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After learning heretical teachings about the Earth and the Sun, a child prodigy searches for his master's hidden research while evading the Inquisition.

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Season 1

7.9/101,369 votes
Heliocentrism. How About That?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2024
A gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.
Director: Kotono Watanabe
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.0/101,223 votes
And Now... I'm Going to Move the Earth
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2024
Rafał is intrigued by Hubert’s heliocentric theory. Later, Hubert is arrested by an inquisitor but he gives Rafał a pendant before being whisked away.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shingo Irie
9.3/102,015 votes
I... Believe in Heliocentrism
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2024
Nowak convinces Potocki to admit to Rafał's heresy. Once arrested, Rafał is given a choice: recant his belief in heliocentrism or submit to torture.
Director: Masato Miyoshi
Writer: Shingo Irie
7.8/101,093 votes
The Fact That This World Is Far More Beautiful Than Heaven
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2024
The duelist Oczy wishes for death so he can escape his hopeless world and go to heaven. His colleague finds meaning in life by observing the stars.
Director: Asami Kawano
Writer: Shingo Irie
7.7/101,025 votes
Even If I Die... This World Will Continue
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2024
Gras aborts the mission, placing himself and Oczy in mortal danger from Nowak. They both flee for the mountains, where they find a stone chest.
Director: Masato Miyoshi
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.3/101,048 votes
Move... The World
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2024
Oczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.
Director: Kotono Watanabe
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.0/10962 votes
Matters of the Truth
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2024
Gifted scholar Jolenta suffers discrimination as the only girl at an astronomy institute. Badeni seeks resources to prove the heliocentric theory.
Director: Kouki Mori
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.1/10951 votes
We Must Become Icarus
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2024
Badeni offers Jolenta a chance to pursue the truth of the skies, but she is overcome with fear. Afterward, she overhears bold words from Count Piast.
Director: Kotono Watanabe
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.6/101,065 votes
This Is What It Means... To Learn Something, I Think
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2024
A middle-aged Piast vows to prove his professor's geocentric model. In the present, he agrees to let Badeni use his records — on one condition.
Director: Asami Kawano
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.0/10928 votes
Truth
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2024
Oczy tells Badeni that he is learning to read and write. Later, Badeni's claim that knowledge should be held by a select few bothers a fellow monk.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.7/101,049 votes
Terror
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2024
Nowak gives two rookie inquisitors a terrifying first taste of their new roles. Badeni meets with Jolenta and tells her he has completed his theory.
Director: Masatoyo Takada
Writer: Shingo Irie
9.1/101,273 votes
Heliocentrism Is My Faith
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/2024
Nowak asks Badeni to show him his research. He inspects Badeni's premises but doesn't find anything incriminating — until he spots a certain item.
Director: Asami Kawano
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.8/101,062 votes
Freedom
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/2024
In a medical area within the inquisition chamber, a wounded Oczy awakes to see Nowak, who has kept him alive in hopes of extracting information.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Shingo Irie
9.4/101,475 votes
Tonight's Sky...
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/2024
Badeni must choose between revealing the location of the heretical documents on heliocentric theory or prolonging Oczy's torture at Nowak's hands.
Director: Kotono Watanabe
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.9/101,080 votes
Is It... My Turn?
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/2025
Nowak believes his beloved daughter has been executed as a heretic. Father Grabowski comes across a letter from Badeni containing an unusual request.
Director: Masato Miyoshi
Writer: Shingo Irie
7.7/10831 votes
It's Time to Begin the Operation
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/2025
Twenty-five years later, Captain Schmidt of the extremist Heretic Liberation Front infiltrates a church and steals an important item.
Director: Asami Kawano
Writer: Shingo Irie
7.7/10825 votes
I Could Make a Lot of Money with This Book… Maybe
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/2025
A young nomad woman haunted by poverty devotes her life to obtaining wealth. One night, she discovers the book that Frei hid in the abandoned village.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.1/10834 votes
To Liberate Information
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/2025
Bishop Antoni orders Draka to hand over the book, but Schmidt’s men suddenly intervene. Determined to change her fate, she takes a bold action.
Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.3/10874 votes
Wandering Is How You Find What's Right
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/2025
Hoping to track down the people who stole the book, an inquisitor seeks advice from Nowak, who now spends his days drowning his sorrows.
Director: Kouki Mori
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.8/101,049 votes
I Love Heliocentrism
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/2025
As the Heretic Liberation Front prepares to depart, Jolenta entrusts Draka with a letter. Soon after, Nowak and the inquisitors approach the barn.
Director: Masatoyo Takada
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.5/10869 votes
The Times Are Changing
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/2025
Schmidt and the others regroup with their Liberation Front comrades and begin printing the book. However, a traitor brings their operation to a halt.
Director: Tomoya Kitagawa
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.8/10974 votes
Neither of You Will Be Known to History
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/2025
As Nowak's group attacks the Liberation Front, Draka and Schmidt begin their escape. Upon reaching town, Draka makes a proposition to Bishop Antoni.
Director: Asami Kawano
Writer: Shingo Irie
9.5/101,717 votes
Comrades
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/2025
A deluded Nowak turns against Antoni and attempts to burn down the church. Draka fights back and escapes but incurs a terrible wound.
Director: Kouki Mori
Writer: Shingo Irie
7.8/10862 votes
Thaumazein
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/2025
Albert goes to deliver an order of bread to a church. While there, he encounters a mysterious priest who encourages him to confess his sins.
Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Kazumasa Isokawa
Writer: Shingo Irie
8.5/10865 votes
『?』
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/2025
Albert leaves the academic gathering and returns home to an awful sight. In the present, the priest gives Albert advice and makes his own confession.
Director: Asami Kawano
Writer: Shingo Irie