Details
- Episodes:26
- Format:TV
- Average Score:75
- Popularity:1079
- Status:Finished Airing
- Season:Fall 1998
- Duration:24 min. per ep. minutes
- Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shoujo, Slice of Life
- Country:JP
Yukino Miyazawa is the female representative for her class and the most popular girl among the freshmen at her high school. Good at both academics and sports on top of being elegant and sociable, she has been an object of admiration all her life. However, in reality, she is an incredibly vain person who toils relentlessly to maintain her good grades, athleticism, and graceful appearance. She wants nothing more than to be the center of attention and praise—which is why she cannot stand Soichiro Arima, the male representative for her class and the only person more perfect than her. Since the first day of high school, she has struggled to steal the spotlight from her new rival but to no avail. At last, on the midterm exams, Yukino gets the top score and beats Soichiro. But, to her surprise, he congratulates her on her achievement, leading her to question her deceptive lifestyle. When Soichiro confesses his love to Yukino, she turns him down and gloats about it at home with only a hint of regret. But the very next day, Soichiro visits Yukino house to bring her a CD and sees her uninhibited self in action; now equipped with the truth, he blackmails her into completing his student council duties. Coerced into spending time with Soichiro, Yukino learns that she is not the only one hiding secrets. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Episodes
1. Her Circumstances
Yukino Miyazawa is the model student and she absolutely craves all the attention and admiration it gets her.
2. Their Secret
Yukino's inadvertently made a fool of herself in front of Arima and now he's blackmailing her! Getting her to do his work, act as his slave... she's just about at her wit's end!
3. His Circumstances
Things have been good between Arima and Yukino for the past few weeks but lately Arima has been acting strange. He's been very distant and it almost seems like he's purposefully ignoring Yukino... what is it that's changed so suddenly?
4. Her Difficult Problem
Confessing your love for someone can be very tricky... and it's not any easier for Yukino!
5. Day of the Labyrinth
A new boy has just transferred to Yukino and Arima's school... Asaba. He's pretty handsome and charismatic, so it doesn't take long for him to rise in popularity, but he's got a real problem with Yukino.
6. Your Voice That Changes Me
Arima and Yukino lead very similar lives despite their differences... but how will their bond stand against the test of time? While Yukino feels as if she's been liberated of her guise of perfection.
7. Their Estrangement
The newest test scores have been posted and Yukino and Arima's scores weren't up to their typical standard.
8. Her Day
Arima and Yukino both have the day off from school so they decide to meet up over at Arima's place. But that's not the whole story...
9. Atonement for Postponed Debts
Two jealous rivals emerge to sabotage Yukino! The first girl, Maho, resents her popularity and attempts to unmask Yukino's superficiality to the whole school...
10. Everything Starts Now
The class has sided with the scheming Maho and they all decide to give Yukino the "silent treatment." As time goes on and it appears that things won't change, Yukino knows that she'll have to confront her saboteur and put an end to the harassment... but how?
11. At the End of the First Semester
Summer has arrived and it's a time of separation. Arima is going away for a Kendo tournament while Yukino has made new friends. Even Tsubasa has taken a liking to Yukino, but something's not right... she's grown a little too attached.
12. The Location of Happiness
Tsubasa has holed up at Yukino's house and refuses to go home. Tsubasa's father is remarrying and it's been hard for her to come to terms with the idea.
13. The Subjectivity of Happiness
Tsubasa decides to go home, but her loathing for her father getting remarried is renewed upon meeting her future stepbrother... a punk-rocker named Kazuma. How could she ever possibly relate to someone so completely different?
14. The Story So Far
Yukino and Arima's story up to this point is revisited.
15. The Story So Far (Part 2)
Arima's absence has been hard on Yukino, but she's not the only one. Asaba's had it tough as well...
16. Eternal Interspersion
The Miyazawa family heads off to meet grandpa... an ill-tempered old man who's got it in for Yukino's father!
17. His Return
Hearing from her friends that Arima has changed a lot over the summer, Yukino bemoans over the fact that she hasn't changed at all and that she can't seem to get her feelings sorted well when it comes to him.
18. Progress
Arima's feelings for Yukino are beginning to build up and he knows now, more than anything, he wants to take their relationship to the next level...
19. 14 Days: 1
Yukino isn't all that interested in the culture fest until she finds out that the class that puts on the best show gets the test notes of a student who went on to Tokyo University!
20. 14 Days: 2
Tonami had a tough childhood... he was constantly sick, being bullied, but the worst of it was all Tsubaki's fault. Now he's back and he's determined to throw it back in her face!
21. 14 Days: 3
Aya has finished her script for the culture fest play, but neither Yukino nor Maho are eager to participate. All the while, Tonami has begun to make his mark on Tsubaki. She begins to suspect who he really is.
22. 14 Days: 4
After reading the Aya's play, Yukino decides that she'd like to participate in it.
23. 14 Days: 5
Yukino's organizational talents shine as the play really starts to come together. Meanwhile, Tonami's plot for revenge against Tsubaki isn't going as well as he'd hoped...
24. A Different Story from So Far
Yukino has changed a lot since meeting Arima, but Arima still feels that he himself hasn't changed much at all.
25. A Different Story from Up to Now
Kano's been feeling a strange presence lately... as if someone is following her. Mysterious phone calls... flowers from an anonymous admirer...
26. 14 Days: 6
The final episode. As tensions rise over Arima's jealous and over-protective nature, Tonami begins to realize that his desire to get Tsubaki to notice him was one born out of an emotion different from hate.
