Kodocha - Spilled Beans

Based on a hit manga by Obana Miho, the shojo anime series KODOCHA offers a charming chronicle of childhood friendships and rivalries told through a girl's point of view. The series centers around Sana Kurata, the precocious 11-year-old child star of a popular television show who nonetheless attends grade school as a normal student. But Sana's attempt at normalcy is threatened by the juvenile antics of school bully Akito Hayama, who leads the classroom's boys in a distracting campaign of chaos and mayhem. With the help of the girls in her class and her slick show-biz manager Rei, Sana launches an all-out battle of the pre-teen sexes that yields moments of goodnatured hijinks as well as unexpected romance. In this volume, Sana's mother Misako, a famous novelist, is about to release a new book that contains an astonishing revelation. But when an unexpected visitor from Misako's past suddenly appears, it's Misako's turn to be shocked. Meanwhile, Akito tries to save Sana from the mob of reporters who have set up camp around her house.