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GosuGian said: lot's of plot hole +1 for Art style My exact sentiments. The ending was slightly contrived, but it was a decent wrap up. I wish they had focused much more on the wonderful world they built with Shioshishio and the other sea-villages they slightly mentioned. Enjoyed the first half of the series more but the second half definitely had it's moments (Hikari and Kaname returning from hibernation namely.) I mainly had a hard time wrapping my head around all the feeling based mythology. 8.5/10, would be less if not for the setting. |
| Deserve 9 or 10 if there wasn't this end .... |
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| My pairing is all true wew, But I bit disappointed about the ending is like open ending about is name and sayu |
| Tsumugu X Chisaki is the best thing that could happen! I'm happy. In the end I really don't care with which Girl this ADHD-Hikari would end. |
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| This love pentagon/ hexa or whatever didn't make me so interested with this series, i didn't even ship either of them the only good about this is just OST & beautiful animation, the rest are pretty average 7/10. |
| this was a really beautiful ending, i cried like a little bitch when everyone reunited together :*) chii-chan and tsumugu seem to be the only official couple, i don't think anything between manaka and hikari has happened, which tbh is fine with me because miuna x hikari ftw!! i really wouldn't mind seeing akira with manaka in the future when they're both adults overall 10/10, loved this series so much!! |
| The Ships have finally reached their True Destinations and they will live their lives happily forever ~ . HikarixManaka , TsumuguxChisaki , KanamexSaya . "Everyone was born from the Sea." Its plausible ~ .. for me :D Unchanging or Changing , Such a wonderful tale <3 ~ . PERFECT EPISODE ~ . "Love from the Sea ." "All must come to an end ." Paradise ~ . Nagi no Asukara is a great title for an undoubtedly beautiful Anime . Indeed , Soundtrack , Animation and Story were all astounding . A one-of-a-kind melodrama that have prove its worth in every episode and scenery . What I have found interest is the plot which induced me to an incredible expedition of landscapes and the relations that shook my core many times . The Sea and the Surface , Misunderstandings and Reconciliations . These moments will be the connections of us . Applaud <3 . 10/10 . I love them all ~ . |
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| OK, I now realize why people really like this so much. The artwork and the music, (both the musical score as well as the OP/ED) are absolutely beautiful until the very end of the show. I really liked the subtle changes to the OP as the 2nd season progressed along. It's been awhile since I actually got some feels from a series, but yeah, this one did it for me. It's that nagging and emotional tug-of-war that I want to beat the crap out of Okada for throughout this story. It drove me absolutely crazy through a lot of the series, but then as the tone shifts and things progress it becomes a much more emotionally mature story both in tone and with the characters. The theme comparisons with Clannad After Story are unmistakable towards the end, but again, it fits the story perfectly as things move along and we learnt more about the Sea God's story. The ending. Yeshaving Hikari x Manaka was awesome. Chisaki was happy (poor Muina at least that boy still likes her) and there is some hope for a Kanama x Saya ship as well (which I fully support) because unlike the others Kaname was almost always pretty much straight forward about his feelings and that scene I mean, probably my favorite scene in the show was in regards to the non-canon ship that got really good development, In retrospect, it was actually better development that the main ship, because there was an actually confession and acknowledgement in the end. I absolutely loved that scene... Ok, I'm done now. This anime takes awhile to truck through with a ton of peeks and valley's throughout. However, if you are able to look past some of the "angsty" teanage drama, there is a pretty good story to tell and can really give you the feels... I think I have recovered an hour or so later, but man, that ending was beautiful (maybe more so because my ship won the battle) and really gives you an emotional ride there! I need a smoke now.. Excellent, excellent, excellent |
| No closure. No kiss. Nothing. I really, really liked this Anime but the ending wasn't what I was expecting. Still, it will be missed. |
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| Very satisfactory results despite the story I hope Kaname x Chisaki. 10/10 |
