Entrance

Sun, Jul 03, 2011
French metalworker Oscar Claudel returns from an overseas trip to Japan. To the surprise of his nephew, he is accompanied by a young Japanese girl.
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Cheese

Sun, Jul 10, 2011
Yune has a French breakfast for the first time and discovers she doesn't like cheese.
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Japan Labyrinth

Sun, Jul 10, 2011
Claude is inspired to make a music shop sign, after watching Yune write a letter to Japan. Meanwhile, the upper-class Blanche family learn of Yune's existence.
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Water and Lights
Alice Blanche coerces Claude and Yune into coming over to her mansion for tea. There she tries to persuade Yune to stay with the Blanches.
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Crinoline

Sun, Aug 07, 2011
Alice and Yune have their photo taken... wearing each others dresses.
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Skylight

Sun, Aug 07, 2011
Yune falls ill, and Claude does his best to take care of her.
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Nursery

Sun, Aug 21, 2011
Claude takes Yune to a tea party with Alice. While he meets with Camille for the first time in years, Alice shows Yune her nursery.
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Recital

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
Yune is fascinated by a traveling French musician who comes to visit.
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Secret Garden

Sun, Aug 28, 2011
As Yune and Alice play together, Claude reminiscences about when he and Camille used to play together... and what drew them apart.
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Prayer

Sun, Sep 11, 2011
Yune tells Claude about how she made a life-changing prayer for her elder sister Shione.
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Beyond the Heavens

Beyond the Heavens

Souten Kouro's story is based loosely on the events taking place in Three Kingdoms period of China during the life of the last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao (155 - March 15, 220), who also serves as the main character. The Three Kingdoms period has been a popular theme in Japanese manga for decades, but Souten Kouro differs greatly from most of the others on several points. One significant difference is its highly positive portrayal of its main character, Cao Cao, who is traditionally the antagonist in not only Japanese manga, but also most novel versions of the Three Kingdoms period, including the original 14th century version, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. Another significant difference from others is that the storyline primarily uses the original historical account of the era, Records of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, as a reference rather than the aforementioned Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. By this, the traditional hero of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, takes on relatively less importance within the story and is portrayed in a less positive light. Yet, several aspects of the story are in fact based on the novel version, including the employment of its original characters such as Diao Chan, as well as anachronistic weapons such as Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade and Zhang Fei's Viper Blade. A consistent theme throughout the story is Cao Cao's perpetual desire to break China and its people away from its old systems and ways of thinking and initiate a focus on pragmatism over empty ideals. This often puts him at odds with the prevalent customs and notions of Confucianism and those that support them.

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