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Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Episode 1June 3, 1978— - S01E02
Episode 2June 10, 1978— - S01E03
Episode 3June 17, 1978— - S01E04
Episode 4June 24, 1978— - S01E05
Episode 5June 30, 1978— - S01E06
Episode 6July 7, 1978— - S01E07
Episode 7July 14, 1978— - S01E08
Episode 8July 21, 1978— - S01E09
Episode 9July 28, 1978— - S01E10
Episode 10August 4, 1978— - S01E11
Episode 11August 11, 1978— - S01E12
Episode 12August 18, 1978— - S01E13
Episode 13August 25, 1978— - S01E14
Episode 14September 1, 1978— - S01E15
Episode 15September 8, 1978— - S01E16
Episode 16September 15, 1978— - S01E17
Episode 17September 22, 1978— - S01E18
Episode 18September 29, 1978— - S01E19
Episode 19October 6, 1978— - S01E20
Episode 20October 13, 1978— - S01E21
Episode 21October 20, 1978— - S01E22
Episode 22October 27, 1978— - S01E23
Episode 23November 3, 1978— - S01E24
Episode 24November 10, 1978— - S01E25
Episode 25November 17, 1978— - S01E26
Episode 26November 24, 1978— - S01E27
Episode 27November 30, 1978— - S01E28
Episode 28December 6, 1978— - S01E29
Episode 29December 13, 1978— - S01E30
Episode 30December 20, 1978— - S01E31
Episode 31December 27, 1978— - S01E32
Episode 32January 3, 1979— - S01E33
Episode 33January 10, 1979— - S01E34
Episode 34January 17, 1979— - S01E35
Episode 35January 24, 1979— - S01E36
Episode 36January 31, 1979— - S01E37
Episode 37February 7, 1979— - S01E38
Episode 38February 14, 1979— - S01E39
Episode 39February 21, 1978— - S01E40
Episode 40February 28, 1978— - S01E41
Episode 41March 7, 1978— - S01E42
Episode 42March 14, 1978—
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