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ooo333 said: Sugram22 said: Sayu Kaname's pity trophy? i think ur bit wrong here, Kaname always thought that no1 is W8 for him & so on & on, he say'd it himself, so Sayu words touched him so deeply that he decided to give it a chance, give her a chance, he did not promise her anything, her words made him see how pretty she is inside & i also think that made him fall far her even if its just 1%, so its not about Pity I know I'm replying to a comment that's almost two years old, but what the heck. What do I mean by pity trophy for Kaname? Well, first we have to look at the character of Sayu. Sayu was like 9-10 when she developed a little crush on Kaname around episode 10. She had only known him for a couple of weeks. After the 5 year timeskip, she was 15 I think. And now at 15, without having seen him for 5 years and barely spending time together, she is still in love with him? And not only that, but Kaname and Sayu didnt have any significant scenes together pre-timeskip. It was just her blushing for a couple of scenes and thats it. I mean, at least Hikari and Miuna had some significant scenes together pre-timeskip and they had become family. When I saw that Sayu still had a crush on Kaname post-timeskip, I knew that was the writers telling us that Kaname and Chisaki will never happen. Sayu was just there so Kaname would not be alone, just like that classmate who was crushing on Miuna was there so Miuna in the end would not be alone. that's how love sometime is. & who knows what happened behind the scene, the part writers didn't explained, left out for our imagination? :D, its often with animes & no animated series, that a lot happens at the time that isn't shown to... |
| I can't believe I just wasted 26 episodes on this shitty fucking anime. So many asspulls, and it was just so lame. BORING and lame. |
| 7/10. I really did enjoy this anime, but I definitely rolled my eyes more than a few times. I've never seen characters run (literally) after every uncomfortable encounter so damn much. Jfc. It was pretty good though. Gave me those feels. The art and soundtrack was amazing. |
chainshipperJun 25, 2016 12:33 AM
| I finished watching Nagi no Asukara last night, and all I can say is: what a wonderful anime! The ending, however, was not as good as I had expected. Of course, it was happy, emotional and the like, but since I got so damn attached to the characters I needed some closure... I'm truly happy about Kaname ending up with Sayu, and even when I didn't love Tsumugu, I don't hate him either, and I sort of like that he's seemingly going to end up with Chisaki. Still, man, as episodes went by, Miuna began to become my favorite character, or at least one of them, and of course I wanted her to end up as a happy couple with Hikari. The fact that the actual couple is probably going to be Hikari x Manaka kind of broke my heart! Not for Manaka, I liked her as well; I simply loved Miuna! But oh well, it's still a 10 imo. Loved the visuals and ost. I'll miss this one. |
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Thess said: yaHzee said: I'm pretty confused on the message that this show is trying to deliver. The first episode where Tsumugu pulls Manaka out of the water, I don't get the point of it now. Is the show trying to say that nothing is set in stone? If so... okay...? Still don't get what that has to do with the Sea God not realizing the feelings that the maiden had for him. Everything is just so clouded now. I also agree that they kinda just threw Sayu with Kaname so that he wasn't alone. But overall it was an enjoyable series, still seriously confused by the whole point of Tsumugu pulling up Manaka and all that chemistry stuff they had. The whole scene where Tsumugu and Manaka were on the boat explaining about the sun and the sea was just such a cop out to be honest. It's like they decided to make this dramatic scene between the two in the first episode, then they decided that they shouldn't get together so they come up with the "you're the sun, but... I like the sea better because it made me appreciate the sun" da fuk? The point was that Hikari was an idiot like the seagod who jumped into the wrong conclusions without communicating. Everyone handwaved Tsumugu's feelings and assumed Manaka's crush was real love. It was a mirror to what happened with the sea god and the ojoshi-sama. Ask and don't assume: talk about it. I'm sure that for Hikari it seemed like a fateful meeting, for Tsumugu it was probably Tuesday. Hikari wasn't the only idiot in this. This misunderstanding was spread to Chisaki who held back her feelings for Tsumugu and hurt herself because she wrongly thought she was usurping Manaka's love while she was sleeping. Sayu and Kaname are not yet a couple, the possibility is open now he's noticing. He just wanted to belong somewhere, he felt discarded by everyone. He knew Tsumugu and Chisaki were going to hook up. Re-watch the first half and you'll see his expression and concern over Tsumugu as rival and not over Hikari (he never took Hikari as a real rival). Chisaki's story is one of change, because she was the character who was afraid of changing to the point