"9"^^ . "6"^^ . "2009-10-20"^^ . "7"^^ . "I'll Do It For You..."@en . "Mika calls Y\u016Bto late at night to invite him to Haruka's upcoming birthday party. Y\u016Bto goes to Akihabara to buy a gift and bumps into Nobunaga, who helps him in choosing the gift. After buying the gift, Y\u016Bto comes home where Hazuki and Nanami take him, along with Ruko and Yukari, to the party venue, a remote island. There, Y\u016Bto meets up with Mika and Haruka. While enjoying themselves on the beach, Y\u016Bto meets an old man and helps him search for his special fish hook. Afterwards Y\u016Bto meets some of the guests and runs afoul of a rich arrogant boy, Shute Sutherland, whose comments cause Y\u016Bto concern about both his gift for Haruka and his lack of social status."@en . "\u5909\u3058\u3083\u306A\u3044\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304B...?"@en . "4"^^ . "5"^^ . "\u5165\u3063\u3061\u3083\u3063\u305F\u304B\u3082..."@en . "2"^^ . "A, Ita..."@en . "3"^^ . "Natsu Komi...desu"@en . "I Want to Be Together..."@en . "2009-12-22"^^ . "1"^^ . "\u521D\u4F53\u9A13\u3067\u3059\u2606"@en . . . . "\u3053\u3093\u306A\u3053\u3068\u306B\u306A\u3063\u3061\u3083\u3063\u3066..."@en . "Y\u016Bto is invited to the annual maid and butler get-together due to his one week job at the Tennouji household. Y\u016Bto is introduced to the rest of the Nogizaka family's Maid Team . He enjoys the party in the company of Alice and meets Minamo Kusumoto . When he wins one of the party games instead of choosing the prize he wanted, he chooses the prize Alice wanted and gives it to her, earning her gratitude and affection, an act that Kusumoto-san notices. The party atmosphere is broken by the arrival of Shute, the same rich boy who caused trouble during Haruka's birthday party, who was ordered by his father to work as a butler for a while as a lesson in humility. After having his suit accidentally dirtied by Alice, Shute shouts at her and steps on the gift Y\u016Bto gave her and spits in her face. He goes on to insult the butlers and maids at the party, stating that they are inferior beings. To everyone's surprise Y\u016Bto stands up to Shute and endures the humiliation of having a bottle of wine poured over his head. However, Y\u016Bto's kind words and his treatment at the hands of Shute inspire the Nogizaka maids to deal with him. Matters turn for the worse for Shute and his lackeys when Shute's father, who has heard his son's lack of civility over the phone, apologizes to the assembled servants and gives them permission to mete out suitable chastisement. Afterwards, Y\u016Bto is complimented by all of the other guests, Alice gathers up the courage to actually speak to him and then the rest of the Nogizaka maid team show up, stating that, begging Haruka-sama's pardon, they are going to express how much they love Y\u016Bto too."@en . "Mika invites Y\u016Bto to visit her junior high school which happens to be an all-girls' school. She introduces him to the rest of the girls in her class who are elated to finally meet him. He is surprised to find out that Mika is a popular girl at school; he has difficulty reconciling her usual personality with the fact that she is the student council president for a second year and school idol, pretty much like her sister, Haruka. After meeting her classmates, Mika and her closer friends take Y\u016Bto to their club room where her friends all sit in Y\u016Bto's lap much to his and Mika's discomfort. Mika then shows him her script for a play which the girls then proceed to act out. They ask Y\u016Bto for his help with acting the male lead, but are interrupted by a call for Mika, as student council president, to meet with the vice-principal. Mika returns from her meeting to find only Y\u016Bto waiting for her and they end up getting locked in the club room. The maids find them just in time to witness Mika's attempt to kiss Y\u016Bto."@en . "...I Love It!"