List of Chocotto Sister episodes

Chocotto Sister is an anime television series produced by Nomad and directed by Yasuhiro Kuroda, with music by Masara Nishida and character designs by Yukihiro Kitano. The opening theme is "Doki! Doki! My Sister Soul" by Harenchi Punch and the ending theme is "Neko-nyan Dance" by Harenchi Punch. The 24 episodes were broadcast between 12 July 2006 and 20 December 2006 on Kids Station. It was later released on eight DVDs.^[1]

Episode list

#	Title	Original airdate
01	"The Present is a Little Sis?" "Purezento wa imouto?" (プレゼントは妹?)	July 12, 2006
College student Haruma is stunned when a girl stated to be his sister is delivered to his apartment. Unwilling to evict her, he names the girl Choco, because she is constantly referring to her guide book (chocotto being Japanese for 'manual'). Haruma takes Choco to the mall to buy her clothing, but they lose sight of each other inside.
02	"The First New Year" "Hajimete no oshougatsu" (はじめてのお正月)	July 19, 2006
The siblings go to a shrine for New Year's. Yasuoka, Makoto and the original landlady make their first appearance. Choco starts her picture diary, with the landlady's encouragement.
03	"The Manager is coming/The new manager has arrived" "Kanrinin-san ga yatte kita" (管理人さんがやってきた)	July 26, 2006
Chitose, the landlady's granddaughter and new manager, makes her way towards Tsubaki manor, but has many a mishap along the way. Eventually, with Haruma and Choco's help, she makes it.
04	"Black Valentine's Day" "Burakku·Barentaindee" (ラック·バレンタインデー)	August 2, 2006
Chitose plans to give Haruma, who has been roped into a special Valentine's Day job by Tamami, chocolate (girl's traditionally give boys Valentines Day chocolates and receive gifts in return on White Day, which falls in March). Choco is given misleading information about the meaning of Valentine's Day from Makoto. Does Haruma have precognitive dreams ... ?
05	"To Buy a Bra" "Burajyā wo kai ni" (ブラジャーを買いに)	August 9, 2006
After seeing Chitose's laundry and wheedling a demonstration out of the manager, Choco asks her big brother to buy her an item of intimate lady's apparel. A drunken Makoto embarrasses Chitose, but still manages to get herself along with Choco invited for lunch the next day.
06	"Easy-to-Understand Lecture on Public Baths" "Yoku wakaru sento koza" (よくわかる銭湯講座)	August 16, 2006
Tamami saddles Haruma with yet another job, for which he is paid for in goods, in this case, T-shirts and some tickets for the premiere of a movie. Haruma invites Ayano, who is a huge fan of the movie's main actor, to accompany him. Meanwhile, Choco has her first encounter with Kakeru. She meets him for a second time, when the Kawagoes go to a public bath because of a water outage. Midori instructs Choco in public bath etiquette.
07	"Cheerful, Heartbroken, Depressed" "Ukiuki, gakkuri, shonbori" (ウキウキ、ガックリ、しょんぼり)	August 23, 2006
Haruma angers Choco by going on a date with Ayano and leaving her at home. When Chitose sees the two of them on their date, she becomes depressed. However, it seems Ayano has romantic troubles of her own which do not concern Haruma, but rather a young man soon bound for the countryside... Afterwards, Haruma manages to redeem himself in the eyes of Choco and Chitose, somewhat.
08	"Draft" "Sukima kaze" (すきまカゼ)	August 30, 2006
Haruma is late getting home after Ayano invites him out for drinks to stave off her own romantic woes, due in part to him having to escort an inebriated Ayano to her home. Choco falls ill after having stayed up late, waiting for Haruma, alarming her big brother.
09	"Buds of Love" "Koi no tsubomi" (恋のつぼみ)	September 6, 2006
Haruma has been avoiding Ayano because of what happened on their night out, but shows up at Ayano's shop at the same time that Kazuya comes to get his ring from Ayano. After Kazuya leaves, Ayano tells him about her and Kazuya. The next day Ayano sends him flowers as a gift and he goes shopping for a watering can with Choco.
10	"Let's (Go to the) Hot Spring!" "Let's Onsen!" (Let's 温泉!)	September 13, 2006
While shopping with Chitose at the local shopping arcade, Choco wins a free trip to the Hot Springs for four. Choco chooses to go with Haruma, Chitose and Makoto. Much to her dismay, Makoto gets a call from her job while the four of them are waiting at the train station and she ends up not going. Haruma thinks he sees Ayano as they get off of the train but convinces himself that he's seeing things. Choco, Chitose and Haruma register at the hot springs as a family, with Chitose (part eagerly, part disturbed) signing in as a Kawagoe. To his dismay, Haruma finds out that the bath is coed and he tries to hide from Choco and Chitose but gets dizzy after staying in the water too long and staggers out of the bath in full sight of the girls.
11	"Love, Gone" "Koi, sarinu" (恋、去りぬ)	September 20, 2006
That night Haruma can't sleep for thinking about Ayano so Choco offers to hold his hand. The following day Choco, Haruma and Chitose go on a hike to see the sights around the hot springs. To his surprise Haruma meets Ayano and convinces her not to give up on her love.
12	"A Downpour, and then..." "Doshaburi, soshite――" (どしゃ降り、そして――)	September 27, 2006
