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| love this was really looking forward to it, Pa back to SoLs and a very fitting summer anime it's so chill too |
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| The story is interesting so far, but the fish animations were pretty underwhelming, if I'm being honest. And since this is the first episode where they presumably put extra effort in, it'll probably get worse from here on out. That's fine, I'm not here for the fish anyway. |
| The visual quality is stunning. I think this may be p.a works's best when it comes to it. It felt like I was watching a movie especially with the way the pace was handled along scenery visuals and what not. Character designs are cool and this definitely has potential to end up as something I'll like. I'm impressed |
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| Wow very impressive first episode. I get the feeling this show might end up being something like Sakura Quest, where you have a main group of cast goes through self discovery/tries to overcome their past all while trying to save something they care about. |
| Amazing art, its so relaxing. So... yeah, this could go the Hanasaku Iroha/Shirobako/Sakura Quest route. We got: -An ex-idol who regrest about her enden dream, was it to become an idol like the ones she watched when she was a kid? Because it looked like she did work a lot for it, to even get the center position of a new song. Then she heard a talk between her kouhai and manager, after that she ask staff to give her role in the song to her kouhai, probably after that she decides to quit. She chose to do all of that right? Why is she complaining about it? Does she regret that decision? We'll have to wait to see how her background is build and the reason about all of this drama. -A extrovert girl who runs the town's aquarium. Here it looks like the fishes are getting a new home (and the aquarium closing), maybe for the low number of tourists, she probably (surely) wants to avoid that but looks like she has no plans yet (maybe we'll know about it soon). -A god/goddess who eats offerings and got Fuuka's sun hat. Cant say if he/she will help them with powers/magic/motivation/etc. So Fuuka will live with Kukuru and work in the aquarium, then as an Idol, make some performances or something related to increase tourism while she deals with her dream drama and decides her future. Hope it goes well for this show. |
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| Pretty decent start for an original. It has vibrant colors and clean animation. Two main introduced and I felt like it has yuri subtext kind of friendship. This also have supernatural element kinda similar to NagiAsu. Let's see where is the direction of the real story head. |
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RobertBobert said: Allycattt said: I did not expect this to have magic or be gay but I am certaintly not complaining Also this is the second anime this season where the main character is a retired/failed idol which is an interesting trend It was not declared gay anywhere. It might be gay in the future, I don't know, but this show was not positioned as romance. oh yeah now on second look you're right. I thought this anime was based on a lesbian manga I'd heard about bc at quick glance they seem similar and I'd seen someone on another website categorize it as a yuri but I was wrong. If it does turn out gay I won't be complaining tho |
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| as someone who owns 4 aquarium at home, this anime is beautiful to me in many ways. a failed idol who wants to work in an aquarium center. Good start. will be watching 2 or 3 more episodes before judging on drop or continue. |
Liddo-kunJul 10, 2021 6:15 AM
| I like this episode. I hope this will be a P.A. Works sign of life because past couple years were bad. |
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| First of all: The animation is a 4.9 of 5. Pretty impressive. Only the aquariums are subpar. Then for the stroy: I am not sure. This can be really great. but this starts so slw, that I am not even sure, if we know, what direction the story will take. But i wouldn't be surprice, if Fuuka get the fisher boy in the end (as a side story). This would be ultimate break up from the idol industry as (at least young) idols can never been seen with boy friends. But for the idol background of Fuuka I am unsure. It looks more like she gave up when the first little problems show up and not, when she finally had failed. On the one hand, her popularity has gone down and she didn't stand out. But she was planned as the center of the new single "Love Clover" of her group Yona Pro. And her name gets deleted after Fuuka herself has talked to the management. Her management states in beginning, that she sacrifices her chance to another, too. Fuuka hadn't failed. She gave up early! It more looks like, she felt herself not good enough in comparision to Shiroi Ruka (The girl with yellow hair, who called Fuuka "senpai"). |
