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-About Air TV-
Plot:
Set in the middle of summer, Air's story revolves around three girls whose lives are connected to the same man. Yukito Kunisaki, the main protagonist, is a showman traveling across Japan, continuing his mother's search for the "girl in the sky".
At the beginning of the story, Yukito comes across a small seaside town where the story takes place. On his first day in town, Yukito tries to earn money by putting on a mysterious puppet show for kids he finds by manipulating a doll magically without strings. Yukito is unsuccessful in gaining the children's favor, and the children end up running off without paying him for his performance.
Defeated after not getting any money, and not having enough for even a meal, Yukito falls asleep on a seawall near the beach. He awakens the next day to find beside him a young girl who introduces herself as Misuzu Kamio – a sincere yet clumsy girl who is eager to become friends with him. Misuzu persistently attempts to play with him, while Yukito tries to refuse her efforts. When Misuzu finds out Yukito has not eaten anything since the day before, she suggests that he come to her house and eat for the time being. Lured by a chance to eat, Yukito follows her back home. Upon learning of Yukito's lack of lodging, Misuzu suggests that he stay at her home until he can find a place in town while he earns money, despite Yukito's hesitance to go along with her plan. That night, Haruko – Misuzu's aunt and foster-mother – comes home and after Yukito and Misuzu persuade her, it is decided that he will stay with them on two conditions: that he sleeps in the shed, and that he shares a drink with Haruko.
As Yukito resides with Misuzu, he meets two other girls, Kano Kirishima and Minagi Tohno, who like Misuzu, have strange personalities connected with mysterious pasts. Before long, a legend of "one thousand summers" begins to unfold where the mysteries of the past are framed by the odd relationship between Yukito and Misuzu.
Story arcs
Dream
The story opens with Yukito Kunisaki, a freeloader who arrives in the town Air is set in. Yukito meets a young girl the following day named Misuzu Kamio and eventually comes to live at her home with her aunt Haruko Kamio while he works to earn enough money to continue on his journey. He is trying to find the "girl in the sky" like his mother before him and is traveling around Japan searching for her. The next day, Yukito meets another girl named Kano Kirishima and a stray dog she knows named Potato; Kano and Misuzu go to the same high school. Later that day, Yukito meets a third girl named Minagi Tohno, Misuzu's classmate, and her friend Michiru.
The cursed "girl in the sky" Yukito has been searching for could be Misuzu, Kano, or Minagi. Eventually, he discovers who it is, but by that time, she has already learned to love him and passed her fifteenth birthday. Once these things have come to pass, the "girl in the sky" is cursed to die. The remainder of this arc is dedicated to Yukito's attempt to save her.
Summer
This arc reveals the events of one-thousand years before the Dream arc. Before she was cursed to constant reincarnation and death whenever she finds love, Kannabi no mikoto is held as a prisoner in her own castle. Since she bares wings on her back, she is not permitted to leave the castle walls, not even to see her mother, who is in a similar situation elsewhere. With Ryūya, a member of her samurai guard, and Uraha, a fledgling telekinetic, Kannabi no mikoto, or Kanna as she is called, escapes and traverses feudal Japan to find her mother. However, the rest of the guard and a sect of Buddhist monks follow them. In this arc, Kanna becomes less of a detached entity and more of a sympathetic character. She learns about recreation and friendship, love and heartbreak. Whereas before she could be seen as a spirit "possessing" Misuzu and dooming her to her death, the Summer arc reveals her to be as much a victim as her present-day incarnation is, and just as incapable of escaping the curse.
Air
Yukito's final wish to save Misuzu's life is heard. The series starts over from the Dream arc, although it is seen through the view point of a crow Misuzu finds and names Sora. New things are revealed that the viewer did not see following Yukito in the Dream arc. After Misuzu finds the crow and brings him back home, her condition worsens and eventually she forgets even who Haruko is. Misuzu's father shows up during this arc wanting to take Misuzu back to his home, but Haruko pleads with him to grant her more time, and they agree on extending the time for three more days. The remainder of this arc has Misuzu and Haruko spending time together like mother and daughter.
Characters :
Main characters
Yukito Kunisaki (国崎往人, Kunisaki Yukito?)
Yukito is a traveling wanderer searching for the 'girl in the sky'. This goal has been passed down his family for from generation to generation for the past thousand years. He is the male protagonist of the series, and is the role the player assumes in the game. Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (game, movie), Daisuke Ono (anime)
Misuzu Kamio (神尾観鈴, Kamio Misuzu?)
