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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

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Season 1

9.4/106 votes
The Christmas Candles
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/1/1992
Everyone desperately looks for the missing Mariko, fearing for the worst.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
8.2/107 votes
Nanako, Disqualified?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/1991
An insulting note is posted about Nanako's candidacy for the Sorority on the school bulletin board.
Director: Kazuo Nogami
Writer: Masami Mori
8.0/1012 votes
The Glass Slippers
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/1991
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.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
7.6/106 votes
The Music Box
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/1991
Despite missing the selection party, Nanako has her interview, and humiliates herself.
Director: Kazuya Miyazaki
Writer: Chifude Asakura
7.2/1020 votes
The Magnificent Ones
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/1991
Nanako has her first day at Seiran Academy.
Director: Yusaku Saotome
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
Thorns of Suspicion and Doubt
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/1991
Nanako sees Kaoru stop Rei from taking some pills.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
Lost and Alone
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/1991
The bullying continues. Nanako's gym uniform is stolen and cut to shreds, and Tomoko won't lend Nanako hers.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
The Darkness in the Clock Tower
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/1991
Depressed from her classmates' bullying, Nanako goes to the school's clock tower to spend some time alone.
Director: Kazuya Miyazaki
Writer: Chifude Asakura
N/A/100 votes
I Want You
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/1991
Mariko tries to warn Tomoko off Nanako again, but Kaoru comes by and stops her.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Chifude Asakura
N/A/100 votes
Relapse, Broken Heart
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/1991
Kaoru collapses from chest pains, so Nanako tries to fetch painkillers from Rei.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
Mariko...
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/1991
Mariko refuses to eat anything until Nanako forgives her, but Nanako is giving her the silent treatment.
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Writer: Chifude Asakura
N/A/100 votes
Under the Elm Tree...
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/1991
The Sorority members have a special study session at Fukiko's house.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
The Scar
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/29/1991
Nanako calls Kaoru to help take care of Rei.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Masami Mori
N/A/100 votes
A Tale of Double Suicide
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/6/1991
Rei is well enough to go back to school. She confronts Fukiko, but is made docile with a few words.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
The Secret Door
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/27/1991
Nanako desperately tries to escape from Rei, but fails.
Director: Shinichi Matsumi
Writer: Chifude Asakura
N/A/100 votes
Fukiko, the Sea Rumbles
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/3/1991
A Sorority member named Junko Nakaya fails one of her exams due to having been seriously ill, so Fukiko orders her to resign.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Comeback
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/10/1991
It is Kaoru's first basketball game since her illness, and she is determined to win.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Masami Mori
N/A/100 votes
Postscript
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/17/1991
Nanako realizes that she has fallen in love with Rei, but is too nervous to say anything.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
Into the Dream
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/24/1991
After Nanako accidentally misses her bus stop, Rei takes her to the park.
Director: Shinichi Matsumi
Writer: Chifude Asakura
N/A/100 votes
The Transient Game
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/8/1991
Rei refuses to react after hearing Nanako's confession and begins to intentionally avoid her, breaking Nanako's heart.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
The Gardening Shears
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/15/1991
Nanako and Tomoko decide to go to Takehiko's university fair.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Chifude Asakura
N/A/100 votes
The University Festival
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/22/1991
Nanako, Tomoko, and Mariko go the University Fair with Takehiko and Takashi, Fukiko's older brother.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Masami Mori
N/A/100 votes
A Summer Day's Serenade
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/29/1991
Mariko and Nanako are invited by Fukiko to her country house for the weekend to help her prepare for her birthday party.
Director: Shinichi Matsumi
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
The Forbidden Gift
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/12/1992
Home from the lake house, Fukiko and Rei visit Ms. Asaka's grave on the anniversary of her death, three years ago.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
Encore
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/19/1992
Confused by the events of the party, Rei inquires of Takashi as to why the song upset Fukiko.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
The Scarlet Lipstick
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/26/1992
Rei reminisces about the first time she met Fukiko, remembering how, even as a child, her pride had still been admirable.
Director: Yutaka Satoh
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Proof: Snow for the Two of Us Alone
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/2/1992
Rei reflects on that double suicide pact that she and Fukiko made shortly after Rei's mother committed suicide.
Director: Shinichi Matsumi
Writer: Masami Mori
N/A/100 votes
Mariko's Incident of Bloodshed
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/23/1992
Mariko's parents are divorcing and she is traumatized, spending the night at Nanako's home to try coping.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Katsuhiko Koide
N/A/100 votes
The Student Assembly
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 3/8/1992
At the Student Assembly, Kaoru asks for the abolition of the Sorority.
Director: Yutaka Satoh
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
The Petition
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 3/15/1992
Two Sorority members, Ogiwara and Komabayashi, persuade Aya's friends, Miyuki and Megumi, to steal and burn the petitions.
Director: Takuo Suzuki
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki, Katsuhiko Koide
N/A/100 votes
The Bad Apple
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 3/22/1992
The Sorority members are getting scared as the Petition gains movement and their own members begin signing it.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Masami Mori, Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Pride: The Last Meeting
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 3/29/1992
Fukiko continues to pretend that nothing is wrong.
Director: Jun Takada
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Soaring
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 4/5/1992
Rei dreams of her mother's death, in which Ms. Asaka reveals that Fukiko is her child as well.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
Ablution
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 4/12/1992
Nanako waits for Rei to pick her up for their date, but soon, everyone finds out about Rei.
Director: Yutaka Satoh
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
The Shore of Dreams
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 4/19/1992
The school attends Rei's funeral. Fukiko accepts all of the guests with dignity.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Fireflies, Burning With Love...
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 4/26/1992
Two weeks after Rei dies, it is the summer holidays.
Director: Kazuo Nogami
Writer: Masami Mori, Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Merry-Go-Round
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 5/3/1992
Kaoru tells Nanako that she broke up with Takehiko because of her illness and mastectomy, and that Nanako is really Takehiko's stepsister.
Director: Hideki Hiroshima
Writer: Katsuhiko Koide, Tomoko Konparu
N/A/100 votes
Yes
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 5/10/1992
Takehiko is about to leave for Germany, so Kaoru intends to leave him behind for good.
Director: Yutaka Satoh
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
N/A/100 votes
A Lingering Fragrance
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 5/17/1992
Fukiko has a hallucination where Rei encourages her to find true love.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki