Horimiya Episode 9 - It's Hard, but Not Impossible [English Subbed]

Summary :- Miyamura runs into an old classmate from middle school, Tanihara, who used to bully him, and proceeds to talk down to him some more until he and his friend are beat up by Hori. She continues to try and pressure Miyamura to be more rough with her, which he reluctantly gives into. Miyamura meets Mizouchi, who is initially cold to him due to having a crush on Hori, but the two are able to start getting closer together. Tanihara has a dream where reflects on an incident from the past when he blamed Miyamura for the death of their school's rabbits. He visits him at his cake shop, where he's received warmly and promises to return; he internally apologizes for his actions. Later, Hori and Miyamura reflect on their middle school days, as Miyamura is now able to look back on it more fondly after getting closer with everyone.