@en . "Y\u016Bto, Haruka, Mika and Nanami become increasingly worried about Hazuki's apparent distance from the family and thus decide to follow her on a shopping trip. Along the way they encounter a number of familiar faces including Nobunaga, Y\u016Bto's older sister, Ruko, and their teacher, Yukari Kamishiro. Nanami convinces Nobunaga to leave by pretending to have seen Kana Ueda, Nanami's VA. Mika and Nanami eventually become distracted in buying lingerie, leaving the job to Y\u016Bto and Haruka. They follow Hazuki to a bridal shop and come to the conclusion that Hazuki is about to quit her job and get married. Predictably, there is a misunderstanding at bridal shop where Y\u016Bto and Haruka are thought to be customers and have a bridal portrait taken of them together. That night, Hazuki, much to everyone's relief, explains that she is not quitting, but had gone to the hardware store located above the bridal shop to fix her chainsaw."@en . "Y\u016Bto and Haruka begin making a d\u014Djinshi together, though Haruka's skill in drawing is still lacking. Nobunaga asks Y\u016Bto to cover for him selling d\u014Djinshi for one of his friends' d\u014Djin circles at an upcoming event for Nocturne Girls' School Lacrosse Club. Y\u016Bto asks Haruka, who is overjoyed at the prospect of helping out an already established circle, to accompany him. Y\u016Bto and Haruka continue their work on Haruka's illustration book of the Nocturne Girls' School Lacrosse Club lead character Haruna, though on the day of the event Haruka's book is not selling. Nobunaga gives Y\u016Bto some advice, telling him that half the enjoyment is actually making the d\u014Djinshi and Y\u016Bto realizes there are more important things than the book selling or not. Y\u016Bto goes back to Haruka and starts promoting Haruka's book, and eventually three people end up buying it. Meanwhile, Ruko and Yukari are doing something unpleasant to Shiina."@en . . . "...Omatase Shimashita"@en . "It's All Over..."@en . "2009-11-10"^^ . "2008-09-25"^^ . "Because of their shared secret, Y\u016Bto and Haruka start spending more time together, even walking to school together. This arouses the anger of their peers who are annoyed that Haruka is hanging out with someone like Y\u016Bto. Haruka asks Y\u016Bto to accompany her to Akihabara on Sunday because she wants to buy a game console. The two spend most of the day window shopping and Haruka wastes some money on a toy vending machine. Y\u016Bto and Haruka even go to a maid caf\u00E9 for lunch where Haruka is dressed in a pink maid uniform and gets her picture taken with Y\u016Bto. At the end of the day, they discover the handheld gaming console Haruka had intended to buy is sold out. This distresses Haruka since their trip was wasted, but Y\u016Bto cheers her up later by assuring her that he had a good time."@en . "2008-07-17"^^ . "\u521D\u3081\u3066\u306A\u3093\u3067\u3059..."@en . "2009-12-08"^^ . . "Haitchatta ka mo..."@en . . . "2008-09-11"^^ . "Y\u016Bto is invited to join the Nogizaka family at a ski resort in the mountains. He thinks it is just a family affair but is disappointed to find out that his entire class is coming. While the group enjoys everything that the resort has to offer, Shiina sees the trip as an opportunity to express her feelings to Y\u016Bto, but in an attempt to hug him, she ends up groping Gento. An enraged Akiho catches them in a compromising position and gets the wrong idea, causing Gento to pass on the group's shrine visitation the next day. The next evening, a blizzard arrives and Haruka goes missing on the top of the mountain. Gento sends the Maid Team out to find her. When Y\u016Bto, equipped with an insulated polar bear suit, finds her looking for the Moonlight ring he gave her, they both fall down a ridge and become stuck in a cabin. As she is wet and freezing, Haruka takes off her clothes and joins Y\u016Bto in his bear suit in just her underwear. However, the two are quickly found, not only because the bear suit has a tracking device, but also because the cabin turns out to be just behind the resort. When asked what they were doing, Y\u016Bto and Haruka both answer \"It's a secret\"."@en . "...Big Bro \u2606"@en . "Futari Dake no Himitsu, desu \u2606"@en . "\u4E00\u7DD2\u306B, \u3044\u305F\u3044\u3067\u3059..."@en . . . "2009-11-17"^^ . "Kanjite Itai desu..."@en . . "Haruka reveals that her father, Gent\u014D, found out about her hobby and went into a rage, confiscating her anime goods but she managed to leave with her copy of Innocent Smile #1. She hides in Y\u016Bto's house alongside Hazuki, while Mika prepares a 'secret weapon' to counter their father. The next morning, Gent\u014D arrives and assaults the Ayase house with his personal paramilitary squad, \"Hell Hound\". Haruka refuses to go home, and Y\u016Bto protests his disapproval of Haruka's hobby. The standoff comes to an end when Mika and Nanami arrive with their 'secret weapon': Haruka's mother, Akiho, who brings Gent\u014D to heel and makes him leave after apologizing for his outburst."