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Sparks of Tomorrow
二十世紀電氣目録-ユーレカ・エヴリカ-
The novel takes place in the summer of 1907, the 40th year of the Meiji era. 15-year-old Inako Momokawa lives in the Fushimi area of Kyoto, and is the second daughter of a sake brewer. Nothing she does ever comes out right, and she receives a scolding from her father every day. Her only relief is the trust she places in her prayers to the gods. One day while at Fushimi Inari shrine, she meets a freewheeling young man named Kihachi Sakamoto. He rejects the gods, and boasts of the incoming age of electricity. The topic of marriage suddenly comes up in Inako's household. Her father is one-sidedly making all the decisions for her, and Inako is about to give up hope. It is then that Kihachi draws out Inako's true feelings of wanting to run away from her family. The only way to stop her marriage is to find an unusual book called the "Electricity Catalog." The book is a prediction book about electricity that Kihachi wrote when he was a child, but his older brother Seiroku took the book, and its current whereabouts are unknown. Inako and Kihachi together go in search of the book across Kyoto and Shiga prefectures. (Source: Anime News Network)
Episodes
1. The Electric Boy
Early 20th-century Kyoto. Kihachi witnesses the wonders of electricity with Seiroku. Four years later, alone and cynical, he meets a girl deep in prayer.
Play episode 1
2. The Mysteries of the Catalog
In a haze of incense, Yosuke storms into Kihachi's workshop and demands the Catalog — and his fiancée. But why does Inako have it in the first place?
Play episode 2
3. Their Dream
Full of denial, Yosuke clashes with Kihachi. Later, Inako's sharp senses reveal a secret and her belief inspires Kihachi to recreate an invention.
Play episode 3
4. The Steadfast Girl
Inako meets a grieving shop owner whose loss echoes her own. Fully believing in Kihachi's skills, she asks him to build an electric machine to help.
Play episode 4