it was toxic. She was using her group of friends as crutch and while she holds them dear, she has no contact with them in the epilogue visually, because she's signifying her moving on to other places. Only Tsumugu could have been her love interest. Hikari and Kaname were part of the group. Hikari in particular, a symbol of her childhood. Manaka's story is the opposite. She used the surface as escapism (like Chisaki used Hikari) for her childish longings, that's what Tsumugu represented for her, in a romantic aspect. A crush. Hikari was the one she loved. Change and unchanging are not bad or good but what matters is how you feel and how it affects each character and each character has a different facet explored. Dragging out this old quote for the current viewers who seem to be unable to grasp what this show was trying to portray/tell us. Stop complaining about ships and hating on tsumugu, good gawd. |
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| And there goes the show with millions of love triangles (or was it squares?!), lots of running, tears and even more blushes. I have really mixed feelings about this show. First of all, I was really really torn between an 8 and 9 rating for this. Had the ending been better, then the art and the music would have propelled this to a 9 for me, but after seeing this - only kinda conclusive - ending (not one kiss?! also, what was all this "emotions floating" about?), the little flaws put it at 8.5/10 for me. They could have made more of the setting (I won't even start of this super weird depiction of an underwater village where you have TV and eat soup (?!)). Why did they walk underwater as if they were on land? Why was there never any current in Shioshishio which at least made their hair move? Why where they living exactly like the people on the surface? There was basically no difference, which also meant there was no palpable reason they had quarrels in the first place. What I did love however, was how they managed to depict how differently people handle love and the issues and pain that come with it. Most of the time, I could sympathize with how the characters felt and how it would be difficult to behave in such a situation or make a decision. The themes of "change" and "unrequited love" in all of its forms weren't too contrived in their actual core messages. I guess, Chisaki x Tsumugu (even though people apparently have issues with this pairing) made me appreciate the show more. To me, Chisaki was the most believable and interesting character in this, what with her suppressing her own feelings for various reasons, not wanting to change but being forced to, being separated from the others, thus feeling isolated and so on. She may not have reacted understandably all the time, but ... well... people tend no to do that when they fall in love. At least you could see how she was under pressure in many situations. She also had to change when she was the only one who stayed on the surface and stood her ground. I enjoyed how her relationship with Tsumugu played out in the end. They had this weird kind of unusual chemistry which felt refreshing. :) |
SaorinSep 7, 2016 12:11 PM
| Pretty good series overall, im not sure how people really call this a "happy" ending though, Sure Hikiri & Manaka basically got together at the end but Kaname, Chisaki, and Miuna all drew the short stick, Kaname basically had to just be satisfied with Sayu even though it was obvious he didnt like her like that even thought they will probably end up being together. Chisaki had a pretty bad ending IMO because she basically wasted 5 years of her life telling herself she liked Hikiri (even though i think she really did) even at the end its kinda hinted at that she rejected Tsugumu, its obvious they are still friends but when he says that he will be visiting every month that kinda made it clear they were just gonna stay friends. Miuna i think had the worst ending, she grew up from age 9 to 14 crushing on the same guy only to have basically her own actions end up bringing her crush together with the girl he loved, sure the end shes talking about being glad she was able to love him... but come on now lol. not gonna go too much into depth with this but it was more of a bad ending than a good ending to me, except for the 2 main chars, which were obv gonna end the series together. also think the show took itself way too serious at times, ESPECIALLY since these kids are supposed to be 14, if they were 15-16 it would have felt way more real even though it doesnt really matter. All things considered i give this a 8/10 just because the feels in this show were pretty good and i liked how it portrayed growing up and losing friends etc. also rip my man hikiri in this scene lol  |
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| Perfect ending from my perspective. Everyone is happy, that is the most important thing. |
