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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai / This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Official name：この醜くも美しい世界
Chinese name：这丑陋又美丽的世界
Other names：丑陋美世界
Premiered：April 1, 2004
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Science fiction / Love / Story / R(L) / Source original
Original author：GAINAX
Director：佐伯昭志
Scenario：佐伯昭志 / 板垣伸 / 大久保智康 / 植竹須美男 / 佐藤竜雄
Storyboard：鈴木利正 / 中山勝一 / 佐伯昭志 / 板垣伸 / 錦織敦史
Co-director：鈴木利正 / 米田光宏 / 板垣伸 / 高柳滋仁 / 中山勝一
Studios：GAINAX・SHAFT
Producers：TBS
Family：This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Rating：16+

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai

Takemoto Takeru, an ordinary high school student, encounters a strange light during a bike delivery for his part-time job.

When he stops and searches the surroundings, he observes a cute girl named Hikari climbing out of a sparkling cocoon in the forest.

Takeru is instantly taken by her feminine charms, but suddenly a monster appears in the same spot and attacks the girl.

And so begin the tranquil days spent with the mysterious girls Hikari and Akari, Takeru's childhood friend Nishino Mari and his classmates.

Though who are Hikari and Akari really?

And why did they come to Earth?

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Apr 1, 2004

EP1 - Dawn Is the Separation Between Light and Darkness

Takeru has been telling Ryou what ideal woman would be like, when suddenly a bright light zooms down out of the sky, hits a tree, and BAM! Who should appear in the tree but Takeru's ideal woman, naked as a jaybird? She seems very vulnerable and scared and obviously doesn't know the basics of human customs or even speech. Takeru gives her a name and vows to protect her.
Apr 8, 2004

EP2 - You are my First

Takeru and Hikari explain to his friends and family what happened the previous night. Hikari tells them she came to Earth from outer space because she was lonely, but doesn't know anything else about herself. However, because Takeru saved her he's now very precious to her. Takeru's male classmates go wild with jealousy because he's got a cute babe now.
Apr 15, 2004

EP3 - The Two Silhouettes

Ryou is waiting to meet someone, although he himself doesn't really know this until he meets her. Her name is Akari, and she is obviously similar to Hikari in that she doesn't remember her past or have a name. Akari is living in the forest, because she remembers being there when she saw a night where there was a very bright light, and she wants to see a night like that again. Ryou begins going to see her regularly on his walks home, and begins to feel very protective towards her.
Apr 22, 2004

EP4 - Life from This Point On

Ryou takes Akari home with him and soon his little sister Kimi starts to grow fond of Akari in spite of herself, and the three wind up declaring themselves a family, after which Akari moves into the Ninomiya household. Akari is introduced to Hikari and learns that she too came from space. Jennifer suggests that they used to be one being with no body, and then divided into two and gained bodies after they got to Earth.
Apr 29, 2004

EP5 - School Days

Hikaru thinks it will be enjoyable to go to school with Takeru so she begins school with him. Soon she finds out that it is really boring.
May 6, 2004

EP6 - Standing by the Waterside

It's summer break, and they all go to the mountains to camp. Hikari and Akari learn about nature and are happy; Ioneous and Jennifer get drunk, and are also happy. The group decides to play a game in the dark where they're basically supposed to split up into pairs and stake a flag on a rock. Hikari and Takeru wind up together and the rest of the group has fun spying on them, until Ioneous in monster-form starts running around in a drunken fit, making them think they're being attacked.
May 13, 2004

EP7 - Prelude to a Kiss

No synopsis available.
May 20, 2004

EP8 - This Wonderful World

No synopsis available.
May 27, 2004

EP9 - Wishing Upon a Star

Ryou and Takeru talk about their powers. Akari and Hikari figure out themselves. Jennifer reports that the bringers of great extinction are doing what they do to make sure that evolution follows the correct path. Takeru gets a cheap junker bike which he promptly falls in love with it. Akari explains to Hikari that they used to be one being, but now that they've split into two, Hikari is the one who argues to cause mass extinction on various planets and Akari is the one who argues against that.
Jun 3, 2004

EP10 - Heart of Lies

Hikari has dreams that push her further towards full awakening. Mari decides to confess her love to Takeru but when she walks up to him to do so, she finds him in the garage about to kiss Hikari. She accuses Hikari of betraying their friendship. Then Mari slaps Hikari which makes her freak out about having hurt someone without meaning to, and something inside her shifts. A new monster then comes after her.
Jun 10, 2004

EP11 - Flowing with Time

Hikari tells Takeru that he's no different from the other monsters who've attacked her. Then she reminds Takeru of all his distressing memories of his mother leaving him. He freaks out, which appears to be her goal. Hikari decides to destroy the world. Akari freaks out and vows to stop her. This leads to Hikari and Takeru's predestined showdown, except that neither of them are trying to kill each other.
Jun 17, 2004

EP12 - The Song of My Heart

No synopsis available.