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| Really calming. It gave me the similar feeling like Super Cub, “I wanna live in Japan” kinda feeling. What is that tiny creature walking around in some scenes? It just gobbled up a fish head just like that...it seems like it might play a similar role like that alien in Adachi to Shimamura.  People went crazy after having Banana Fish and here she says it was delicious XD How come an aquarium like that doesn't have enough customers...? It might cost a lot to maintain all these marine creatures, if they don't get enough customers then it must be really tough for them dealing with all the expenses. It's surprising for this type of anime to get 2 cours. I usually watch 12 episodes long slice of life anime, never watched 24 episodes long slice of life with this slow pacing. I just hope it gets interesting after the 1st cour so that I can survive till the end. |
Rickydory123 said: Really calming. It gave me the similar feeling like Super Cub, “I wanna live in Japan” kinda feeling. What is that tiny creature walking around in some scenes? It just gobbled up a fish head just like that...it seems like it might play a similar role like that alien in Adachi to Shimamura. People went crazy after having Banana Fish and here she says it was delicious XD How come an aquarium like that doesn't have enough customers...? It might cost a lot to maintain all these marine creatures, if they don't get enough customers then it must be really tough for them dealing with all the expenses. It's surprising for this type of anime to get 2 cours. I usually watch 12 episodes long slice of life anime, never watched 24 episodes long slice of life with this slow pacing. I just hope it gets interesting after the 1st cour so that I can survive till the end. Not every SoL anime is a regular filler to create a chill atmosphere. |
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| Truly a summer show. The visuals looked so beautiful. Watching it made me want to go to Okinawa even more. Gosh, I really like Okinawa. 24 episodes of slice of life? Let's go ~ |
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BlooBaroo said: Everyone groaning about how this would be awful is it was a yuri I agree is some aspects. What I mean by that is that is if this turns into some super sexualized yuri anime it would ruin it. I don’t know how to describe it but if it turns into a wholesome realizing of self yuri sort of like bloom into you I think it would really excel. BlooBaroo said: Everyone groaning about how this would be awful is it was a yuri I agree is some aspects. What I mean by that is that is if this turns into some super sexualized yuri anime it would ruin it. I don’t know how to describe it but if it turns into a wholesome realizing of self yuri sort of like bloom into you I think it would really excel. I'm not sure if people really don't want to see yuri here and not the obsessive yuri shippers who will turn into tumblr the discussion of each episode. |
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| I'm already interested in the story. I loved the animation and I found certain sceneries really beautiful, especially that aquarium one. So colourful! I'm looking forward to more episodes to find out more about the two main characters and the supernatural. I wonder where they're going with story considering it has 24 episodes. I bet many good and interesting things await us. Also genuine question since I've been skimming through the comments. Why are some so against this turning into yuri? I personally don't really mind if this does or doesn't turn into yuri at some point. If it's done anything like Bloom Into You, I really don't mind it at all. It just serves as a bonus. I mean that's kind a double standard. If one of them was a boy and they fell for each other at some point, I bet almost no one would complain. Some would even wait for it. I just don't understand the revulsion. |
Zeamays69 said: I'm already interested in the story. I loved the animation and I found certain sceneries really beautiful, especially that aquarium one. So colourful! I'm looking forward to more episodes to find out more about the two main characters and the supernatural. I wonder where they're going with story considering it has 24 episodes. I bet many good and interesting things await us. Also genuine question since I've been skimming through the comments. Why are some so against this turning into yuri? I personally don't really mind if this does or doesn't turn into yuri at some point. If it's done anything like Bloom Into You, I really don't mind it at all. It just serves as a bonus. I mean that's kind a double standard. If one of them was a boy and they fell for each other at some point, I bet almost no one would complain. Some would even wait for it. I just don't understand the revulsion. Double standarts? Didn't you think that people just want a show about real female friendship, not yuri bait, which will also turn this show into another nest of yuri fanboys or 13-year-old girls from tumblr? With the same logic, you can blame a double standard on those who will not watch the all-male show if it turns out to be BL pandering for fujo. |
