The BEST episodes directed by Naoyuki Konno
#1 - We've Only Just Begun
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 12
Tuesday has been forcefully taken home before the Mars’ Brightest finals. Trying to avoid a scandal before the presidential elections, Tuesday’s mother Valerie confines Tuesday to her room. In her room, Tuesday reflects on the significance of meeting Carole. Just as she’s losing hope, her brother Spencer tells her that he heard them sing. Meanwhile, Gus and Carole are working on a plan to get Tuesday back.
#2 - Just Like Heaven
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 22
Crystal has agreed to perform with Carole & Tuesday at the Mars Grammys. Seeing that the girls are unsure of what to sing, she suggests a song that will serve as a ray of light in the darkness. So begins Carole & Tuesday’s uphill battle to create a suitable new number. The Mars Grammys take place on Christmas, Carole’s birthday. On Christmas morning, Angela is at the hospital where Dahlia is being treated. Finally, the show begins...
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#3 - Born to Run
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 2
The runaway Tuesday ends up staying at Carole’s apartment, and the girls begin their life together. That night, Carole mentions that she would like to play the song they created together on a proper piano. The grand piano in the Mars Immigration Memorial Hall comes to mind. Meanwhile, another girl is planning her debut in Alba City—the model Angela. She takes her first step as a singer under the guidance of Tao, the greatest contemporary music producer on Mars.
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#4 - Life Is a Carnival
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 6
Only ten people came to see Carole & Tuesday’s first gig. However, the girls are soon offered another opportunity to play on the main stage of Cydonia Festival in front of over 100,000 people! It turns out they’re filling in for Joshua, lead singer of the popular band Omega, who pulled out at the last minute. What’s more, the festival is the following day! Carole & Tuesday are also very nervous because they’ll be performing alongside Crystal, an artist they’ve long admired. Will they finally be able to make a name for themselves?
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#5 - Video Killed the Radio Star
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 4
The DJ feature plan ended in failure. After a second strategy meeting, the gang decides to create a music video. Gus purchases an AI director called IDEA, and everyone splits up to begin filming preparations. Carole and Tuesday work on a new song, Roddy goes to borrow an expensive car from Ertegun, and Gus pleads with his ex-wife, the stylist Marie, to help them. Finally, they start filming under the direction of IDEA...
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#6 - The Kids Are Alright
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 14
Upon finally meeting the legendary music producer Tobe, Carole & Tuesday are somewhat taken aback. The girls begin recording their debut song. Meanwhile, the ever successful Angela is stalked by a suspicious figure. In between these events, Tuesday meets Kyle, a mysterious journalist doing a story on Valerie, and Carole gradually opens up to Dann after he helps her out of another tight spot.
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#7 - Immigrant Song
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 20
Following the weather plant terrorist incident, presidential candidate Valerie sees a sharp rise in popularity for her anti-earth immigrant rhetoric. Carole & Tuesday and Angela are nominated for Best New Artist Grammys, and Tao is suddenly taken into custody by the Mars Federal Attorney’s Office after refusing a request from Schwartz. Meanwhile, Carole tries to make contact with the rapper Ezekiel, who she believes is her childhood friend Amel from the orphanage.
#8 - All the Young Dudes
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 8
The reality TV singing competition Mars’ Brightest is full of eccentric characters. Carole & Tuesday are completely overwhelmed by the atmosphere at the venue. One of the other contestants, Sibelle, introduces himself as one of Tuesday’s fans and behaves in an overly familiar way. Meanwhile, Angela is irritated that her producer Tao hasn’t made an appearance yet. And then, the event begins. Carole & Tuesday are up against OG Bulldog in the second round.
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#9 - Why Are We So Bewildered When We Receive a Love Letter? / You Can Tell What Type a Person Is By Whether They Believe in UMAs and UFOs or Not.
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 4
After being approached by a boy with a love letter, Himeno is reluctant to accept it because she is worried about how her horse half would look naked. Hearing about her complex, Nozomi and Kyouko propose that they look at each others private parts to put Himeno at ease. After being assured that she is perfectly normal, Himeno accepts the love letter only to find the boy was only interested in her for her breasts. Later, Himeno and Kyouko try to help Nozomi study for her make-up exams, during which Nozomi believes she sees a UFO. The next day, Himeno's class receives a new transfer student; an Antartican snake girl named Quetzalcoatl Sassassul.
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#10 - River Deep, Mountain High
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 10
The remaining contestants of Mars’ Brightest are Carole & Tuesday, GGK, Pyotr, and Angela. Ertegun joins the proceedings as a monthly judge, and the semifinals begin. The first round is GGK vs. Angela. After seeing GGK’s amazing performance, Tao visits Angela’s dressing room and issues a certain order, which Angela accepts. Meanwhile, Cybelle appears before Tuesday to bid her farewell.
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#11 - Where Do the Little Ones Get So Much Vitality? / Regardless of the Generation, Magical Girls Are Popular, Huh?
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 3
Himeno goes out with her cousin Shino and comes across student council president Manami Mitama and her three triplet sisters, Chiho, Chinami, and Chigusa. Shino gets defensive about how the triplets go about kissing others, which isn't helped when Mitsuyo and Inukai provide their own input on the matter. Later, the triplets are tasked with looking after their youngest sister Sue while Manami is out doing student council work. Sue becomes too weak to play outdoor games with the triplets' friends, but she manages to play house with someone, which they later discover might have been a zashiki-warashi.
