Adversity Makes a Man Wise

"Adversity Makes a Man Wise" is the fourth episode of the Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi anime series. The episode revolves around the couple Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano.
==Plot==
The episode picks up where the previous one left off, with Ritsu leaving Takano's place and running into Takafumi Yokozawa at the door. Takano tells Yokozawa to leave, but he comes in anyway. Ritsu excuses himself, and Yokozawa warns Ritsu to stay away. Takano comes back out and tells Ritsu that he'll call him, but Ritsu says it's not necessary and leaves.
Back in his own apartment, Ritsu tries to focus on work, but he's distracted by what happened with Takano and he wonders why Yokozawa came to visit him in the middle of the night. Takano calls him, but Ritsu doesn't answer.
The next day at work, Ritsu takes a call from the mangaka he's managing, Yukina Mutou. All of her assistants are down with the flu and it initially seems that there's no way she'll get the manuscript to them in time. Ritsu thinks quick and figures he can fly to Hokkaido, help her finish, and get the manuscript back by 9pm that night. Yokozawa and Takano are skeptical, but Ritsu insists and Takano approves.
Ritsu flies to Hokkaido and meets Mutou at the airport. She's wearing very warm clothes and a surgical mask because she's ill. They get to work, completing the final fifteen pages. Mutou thanks him for the storyboard edits, but Ritsu is self-conscious because the specific edit she cites was Takano's suggestion.
That night at Emerald, it's past 9:30 and the manuscript hasn't gotten back to them. Takano needs to make a decision. Yokozawa tells him to cut it, but Takano asks for more time. Ritsu runs in with the manuscript, apologizing because he was stuck in traffic. Takano quickly looks it over, grilling Ritsu on the changes and checks before handing it to Sasaki, who takes it and runs off to print.
Ritsu apologizes to Takano and Yokozawa with a deep bow, saying it was his fault it got this far for not properly following up with his author before. After Yokozawa leaves and they're alone, Takano tells Ritsu that he wasn't worried because when Ritsu sets his mind to something he gets it done. As Takano leaves, he brushes his fingers through Ritsu's hair. Ritsu aches where Takano touched him, but he also doesn't want to get any closer.
Ritsu washes his face in the bathroom, trying to pull himself together. Yokozawa confronts him there, accusing him of coming to Marukawa Publishing because he knew Takano was working there, and saying that Ritsu's the reason why Takano is "all screwed up now."
Takano and Ritsu take the train home together, looking over other work for the following month. Exhausted, Ritsu falls asleep against Takano.
The next morning, Ritsu wakes up in bed next to Takano and panics, asking if anything happened. Takano tells him he just carried him home from the train and put him to bed. Ritsu quickly puts his clothes on and leaves to his own apartment, only to realize he doesn't have his keys. When he opens Takano's door, Takano is there with Ritsu's bag, which Ritsu snatches. Ritsu insists that Takano has the wrong impression of him and he won't fall in love with him, but Takano isn't convinced.
== BGM Listing ==
The following tracks are listed in the order they are played. If a track is played more than once, it will be listed once for every time it plays.
# 	Song Title 	Romaji 	Translation 	OST
1 	危険信号 	Kiken Shingou 	Danger’s Signal 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
2 	突然の出来事 	Totsuzen no Dekigoto 	Sudden Events 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
3 	世界で一番恋してる (TV Size) 	Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru (TV Size) 	Falling in the Greatest Love in the World (TV Size) 	Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru (Single)
4 	一抹の不安 	Ichimatsu no Fuan 	A Shade of Anxiety 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
5 	焦燥 	Shousou 	Impatience 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
6 	きらめく日々 	Kirameku Hibi 	Sparkling Cracks 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
7 	忍び寄る影 	Shinobiyoru Kage 	Extraordinary Shadow 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
8 	迷走する想い 	Meisou suru Omoi 	I Think To Understand 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
9 	恋は切なく 	Koi wa Setsunaku 	Love is Painful 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
10	募る不安 	Tsunoru Fuan 	One’s Anxiety 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
11	静謐 	Seihitsu 	Serene 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
12	恋とは認めない! 	Koi to wa Mitomenai! 	I’ll Never Admit That It’s Love! 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
13	明日、僕は君に会いに行く。 (TV Size) 	Ashita, Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Iku (TV Size)	Tomorrow, I Will Go to Meet You. (TV Size) 	Ashita, Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Iku (Single)
14	世界で一番恋してる (Off Vocal) 	Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru (Off Vocal) 	Falling in the Greatest Love in the World (Off Vocal)	Unreleased
== Voice Cast ==
===Japanese===
Characters listed in order of appearance in end credits.
Character 	Voice Actor
Ritsu Onodera 	Takashi Kondō
Masamune Takano 	Katsuyuki Konishi
Shouta Kisa 	Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kanade Mino 	Hikaru Midorikawa
Takafumi Yokozawa	Kenyu Horiuchi
Yukina Mutou 	Shiho Kawaragi
Sasaki 	Shinya Takahashi (高橋伸也)
Editor 	Mina (美名)
===German===
Characters listed in order of appearance in end credits of original Japanese dub. Unnamed characters not listed in German credits.
Character 	Voice Actor
Ritsu Onodera 	Konrad Bösherz
Masamune Takano 	Michael Baral
Shouta Kisa 	Ferdi Özten
Kanade Mino 	Louis Friedemann Thiele
Takafumi Yokozawa	Daniel Berger
Yukina Mutou 	Francis Dichmann
Sasaki 	Christian Eschenauer
==Character debuts==
*Sasaki (first referenced in episode 2)
*Yukina Mutou debuted in the previous episode, but she is first seen in this episode
== Images==
Ritsu aches.jpg|Ritsu aches after getting away from Takano and Yokozawa
Emerald panics.jpg|Emerald reacts to Mutou's phone call
Ritsu has a plan.jpg|Ritsu has a plan
Ritsu and Mutou first meet.jpg|Ritsu and Mutou first meet in person
Ritsu and Mutou work.jpg|Ritsu and Mutou work on the manuscript
Sasaki Takano Yokozawa waiting.jpg|Sasaki, Takano, and Yokozawa wait for Ritsu to return
Ritsu apologizing to Sasaki.jpg|Ritsu apologizes to Sasaki while Takano looks over the manuscript
Ritsu wakes in Takano's bed.jpg|Ritsu wakes up in bed with Takano
Ritsu's reaction to waking in Takano's bed.jpg|Ritsu reacts to waking up in bed with Takano
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