

I believe that Ittou Asanuma's first appearance in _Sailor Moon Crystal_ is in
episode 15 when Makoto introduces him to Usagi and friends, that he does not
appear in episode 16, and that his famous scene with Makoto from the manga is
in episode 17. Is he in any other episodes, or did he only appear in those two
2 episodes?

![Kino Makoto and Ittou Asanuma](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gE9hc.jpg)


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Which episodes of Sailor Moon Crystal are Ittou Asanuma in?


I do not recall Asanuma appearing in the first half of the show. It's of
course possible he might have appeared earlier as a background object, similar
to how the Curtis couple in _Fullmetal Alchemist_ shows up in the background
when Winry arrives in Central before they are formally introduced, but there
are assuredly no _explicit_ appearances up until episode 15. (If he did show
up before then, it would be unsurprising for me -- as someone not _that_
invested into _Sailor Moon_ \-- to have missed it, since I would not have
known of Asanuma before episode 15.)

Thus:

  * Episodes 1-14: no explicit appearances
  * Episode 15: Makoto introduces Asanuma
  * Episode 16: no appearance except in the preview for 17.
  * Episode 17: Asanuma asks Makoto about her identity and tells her he wants to protect her.
  * Episode 18: Asanuma is briefly shown standing in front of a building right before the half-way mark, thinking of Makoto, and then at the fortune-telling meeting being brainwashed along with some other characters (Naru-chan, Sarashina from Rei's school).
  * Episode 19-25: no appearance: apart from two brief instances where Usagi and some of her friends return to the 20th century, these episodes are entirely set in the 30th century.
  * Episode 26: short appearance in a still towards the end, after characters return to earth.


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