Episode 8

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**It's just Obon / It's just a festival / It's just the end of summer.**" is the eighth episode of the Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu anime series.

## Synopsis

It's the Obon holidays and Komi is visiting her grandma's house. She can't help but feel a little awkward around her extended family.

## Summary

**It's just Obon**

As the Obon holidays approach, the Komi family goes to visit Masayoshi's brother (Shouko's uncle), Sabayoshi, and his family. After paying homage at their ancestors' graves, they meet with Sabayoshi, his wife Ryouko, and his and Masayoshi's mother (Shouko's grandmother), Yuiko. Also present is Sabayoshi's daughter and Shouko's cousin, Akira, who is shy around Shouko. After being requested to play with Akira by Ryouko, Shouko goes over to her and, to break the tension, begins tickling her. Endeared to Shouko, Akira starts following her around the house before asking her to play a board game. When Shouko agrees, Akira begins crying, admitting that she is happy that Shouko is finally being friendly with her after previously just staring at her nervously whenever they were together. Shouko is later summoned by Yuiko to update her on her life. Yuiko is incredibly glad to hear that Shouko has finally made friends and embraces her. However, she immediately ruins the moment when she asks if Shouko likes a boy; Shouko shakes nervously in response, prompting Yuiko to go through her phone and discover Tadano's name, immediately forbidding their "relationship" while Shouko panics.

**It's just a festival**

After Komi returns, Najimi invites a thousand people (literally) to a summer festival, including everyone from class, most of whom arrive wearing yukata. While Najimi leads everyone else in, Komi gets anxious, as she has forgotten to bring something to write on. As she starts to freak out, Tadano says he will be there for her, only to make himself embarrassed by doing so. Throughout the evening, she wants to say something to Tadano, eventually managing to compliment him on his yukata. With Komi's apprehension gone, everyone travels around the festival and visit some of the various stands and games: Komi beats Yadano in a shooting game, wins a video game console in a rigged pull-the-string game, and collects fish at a game with Nakanaka. As the evening winds down, Komi and Tadano decide to sit alone together, where Komi writes with a stick in the sand. As Tadano mentions how glad he is that everyone was able to hang out, Komi writes with a stick that she really enjoyed her time alone with Tadano, only to quickly erase it before he can see it.

**It's just the end of summer**

Najimi invites Komi, Tadano, and Yamai over to Tadano's house at the end the summer, much to Tadano's chagrin and Komi's anxiousness. There the girls meet Tadano's sister, Hitomi, who is in disbelief that Tadano is friends with Komi. There, Najimi reveals they have not even started their summer break homework (though only Komi is surprised by this), and demands that they give them their work so that they can be done as everyone else has completed theirs (except Tadano, who only has a bit more left). Although unwilling to let Najimi plagiarize their work, the group decides to review their work instead while Najimi and Tadano finish. After several hours, everyone starts reminiscing about everything that happened during the summer. As they do, Komi suddenly starts crying as she realizes that, for the first time ever, she does not want the summer to end (which ends up making Najimi cry too).

## Characters

*In order of appearance. Bold denotes debuting characters.*

* Komi Shuuko
* Komi Masayoshi
* Komi Shousuke
* Komi Shouko
* **Komi Yuiko**
* **Komi Ryouko**
* **Komi Sadayoshi**
* **Komi Akira**
* Tadano Hitohito
* Najimi Osana
* Yadano Makeru
* Omoharu Nakanaka
* Ren Yamai
* Tadano Hitomi
* Chiarai Shigeo
* Shinobino Mono
* Kishi Himeko
* Sonoda Taisei

## Adaptation Notes

**This episode adapts the following material:**

* Manga Volume 3
	+ Communication 45: Celebrating Obon
	+ Communication 46: Festival
	+ Communication 47: Festival, Part 2
* Manga Volume 4
	+ Communication 50: Summer Vacation Is Over