His and Her Circumstances (1998)
In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him. Souichirou Arima. The instant she met him, she hated him. Without even trying, he snatched the very glory from her hands by easily acing the high school entrance exam that should have made her the class representative. To take back what is rightfully hers, Yukino is putting all her efforts into plotting her revenge – but was love part of the plan?
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Episode 1 - Yuki's Trouble
Release Date: 1998-10-02On the first day of high school, Yuki is not perfectly happy as she failed to get the highest score at the entrance examination. Although she does not show her desire, she wants to be the center of attention always. The honor belongs to her classmate, Arima. Yuki feels strong rivalry to Arima. She beats him at the mid-term exam. To her surprise, Arima congratulates her achievement heartily. One day, Arima tells her that he wants to “go steady” with her. Yuki bluntly refuses his proposal. Then, she accidentally reveals her true desire and is terrified by her mistake.
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Episode 2 - Their Secret
Release Date: 1998-10-09Yukino'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!
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Episode 3 - His Circumstances
Release Date: 1998-10-16Things 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?
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Episode 4 - Her Difficult Problem
Release Date: 1998-10-23Confessing your love for someone can be very tricky... and it's not any easier for Yukino!
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Episode 5 - Day of Labyrinth
Release Date: 1998-10-30A 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.
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Episode 6 - Your Voice That Changes Me
Release Date: 1998-11-06Arima 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.
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Episode 7 - Their Estrangement
Release Date: 1998-11-13The newest test scores have been posted and Yukino and Arima's scores weren't up to their typical standard.
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Episode 8 - Her Day
Release Date: 1998-11-20Arima 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...
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Episode 9 - Atonement for Postponed Debts
Release Date: 1998-11-27Two jealous rivals emerge to sabotage Yukino! The first girl, Maho, resents her popularity and attempts to unmask Yukino's superficiality to the whole school...
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Episode 10 - Everything Starts Now
Release Date: 1998-12-04The 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?
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Episode 11 - At the End of the First Semester
Release Date: 1998-12-11Summer 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.
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Episode 12 - The Location of Happiness
Release Date: 1998-12-18Tsubasa 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.
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Episode 13 - The Subjectivity of Happiness
Release Date: 1998-12-25Tsubasa 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?
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Episode 14 - The Story So Far: Part 1
Release Date: 1998-12-30Yukino and Arima's story up to this point is revisited.
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Episode 15 - The Story So Far: Part 2
Release Date: 1999-01-08Arima's absence has been hard on Yukino, but she's not the only one. Asaba's had it tough as well...
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Episode 16 - Eternal Interspersion
Release Date: 1999-01-15The Miyazawa family heads off to meet grandpa... an ill-tempered old man who's got it in for Yukino's father!
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Episode 17 - His Return
Release Date: 1999-01-22Hearing 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.
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Episode 18 - Progress
Release Date: 1999-01-29Arima'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...
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Episode 19 - 14 Days: Act 1
Release Date: 1999-02-05Yukino 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!
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Episode 20 - 14 Days: Act 2
Release Date: 1999-02-12Tonami 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!
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Episode 21 - 14 Days: Act 3
Release Date: 1999-02-19Aya 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.
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Episode 22 - 14 Days: Act 4
Release Date: 1999-02-26After reading the Aya's play, Yukino decides that she'd like to participate in it.
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Episode 23 - 14 Days: Act 5
Release Date: 1999-03-05Yukino'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...
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Episode 24 - A Different Story From So Far
Release Date: 1999-03-12Yukino has changed a lot since meeting Arima, but Arima still feels that he himself hasn't changed much at all.
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Episode 25 - A Different Story From Up to Now
Release Date: 1999-03-19Kano's been feeling a strange presence lately... as if someone is following her. Mysterious phone calls... flowers from an anonymous admirer...
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Episode 26 - 14 Days: Act 6
Release Date: 1999-03-26The 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.