Haibane Renmei

S01E01 Cocoon / Dream of Falling From the Sky / Old Home

October 9, 2002 7.0 24 min

A girl dreams she is falling, and semi-angelic beings discover a large cocoon in their home. The girl wakes up inside this cocoon and breaks out of it. The winged people introduce themselves as Haibane,...

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S01E02 Town and Wall / Toga / Haibane-Renmei

October 23, 2002 6.2 24 min

Rakka's new companions take her into the town of Glie. She learns that most of the people here are not Haibane, that Haibane can only own things humans have stopped using, and that they are...

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S01E03 Temple / Communicator / Pancakes

November 6, 2002 5.8 24 min

Hikari takes Rakka to the temple of the Haibane Renmei, where the Communicator approves her as a Haibane and gives her the notebook with which she can make purchases. Later, she helps Reki with the...

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S01E04 Trash Day / Clock Tower / Birds Flying over the Walls

November 13, 2002 6.2 24 min

Kana tells Rakka not to feed the crows, because they are the only creatures who can leave the city, and if they get too comfortable, they might stop doing so. To explore her own job...

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S01E05 Library / Abandoned Factory / The Beginning of the World

November 20, 2002 6.2 24 min

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...

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S01E06 End of Summer / Rain / Loss

November 27, 2002 6.8 24 min

With winter approaching, Kuu gives Rakka a coat and helps her choose a room to live in. Kuu thanks her for the influence she has been, and Rakka notices that Kuu's halo is flickering. The...

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S01E07 Scar / Illness / Arrival of Winter

November 27, 2002 6.7 24 min

Rakka refuses to believe Kuu will never return from her Day of Flight, and sickly black spots begin to appear on her own wings. Depressed, she goes to town alone and is approached by Hyouko,...

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S01E08 The Bird

December 4, 2002 6.8 24 min

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...

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S01E09 Well / Rebirth / Riddle

December 4, 2002 6.3 24 min

Rakka realizes that the crow that died in the well represents someone who cared about her in her old life. The Toga find and rescue her from the well. Hearing a noise, she touches the...

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S01E10 Kuramori / Haibane of Abandoned Factory / Rakka's Job

December 11, 2002 6.5 24 min

A flashback shows the kindly Kuramori, who promised to stay with Reki forever. In the present, Reki goes to the Haibane Renmei to ask for help for the ailing Rakka, and is told that Rakka...

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S01E11 Parting / Darkness in the Heart / Irreplaceable Thing

December 11, 2002 5.3 24 min

Midori, from Abandoned Factory, gives more hints about Reki's past. The Communicator tells Rakka that while she had the birds to offer her forgiveness, Reki will not accept anyone's help, and has little time left....

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S01E12 Bell Nuts / Passing of the Year Festival / Reconciliation

December 18, 2002 6.8 24 min

The Haibane go into town to buy Bell Nuts, gifts of reconciliation for the Passing of the Year festival. Reki gives one to Hyouko, and he and Midori finally tell Rakka what happened. Rakka learns...

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S01E13 Reki's World / Prayer / Epilogue

December 18, 2002 7.5 24 min

Rakka discovers that Reki's entire studio is painted like her cocoon dream. She gives Reki a box from the Communicator, containing her true name, which fills Reki with despair. She throws Rakka out of the...

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