Fushigi na Melmo

Episode 12

Part A: Coming upon a swan about to die from pollution, Melmo decides to make it go back to being an egg with her candies so that she can take it to a northern county. But on her way there, the egg breaks. Although she could somehow revive the swan with the magic of her candies, the swan becomes spotted. She is then bullied by the other swans because of the spots on her body. Nevertheless, the swan takes on a hunter in order to protect the other swans that shut her out. Part B: A boy in Melmo`s class named Komori goes to a cram school every day. Being forced to study even at home, he is about to have a nervous breakdown. Melmo offers to take him to a schoolyard because she thinks that he needs some time to play. After playing make-belief war to his heart`s content, Komori regains the lively look on his face. Seeing the change in him, Melmo grows confident, sets up a barricade at school, and demands that children should have more time to play! So begins a battle between children and adults.