Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

About the story

The story takes place in Iorph, a community whose people live for centuries while their appearance remains that of a fifteen-year-old. Maquia (voiced by Manaka Iwami) is an Iorph girl born and raised there. One day, seeking to seize their long-lived blood, the Mezarte army launches an aerial assault on Iorph mounted on ancient beasts, causing devastating losses. Maquia's friend Leilia (Ai Kayano) is abducted, while Klim (Yuki Kaji), the boy Maquia secretly loves, also disappears. In a dark forest, the surviving Maquia finds a baby boy whose parents died in an earlier attack. She adopts him as his mother and names him Ariel (Miyu Irino).