After a Storm Comes a Calm

"After a Storm Comes a Calm" is the twelfth and final episode of the first season of the Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi anime series. The episode revolves around Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano.
==Plot==
Meeting Ryouichi Sumi and the advice from Hasegawa have put doubt into Ritsu Onodera's heart. He remembers the reason he transferred to Marukawa and wonders if he can continue to work as a manga editor. While he is struggling, Masamune asks if he wants to transfer to the literature department. A call from an author interrupts Onodera's thoughts, and the author expresses her gratitude for his work and gives him encouragement, saying how glad she is to have him as her editor. Ritsu relays her praise to Masamune, who further shows his approval of Onodera's work. He also assures him that, personal feelings aside, he is doing good. 
After the call, Onodera tells Takano that he was praised while Takano tells him how the praise of the author you are working with is one of the highest praises an editor can ever get. Also, he takes note how that moment is the first time he has looked directly at Takano's face. While leaving, Onodera stops Takano and tells him thank you. Takano notices blood on Onodera's leg due to the incident when he tripped back at the library stairway. Takano, glad to help treat the wound, forcefully drags Onodera into his apartment while Onodera tells him that Yokozawa was in there. Takano later tells him that he left to a business trip to Kyushu Kyushu first thing in the morning so he left a couple hours prior.
Takano tells Onodera to wait in the apartment. Onodera briefly wonders whether he should lock the door, but soon decides against it. The scene later switches to Takano cleaning his wound. While at Onodera's place, Takano tells Onodera the history between him and Yokozawa. As Onodera is immersed in his own thoughts about the two, Takano once again confesses his love for Onodera and simply asks him to "stop running away". Takano begins forcing kisses onto Onodera, until Onodera finds himself unable to resist Takano's touch any longer and finally gives in to his repressed emotions. 
Just as Onodera finally gives in and begins returning the intimacy, they are interrupted by a call from Mutou, effectively killing their moment. Onodera, as he takes the call, tells Takano to leave on by writing the request on a piece of paper. Before he leaves, Takano kisses Onodera and leaves, leaving the younger man speechless. Mutou then asks Onodera if he is okay and he replies he thinks he is okay, but is still deeply thinking about Takano.
Onodera later goes into work, fully prepared having decided to stay in manga editing.
== 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 	一抹の不安 	Ichimatsu no Fuan 	A Shade of Anxiety 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
2 	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)
3 	静謐 	Seihitsu 	Serene 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
4 	忍び寄る影 	Shinobiyoru Kage 	Extraordinary Shadow 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
5 	もやもやする 	Moyamoya suru 	It Makes Me Feel Fuzzy 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
6 	やりがいのある仕事 	Yarigai no Aru Shigoto 	A Challenging Job 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
7 	突然の出来事 	Totsuzen no Dekigoto 	Sudden Events 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
8 	揺れる心 	Yareru Kokoro 	What Our Hearts Can Do 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
9 	恋は切なく 	Koi wa Setsunaku 	Love is Painful 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
10	心機一転 	Shinkiitten 	It Turned Over A New Leaf 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
11	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)
== Voice Cast ==
===Japanese===
Characters listed in order of appearance in end credits.
Character 	Voice Actor
Ritsu Onodera 	Takashi Kondō
Masamune Takano 	Katsuyuki Konishi
Takafumi Yokozawa	Kenyu Horiuchi
Shouta Kisa 	Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kanade Mino 	Hikaru Midorikawa
Ryuichiro Isaka 	Toshiyuki Morikawa
Yukina Mutou 	Shiho Kawaragi
Ryouichi Sumi 	Chijiwa Ryuusaku (千々和竜策)
Hasegawa 	Takeshi Kusao (草尾毅)
===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
Takafumi Yokozawa	Daniel Berger
Shouta Kisa 	Ferdi Özten
Kanade Mino 	Louis Friedemann Thiele
Ryuichiro Isaka 	Unlisted
Yukina Mutou 	Francis Dichmann
Ryouichi Sumi 	Unlisted
Hasegawa 	Unlisted
==Trivia ==
*Ritsu attempts to confess his love to Takano for the first time after ten years.
*Takano calls Ritsu by his first name for the first time.
*There is no glossary term at the end of the episode.
==Images==
Yokozawa and Ritsu argue ep12.jpg|Yokozawa confronting Ritsu
Takano greets Sorata and Yokozawa ep12.jpg|Takano greets Sorata and Yokozawa
Takano Sorata rain ep12.jpg|Takano taking Sorata home in the rain
Takano bandages Ritsu ep12.jpg|Takano bandages Ritsu
Ritsu takes a call in the middle of things with Takano ep12.jpg|Ritsu takes Mutou's call in the middle of things with Takano
Ritsu is an overachiever ep12.jpg|Ritsu has decided to stay and comes into work prepared
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