Yuki Was My First Love

With the third term underway, Kyo and Yuki keep trading jabs no matter how much Tohru wishes they would get along. That night Yuki catches a cold, yet he stays set on running in the school's long-distance event, all the more so once Kyo challenges him. At the race, Tohru crosses paths with Hatsuharu, who promptly trips Kyo and dares him to fight, still sore about missing New Year's.

The aggression comes courtesy of "Black Haru", the darker half of Hatsuharu's shifting personality. The brawl only ends when a feverish Yuki collapses, at which point Haru hugs Tohru, turns into his ox form, and carries Yuki home. While Shigure and Kyo return to campus for their belongings, Haru and Tohru stay behind to look after Yuki, and Haru opens up about the days when he and Yuki were small.

Back at the house, a card game with Saki leaves both Kyo and Shigure sick, tipping them into their animal forms. The episode borrows its title from a line spoken by Hatsuharu, and its ending sequence swaps the usual Tiger and Sheep for the Ox and Monkey. The anime adds Tohru's grocery checkout scene and softens Kyo's injury from the tripwire, placing a bandage over his forehead rather than showing the blood depicted in the manga.