List of La storia della Arcana Famiglia episodes

The episodes of the anime series Arcana Famiglia -La storia della Arcana Famiglia- are based on the otome game La storia della Arcana Famiglia published by HuneX and Comfort.

Episode list

No.	Episode title	Original air date
01	"The Night of The Birthday" "La notte del compleanno"	July 1, 2012
During the birthday party for Mondo, the leader of the Arcana Famiglia, he announces that he plans to retire as the head of the organization and that his successor will be the winner of Arcana Duello, a fighting tournament between Arcana Famiglia members. The winner also marries his daughter, Felicità, who is very unhappy with the decision. Libertà and Nova assures Felicitá that if one of them wins Arcana Duello that she does not have to get married. Felicità's Arcana power is shown when she looks into the hearts of Libertà and Nova.
02	"Commander of The Animal Protection Team" "Il Comandante della Squadra Protezione Animali"	July 8, 2012
Felicità remembers the joy of her first day joining the family. But those memories are pushed aside when her thoughts turn back to the upcoming Arcana Duello. Later, along with Libertà, notices that Nova is searching for something. Then he said he is searching for a cat he saved before but remember the mansion doesn't not allow people to bring any animal, he kept it alone. The three then searches for the cat to return it to its real owner. They run into Pace in a restaurant eating lasagna after they walked the streets for a day with no luck. Pace redirects the group to Debito. Debito then helps narrow down the list of women due to the ribbon around the cat's neck and its scent. Felicità looks into the cat's heart and sees the face of its owner, a blonde woman wearing a fancy blue dress. Telling Debito the physical characteristics of the women, he then leads them to the cat's owner, who owns a dress store in town. The women, Ms. Federica, greets her cat by her name, Fran. She thanks them by giving a white frilly dress to Felicità. Felicità, Nova and Libertà then head home, but during the walk, Nova tells Felicità that she should learn to control her Arcana powers and shouldn't look into other's hearts. At the end of the episode, words of encouragement are said and hope and determination is risen to win the Arcana Duello.
03	"Piccolino"	July 15, 2012
The episode begins when Isabella, a maid of the house, says that she saw a ghost in the kitchen. Felicità and Libertà ask Nova to check the matter with them though at first Nova declines the request, but Libertà provoked him to tag along. While they search for the ghost, they find that it was a fake ghost Luca made with a white cloth and a broom to scare Pace since he ate all the candies made for the children coming to Piccolino. The day of the Piccolino arrives and at first, Luca shows some old magic tricks which the kids didn't find amusing. Debito then tells the kids a scary story regarding a demon and an orphan. Pace and Luca recall how much fun Pace, Luca, and Debito would have when they were kids and how they would come to the church. Later, the group and all the children go to play soccer. Debito tries to flirt with Felicità and Luca intervenes. Libertà soon takes note of the wind that picks up and eventually it begins to rain. Meanwhile, indoors, Mama tries to convince Nova to go out and play with the kids, but he admits that he does not how to act around kids and deems kindness as a weakness. Back at the church, the group has retreated due to the rain and they split into groups to escort the children home, leaving two kids with Libertà and Felicità. The two children are frightened about the storm and so Libertà begins to tell the two a story about how a hero who saved a captain on the stormy sea, but stops as he begins to realize he was speaking from memory and had forgotten the end of it. The story strangely shows Dante with a full head of hair, indicating the incident may be a cause of his baldness. Eventually, Nova arrives at the church as Felicità and Libertà are about to leave, explaining that all the children had already been taken home. Confused, Nova asks why a child was left behind. Surprised by the statement, the two turn and discover a strange child named Elmo standing behind them. Libertà goes down to get a blanket from the basement for Elmo after noticing how cold he is, and begins recalling the memory of Dante on the ship again. Elmo asks Felicità about a strange feeling in his chest. When Libertà returns with the blanket, a bolt of lightning flashes and Elmo disappears from his seat only to be near the church door. He announces he is going home and Nova insists he wait and go after the storm calms down but instead, Elmo runs out. Nova chases after him and finds he is nowhere to be seen. The scene ends with Jolly saying, "Did you have fun today?" with the recipient never being seen.