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#12 - A Natural Woman
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 16
Carole & Tuesday’s debut song finally goes on sale. After it ranks 53rd on the charts, Gus lands the girls a gig performing at South by Southwest. On the way home from practicing at the studio, the girls meet Flora, one of the artists who originally inspired Carole to get into music. Seeing how far Flora has fallen from her heyday, Gus explains to the girls that he used to manage her.
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#13 - What Are the Struggles of Someone Known as a Prominent Figure? / What Is the Life of Someone Known as a Prominent Figure Like?
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 9
Himeno and the others are chosen as a prepatory committee for Jean Rousseau, a French-raised amphibian politician who is scheduled to give a speech at their school. While visiting his homeland prior to his speech, Jean is concerned by his people's willingness to rage war against mammal-based lifeforms. Many years ago, a young angel boy is captured and forced to work in an internment camp. As the boy becomes weaker and filled with despair, he is given food by a centaur who is regarded as a traitor among his fellow prisoners, convinced that those with good hearts need to survive. Just as the federation army raids the camp to rescue the prisoner, the boy finds the centaur hung by the other prisoners, who attempt to kill him as well before he is rescued by a kind soldier. This allowed him to grow up into a kind-hearted politician who is accepting of all races.
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#14 - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Carole & Tuesday - Season 1 - Episode 18
Carole & Tuesday are officially confirmed to play at the autumn Cydonia Festival. Tuesday resolves to confront her mother and decides to meet with Kyle, the reporter doing a story on Valerie. Tuesday gradually becomes attracted to Kyle, who provides a sympathetic ear for all her concerns. Meanwhile, a weather plant is bombed by unknown persons. This incident, along with Valerie’s hardline stance against immigrants from Earth, stirs up public opinion...
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#15 - First Experiences Are Scary and Fun All in One... Pardon the Rhyme. / Occult Movies You Watch as a Kid Are 140% Scarier.
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 7
The girls all go to the pool, where Sassassul overcomes her fear of water and understands more about Manami's sisters. Later, the girls help the Occult Club hold a night of telling scary stories to help the president, Towako, get along better with everyone, though the subject quickly switches to science.
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#16 - Antarcticans Are Like Walking Rumors / But In the End, The Antarcticans' History and Roots Are a Mystery, Too
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 5
Himeno feels intimidated by Quatzalcoatl because of a scary B-movie she saw about snake people as a child. After hearing about this, Quetzalcoatl requests to watch the movie in question with Himeno, assuring her that her species is nothing like the monster featured in the movie and managing to become friends with everyone. Later, Quetzalcoatl clears up the misunderstandings and rumors surrounding Antarcticans with her classmates. Afterwards, Quetzalcoatl, feeling unnerved following a news report of an alleged Antarctican UFO attack, joins Himeno and the others as they go clothes shopping.
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#17 - Is Being Able to Retrace One's Past and Ancestors A Reason to Be Happy or Unhappy? / Does Getting a Job Doing What You Love Really Bring Happiness?
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 6
As the girls discuss what kind of hairstyle would suit Himeno, she explains how her ancestry led her to have red hair. Meanwhile, Kyouko acts as a secretary for her mangaka father while Manami is sent to deal with an allegedly cursed box before criticising her father for being stuck between being a good father and being a painter.
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#18 - When You Choose to Look For Contemporary Art For a Date... Part 1 / When You Choose to Look For Contemporary Art For a Date... Part 2
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 10
Hime, Nozomi, and Kyouko decide to tail after Sassassul as she goes on a supposed date with a boy to a contemporary art museum, unaware that various organisations are keeping an eye on her too. At the same time, Manami goes on a date to the same museum with her boyish classmate Makoto Omaki, getting into a conversation about her father's art career.
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#19 - There Are As Many Names of Flowers... As There Are People, But That's Totally a Lie! / There Are As Many Types of Beauty As There Are People, Which Is Probably True If Used in a Broad Sense?
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 11
After learning about different types of grass and flower from Himeno, Shino attempts to explain the concept to her classmates at kindergarten.
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#20 - We Tried Making a Fantasy Story in RPG Style./ Fierce Fights! Arm Wrestling! How Will the Battle of the Heroines End?
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 12
The girls participate in an RPG fantasy setting, fighting against monsters in a dungeon labyrinth, which turns out to be a story written by Mitsuyo.
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#21 - Beauty Is a Double-Edged Sword / Water People Living in Water and Mountain People Living in Mountains Really Are Just That
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 2
After finding Himeno modelling in a fashion magazine, Nozomi is roped into trying out some different fashions by Mitsuyo Akechi and her girlfriend Inukai after they hint Himeno might get expelled for having a part-time job. She later learns, however, that Himeno's modelling work was simply an unpaid favor for her mother's friend, while Mitsuyo was secretly working at a part-time job the whole time. On a cold day, Himeno and friends try to warm themselves up by thinking back to when their class went to a school for merfolk to attend their classes.
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#22 - When All Is Said And Done, Everyone Loves Kisses / Did You Know That a Marathon Is a Microcosm of Life?
A Centaur's Life - Season 1 - Episode 1
While preparing for a class play, centaur Himeno Kimihara, who is playing the princess, ends up kissing her demon friend Nozomi Gokuraku after a male classmate who had originally hoped to play the prince role modified her script. During the play, a set of steps collapses beneath Himeno and Nozomi, forcing Himeno to make a daring rescue to save Nozomi. Later, during marathon practise, Nozomi and their half-Satyr friend Kyouko Naraku test how fast Himeno can run, which almost results in an accident.
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