MissH

Warning: Spoiler Alert

Set in a dystopian future where the forest has all the power, we follow Agito as he fends for himself, his father and his community. One day he finds a girl who has been asleep for centuries and when she wakes she cannot believe what has happened to her world. And if I was her, I'd be pretty depressed as well as the world is beyond bleak.

We learn that in the past a scientist conducted experiments on plants which went wrong and pretty much destroyed the world, leaving the forest in charge and humans dependent on it for survival. Agito loves the forest and champions it but the girl, struggling to cope with the loss of her old world joins forces with the military to use their advanced technology from the past to wipe out the forest and start a new era for the humans.

It's obvious that Agito cares deeply for the girl and becomes enhanced with the forest's power to stop the military and save her. He does manage to do both and it was actually beautiful to see how far he would go for her. And I was ridiculously happy that she was able to wake him up from his tree state so that they could be together in the new world.

Together the world realised that the forest was not their enemy but everything they needed. In the end we even see plant pods given birth to new baby humans so I'm assuming all is well and equal with the forest and humanity now.

I wouldn't watch the anime again though. It was just too bleak for my liking and the forest was incredibly difficult to like. Plus the SPX were atrocious.