Episode
Sweet Blue Flowers: When the Leaves Were New
Overview
The day after Fujigaya's theatrical festival, Akira and Fumi head off to Yokohama for a day to play. On that day, Fumi decided to stay over at Akira's place, making Yasuko a bit uneasy as she expressed her thoughts to Akira. After hearing Akira's thoughts on the matter, Yasuko decided to let it go. However, she later decides to invite Fumi to her home...
Details
- Series
- Sweet Blue Flowers
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2009-08-13
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
When the Leaves Were New is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Sweet Blue Flowers. It aired on 2009-08-13. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 6: Wuthering Heights (2)
Finally the day of the Fujigaya's performance has arrived. The first years start off with a performance of "Le Petit Prince," followed by the second year's "Little Women." Finally the upper classmen begin their performance of "Wurthering Heights." Fumi heart skips a beat at the sight of Yasuko's performance on stage. At the end of the performance, Fumi is taken aback as her senpai starts to cry.
Episode 8: Love Is Blind
Fujigaya's school newspaper announces that Mr. Kagami is getting married. He states that he had no prior knowledge of Yasuko's prior experience, after being cross examined by Kyouko. With all this going on, Yasuko has been giving Fumi the cold shoulder, and, unwilling to take any more of this, Akira confronts Yasuko on behalf of Fumi...
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