@en . "I Didn't Expect It to Turn Into This..."@en . "\u88D5\u4EBA\u3055\u3093\u306E\u306B\u304A\u3044..."@en . . "Y\u016Bto's Scent..."@en . "\u5927\u597D\u304D\u3067\u3059\u2606"@en . "I Want to Keep Feeling It..."@en . . . . "Ah, It Hurts..."@en . "Haruka agrees to participate in the audition as a stand-in when Yayoi and Nozomi claim she was chosen by mistake. Y\u016Bto waits as Haruka gets ready, and is told by Yayoi not to interfere. While waiting, Y\u016Bto once again bumps into the girl he met at the shrine, who turns out to be the idol, Milan Himemiya. Suddenly, Milan decides she wants Y\u016Bto as her manager since her own manager is currently in a different prefecture. Y\u016Bto and Milan go around together to a photo shoot, voice acting session and other events. Then Milan and Y\u016Bto go to a studio for the Nocturne Girls' School Lacrosse Club where Milan has to perform the anime's theme song, and Y\u016Bto is chosen to be a temporary voice actor. After he returns from working as a temporary manager, Y\u016Bto overhears Yayoi and Nozomi while they are poring over Haruka's photographs. It becomes clear to him that the talent agency actually wants Haruka to become an idol \u2014 something which Milan had tipped him to off earlier. Yayoi and Nozomi demand that Y\u016Bto distance himself from Haruka, telling him that Haruka has agreed to this."@en . "The day before a test, Haruka invites Y\u016Bto to her home to study. He is amazed to discover the size of the Nogizaka estate where he meets her younger sister, Mika, and two of the Nogizaka household maids, Hazuki Sakurazaka and Nanami Nanashiro . The next day at school, a guy bumps into Haruka which spills the contents of her bag and exposes her Comiket catalog. Y\u016Bto thanks Haruka for picking 'his' catalog up for him which diverts everyone's attention to him. Even so, Haruka does not come to school for three days. When Y\u016Bto goes to see her, he finds out from Mika that Haruka's secret had been exposed in middle school and that she was ostracized for it and transferred schools. Y\u016Bto explains to Haruka that he took the hit for her, which is part of the reason Haruka stayed away. Y\u016Bto assures her that he will never leave her, which relieves her so much that the next day, when a boorish student confronts them on the way to school, she admits that the catalog was actually hers."@en . "Hatsutaiken desu \u2606"@en . "Y\u016Bto and Haruka attend the summer Comiket together at the Tokyo Big Sight, but they underestimate the massive scale of the event and the hordes of people who attend. Mika, Hazuki, and Nanami tag along in disguise and help Haruka obtain a d\u014Djinshi that she wanted, and get her out of trouble when people mistake her for cosplayer and start taking pictures of her. Later that evening after Y\u016Bto escorts Haruka home, Mika asks Y\u016Bto if he and Haruka noticed anyone suspicious at the convention. Later that night, a frantic Haruka shows up at Y\u016Bto's house unexpectedly."@en . . "2008-08-07"^^ . "It's Over..."@en . . "2008-09-04"^^ . "It's a Promise"@en . . . "...Oni\u301Csan\u2606"@en . "Y\u016Bto and Haruka make progress on a scenario for an anime game. They present the completed game at Comiket. Nobunaga then shows up saying that three girls were looking for their stand. When Y\u016Bto and Nobunaga arrive with the three girls, Haruka freezes. The girls turn out to be her former \"best friends\" from when she was in middle school. They have come to apologize for turning their backs on Haruka when her secret was exposed back in middle school ; Haruka forgives them. As they talk things out, it is revealed that Setsugetsuka Tennouji, Haruka's archrival, influenced everyone to isolate Haruka. Later that night, after their game sells out thanks to Nobunaga's advertising, Mika calls Y\u016Bto and informs him that her sister is missing. Just as Y\u016Bto is about head over to assist in the search, Akiho calls Y\u016Bto that she knows where Haruka is and she is safe, but she is getting married the next day!"