is a Japanese manga series by Kana Ozawa. It was serialized in Shinchosha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic @ Bunch between April 2015 and November 2017 and was collected in five tankà Âbon volumes. A prequel manga by Ozawa titled has been serialized online via Line Corporation's Line Manga website between November 2021 and January 2022 and was collected in a single tankà Âbon volume by Shinchosha. An anime film adaptation by Telecom Animation Film was released in March 2022.
Tamaki Tsuru, a first-year student at Aonagi University, hopes to enjoy a typical college life centered on friendships and romance. Intending to avoid intense athletics, she tries out for the tennis club, but an accident during practice leads her to damage a model glider belonging to the university's Aviation Club. Unable to pay for the repairs, Tamaki is pressured into working off her debt and is reluctantly drawn into the club's activities by its captain, Jun Kuramochi. Although initially resistant and disillusioned with campus life, Tamaki's perspective begins to change after Kuramochi takes her on a glider flight, where she becomes captivated by the experience of soaring through the sky. The story traces her gradual involvement with the glider club and her growing connection to aviation as she reconsiders her goals, relationships, and sense of purpose.
An anime film adaptation by Telecom Animation Film premiered in Japan on March 4, 2022. Masaki Tachibana directed the film, and wrote the film's script with Natsuko Takahashi. The character designs were provided by Miho Tanino, while the music was composed by Shà Âgo Kaida. Four-member piano rock band SHE'S performed the film's titular theme song "Blue Thermal" and the insert song "Beautiful Bird". During their Anime NYC panel, Eleven Arts licensed the film for North America release.