A Person Worthy of Love

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***A Person Worthy of Love*** is the fifth episode in *Hitorijime My Hero*.

## Characters

* Kousuke Ohshiba
* Masahiro Setagawa
* Mitsuru Fukushige
* Jirou Yoshida
* Tsuyoshi Yamabe
* Miho Ohshiba
* Asaya Hasekura
* Kensuke Ohshiba
* Natsuo Nanaoka
* Tsunehito Houjou
* Ayaka Houjou

## Synopsis

* Setagawa can’t seem to wrap his head around what happened last time with Kousuke. With his feelings in revolt, Setagawa and Kousuke both look to the past. Out of panic, Masahiro avoid Kousuke which gets him into further trouble.

## Notes and Trivia

* At the beginning of the episode, Masahiro is making udon noodles which Fukushige call a "biohazard"
* "I hope Masahiro gets into his top school" -prayer written by Kousuke

## Publication History

Published on August 5, 2017, through Encourage Films and licensed by Sentai Filmworks.

This episode starts with Masahiro cooking and looking very out of it, with Fukushige and Yamabe acknowledging that the food is looking pretty bad due to Masahiro being distraught.

Masahiro is struggling with the memory of Kousuke kissing him in between classes and believes Kousuke is toying with him. Seeing him causes him great anxiety, and he goes out of his way to avoid him. He sees Kousuke interacting with other students, and comes to the conclusion Kousuke had to have been joking when he kissed him.

Kensuke complains about an exam, stating that the teacher never mentioned it and Asaya corrects him that the teacher did mention it. Kensuke suggests they go to study at the Oshiba home after school and Masahiro reluctantly agrees despite wanting to avoid Kousuke.

The episode shifts to the Oshiba home, where Asaya is tutoring Kensuke and complaining about how fidgety Masahiro is. Asaya and Kensuke go to the store.

Masahiro is left alone with Miho while Kensuke and Asaya go to the store. Miho shows Masahiro old photos of when Kensuke and Kousuke were kids, causing the teen to acknowledge that his mom never took photos of him growing up. He is emotional to see that Miho took photos of him.

Miho explains that Kousuke would do college-level math as a kid, but work himself so hard he would get a fever. The sentimental moment makes Masahiro happy, and relaxed when he had been super stressed prior. One photo shows that Kousuke wrote a prayer at a shrine for Masahiro to get into the school he wanted.

This until Kousuke comes home shocking Masahiro who is still nervous around him, the faux blond bolts not wanting to deal with confronting his emotions quite yet.

Outside, he runs into Toru and the gang while Kousuke stands processing how everything in his life has been solvable except Masahiro. How Masahiro is the one person he truly can’t wrap his mind around the way he can with advanced math problems. He acknowledges that he felt jealous when he saw Masahiro talking to the girls the day he kissed Masahiro in between classes.

The episode cuts to Kousuke at Relax Bar Mary, where Kousuke is hardly listening to Ayaka. Natsuo asks why Kousuke doesn’t work at home to which he responds he doesn’t because it is hard to focus there. Natsuo is smart and knows it is because of a certain someone (Masahiro) but says this indirectly.

Houjou comes in causing Ayaka to be annoyed, and Natsuo to give him a salmon roe bowl with blueberry sauce. Ayaka proceeds to leave, driving away in her red car she acknowledges that Kousuke is bad at hiding stuff he is going through, calling him an “open book”. Houjou asks how things are going with Masahiro, and Kousuke explains he is not someone to worry about (in the eyes of the law at least).

Houjou informs Kousuke that the more he tries to protect Masahiro, the more he will take away from him. Kousuke leaves, stating he is not trying to take anything away from Masahiro not in the present or in the past.

The episode then moves into a flashback of when Kousuke met Masahiro, showing how Masahiro could cook well even at a young age since he has been cooking for himself for a long time. And the memory of Masahiro asking to be Kousuke’s underling which the man finds to be very amusing comparing it to Masahiro just being his wife.

Another scene in the flashback shows young Masahiro too afraid to show his test scores because he doesn’t want to disappoint Kousuke even though he only messed up on one problem. The gentleness Kousuke gives him causes Masahiro to become emotional and cry behind the stairwell in the Oshiba home.

The episode ends with Masahiro being confronted by Toru, with panicked eyes.