Charlotte · Episode 2
Melody of Despair
2015-07-1225 min
Yū begins his life as a member of Hoshinoumi Academy's Student Council, whose job is to ensure the safety of students with supernatural powers. Their first job leads them to Nanba High School, where they catch a student named Udoh using his ability to produce x-ray photos of girls in their underwear, selling them for a profit. The next day, Nao takes Yū to see her big brother, who had been experimented on for his ability to manipulate sound waves, leaving him emotionally destroyed. Nao further explains that thanks to a person she trusts, she was able to escape the school that experimented on…
1I Think About Others2015-07-0525 minYū Otosaka is a boy who one day awakens the ability to temporarily possess anyone in his line of sight. Using this power to peer at other students' answers during exams, Yū manages to enter a prestigious school, where he once again uses his ability to woo the school's madonna, Yumi Shirayanagi. However, Yū's perfect scores catch the attention of the student council president, who challenges him to take the exam again or else face expulsion on grounds of cheating. This turns out to be a trap set up by a girl named Nao Tomori, who had been observing his abilities in action. Yū attempts to flee…
2Melody of Despair2015-07-1225 minYū begins his life as a member of Hoshinoumi Academy's Student Council, whose job is to ensure the safety of students with supernatural powers. Their first job leads them to Nanba High School, where they catch a student named Udoh using his ability to produce x-ray photos of girls in their underwear, selling them for a profit. The next day, Nao takes Yū to see her big brother, who had been experimented on for his ability to manipulate sound waves, leaving him emotionally destroyed. Nao further explains that thanks to a person she trusts, she was able to escape the school that experimented on…3Love and Flame2015-07-1925 minAfter Yuu eats lunch with Jojiro at the cafeteria, their second job leads them to a user with two abilities, after investigating the narrow area, they found out that it was the popular singing idol and vocalist of How-Low-Hello Yusa Nishimori, who's being chased by Someone. after fighting the person chasing her, a guy named Sho leads them back to a club where Yusa is in hiding, she has the ability to allow a dead person possess her body. and the dead person possessing her is her older sister Misa, who has the ability pyrokinesis. the reason Yusa was being chased was she accidentally brought…
4Moment of Earnest2015-07-2625 minAfter Yusa's loud transfer to Yuu's class, Nao brings her and the others to their third job in Kannai Academy, where they believe a user with telekinesis is attending. As proof, Nao shows them footage of a baseball pitcher, Arifumi Fukuyama, who pitches a knuckleball. However, Nao observes that Arifumi was about to throw a straight ball, but used his ability to position the ball and make it a knuckleball. After confronting Arifumi, who refuses to stop using his ability, Nao holds a baseball match between Kannai and Hoshinoumi's teams, saying that if they win, Arifumi will stop using his…
5The Sound You Heard Sometime2015-08-0225 minLearning of a user with the ability to fly, the student council camp out in the mountains where the user has been training to control his ability. During the first two nights, Yusa tells the other members about her relationship with Misa, while Yuu interacts with Nao, talking with her about the band Zhiend and her dream of filming them. He then talks to Jōjirō about their abilities and how long they will last. The day after, the ability user confronts the council members and tries threatening them into leaving, but Nao dismisses his threat as a bluff. The ability user then steals Nao's…
6Happy You Did Not Notice2015-08-0925 minWhile Ayumi stays at home to recover from her fever, Yuu and the others learn that a student with a "collapse" ability is in the condo. As a result, Nao suspects Ayumi of being the ability user, believing she might be developing an ability of her own. As Yuu, Nao, and Yusa check up on her, Ayumi describes a dream she had about the ground suddenly cracking, prompting Nao to suggest that everyone be cautious around her. The next day, as Ayumi's temperature goes down, Yuu advises her to stay at home so she can be safe, but she decides to sneak out and go to school anyway. There, she is…
7The End of the Exodus2015-08-1625 minAfter the school collapse, Yuu wakes up in a hospital bed and is informed that Ayumi died. He subsequently enters shock and locks himself away in his apartment, becoming a recluse. Later on, Yumi comes by to talk to him but is turned away. Yuu ends up running away to another city and attempts to survive on snack foods while passing the time at a local arcade. However, as he grows progressively more unstable, he begins using his powers to pick fights with gangs. Before he can turn his attention to drugs, Yuu is stopped by Nao, who had been observing him the entire time using her invisibility…
8Encounter2015-08-2325 minAfter Yuu returns to school, Nao assembles the student council together to watch Yusa's new video before inviting Yuu to go a Zhiend concert with her. After the concert, Yuu comes across Zhiend's blind vocalist, Sara Shane (or Sala Shane), who treats him to dinner and hears about his recent loss. Believing it might help Kazuki, Yuu decides to take Sara to meet him, hearing from her about the troubles she faced in her career before she went blind. When they arrive, Sara uses her song Fallin to calm Kazuki down from his rage, allowing him to recognize others once again. After seeing Sara off…
