Yoshiura Yasuhiro

A floating ring has been passed down through Mikko's family for generations. Her grampa told her that the ring bears a promise of reuniting with lost ones who departed to the “other world“. Mikko explores her world—an endless network of tunnels—in hopes of finding the “other world” one day… Another story that goes upstream of the main anime movie and depicts the daily life and discoveries of a certain girl in the underground world!!

The future, probably Japan. Mankind has used robots for a long time, and androids have recently entered service. Influenced by the Robot Ethics Committee, it has become common sense for people to treat androids like household appliances. Their appearance - indistinguishable from humans except for the ring over each android's head - has led some people to empathize unnecessarily with androids. Known as "dori-kei" or "android-holics", such people have become a social problem. Rikuo, a high school student, has been taught from childhood that androids are not to be viewed as humans, and has always used them as convenient tools. One day Rikuo discovers some strange data in the behavior records of his family's household android, Sammy. Rikuo and his friend Masaki trace Sammy's movements, only to discover a mysterious café that features a house rule that "humans and robots are to be treated the same"…