Blue Box Episode #3 Release Date & Time

In Blue Box episode #3, Taiki makes important strides in his journey to join Chinatsu at the Nationals, while seeing Kengo Haryū seemingly hitting it off with her. Blue Box is Netflix's latest charming anime featuring the adaptation of Kouji Miura's gorgeous coming-of-age romance about Taiki Inomata and Chinatsu Kano. The series is a breathtaking endeavor by Telecom Animation Film. In the latest episode, Chinatsu finds renewed determination to go to the Nationals, with an entire thriving Eimei Academy athletics department emerging.

Blue Box began its manga run in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump on April 12, 2021, quickly laying strong impressions for how it blurs lines between typical Shonen and Shojo conventions. The series has been running weekly since then, releasing chapter #168 on October 13, 2024, meaning plenty of content ahead of the 2-cour first season of the anime. For fans worldwide, Blue Box is the premier romantic offering from the current Shonen Jump catalog and an exceptional high school coming-of-age tale of youth, ambition, human connection, and athleticism.

When Does Episode #3 of Blue Box Release?

Produced by Telecom Animation Film, Based on the Manga by Kouji Miura

Blue Box releases new episodes of its anime on Netflix every Thursday, with episode #3 releasing on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 8:30 AM PT (11:30 AM ET). The series will run twenty-five consecutive episodes for its first season, chronicling the journey of Taiki Inomata as he stokes his ambitions to play Badminton at the national level. The series has yet to show a firm release date of an English dub, but news will likely emerge along with an English voiceover cast list.

Blue Box joins as the latest anime to be simulcast on Netflix, alongside Dan Da Dan and preceding Sakamoto Days, indicating a strong push by Shueisha properties to appear on the streaming giant. This makes Blue Box half of the anime Fall 2024's tentpole anime double-feature on Netflix, with fans poised to check back weekly for the latest developments. In the release of Blue Box episode #3, fans will continue to be charmed by Chinatsu's saccharine personality and Taiki's adorable romantic awkwardness.

What Happened in Blue Box Episode #2?

Taiki Defines His Goal While Bonding with His New Roommate

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After the hilarious revelation that Taiki's school crush would be living with his family, Blue Box episode #2 shows the two getting along as Taiki adjusts, lending Chinatsu Weekly Shonen Jump magazines and sharing their ambitions as athletes. As these developments happen, Taiki is reminded by his friend Kyo that he should keep his connection to Chinatsu under wraps due to her status as the basketball team's star player. But with rumormongers and serial meddlers like Hina Chono inches away from learning Taiki's progress, Blue Box episode #2 becomes an awkward game of secret-keeping.

Despite this, Taiki is doing remarkably well finding common ground with Chinatsu, with him accidentally letting loose his internalized ambitions while training for the Nationals. Chinatsu then gives him an ankle bracelet to match his own, to signify their mutual ambitions to grow as athletes for the year and focus on self-improvement. It's a beautiful moment which Taiki seemingly squanders while trying to conceal their living arrangement in Blue Box episode #2, with Chinatsu misreading his behavior as a veiled attempt to distance himself due to feelings for Hina.

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But Taiki's connection to Hina might not be an unfounded assumption, as she's seen charming her fellow students with her rhythmic gymnastics routine, fully aware of her effect on others. She remains unaware of Taiki's living arrangement with Chinatsu. Still, in the episode's final moments, she and Taiki witness Chinatsu walking around town with Kengo Haryū, the school's top badminton player and Taiki's senpai. It's here that Taiki could begin to lose hope, as he sees what's potentially his rival on and off the court in Blue Box.

Taiki Proves His Worth in Blue Box Episode #3

What Does Haryū-senpai Mean to Chinatsu?

Fans will soon see whether there is any meaning to Kengo Haryū spending time with Chinatsu, but regardless, his connection as being in Chinatsu's class does not deter Taiki. He will soon strive harder to prove himself as a rising star athlete, with the school's faculty even noting his badminton potential. The episode will focus strongly on Taiki while he juggles his newfound rivalry with Haryū against his longing to spend time with Chinatsu.

Fans will be delighted to learn that Chinatsu has some fantastic moments with Taiki, giving him a safe haven as a fellow athlete who understands him on a level others don't, comforting him. The two will share yet another moment that'll melt viewers' hearts yet only tease them with no definitive proof that a romantic connection is possible between them. In the release of Blue Box episode #3, Taiki's courting of Chinatsu takes an enchanting and literal approach.