Season 2Episode 9

It Begins

Premiere date: 22 March 2026
Runtime: 23 min
TMDB episode rating: 8.0 / 10 · 3 votes

Episode overview

At the Niigata rink, Inori and Tsukasa cross paths with Miku Ahiru, a formidable competitor, along with her coach Kohei Kamogawa and choreographer Juna Shiratori, both former clubmates of Tsukasa's. When Inori speaks with Miku, she discovers something unexpected about her rival's future in skating. Meanwhile, Tsukasa finds himself confronting uncomfortable truths about his abilities as a coach. With the competition approaching, both Inori and Tsukasa face questions that could reshape their path forward.

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Episode crew

Saori Yamamoto山本里織 Director Jukki Hanada花田十輝 Writer Midori Nakamura中村碧 3D Modeller Hajime Nakajima中嶋基 3D Animator Hiromi Wakabayashi若林大海 Background designer

Shinichi Watanabeワタナベシンイチ Storyboard artist Miki Sakurai櫻井弥希 3D Modeller Emi Kanai金井英美 3D Modeller Rina Sakai坂井里奈 Background designer Eri Kaneko金子江里 Background designer Mika Yagi八木海香 Background designer Mayu Nagi凪真由 Crew member Shiori Matsubara松原汐里 Crew member Hiroaki Moriyama森山弘章 Crew member Yuki Tsukamoto塚本有紀 3D Animator Natsumi Takamura高村菜摘 3D Animator Shiori Ozeki大関志緒利 Supervising animation director Go-geon고건 Key animator Yoon Ji-hui윤지희 Key animator Misuzu Yoshida吉田美寿々 Assistant art director Shiho Sudo須藤志帆 Background designer Risa Mizukami水上梨沙 Background designer YUKIMON Crew member

Takeshi Watahiki綿引健 3D Modeller Morine Kuwasaki桑崎森音 3D Animator Kotaro Kohashi孝橋虎汰郎 3D Animator Ibuki Kunimasa國政生吹 Compositing Artist, Assistant Director of Photography Ryuto Yagi八木瑠翔 Compositing Artist Yuka Yamajo山条裕香 Compositing Artist Akihiro Fujishima藤島明弘 Compositing Artist Wang Runyu王润雨 Key animator Yo Shinomiya篠宮よう Crew member Asuka Saito斎藤あすか Compositing Artist Choi Ji-hwan최지환 Production Assistant Taiki Yoshino吉野泰輝 3D Modeller Saki Hasegawa長谷川早紀 Supervising animation director Risa Iwatsuki岩月梨紗 Crew member Aoi Yamaguchi山口葵 3D Animator Masayo Ogura小掠雅代 2D Artist Katsuhiro Kumagai熊谷勝弘 Supervising animation director Yu Ye-jin유예진 Animation director Chiumi Yoshioka吉岡千海 Production Assistant Takayuki Noguchi野口孝行 Animation director Yuko Hineno日根野優子 Animation director Park Na-young박나영 Animation director, Key animator Ryusei Maruyama丸山竜聖 Key animator Mugen Narita成田無限 Key animator Chiaki Terai寺井千明 Key animator Huang Yifeng黃易豐 Key animator Wu Jingling吴靖玲 Key animator Li Ziying李子莹 Key animator Cao Tingjia曹庭嘉 Key animator Xu Duo許多 Key animator Tao Chenchao陶陈超 Key animator ChristoniiCristonii Key animator Yuya Yoshida吉田雄也 Production Assistant