A Good Beginning Makes a Good Ending

"A good beginning makes a good ending" is the first episode of the second season of the Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi anime series. The episode revolves around the couple Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano.
==Plot==
The episode starts by Onodera yelling at the editors that today is the deadline, but no one seems to be listening to him. The reason why he was yelling at the editors was because he was made the program director of the magazine, and he has to regulate the production schedule up to the magazine's release date. He is sitting upset and thinking that they are just screwing him. Then someone brings Onodera Mutou's newest book which he edited, which will be in stores after a week or so. On his way home, he thinks about the night when Takano came into his house and confessed his love to him.
After one week, Onodera goes to store to check on how the sales are going, but he unexpectedly encounters Yokozawa (who is annoyed with him for the task he is doing since it isn't his job). Yokozawa then introduces him to the shopkeeper of the store. Onodera apologizes to Yokozawa for intruding on his work and realizing his error. However, Yokozawa changes the topic and again warns Onodera to stay away from Takano. On his way home, he comes to the belief that he doesn't truly know anything about Takano. The next day, Takano tells Onodera that the book that he edited is selling well in the stores and says that he wants to celebrate his success, but Onodera refuses.
On his way home, he gets a call from Takano saying that he finished some shopping and will celebrate with him at his apartment. Onodera tries to avoid him upon realizing that he is directly in front of the store that Takano is in, attempting to run away. However, Takano quickly steps out, having already seen him, and gets a hold of him before dragging him back to his place to celebrate regardless of his protests. Onodera ends up getting drunk and asks Takano not to harass him because he is supposedly going out with Yokozawa. Takano asks him not to jump to such conclusions and they end up confessing their feelings for one another. After an emotionally intimate moment, they have sex.
The next day, Onodera wakes up and finds himself naked in Takano's bed along with various hickeys, but doesn't remember a thing after getting drunk. When Takano realizes that Onodera doesn't remember what they said or did together, he calls him "the worst". Onodera gets up only to suddenly realize that he has deep pain in his backside and hips. This causes him to theorize that he may have slept with Takano the previous night, but refuses to believe such an event could have happened.
Onodera tries to blow off anything that may have happened the night before, even attempting to believe it was all in Takano's head. However, Takano tells Onodera that he knows that he likes him more than he claims to. Onodera is confused by this statement, to which Takano tells him to remember the night before for his answer. Onodera waves this off and leaves Takano's apartment to head to his own apartment to think.
Once home, Onodera starts thinking about last night and tries to remember any possible details. Despite realizing the rather clear and blunt evidence that he had sex with Takano, he continues to refuse to believe it happened. The episode ends by Onodera chanting, "This is not love," over and over again to himself. 
== 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 	猫の手も借りたい! 	Neko no te mo Karitai! 	So Busy, One Would Even Welcome the Help of a Cat 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
2 	世界の果てに君がいても (TV Size) 	Sekai no Hate ni Kimi ga Itemo (TV Size) 	Even if You Go to the Ends of the World (TV Size) 	Sekai no Hate ni Kimi ga Itemo (Single)
3 	心機一転 	Shinkiitten 	It Turned Over A New Leaf 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
4 	予想外な展開 	Yosougai na Tenkai 	Unexpected Deployment 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
5 	束の間の安らぎ 	Tsukanoma no Yasuragi 	A Moment of Peace 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
6 	切なさの正体 	Setsunasa no Shoutai 	Pain’s Identity 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
7 	弾む心 	Hazumu Kokoro 	Lively Heart 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
8 	忍び寄る影 	Shinobiyoru Kage 	Extraordinary Shadow 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
9 	ざわつく心 	Zawatsuku Kokoro 	A Noisy Heart 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
10	逡巡する気持ち 	Shunjun suru Kimochi 	A Feeling of Hesitation 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
11	静謐 	Seihitsu 	Serene 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
12	イライラする 	Iraira suru 	Getting Irritated 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
13	認めたくない想い 	Mitometakunai Omoi 	A Feeling I Don’t Want to Acknowledge 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
14	揺れる心 	Yareru Kokoro 	What Our Hearts Can Do 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
15	不吉な予感 	Fukitsu na Yokan 	Complex Premonition 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
16	本当は好き? 	Hontou wa Suki? 	True Love? 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
17	アイコトバ (TV Size) 	Ai Kotoba (TV Size) 	Words of Love (TV Size) 	Ai Kotoba (Single)
18	世界の果てに君がいても (Off Vocal) 	Sekai no Hate ni Kimi ga Itemo (Off Vocal)	Even if You Go to the Ends of the World (Off Vocal)	Sekai no Hate ni Kimi ga Itemo (Single)
== Voice Cast ==
===Japanese===
Characters listed in order of appearance in end credits.
Character 	Voice Actor
Ritsu Onodera 	Takashi Kondō
Masamune Takano 	Katsuyuki Konishi
Chiaki Yoshino 	Shinnosuke Tachibana
Yoshiyuki Hatori 	Yūichi Nakamura
Shouta Kisa 	Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kanade Mino 	Hikaru Midorikawa
Takafumi Yokozawa	Kenyu Horiuchi
Store Manager 	Kōtaro Matsumoto (松丸幸太郎)
Female Employees 	Yura Hasegawa (杉浦奈保子)
Female Employees 	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
Chiaki Yoshino 	Dennis Saemann
Yoshiyuki Hatori 	Vincent Fallow
Shouta Kisa 	Ferdi Özten
Kanade Mino 	Louis Friedemann Thiele
Takafumi Yokozawa	Daniel Berger
==Trivia==
*The glossary term at the end of the episode is: "Marukawa Publishing".
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