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RobertBobert said: Zeamays69 said: I'm already interested in the story. I loved the animation and I found certain sceneries really beautiful, especially that aquarium one. So colourful! I'm looking forward to more episodes to find out more about the two main characters and the supernatural. I wonder where they're going with story considering it has 24 episodes. I bet many good and interesting things await us. Also genuine question since I've been skimming through the comments. Why are some so against this turning into yuri? I personally don't really mind if this does or doesn't turn into yuri at some point. If it's done anything like Bloom Into You, I really don't mind it at all. It just serves as a bonus. I mean that's kind a double standard. If one of them was a boy and they fell for each other at some point, I bet almost no one would complain. Some would even wait for it. I just don't understand the revulsion. Double standarts? Didn't you think that people just want a show about real female friendship, not yuri bait, which will also turn this show into another nest of yuri fanboys or 13-year-old girls from tumblr? With the same logic, you can blame a double standard on those who will not watch the all-male show if it turns out to be BL pandering for fujo. I'm just saying that majority of people wouldn't complain about it being a romance if a boy and a girl were main characters let alone call it a fanservice for fangirls. I mean I just don't understand the dislike for yuri or yaoi romance (disregarding the bad apples in yuri/yaoi fandoms). Yuri/yaoi romance can also be done really well like Given or Bloom Into You that I mentioned and some are just mostly done for views and fanservice, I can admit that (but you can have plenty of fanservice in straight romance anime too and most don't complain). But I doubt if they went the yuri route that it would be like fanservice to yuri fanboys. I bet they'd do it in a wholesome way. Anyway, I personally don't care either way. Whether this turns out as a beautiful friendship or a beautiful romance (subtext or otherwise), I am fine with either. You can't please everyone. I'll take whatever the creators have in store for us since it looks really promising just with one episode. |
Zeamays69Jul 12, 2021 9:42 AM
Zeamays69 said: RobertBobert said: Double standarts? Didn't you think that people just want a show about real female friendship, not yuri bait, which will also turn this show into another nest of yuri fanboys or 13-year-old girls from tumblr? With the same logic, you can blame a double standard on those who will not watch the all-male show if it turns out to be BL pandering for fujo. I'm just saying that majority of people wouldn't complain about it being a romance if a boy and a girl were main characters let alone call it a fanservice for fangirls. I mean I just don't understand the dislike for yuri or yaoi romance (disregarding the bad apples in yuri/yaoi fandoms). Yuri/yaoi romance can also be done really well like Given or Bloom Into You that I mentioned and some are just mostly done for views and fanservice, I can admit that but I doubt if they went the yuri route that it would be like fanservice to yuri fanboys. I bet they'd do it in a wholesome way. Anyway, I personally don't care either way. Whether this turns out as a beautiful friendship or a beautiful romance (subtext or otherwise), I am fine with either. You can't please everyone. I'll take whatever the creators have in store for us since it looks really promising just with one episode. Why should people react in the same way to this? I'm a straight guy, if I want to watch a show about friendship, then I don't want to see it end up being same-sex romance. Maybe if I was a gay guy I would ignore a show that only showed friendship between guys, what's wrong with that? Do people have to love straight and gay romance alike, if homophobia is bad? It is like saying "you have to love cats and dogs equally because cats and dogs are equally good." |
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RobertBobert said: Zeamays69 said: I'm just saying that majority of people wouldn't complain about it being a romance if a boy and a girl were main characters let alone call it a fanservice for fangirls. I mean I just don't understand the dislike for yuri or yaoi romance (disregarding the bad apples in yuri/yaoi fandoms). Yuri/yaoi romance can also be done really well like Given or Bloom Into You that I mentioned and some are just mostly done for views and fanservice, I can admit that but I doubt if they went the yuri route that it would be like fanservice to yuri fanboys. I bet they'd do it in a wholesome way. Anyway, I personally don't care either way. Whether this turns out as a beautiful friendship or a beautiful romance (subtext or otherwise), I am fine with either. You can't please everyone. I'll take whatever the creators have in store for us since it looks really promising just with one episode. Why should people react in the same way to this? I'm a straight guy, if I want to watch a show about friendship, then I don't want to see it end up being same-sex romance. Maybe if I was a gay guy I would ignore a show that only showed friendship between guys, what's wrong with that? Do people have to love straight and gay romance alike, if homophobia is bad? It is like saying "you have to love cats and dogs equally because cats and dogs are equally good." Sure, I agree with you on that. People do have different preferences and that's fine but I wish people would also be more acceptable of other people's preferences too. So what if some people want to see yuri in the anime, that's fine. I wouldn't go start writing "no yuri, please". I respect people's preferences. They could write it in a nicer way like for instance "I'd really only want to see friendship between them but nothing against people who prefer otherwise." You already sound kinder like that unlike the other one that sounds rude to people who like yuri. I always try to put myself in other people's shoes too and see stuff from their perspective. But I'm ending this discussion here, I just wanted to share my thoughts on this a little. I didn't mean to go on a writing spree. Anyway, hope you have a lovely week! >,< |
