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Kobato.

TV·2009–2010·1 season, 24 episodes·NHK BS1·Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy·24m·Created by Tsubaki Nekoi, Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Okawa

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Kobato is a girl who came to earth to fulfill her wish, which is to go to a certain place. To fulfill that wish, she has to find a bottle and fill it with scarred hearts. Together with her "teacher," which is a stuffed animal, she search for the scarred hearts. However she may not fall in love with any person whom she cures the heart of.

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Episodes by season

Season0124Episodes2009–10AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Kobato. S01E01Wishful GirlOctober 6, 2009Kobato Hanato has a wish. In order to collect all the wounded hearts, she must embark on a mission and succeed and so begins her story.
  2. S01E02Kobato. S01E02The Konpeito's ShineOctober 13, 2009Kobato barely manages to pass her initial test to get her bottle. Now she must fill it to the brim with wounded hearts in order to have her
  3. S01E03Kobato. S01E03The Rain's GiftOctober 20, 2009Kobato and Ioryogi stay inside an unused sewer pipe in the park to avoid getting wet. Ms. Sayaka, the head of Yomogi Kindergarten, decides t
  4. S01E04Kobato. S01E04When the Green Leaves FlourishOctober 27, 2009Kobato is off on her usual search for people with broken hearts so that she can collect "kompeitos" in her bottle. Ioryogi’s anxiety mounts
  5. S01E05Kobato. S01E05Promise of the FirefliesNovember 10, 2009Kobato reads a book to the children at Yomogi Kindergarten, but she cannot read well, which Fujimoto quickly and meanly points out. Kobato p
  6. S01E06Kobato. S01E06Small Hide-and-SeekNovember 17, 2009It’s early summer, and Kobato is going on a picnic with all of the children at Yomogi Kindergarten. While playing in the park, Marina goes m
  7. S01E07Kobato. S01E07Kind PersonNovember 24, 2009Fujimoto has headed off to university without his essay, and Ms. Sayaka asks Kobato to deliver it. Excited about being able to show the ever
  8. S01E08Kobato. S01E08A Kitten's LullabyDecember 1, 2009In town, Kobato hears the helpless cry of a kitten coming from a box. Against the advice of both Ioryogi and Fujimoto, who tell her not to g
  9. S01E09Kobato. S01E09Memories of SummerDecember 8, 2009It’s summer vacation for Yomogi Kindergarten. While Kobato is washing Ioryogi, the summer festival leaflet gets blown away by the wind. A hi
  10. S01E10Kobato. S01E10The Day of the Organ BoyDecember 15, 2009It’s a beautiful day, and Kobato decides to make herself useful. She goes to the kindergarten to air out the futons. On the way, she is clum
  11. S01E11Kobato. S01E11Detective Hanato KobatoDecember 22, 2009Done helping at Yomogi Kindergarten, Kobato finds a classifieds magazine on Fujimoto’s desk. Wishing to help the kindergarten, she decides t
  12. S01E12Kobato. S01E12Silver EyesJanuary 5, 2010Marina ties a cute ribbon around Ioryogi, who is sitting in Kobato’s bag as always. Kobato doesn’t notice how upset Ioryogi is about this. M
  13. S01E13Kobato. S01E13The Angel and the Protected PersonJanuary 12, 2010While taking a walk with Ioryogi, enjoying the fragrance of autumn, Kobato finds a huge ginkgo tree. She takes the children to see the tree
  14. S01E14Kobato. S01E14What Twilight Sought AfterJanuary 19, 2010It’s sweet potato-digging day at Yomogi Kindergarten. Kobato excitedly gets ready for her first ever experience, but Ioryogi is quick to com
  15. S01E15Kobato. S01E15Secret PrayerJanuary 26, 2010Kobato receives some beautiful origami from her landlady, Chisato. Not knowing what to do with the paper, Kobato cuts it up to decorate the
  16. S01E16Kobato. S01E16Mysterious Lifeform (1)February 2, 2010Returning to her apartment after helping at Yomogi Kindergarten, Kobato hears from Chitose, Chiho and Chise about a bazaar being held at the
  17. S01E17Kobato. S01E17Mysterious Lifeform (2)February 9, 2010On the day of the bazaar, Ioryogi heads out to Genko’s to find something that would surely sell. When he gets there, the Bear’s Baumkuchen S
  18. S01E18Kobato. S01E18The Warmth of a Wintry WindFebruary 16, 2010It’s winter, and Kobato is thrilled at the sight of Christmas trees. But at the kindergarten, that debt collector who had been by to hassle
  19. S01E19Kobato. S01E19Silent NightFebruary 23, 2010Preparations for the Christmas party are underway. Fujimoto, who always dresses as Santa Claus, is ironing his suit. His attitude bothers Ko
  20. S01E20Kobato. S01E20Someone Who TravelsMarch 2, 2010One February evening when the air is still cold, Kobato tells Ioryogi about all the magazines she saw with pictures of chocolates on them. I
  21. S01E21Kobato. S01E21The Footsteps of SpringMarch 9, 2010Kobato is helping out at the kindergarten as usual, when Kazuto Okiura, the man who promises to shut the place down, shows up saying he’s wi
  22. S01E22Kobato. S01E22The Day of GoodbyesMarch 16, 2010Kobato and Sayaka are tidying up at the kindergarten. Having taken on even more jobs, Fujimoto hasn’t had time to show up at the kindergarte
  23. S01E23Kobato. S01E23Kobato's WishMarch 23, 2010Worried about Fujimoto who injured himself at work, Kobato visits his apartment every morning. He appears to be dubious, but still Kobato is
  24. S01E24Kobato. S01E24The Coming Day of TomorrowMarch 23, 2010Early morning, awakened by chirping birds, Fujimoto lies in bed and gazes up at the ceiling. He heads off to university but cannot concentra

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