TARI TARI
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EP 1Wien and Taichi guide new student while Konatsu forms choir with friends
Jul 1, 2012On a school day, Tomoko Takahashi receives flowers before leaving on maternity leave. Atsuhiro "Wien" Maeda transfers in and is shown around by Taichi Tanaka. Konatsu Miyamoto leaves the choir club because she cannot sing and wants to start a new one requiring five members. She convinces her best friend Sawa Okita to join and forces her brother to apply. Konatsu then tries to persuade her friend Wakana Sakai, who refuses due to personal reasons. While Konatsu practices singing in town, her voice draws Wakana, Sawa, Taichi, and Wien to the same location.
EP 2Club formation faces obstacles as members rehearse despite missing adviser and traffic delays.
Jul 8, 2012Sawa introduces Wakana and Konatsu to her home, revealing Konatsu’s past recital incident to secure Wakana’s club membership. The trio recruits sufficient members to present their proposal to Principal Tayoru Ikezaki, who approves the club and agrees to serve as adviser upon learning of Wakana’s involvement. Konatsu and Wakana select a song reminiscent of her mother’s lullabies, though Vice-Principal Naoko Takakura initially objects. When Tayoru disappears due to a bicycle accident, Konatsu sends Wakana ahead while she waits. The group reaches the theater with Tomoko, but other members remain stuck in traffic. Undeterred, Konatsu and Sawa perform with Wakana on piano, successfully completing the rehearsal. Consequently, Naoko assumes the advisory role while Tayoru recovers from his injuries.
EP 3Wakana meets a foreigner while Konatsu struggles to save the choir club from dissolution.
Jul 15, 2012Konatsu faces a membership crisis as many members quit, prompting Naoko to threaten dissolving the choir club alongside Taichi’s badminton club. Taichi recruits Wien and introduces him to his sister. To resolve the shortage, Taichi challenges Konatsu to a 2 vs 3 badminton match, which the choir club wins. Konatsu proposes a joint choir and badminton club. They seek approval from Tayoru, who references a past choir club involving Wakana’s mother. Despite Naoko’s opposition, Taichi and Wakana support the proposal, leading to Tayoru’s approval. Konatsu decides to enter a World Music Festival in the village. Meanwhile, Wakana encounters a strange foreigner again.
EP 4Konatsu reconnects with the Condor Queens while Wakana receives a letter from her late mother.
Jul 22, 2012Konatsu encounters the Condor Queens, the band that inspired her musical journey. Wien observes Wakana being pursued by a foreigner who is revealed to be the group's third member and an acquaintance of Wakana’s deceased mother, Mahiru. Sawa grows frustrated with Konatsu, perceiving her prioritization of the band over choir club practice, and threatens to quit if Konatsu does not take the club more seriously. Seeking to resolve the conflict, Konatsu looks for a performance venue, which Wakana conveniently registers. Konatsu successfully reconciles with Sawa. During the music festival, while other groups perform on smaller stages, the Condor Queens present Wakana with a letter that Mahiru left for her upon her birth.
EP 5Wakana regrets discarding Mahiru's piano after reading her final letter
Jul 29, 2012While Taichi competes in a badminton tournament with friends, Wakana becomes distracted by a letter. She later meets Shiho, Sawa's mother, who shares a high school photo of Mahiru with Naoko. Remembering past arguments with Mahiru over music versus exams before her death, Wakana asks her father to remove the piano from her room before his business trip. Upon returning to an empty space, she feels isolated and reflects on the letter, which reveals Mahiru's wish to write songs with her. This realization prompts Wakana to regret her decision to get rid of the instrument.
EP 6Wakana Recovers From Illness And Honors Mahiru's Musical Legacy
Aug 5, 2012While recovering from a cold, Wakana visits Konatsu, recalling her promise with Mahiru to compose a song together. She receives a tape from Shiho featuring Mahiru’s choir club recordings before Sawa’s horse riding lessons. The following day, Wakana assists Taichi and Atsuhiro with vocal practice and visits Tomoko and her newborn. Her father later explains that Mahiru hid her illness to prevent their shared song from becoming sad. Offering sheet music Mahiru wrote before her death and revealing he kept the piano, her father encourages Wakana to complete the piece. Inspired by the tape, Wakana rediscover her passion for singing and joins the club in a group performance.
EP 7Club members face festival approval issues while Sawa’s diet causes concern
Aug 12, 2012The club struggles to plan for the school culture festival, with Konatsu facing taunts from former members and needing approval from Naoko for the main stage. Simultaneously, Sawa clashes with her father, who dismisses her professional jockey ambitions as mere play. This conflict leads Sawa to adopt an unknown diet and skip meals, worrying Konatsu and Wakana. After attending a musical, Wakana decides to learn composition to complete Mahiru’s unfinished song while evaluating her own career path. The strain of Sawa’s forced dieting eventually takes its toll, resulting in her falling from her horse during mounted archery practice.