@en . "Haruka and Y\u016Bto finally have some time to themselves. They go to the fair to have some fun together where they meet two talent agents, Yayoi Kayahara and Nozomi Kobayakawa, who get Y\u016Bto and Haruka to take a photo shoot as a couple. Haruka's picture is taken to capture the moment of her smile . That night, they ride on the Ferris wheel and confirm their relationship, though not without the hijinks caused by a quite shaky Ferris wheel. Yayoi and Nozomi then formally embark on their real agenda for Haruka: grooming her to be an idol. To her surprise, Haruka later receives a letter saying that she passed the audition for future models."@en . . "...\u304A\u5F85\u305F\u305B\u3057\u307E\u3057\u305F"@en . "Setsugetsuka is gloating over having been able to cause Haruka misfortune. The Maid Team arrives at Y\u016Bto's house to pick him up and they board a jet to where Haruka is being held with the aim of stopping her marriage. Elsewhere, Touka departs for the marriage location as well. Upon parachuting in and infiltrating the building, the maids and everyone else sacrifice themselves to fight the \"Hell Hounds\" allowing Y\u016Bto and Mika to proceed. Ultimately, Y\u016Bto has to fight Haruka's father, while Haruka has to fight her own mother to prove their love. They succeed and come to embrace one another. Everyone then appears and applauds; as it turns out Gento and Akiho had set the whole event up to test how strong the bond between Y\u016Bto and Haruka truly is, so they can make an official wedding for them. Setsugetsuka steps in to interfere, summoning the Tennouji clan's knight, but is surprised to learn the knight has already been dealt with by Touka. Haruka and Y\u016Bto then get married and are finally able to kiss without interruption."@en . "2008-07-24"^^ . "Irete Kudasai..."@en . . "\u5165\u308C\u3066\u304F\u3060\u3055\u3044..."@en . "During the New Year's break, Shiina expects something good from the fortune she received at the shrine, and coincidentally runs into Y\u016Bto on the street. Her hairpin gets knocked into the river and Y\u016Bto goes in to retrieve it; as a thank you gift, Shiina prepares some cooked squid, but hurts her foot in the process. Mai and Ryouko, two of Shiina's friends, and Y\u016Bto come to pay her a visit, during which Y\u016Bto gives the three girls an unforgettable massage, a \"punishment\" for losing a game of old maid. Later, Y\u016Bto and the others leave for the day, but Y\u016Bto comes back because he was worried about Shiina. Y\u016Bto helps her by preparing dinner, and the two spend the rest of the night having fun together. On the day Shiina returns to school from the holidays, she is cheerful, and gets giddier with joy when she meets Y\u016Bto, even with Haruka near him."@en . . . "Hajimete nan desu..."@en . "Y\u016Bto Ayase is a second-year student at Private High School, Hakuj\u014D Academy. One day he goes to the library to return a magazine for his bish\u014Dnen friend, Nobunaga Asakura. There, he bumps into the most popular girl in school, Haruka Nogizaka, and discovers her secret: that she is an otaku, which greatly distresses her. Haruka starts avoiding Y\u016Bto which causes his schoolmates to suspect that Y\u016Bto 'did something to her'. Eventually, Y\u016Bto finds Haruka on the school roof where he vows he will not tell anyone about her interest if she does not want anyone else to know. Haruka is relieved and happy that Y\u016Bto is so understanding."@en . "\u79D8\u5BC6\u3067\u3059!"@en . "Hen ja nai desh\u014D ka...?"@en . "My First Time..."@en . "Oshimai desu..."@en . "Shite Ageru..."@en . "Yakusoku desu \u266A"@en . "...Sorry For The Wait"@en . "List of Haruka Nogizaka's Secret episodes"@en . "2009-12-01"^^ . "\u305D\u3093\u306A\u306B\u898B\u3089\u308C\u307E\u3059\u3068..."@en . . "18266647"^^ . . "\u7D04\u675F\u3067\u3059\u266A"@en . "Is it Weird...?"@en . "If You Look at Me Like That..."@en . "\u304A\u3057\u307E\u3044\u3067\u3059..."@en . "2008-08-14"^^ . "\u3082\u3046, \u30C0\u30E1\u3067\u3059..."@en . "Himitsu desu!"@en . . "It's...the Summer Comiket"@en . "2009-10-27"^^ . "...\u3044\u3044..."@en . "Konna Koto ni Natchatte..."