102 episodesFirst aired 5 April 1996
Sana Kurata has a charmed life. Not only is her mother is a famous, award-winning writer, but she's the star of the hit TV comedy "Child's Toy" while still in the fifth grade. But Sana's biggest concern is Akito Hayama, a pint-sized hellion who's organized the boys in their grade-school class into a mass of unending noise and violence. With the help of Rei, her manager, chauffeur and "pimp," Sana is determined to win back control of the classroom from her new arch-enemy. But as her crusade continues, Sana moves further into Akito's life, and finds that he might not be entirely bad...or entirely safe.
E1Apr 199625m
Sana Kurata, the sixth grader with a "pimp," struggles to deal with her class full of troublemakers.
E2Apr 199625m
Sana continues to confront Akito, and the girls in the class join her.
E3Apr 199625m
Sana learns about Akito's weakness.
E4May 199625m
Akito has stopped acting up due to Sana's blackmail, but now another boy vies for the "boss monkey" title.
E5May 199625m
While Sana get Akito open up, Sana gets a glimpse of a family very different from her own.
E6May 199625m
Sana gets the Hayama family to watch her new TV drama.
E7May 199625m
Sana learns of Asako and Rei's past together.
E8May 199625m
Sana takes a field trip to help her forget why Rei has been acting so weird.
E9May 199625m
Sana copes with her surprising first kiss.
E10Jun 199625m
Sana meets Aono, Tsuyoshi's younger sister.
E11Jun 199625m
Sana goes back to focusing more on her work, taking on several commercials with her Child's Toy co-star, Zenjiro.
E12Jun 199625m
Rei signs Sana up for too many commercials, and causes her to forget a promise she made to her friends.
E13Jun 199625m
Tsuyoshi misses school one day, and Akito and Sana get together to help their friend.
E14Jul 199625m
Everyone is excited about a class camping trip. While Sana looks cheerful as usual, Akito notices that she is worried about something.
E15Jul 199625m
Akito does his best to comfort a distraught Sana, who's still fearing the potential aftermath of Misako's book getting published.
E16Jul 199625m
Sana performs in a play and invites her classmates, teachers, and Naozumi.
E17Jul 199625m
Misako's book "My Daughter and I" has been released.
E18Aug 199625m
Sana stays the night with the Hayama family.
E19Aug 199625m
Sana meets her biological mother and half-sister.
E20Aug 199625m
A recap episode set up as quiz show hosted by series mascot, Babbit, and "Child's Toy" host, Zenjiro, recapping from the start of the story to the end of the love-triangle arc.
E21Aug 199625m
Sana visits Kamura Academy with Naozumi.
E22Aug 199625m
Akito begins studying karate, but isn't happy with his first lessons.
E23Sept 199625m
Sana helps find Mariko, who sneaks into the set of "Child's Toy" to find Sana.
E24Sept 199625m
Principal Narunaru goes on a business trip, and Ms. Andoh takes this opportunity to threaten Class 3 of failing them and preventing them from advancing to junior high school.
E25Sept 199625m
Due to the pond-incident earlier in the school year, where Mami was nearly drowned by Akito and his old goons, Mami is now traumatized and scared of Akito.
E26Sept 199625m
Sana's gift to Aono, the little baby chick, has now become a full-grown rooster.
E27Oct 199625m
Misako's ex-husband, Ryousuke Kashima asks Sana for a favor, Akito and Tsuyoshi become worried about her and decide to follow them around.
E28Oct 199625m
Sana and Tsuyoshi visit Akito's mother's grave with the Hayama family, which is also Akito's birthday.
E29Oct 199625m
Misako's mother Shizuka visits Misako and Sana in Tokyo.
E30Oct 199625m
Asako stars in a romantic drama with popular performer Takuya Kimochi, and rumors begin.
E31Nov 199625m
A tabloid photographer named Kurosaki is determined to get a scoop on Sana.
E32Nov 199625m
Tsuyoshi's father is thrown in jail, and Tsuyoshi and his sister are picked on by their classmates.
E33Nov 199625m
The boys and girls of Class 3 battle it out over after-school cleaning chores and is escalated further once Ms. Mitsuya and Mr. Tanaka argue about their upcoming wedding and their life after marriage.
E34Nov 199625m
It's Zenjiro's birthday so Sana plans to hold a birthday party for him.
E35Nov 199625m
Tsuyoshi receives an anonymous gift.
E36Dec 199625m
Winter vacation brings a trip to the Kurata Hot Springs Inn in Kusatsu.
E37Dec 199625m
Akito stresses about trying to buy a gift for Sana, and Sana stresses about a job.
E38Dec 199625m
Sana hosts her and Akito's middle birthday/Christmas party.
E39Jan 199725m
Moth versions of Akito, known as Haya-moths, turn everyone into moth versions of themselves.
E40Jan 199725m
The Kurata household copes with a major setback.
E41Jan 199725m
Sana can not find work. But it seems to be bigger than everyone expects.
E42Jan 199725m
Onda had asked Sana to write a book. Sana then puts off the book until there's only about a week left.
E43Jan 199725m
Reporters believe Sana and Takeshi to be father and daughter, but Sana says that it's not true and then declares that they are lovers.
E44Feb 199725m
Gomi does some shoplifting, and then he runs away. But, runs into Akito leaving the stolen loot.
E45Feb 199725m
Takeshi misses work, leading everyone to believe he drops out.
E46Feb 199725m
Sana's book hit the store shelves, but Mami wasn't mentioned anywhere in the book.