9The World Is Not in Here2015-08-3025 minWhile attending the Zhiend concert with Nao, Yuu feels a familiar sensation upon hearing what is supposed to be a brand new song, suddenly causing him to have a sudden flashback. In these memories, Yuu and Ayumu are living together in a facility, where they are monitored for their abilities. When Ayumi's collapse ability caused damage to the facility, a researcher helped Yuu escape and use his true ability, "plunder", to borrow the abilities of other users and reach his brother, Shunsuke, who uses a time-leap ability to change the world. After Yuu regains consciousness in the present, aware…
10Looting2015-09-0625 minShunsuke explains what happened after time-leaping into the past three years. After explaining his situation to Kumagami and joining up with his allies, Shunsuke began trying to think of a way to keep them safe from the facility. As Shunsuke time-leaped multiple times in order to find an answer, his vision growing weaker with each leap, he eventually came upon the idea to found a school specifically for ability users. Following his final leap, which left him blind and thus unable to use his ability further, Shunsuke managed to buy out an educational facility before arranging for Yuu and Ayumi…
11Charlotte2015-09-1325 minAfter being filled in on the situation, Shunsuke urges Yuu to stay with Ayumi at his research facility until his abilities disappear, as they put him at risk of being targeted. There, he learns that special abilities are the result of inhaling particles spread by a short-period comet called Charlotte. Later, Kumagami's aide Furuki is threatened into handing him over to a terrorist group, who force him into telling them everything he knows about ability users. Using this information, the terrorists kidnap Nao and hold her, Kumagami, and Furuki's family hostage in exchange for Yuu. Learning of…
12Promise2015-09-2025 minTwo days after the incident, Yuu wakes up in the hospital and learns of Kumagami's death. As Yuu's friends come to visit him during his rehabilitation, he has a discussion with Misa about life and death, encouraging her to visit her parents while she still has a chance. She gets this opportunity when Yusa hosts a food report on their parents' restaurant, allowing Misa to express her appreciation to them, which in turn gives Yuu a better appreciation of Ayumi's cooking. Later, as Yuu becomes determined to help Shunsuke, who is still in turmoil over Kumagami's death, Nao suggests that he could…
13Memories to Come2015-09-2725 minBeginning his journey in South Africa, Yuu manages to find an ability for seeking out other users and slowly starts looting abilities from each esper he meets, earning him a reputation as the One-Eyed Grim Reaper. Later, whilst infiltrating a facility using ability users as soldiers, he further gains the ability to detect those who haven't awakened their abilities yet, using an illness power to force them to awaken so he can loot them. As his journey continues across many other countries, the burden of taking on so many abilities start to take their toll on Yuu as he struggles to keep them…
2Melody of Despair2015-07-1225 minYū begins his life as a member of Hoshinoumi Academy's Student Council, whose job is to ensure the safety of students with supernatural powers. Their first job leads them to Nanba High School, where they catch a student named Udoh using his ability to produce x-ray photos of girls in their underwear, selling them for a profit. The next day, Nao takes Yū to see her big brother, who had been experimented on for his ability to manipulate sound waves, leaving him emotionally destroyed. Nao further explains that thanks to a person she trusts, she was able to escape the school that experimented on…3Love and Flame2015-07-1925 minAfter Yuu eats lunch with Jojiro at the cafeteria, their second job leads them to a user with two abilities, after investigating the narrow area, they found out that it was the popular singing idol and vocalist of How-Low-Hello Yusa Nishimori, who's being chased by Someone. after fighting the person chasing her, a guy named Sho leads them back to a club where Yusa is in hiding, she has the ability to allow a dead person possess her body. and the dead person possessing her is her older sister Misa, who has the ability pyrokinesis. the reason Yusa was being chased was she accidentally brought…4Moment of Earnest2015-07-2625 minAfter Yusa's loud transfer to Yuu's class, Nao brings her and the others to their third job in Kannai Academy, where they believe a user with telekinesis is attending. As proof, Nao shows them footage of a baseball pitcher, Arifumi Fukuyama, who pitches a knuckleball. However, Nao observes that Arifumi was about to throw a straight ball, but used his ability to position the ball and make it a knuckleball. After confronting Arifumi, who refuses to stop using his ability, Nao holds a baseball match between Kannai and Hoshinoumi's teams, saying that if they win, Arifumi will stop using his…5The Sound You Heard Sometime2015-08-0225 minLearning of a user with the ability to fly, the student council camp out in the mountains where the user has been training to control his ability. During the first two nights, Yusa tells