The world is not what it seems to be. "Guze no Tomogara" (creatures from another world) are killing humans by consuming their existence. Nobody realized the murder because the time was freezed when it happened. No crime was reported because they don't "kill", they "consume" existence, as if the person never exists in the first place.

"Flaze Haze" hunts "Guze no Tomogara" to protect the balance of the universe. When a tomogara eats human existences, Flame Haze creates "torchs" to replace those humans.

Torch are not human. They are temporary replacement to reduce the impact of existence disappearing. So, instead of someone disappear immediately, a torch will replace it. No one will notice the difference. Then slowly people will start to forget the person, and when the torch's energy is run out, it disappears.

Sakai Yuuji is an ordinary highschool student. All things in his life are normal, until one day he discovered that the real Sakai Yuji is already died, and he is simply a torch.

On his way home from school, Yuuji found himself attacked by a strange monster when everyone around him freezes. A sword-wielding girl in black attire with flaming red eyes and hair that burns like embers saved him from the monster. She's a Flame Haze without name. And later Yuuji gave her a name, Shana.

An incredible fantasy anime ! I like the original concept of torch replacement. I like how the romance of Yuuji-Shana-Kazumi develops between fights against tomogaras. Recommended for age 17+ (violence scenes). My rating : excellent.

Hishoku no Sora
Opening Theme
vocal : Kawada Mami

soshite kono sora akaku somete
mata kuru toki kono mi de susumu dake

surechigatteiku 'hito' mo magirenakushita 'mono' mo
itsuka wa kieyuku toki
atsuku yurugasu 'tsuyosa' hakaku yureru 'yowasa'
shosen onaji mirai

sonna nichijou kouka wo tokashi
arawareru hi kureru sekai

kaze ni nabikase sen wo hiite
nagareruyo na kamisaki teki wo sasu
buri kitta omoi minagiru yume
subete wa ima kono te de
shimei hatashiteyuku dake

mata hi ga hitotsu otosare
sotto dokoka de kieta
genjutsu kawaranu hibi
dakedo tashikani kanjiru kimi no nukumori kodou
kore mo shinjitsu dato

soshite kurenai kouchin wo maki
yuubi wo se ni ima hajimaru saa

naze takanaru kokoro ni mayoi tomadoi kanjiru no
hayaku itazura ni abaredasu itami kowashite

sora ni nijimun da yaketa kumo wa
uchi ni himeta negai ga ko ga shiteru
tameratta hitomi ukabu namida
demo ashita no chikara ni kaete

subete sasagete maiorita chi
saeru yaiba hitotsu de yami wo kiru
itsudatte mune no oku no hikari matatakasete
kono mi de shimei hatashiteyuku made

Seiyuu

Kugimiya Rie	Shana
Hino Satoshi	Sakai Yuuji
Kawasumi Ayako	Yoshida Kazumi
Nabatame Hitomi	Margery Daw
Nojima Kenji	Satou Keisaku
Ebara Masashi	Alastor
Iwata Mitsuo	Marchosias
Itou Shizuka	Wilhelmina Carmel