White Album - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes26
DatesJan 3, 2009 - Dec 25, 2009
Episodes
Season 1Episode 125 min
Yes, maybe the button was already pushed by then.
November, 1986. Second-year student at Yunagi university, Touya Fuji, is having a nightmare one morning. The dream is about his girlfriend and newly-cast idol, Yuki Morikawa.
Jan 3, 2009
Season 1Episode 225 min
Do you believe in long‑plotted encounters?
Yuki stops by music star-turned-studio president, Eiji Ogata's home, after finishing shooting a TV shoot. At the same time, Touya is paid a surprise visit by his childhood friend, and college classmate, Haruka Kawashima.
Jan 10, 2009
Season 1Episode 325 min
Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, back to back, and then... we don't have to take off our clothes.
Rina offers Touya a part time job "helping out her manager." Touya cancels his job as a tutor, more out of a desire to see Yuki than interest in the job itself.
Jan 17, 2009
Season 1Episode 425 min
Sometimes you feel like you understand someone beyond imagination. A lot of times it's the opposite though.
Thanks to Rina's intervention, Touya and Yuki are able to go on their first date in a long time.
Jan 24, 2009
Season 1Episode 525 min
It's not only those who are close to you that get in your way. The less you know someone, the harsher you are.
Yuki's manager tells Touya that their thoughtless actions are perfect bait for celebrity gossip magazines and subtly hints that he should break up with Yuki.
Jan 31, 2009
Season 1Episode 625 min
A good way to forget your troubles... How about getting involved in somebody else's?
Misaki's script was accepted by the Drama Club, but the Drama Club president, with whom she has a past, is forcing her to make all the props and clothes herself. The time limit is two weeks and Touya happily offers to help Misaki.
Feb 7, 2009
Season 1Episode 725 min
The less time you have, the more you can do. The more you do. Of course, love is no exception.
Yuki successfully finishes the recording of her debut single, "White Album." Meanwhile, Misaki is staying at Touya's father's house, as the two of them work to make the props and clothes.
Feb 14, 2009
Season 1Episode 825 min
The less time you have, the more you can do. The more you do. Of course, love is no exception.
A mentally imbalanced Haruka is wandering the streets, and is harassed by two men. She's saved by Mana, who happens to pass by. Touya is spending his days working with Misaki, the work getting more and more frantic as the deadline approaches...
Feb 21, 2009
Season 1Episode 925 min
Memories don't need to be prettied up like a play. The minute you say them aloud, they're all lies.
The day of the big rehersal for the drama club play, Touya and Misaki finish the props and clothes. However, Tamaru insists that they change the color to "monotone."
Feb 28, 2009
Season 1Episode 1025 min
Sumo Wrestling by yourself isn't lonely just because you don't have a partner. The eyes of the audience sting, too.
The injured Misaki spends a night at the hopsital, and finds herself rapidly growing closer with Akira, who stayed with her the whole time. Due to a secret agreement between the head of M&M Music, Itsuki Kanzaki, and Ogata Productions' Eiji, Rina is forced to change the venue she was going to perform her concert in.
Mar 7, 2009
Season 1Episode 1125 min
Time won't take care of the feelings building up in your heart. It just labels them "forgotten."
Eiji reveals his secret agreement for the Christmas concert: a match to see who can bring in more fans. Rina interrogates Yayoi about a letter she discovered in the office trash can. Mana has gotten close enough to Haruka that the two of them are going biking together. Meanwhile, Touya is troubled over his feelings for Yuki, and reveals them to Yayoi...
Mar 14, 2009
Season 1Episode 1225 min
"Restriction. Deception. Deprivation. Giving. Waiting is more trying than all of these."
Touya reveals his relationship with Yayoi to Rina but she takes him to task, telling him it’s too dangerous. The next day, Rina goes to wait for Touya in the VIP room at the end of his work day at Echoes, but Touya leaves with Yayoi in her car.
Mar 21, 2009
Season 1Episode 1325 min
Even though the glass was tipped over, didn't you notice? Not even one drop of water remained.
At long last, the Christmas concert begins, full of emotions and feelings. Touya shows up at the Yunagi Koukaidou for Yuki's concert.
Mar 28, 2009
Season 1Episode 1425 min
I've never been able to tune properly. I keep thinking that it could sound better.