Zeamays69 said: RobertBobert said: Why should people react in the same way to this? I'm a straight guy, if I want to watch a show about friendship, then I don't want to see it end up being same-sex romance. Maybe if I was a gay guy I would ignore a show that only showed friendship between guys, what's wrong with that? Do people have to love straight and gay romance alike, if homophobia is bad? It is like saying "you have to love cats and dogs equally because cats and dogs are equally good." Sure, I agree with you on that. People do have different preferences and that's fine but I wish people would also be more acceptable of other people's preferences too. So what if some people want to see yuri in the anime, that's fine. I wouldn't go start writing "no yuri, please". I respect people's preferences. They could write it in a nicer way like for instance "I'd really only want to see friendship between them but nothing against people who prefer otherwise." You already sound kinder like that unlike the other one that sounds rude to people who like yuri. I always try to put myself in other people's shoes too and see stuff from their perspective. But I'm ending this discussion here, I just wanted to share my thoughts on this a little. I didn't mean to go on a writing spree. Anyway, hope you have a lovely week! >,< This is more of a problem for the idiots who made the debate about yuri and BL too personal. For example, in a neighboring thread, a person non-heroically tries to brainwash me about homosexual relationships just because I don't see yuri in it and even asked him to stop writing to me about it. It's like if I start to blindly see this as yuri, his show experience will be better. |
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| Phew, thankfully not a yuri/bait/trash. |
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| Story-wise this episode was very average and didn't caught my attention fully but the visuals are very eye catching and like a lot of people before me I can already see some similarities to Nagi no Asukara. Obviously as a ocean enthusiast I'm going to keep watching this until the end. See how it goes. |
| Ah, yes, Okinawa, aquariums, fishes, penguins, blue-haired girl, ex idol, supernatural-ish, how come i miss this show at its premiere? Well, watched this one today, and, yeah, thats pa works for yah with a beautiful art quality on its first. I can't help but took a certain screenshots of some fishes to be part of my gallery. Well, don't forget about those two pretty girls too, though. So, yeah, this is definitely my type of show that fulfill my enjoyment. Imma just chilling, seeing all of the fishes goofing around my mobile screens, and hopefully the interactions of the girls can bring some good mood too and lots of happiness. You know what i mean? Ofc you don't, so, lets see next! |
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| pretty episode and a pleasure to ear the voice of Miku Ito <3 |
| Not sure about the ending with its supernatural element, but I did enjoy how SOL this felt. Idk if adding that stuff in the end is necessary but hopefully it doesn't happen to often. |
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| lmao, 90% of the posts in this thread are arguing about whether it’s yuri or not |
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NinoHaruhara said: lmao, 90% of the posts in this thread are arguing about whether it’s yuri or not This is actually the content of most of the discussions about this show. I bet that when we finally know if it's yuri or not, most viewers will have catharsis. |
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| Interesting story I kind of understand what happened so far in the story. She was once an idol but quit because someone replaced her and now is wandering around seeing what her life brings her. |
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| Looks promising so far. I like the animation and OST and the fact that it is 2-cour means it, hopefully, won't get rushed. |
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| Looks like she quit the group for some reason. Idk why she quit if shes going to regret and cry about it later. Did the other girl almost get fired but Miya quit to give her the spot? |
RobertBobert said: NinoHaruhara said: lmao, 90% of the posts in this thread are arguing about whether it’s yuri or not This is actually the content of most of the discussions about this show. I bet that when we finally know if it's yuri or not, most viewers will have catharsis. Yeah and its mostly cuz you keep hounding every person that even insinuates they like yuri or would like this show to be a yuri, if anything I admire your dedication to take away others fun of wanting a yuri relationship. |