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| Miuna best girl by a country mile and a half. She deserves way better than Hikari, so yup, this is a good ending! 7/10 for the series, making it 8/10 only because it looked so darn good. |
| 8/10 just because Hikari choose Manaka in the end, 10/10 series if the ending Hikari go for Miuna. I alr know that Manaka fell in love with Hikari, but the way she hold her feeling it's kinda annoying. Hikari should go for Miuna instead of that annoying girl. |
jamsvenJul 17, 2017 3:36 AM
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| Hahaha im sooo many years late for this show...guess Im still late n the old stuff huehuehue...I sorta salty over chisaki x tsugumu because we do not know how she feels about Hikari |
| In the end I'm used to these kind of endings because every freaking anime that I watch, they leave off with the main guy not marrying or dating any girl so I just learned to live with it, but I liked miuna more than manaka but I knew there was no way that it would happen... oh well! I enjoyed it and that's enough! |
usergoneAug 4, 2017 11:40 AM
| The ending is quite unconclusive... and of course, as always, Mari Okada ruins my best girls. Miuna in the end didn't get Hikari's love, even when he realized Miuna has always been there for him. Fuck, fuck, fuck! I should've dropped this when I realized Mari Okada made this on episode 6. Since Mari Okada always ALWAYS ruin my ship. This is like the 4th anime I've seen her wreck down my ship in the ending! I don't want Miuna getting a consolidation prize of getting that random guy! This is like Sayu x Kaname all over again, but without a goddamn progress! My ending is Miuna x Hikari, since Hikari noticed her feelings more! She was there all the time and stay by his side... but I can't believe it! I just can't! MARI OKADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Mari Okada's signature. Developing a character to a main heroine... and MAKE THEM SUFFER! If Miuna hadn't been so developed and stayed like Mayu, a side character, then it wouldn't have been so painful. Miuna received so many developments and way more screen time than Manaka. Yet she's the one who is always have it hard. She waited for Hikari for 5 years and yet, she can't be together with Hikari. 9/10 though, beautiful animation, beautiful characters, and for Miuna. And since everything can happen in 5 years time, I'm sure Hikari would realize his feelings for Miuna too, since he's not certain to be with Manaka yet. Edit: upon reflecting, things could really change in a few years. Akari (Akira's son) still loves Manaka, so they could end up together later.... and let Miuna with Hikari T_T or so I WISH! This is my headcannon now. |
DarklordVorAug 16, 2017 12:13 AM
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| Even if Miuna's love was one-sided, even if it would never be accepted, even though it was painful, Miuna was still happy that she could fall in love, that she could experience such great thing. I feel like even if they would fail to save her she, unlike Manaka, would be fine with it and would accept her fate. But we got a happy ending instead which isn't bad. |
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DarklordVor said: The ending is quite unconclusive... and of course, as always, Mari Okada ruins my best girls. Miuna in the end didn't get Hikari's love, even when he realized Miuna has always been there for him. Fuck, fuck, fuck! I should've dropped this when I realized Mari Okada made this on episode 6. Since Mari Okada always ALWAYS ruin my ship. This is like the 4th anime I've seen her wreck down my ship in the ending! I don't want Miuna getting a consolidation prize of getting that random guy! This is like Sayu x Kaname all over again, but without a goddamn progress! My ending is Miuna x Hikari, since Hikari noticed her feelings more! She was there all the time and stay by his side... but I can't believe it! I just can't! MARI OKADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Mari Okada's signature. Developing a character to a main heroine... and MAKE THEM SUFFER! If Miuna hadn't been so developed and stayed like Mayu, a side character, then it wouldn't have been so painful. Miuna received so many developments and way more screen time than Manaka. Yet she's the one who is always have it hard. She waited for Hikari for 5 years and yet, she can't be together with Hikari. 9/10 though, beautiful animation, beautiful characters, and for Miuna. And since everything can happen in 5 years time, I'm sure Hikari would realize his feelings for Miuna too, since he's not certain to be with Manaka yet. Edit: upon reflecting, things could really change in a few years. Akari (Akira's son) still loves Manaka, so they could end up together later.... and let Miuna with Hikari T_T or so I WISH! This is my headcannon now. Lol, I totally agree. Apparently Okada believes that this adds to the plot a good drama, but it only makes me feel that she hates her main characters. Manaka was cute, but their relationship had no development in the second part of the show. |
