Born into a world 1000 years in our future, Saki and her friends live in utopia. Not only is their idyllic community overflowing with resources, but technology is obsolete, thanks to a magical power that grants the ability to materialize anything. However, when Saki discovers a lost artifact, the facade is shattered! Faced with a startling truth about their town, Saki and her companions face dangers they never knew existed, and their choices may change the fate of everyone.
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Episodes
1. The Season of New Leaves
Saki is the last of her friends of finally to be touched by a Blessing Spirit, but at the Unified Class her skills are lacking. And talk of missing children taken by the trickster cat continues to scare her.
2. Vanishing Children
Another student is removed from the roster. Saki uses her power outside of class.
3. The False Minoshiro
The group has rowed past their designated safe areas in search of monsters. What they find is worse than what they originally imagined.
4. Bloody History
As the library continues to explain the history of the world, a danger looms in the background.
5. Pursuit on a Hot Night
Satoru and Saki have been split up from the rest of the group and captured by the outside Monster Rat group.
6. Escape
Saki has figured out a way to help her and Satoru to escape, but in their escape they are thrown deeper in the war between the clans.
7. Summer Darkness
Satoru is getting tired and his power is waning and the Earth Spider Colony army is much larger than expected. When all seems lost, help comes from an ally that could be much more dangerous.
8. Omen
Two years have passed since the camping incident and the relationship between the friends has changed dramatically.
9. The Rising Wind
Saki and friends are looking for Shun but hit road blocks everywhere they turn. After dinner, Saki remembers a name from the past and Maria flies in with some big news.
10. More than the Darkness
Saki has found Shun; he has changed dramatically and asks Saki to leave. Her refusal breaks him down and he explains everything.
11. Distant Thunder in Winter
Saki fears the Ethics Committee is somehow altering the memories of her and her classmates. But when Mamoru has a breakdown, Saki is asked to quit looking for answers.
12. Weak Link
Saki sits down with head of the ethics committee, Asahina Tomiko. Asahina begins to tell her the other side of the town’s history.
13. Reunion
When Mamoru runs away, his friends do what any good friends do - they try to find him. But on their search, they soon discover that they aren't the only ones tracking him.
14. Snowflakes
Saki and Satoru have returned to the village, but upon arrival Saki is ushered to a meeting with the Education Committee. Her fate is now in the hands of the adults who know all her secrets.
15. Afterimage
While searching for Maria and Mamoru, Saki and Satoru meet their old friend Squealer. He invites them to the new Robber Fly colony where things have changed greatly, but where is the Queen?
16. To My Beloved Saki
Maria is gone; she has left Saki a letter explaining her decision. Saki is up against terrible odds - the disappearance of her friends, the fact that her memory may be erased again, and the monster rats might not be on the side of the gods after all!
17. Footsteps of Destruction
Many years have passed; Saki and Satoru have grown and moved their separate ways. But recent actions within the monster rat community have brought them back together.
18. Scarlet Flower
Many events act as catalysts in an impending war.
19. Darkness
Searching for survivors in the hospital, Saki and the group she and Satoru have joined up with discover Yakomaru’s secret.
20. A Cold and Sunlit Place
Someone or something is following Saki and Satoru as they glide down the river discussing what has happened.
21. The Fire that Destroys the World
As Niimi stays behind to fulfill Tomiko’s last order, Saki and Sataru head toward the Temple of Purification. When they get there they learn the true extent of Yakomaru’s true plan.
22. Tokyo
Saki receives a gift from her mother, followed by one final request.
23. The Face of the Boy
Kiroumaru has suggested that they split up to distract their pursuers, but are his intentions noble?
24. Torchlight in the Darkness
Things become increasingly more complicated after Inui faces the ultimate fate, Kiroumaru is suspected of being a traitor, and Saki has second thoughts about killing the ogre.
25. From the New World
After all the scores are settled, ten years go by. Saki and Satoru hope for a better world.
Cast & Crew
Risa Taneda
Saki Watanabe (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Satoru Asahina (age 14-26) (voice)
Aya Endo
Narrator (voice)
