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Yuki Yoshida's experiences in the Given anime episodes.
Episode #01 Boys in the Band
Mafuyu witnessing Yuki's death

Yuki is remembered by Mafuyu experiencing a flashback about finding Yuki after his suicide. He is seen from a third perspective along with a rope tied from the ceiling down to Yuki's neck.

Episode #04 Fluorescent Adolescent
Yuki & Mafuyu Ep4 Ending

In a filtered image, Yuki is seen from behind along with Mafuyu. Yuki is holding his arm around Mafuyu while leaning towards him.

Episode #05 The Reason
A glimpse of Yuki in the shadows

As Kasai is talking to Ritsuka about Mafuyu, she reveals that Mafuyu used to date someone in middle school named Yuki and that he suddenly committed suicide a year ago. There are rumors that Yuki's suicide may have had something to do with Mafuyu.

Episode #06 Creep
Hiiragi asking about Yuki's guitar

Hiiragi asks Mafuyu about the guitar he's holding, if it is Yuki's guitar. Mafuyu explains to Hiiragi that Yuki's mother asked him to take it.

Episode #08 Time Is Running Out

Hiiragi mentions Yuki, including several memories of him. As children, Yuki went to the same middle school along with Hiiragi, Yagi and Mafuyu.

Yuki and Mafuyu were alone together in a classroom kissing. Yuki notices Hiiragi standing by the door, but stayed silent.

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Yuki kissing Mafuyu and notices Hiiragi

In his childhood, Yuki were Mafuyu's neighbor and played together along with Hiiragi and later, Yagi too. Yuki got along with all three but especially, got along with Mafuyu. He taught him how to pet a cat when they were children. They both were latchkey kids with single mums. Hiiragi states that Yuki and Mafuyu were missing something from the start, and that they each had what the other was lacking. This had Yuki attached to Mafuyu and gave the impression that they were made for each other.

Yuki was flashy, domineering and moody. Despite Yuki being almost the opposite of Mafuyu, the two got along so well and had the people around them wonder how they got along. Hiiragi compares the two as if they were opposite poles on magnets are attracted to each other.

When they started high school, they all went to separate schools but they stayed in touch. Yuki formed a band with Hiiragi and Yagi.

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Yuki with his band, Hiiragi & Yagi

Yuki worked a part-time job to save up money for a guitar so he could play in the band and spent a lot of time in the studio.

In the next scene of Hiiragi's flashback, Yuki and Mafuyu had a quarrel. Yuki tried grabbing Mafuyu's shoulder but Mafuyu refused and pushed Yuki's hand away from him. Yuki and Mafuyu lost their tempers and began to yell at each others and shortly after, parted ways. Yuki walked back to Hiiragi and Yagi who was watching the two as they fought. Hiiragi spoke to Yuki but he responded by laying his hand on Hiiragi's shoulder before walking away.

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Yuki's room after the suicide

Two days after the quarrel between the two, Yuki who couldn't even drink, downed down a huge amount of booze and committed suicide in his room the same night.

After Hiiragi's story, Mafuyu gets a flashback about when he first met Yuki. Yuki was playing with his flying machine toy and came across Mafuyu who was curled up sitting by a tree.

He then greeted and asked Mafuyu what he was doing. Not being able to get a word out of Mafuyu, Yuki asked him if he couldn't talk. Yuki continued playing with his toy as Mafuyu wasn't responding. After a short while, Mafuyu told Yuki that his father would hit him if he talked. Yuki lowered his toy in his hand and told Mafuyu that a real father doesn't do that.

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Episode #09 A Winter Story

As Mafuyu begins singing his song, he conveys what he couldn't express after losing Yuki

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