Charlotte
Season 1
TV-14
The story takes place in an alternate reality where a small percentage of children manifest superhuman abilities upon reaching puberty. A focus is placed on Yuu Otosaka, a high school boy who awakens the ability to temporarily possess others, which brings him to the attention of Nao Tomori, the student council president of a school founded as a haven for children with such abilities.
Where to Watch Season 1
13 Episodes
- Melody of Despair
E2Melody of DespairYu unwillingly acts together with the student council and runs amok to secure individuals with special abilities. This brings to light why Tomori is determined to fulfill student council duties in face of danger - a past involving a cruel destiny that awaited an ability wielder. - Moment of Earnest
E4Moment of EarnestThe information of an ability wielder that Kumagami relays to the student council on the day Yusa transfers into Hoshinoumi Academy points to a high school baseball pitcher that Tomori already had her eyes on. His ability is telekinesis. Against a pitcher that uses his ability to pitch what could be called diabolical balls, the Hoshinoumi Academy student council challenges him to a game of baseball to make him stop doing so. - Sound Heard Sometime In the Past
E5Sound Heard Sometime In the PastLearning 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 camcorder from her and attempts to escape using his power, but is stopped by Yuu's ability. After Nao convinces the user to stop using his ability, Yuu returns to his condo to find Ayumi sick with a cold. - Happiness Never Noticed
E6Happiness Never NoticedWhile 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 confronted by her classmate, Konishi, who accuses her of stealing the boy she liked away from her, then comes at her with a cutter. Pushed into a corner, Ayumi suddenly activates her ability, causing the school building to collapse with her still inside. As Yuu desperately searches through the wreckage for any signs of Ayumi, a piece of rubble falls towards him. Afterwards, Kumagami is shown standing over the wreckage. - Beyond the Escape
E7Beyond the EscapeAfter 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. Nao attempts to reconnect with Yuu by taking him to Jōjirō's house and offering him some omurice. Upon eating it, Yuu realizes it tastes exactly like the dish that Ayumi would make for him using the secret pizza sauce. He soon resolves to return to the student council with Nao to work hard in memory of his sister. - A Chance Meeting
E8A Chance MeetingYu, starting to accept Ayumi's death, attends school for the first time in a while. There, he finds comfort in a school life that has not changed from before. Then, he ends up having to attend a ZHIEND live gig alone with Tomori, but on the way back home from school that day, he bumps into a foreign-looking woman carrying a white cane. - A World That Doesn't Exist Here
E9A World That Doesn't Exist HereWhile 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 that he has a brother, he and Nao are approached by Kumagami, who takes them to a hidden facility to meet with Shunsuke and hear his story. - Charlotte
E11CharlotteAfter 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 this, Yuu goes to rescue them. Upon meeting up with the terrorists and ensuring the safety of Furuki's family, Yuu is attacked by another ability user, who slashes his eye, preventing him from time traveling. The pain of the wound triggers his collapse ability, which destroys the building. Although Yuu uses his telekinesis to protect himself and the other ability user, Kumagami is impaled after protecting Nao from the wreckage and dies as a result, devastating Shunsuke.
