The BEST episodes written by 高木 登
#1 - It Was... Successful
Sankarea: Undying Love - Season 1 - Episode 2
Making more attempts at creating a zombie Babu Rea and Furuya are back at the hotel. Rea is watching some zombie movies Furuya brought. Instead of being freaked out like he expected she seems to be fascinated by them. Furuya mentions that he is concerned that to much time has passed and that maybe they should stop. Rea asks him to try one more time with another poisonous plant that she gets for him.Rea's childhood is shown as well as the deep sadness that caused her to shout and cry into the well where she met Furuya.Bringing the plant to Furuya he tries once more only to fail again. Deciding that enough is enough he tells Rea that he will bury Babu tomorrow. He gives her a ride home on his bike.
#2 - Sanka... Rea
Sankarea: Undying Love - Season 1 - Episode 3
Rea's attempt at suicide fails when she wakes up the next morning. At breakfast she overhears her father planning to do something to Furuya to punish him for being with her alone. Meanwhile Furuya is overwhelmed with joy and is showing off the "freshly" zombified Babu to his sister and Ranko. Babu suddenly runs off, chasing after him Furuya finds himself back at the old hotel. Up above on the cliff he sees Rea who has been looking for him all day. Her father track her down and she finally stands up to him. During this Babu climbs the cliff and in an attempt to get rid of "filthy" thing Rea's father accidentally pushes her off the cliff. She dies on impact...or does she?
#3 - Once I... Become a... Zombie
Sankarea: Undying Love - Season 1 - Episode 1
Furuya is a young boy who loves zombie movies. Not just the movies themselves but the actual zombies in them. When his cat, Babu, dies he decides to follow the instructions from a partially burned book he found about how to create zombies. To keep it a secret he preforms his attempts at an abandoned hotel. One night a beautiful girl, Rea, comes to the hotel and begins shouting and crying into the well in the courtyard. Her words shock Furuya who accidentally reveals that he was listening in. Talking afterwards Furuya explains what he has been doing and Rea asks to join him. She asks him if she becomes a zombie if he'll take responsibility.
#4 - It's Because I... Ran Into You
Sankarea: Undying Love - Season 1 - Episode 6
As Chihiro tries to explain things to Ranko, Rea follows Bābu to a field of hydrangea leaves and eats some, which helps her regain her senses and cure her rigor mortis. Jogorō explains to Chihiro that Rea needs to continue eating hydrangea leaves to avoid becoming a corpse, though mentions it is not a permanent solution. As Chihiro manages to convince his father to let Rea stay at their home, he begins recording his observations of her. As Chihiro and Rea take a walk that night, Rea ends up injuring Chihiro slightly whilst saving him from a car and begins curiously licking his wounds.
#5 - At That Moment... I...
Sankarea: Undying Love - Season 1 - Episode 12
As Chihiro is still trying to find a way to preserve Rea's body, Rea expresses interest in a fireworks festival. As Mero mentions to Chihiro about how Rea wants to go to school, rain cancels the fireworks festival, though Ranko suggests that they hold a smaller fireworks session at the shrine. As Ranko helps Rea change into a yutaka, she confesses she is in love with Chihiro and wants Rea to be her love rival. As Rea decides to start going to school again, she suddenly enters a trance and jumps on Chihiro, biting his lip in the process.