Hey there! Thanks for stopping by Anime Rants. One of the shows I’ve chosen to watch for Fall 2025 is Shuumatsu Touring (Touring After The Apocalypse). Though I don’t particularly enjoy the visuals, the rest seems good so far. The characters are both very cute, the music is chill, and I dig the vibes of adventure and sci-fi. I’m also enjoying the voice-acting, mostly because of Airi’s VA, Miyu Tomita. I know her best as the voice of Riko in Made in Abyss, who is usually cheerful and hyperactive. It’s interesting to hear Tomita playing a quiet, less expressive (kuudere?) girl this time.
Due to low motivation, writing has been slow and difficult lately. So, I probably won’t write reviews for each episode of this anime. Instead, I’ll do shorter reviews of several episodes in a single post. For starters, let’s take a look at the first two episodes.
Episode 1: Hakone
Episode Rating: 7/10
An unspecified amount of time has passed since the collapse of civilization. Two girls – Yoko and Airi – ran away from a shelter and set out on an adventure around Japan. Their vehicle is a motorbike that can be powered with solar energy. Everywhere they go, the major highways and cities are overgrown by nature, and there are no people. Although there is some beautiful scenery art, not all of it looks good. For example, in one shot, there is a giant deer. How did someone not notice this before releasing it?
Anyway, it seems like the girls are using an old smartphone as their guide. Someone – a girl with long, dark brown hair – took photos and videos of her journey and stored them on that phone. Yoko and Airi call the older girl Onee-chan (literally meaning big sister), but it remains to be seen if she is actually related to them.
In this episode, Yoko and Airi had some light adventures and then discovered a tank. Piloted by a computer program, the dangerous machine attacked and pursued the girls. They couldn’t outrun it, so Airi said she’d deal with it. Airi proceeded to destroy the tank with a huge blast of energy from a tiny weapon that came out of her arm. I assume only Airi’s arm is mechanical and she is a cyborg. But it’s also possible that she’s an adroid. I wasn’t expecting this kind of sci-fi action, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Inside the tank were several long-dead people. It was interesting how Yoko treated the tank’s program like a living thing whose life she was sorry to have to end. It’s possible that machines became sentient in this universe. Anyway, after defeating the tank, Yoko and Airi relaxed in a hotspring together. It was cute. Also, Yoko seems to experience visions of the world from the past when she’s enjoying the locations they visit. I don’t think she has a special ability or anything, though. It’s just a way to show how much things have changed since the world ended.
There are many unanswered questions here, but that’s fine for a pilot episode. I just hope this show eventually provides answers. How long ago did civilization collapse and what triggered it? Why are Yoko and Airi so intent on following Onee-chan, and who was she really? I’m also interested in the sci-fi technology of this anime, since we saw Airi unleash that weapon on the tank. Was it common to have modified limbs? Is Airi some kind of human war machine? Anyway, I look forward to learning more.
Episode 2: Yokohama, Yokosuka
Episode Rating: 7/10
There was a brief flashback at the beginning of the episode showing Yoko and Airi in the shelter. This scene confirmed that Airi is a cyborg with a computerized data bank in her head. That, or she is an extremely humanlike android. Anyway, the shelter scene created more questions than it answered. Why was Onee-chan talking to the girls through a screen? Was she even a real human, or was she an advanced education program? Were there other people in the shelter, or were Airi and Yoko alone? If they were alone, how did they get there? It was an interesting but confusing way to begin the episode.
In this episode, Yoko and Airi explored Yokohama and Yokosuka, cities that border the Tokyo Bay. Much of the area was now underwater since the sea levels had risen. While Yoko attempted to catch an ocean fish, Airi wandered off and found something that looked like the torso of a robot. Yoko managed to hook a fish, but it was stolen by a hungry shark before she could reel it in. Airi explained that the “robot” was a cyborg and had once been completely human. She connected the legless mechanical man to the motorbike, which filled up his dead battery so he could operate again.
At first, the cyborg couldn’t remember anything – not even his own name. He asked the girls to call him Schwar-chan. The only clue about his past was a printed photo of a woman and two children smiling in Yokohama. Yoko and Airi were happy to take Schwar with them to the location seen in the image. Gradually, Schwar’s memories came back. He was turned into a cyborg to save his life after a serious injury. His family – a wife and two cute daughers – loved him regardless of the change. His real name was Ichiro.
One day, Ichiro was supposed to meet his family on the docks. Unfortunately, Yokohama was bombed before he could get there. Ichiro’s family probably died in the explosion. We don’t know who bombed Yokohama or why. We also don’t know how many years or decades have passed since then. Ichiro knew that he was far too late, and yet he wanted to stay at the spot where he was supposed to see his family. Yoko and Airi offered to let him accompany them on their journey, but he politely declined. It was clear that Yoko knew what this meant. Ichiro would definitely die on his own.
Yoko and Airi took off at sunset, leaving Ichiro on a seaside cliff overlooking the Tokyo Bay. There, his systems shut down and he fell into the deep waters below. As he died, Ichiro thought he heard the voices of his family welcoming him home. This was a sad episode ending, but not outright depressing because audiences had very limited time to feel anything toward Ichiro. Still, I thought this episode was decently executed.
Though this installment didn’t reveal much information about the apocalypse, it did teach us that some animals are now gigantic due to alterations to their endocrine systems. I take back what I said about the giant deer in episode 1 being an animation mistake. That being said, the art style for the characters is still weird to me, and the animation in general just seem “off.” The scenery shots are usually beautiful, but they are also oversaturated. Anyway, despite a couple issues, Touring After The Apocalypse is more interesting than I expected. I will definitely continue watching.
~Thanks for Reading~
Written by 7Mononoke
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Looks like a fascinating series. One series I think you might enjoy that has a few similarities would be Kurogane Communication.
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