Hirose asks Nakamura to be his best friend at the beginning of Episode 4 of Go For It, Nakamura! It’s a touching moment, but it’s also a little over the top. Nakamura agrees right away, and the two are seen happily walking around school holding hands. But it turns out that this touching scene is from a manga that Kawamura drew for Nakamura. Nakamura is so moved by it that he cries while reading it on his bike to school, which is a long way from where he lives.
Hirose greets Nakamura warmly as they pass each other on the street. But things get complicated right away when Hirose is seen walking with another classmate, Oomori. When Oomori says that he and Hirose have been friends since they were kids, Nakamura gets even more jealous. Nakamura ends up walking to school with them, trying not to show how jealous he is as Oomori talks about how close he and Hirose are.
Hirose stops to look at a fish tank with an octopus in it and asks Nakamura what he likes about them. Nakamura wants to share his thoughts, but he stops when he remembers that a classmate once called him creepy for being too excited about octopuses.
Oomori realizes he is late and runs off with Hirose, leaving Nakamura behind. Nakamura runs to school, yelling at himself the whole way for missing another chance to talk to Hirose. He keeps acting out dramatically even after he gets there, where he lets out his anger by angrily writing on the floor.
A girl with blue hair named Reiko Aokiyama walks up to him at that point. She tells him she’s the president of the art club and asks him to join. At first, Nakamura ignores her, but Reiko keeps trying to get him to listen by giving him different reasons. She finally brings up a superstition: that the winning piece in the school art contest comes to life. Nakamura is interested in the idea of drawing something about his love life and thinks about joining for a short time.
But he quickly figures out that Reiko has been lying to him. She is not in the art club; she is in the occult club. Nakamura doesn’t want to join, but Reiko gives him a bottle of “lucky holy water” that she made herself and tells him to come back if anything good happens.
That same day, Hirose pays more attention to Nakamura than usual, which is strange. He even asks Nakamura to walk home with him while he gives a handout to a student nearby. Hirose asks Nakamura if he has any brothers or sisters while they are walking. Nakamura says he has a younger sister and then goes on a long, over-the-top rant about how bossy she is. Hirose thinks it’s funny and is glad that Nakamura is much easier to talk to and funnier than he thought at first.
Their conversation flows naturally until they say goodbye. Not long after, Nakamura hears a scream coming from the direction Hirose went and worries that something has gone wrong. When he gets there, he sees a group of troublemaking students around Hirose. Even though they look scary, they just want Hirose to pose for their photography club because they think he looks cute.
Hirose says no, and Nakamura rushes in to help. Sadly, he falls into an open manhole right in front of them and is never seen again. A few moments later, he slowly climbs out, looking like something out of a horror movie and covered in dirt. The delinquents run away when they see him. Hirose knows him, laughs, and says thank you for the help.
The next day, Nakamura gives Reiko back the glass bottle that held the “holy water.” She says she heard rumors about a zombie-like figure scaring students, and she quickly figures out it was Nakamura. She tries again to get him to join her club, but Nakamura runs away.
Later, he sees Hirose looking at a flyer with a picture of him as a “zombie.” Hirose laughs and says how real it looks, which adds to the funny moments that are bringing them closer together.
Review of the Episode
Episode 4 focuses a lot on the show’s funny parts while also developing its characters. Reiko’s arrival adds another strange character to an already strange group. On the other hand, Hirose is becoming more and more of a grounded character, which makes his interactions with Nakamura even more fun.
The silliness of this episode makes the jokes work so well. For example, the bad students are first shown as scary people, but then they turn out to be harmless and have a strange goal: to get Hirose to model for them. The series really shines when it has these kinds of surprises.
This episode is more funny than the others, but it still has a lot of heartfelt and relatable moments. Nakamura’s awkwardness, jealousy, and internal struggles feel real, which makes it even more satisfying to watch him slowly get better with Hirose.
The story right now is mostly about Nakamura’s goal of becoming friends with Hirose, but there are hints that their relationship could grow into something more. The growing bond between the two is one of the most interesting parts of the series, no matter what happens.