Flowers For Algernon
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Flowers For Algernon

2002
1 season
11 episodes
Drama

Abandoned as a child by his mother, Hasumi Sachiyo, Fujishima Haru is a mentally challenged man that has grown up and worked at the Sakurai Bakery as a baker. Working with him at the bakery is the owner Sakurai Kyoko and Tashiro Miki, a girl who is also mentally challenged and is like a sister to Haru. At night, after the bakery is closed, Haru and Miki attend a night class with other mentally challenged adults. Their teacher at the class is Toya Erina who not only is their teacher but also their friend. One day, Erina is approached by her old friend Kobayashi Rumiko about a candidate in the research she is conducting with professor Tatabe Shinichiro and Tokunaga Atsushi that could possibly increase the intelligence of the mentally challenged. Reluctant at first, Erina changes her mind when she sees the resolve in Haru to become smarter so that his mother will come back for him. With the success of the surgery,

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Because I love Erina-Sensei

    09-10-2002
  • Ep 2

    2.I can make bread and read!

    16-10-2002
  • Ep 3

    3.Because I love Erina-Sensei

    23-10-2002
  • Ep 4

    4.Erina-Sensei is beautiful

    30-10-2002
  • Ep 5

    5.I've been discarded, Mother won't come for me

    06-11-2002
  • Ep 6

    6.I don't understand people, Sensei is my window to the world

    13-11-2002
  • Ep 7

    7.My love for you is real, that's all I want you to know

    20-11-2002
  • Ep 8

    8.I'm scared! I don't want to go back!

    27-11-2002
  • Ep 9

    9.I know you're a crybaby, so please don't cry

    04-12-2002
  • Ep 10

    10.I can't understand half the things I've written

    11-12-2002
  • Ep 11

    11.When Erina-Sensei smiles, I am happy

    18-12-2002

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