Age reads his father's notes, and that he had befriended Lagos and they both created the machine. They discover Age's father's flying machine there. As they make it through the clouds, they find that the "sky" is a mechanical creation that projects the stars for Aiga. The unconscious Patema and Age awaken as they continue to fly up. Izamura then commands that Age's "death" reported as an accident. Patema, however, jumps off Izamura and grabs Age, and floats off into the sky. Izamura grabs Patema and orders his right-hand man, Jaku, to shoot Age. Age enters the top floor alone and frees Patema, but Izamura and numerous forces soon arrive, chasing the two to the roof. Age and Porta work together, using each other's weights to sneak into the tower by going through its abandoned basement.
They, along with the society's Elder, devise a plan to free Patema. Age is scolded and reprimanded, while Izamura takes Patema to the Control Tower, threatening to release her into the sky, He shows her that he had captured Lagos, who died since, and imprisons her on the top floor with an inverted weight, with only glass maintaining her weight.Īge returns to the fence and unexpectedly finds Porta, one of Patema's friends, and is reluctantly brought to the underground. They evade the troops, but are soon captured. Age discovers that by holding Patema, her inverted gravity makes him lighter, reducing the speed at which he falls. Age tells Patema about his father, who supposedly fell from a flying craft while demonstrating it, inspired by what the government dubs the "Inverts".Īiga's controlling leader, Izamura, discovers Patema's presence and has his troops capture her. After carrying her safely to the ground, he takes her to a nearby shed, where they learn about each other's worlds. Age, another teenager, finds her on the fence. Patema falls outside the fence bordering Aiga. One day, she is startled by a figure that walks on the ceiling while exploring and falls into the shaft below. Inspired by her friend Lagos, who has mysteriously disappeared, Patema explores the tunnels.
Years later, Patema is a respected teenager who lives in an underground society - Aiga- which imposes rules to keep its members away from "danger zones" that surround the community. The gravity reverses, however, and nearly everyone and everything is sent flying from Earth.
In 2067, scientists attempt to harness energy from gravity.