Dear Brother - Season 1 Episode 16 Comeback
It is Kaoru's first basketball game since her illness, and she is determined to win. Her playing is so great that the entire opposing team is forced to block her. Kaoru is injured during the game and blood spurts from her chest. She begs Rei to take her place in the game, and Rei does so, even though Fukiko had forbidden her from playing basketball ever again. Rei plays to her fullest, and despite losing the game, is more alive and happy then she had been in a while. Nanako realizes that Mariko is in love with Kaoru, and her envies her openness with her emotions.
Year: 1992
Country: Japan
Studio: NHK BS1
Director:
Cast: Hiroko Kasahara, Keiko Toda, Kenyu Horiuchi, Mami Koyama, Masako Katsuki, Sakiko Tamagawa
Crew: Hirotaka Matsumoto (Producer), Seiji Morita (Editor), Kentaro Haneda (Original Music Composer), Masakazu Shioura (Producer), Osamu Dezaki (Director), Riyoko Ikeda (Comic Book)
First Air Date: Jul 14, 1991
Last Air date: May 17, 1992
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 39 Episode
Runtime: 25 minutes
IMDb: 6.20/10 by 9.00 users
Popularity: 3.3851
Language: Japanese
Season
Season 1
Episode
Magnificent Ones
The Glass Slippers
Nanako Is Disqualified?
The Music Box
Thorns of Suspicion and Doubt
Lost and Alone
The Darkness in the Clock Tower
I Want You
Relapse; Broken Heart
Mariko...
Under the Elm Tree
The Scar
A Tale of Double Suicide
The Secret Door
Fukiko: The Sea Rumbles
Comeback
Post Scriptum
Into the Dream
The Transient Game
The Gardening Shears
The University Fair
A Summer's Serenade
The Forbidden Gift
Encore
The Scarlet Lipstick
The Promise in the Snow
An Incident of Bloodshed
The Christmas Candles
The Assembly
The Petition
The Bad Apple
Pride, and the Final Meeting
Fly High
Ablution
The Beach of Dreams
Glowing Fireflies, Blazing Passion
Carousel
Yes
A Lingering Fragrance