After the Christmas Eve concert, Touya's father collapses, due to a longstanding condition, and is hospitalized. The next day, Yuki goes to visit him but missed Touya on his way out. Itsuki Kanzaki, after blowing off the Christmas Eve concert, is scolded, and the missing M&M agency's star singer, Menou Akiyama, is discovered. Eiji then stands before a painting after winning the spoils of war in his "mobilization value" bet.
Oct 2, 2009
Season 1Episode 1525 min
The things you can't find will destroy what's around you. Because they're not there, there's nothing that can be done.
After Eiji stops giving Yuki her lesson, she decides to stop by and visit Touya's father in the hospital. On New Years Eve, Yuki goes to Touya's apartment. The two bring in the new year kissing. This is how 1987 begins...
Oct 9, 2009
Season 1Episode 1625 min
When I think back to my childhood, the embarrassment I feel is agonizing. Compared to that...
Touya's father planned to spend the New Year's holiday at home, but his condition suddenly worsens and he has to return to the hospital. Touya is saddened and disappointed in his father's condition. A few days later, a meeting is held at Ogata Productions. It is about the Venus Festival, a musical competition for young female singers which is held every February. Rina has never been given a chance to enter it before... The rule is set that each production company may only send one group or singer to the competition. Rina, realizing what was going on in Eiji's mind, suddenly declares she is going independence, and walks out...
Oct 16, 2009
Season 1Episode 1725 min
There are lies one wants exposed. There are truths one does not want to believe in. There is one of each.
Upon declaring independence from Ogata Productions, Rina leaves. Yuki chases her in the rain and desperately begs her to return. Rina has made up her mind and will not be convinced to go back. After regaining her composure, Yuki reminisces about recording White Album with Rina... While this is going on, Eiji is paid a visit by Itsuki and a consultant sent to regain a picture that wasn't theirs to give away. However, this is really just one of Itsuki's plots... Eiji offers his Tri-Sad studio, but the price won't cover the painting...So what will Eiji offer to pay for it...?
Oct 23, 2009
Season 1Episode 1825 min
Don't bugs have it too easy? They shut themselves away in their shells, and yet they're claustrophobic.
It is revealed, at a press conference, that Rina will be transferring to Itsuki Kanzaki's rival agency, M&MM. In the same press conference, Sakuradan announces that they are disbanding and that their vice-leader, Sarii, will be going solo. Yuki visits Touya's father in the hospital by herself. The two begin to discuss his son... Touya goes to the dressing room at the TV station to catch Rina after she finishes her last gig for Ogata Productions. Rina tries to put up a strong front, but melts in Touya's arms when he puts them around her. "Kiss me, Fuji-kun."
Oct 30, 2009
Season 1Episode 1925 min
They usually say you move on to the next when you're bored with what you have. Although, I usually seem to be bored well before.
Rina informs Yuki directly that her and Touya just kissed after showing up at her dressing room. To muddy the waters further, Touya joins Rina at M&MM as her assistant. After this devastating blow, Yuki tries to distract herself from the pain by biting her wrist as she hears Rina's painful words. The next week, as Rina and Touya begin their job at M&MM, Itsuki orders the two of them to sit in on Menou's recording session. At the studio, Touya makes the connection that Menou is the girl he met outside the Yunagi Koukaidou on the night of the Christmas Eve concert. Menou seems to care less about her actual album and lets Rina handle the recording while she chats with Touya...
Nov 6, 2009
Season 1Episode 2025 min
Love is not rational. The lovers who said this were poets, critics, and philosophers.
Touya returns to his hometown, only to find Menou waiting for him. She's acting like she owns the place when a staffmember from the agency comes to retrieve her. Eiji determines that the picture of a girl he received from Itsuki is a forgery and continues his search for the real one. Eiji is having delusions about what is really in the pictures, but Yuki sets him straight. Rina, meanwhile, has a nearly empty schedule. With Touya at her side, she undergoes a bunch of voluntary training. And, of course, Touya and Yayoi's affair continues on...
Nov 13, 2009
Season 1Episode 2125 min
One-sided love is no love at all.
Nov 20, 2009
Season 1Episode 2225 min
No one wants to believe that the one they love will hurt them.
Nov 27, 2009
Season 1Episode 2325 min
A heart that doesn't beat for you.
Dec 4, 2009
Season 1Episode 2425 min
A song which cuts off the distance between two people.
Dec 11, 2009
Season 1Episode 2525 min
The fleeting moments we shared.
Dec 18, 2009
Season 1Episode 2625 min
The last melody.
Dec 25, 2009
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