A Place Further Than the Universe

Mari decides to go to Antarctica

Mari, wanting to begin something, is drawn to an Antarctica plan.

Mari meets Shirase Kobuchizawa

Meeting Shirase, who searches for her mother, turns the trip into a real plan.

Shirase gathers money and companions for Antarctica

Shirase makes a plan to find her mother in Antarctica and searches for people willing to help make it real.

Vol.TVアニメ第2〜3話 報瀬が南極行きの資金を集め、仲間との計画を具体化する場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 2〜3, using the scene where Shirase raises money for Antarctica and turns the plan with her companions into reality and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Hinata and Yuzuki join the group

The four prepare to join the research expedition.

The four train and join the Antarctic expedition

Mari and the others prepare for the voyage and practice living together while carrying their different anxieties.

Vol.TVアニメ第4〜5話 4人が訓練と準備を重ね、観測隊の出発へ進む場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 4〜5, using the scene where the four train and prepare as they move toward the expedition’s departure and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

The four leave Japan

After training and paperwork, they depart on a long voyage with the expedition.

The four arrive in Antarctica

After the voyage, they stand in Antarctica and reconsider their goals and pasts.

The four experience the expedition’s work and Antarctica’s harsh nature

After arriving, they encounter the work of the research team and the reality of life in the polar environment.

Vol.TVアニメ第7〜10話 4人が南極で観測隊の仕事と厳しい自然に向き合う場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 7〜10, using the scene where the four face expedition work and the harsh Antarctic environment and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

Shirase confronts her mother’s records

Through records found in Antarctica, Shirase accepts her mother’s absence and future.

Shirase accepts her mother’s absence and returns with her friends

At the place her mother left behind, Shirase faces her loss and carries her friendship into the future.

Vol.TVアニメ第12〜13話 報瀬が母の不在を受け止め、仲間とともに帰国する場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 12〜13, using the scene where Shirase accepts her mother’s absence and returns home with her friends and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗

The four carry their Antarctic time into their separate daily lives

The journey changes their school lives and family relationships, giving them the strength to create a different ordinary life.

Vol.TVアニメ第13話 4人が南極で過ごした時間をそれぞれの日常へ持ち帰る場面Ch. — Organized from the TV anime episodes 13, using the scene where the four carry their time in Antarctica back into their ordinary lives and checking its order against the surrounding events. ↗