Celestial Method

Plot

Nonoka Komiya is a girl who once lived in Lake Kiriya City, based on Lake Tōya in Hokkaido, where she met a blue-haired girl named Noel. Seven years later, Nonoka returns to the city, which now has a mysterious saucer floating above it, and reunites with Noel, who promises to grant her wish.

Characters

Nonoka Komiya (古宮 乃々香, Komiya Nonoka)

Voiced by: Shiina Natsukawa The protagonist who returns to Lake Kiriya after having moved away seven years before. She has lived with her father since her mother died due to an undisclosed illness.

Noel (ノエル, Noeru)

Voiced by: Inori Minase A mysterious blue-haired girl whom Nonoka first met seven years ago. She is eventually revealed to be the saucer itself, which Nonoka and her friends had called down.

Yuzuki Mizusaka (水坂 柚季, Mizusaka Yuzuki)

Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki An energetic girl who has a strong dislike for the saucer. She also seems to be on bad terms with her twin brother, Sōta.

Sōta Mizusaka (水坂 湊太, Mizusaka Sōta)

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa, Megumi Han (young) Yuzuki's twin brother who has feelings for Koharu.

Koharu Shiihara (椎原 こはる, Shiihara Koharu)

Voiced by: Haruka Yoshimura An airheaded girl who works as a poster girl for a local shop devoted to the saucer.

Shione Togawa (戸川 汐音, Togawa Shione)

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu A stern girl who enjoys photography. She was once Nonoka's best friend but grew to hate her after she moved away without letting anyone know.

Manga

A manga adaptation, written by Naoki Hisaya and illustrated by Yuka Namisaki, was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine between the October 2014 and March 2015 issues with the series left unfinished. It was later reported in the December 2015 issue that the serialization had ended due to circumstances with the author. One tankōbon volume was released on October 27, 2014.

Anime

The 13-episode anime television series, produced by Studio 3Hz, aired in Japan on Tokyo MX between October 5 and December 28, 2014 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series is directed by Masayuki Sakoi and written by Naoki Hisaya, with music by Tatsuya Kato and character designs by QP:flapper, consisting of duo artists Koharu Sakura and Tometa Ohara. An original video animation episode was included on the seventh Blu-ray/DVD volume released on July 24, 2015. The opening theme is "Stargazer" by Larval Stage Planning, and the ending theme is "Hoshikuzu no Interlude" (星屑のインターリュード) by Fhána. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for release in North America.