RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio

The Absolute Barrier appears, sealing Tokyo inside a hemispherical enclosure and splitting life into two realities—one inside, one outside. Ayato Kamina and his classmate Reika Mishima, once a simple middle-school couple, are torn apart by this rupture in their world.

Inside the barrier, three years pass. Ayato grows into a high school student while being told the outside world has been erased, and time moves differently here. Reika's memory becomes fainter, echoing a life that feels increasingly distant.

Invaders from outside strike again, sparking a new wave of war across Tokyo. Amid the chaos, Haruka Shitou appears and begins guiding Ayato, promising to reveal the truth about the world they inhabit.

Haruka hints that she will tell Ayato the truth about their fractured reality, setting the stage for deeper revelations to come. Her presence marks a turning point where questions about who they are start to take center stage.

The truth unfolds: Haruka is Ayato’s former beloved Haruka Mishima, separated by years, and the barrier’s time manipulation is tied to Maya Kamina, Ayato’s mother and the Mu's leader. The revelation reshapes Ayato's understanding of fate, family, and the struggle between worlds.

Ayato is introduced as the tuner of time, a figure who could reshape a world torn between Mu and Earth, and his awakening becomes the key to humanity’s fate. The possibility of mastering time sets the stage for a decisive clash that could alter everyone’s future.

Ayato awakens and is drawn to the RahXephon, a colossal war machine. He boards RahXephon and, with the Mu’s weapon Dolem, defeats the immediate threat and escapes Tokyo alongside Haruka.

Haruka stays by Ayato's side, offering quiet support while concealing her true identity. The duo flees the collapsing city, clinging to each other as the world around them falls apart.

Ayato achieves true awakening, fully merging with RahXephon, and the world teeters on the brink of destruction. This ultimate awakening tests his power and the fate of both Mu and Earth.

To spare both Ayato and the planet, Haruka makes an almost unbearable choice and must kill the man she has found again. The act pits love against duty, memory against sacrifice, and alters the course of the war.

The bond between Ayato and Haruka becomes the anchor of a sprawling conflict between Mu and Earth, as time itself can be tuned and manipulated. Maya Kamina's shadowy influence lingers, shaping the decisions that drive the two civilizations toward reconciliation or ruin.

The film closes with a meditation on love, power, and the price of knowledge. It asks whether a future built on memory and reconciliation can survive the awakening’s far-reaching consequences.