Patema Inverted

Patema is a spirited girl from an underground society threaded together by vast tunnel networks. Since a friend vanished without explanation, she can’t stop herself from wandering deeper into places she’s not supposed to go—an impulse that often gets her scolded, especially given her royal standing. When curiosity draws her into the “forbidden zone,” a sudden encounter with a strange creature sends her tumbling into an enormous, seemingly endless shaft.

She emerges on the surface to a world where gravity feels reversed, leaving her falling upward toward the sky—until Age, a frustrated student from the authoritarian nation of Aiga, catches her. In Aiga, citizens are raised to fear “Inverts” like Patema, branded as sinners destined to be swallowed by the heavens, but Age refuses to accept the doctrine and chooses to shield her. Together, their unlikely meeting becomes a journey across two contrasting worlds, as they search for the truth behind their origins and what keeps them divided.