Momentary Lily

📖 SYNOPSIS

In a crumbling cityscape overrun by killer robots, Renge Kasumi wakes with no memories and no idea why machines have destroyed everything in sight. She's got strange powers she doesn't understand, and for a while, it's just her against waves of mechanical horrors. Then she meets five other young women in the same situation — amnesiacs with unique abilities, trying to piece together who they are while staying alive. Here's the thing that makes this 13-episode TV series stand out though: between the mech battles and mystery, these girls cook together. Like, genuinely good meals in the middle of an apocalypse. It gives the whole show this weirdly cozy undertone that contrasts hard with the combat sequences. GoHands brings their signature CGI-meets-2D visual style, which honestly works well for a world that's half destroyed cityscape, half domestic warmth. Ryosuke Kojima's soundtrack ties both moods together better than you'd expect. If you liked the post-apocalyptic wandering vibe of Girls' Last Tour but wanted more action, or if Coppelion's girls-in-a-wasteland premise appealed to you but felt underdeveloped, this scratches a similar itch with its own flavor. The friendship dynamics carry real weight because these characters literally have nothing else — no past, no society, just each other and whatever they can scrounge up for dinner. It's action-packed when it needs to be, quiet when it counts, and the amnesia mystery keeps you watching.