Dear Brother
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.
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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 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.
1.The Magnificent Ones
10.014-07-199125 minNanako has her first day at Seiran Academy.
2.The Glass Slippers
21-07-199125 minMariko 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.
3.Nanako, Disqualified?
28-07-199125 minAn insulting note is posted about Nanako's candidacy for the Sorority on the school bulletin board.
4.The Music Box
04-08-199125 minDespite missing the selection party, Nanako has her interview, and humiliates herself.
5.Thorns of Suspicion and Doubt
11-08-199125 minNanako sees Kaoru stop Rei from taking some pills.
6.Lost and Alone
18-08-199125 minThe bullying continues. Nanako's gym uniform is stolen and cut to shreds, and Tomoko won't lend Nanako hers.
7.The Darkness in the Clock Tower
25-08-199125 minDepressed from her classmates' bullying, Nanako goes to the school's clock tower to spend some time alone.
8.I Want You
01-09-199125 minMariko tries to warn Tomoko off Nanako again, but Kaoru comes by and stops her.
9.Relapse, Broken Heart
08-09-199125 minKaoru collapses from chest pains, so Nanako tries to fetch painkillers from Rei.
10.Mariko...
15-09-199125 minMariko refuses to eat anything until Nanako forgives her, but Nanako is giving her the silent treatment.
11.Under the Elm Tree...
22-09-199125 minThe Sorority members have a special study session at Fukiko's house.
12.The Scar
29-09-199125 minNanako calls Kaoru to help take care of Rei.
13.A Tale of Double Suicide
06-10-199125 minRei is well enough to go back to school. She confronts Fukiko, but is made docile with a few words.
14.The Secret Door
27-10-199125 minNanako desperately tries to escape from Rei, but fails.
15.Fukiko, the Sea Rumbles
03-11-199125 minA Sorority member named Junko Nakaya fails one of her exams due to having been seriously ill, so Fukiko orders her to resign.
16.Comeback
10-11-199125 minIt is Kaoru's first basketball game since her illness, and she is determined to win.
17.Postscript
17-11-199125 minNanako realizes that she has fallen in love with Rei, but is too nervous to say anything.
18.Into the Dream
24-11-199125 minAfter Nanako accidentally misses her bus stop, Rei takes her to the park.
19.The Transient Game
08-12-199125 minRei refuses to react after hearing Nanako's confession and begins to intentionally avoid her, breaking Nanako's heart.
20.The Gardening Shears
15-12-199125 minNanako and Tomoko decide to go to Takehiko's university fair.
21.The University Festival
22-12-199125 minNanako, Tomoko, and Mariko go the University Fair with Takehiko and Takashi, Fukiko's older brother.
22.A Summer Day's Serenade
29-12-199125 minMariko and Nanako are invited by Fukiko to her country house for the weekend to help her prepare for her birthday party.
23.The Forbidden Gift
12-01-199225 minHome from the lake house, Fukiko and Rei visit Ms. Asaka's grave on the anniversary of her death, three years ago.
24.Encore
19-01-199225 minConfused by the events of the party, Rei inquires of Takashi as to why the song upset Fukiko.
25.The Scarlet Lipstick
26-01-199225 minRei reminisces about the first time she met Fukiko, remembering how, even as a child, her pride had still been admirable.
26.Proof: Snow for the Two of Us Alone
02-02-199225 minRei reflects on that double suicide pact that she and Fukiko made shortly after Rei's mother committed suicide.
27.Mariko's Incident of Bloodshed
23-02-199225 minMariko's parents are divorcing and she is traumatized, spending the night at Nanako's home to try coping.
28.The Christmas Candles
01-03-199225 minEveryone desperately looks for the missing Mariko, fearing for the worst.
29.The Student Assembly
08-03-199225 minAt the Student Assembly, Kaoru asks for the abolition of the Sorority.
30.The Petition
15-03-199225 minTwo Sorority members, Ogiwara and Komabayashi, persuade Aya's friends, Miyuki and Megumi, to steal and burn the petitions.
31.The Bad Apple
22-03-199225 minThe Sorority members are getting scared as the Petition gains movement and their own members begin signing it.
32.Pride: The Last Meeting
29-03-199225 minFukiko continues to pretend that nothing is wrong.
33.Soaring
05-04-199225 minRei dreams of her mother's death, in which Ms. Asaka reveals that Fukiko is her child as well.
34.Ablution
12-04-199225 minNanako waits for Rei to pick her up for their date, but soon, everyone finds out about Rei.
35.The Shore of Dreams
19-04-199225 minThe school attends Rei's funeral. Fukiko accepts all of the guests with dignity.
36.Fireflies, Burning with Love...
26-04-199225 minTwo weeks after Rei dies, it is the summer holidays.
37.Merry-Go-Round
03-05-199225 minKaoru tells Nanako that she broke up with Takehiko because of her illness and mastectomy, and that Nanako is really Takehiko's stepsister.
38.Yes
10-05-199225 minTakehiko is about to leave for Germany, so Kaoru intends to leave him behind for good.
39.A Lingering Fragrance
17-05-199225 minFukiko has a hallucination where Rei encourages her to find true love.
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