Charlotte
A youth drama set in a world where imperfect powers emerge during adolescence, following Yu Otosaka, who can possess another person for five seconds, as he works with Nao Tomori and the Hoshinoumi Academy student council to protect ability users.
- Genre:
- 青春 / 学園 / 超能力 / ドラマ
- Medium:
- Anime / Manga
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Charlotte — Timeline12 events
Nao Tomori uncovers Yu's use of his ability
Yu Otosaka uses his five-second possession ability to pose as an honor student and enter a prestigious school, but Nao Tomori appears just as he begins his new life.
Vol.TVアニメ第1話 第一話 我他人を思うCh. — Official TV anime episode 1 synopsis; timing shortly after high-school entry is estimated from the enrollment context. ↗
Yu begins helping the student council secure ability users
Reluctantly working with the student council, Yu joins its effort to locate and protect ability users and learns about Nao's past and the harsh fate awaiting people with powers.
Vol.TVアニメ第2話 第二話 絶望の旋律Ch. — Official TV anime episode 2 synopsis; timing is estimated relative to Yu's transfer. ↗
The student council meets an idol with two abilities
After receiving information about a person who can channel spirits and generate fire, Yu's group investigates and encounters idol Yusa Nishimori.
Vol.TVアニメ第3話 第三話 恋と炎Ch. — Official TV anime episode 3 synopsis; timing is estimated from the progression of student-council activities. ↗
The student council stakes out a new ability user in the mountains
Following Kumagami's information, Yu's group maintains a mountain stakeout for a suspected ability user, and Yu listens to ZHIEND on Nao's music player while they wait.
Vol.TVアニメ第5話 第五話 いつか聴いた音Ch. — Official TV anime episode 5 synopsis; the mountain stakeout is explicit. ↗
Ayumi emerges as a possible new ability user
Kumagami identifies the apartment of Yu's feverish sister Ayumi as an ability user's location, and Nao and Yu examine her frightening dream for clues to the power.
Vol.TVアニメ第6話 第六話 気づかなかった幸せCh. — Official TV anime episode 6 synopsis; the day Ayumi stays home ill is explicit. ↗
Yu cuts himself off from the world after losing Ayumi
Devastated by his sister's death, Yu shuts himself inside, refuses to see his student-council friends, and lives destructively until someone appears before him.
Vol.TVアニメ第7話 第七話 逃避行の果てにCh. — Official TV anime episode 7 synopsis; the period after Ayumi's death is explicit. ↗
Yu returns to school and meets ZHIEND's Sala
As he begins accepting Ayumi's death, Yu returns to school and plans to attend a ZHIEND concert with Nao, then meets a foreign woman carrying a white cane on his way home.
Vol.TVアニメ第8話 第八話 邂逅Ch. — Official TV anime episode 8 synopsis; Yu's return to school is explicit. ↗
Yu's memories are stirred during the ZHIEND concert
At the ZHIEND concert with Nao, Yu feels an unexplained disturbance as the performance continues, drawing him toward memories he had lost.
Vol.TVアニメ第9話 第九話 ここにない世界Ch. — Official TV anime episode 9 synopsis; the concert day is explicit, while the movement toward lost memories summarizes the episode context. ↗
Yu moves to change the past and save Ayumi
Yu's brother Shunsuke has lost his sight and can no longer time-leap after repeated use, so Yu acts in his place and sets out to save Ayumi with his own power.
Vol.TVアニメ第10話 第十話 略奪Ch. — Official TV anime episode 10 synopsis; timing is estimated relative to Yu's reunion with his brother. ↗
Yu learns the cause of the abilities at a research facility
After saving Ayumi, Yu is taken by Kumagami and Medoki to a research facility, where he learns what causes the abilities before Kumagami receives new information and heads to the academy.
Vol.TVアニメ第11話 第十一話 シャーロットCh. — Official TV anime episode 11 synopsis; placement after Ayumi's rescue is explicit. ↗
Yu makes a decision while speaking with Nao in the hospital
Yu is hospitalized with injuries and visited by Ayumi, his student-council friends, and Nao; during his conversation with Nao, he decides what he will do next.
Vol.TVアニメ第12話 第十二話 約束Ch. — Official TV anime episode 12 synopsis; Yu's hospitalization is explicit. ↗
Yu sets out to take every ability in the world
To save all ability users, Yu resolves to take the powers of every ability user around the world, beginning a long journey that exacts a heavy personal cost.
Vol.TVアニメ第13話 第十三話 これからの記録Ch. — Official TV anime episode 13 synopsis; no duration is stated, so timing is expressed as during Yu's worldwide journey. ↗
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