Sara's Strange Gift

"Sara's Strange Gift" Japanese: サラの奇妙な贈り物 is the first episode of the Sara the Hibagon anime. It is the main premiere of the show, as well as the first episode in the Origins arc of the anime. It aired in Japan on TV Asahi and the United States on Netflix on January 18, 2016.

On the night of Sara Himari's birthday, she transforms into a Hibagon and now seeks for answers from her mother, who lives in a cabin near Mt. Fuji.

Summary
We first see a flashback of Sara's mother running away from an unknown person while holding a baby Sara. She manages to find a city by the forest and looks at Sara. Twelve years later, Sara Himari, now in Middle School, finds out that today is her 12th birthday. After school, Sara, while talking to her friend, Toshiaki, notices a Hibagon like creature by the woods. At the arcade, Sara draws what she saw in her diary and wonders why the creature she saw was looking at him. Later, after Sara says good night to her grandma, she goes to her room and writes more on what she saw today, at 9:00 when she drops her pen, she notices that hair grew on her arm, skeptical, she tries to wash her face off, only to notice that her face has changed shape. Shocked yet still skeptical, she tries taking some medicine, only for her ears to grow pointy. Fully shocked, she looks in the mirror and faints on her bed.

The next morning, Sara wakes up to find that she has turned back to normal. After a day talking with Toshiaki, she stops by a store and buys a microscope and two glass plates. Before 9:00, Sara injects blood out of her body and after turning back into a Hibagon, she injects the blood from her body in her Hibagon form, and checks the blood types. Shocked by her discovery, she believes that she needs to meet her mother. The next morning, she calls her friend and tells her about what happened and asks her to meet by the bus stop at 10:30 am. Making up a story to her grandma about Mom inviting her over, she meets Toshiaki at the bus stop, and tells him everything.

Quotes

 * Sara: Huh? What is this? Why is there fur on my arm? I think I should wash my face. What? Now my face looks different!? I might have missed one of my medications today. This should help. My ears!
 * Sayuri: Oh? Your mother is inviting you and your friend over to her house?
 * Sara: Yes. My mother really misses me, so she’s inviting me and my friend over.
 * Sayuri: Okay, have fun!
 * Sara: Bye!