Series synopsis
Love Lab, also known as 恋愛ラボ is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on MBS on July 5, 2013. It ended on September 27, 2013. It stars Manami Numakura, Chinatsu Akasaki, Inori Minase and Ayane Sakura.
Love Lab is set in Fujisaki Girls Academy, which is known for their school body being composed of very proper students. The most prominent one of them is Natsuo Maki, the student president who is admired by her classmates for her calm and polite demeanor. On the other hand, Riko Kurahashi is also admired but for having a very forward and boyish personality. Riko accidentally walks into Maki when she is kissing a body pillow with a picture of a guy for practice, and learns that she is not as coll ...
Premise
Love Lab is set in Fujisaki Girls Academy, which is known for their school body being composed of very proper students. The most prominent one of them is Natsuo Maki, the student president who is admired by her classmates for her calm and polite demeanor. On the other hand, Riko Kurahashi is also admired but for having a very forward and boyish personality. Riko accidentally walks into Maki when she is kissing a body pillow with a picture of a guy for practice, and learns that she is not as collected as everyone thinks she is. Riko is forced into keeping Maki's secret and joins her in practicing romance activities such as holding hands and more.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Manami Numakura as Riko Kurahashi
- Chinatsu Akasaki as Natsuo Maki
- Inori Minase as Suzune Tanahashi
- Ayane Sakura as Yuiko Enomoto
- You Taichi as Sayori Mizushima
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | July 5, 2013 | September 27, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Their Remarkable Encounter The second-year student of the distinguished Fujisaki Girls Academy Kurahashi Riko is known by fellow students as a wonderfully wild girl and is also known as "the Wild Kid." One day, Riko witnesses the unladylike behavior of the lovely and academically successful student council president Maki "Miss Fujijo" Natsuo. |
July 5, 2013 |
| 2 |
The Shy, the Cool, and the Perverted? Student council secretary and first-year student Tanahashi Suzune witnesses all the details of Riko and Maki's love lab. Believing she has been scorned by Suzu, who fled the scene in a hurry, Maki is shocked. |
July 12, 2013 |
| 3 |
Sayo and Eno Declare War The ones harassing Riko and her friends were "former" student council president Enomoto Yuiko (Eno), whose work was stolen by Maki, and her friend and student council treasurer Mizushima Sayori (Sayo). Declaring war on Riko and her friends, Eno and Sayo sneak into the student council room where they discover materials related to the love lab. Meanwhile, Maki takes on all the responsibilities of the student council herself and collapses from the strain... |
July 19, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 5, 2013 |
| Last aired | September 27, 2013 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 02:05:00 |