 22 - Summer FestivalE2211m

Summer Festival

Souma invites Motoharu to go to the summer festival with Hayate, Shun, and Takayuki. After meeting Takayuki again, Motoharu also got to meet all the others. Having a natural talent for communicating, he's become friendly with all of them, except for Hayate. Hayate is always nervous, leaving Motoharu a little sad that they are not making progress. Therefore, Motoharu takes this opportunity to put a new idea to the test...

Mar 14, 2023

Episode 23 - Summer Sky and SeaE2311m

Summer Sky and Sea

Souta, Hayate, Shun, Souma, Takayuki, and Motoharu have made their way to the ocean. While Shun is super hyped to swim, Motoharu and Souta are more into drinking on the beach. With everybody free to do whatever they like, Takayuki volunteers to watch their bags and have some quiet time. Takayuki usually only realizes that summer is already over when it's too late, but this year he's actually enjoying it and talks to Souma about a CD cover design that he's working on.

Mar 21, 2023

Episode 24 - Cool and Awkward GuysE2411m

Cool and Awkward Guys

Souma has liked making things since he was little, so a friend asked him to design the cover for her self-produced CD. Despite having sent off images of the design to her, not hearing back from her for quite a long time makes his confidence tank. But then she finally gets back to him...

Mar 28, 2023

Actors

Chiaki Kobayashi

Chiaki Kobayashi

Hayate Ichikura (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Koki Uchiyama

Shun Futami (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Takayuki Mima (voice)

Shoya Chiba

Shoya Chiba

Souma Shiki (voice)

Satomi Sato

Satomi Sato

Asami Futami (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Souta Shiki (voice)

Taku Yashiro

Taku Yashiro

Kurosaki (voice)

Kengo Takanashi

Kengo Takanashi

Akai (voice)

Seiichiro Yamashita

Seiichiro Yamashita

Kida (voice)

Kohei Amasaki

Kohei Amasaki

Aoyama (voice)

Haruka Shiraishi

Haruka Shiraishi

Momo Momosaki (voice)

You Taichi

You Taichi

Akane Kouno (voice)

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