Sound of the Sky — Season 1, Episode 7: Chirping Crickets: Spirits Down the River

Episode synopsis

Everyone prepares for Fiesta des Lumiéres, which starts to bring bad memories for Filicia, whose comrades were killed in a fierce battle. While wandering in the battlefield with a heavily wounded arm, she falls into a tunnel which was well buried under the ruin of the past civilization, where she finds a corpse of a soldier of the old era. In her illusion, the corpse approaches her, apologise for the war they could not win, which makes life vanish from the sea, while on the ground humanity is falling apart. Then Filicia was rescued by someone named Princess Iliya. The girls later send off paper lanterns in the river and Filicia tells Rio her reason for living. Meanwhile, a priest seems to recognize Rio from somewhere.

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
• E5Mountain Hiking: The Ends of the World
• E6Kanata’s Day Off: Hair Braiding
• 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