Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Episode Synopsis

Episode 12 【Am I Actually Just Some Unseasoned Rando Who Drops In for the Last Episode with the Losing Heroine?】

Yanami threatens Nukumizu into playing along with her “fake boyfriend project” and ropes Komari and Lemon into helping.

A strategy discussion results in the suggestion of a mock date.

All that’s left is deciding on a plan for the date.

When their advisor Ms. Konuki provides some free tickets to Non Hoi Park, Komari suggests heading to the amusement park to take some mock date photos together.

Episode 11 【Let’s Have a Talk about Accountability】

Komari practices her presentation for the club presidents’ meeting, but struggles due to her fear of public speaking.

Yanami suggests that practicing with animals first might make it easier to talk in front of people, and they head to Non Hoi Park.

Nukumizu tries to throw Komari a lifeline while she devotes herself to practice, but it leads to an argument instead and Komari ends up leaving.

While they are unable to find the chance to make up, the day of the club presidents’ meeting arrives.

Episode 10 【Too Early to Say Good-Bye】

Nukumizu and friends somehow finish preparations for the literature club exhibition. Komari comes back and nervously expresses her gratitude to Nukumizu.

While the successful exhibition is underway, with Yanami’s help, Nukumizu and Komari go wandering around campus together.

After the festival ends, Koto tells Nukumizu about her hidden feelings of guilt toward Komari. Meanwhile, Komari is alone with Tamaki…

Episode 9 【Consider Your Teacher a Stain on the Ceiling or Something, and Please Continue】

The students settle on “Edible Readings” for the exhibit theme.

While preparing for the festival, Nukumizu and Komari stop by the library to return some books and catch Tamaki and Koto on a date together.

Komari feels lonely, realizing that she can’t easily interact with the three of them after confessing her feelings to Tamaki, so she devotes herself to preparing the manuscript for the exhibit alone.

Episode 8 【A Consultant Here for Your Troubles】

With the Tsuwabuki Festival approaching, Tamaki and Koto tell Nukumizu that they want him to become the next club vice president and Komari to become the next president.

Nukumizu and the other first-years then take the initiative to prepare for the literature club’s exhibition. Upon Yanami’s suggestion, Nukumizu, Komari and Yanami head to town to research for an exhibition theme.

They finally find a new club advisor and things seem to be proceeding smoothly, but…

Episode 7 【After the Happy Ending】

The literature club members end up staying the night at Lemon’s grandmother’s house. Under the moonlight, Lemon reveals her feelings for Ayano to Nukumizu.

Lemon makes up her mind to confront Ayano and Chihaya and, accompanied by Nukumizu, heads to the school at night to talk to Ayano directly.

Lemon and Ayano start sharing their feelings freely, and it blossoms into a lively conversation about the time they met and their memories of their middle school years. And then Lemon makes a move…

Episode 6 【Let He Who Has Never Been Shot Down Cast the First Stone at a Losing Heroine】

Nukumizu gets grilled by Ayano after he was spotted together with Chihaya. He clears things up, but that leads to a new misunderstanding that he actually likes Yanami.

For some reason, the five of them, including Lemon and Yanami, end up hanging out.

Lemon goes out of her way to give Ayano and Chihaya time to themselves at the planetarium but ends up in an argument with Ayano.

Episode 5 【Chihaya Asagumo Is Led Astray】

Nukumizu leads a few chaotic days, with Yanami suddenly showing up at his house with a bunch of somen and his younger sister Kaju overreacting to the news that her brother has made friends.

One day, when Yanami invites Nukumizu to a café, they spot Lemon and Ayano hanging out together.

Nukumizu and Yanami start following them, but Ayano’s girlfriend Chihaya Asagumo suddenly calls out to them.

Episode 4 【Gaze Into the Losing Heroine, and the Losing Heroine Gazes Back Into You】

Komari confesses to Tamaki and then runs away. Tensions between Tamaki and Koto flare up as Koto packs up and leaves the campground.

Nukumizu tries to escape from reality in this unpleasant situation, but starts to empathize together with Yanami and Lemon.

The turbulent training camp ends. Then, when Nukumizu is on his way to the fire escape staircase as usual, he hears a rumor that he and Yanami are dating…

Episode 3 【Losing the Battle Before It Is Ever Fought】

The two friendless comrades Nukumizu and Komari are debating about tap water at a water fountain away from the campus.

The Literature Club, with new members Lemon and Yanami, goes on a training camp after club president Tamaki and Vice President Koto decide to submit a web novel as a way to demonstrate their club activities to the student council.

Nukumizu and his companions enjoy a typical high school summer trip to the beach while they keep writing, but then a fireworks accident at night leads to an unexpected situation.

Episode 2 【A Promised Failure for You】

Lemon says she has something to tell Nukumizu and invites him to the gym storage room for privacy. After Nukumizu gives her advice, the two find themselves locked in the scorching hot gym storage room.

Luckily, they are rescued and taken to the nurse’s office just before passing out from heat stroke.

When childhood friend Mitsuki Ayano shows up with a small get-well gift, Lemon’s face turns bright red. She ends up visiting the Literature Club together with Mitsuki…

Episode 1 【Professional Childhood Friend Yanami Anna’s Style of Losing】

Kazuhiko Nukumizu is a thoughtful loner who enjoys light novels. One day, he witnesses his popular classmate Anna Yanami get dumped by a boy who was her childhood friend.

After that, he starts spending time with girls who give off an aura of failure: track athlete Lemon Yakishio and literature club member Chika Komari.

Nukumizu’s mysterious youth story unfolds as he somehow gets entangled with these losing heroines… or “Makeines”!