04	"Confession of a Mask" "Confessioni di una maschera"	July 22, 2012
Libertà and Felicità are given a task by Mama to hand a scarf to a woman named Ms. Jovanna, however, due to the sudden recollections of his past, Libertà becomes disturbed to the point where the both of them get into a small accident, and have to spend the rest of the day working for a shop owner whose shop they accidentally destroyed. When Libertà discovers a familiar mask in the shop, he suddenly remembers that a masked man saved him from an orphanage that he used to live in. After accidentally reading Dante's heart, and seeing a fragment of Libertà's past, she consults Dante, and he proceeds to tell her that he was indeed the masked man who saved Liberta, as well as sealed his memories of his power over words, while Mondo sealed his ability itself, which allowed whatever he said to happen, away. Libertà confronts Felicità, asking her to look into his heart, hoping that she can see his forgotten memories, but she declines due to Dante's request for her not to say anything to him. Libertà storms off to Dante to find out the truth about his past himself, Libertà is told by Dante that the reason why the seal hasn't been removed yet, was due to the fact that he didn't find Libertà strong enough to accept his past just yet.
05	"Childhood Friends" "Amici d'infanzia"	July 29, 2012
Following the previous episode, Libertà is shown to still feel awkward interacting with Felicità to the point that when limone pie made by Felicità and Luca is served, he slips away from the group. When Nova confronts Libertà afterwards and says that Felicità had nothing to do with his issue with Dante, Libertà retorts to Nova whether he can face his own past as well, to which Nova says that it is none of his business. While helping Felicità deliver the rest of the limone pies to Mama, Nova recalls a fragment of his past where he meets Papa and Mama for the first time, and where it is revealed that Nova is to be Felicità's betrothed. The next day, Nova brings Felicità to patrol the town along with the Holy Grail division, and along the way, with the help of Felicità's Arcana ability, the two of them manage to stop a few thieves who tried to steal the wallet of a guest from the Isis Regalo, the casino from the Coin division. Along the way back, Nova thanks her by handing her a pouch filled with fertilizer for her flowers, and ends up lecturing her on how despite how she feels about people not expecting much from her, that it is the exact opposite of what she is thinking. That night, Nova dreams of his past where his parents talked to him about gaining the favor of Mama and Papa so that they would be able to take over the Arcana Famiglia instead. The next morning, Nova is informed by one of his subordinates that there seems to be an unequal distribution of funds to the research division. Interrupted in the middle of his investigation by Luca, he is lectured about being too cold towards Felicità, and that he wants Nova to become closer to her, despite his own objections. Later on, Nova sends Felicità to investigate the doings of the research division, as she would be the least suspicious person. Discovered to be fiddling with the lock with the key given to her by Nova, Jolly brings Felicità into the research division's area, and hands her a few documents, saying that she can come back and investigate any time. As Felicità leaves though, Jolly is found opening a curtain to the back of the research division's area, to reveal a large, cylindrical tank with something floating inside, stating that it cannot be found just yet. While searching through the papers provided by Jolly, Felicità and Nova both stumble on the clinical charts of Nova's parents. Felicità tries to soothe him by saying that there might just be a cure for his parents, while Nova denies it, telling her that the reason they won't wake up, was because of him using his Arcana ability, Death, to put them into a deep sleep, due to wanting to protect Mama and Papa. After hearing his story, Felicità sheds tears for Nova, who states that she doesn't understand his feelings, since she was raised in a loving family, and that it would be better for her to leave him alone. The episode ends with Felicità wanting to do something for both Libertà and Nova.
06	"The Board! The Final Battle" "La bordo! La battaglia final"	August 5, 2012
This starts with the head of each group gathers for a emergency meeting because Nova's father was kidnapped by pirates. During this meeting, Jolly orders them to not do any selfish movements. Libertà tells Nova that he should go save his father. Felicità hears this and agrees to what Libertà said. Nova agrees and the three go to the shore. They enters the ship and they start to search for Nova's father. As they are looking they come across the pirates. The three fight with the pirates but it was not going to end soon then Nova says that he will use his Arcana power and put them to sleep. Meanwhile, Libertà and Felicità went to look for Nova's father . They found him and went back for Nova while carrying his father. When they reached the deck, a masked man was waiting for them. This masked man was wearing the mask that Dante wore when he saved Libertà from the orphanage. Libertà and Felicità fight this masked man and they win but since Libertà kicked the masked man into the pole, the pole cracked and leaned towards Felicità. Libertà remembered how Nova used his Arcana power and this gave him confidence to use his own. Libertà used his power and shattered the pole and after he passes out. Felicità ran to him but the masked man knocks her out and lays her down. Because of the knife that Felicità threw, there was a crack in his mask so it split in half. Behind that mask was Dante and the pirates were the crew. This was all a plan to help them realize that they were weak and to help them increase their powers before the Arcana Duello. When they woke up they were in the underground cell. Jolly came to them and told them that Nova's father was saved and that they were found on the shore unconscious and that the reason they were closed in was because they disobeyed orders. This episode ends with Jolly saying that the things that happened on the ship was as if they were tested to use their Arcana powers. But as results that is. As he says this and walks away, they are wondering why Jolly knows what happened on the ship.
