1996-04-05
Sana Kurata, the sixth grader with a "pimp," struggles to deal with her class full of troublemakers.
1996-04-12
Sana continues to confront Akito, and the girls in the class join her.
1996-04-26
Sana learns about Akito's weakness and tries to exploit it.
1996-05-03
Akito has stopped acting up due to Sana's blackmail, but now another boy vies for the "boss monkey" title.
1996-05-03
While Sana get Akito open up, Sana gets a glimpse of a family very different from her own.
1996-05-10
Sana gets the Hayama family to watch her new TV drama.
1996-05-17
Sana learns of Asako and Rei's past together.
1996-05-24
Sana takes a field trip to help her forget why Rei has been acting so weird.
1996-05-31
Sana copes with her surprising first kiss.
1996-06-07
Sana meets Aono, Tsuyoshi's younger sister. She decides to give Aono a pleasant surprise, over Akito's objections.
1996-06-14
Sana goes back to focusing more on her work, taking on several commercials with her Child's Toy co-star, Zenjiro.
1996-06-21
Rei signs Sana up for too many commercials, and causes her to forget a promise she made to her friends.
1996-06-28
Tsuyoshi misses school one day, and Akito and Sana get together to help their friend.
1996-07-05
Everyone is excited about a class camping trip. While Sana looks cheerful as usual, Akito notices that she is worried.
1996-07-12
Akito does his best to comfort a distraught Sana, who's still fearing the potential aftermath of Misako's book getting published.
1996-07-19
Sana performs in a play and invites her classmates, teachers, and Naozumi.
1996-07-26
Misako's book "My Daughter and I" has been released.
1996-08-02
Sana stays the night with the Hayamas, but she gets hungry in the middle of the night.
1996-08-09
Sana meets her biological mother, Keiko Sakai and her half-sister, Mariko.
1996-08-16
A recap episode set up as quiz show hosted by series mascot, Babbit, and "Child's Toy" host, Zenjiro, recapping from the start of the story to the end of the love-triangle arc.
1996-08-23
Sana visits Kamura Academy with Naozumi.
1996-08-30
Akito begins studying karate, but isn't happy with his first lessons.
1996-09-06
Sana helps find Mariko, who sneaks into the set of "Child's Toy" to find Sana.
1996-09-13
Principal Narunaru goes on a business trip, and Ms. Andoh takes this opportunity to threaten Class 3 of failing them and preventing them from advancing to junior high school.
1996-09-20
Due to the pond-incident earlier in the school year, where Mami was nearly drowned by Akito and his old goons, Mami is now traumatized and scared of Akito.
1996-09-27
Sana's gift to Aono, the little baby chick, has now become a full-grown rooster.
1996-10-04
Misako's ex-husband, Ryousuke Kashima asks Sana for a favor, Akito and Tsuyoshi become worried about her and decide to follow them around.
1996-10-11
Sana and Tsuyoshi visit Akito's mother's grave with the Hayama family, which is also Akito's birthday.
1996-10-18
Misako's mother Shizuka visits Misako and Sana in Tokyo.
1996-10-25
Asako stars in a romantic drama with popular performer Takuya Kimochi, and rumors begin.
1996-11-01
A tabloid photographer named Kurosaki is determined to get a scoop on Sana.
1996-11-08
Tsuyoshi's father is thrown in jail, and Tsuyoshi and his sister are picked on by their classmates.
1996-11-15
The boys and girls of Class 3 battle it out over after-school cleaning chores and is escalated further once Ms. Mitsuya and Mr. Tanaka argue about their upcoming wedding and their life after marriage.
1996-11-22
It's Zenjiro's birthday so Sana plans to hold a birthday party for him.
1996-11-29
Tsuyoshi receives an anonymous gift.
1996-12-06
Winter vacation brings a trip to the Kurata Hot Springs Inn in Kusatsu.
1996-12-13
Akito stresses about trying to buy a gift for Sana, and Sana stresses about a job.
1996-12-20
Sana hosts her and Akito's middle birthday/Christmas party.
1997-01-03
Moth versions of Akito, known as Haya-moths, turn everyone into moth versions of themselves.
1997-01-10
The Kurata household copes with a major setback.
1997-01-17
Sana can not find work. But it seems to be bigger than everyone expects.
1997-01-24
Onda had asked Sana to write a book. Sana then puts off the book until there's only about a week left.
1997-01-31
Reporters believe Sana and Takeshi to be father and daughter, but Sana says that it's not true and then declares that they are lovers.
1997-02-07
Gomi does some shoplifting, and then he runs away. But, runs into Akito leaving the stolen loot.
1997-02-14
Takeshi misses work, leading everyone to believe he drops out.
1997-02-21
Sana's book hit the store shelves, but Mami wasn't mentioned anywhere in the book.
1997-02-28
The apartment that Sana stayed in gets torn down, and for another week, the Kurata family is homeless.
1997-03-07
Misako learns something about Takeshi.
1997-03-14
Takeshi find outs that Sana is actually his daughter.
