Negative Positive Angler

Synopsis

Tsunehiro’s life isn’t easy. After a doctor gives him two years to live and debt collectors come knocking, he falls from a bridge. In the knick of time, Hana and her crew spot Tsunehiro and pull him to safety. Before returning, they anchor offshore to fish and Tsunehiro catches a huge sea bass in a bout of beginner’s luck. As his apartment building crumbles, Tsunehiro’s new life begins to unfold!

First Air Date: 2024-10-03

Last Air Date: 2024-12-19

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 12

Networks: AT-X

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Top Cast

Mutsuki Iwanaka as Tsunehiro Sasaki (voice)
Fairouz Ai as Hana Ayukawa (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa as Takaaki Tsutsujimori (voice)
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Machida (voice)
Rio Tsuchiya as Kozue Nichimori (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu as Ice (voice)
Yuya Hirose as Arua (voice)
Masashi Sugawara as Fujishiro (voice)
Kouhei Yanagi as Student (voice)
Mikako Komatsu as Debt Collector Boss Lady (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Negative Angler (2024-10-03)

College student Sasaki Tsunehiro is down in the dumps. After a life of repeated failures, he's been given two years to live. He slips and falls off a bridge as he's chased down by loan sharks.
Ep. 2: Fishing at the Pool (2024-10-10)

Hiro returns to his apartment building only to find it being demolished. Takaaki takes him in and presses him into working at Everymart along with his friends. When his new coworkers learn he doesn't like fishing, he gets reeled into fishing again.
Ep. 3: Regrets (2024-10-17)

When a huge bounty is put on catching a houndshark, all the anglers rush to be the first to catch it. To their surprise, they find Hiro fishing for the shark in an attempt to pay off some of his debts.
Ep. 4: Is Fishing Hard? (2024-10-24)

Hiro settles into working at the Everymart, but quickly finds himself struggling to understand all the fishing equipment he's responsible for selling. Hana steps in to teach him about lures.
Ep. 5: Extravagant Angler (2024-10-31)

Hiro gets his first paycheck from Everymart and is immediately dragged to a fishing equipment store, where Hana and Kozue tempt him to make irresponsible financial decisions.
Ep. 6: Tai Lover (2024-11-07)

When a customer arrives at Everymart whose language Tsunehiro does not understand, Ice comes to his rescue. As a result, the two get to know each other better, and Ice invites Tsunehiro to go sailing to the open sea with the entire group.
Ep. 7: Who Is This Guy? (2024-11-14)

The anglers from Everymart have arranged to go sardine hunting over the weekend. However, Tsunehiro would much rather go fishing for large predatory fish, like he has seen on television.
Ep. 8: A Family's Relationship, a Child's Growth (2024-11-21)

Machida gets some time with his son on Sunday. He decides to take him out fishing, but his son is an indoorsy gamer who might not be interested.
Ep. 9: Hot Pot Party (2024-11-28)

An approaching typhoon has left the Everymart employees stuck inside the convenience store. Since there are no customers, Hiro and his friends have free time to relax. But then the loan sharks who were chasing Hiro show up.
Ep. 10: Tsunehiro and Takaaki (2024-12-05)

Machida ends up in the hospital with a skateboard injury. The hospital happens to be the same one Tsunehiro got his diagnosis at.
Ep. 11: I Have to Tell Him (2024-12-12)

Takaaki is nowhere to be found, and Tsunehiro is filling in for him at work. The little information provided by Sasaki is fueling the imaginations of the convenience store colleagues.
Ep. 12: Negative Positive Angler (2024-12-19)

Takaaki and Hiro run into each other on a bridge, where they had both planned to fish for sea bass. Takaaki is still reluctant to hear what Hiro has to say.