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| I put this off for so long and I regret it. I actually wanted to watch this ever since it came out. I heard so many good things so I really wanted to watch it. I need to slap my past self for pushing this off for so long. This series was wonderful! It was a super easy to watch series for me. I was able to finish this within 72 hours on top of working 32 hours and watching 8 episodes of other anime/1 football game. This was an absolutely fantastic Romantic Drama and it kept me engaged the entire time. It felt like a typical romantic drama at first but things kept snowballing into another until it became an avalanche of emotions. The animation was superb and the characters were all real likable for the most part. The story was well written and fit perfectly with the supernatural setting. Making a romance/drama tie in with the supernatural genre is a hard thing to do but this series did a great job on this. 5/5- for the finale 9/10- for the series. The only reason why I won't rate this as a 10 is because I felt that the Sea God was a bit petty and that his issues/misunderstanding being resolved like that was kinda a lame way to save everyone. It felt like the Sea God was also a teenager in angst. It also could be because I'm kinda old as shit now but teenage romance really doesn't hit home for me at all. It was still a great series to watch regardless of my personal feelings. Also Miuna is awesome! I absolutely adore the crap out of her and I wished she had a better ending to all this. She's definitely the #1 main character of this series in my book and the best girl. But I can't complain too much though since I'm actually satisfied with the ending and that Hikari ends up with Manaka...cause I want Miuna to be with someone better cause she deserves it. |
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| Aw it's over. I hate ending :( I'm sad now. Honestly this was not at all what I expected the series to be. I actually saw some pictures of this online and it took a while for me to finally watch it. And I ended up kind of guessing what the plot was and I did not imagine this at all. I ended up watching it after someone mentioned they finished it and it made them cry a few times. I'm a sucker for emotional anime so I had to watch. I didn't cry once so it was disappointing. I'm honestly beyond in love with the art though. The character design is so pretty and their eyes πDefinitely my favorite anime eyes ever. I'm also a huge fan of the sea so I loved the visuals when they were underwater. I just didn't expect this to be mostly about romance and having everyone love each other and no one liking each other back XD I actually really loved the start of the series. The middle was my least favorite part and the ending was good as well. Even though it wasn't what I expected I loved the characters a lot..especially miuna! And it was a good story. I'll give it a 8/10 |
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| Ah really great and emotional final, couldn't help myself,but smile throughout the second half,yet I'm also sad that I already finished this show. Glad that it turned out to be a happy end,well not for everyone, have still a tiny bit of sadness in myself for Miuna,even tho she already overcame her first love. Also like to mention that the fact that they left things open with the couples is nice imo. Overall I pretty much loved everything from characters,story to amazingly beautiful artwork and music. 8,5/10 |
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| That was such a satisfying conclusion, I loved watching again these characters struggling with their emotions until they found an answer, all happening in this beautiful setting where sea and land are now more connected than ever. Fantastic story, great cast with very interesting development, touching drama, and to me still one of the best, if not the best looking anime, I just love the art style and the animation of this anime too much. 10/10, I'm so glad that I gave this series a rewatch. |
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| I swear they were building a bridge in episode 1. Srsly wtf happened. |
Stark700 said: Oh damn and a bittersweet ending ;3 Still, I always liked Miuna.. 5 YEARS FORWARD? Ooh wow. Still, 8/10, I enjoyed most parts of this show. There were so many cliche moments, yet I still accepted them. Miuna is without a doubt the best girl in Nagi no Asukara. I'd ship Miuna X Hikari any day of the week. Too bad we never got to see any real romance between the two, or any of the "couples". After all, this anime is solely for younger kids. Yeah, the ending was definitely bitter sweet. Although everyone ended up having a partner, there were no scenes about the aftermath, perhaps show us some pics of them 10 years later... 7/10 kids romance, still enjoyed it though. |
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