You didn't seriously think that Hanasaku Iroha could make it through an entire twenty-six episode series without a beach episode, did you?  The show's second half kicks off with just such an event (with no apologies for its fan service either), although really lounging on the beach is simply a small slice of what turns out to be quite the fully fledged story arc. The reason for the beach visit
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