EP 8Sawa Faces Rejection and Finds Strength Through Friendship
Aug 19, 2012After a hospital checkup, Sawa’s father orders her to quit horseback archery. She confesses to Shiho that she skipped meals to apply to a riding school but was rejected due to her weight and height. This experience leaves her emotionally fragile. When the choir club uses Wien’s house because practice rooms are occupied, Sawa shares her struggles and reacts harshly to Wakana’s advice to step back. The following day, Wakana’s explanation of singing with others reminds Naoko of Mahiru, prompting Naoko to have the club participate in a committee meeting to demonstrate their growth. While friends encourage Sawa, she overhears her father pleading with the riding school for her acceptance. Bolstered by her friends, Sawa rides her horse to join them at the meeting.
EP 9Wien reflects on returned letters to Jan in Austria while the club plans festival performances.
Aug 26, 2012Konatsu announces that the club will stage a musical drama for the upcoming school festival, leaving Wien visibly distracted. Shiho proposes organizing a superhero performance in the shopping district, recruiting Konatsu and the other members to portray the heroes. This idea captures Wien’s attention more than the others expect. When Wakana inquires about Mahiru’s songwriting process, Shiho recommends consulting Naoko, who previously collaborated with Mahiru on a track. The group observes Wien becoming overly invested in the superhero concept. He eventually confesses that all his letters to a young boy named Jan in Austria were returned to him. Separately, Naoko expresses concern regarding potential changes initiated by Tayoru’s superiors.
EP 10The superhero team succeeds despite setbacks, leading to a stolen bag incident and headline-making victory.
Sep 2, 2012The group, operating as Nishinohashi Hero Shoutenger, overcomes early difficulties to ensure their superhero performance succeeds. The following day, Naoko contacts Konatsu and the others regarding their employment, but they prevail in the discussion since she had already granted them permission. Later, Wakana inquires with Naoko about Mahiru’s songwriting process, receiving a response that emphasizes enjoying the moment while reflecting on personal memories shared with Mahiru. As the team continues their performances, Konatsu’s bag is snatched by a bicycle-riding thief, causing Wien to pursue the culprit. With assistance from his friends, Wien successfully apprehends the thief, resulting in the group appearing in the news headlines.
EP 11Choir club faces cancellation as Wakana proposes an independent festival
Sep 9, 2012While Taichi recruits a painter for choir club props by agreeing to photograph Sawa, Konatsu learns from Naoko that the school festival is cancelled due to impending school closure for new construction. With the group on the verge of splitting up, Wakana announces she has completed her song and suggests they host their own festival to perform it together, offering a solution to the disruption caused by the school's redevelopment plans.
EP 12Taichi recovers Wien's props while Konatsu faces rejection for the festival proposal.
Sep 16, 2012Taichi retrieves the photo of Sawa for the painter but discovers Wien's props being discarded by garbage men. The group travels to the dump to recover the items. Meanwhile, Konatsu asks the student council to restart the school festival, but her request is denied. The following day, Wakana visits Mahiru's grave and encounters Naoko, presenting a song they composed together. As Wien constructs props, Taichi requests assistance with costumes. Sawa attempts to secure an audience through the neighborhood association, and Konatsu receives support from a vocal group. Concurrently, the chairman intends to block any actions that might delay the ongoing construction project.
EP 13The group faces gate closures but holds the festival with club support before graduation.
Sep 23, 2012Families prepare for a festival only to find school gates closed and the gym locked. The chairman confronts the group, but Tayoru stands up to him to allow the event to proceed. Naoko supports this by enlisting the vocal group and wind instrument club to perform Wakana's song. The musical takes place before many guests. Afterward, Wien receives a postcard from Jan, while Sawa leaves for an equestrian school abroad, upsetting Taichi who had feelings for her. Wakana and Naoko later reminisce about Mahiru, with Wakana asking Naoko to teach her more music. Eventually, everyone graduates and moves toward their futures.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many episodes does TARI TARI have?
- TARI TARI has 13 episodes.
- When did TARI TARI come out?
- TARI TARI came out in 2012.
- Which studio made TARI TARI?
- TARI TARI was produced by P.A.WORKS.
- Who directed TARI TARI?
- TARI TARI was directed by Mutsumi Sasaki.
- Is TARI TARI finished?
- Current status of TARI TARI: Finished.