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Altay545 said: RobertBobert said: This is actually the content of most of the discussions about this show. I bet that when we finally know if it's yuri or not, most viewers will have catharsis. Yeah and its mostly cuz you keep hounding every person that even insinuates they like yuri or would like this show to be a yuri, if anything I admire your dedication to take away others fun of wanting a yuri relationship. Of course, because if you love yuri, then you must suspect all female characters of lesbian attraction. If you criticize this, then you prohibit yuri shipping altogether. |
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RobertBobert said: Altay545 said: Yeah and its mostly cuz you keep hounding every person that even insinuates they like yuri or would like this show to be a yuri, if anything I admire your dedication to take away others fun of wanting a yuri relationship. Of course, because if you love yuri, then you must suspect all female characters of lesbian attraction. If you criticize this, then you prohibit yuri shipping altogether. Lol i know youre just trolling but again even then I admire such dedication to try and make all your ramblings make sense and go after anyone that even whispers yuri. Do some people read too much into things? Definitely, I agree some people see 2 girls doing anything suggestive and they want to ship them and yeah its a bit much at times but theyre just having fun. But like c'mon people who refuse to acknowledge when theres something going on there are also too much, the trailer was definitely baiting people into thinking their relationship could be romantic, refusing to accept that and saying its just crazy yuri fans seeing something in nothing are just blind, was the studio baiting people with the ambiguous pv and art? Absolutely, like cmon if one of the girls was replaced with a guy it wouldn't even be a question. Now I know you're not all crazy and just like trolling cuz at times you do say normal stuff and have said that we're still too early on the series and that indeed theres maybe a chance of yuri but you also seem to genuinely hate people that like yuri lol, not everyone that likes yuri does it for political reasons of pushing that stuff and even less do people that like yuri are also into twitter and tumblr or whatever lol, some people just like seeing 2 girls going at it dude nothing wrong with that, I especially like that in yuri romances that the focus is on the psychological/emotional state of both parties instead of just "ahhhh tits". If anything its quite sad you'd equate what Japan does with yuri and how the wackos at the websites you mention take it, people being crazy there has nothing to do with yuri itself, and unlike there where its just crazies pushing it gor the sake of pushing it in Japan most yuri author are lesbian women just wanting to support girls going through a tough time cuz things are still pretty bad for them over there, yuri is a niche genre were most readers are women and a high% of them are gay, just looking for a bit of support not crazy people demanding more inclusivity or whatever. Welp all im saying is just chill a bit, i know youre having fun trolling but people cant have a discussion if this will even be a yuri cuz you keep on going after everyone that suggests that, its killing the mood. |
Altay545Jul 16, 2021 7:52 AM
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Altay545 said: RobertBobert said: Of course, because if you love yuri, then you must suspect all female characters of lesbian attraction. If you criticize this, then you prohibit yuri shipping altogether. Lol i know youre just trolling but again even then I admire such dedication to try and make all your ramblings make sense and go after anyone that even whispers yuri. Do some people read too much into things? Definitely, I agree some people see 2 girls doing anything suggestive and they want to ship them and yeah its a bit much at times but theyre just having fun. But like c'mon people who refuse to acknowledge when theres something going on there are also too much, the trailer was definitely baiting people into thinking their relationship could be romantic, refusing to accept that and saying its just crazy yuri fans seeing something in nothing are just blind, was the studio baiting people with the ambiguous pv and art? Absolutely, like cmon if one of the girls was replaced with a guy it wouldn't even be a question. Now I know you're not all crazy and just like trolling cuz at times you do say normal stuff and have said that we're still too early on the series and that indeed theres maybe a chance of yuri but you also seem to genuinely hate people that like yuri lol, not everyone that likes yuri does it for political reasons of pushing that stuff and even less do people that like yuri are also into twitter and tumblr or whatever lol, some people just like seeing 2 girls going at it dude nothing wrong with that, I especially like that in yuri romances that the focus is on the psychological/emotional state of both parties instead of just "ahhhh tits". Welp all im saying is just chill a bit, i know youre having fun trolling but people cant have a discussion if this will even be a yuri cuz you keep on going after everyone that suggests that, its killing the mood. Do you seriously think I'm going to read this wall of text to start all this shit again on a second round? |
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