EPISODE CONTEXT

As the first of eleven episodes, 'Super Peace Busters' is pure foundation—it establishes Jinta's emotional state, introduces the supernatural catalyst in Menma, and hints at a fractured friend group that will become central to the series. The remaining ten episodes will progressively unravel what happened to the Super Peace Busters and why these characters drifted apart, building toward what the show is best known for: an emotionally devastating finale. Everything seeded here—the guilt, the distance, the longing—pays off across a tightly structured single-cour run.