Character Relationship Map: Patema Inverted

Characters

• Patema (played by Yukiyo Fujii) — protagonist

  Patema is a respected teenager from an underground society whose inverted gravity places her in danger on the surface. She explores forbidden tunnels, meets Age, and becomes the target of Izamura. Wit...

• Age (played by Nobuhiko Okamoto) — protagonist

  Age is a teenager from Aiga who finds Patema outside the fence and protects her despite their opposing gravity. He defies Izamura to rescue her, discovers the truth through his father's notes, and hel...

• Izamura (played by Takaya Hashi) — supporting

  Izamura is the controlling leader of Aiga and the principal antagonist. He orders Patema's capture, imprisons her in the Control Tower, and plans to possess her while expressing hatred toward Inverts....

• Porta (played by Shintaro Ohata) — supporting

  Porta is one of Patema's friends from the underground society. He finds Age at the fence, brings him underground, and helps plan the rescue. Working with Age, he uses their different weights to enter...

• Elder (played by Shinya Fukumatsu) — supporting

  The Elder is a senior figure in Patema's underground society who helps organize the rescue after learning of her captivity. After the escape, the Elder reads the notes concerning Lagos and the hidden...

• Lagos (played by Masayuki Katou) — supporting

  Lagos was Patema's influential friend, whose mysterious disappearance inspires her to explore the tunnels. Izamura captured and later killed him to prevent the truth about Aiga from being discovered....

• Kaho (played by Maaya Uchida) — supporting

  Kaho is Age's closest classmate at school. When authorities report that Age's death was an accident, she doubts the explanation rather than accepting it. Her suspicions are confirmed when she and othe...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Lagos → Elder (Family Parent And Child) — The Elder is Lagos's parent, linking the underground leadership to the lost explorer.

  At the conclusion, the Elder reads the notes about his son Lagos.

• Patema → Izamura (Power Captive And Captor) — Izamura exercises coercive control over Patema and treats her as both a threat and an object of obsession.

  Izamura orders Patema's capture, imprisons her in the Control Tower, places an inverted weight on her ankle, and threatens to release her into the sky...

• Patema → Age (Romantic Partner) — Their relationship develops from mutual rescue and trust into explicit romantic love.

  After surviving the fall and uncovering the truth, Patema and Age profess their love and continue holding onto each other.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Kaho → Izamura (Conflict Skeptical Opponent) — Kaho's skepticism undermines Izamura's attempt to conceal the truth.

  Kaho doubts Izamura's report that Age's death was accidental, and her doubts are confirmed when she sees Age and Patema inside the vehicle.

• Age → Kaho (Social Classmate) — Kaho's familiarity with Age helps her challenge the official account of his death.

  Kaho is identified as Age's closest classmate and later notices that his supposed accidental death is suspicious.

• Izamura → Lagos (Conflict Persecutor) — Izamura suppresses Lagos's investigation through imprisonment and lethal authoritarian control.

  Izamura shows Patema that he captured Lagos, who later died, in order to prevent discoveries about Aiga's true nature.

• Lagos → Patema (Social Friend) — Lagos's friendship motivates Patema's initial investigation.

  Patema explores the tunnels after being inspired by her friend Lagos, whose disappearance remains mysterious to her.

• Age → Izamura (Conflict Political Opponent) — Age directly challenges Izamura's authority and becomes a target of his regime.

  Izamura reprimands Age, orders Jaku to shoot him, and later shoots and wounds him during the final confrontation.

• Patema → Elder (Alliance Community Ally) — The Elder protects Patema as a member of the underground community.

  The Elder participates in the plan to free Patema and later helps rescue her after the damaged craft collapses.

• Age → Elder (Alliance Ally) — The Elder supports Age's rescue mission and helps establish cooperation between the societies.

  The Elder joins Age and Porta in devising a plan to free Patema, and later helps secure Age and Patema after the fall.

• Patema → Porta (Alliance Teammate) — Porta acts as Patema's underground ally during the rescue operation.

  Porta helps Age devise and execute a plan to free Patema from the Control Tower.

• Age → Porta (Alliance Teammate) — They cooperate tactically despite coming from different gravity environments.

  Age and Porta use each other's weights to enter the abandoned basement and infiltrate the tower.

Story Analysis

Two teenagers from opposing gravity societies uncover a suppressed catastrophe and unite their divided worlds through trust and shared truth.

Plot Progression

1. A Fall Across Worlds — The failed gravity experiment establishes a divided world. Patema's search for Lagos leads her into danger, where she meets Age and discovers their opposing gravitational conditions.
2. The Tower Of Control — Izamura treats Patema as a dangerous Invert and imprisons her in the Control Tower. Age, Porta, and the Elder organize a risky rescue using the different weights of their worlds.
3. Beyond The False Sky — Age frees Patema, and their escape carries them above Aiga. They discover the artificial sky, the flying machine, and the connection between Age's father and Lagos.
4. The Truth Beneath Aiga — Jaku uncovers Izamura's crimes while the returning vehicle exposes Age's survival. The pursuit ends in a violent collapse that reveals Earth's ruined surface.
5. A Shared Horizon — Izamura is lost to the sky, while Age and Patema are rescued by Jaku and the Elder. The survivors accept the truth and commit to cooperation between their societies.