Episode 3: Kendo Girl in Love?: Swordplay

Synopsis

Motoko has come back from training camp and encounters Shirai, Haitani, and Keitaro, who have just failed another prep exam. Shirai and Haitani see Motoko and her followers and try to get a date but get beat up by her. However, she gets a strange feeling when seeing Keitaro. When Keitaro returns home, he sees Motoko in the laundry room. When the residents tell Motoko that he's the manager, she stubbornly refuses to accept it.

When Keitaro tries to get to know Motoko, she beats him up again, but she faints upon seeing him. She remembers how her sister was taken away by another man, and ends up figuring that she's in love. And so she's set on getting rid of Keitaro before he can distract her from her training. It turns out that she's just sick, but as a result, she yet again goes after Keitaro for taking advantage of her sickness. In the end, Keitaro saves her from the room, but drops an important item, his student ID.

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Comparison to Manga Version

• Motoko is introduced when Keitaro is running away from Naru in chapter 1.
• The girls that accompany Motoko when Haitani and Shirai try to hit on them aren't the "fan club" but Su and Naru. In fact, Motoko's group isn't in the manga.
• The Hinata girls discover that Keitaro is not a Tokyo U. student and subtlely evict him in chapter 1, different from his dramatic departure in the anime.