7.523 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestEita fails his entrance exam. He receives a text from Mio telling him she passed the test for her first choice. It's graduation and everyone says their good-byes. Eita tells Komiya that he was happy when she confessed to him but still, he can't go out with her because there is someone else he likes. After he left, she is seen crying in the club room. Eita runs into Mio at Joei; he confesses to liking her and she reciprocates.
At the end of the second semester of third year of high school, four students are prepared for graduation and feel the ending to their high school life. But that changes a little with the arrival of a transfer student.
Direction
Deliberately awkward silences that speak louder than dialogue.
Cinematography
Dreamy Kanagawa sunsets that'll wreck you emotionally.
Aoi Ichikawa
Eita Izumi (voice)
Karin Isobe
Mio Natsume (voice)
Taishi Murata
Haruto Souma (voice)
Yuna Yoshino
Hazuki Morikawa (voice)
Lynn
Ena Komiya (voice)
Arisa Sakuraba
Yoriko Inui (voice)
Yuka Nukui
Sanae Takahashi (voice)
Reina Kondo
Suzuki, Momoka (voice)
Sayaka Senbongi
Mayuko Satou (voice)
Kohei Amasaki
Junpei Saruwatari (voice)
Shota Yamamoto
Rikuo Ishigaki (voice)
Junichi Yanagita
Toru Shimizu (voice)
Daiki Kobayashi
Kaoru Yamaguchi (voice)
Toru Okawa
Watanabe-sensei (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Atsushi Kobayashi storyboarded key episodes of Toradora and Anohana, which explains the emotional damage.
The title 'Just Because!' references how life-changing moments often happen without reason—Ena arrives literally just because her parents moved.
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