@en . . . "This is My First Experience \u2606"@en . . "\u4E8C\u4EBA\u3060\u3051\u306E\u79D8\u5BC6\u3001\u3067\u3059\u2606"@en . . "\u3057\u3066\u3042\u3052\u308B..."@en . "\u3042\u3063\u3001\u75DB..."@en . . "I Love You \u2606"@en . "2008-07-10"^^ . "Sonna ni Miraremasu to..."@en . "\u611F\u3058\u3066\u3044\u305F\u3044\u3067\u3059..."@en . "2009-10-13"^^ . . . . "2012-10-07"^^ . "Watashi wa, Anime ga Daisuki desu!"@en . "2009-12-15"^^ . "2009-11-24"^^ . "2012-11-25"^^ . "...Ii..."@en . "The girl whom Y\u016Bto had already bumped into twice turns out to be Shiina Amamiya, a student who transfers into his class. Despite not being able to swim, Shiina volunteers to take part in the upcoming school swimming tournament. When they find out she can't swim, Y\u016Bto and Haruka help Shiina practice in the school pool, but Y\u016Bto's and Haruka's sisters and the maids come along too. During her leg of the race, Shiina gets a leg cramp and it is Y\u016Bto who jumps in to save her and takes her to the infirmary. She is not seriously injured, and was more shocked than anything else; Y\u016Bto reassures her that she tried her hardest, and that is what matters."@en . "The Secret Between the Two of Us \u2606"@en . "2008-07-31"^^ . "\u8EAB\u4F53\u304C\u3001\u71B1\u3044\u3093\u3067\u3059..."@en . "2008-08-21"^^ . . . "\u306A\u3064\u3053\u307F...\u3067\u3059"@en . . "The Haruka Nogizaka's Secret animated television series is based on the light novel series of the same name written by Y\u016Bsaku Igarashi and illustrated by Shaa. The episodes, produced by Studio Barcelona, are directed by Munenori Nawa, written by Tsuyoshi Tamai, and features character design by Satoshi Ishino who based the designs on Shaa's original concept. A pre-broadcast aired on July 3, 2008 and 12 episodes were produced which aired in Japan between July 10 and September 25, 2008 on Chiba TV and TV Kanagawa. Six DVD compilation volumes were released by Geneon Entertainment between September 26, 2008 and February 27, 2009. A Blu-ray Disc box set of the series was released in Japan on September 26, 2009. A second anime series entitled Haruka Nogizaka's Secret: Purezza (\u4E43\u6728\u5742\u6625\u9999\u306E\u79D8\u5BC6 \u3074\u3085\u3042\u308C\u3063\u3064\u3041\u266A) was directed by Munenori Nawa and produced by Studio Barcelona under the name Diomedea. The second season aired in Japan between October 6 and December 22, 2009 and contains 12 episodes. A four-episode original video animation series titled Haruka Nogizaka's Secret: Finale was broadcast on AT-X and Tokyo MX between August 17 and November 25, 2012. The four BD/DVD volumes were published between August 29 and November 28, 2012. Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes of both seasons; one opening theme and one ending theme each. The first season's opening theme is \"Tomadoi Bitter Tune\" (\u3068\u307E\u3069\u3044\u30D3\u30BF\u30FC\u30C1\u30E5\u30FC\u30F3) by Milan Himemiya and Chocolate Rockers. The ending theme is \"Hitosashiyubi Quiet!\" (\u3072\u3068\u3055\u3057\u3086\u3073\u30AF\u30EF\u30A4\u30A8\u30C3\u30C8!) by Kana Ueda, Mai Goto, Rina Satou, Kaori Shimizu and Mamiko Noto, the various voice actresses for the main characters of the anime. The second season's opening theme is \"Ch\u014Dhatsu Cherry Heart\" (\u6311\u767A Cherry Heart) by Milan Himemiya and Chocolate Rockers. The ending theme is \"Himitsu Suish\u014D! Uru to Love\" (\u79D8\u5BC6\u63A8\u5968\uFF01\u3046\u308B\u3068LOVE) by Kana Ueda, Mai Goto, Rina Sat\u014D, Kaori Shimizu and Mamiko Noto."@en . . "I Love Anime"@en . "1078259130"^^ . "After finding out that Haruka is working to get him a Christmas present, Y\u016Bto decides to apply for a well-paying job as a part-time butler. He gets the job, but he must serve the selfish and demanding Touka Tennouji of the Tennouji household, a first-year schoolmate at Y\u016Bto's school, whose previous part-time butlers quit after a day or less under her command. Y\u016Bto does his best to satisfy Touka's requests, though she is still largely dissatisfied with this efforts. Y\u016Bto learns that Touka's family is currently deciding matters of inheritance since her grandfather died recently, and that the strain is having an adverse effect on Touka's emotional state. Through kindness and hard work, Y\u016Bto manages to gain Touka's favor, but after Ruko and Yukari invade the Tennouji mansion searching for him to cook for them , nearly all of Y\u016Bto's pay is withheld in order to cover the costs of the repairs. Nevertheless, Touka offers to give Y\u016Bto help in the future."