During a rainstorm Haruma gets a call from Ayano saying that she will be moving to the countryside with her finance. Noticing Haruma's depression Choco asks Chitose and Makoto for help and she decides to write a letter to Ayano explaining Haruma's feelings for her. When he finds out, Haruma gets angry and Choco run away from home. Concerned about her absence, Haruma reads Choco's diary.
13	"First with Yuri-pyon" "Hajimete no Yuri Pyon" (はじめてのゆりぴょん)	October 4, 2006
Yurika is bored with her routine and escapes from her chauffeur with Choco's help. After the run away from him Yurika explains, untruthfully, that she is being chased because she witnessed a murder and saw the murder's face. Eventually the chauffeur hunts them down and Yurika goes with him. Later Yurika goes searching for Choco, but, although she knows where Choco lives, she doesn't know her name. Yuriko happens to stumble across Tsubaki manor and Choco, where she is invited inside for a drink - the beginning of a new friendship.
14	"Neko-nyan and Brassieres" "Neko nyan to Burajyā" (ねこにゃんとブラジャー)	October 11, 2006
Haruma and Choco see the Nekonyan Dance on TV as they are eating breakfast. Choco later goes out and she walks by a daycare where the children are dancing the Nekonyan Dance. The teacher invites her to dance with them, so she does. Choco stays for lunch and plays with the kids until they all go home except for a little boy, named Takeshi. Choco stays and plays with him until his mother arrives to find that Choco and Takeshi have fallen asleep. Later, Yurika calls to say that she is nearby.
15	"At the Pool, JAPUN!" "Pūru DE Japun!" (プールDEじゃぷん!)	October 18, 2006
Tamami forces Haruma into a new job: lifeguard at a pool. He's given free entry tickets, and gives them to Choco and Chitose. Elsewhere, Yurika skips her English lesson to visit Choco, but, to her annoyance, finds nobody home. Killing time at a nearby park she is attacked by a dog but Kakeru saves her.
16	"Dokiwaku Summer Festival" "Dokiwaku natsumatsuri" (ドキワク夏祭り)	October 25, 2006
Choko is excited about attending her first summer festival. She becomes separated from Haruma and Chitose, but soon she meets Kakeru, and later Yurika, who has decided to come to a 'commoner' event accompanied by her maid. Yurika becomes jealous seeing Choko and Kakeru together. In the end everyone re-unites and they watch fireworks together.
17	"Noisy Tea Party" "Dotabata tīpātī" (ドタバタ☆ティーパーティー)	November 1, 2006
Yurika finds herself smitten with Kakeru, and plans a tea party as an opportunity to socialize with him. However, she is too shy to invite him directly, so she invites Choco and asks her to bring her friends. To Yurika's dismay, Choco arrives at the party accompanied not by Kakeru, but by a number of the children she befriended in episode 14.
18	"Let's Meow-Sing!" "Let's nyan shingu!" (Let's にゃんシング!)	November 8, 2006
Choko wants to join the Nekonyan Dance contest, but it turns out that she is cannot do so with fewer than five people. After convincing Haruma, Makoto, Chitose, and finally Yurika to participate, they videotape their dance and send it in.
19	"The Idol's Melancholy" "Aidoru no yūutsu" (アイドルの憂鬱)	November 15, 2006
Eriko Odawara ('Odaeri'), the idol famous for performing the Nekonyan Dance live on television every morning, is tiring of the role and bails out of a scheduled performance at the daycaare in Choco's neighborhood. A chance encounter with Makoto (who is strongly implied to be the famous gravure idol Arisa Otokami - their names are acronyms) convinces Eriko of the true importance of her job. Odaeri then visits Choco's apartment where she gives a private performance of the Nekonyan Dance.
20	"My Kitten" "Atashi no nyanko" (あたしのにゃんこ)	November 22, 2006
After Haruma refuses to buy her a pet, Choco befriends an escaped puma, whom she names Kuro (the Japanese word for 'black'). Choco visits Kuro daily at his home in an abandoned warehouse, and introduces him to Kakeru and Yurika. Tragically, Kuro dies in a road accident.
21	"Let's (Go to the) Amusement Park!" "Let's yūenchi!" (Let's 遊園地!)	November 29, 2006
Choko is still sad after Kuro's death and in order to liven her up, Haruma, along with Chitose and Makoto, take her to the amusement park. Choko meets a girl who says she has lost her mom, and spends the day seeking for her. What she does not know is that the girl and her mother are Mr. Yasuoka's daughter and wife, long since dead.
22	"First Master" "Hajimete no goshujinsama" (はじめての御主人様)	December 6, 2006
Choco is persuaded by Tamami to take part in her club's maid café at Haruma's collage festival. While at work, Haruma gets a call from his cousin who is in town, and wants to visit him. When Choco approaches Haruma and his cousin he denies that Choco is his little sister. Choco is distraught and begins too question who she is, putting her existence in jeopardy. [Note: aside from this incident, no mention of how Haruma is going to explain the sudden existence of a little sister to his family, let alone his parents].
23	"Wish" "Negai" (願い)	December 13, 2006
To his considerable consternation, Choco has disappeared and it's up Haruma to remember Choco.
24	"Happy Christmas" "Happī·kurisumasu" (ハッピー·クリスマス)	December 20, 2006
Choco delivers her Christmas gifts - who will be the surprise guest at the Christmas party.

References

1. "ちょこッとSister" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2008.