E47Feb 199725m
The apartment that Sana stayed in gets torn down, and for another week, the Kurata family is homeless.
E48Mar 199725m
Misako learns something about Takeshi.
E49Mar 199725m
Takeshi find outs that Sana is actually his daughter.
E50Mar 199725m
Depressed by the death of Takeshi, Sana leaves for the mountains and Akito convinces her to come home.
E51Apr 199725m
A clipshow episode where Zenjiro recruits several of Sana's friends to discuss the relationship between Sana and Akito.
E52Apr 199725m
It's the first day of middle school, and Sana meets a new girl, Fuka, in the bathroom. They discover they have much in common.
E53Apr 199725m
Fuka tells Sana why she slapped Akito, and about how Akito ruined her life by stealing her first kiss in kindergarten.
E54Apr 199725m
Sana tells Tsuyoshi that she doesn't believe in love anymore because of what happened with Rei.
E55Apr 199725m
Sana leaves to film a movie in a secluded mountain area.
E56May 199725m
Sana and the crew arrive at the movie set location in the mountains.
E57May 199725m
Fuka asks Akito to be her boyfriend, and bribes him with sushi, so she won't lose face to her old friends.
E58May 199725m
Naozumi confesses his feelings to Sana.
E59May 199725m
Sana gets attacked by Naozumi's fans.
E60May 199725m
Upon finding out that Akito is going out with her best friend, Fuka, she comes to realize her true feelings towards him.
E61Jun 199725m
Sana's mom visits her on the set and tries to cheer her up.
E62Jun 199725m
Sana faces a dangerous situation while filming a movie scene inside the burning mansion.
E63Jun 199725m
Sana deals with tabloid rumors of her and Nauzomi dating.
E64Jun 199725m
Naozumi reveals the true nature of his rationship with Sana on live television broadcast, and also exposes her feelings toward Akito.
E65Jul 199725m
After mutual confessions, Sana and Akito argue, but they are interrupted by a nurse.
E66Jul 199725m
Sana and Naozumi leave for New York to star in a Broadway musical together.
E67Jul 199725m
Strange incidents keep happening to Sana and Naozumi upon their arrival in New York.
E68Jun 199725m
Rei goes to Hollywood to find Mr. Hamilton, while Sana and Naozumi begin rehearsals.
E69Aug 199725m
Sana and Naozumi discover the truth about the mysterious ghost they've been seeing.
E70Aug 199725m
Sana, Rei and Naozumi spend their first night at the hotel and Naozumi encounters the strange man from before.
E71Aug 199725m
Brad reveals why he is terrorizing Sana and Naozumi.
E72Aug 199725m
Brad tells Naozumi the background of his relationship with Secil.
E73Aug 199725m
Secil deals with feeling unwanted and unloved due to her injury.
E74Sept 199725m
Yuko has decided to use Naozumi as a tool to get fame.
E75Sept 199725m
Secil runs away after overhearing a conversation between Yuko and Naozumi.
E76Sept 199725m
Naozumi and Sana weigh their options after Naozumi learns of his mother's true intentions.
E77Sept 199725m
Naozumi and Sana reconsider their decision to return to Japan and instead meet with the Hamilton family.
E78Oct 199725m
As Yuko's luck runs out, she and Naozumi fight over her treatment of him.
E79Oct 199725m
Gary and Naozumi attempt to adapt to their newfound relationship.
E80Oct 199725m
Sana and Naozumi defy a new law prohibiting singing and music.
E81Oct 199725m
Sana and Naozumi recall to their time in New York on their return to Japan.
E82Oct 199725m
Naozumi and Sana re-adjust to life in Japan.
E83Nov 199725m
Sana's friends welcome her back and pay her a visit where she announces that she and Naozumi are officially a couple.
E84Nov 199725m
Naozumi is suspicious of his new manager, Riho.
E85Nov 199725m
Sana objects to script dialogue that requires her to call another character a "devil."
E86Nov 199725m
Fuka's temporary blindness allows her to see Sana and Akito's feelings toward each other.
E87Dec 199725m
Fuka and Akito assess their relationship.
E88Dec 199725m
Sand decides to quit acting and return to school.
E89Dec 199725m
Sana reflects on her feelings toward Akito and Naozumi.
E90Dec 199725m
In this fantasy episode, Hayama's father builds a mother robot.
E91Jan 199825m
Sana's fan club is disappointed by her lack of acting work.
E92Jan 199825m
Sana doesn't understand the subject she's trying to teach for her new job.
E93Jan 199825m
Sana gets a strange letter from someone using her name.
E94Jan 199825m
Sana and Zenjiro are reunited in the new series "Kodocha."
E95Feb 199825m
Takaishi and Fuka are now both single. Can Sana and Zenjiro play Cupid and help these two get together?
E96Feb 199825m
Asako is getting ready to leave for London but Rei is not ready to give up his career for her. Is this the end of their relationship?
E97Feb 199825m
Misako's ex-husband is back again to ask for money. But this time, he is serious. At least, he thinks he is...
E98Feb 199825m
It's Akito's sister who falls in love with the "perfect" guy. But it seems that the guy is a massive playboy, and is dating many other girls.
E99Mar 199825m
Sana wants to form a karate club for Akito's sake.
E100Mar 199825m
The new karate club member, Nakao, cannot find any meaning in his existence and chooses to rot away in the north wing with the blackboard erasers.
E101Mar 199825m
Other kids started talking bad about Akito and Sana and Jinbou Elementary School's 6th grade Class 3.
E102Mar 199825m
Sengoku's evil plot to expel Akito is revealed.