Haibane Renmei — Season 1, Episode 8: The Bird

Episode synopsis

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 clothes and a human girl tries to touch Rakka's wings. She flees into the Western Woods, led by the crows, who take her to an old well where she learns about her cocoon dream.

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
• E5Library / Abandoned Factory / The Beginning of the World
• E6End of Summer / Rain / Loss
• E7Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter
• 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