the other members about her relationship with Misa, while Yuu interacts with Nao, talking with her about the band Zhiend and her dream of filming them. He then talks to Jōjirō about their abilities and how long they will last. The day after, the ability user confronts the council members and tries threatening them into leaving, but Nao dismisses his threat as a bluff. The ability user then steals Nao's…6Happy You Did Not Notice2015-08-0925 minWhile Ayumi stays at home to recover from her fever, Yuu and the others learn that a student with a "collapse" ability is in the condo. As a result, Nao suspects Ayumi of being the ability user, believing she might be developing an ability of her own. As Yuu, Nao, and Yusa check up on her, Ayumi describes a dream she had about the ground suddenly cracking, prompting Nao to suggest that everyone be cautious around her. The next day, as Ayumi's temperature goes down, Yuu advises her to stay at home so she can be safe, but she decides to sneak out and go to school anyway. There, she is…7The End of the Exodus2015-08-1625 minAfter the school collapse, Yuu wakes up in a hospital bed and is informed that Ayumi died. He subsequently enters shock and locks himself away in his apartment, becoming a recluse. Later on, Yumi comes by to talk to him but is turned away. Yuu ends up running away to another city and attempts to survive on snack foods while passing the time at a local arcade. However, as he grows progressively more unstable, he begins using his powers to pick fights with gangs. Before he can turn his attention to drugs, Yuu is stopped by Nao, who had been observing him the entire time using her invisibility…8Encounter2015-08-2325 minAfter Yuu returns to school, Nao assembles the student council together to watch Yusa's new video before inviting Yuu to go a Zhiend concert with her. After the concert, Yuu comes across Zhiend's blind vocalist, Sara Shane (or Sala Shane), who treats him to dinner and hears about his recent loss. Believing it might help Kazuki, Yuu decides to take Sara to meet him, hearing from her about the troubles she faced in her career before she went blind. When they arrive, Sara uses her song Fallin to calm Kazuki down from his rage, allowing him to recognize others once again. After seeing Sara off…9The World Is Not in Here2015-08-3025 minWhile attending the Zhiend concert with Nao, Yuu feels a familiar sensation upon hearing what is supposed to be a brand new song, suddenly causing him to have a sudden flashback. In these memories, Yuu and Ayumu are living together in a facility, where they are monitored for their abilities. When Ayumi's collapse ability caused damage to the facility, a researcher helped Yuu escape and use his true ability, "plunder", to borrow the abilities of other users and reach his brother, Shunsuke, who uses a time-leap ability to change the world. After Yuu regains consciousness in the present, aware…10Looting2015-09-0625 minShunsuke explains what happened after time-leaping into the past three years. After explaining his situation to Kumagami and joining up with his allies, Shunsuke began trying to think of a way to keep them safe from the facility. As Shunsuke time-leaped multiple times in order to find an answer, his vision growing weaker with each leap, he eventually came upon the idea to found a school specifically for ability users. Following his final leap, which left him blind and thus unable to use his ability further, Shunsuke managed to buy out an educational facility before arranging for Yuu and Ayumi…11Charlotte2015-09-1325 minAfter being filled in on the situation, Shunsuke urges Yuu to stay with Ayumi at his research facility until his abilities disappear, as they put him at risk of being targeted. There, he learns that special abilities are the result of inhaling particles spread by a short-period comet called Charlotte. Later, Kumagami's aide Furuki is threatened into handing him over to a terrorist group, who force him into telling them everything he knows about ability users. Using this information, the terrorists kidnap Nao and hold her, Kumagami, and Furuki's family hostage in exchange for Yuu. Learning of…12Promise2015-09-2025 minTwo days after the incident, Yuu wakes up in the hospital and learns of Kumagami's death. As Yuu's friends come to visit him during his rehabilitation, he has a discussion with Misa about life and death, encouraging her to visit her parents while she still has a chance. She gets this opportunity when Yusa hosts a food report on their parents' restaurant, allowing Misa to express her appreciation to them, which in turn gives Yuu a better appreciation of Ayumi's cooking. Later, as Yuu becomes determined to help Shunsuke, who is still in turmoil over Kumagami's death, Nao suggests that he could…13Memories to Come2015-09-2725 minBeginning his journey in South Africa, Yuu manages to find an ability for seeking out other users and slowly starts looting abilities from each esper he meets, earning him a reputation as the One-Eyed Grim Reaper. Later, whilst infiltrating a facility using ability users as soldiers, he further gains the ability to detect those who haven't awakened their abilities yet, using an illness power to force them to awaken so he can loot them. As his journey continues across many other countries, the burden of taking on so many abilities start to take their toll on Yuu as he struggles to keep them…
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