@en . "Y\u016Bto has to make a tough decision of whether to stay with Haruka or leave her alone so that she can become an idol. Shiina is worried about Y\u016Bto and Haruka's relationship. Milan gives Y\u016Bto invitations to attend her concert on Valentine's Day. The maids investigate and discover that Haruka is unaware of her managers' plan of turning her into an idol, meaning that Yayoi and Nozomi were lying. During the concert, Y\u016Bto, with some \"on-stage prodding\" from Milan, decides to leave so as to go to Haruka's idol audition. Their scheme exposed, Yayoi and Nozomi try desperately to stop Y\u016Bto from interfering. Fortunately for him, the Maid Team along with Akiho and Gento arrive to help get the upper hand against them. The final blow comes when the managers are forced out of their own talent agency since Haruka's father has bought it and all associated material in a hostile takeover. Later, at the Nogizaka mansion, while Akiho and Gento are watching Yayoi and Nozomi in a mud wrestling contest on TV, Haruka gives a Valentine's present to Y\u016Bto."@en . "Please Put It In..."@en . "...Daisuki nan desu!"@en . . . "M\u014D, Dame desu..."@en . "Y\u016Bto-san no Nioi..."@en . . . "The party begins and Mika drags Y\u016Bto into the hall. While waiting for his turn to present his gift, Y\u016Bto again bumps into Shute and his gift is ridiculed. Y\u016Bto becomes insecure and is about to leave when the old man from the seashore helps Y\u016Bto regain his confidence. Y\u016Bto runs back to Haruka and presents his gift, a Clumsy Aki-chan doll, and Shute is shocked to see how happy it makes her, especially considering how little it costs compared to his lavish gifts. Shute manhandles the old man who appears and reprimands him for his disrespect. He pays for his insolence when the old man is revealed to be Haruka's retired grandfather \u2014 technically the most powerful person present \u2014 and his own father forces him to publicly apologize to both Haruka's grandfather and Y\u016Bto in front of the distinguished crowd. After the party, Y\u016Bto is with Haruka in her room and he finally realizes that he was the one who gave Haruka the copy of the first issue of Innocent Smile that kick-started her otaku interests . They kiss but it is ended abruptly as the others were discovered eavesdropping on them."@en . "2008-08-28"^^ . "Daisuki desu \u2606"@en . "...\u5927\u597D\u304D\u306A\u3093\u3067\u3059!"@en . . "ja"@en . . "I Was Happy..."@en . "It is New Year's Day and everyone has gone to visit the local shrine together. Although Haruka and Y\u016Bto were hoping to spend some time together, it is not long before Haruka's admirers, who are hostile to Y\u016Bto, whisk her away. Later, after both Haruka and Y\u016Bto receive encouraging fortunes courtesy of Mika, Hazuki and Nanami who are aiding Iwai Hinasaki by working as shrine miko, Haruka manages to get rid of her admirers. Haruka and Y\u016Bto bump into a mysterious girl , who is running away from someone . Haruka's kimono accidentally comes undone, and she redresses in a shed alone with Y\u016Bto. Still later, Haruka takes Y\u016Bto to the cape where her parents shared their first kiss, so they can watch the new year's first sunrise together."@en . . "The Nogizaka family visits Y\u016Bto's house for a Christmas party. However, the party is cut short when Y\u016Bto faints since he worked himself to exhaustion to earn money to buy Haruka her Christmas present. Y\u016Bto regains consciousness after Maria Yukinohara ministers to him. Haruka declares that she will stay by his side in order to nurse him back to health, under the questionable guidance of a handbook that Mika prepared. To preserve the Christmas spirit in spite of Y\u016Bto's poor health, Haruka decorates his yard with Christmas lights, and presents him with a necklace with a golden charm as Christmas present. He in turn presents her with his present: a ring which, at Haruka's request, he places on her ring finger. Mika and the maids accentuate the moment by creating artificial snow from the rooftop."