Episode 29: Maru-chan’s Bathtub Is Broken!/The Old Man’s Magic Cards!
Original Airdate: July 22nd, 1990

Maruko becomes enamored with the public bath when the bathtub breaks in the Sakura family household. Then, in an adaptation of the very first chapter of the manga, Maruko and her sister try to scrounge up money to buy a set of magic cards from a shady character.