OVA
Description
Arisu Sakaguchi is a central character who begins her journey as a shy and quiet high school student. She has recently moved to Tokyo from a town in Hokkaido, a place she continues to miss for its peacefulness and lack of pollution. At the start of the story, she is often teased and mocked by her young neighbor, Rin Kobayashi.
Arisu is the reincarnation of Mokuren, a beautiful biologist with long blonde hair who was part of a team of scientists observing Earth from a base on the moon. As the story progresses, Arisu and several classmates discover they share dreams of this past life on the moon, realizing they are the reincarnated members of that research team. Her past self, Mokuren, was a rare and special psychic known as a Kiches Sarjalian, blessed with abilities related to growth and empathy for plants. Arisu retains this ability, allowing her to communicate with plants and make them grow by singing to them. As Mokuren, her powers were so strong that singing to console herself could cause the entire moon base to sprout weeds overnight.
Despite encouragement from Rin, Arisu struggles greatly with her connection to her previous life. She has difficulty remembering her time as a scientist on the moon, largely because she is afraid of losing her current identity as Arisu within Mokuren's powerful memories. She also feels deeply insecure, believing that she, as an ordinary high school girl, could never live up to the other reincarnated individuals' expectations of the remarkable Mokuren. This internal conflict leads her to resist further moon dreaming. At one point, her refusal becomes so pronounced that she decides to stop meeting with the other reincarnates after school and instead joins the school choir. This decision causes even the other reincarnated scientists to doubt that she is truly Mokuren, with only Jinpachi and Rin remaining certain of her identity.
Arisu's role in the story is defined by her navigation between her present life and the haunting legacy of her past. Her relationship with Rin Kobayashi is particularly significant. After an argument in which Arisu smacks Rin and he falls from a balcony, he survives but uses the incident to blackmail her into securing an engagement with him. While she initially cares for him only as a friend and neighbor, she later develops genuine romantic feelings for him, eventually choosing to ignore the nine-year age difference between them.
Throughout the narrative, Arisu demonstrates significant personal development as she confronts the trauma and memories of her past life. She learns about the tragic fate of the moon team, including the complicated and painful relationship between Mokuren and the scientist Shion. Ultimately, she is able to embrace her identity and future. In the sequel, which takes place fifteen years later, Arisu has married Rin and they have two children together, a son named Ren and later a daughter named Chimako.
Arisu is the reincarnation of Mokuren, a beautiful biologist with long blonde hair who was part of a team of scientists observing Earth from a base on the moon. As the story progresses, Arisu and several classmates discover they share dreams of this past life on the moon, realizing they are the reincarnated members of that research team. Her past self, Mokuren, was a rare and special psychic known as a Kiches Sarjalian, blessed with abilities related to growth and empathy for plants. Arisu retains this ability, allowing her to communicate with plants and make them grow by singing to them. As Mokuren, her powers were so strong that singing to console herself could cause the entire moon base to sprout weeds overnight.
Despite encouragement from Rin, Arisu struggles greatly with her connection to her previous life. She has difficulty remembering her time as a scientist on the moon, largely because she is afraid of losing her current identity as Arisu within Mokuren's powerful memories. She also feels deeply insecure, believing that she, as an ordinary high school girl, could never live up to the other reincarnated individuals' expectations of the remarkable Mokuren. This internal conflict leads her to resist further moon dreaming. At one point, her refusal becomes so pronounced that she decides to stop meeting with the other reincarnates after school and instead joins the school choir. This decision causes even the other reincarnated scientists to doubt that she is truly Mokuren, with only Jinpachi and Rin remaining certain of her identity.
Arisu's role in the story is defined by her navigation between her present life and the haunting legacy of her past. Her relationship with Rin Kobayashi is particularly significant. After an argument in which Arisu smacks Rin and he falls from a balcony, he survives but uses the incident to blackmail her into securing an engagement with him. While she initially cares for him only as a friend and neighbor, she later develops genuine romantic feelings for him, eventually choosing to ignore the nine-year age difference between them.
Throughout the narrative, Arisu demonstrates significant personal development as she confronts the trauma and memories of her past life. She learns about the tragic fate of the moon team, including the complicated and painful relationship between Mokuren and the scientist Shion. Ultimately, she is able to embrace her identity and future. In the sequel, which takes place fifteen years later, Arisu has married Rin and they have two children together, a son named Ren and later a daughter named Chimako.