Japan / SEASON

Season 1

39 listed episodes · First aired July 14, 1991

Season overview

It’s Nanako’s first day at Seiran Academy, a prestigious all-girl’s high school famous for its exclusive and elegant “Sorority.” Only ten members will be accepted this year, and competition is fierce! Despite seeming fairly unremarkable on the surface, Nanako is selected as a member – instantly making her a target for her jealous and angry classmates. But the bullying doesn’t stop Nanako from forming friendships with the three most popular students, and even falling in love.

EPISODE GUIDE

Episodes

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E1The Magnificent Ones

Nanako has her first day at Seiran Academy.

E2The Glass Slippers

Mariko looks out for Nanako before class, and shoves Tomoko out of the way when she finds Nanako. Fukiko comes to Nanako's class and announces three Sorority candidates.

E3Nanako, Disqualified?

An insulting note is posted about Nanako's candidacy for the Sorority on the school bulletin board.

E4The Music Box

Despite missing the selection party, Nanako has her interview, and humiliates herself.

E5Thorns of Suspicion and Doubt

Nanako sees Kaoru stop Rei from taking some pills.

E6Lost and Alone

The bullying continues. Nanako's gym uniform is stolen and cut to shreds, and Tomoko won't lend Nanako hers.

E7The Darkness in the Clock Tower

Depressed from her classmates' bullying, Nanako goes to the school's clock tower to spend some time alone.

E8I Want You

Mariko tries to warn Tomoko off Nanako again, but Kaoru comes by and stops her.

E9Relapse, Broken Heart

Kaoru collapses from chest pains, so Nanako tries to fetch painkillers from Rei.

E10Mariko...

Mariko refuses to eat anything until Nanako forgives her, but Nanako is giving her the silent treatment.

E11Under the Elm Tree...

The Sorority members have a special study session at Fukiko's house.

E12The Scar

Nanako calls Kaoru to help take care of Rei.

E13A Tale of Double Suicide

Rei is well enough to go back to school. She confronts Fukiko, but is made docile with a few words.

E14The Secret Door

Nanako desperately tries to escape from Rei, but fails.

E15Fukiko, the Sea Rumbles

A Sorority member named Junko Nakaya fails one of her exams due to having been seriously ill, so Fukiko orders her to resign.

E16Comeback

It is Kaoru's first basketball game since her illness, and she is determined to win.

E17Postscript

Nanako realizes that she has fallen in love with Rei, but is too nervous to say anything.

E18Into the Dream

After Nanako accidentally misses her bus stop, Rei takes her to the park.

E19The Transient Game

Rei refuses to react after hearing Nanako's confession and begins to intentionally avoid her, breaking Nanako's heart.

E20The Gardening Shears

Nanako and Tomoko decide to go to Takehiko's university fair.

E21The University Festival

Nanako, Tomoko, and Mariko go the University Fair with Takehiko and Takashi, Fukiko's older brother.

E22A Summer Day's Serenade

Mariko and Nanako are invited by Fukiko to her country house for the weekend to help her prepare for her birthday party.

E23The Forbidden Gift

Home from the lake house, Fukiko and Rei visit Ms. Asaka's grave on the anniversary of her death, three years ago.

E24Encore

Confused by the events of the party, Rei inquires of Takashi as to why the song upset Fukiko.

E25The Scarlet Lipstick

Rei reminisces about the first time she met Fukiko, remembering how, even as a child, her pride had still been admirable.

E26Proof: Snow for the Two of Us Alone

Rei reflects on that double suicide pact that she and Fukiko made shortly after Rei's mother committed suicide.

E27Mariko's Incident of Bloodshed

Mariko's parents are divorcing and she is traumatized, spending the night at Nanako's home to try coping.

E28The Christmas Candles

Everyone desperately looks for the missing Mariko, fearing for the worst.

E29The Student Assembly

At the Student Assembly, Kaoru asks for the abolition of the Sorority.

E30The Petition

Two Sorority members, Ogiwara and Komabayashi, persuade Aya's friends, Miyuki and Megumi, to steal and burn the petitions.

E31The Bad Apple

The Sorority members are getting scared as the Petition gains movement and their own members begin signing it.

E32Pride: The Last Meeting

Fukiko continues to pretend that nothing is wrong.

E33Soaring

Rei dreams of her mother's death, in which Ms. Asaka reveals that Fukiko is her child as well.

E34Ablution

Nanako waits for Rei to pick her up for their date, but soon, everyone finds out about Rei.

E35The Shore of Dreams

The school attends Rei's funeral. Fukiko accepts all of the guests with dignity.

E36Fireflies, Burning with Love...

Two weeks after Rei dies, it is the summer holidays.

E37Merry-Go-Round

Kaoru tells Nanako that she broke up with Takehiko because of her illness and mastectomy, and that Nanako is really Takehiko's stepsister.

E38Yes

Takehiko is about to leave for Germany, so Kaoru intends to leave him behind for good.

E39A Lingering Fragrance

Fukiko has a hallucination where Rei encourages her to find true love.