07	"Their Secrets" "Rispettivi segreti"	August 12, 2012
A heart beating day for Felicità. Luca, Pace, Debito and Felicità all go on a trip to Luca's 'secret base'. Luca has a small garden for his herbs he uses for his Alchemy. He used to grow his herbs at the family house, but Jolly always took them and used it. Now Luca has his own garden that he harvests every year that is far away from the house that Jolly won't think of looking for. Tensions between Luca and Jolly are shown, how Luca doesn't think of Jolly as a good person. The traveling group reaches a cave which is the entrance of the garden. But, Pace falls into a few traps that Luca set up for Jolly. Once they reach the garden, Luca makes Pace and Debito harvest the herbs and Felicità offers to lend a hand as well and Luca is filled with joy. After they harvest all the herbs, they sit down to have lunch. At that moment, Nova and Libertà burst through the doors. At the beginning of the episode, Nova and Libertà are walking down the street with a letter given to them from Mama. Mama told both of them to deliver it to Felicità. They look everywhere for her, but with no luck. When they head towards Debito's casino, they catch a woman who one of Debito's men was chasing. They catch her and hand her over to Debito's man as he cuffs her, but she walks away, showing that he had accidentally cuffed Nova and Libertà together and not the women's hands. The women runs away and the man follows her. Then, cuffed together, Nova and Libertà walk by a fortune teller on the street who gives them a riddle to finding Felicità. They then follow the riddle which leads them to Fran, the white cat that Nova saved earlier during episode 2, at Ms. Federica's shop. They follow Fran to the cave entrance to the secret garden and fight through the traps set up by Luca with each other's swords due to the handcuffs. They later meet the others at the garden and Luca, Pace, and Debito explain how it was all set up for them to meet at the garden. Luca had used a potion to lure the cat to the garden. Pace brought a camera to take a picture of all six of them at the garden for a keepsake. Nova delivers the letter to Felicità, which she reads and blushes at it. Mama told her to kiss the two boys because they went through a lot to give her the letter. It is later shown that Mama had Ms. Jovanna act as the fortune teller. Each person at the garden gets a copy of the picture they took together. Pace puts his photo on his mother's grave. Debito is seen in his room looking at the picture about to tear it, but hesitates, and then clutches his right eye with his hand. Luca shows the picture to Mama and says that he needs to distance himself from Felicità. Nova speaks to his sleeping parents about his day while looking at the picture. Dante looks at the picture the group as Libertà spars with another with his sword. Felicità puts the picture in the frame and says 'Gli Amanti' as her Arcana mark shows.
08	"The Moon in the Dark" "La luna nel buio"	August 19, 2012
The past of Debito, Pace, and Luca is revealed and Felicita was the one who investigated it?
09	"Wheel of Fortune" "La ruota della fortuna"	August 26, 2012
After the event on Felicita, Nova and Liberta finding out about Elmo being a homunculus, they were told of an emergency. After the emergency, Felicita confronts Jolly and demands the truth in which Jolly told her. Among the truths that Jolly told was about Felicita unconsciously using her other Arcana power which is The Wheel Of Fortune when she was little which save her mother from being hurt from the after effect of using her 'Judgement' to save Mondo in which caused her Arcana power to go berserk . Back to present, after hearing the truth, she meets her mother and her mother tells her why her father chose 'The World'. Felicita saw a flashback on the event in which made her father chose 'The World'. Then she was determined to save her father by using The Wheel of Fortune.......
10	"Arcana Family" "Arcana Famiglia"	September 2, 2012
Felicita uses The Wheel of Fortune to try and change the relationship between The World and her father. Without knowing that if she uses her other Arcana power, The Wheel of Fortune, her memories will be erased. Dante rushes into the room to stop Felicita, but It was too late. Felicita had already used her Arcana power and loses her memories. Nova and Liberta and the members of the family find a way for Felicita to gain her memories back by using Jolly's Arcana power and she was saved by Nova and Liberta, While Felicita was walking in the corridor, she overheard Jolly and Dante saying that the relationship of Mondo and The World hasn't changed and Felicita ended up being advised by her other Tarocco card, The Lover.
11	"Arcana Triangle" "Arcana triangolo"	September 9, 2012
Nova, Liberta, Felicita, and the other members of the family practiced for their waited Arcana Duello.
12	"Arcana Duel" "Arcana duello"	September 16, 2012
The Arcana Duello has finally started. And in the finals, Nova and Liberta are ought to fight each other, but in the end, both of them used their Arcana powers, making them both collapse. By default, Felicita fought and defeated her father, and she was able to use The Wheel of Fortune without losing her memories.
OVA	"Arcana Famiglia: Capriccio - stile Arcana Famiglia"	March 27, 2013