Misuzu is the first of the three girls featured in Air that meets Yukito Kunisaki. She befriends Yukito, and invites him to stay at her home. She is a cheerful, slightly clumsy girl, and often utters the pseudo-dinosauric phrase Gao when she feels troubled. Misuzu has a great love of dinosaurs, finding the story of their glory and extinction "romantic." When she was young, she believed that baby chicks were young dinosaurs. Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami
Kano Kirishima (霧島佳乃, Kirishima Kano?)
Kano is the second of the three girls to meet Yukito. She is usually energetic and playful, and often says strange, nonsensical things. Kano is friends with a stray dog named Potato that follows her around and is able to communicate in his strange manner of speech. She always wears a yellow ribbon tied around her right-hand wrist, believing that when she grows up and takes off the ribbon, she will be able to use magic.Voiced by: Asami Okamoto
Minagi Tohno (遠野美凪, Tōno Minagi?)
Minagi is the last of the main girls to meet Yukito. A top student in the school, Minagi is very shy and quiet, which isolates her from others. Until she met Yukito, her only friend was Michiru, with whom she often blows bubbles at the old train station. Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki
Secondary characters
Haruko Kamio (神尾晴子, Kamio Haruko?)
Haruko is the foster mother and aunt of Misuzu. Haruko loves Misuzu as her own child, but tries to distance herself from Misuzu because she fears that one day Misuzu will be taken from her. She is very outgoing and enjoys a drink after work as well as riding her motorcycle, which she parks by crashing into the garage nightly. Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa
Hijiri Kirishima (霧島聖, Kirishima Hijiri?)
Hijiri is Kano's older sister and the town's local medical doctor. She has taken care of her sister ever since their parents died. Hijiri was the one who originally tied the ribbon around Kano's wrist. She is also Yukito's employer - he does odd jobs at her clinic. Voiced by: Yumi Tōma
Michiru (みちる, Michiru?)
Michiru is a young girl who does not seem to have a place to live; Michiru is nevertheless a spirited, energetic young child. Having befriended Minagi at an early age, Michiru does not seem to have any other friends. She plays an important role in Minagi's storyline. She enjoys playfully attacking Yukito Kunisaki and has fondness for bubbles.Voiced by: Yukari Tamura
Potato (ポテト, Poteto?)
Potato is a strange dog that lives in town, mostly with Kano. Potato follows Kano a lot, and is the reason that Kano and Yukito meet. Potato makes frequent appearances throughout the series though it exists mostly as a minor character for comic relief in the visual novel and anime. Potato's only 'word' is "piko", though sometimes it will say the variations "pika" or "pikori". Voiced by: Hiromi Konno
Sora (そら, Sora?)
Sora is a crow Misuzu befriends as a pet before she meets Yukito Kunisaki on the same day. Though Sora mostly appears as a minor character it has some important appearances, such as discovering Yukito's missing puppet or pulling Misuzu's toy dinosaur to the shrine. Sora's true nature is revealed at the very end of the series. Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
Feudal era characters
Kanna (神奈, Kanna?)
Kanna is a young girl also known as Kannabi no Mikoto, since '-bi no mikoto' is the formal suffix given to winged beings. She is one of the last winged beings in history. Kanna is deified out of fear for the awesome power inherent in her kind, so from birth, Kanna has been kept in isolated areas away from the general populace. Not long after meeting Ryūya and Uraha, she escapes with them to find her mother, the only other winged being left. Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura
Ryūya (柳也, Ryūya?)
Ryūya is a skilled, yet low-ranked samurai charged with Kanna's protection. Ryūya quickly befriends Kanna and eventually they fall in love. Unfortunately, after creating a diversion for Ryūya and Uraha, Kanna is cursed by Buddhist monks to live an endless cycle of reincarnation, suffering, and death. Ryūya dedicates the remainder of his life to finding a way to lift the curse, and though he never does, he has a child by Uraha in the hopes that their kin would eventually find a way to break the curse. Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna
Uraha (裏葉, Uraha?)
Uraha is one of the many servants in charge of Kanna's care. She also befriends Kanna and Ryūya and ends up escaping with them during their journey to find Kanna's mother. Though unbeknownst to the other two at the time, Uraha possesses powerful magical abilities that would come in handy later during their quest. Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue
Number of episodes: 13
Opening Theme:
"Tori no Uta (鳥の詩; Bird's Poem)" by Lia
Ending Theme:
"Farewell Song" by Lia