@en . "Y\u016Bto's class decides to do a cosplay caf\u00E9 for the school festival. Y\u016Bto asks Haruka to go to Akihabara with him to research cosplay costumes. Unknown to Y\u016Bto, Haruka had previously made a promise to her father to meet one of his clients, however she decides to go with Y\u016Bto to Akihabara instead. Gent\u014D is furious when she does not show, and finds them in Akihabara, but once again Akiho arrives just in time to save them. Later, Haruka makes cookies and goes to give them to Y\u016Bto who is working on the cafe at school, and is shocked when she finds Y\u016Bto in a compromising position with Shiina."@en . "Ureshikattan desu..."@en . "My Body Feels Hot..."@en . "The Haruka Nogizaka's Secret animated television series is based on the light novel series of the same name written by Y\u016Bsaku Igarashi and illustrated by Shaa. The episodes, produced by Studio Barcelona, are directed by Munenori Nawa, written by Tsuyoshi Tamai, and features character design by Satoshi Ishino who based the designs on Shaa's original concept. A pre-broadcast aired on July 3, 2008 and 12 episodes were produced which aired in Japan between July 10 and September 25, 2008 on Chiba TV and TV Kanagawa. Six DVD compilation volumes were released by Geneon Entertainment between September 26, 2008 and February 27, 2009. A Blu-ray Disc box set of the series was released in Japan on September 26, 2009."@en . "37574"^^ . "2008-09-18"^^ . "Mika becomes annoyed that the relationship between Y\u016Bto and her sister is not progressing as well as she expects, so she forces Y\u016Bto to go out on a date with her to teach him tips to get in the right mood with Haruka. During their date, they go to a caf\u00E9, and catch a movie before running into Shiina, which makes Mika jealous. Mika then drags Y\u016Bto to a kimono shop and the two are outfitted with brand-new kimonos before heading to the summer festival where they watch fireworks with Haruka, Hazuki, and Nanami who join them. Once school starts again, Shiina volunteers to be one of the organizing members for her class' participation in the upcoming cultural festival, and Y\u016Bto is dragooned into working with her."@en . "\u79C1\u306F\u3001\u30A2\u30CB\u30E1\u304C\u5927\u597D\u304D\u3067\u3059!"@en . . "...It's Good..."@en . . "It's a Secret!"@en . "Issho ni, Itai desu..."@en . "\u5B09\u3057\u304B\u3063\u305F\u3093\u3067\u3059..."@en . "Y\u016Bto is unsure of how to respond to Shiina's confession, while Haruka is confused about her own feelings for Y\u016Bto. When Mika, Hazuki, and Nanami learn of her plight, Hazuki tells Haruka that they cannot help this time because Haruka must determine how she feels about Y\u016Bto on her own. Haruka tries to speak with Y\u016Bto, but is unable to do so and is left in tears when Shiina pulls him away. After spending the day with Shiina, Y\u016Bto comes to realize the depth of his feelings for Haruka, and parts ways with Shiina to look for Haruka. When he finds her, he confesses his love for her and Haruka reciprocates. They officially become a couple, while agreeing to keep their new relationship secret between themselves. After returning home, Haruka asks Y\u016Bto if they can form a doujinshi circle for the upcoming Summer Comiket, and he agrees to it."@en . "Karada ga, Atsuin desu..."@en . "2009-11-03"^^ . . "It Might Have Gone In..."@en . "2012-10-28"^^ . . "12"^^ . "10"^^ . "Haruka flees after seeing Y\u016Bto on top of Shiina, but when Y\u016Bto tries to explain the situation to her, Haruka says she understands and ends up running back home. The next day during the festival, Y\u016Bto finds that Haruka has apparently forgotten about the previous evening, though Shiina is not so sure. Y\u016Bto confronts Haruka about the event again, but she tells him she does not want to hear what he has to say and runs off. As he is searching for Haruka, Y\u016Bto runs into Hazuki who gives him some advice on how to move forward with Haruka. With Hazuki's help, Y\u016Bto finds Haruka behind the gym where he apologizes and assures her that he will not leave her. Afterwards, having missed the folk dance by the bonfire, the two of them dance to the tune of the music box that Y\u016Bto gave Haruka as Nanami, Mika, and Hazuki watch from the bushes."@en . "11"^^ . "...\u304A\u306B\u301C\u3055\u3093\u2606"@en . . . "8"^^ .