A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow. The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet's atmosphere.
A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world.
(Source: Polygon Pictures)
To be fair, you need a really high IQ to understand Kaina of the Great Snow Sea. Or not.
Tsutomu Nihei's attempts at commercially viable narrative are even more offbeat than his overtly nonhuman work, only in subtle, infinitely funnier ways. On the one hand, he doesn't look all that concerned with traditional narrative (even when [he really is](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview…
Ooyukiumi no Kaina: A visually beautiful anime but with a not very good story
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The story of Ooyukiumi no Kaina takes place in a world covered by an ever-growing layer of snow. People live around the roots of enormous trees that dot the surface or at the…
The surprise of the season, *Kaina* may stumble at the end but the journey was still worth it.
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