1997-03-21
Depressed by the death of Takeshi, Sana leaves for the mountains and Akito convinces her to come home.
1997-04-04
A clipshow episode where Zenjiro recruits several of Sana's friends to discuss the relationship between Sana and Akito.
1997-04-04
It's the first day of middle school, and Sana meets a new girl, Fuka, in the bathroom. They discover they have much in common.
1997-04-11
Fuka tells Sana why she slapped Akito, and about how Akito ruined her life by stealing her first kiss in kindergarten.
1997-04-18
Sana tells Tsuyoshi that she doesn't believe in love anymore because of what happened with Rei.
1997-04-25
Sana leaves to film a movie in a secluded mountain area.
1997-05-02
Sana and the crew arrive at the movie set location in the mountains.
1997-05-09
Fuka asks Akito to be her boyfriend, and bribes him with sushi, so she won't lose face to her old friends.
1997-05-16
Naozumi confesses his feelings to Sana.
1997-05-23
Sana gets attacked by Naozumi's fans.
1997-05-30
Upon finding out that Akito is going out with her best friend, Fuka, she comes to realize her true feelings towards him.
1997-06-06
Sana's mom visits her on the set and tries to cheer her up.
1997-06-13
Sana faces a dangerous situation while filming a movie scene inside the burning mansion.
1997-06-20
Sana deals with tabloid rumors of her and Nauzomi dating.
1997-06-27
Naozumi reveals the true nature of his rationship with Sana on live television broadcast, and also exposes her feelings toward Akito.
1997-07-04
After mutual confessions, Sana and Akito argue, but they are interrupted by a nurse.
1997-07-11
Sana and Naozumi leave for New York to star in a Broadway musical together.
1997-07-18
Strange incidents keep happening to Sana and Naozumi upon their arrival in New York.
1997-06-25
Rei goes to Hollywood to find Mr. Hamilton, while Sana and Naozumi begin rehearsals.
1997-08-01
Sana and Naozumi discover the truth about the mysterious ghost they've been seeing.
1997-08-08
Sana, Rei and Naozumi spend their first night at the hotel and Naozumi encounters the strange man from before.
1997-08-15
Brad reveals why he is terrorizing Sana and Naozumi.
1997-08-22
Brad tells Naozumi the background of his relationship with Secil.
1997-08-29
Secil deals with feeling unwanted and unloved due to her injury.
1997-09-05
Yuko has decided to use Naozumi as a tool to get fame.
1997-09-12
Secil runs away after overhearing a conversation between Yuko and Naozumi.
1997-09-19
Naozumi and Sana weigh their options after Naozumi learns of his mother's true intentions.
1997-09-26
Naozumi and Sana reconsider their decision to return to Japan and instead meet with the Hamilton family.
1997-10-03
As Yuko's luck runs out, she and Naozumi fight over her treatment of him.
1997-10-10
Gary and Naozumi attempt to adapt to their newfound relationship.
1997-10-17
Sana and Naozumi defy a new law prohibiting singing and music.
1997-10-24
Sana and Naozumi recall to their time in New York on their return to Japan.
1997-10-31
Naozumi and Sana re-adjust to life in Japan.
1997-11-07
Sana's friends welcome her back and pay her a visit where she announces that she and Naozumi are officially a couple.
1997-11-14
Naozumi is suspicious of his new manager, Riho.
1997-11-21
Sana objects to script dialogue that requires her to call another character a "devil."
1997-11-28
Fuka's temporary blindness allows her to see Sana and Akito's feelings toward each other.
1997-12-05
Fuka and Akito assess their relationship.
1997-12-12
Sand decides to quit acting and return to school.
1997-12-19
Sana reflects on her feelings toward Akito and Naozumi.
1997-12-30
In this fantasy episode, Hayama's father builds a mother robot.
1998-01-09
Sana's fan club is disappointed by her lack of acting work.
1998-01-16
Sana doesn't understand the subject she's trying to teach for her new job.
1998-01-23
Sana gets a strange letter from someone using her name.
1998-01-30
Sana and Zenjiro are reunited in the new series "Kodocha."
1998-02-06
Takaishi and Fuka are now both single. Can Sana and Zenjiro play Cupid and help these two get together?
1998-02-13
Asako is getting ready to leave for London but Rei is not ready to give up his career for her. Is this the end of their relationship?
1998-02-27
Misako's ex-husband is back again to ask for money. But this time, he is serious. At least, he thinks he is...
1998-02-27
It's Akito's sister who falls in love with the "perfect" guy. But it seems that the guy is a massive playboy, and is dating many other girls.
1998-03-06
Sana wants to form a karate club for Akito's sake.
1998-03-13
The new karate club member, Nakao, cannot find any meaning in his existence and chooses to rot away in the north wing with the blackboard erasers.
1998-03-20
Other kids started talking bad about Akito and Sana and Jinbou Elementary School's 6th grade Class 3.
1998-03-27
Sengoku's evil plot to expel Akito is revealed.
