Sound of the Sky — Season 1, Episode 5: Mountain Hiking: The Ends of the World

Episode synopsis

The squad take a "field trip" to the mountains where some observers need a maintenance check. Kanata, Kureha and Noël are forced to carry heavy backpacks on their hike up. Whilst they find the first observer quickly, the next one lies at the top of a mountain. They take a break at a running river but soon return to find their backsacks ravaged of their food and their compass. Despite the hunger, they eventually manage to find the remaining observers. At the last observer, Filicia shows the others signatures left by former members who had observed No Man’s Land from that point. They are then taken to a hot spring where Rio, who had fought against a boar to get some berries, awaits.

About Sound of the Sky

On the outskirts of the country of Helvetia rests the tranquil town of Seize. Upon its cobbled streets, citizens go about their daily lives, undisturbed by the increasingly tense military relations between Helvetia and the neighboring Roman Empire. It is under these circumstances that the 1121st platoon of the Helvetian army, stationed at the Clocktower Fortress in Seize, receives a new recruit in the young and spirited Kanata Sorami. Having joined the military to fulfill her dream of learning to play the bugle, she excitedly accepts the tutelage of the Sergeant Major, Rio Kazumiya, who happens to be a skilled trumpeter. Working alongside them are the aloof mechanic, Noël Kannagi, the feisty gunner, Kureha Suminoya, and the compassionate Captain Felicia Heideman; together, they experience the beauty of life in Seize and the lasting joy of a community that has persevered in spite of the crumbling world around them.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Sound that Fills the Air: The City of Dawn
• E2First Battle: A Chair Story
• E3A Day with the Squad: Rio Runs
• E4Rainy Season Sky: Quartz Rainbow
• E6Kanata’s Day Off: Hair Braiding
• E7Chirping Crickets: Spirits Down the River
• E8Phone Duty: We Have an Emergency
• E9A Typhoon Passes: Illusion and Reality
• E10A Departure: The First Snow
• E11A Visitor: A Burning Field of Snow
• E12Fill the Blue Sky