Umi Ga Ten Ni Todoku Toki

[Machine Translation] Haruka Ayaki, a graduate student at Sanroku University of Fine Arts specializing in facial reconstruction (the technique of restoring a person s appearance from their remains), spent her days wondering what practical use facial reconstruction could possibly have for society. One day, Haruka was summoned by Toshiki Goma, a Doctor of Science at the science museum where she worked part-time. Goma had received a request from Tokyo Shunten University, a prestigious private institution, to perform facial reconstruction on a professor who had gone missing. Haruka ends up taking on the task of reconstructing the face of that professor, who is set to be transformed into an android as part of the Faculty Androidization Project." Yuzuki Hoshi, from the Public Relations Office at Tokyo Shunten University, begins visiting Haruka to document the facial reconstruction process. After learning the circumstances surrounding the missing professor, Yuzuki collapses, but through her interactions with Haruka, she gradually begins to confront her own past . Yuzuki s hidden secrets and Haruka s struggles intertwine. This is a moving story that transcends time, from the past to the future.

三麓美術大学の大学院で復顔(遺骨から生前の顔を復元する技術)を専門にする綾木遙花は、復顔が社会の何の役に立つのかと悩む日々を送っていた。ある日、遙花はバイト先の科学博物館の理学博士・郷間俊樹から呼び出される。有名私立大学の東京春天大学から郷間の元に、行方不明になっていたある教授の復顔の依頼が来ていた。『教員アンドロイド化計画』によってアンドロイドとなるその教授の顔の復元を、遙花は請け負うことになる。東京春天大学広報課の星悠月は、復顔を記録するために遙花のもとに通い始める。行方不明の教授の事情を知って倒れた悠月は、遙花との交流によって次第に己の過去に向き合い始める―。悠月に隠された秘密と遙花の悩みが交錯する。これは、過去から未来へと時間を追い越す感動の物語。