The BEST episodes of Kodocha season 1

Every episode of Kodocha season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kodocha season 1!

Kurata Sana is a frenetic eleven-year-old child actress with an extremely overprotective agent, a mother who is an eccentric award-winning author, and a burning desire to do well in school. However, as much as she wants to be a good student, the antics of the boys in her class make learning impossible, according to Sana anyway. And in her eyes, Hayama Akito is the worst offender of them all. A junior-high war of the sexes ensues, and Sana eventually realizes through the chaos that Hayama may not be the "devil boy" she`s made him up to be.

Last Updated: 5/4/2025Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
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8.67
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#1 - Every Chicken Has Its Day

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/27/1996

Sana's gift to Aono, a little baby chick, has grown into Piyoko.

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3 votes

#2 - Sunny, with Occasional Disappearing

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/26/1996

Sana helps find Mariko.

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3 votes

#3 - Through the Tears, Spring Comes

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 3/21/1997

Depressed by the death of Takeshi, Sana leaves for the mountains and Akito has to convince her to come home.

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#4 - Rei and the Jolly Green-Eyed Monster

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/25/1996

Asako stars in a romantic drama with popular performer Takuya Kimochi, and rumors begin. Rei gets upset because of a love scene.

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8.50
2 votes

#5 - Daddy, You're Busted!

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/8/1996

Tsuyoshi's father is thrown in jail, and Tsuyoshi and his sister are picked on. When it's time for Tsuyoshi's father to get out of jail, he wants to go see him when he gets out.

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#6 - Love Tastes Like Curry

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/15/1996

The boys and girls of Class 3 battle it out over after-school cleaning chores. Mitsuya-sensei takes the girls' side, and Tanaka-sensei takes the boys' side. Aya and Tsuyoshi can't bear being apart during the fighting. Sana proclaims war.

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8.50
2 votes

#7 - Three, Two, One: Sing!

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/22/1996

It's Zenjiro's birthday so Sana plans to hold a birthday party for him. Sana on the way meets two new friends. One is a total diva, who despises Sana. Her ability to have instantaneous happiness influences one of the girls.

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8.33
3 votes

#8 - Love Flew Out the Window Like a Chicken!

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/1996

Sana meets Aono, Tsuyoshi's younger sister. She decides to give Aono a pleasant surprise, to Akito's objections. She finds out Rei is not truly in love with her

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#9 - This Time, Sana is the Lone Wolf

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/21/1996

After working too hard because her manager, Rei signed her up for many commercials, Sana forgets a promise she made with her friends. Her friends get very mad, and create an outcast of her.

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#10 - A Bandage for a Broken Heart

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/20/1996

Due to an event that had happened when Akito was still causing trouble, Mami is scared of Akito, and Sana of course tries to fix this.

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#11 - The Final Scene

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 3/14/1997

Takeshi find outs that Sana is actually his daughter. He leaves the hospital to go shoot the drama with Sana. He dies at the end from a chronic disease with Sana in his arms.

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#12 - Lone Wolf, Awooo!

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/1996

Akito has stopped acting up because of the picture, and another boy vies for the "boss monkey" title. They start to brawl, but Sana threatens to release the picture of Akito if he fights back because Sana insists violence is not the answer. In the end, she changes her mind, just a little bit, and allows one punch from Akito, who knocks out the other boy.

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8.25
4 votes

#13 - Crazy Stew Family Crisis

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/1996

Sana is determined to make an impression with her next job on a TV drama, which is about a family with problems similar to Akito's. She even drags Akito's father home to watch it, only to fail to get the whole family to watch it together when Akito disappears.

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#14 - Where are You Going, Mr. Dark and Gloomy?

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/1996

Sana gets a glimpse of a family very different from her own, Akito's family. She learns that Akito's mom died giving birth to him and his sister blames him for her death.

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8.20
5 votes

#15 - Operation Eyeball, Toothball

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/1996

Sana learns about Akito's weakness, a fear of heights, and tries to exploit it, but fails to think it through. She challenges Akito to a contest, and ends up losing herself. However, Rei gives her an even better idea: to take an embarrassing picture of Akito as blackmail.

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#16 - Asako Kurumi...Rival in Love!

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1996

Whenever Sana meets her drama co-star Asako, her manager Rei always disappears. Then, Asako asks Sana to do a "chat" with her, and Sana agrees. Rei tries to get out of driving her by pretending to have a stomach ache, but is found out.

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#17 - The Promised Summer, Part One

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/5/1996

Everyone is excited about a class camping trip. While Sana looks cheerful as usual, Akito notices that she is worried. Sana is worried about the promise she made with her mother, which if fulfilled, might ruin the happy life they had.

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#18 - The Promised Summer, Part Two

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/12/1996

Sana returns from the class trip, and learns that her next job will be a commercial with popular actor, Naozumi Kamura.

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#19 - Two Pounding Hearts

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/19/1996

Sana performs in a play and invites her classmates, teachers, and Naozumi. Akito makes a big decision about his life.

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#20 - Look Out! It's a Pint-Sized Akito!

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/23/1996

Sana visits Kamura Academy with Naozumi. She meets a small boy, who seems to be like Akito, and she goes through a chain of events to defeat him.

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#21 - Here She Comes, Mama's Mama

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/18/1996

Misako's mother Shizuka visits Misako and Sana in Tokyo. Grandma Shizuka brings with her quite a few other visitors. When Misako refuses to cooperate with Shizuka's schemes, she turns her attention to Sana.

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#22 - Karate and Trumpet Compete for a Kiss

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/13/1996

Akito stresses about trying to buy a gift for Sana, and Sana stresses about a job. Rei's distracted while looking forward to his Christmas Eve date with Asako, and Naozumi challenges Akito. While Sana worry about Naozumi kissing scene for work, but turns out its on the cheek.

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1 votes

#23 - Bittersweet Valentine's Day

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/14/1997

Takeshi misses work, leading everyone to believe he drops out. Sana then searches for him.

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8.00
4 votes

#24 - Mother's Book of Surprises

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/26/1996

Misako's essay, "My Daughter and I" is released. The book reveals that Sana was found abandoned. Both Akito and Naozumi vie to help Sana through the pressures of intense media attention.

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#25 - A Fruit Juice Soaked First Kiss

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1996

Sana learns why Rei has been acting so weird. So, she thinks that the field trip will help her forget. Up on the top floors Akito starts feeling sick.

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