It Happened on a Rainy Day
Best Student Council - S1 - E12
The girls start to wonder why President Kanade is always gone on the third Sunday of each month. Kuon decides to have the Covert Squad find out what the President is up to. Nanaho reflects upon the day she first met Kanade.
Best Student Council: Season 1 - 26 Episode s
1x1 - Dear Mister Popitt
April 6, 2005
Thanks to the mysterious penfriend Mr. Poppit Rino Rando is attending Miyagami School, accompanied by her sarcastic puppet Pucchan. She finds out the apartment organised for her has burnt down, so she heads up to the school. She ends up sleeping outside after she gets frightened by a bear in the bushes and another student, Kaori Izumi, who turns out to be her class president. Rino ends up trying for a position on the Student Council so she can get somewhere to live (they're given an apartment building to live in), and by a series of accidents on the way to the Student Council building manages to defeat the arsonist who burnt down her apartment, thus ending up on the best student council!
1x2 - Surging With Youth
April 13, 2005
The council throws a welcoming party for Rino (What about the budget?!) as the school is jealous over Rino being put on the Best Student Council on her first day.
1x3 - Payapaya in the Gokujou Dorms
April 20, 2005
Rino is on the Best Student Council, which comes as a shock to nearly the whole school and many of the students can't understand why Rino made it onto the Best Student Council. She's not the brightest, failing her tests miserably, or good at sports. Not to mention the fact that she's clumsy. So what does she bring to the group? Why did the President of the Best Student Council pick her? Because of this, rumors start to fly about Rino and the President. Those opposed to the President's decision are upset and in disbelief. The Paparazzi Club, the Photography Club, and the Newspaper Club all team up to find out just what's going on.
1x4 - A Brilliantly Clear-Headed Way
April 27, 2005
The puppet theater is sabotaged; Rino and Pucchan investigate.
1x5 - Spectacular Showdown
May 4, 2005
The budget is overextended and a culinary battle between the Assault and Covert squad is staged to decide who gets the next month's financing.
1x6 - A Great Terror! Pucchan's Curse
May 11, 2005
The Best Student Council calls out against Rino for badmouthing them with Pucchan so they confiscate the offensive little puppet to force her to reflect on her habit. This becomes a tale of Pucchan's revenge against members of the council that doubt his puppet power. The student council learns the hard way that simple Rino wasn't lying when she claimed that Pucchan was a separate person entirely.
1x7 - We Love to Help Out
May 18, 2005
Mayura Ichikawa, the best student council's treasurer who is usually stressing out about the school budget, requests a day off. Mayura is spotted sneaking off campus, all gussied up. The best student council wasn't going to get involved until it is discovered that Mayura is going on a date, and the couple was spotted heading towards the red light district.
1x8 - Farewell! Best Student Council
May 25, 2005
Exams are coming up and it just wouldn't be acceptable for any best student council member to fail. Reno, Rein, and Cyndi are one step away from failing so they'll all have study night and day with the help of the other best student council members to pass. Will they be able to pass their exams?
1x9 - Love Never Ends
June 1, 2005
Sayuri is attacked by a mysterious girl who also practices the way of the sword. Who is she? And what does she have against Sayuri?
1x10 - She Won't Put On Her Swimsuit
June 8, 2005
Summer and swim season is just around the corner. Nanaho and the best student council plot ways that the students can go swimming without getting spied on by boys from nearby schools.
1x11 - Winning Five
June 15, 2005
The Miyagami Academy futsal team is sick with a cold. Unfortunately, they have a game scheduled against the Kenran Academy, who consider themselves to be Miyagami's rivals. So the best student council decides to play in place of their team to protect the school's reputation. How good will the girls be at futsal?
1x12 - It Happened on a Rainy Day
June 22, 2005
The girls start to wonder why President Kanade is always gone on the third Sunday of each month. Kuon decides to have the Covert Squad find out what the President is up to. Nanaho reflects upon the day she first met Kanade.
1x13 - Is Minamo-chan an Enemy or an Ally?
June 29, 2005
Kanade and Nanaho return to the best student council dorms to find them virtually destroyed. Rino tells them the destruction of the dorms is a short story which begins when Rino met a girl named Minamo.
1x14 - Destitution Student Council
July 6, 2005
The best student council decides to put on a play, titled "The Alien Space Creature from Outer Space" written by Minamo, to raise money. Will their play be a financial success?
1x15 - The Reason I'm Here
July 13, 2005
The girls are able to return to their dorm rooms. When they return they find a mystery photo of a man in Kuon's room. They now wonder if they need to protect her just like they did for Mayura. During the investigation of the mysterious man in the photo Kuon's secret motive for attending Miyagami academy.
1x16 - I Want You to Come Here
July 20, 2005
Rino and Minamo force covert squad member Kotoha to let them "help" her with her missions.
1x17 - Maintain The Lie
July 27, 2005
1x18 - Hitoshi Satou, 28 years old, Occupation: Lawyer, Parents are Rich, and Even More Good Qualities to Make Him a Favorable Partner
August 3, 2005
Eighth grade teacher, Yukimi, is going on a blind date. The Covert Squad investigates and determines he is a young, rich lawyer. Does his history with school nurse Wakana mean trouble?
1x19 - Farewell My Beloved Friends
August 10, 2005
Kaori discovers a talking puppet named Lance. He is an old friend of Puchan's. What kind of trouble will this duo get up to?
1x20 - Ayu-chan Becomes an Idol
August 17, 2005
After being discovered by a talent scout, Ayumu works to become an idol. But is Ayumu willing to do whatever it takes to achieve fame?
1x21 - It Always 'Reins' On Fine Days
August 24, 2005
1x22 - Gokujou Card Battle
August 31, 2005
1x23 - Extraordinary Girl Detective Team
September 7, 2005
The girls investigate Maachi and discover that she has been skipping school. What is young Maachi doing on her "days off"?
1x24 - Wanting to See You
September 14, 2005
1x25 - The Voice that Rode the Wind
September 21, 2005
1x26 - A Gokujo Day, as Usual
September 28, 2005