Haibane Renmei — Season 1, Episode 5: Library / Abandoned Factory / The Beginning of the World

Episode synopsis

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, unreadable book called The Beginning of the World. Rakka learns about another group of Haibane, both male and female, living in Abandoned Factory on the other side of town.

About Haibane Renmei

A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Cocoon / Dream of Falling From the Sky / Old Home
• E2Town and Wall / Toga / Haibane-Renmei
• E3Temple / Communicator / Pancakes
• E4Trash Day / Clock Tower / Birds Flying over the Walls
• E6End of Summer / Rain / Loss
• E7Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter
• E8The Bird
• E9Well / Rebirth / Riddle
• E10Kuramori / Haibane of Abandoned Factory / Rakka's Job
• E11Parting / Darkness in the Heart / Irreplaceable Thing
• E12Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation
• E13Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue