Ep. 12: Riki invites Mio to join as manager while she hides her true identity
Riki asks Mio to serve as the team manager, a role she accepts after mistakenly believing the group was forming an all-male idol unit. Following practice, she provides hot beverages and exchanges contact information with the members. The group then gathers to compose tanka poems, but Mio departs midway through the session. Riki locates her beneath her customary tree, where he senses her desire to vanish. He mentions spotting a girl resembling her in town without her typical parasol. Before parting, Mio reveals her intention to submit a poem to a school competition. The following day, she fails to appear at school, and Riki overhears classmates reporting a similar sighting. After classes conclude, he spots the mysterious girl standing in the courtyard below.
Episodes
- Ep. 8 · Riki and friends seek a roommate for Kudryavka after she joins the baseball team.
- Ep. 9 · Riki and Rin investigate a mysterious note to save the cafeteria from an unexpected crisis.
- Ep. 10 · Riki seeks the final Little Busters member while investigating Mio's mysterious habits and lost book.
- Ep. 11 · The Little Busters conduct a nighttime courage test involving talisman retrieval and traps.
- Ep. 12 · Riki invites Mio to join as manager while she hides her true identity
- Ep. 13 · Riki discovers Mio's shadowless doppelganger Midori and faces memory loss regarding their beach encounter.
- Ep. 14 · Riki reunites with Mio at the beach after she transforms into a bird and merges with Midori.
- Ep. 15 · Riki joins the girls' dorm sleepover and cross-dresses to avoid disciplinary committee detection.
- Ep. 16 · Haruka faces disciplinary wrath and family secrets after bench destruction and criminal rumors