About this season
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.
Episodes (42)
1. Episode 1
Aired 3 June 1978 • 24 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 10 June 1978 • 24 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 17 June 1978 • 24 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 24 June 1978 • 24 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 30 June 1978 • 24 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 7 July 1978 • 24 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 14 July 1978 • 24 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 21 July 1978 • 24 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 28 July 1978 • 24 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 4 August 1978 • 24 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 11 August 1978 • 24 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 18 August 1978 • 24 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 25 August 1978 • 24 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 1 September 1978 • 24 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 8 September 1978 • 24 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 15 September 1978 • 24 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 22 September 1978 • 24 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 29 September 1978 • 24 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 6 October 1978 • 24 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 13 October 1978 • 24 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 20 October 1978 • 24 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 27 October 1978 • 24 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 3 November 1978 • 24 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 10 November 1978 • 24 min
25. Episode 25
Aired 17 November 1978 • 24 min
26. Episode 26
Aired 24 November 1978 • 24 min
27. Episode 27
Aired 30 November 1978 • 24 min
28. Episode 28
Aired 6 December 1978 • 24 min
29. Episode 29
Aired 13 December 1978 • 24 min
30. Episode 30
Aired 20 December 1978 • 24 min
31. Episode 31
Aired 27 December 1978 • 24 min
32. Episode 32
Aired 3 January 1979 • 24 min
33. Episode 33
Aired 10 January 1979 • 24 min
34. Episode 34
Aired 17 January 1979 • 24 min
35. Episode 35
Aired 24 January 1979 • 24 min
36. Episode 36
Aired 31 January 1979 • 24 min
37. Episode 37
Aired 7 February 1979 • 24 min
38. Episode 38
Aired 14 February 1979 • 24 min
39. Episode 39
Aired 21 February 1978 • 24 min
40. Episode 40
Aired 28 February 1978 • 24 min
41. Episode 41
Aired 7 March 1978 • 24 min
42. Episode 42
Aired 14 March 1978 • 24 min