Sola — Season 1, Episode 1: A Sky-blue Umbrella
Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 24 min • 1 season, 13 episodes • ★ 7.2/10
Episode synopsis
Yorito Morimiya is a young boy who loves taking pictures of the sky, and one day in the early morning while setting up to take a snapshot of the sunrise, he meets a strange girl. After talking with her for a few minutes, she disappears and is no where to be found. The next day, Yorito is coming back from buying some groceries on a rainy night and runs into the same girl; this time he finds out her name to be Matsuri Shihō. Later on, Yorito figures out Matsuri lives in a church and goes to find her. At the same time, Matsuri is being hunted by a mysterious man.
About Sola
Yorito Morimiya is obsessed with photographing the sky-- sunrises, sunsets, and clouds. While trying to photograph a sunrise, he helps a girl who's fighting a vending machine to get her tomato juice. Then she disappears. The story of a world of mystery and magic is narrated by Sola. An enigmatic girl comes and goes, withholding a dark secret and Yorito's sky becomes the battleground for love and solitude.