Kaiba

Kaiba awakens without memories

Kaiba begins a journey through bodies and memories without knowing his past.

A society trading memories is revealed

Bodies can be exchanged, but inequality in bodies and memories grows.

Kaiba follows clues about his own and Neiro’s memories

Without his memories, Kaiba follows clues connected to Neiro while learning how the world exchanges bodies.

Vol.TVアニメ第5〜6話 カイバがネイロの記憶につながる手掛かりを追い、記憶と身体の関係に触れる場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 5〜6, using the scene where Kaiba follows clues connected to Neiro and encounters the link between memory and bodies and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Kaiba meets Popo

While traveling through space, Kaiba meets Popo and enters a plan involving his body.

Kaiba encounters the class system built on stored memories

Meeting people whose memories have been replaced makes Kaiba question the connection between a body and a person.

Vol.TVアニメ第6〜7話 記憶を売買できる社会の階層差をカイバが目の当たりにする場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 6〜7, using the scene where Kaiba sees the class divide in a society where memories can be bought and sold and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Neiro’s memories link to Kaiba’s

Kaiba approaches Neiro’s memories and the schemes of those controlling bodies.

Warp’s memories connect to Kaiba’s past

As lost memories gather, the past lived as Warp and Kaiba’s present emerge as parts of the same history.

Vol.TVアニメ第9〜10話 ワープの記憶がカイバの過去へつながり、二人の関係が組み替わる場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 9〜10, using the scene where Warp’s memories connect to Kaiba’s past and reframe their relationship and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Kaiba resists the hierarchy of bodies and memories

Kaiba learns how memory ownership controls people and resists it.

Kaiba takes responsibility for the pain held in other people’s memories

Through the people he meets, Kaiba feels the loss created by a society that can exchange identities as a problem of his own.

Vol.TVアニメ第11話 記憶を持つ人々の痛みをカイバが引き受け、旅の意味を選び直す場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 11, using the scene where Kaiba takes on the pain of people carrying memories and reconsiders the meaning of his journey and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Kaiba recovers the meaning of memory and love

He faces connections that survive changing bodies and the future he chooses.

Kaiba and his friends choose relationships beyond ownership

Kaiba chooses mutual recognition beyond possession of bodies and memories as a new possibility for the world.

Vol.TVアニメ第12話 カイバと仲間たちが支配ではなく互いの記憶を尊重する関係を選ぶ場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 12, using the scene where Kaiba and his companions choose a relationship based on respecting one another’s memories rather than control and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