NieA Under Seven Episode Summaries

NieA Under Seven is a 13-part series that features an unusual mix of low-key drama and slapstick humor. It originally aired in the Spring and Summer of 2000 on the Japanese WOWOW network and is now available on DVD from Pioneer. The series deals with weighty emotional issues like the scars poverty can put on a person’s self-esteem and the detrimental effect of a status-focused society, while featuring wonky, antenna-sporting space aliens engaging in weekly food fights. The same scene may feature one character feeling emotional pain that most viewers can relate to, while another character is doing a crazy spasmodic dance or being bowled over by spectacular, but harmless, explosions.

Set in the near future (20XX, according to the first episode), NieA Under Seven unfolds during the final months of summer, a period of change and transition for several of the characters in the story. The setting is Enohana, an economically depressed rural community not far from Tokyo. It would be a completely unremarkable place if not for its close proximity to the place where a massive spaceship carrying aliens once crashed to Earth.

The detailed summaries featured in this section feature spoilers for the series. Don't open them if you think knowing the plot of an episode you haven't seen will spoil your enjoyment of it. You have been warned.

Image Copyright 2003 Yoshitoshi ABe
Episode One: Alien & Launching UFO Bath

Episode Two: Alien & Violence Cosmic Bath

Episode Three: Alien & Radio Noise Bath

Episode Four: Alien & Beginner Waitress Bath

Episode Five: Alien & Super Dried Out Amusement Bath

Episode Six: Alien & Rival Hot Spring Bath

Episode Seven: Mothership, Go-con, and Cloudy Skies Bath

Episode Eight: Melancholy & Cast-off Summer Bath

Episode Nine: Close Encounter & After the Rain Bath

Episode Ten: Glow of the Firefly & Nocturne Bath

Episode Eleven: NieA Under Seven Bath (The Former Part)

Episode Twelve: NieA Under Seven Bath (The Latter Part)

Episode Thirteen: Time Flows By in Enohana Bath

The Shorts

Opening and End Credits

Big Eyes, Small Mouth: NieA Under Seven • Disclaimer/Acknowledgements • BESM Main Page

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