The Science Club (2024)

Episode

Season 1 10 episode

1 Eight P.M. Blue Sky Classroom Taketo dropped out of middle school due to struggles with reading and writing, leading him into a life of delinquency. At 20, he begins attending night school but still finds reading difficult after a year. Encouraged by his friend Miura to sell marijuana, Taketo considers quitting school. Meanwhile, a new science teacher, Fujitake, sees Taketo's curiosity and invites him to join an experiment. 44 mnt
2 Recipe for Clouds and Volcanoes Angela attends night school, supported by her husband and daughter. However, she considers quitting, struggling to keep up with the course work. One day, she visits her teacher, Fujitake, in the physics prep room and is surprised to find her classmate, Taketo, conducting a science experiment. Soon after Fujitake encourages her to join the science club, Angela causes trouble at school 44 mnt
3 Opportunity's Ruts Kasumi, a 10th grader at night school, spends most of her school hours in the nurse's office. When the school nurse, Sakuma, shows Kasumi's writing to Fujitake, he realizes how much Kasumi struggles to leave the nurse's office. As he creates an opportunity for her to step out, Sakuma grows increasingly concerned about Kasumi, seeing in her a shadow of a student she once knew. 44 mnt
4 Collision Experiment of "Golden Eggs" Taketo, Angela, Kasumi are now waiting for the science club to be official. As they struggle to build an experiment device, Fujitake invites Shozo Nagamine, a student in his 70s, to join and asks him to help the club with his expertise, which he refuses. One day, Nagamine clashes with younger students in class over differing values, making his involvement with the club seem increasingly unlikely. 44 mnt
5 Midsummer Night's Astronomy With Taketo, Angela, Kasumi, and Nagamine, the science club is officially established. Fujitake suggests they attend an academic conference where high school science clubs present their research. However, when they visit one of the presentation events, they get overwhelmed by the high level. Meanwhile, Mai, who works in a hostess club, sees that Taketo is unusually down. 44 mnt
6 Mars in a Computer Room The members of the science club chose the theme "Recreating a Martian Crater" for the academic conference. They realize they need the computer room, with its taller ceiling, for their experiment. Fujitake asks the computer club chief, Kaname, for permission to use the room, but Kaname adamantly refuses. Meanwhile, Taketo finds common ground with Kaname and tries to persuade him. 44 mnt
7 Floating Planet’s Rendezvous JAXA announces the launch of the Shinonome Project, the successor to Hayabusa 2, with Aizawa, Fujitake’s college classmate, appointed as the chief of this cutting-edge project. Meanwhile, at night school, the science club is immersed in their own experiments, using devices they've built themselves. Despite minimal funding and equipment, a chemical reaction starts to happen among its members. 44 mnt
8 Meteorite’s Melancholy Professor Ishigami holds the power over the budget for the "Shinonome Project." At JAXA, Aizawa is tirelessly working to meet the demanding goals set by Ishigami. Meanwhile, the night school science club is starting to feel the pressure of the deadline for conference registration, and Taketo begins to lose his grip on everything happening around him. Then, one day, an incident occurs. 44 mnt
9 A Hypothesis of a Dinosaur Boy After Kota destroys the experimental device, Taketo clashes with the other club members. With no one showing up, the science club falls apart. Staring at the broken device, Taketo cries, "I thought I was used to giving up." Soon after, he stops coming to school. Reminded of a similar incident from seven years ago, Fujitake regrets having led Taketo down the same path, and he goes to... 44 mnt
10 Never Fading Stars The science club reunites and successfully registers for the conference on time. They are selected as one of the 15 schools to give a presentation, but Taketo and Kasumi struggle with their roles as presenters. Meanwhile, Fujitake receives an unexpected offer from Inose, leaving him puzzled. As Taketo senses something is off with his teacher, the day of the conference finally arrives. 44 mnt

Pemeran

Masataka Kubota Kanae Fujitake

Toranosuke Kobayashi 'Gakkun' Taketo Yanagida

Aoi Ito Kasumi Natori

Maria Theresa Gow Angela Koshikawa

Issey Ogata Shozo Nagamine

Aoi Nakamura Tsutomu Aizawa

Tetsushi Tanaka Izumi Kiuchi

Fumino Kimura Rio Sakuma

Ayaka Konno Mai Shoji

Reiko Takashima Rei Ishigami

Yamazaki Nanami Mari Ikemoto

Satoshi Mizuno Shinichi Mishima

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