Haibane Renmei: Season 1
Episode Guide
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Cocoon / Dream of Falling From the Sky / Old Home
Oct 9, 2002 · 24 min
A girl dreams she is falling, and semi-angelic beings discover a large cocoon in their home. The girl wakes up inside this cocoon and breaks out of it. The winged people introduce
Town and Wall / Toga / Haibane-Renmei
Oct 23, 2002 · 24 min
Rakka's new companions take her into the town of Glie. She learns that most of the people here are not Haibane, that Haibane can only own things humans have stopped using, and that
Temple / Communicator / Pancakes
Nov 6, 2002 · 24 min
Hikari takes Rakka to the temple of the Haibane Renmei, where the Communicator approves her as a Haibane and gives her the notebook with which she can make purchases. Later, she he
Trash Day / Clock Tower / Birds Flying over the Walls
Nov 13, 2002 · 24 min
Kana tells Rakka not to feed the crows, because they are the only creatures who can leave the city, and if they get too comfortable, they might stop doing so. To explore her own jo
Library / Abandoned Factory / The Beginning of the World
Nov 20, 2002 · 24 min
Rakka goes to work with Nemu at the library. There she meets Sumika, a kindly pregnant woman who is interested in Rakka's perspective as a newborn. Nemu tells Rakka about an old, u
End of Summer / Rain / Loss
Nov 27, 2002 · 24 min
With winter approaching, Kuu gives Rakka a coat and helps her choose a room to live in. Kuu thanks her for the influence she has been, and Rakka notices that Kuu's halo is flickeri
Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter
Nov 27, 2002 · 24 min
Rakka refuses to believe Kuu will never return from her Day of Flight, and sickly black spots begin to appear on her own wings. Depressed, she goes to town alone and is approached
The Bird
Dec 4, 2002 · 24 min
Rakka continues to hide her wings from the others. Reki helps her move Kuu's bed into her room and they talk about the wall around the town. They take the children to buy winter cl
Well / Rebirth / Riddle
Dec 4, 2002 · 24 min
Rakka realizes that the crow that died in the well represents someone who cared about her in her old life. The Toga find and rescue her from the well. Hearing a noise, she touches
Kuramori / Haibane of Abandoned Factory / Rakka's Job
Dec 11, 2002 · 24 min
A flashback shows the kindly Kuramori, who promised to stay with Reki forever. In the present, Reki goes to the Haibane Renmei to ask for help for the ailing Rakka, and is told tha
Parting / Darkness in the Heart / Irreplaceable Thing
Dec 11, 2002 · 24 min
Midori, from Abandoned Factory, gives more hints about Reki's past. The Communicator tells Rakka that while she had the birds to offer her forgiveness, Reki will not accept anyone'
Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation
Dec 18, 2002 · 24 min
The Haibane go into town to buy Bell Nuts, gifts of reconciliation for the Passing of the Year festival. Reki gives one to Hyouko, and he and Midori finally tell Rakka what happene
Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue
Dec 18, 2002 · 24 min
Rakka discovers that Reki's entire studio is painted like her cocoon dream. She gives Reki a box from the Communicator, containing her true name, which fills Reki with despair. She