Actions Speak Louder Than Words

"Actions Speak Louder Than Words" is the seventh episode of the second season of the Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi anime series. It revolves around the couple Ritsu Onodera and Masamune Takano.
==Plot==
Tonight is the company annual New Year’s Party and Onodera has to learn how to safely navigate through the crowd of publishers, editors, and authors. Onodera and the rest of the editorial team go to work early to finish up before the party is supposed to begin.
However, Onodera gets an unexpected call from his mother about An Kohinata - his arranged fiancee. Takano is shown to be upset about it, referring to An-chan as Onodera's "girlfriend" until the end of the party. Despite this rough patch, Takano soon begins to learn the truth about Onodera's true love.
== 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 	爽やかな朝 	Sawayaka na Asa 	A Fresh Morning 	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 	Unreleased Track 	N/A 	N/A 	Unreleased
5 	束の間の安らぎ 	Tsukanoma no Yasuragi 	A Moment of Peace 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
6 	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
7 	ようこそ!エメラルド編集部 	Youkoso! Emerald Henshuubu 	Welcome! To Emerald Editing Group 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
8 	恋とは認めない! 	Koi to wa Mitomenai! 	I’ll Never Admit That It’s Love! 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
9 	複雑な心境 	Fukuzatsu na Shinkyou 	Mixed Feelings 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
10	迷走する想い 	Meisou suru Omoi 	I Think To Understand 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
11	ざわつく心 	Zawatsuku Kokoro 	A Noisy Heart 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
12	切なさの正体 	Setsunasa no Shoutai 	Pain’s Identity 	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	Unreleased Track 	N/A 	N/A 	Unreleased
15	アイコトバ (TV Size) 	Ai Kotoba (TV Size) 	Words of Love (TV Size) 	Ai Kotoba (Single)
16	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 ==
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
Takafumi Yokozawa 	Kenyu Horiuchi
Shouta Kisa 	Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kanade Mino 	Hikaru Midorikawa
An Kohinata 	Yukari Tamura
Ritsu's mother 	Youko Matsuoka (松岡洋子)
Takuya Kusagawa 	Takuma Terashima (寺島拓篤)
Older Woman 	Rie Takahashi (高橋里枝)
Directory Assistant	Saki Ogasawara (小笠原早紀)
Employee 	Mina (美名)
Female Mangaka 	Saeko Zōgō (臓合紗恵子)
==Character debuts==
* Zen Kirishima (cameo)
* Kyo Ijuuin (cameo), a mangaka
* Takuya Kusagawa, an employee of Animate who gives Ritsu his card
* Ritsu Onodera's mother (unseen, phone call)
==Trivia==
* Ritsu first meets Chiaki Yoshino, who writes under the female pen name Chiharu Yoshikawa. So Ritsu finds out that "Yoshikawa" is actually a man and has to swear that he won't reveal this secret.
* The Marukawa Publishing New Year's Party, and the first meeting between Chiaki and Ritsu, was previously depicted in the season one episode Go to The Sea, If You Would Fish Well. That episode shows the party from Chiaki Yoshino's perspective.
* The glossary term at the end of the episode is: "planning meeting".
==Navigation==
Category:Anime
Category:Season 2