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| Annoying child characters are annoying as expected. That aside, an oddly-bittersweet beach episode in which Kukuru receives yet more reminders about what she could have had and what she missed out on. Nice to get a more in-depth look at Kuuya, but it felt like we sat through a lot of inanity with the kids to get there. Kuuya's childish side was a fun extra layer for his character beyond his usual grumpiness as well. That said, I'd have preferred the show to actually show us his backstory rather than simply exposit it to us, as it's honestly just kinda flat as presented with dim lighting, no animation and almost as little emotion in the line delivery. It's not as if the show is pressed for time so as to be unable to show it to us, after all, and like this it just feels like the show wanted to get Kuuya out of the way as quickly as possible. |
Atavistic said: That said, I'd have preferred the show to actually show us his backstory rather than simply exposit it to us, as it's honestly just kinda flat as presented with dim lighting, no animation and almost as little emotion in the line delivery. It's not as if the show is pressed for time so as to be unable to show it to us, after all, and like this it just feels like the show wanted to get Kuuya out of the way as quickly as possible. It is possible that this is only the beginning of his subplot and in the future we will have further development of this and some twists (?). But this is just my speculation at the moment. |
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RobertBobert said: i was just saying it in a light hearted/joking manner idrc if they're lesbians or not lmao, just thought it'd be nice because their relationship doesn't really have a "chase" where each other makes the other like them back and id like to see more of thoselizzziziz said: What. WWWWWHAT? we're going with the "shes like a sister to me🥺💓" path? we could've had sapphics here but no ig💔 didnt expect kuuya's past to be like that. a bit dramatic and "anime"-y but im glad his "i cant stand girls" persona isnt just because of something shallow That is why I ask folks to closely follow the development of the plot and its context, and not to make things too personal, shouting "they hugged each other, absolute lesbians!" @RobertBobert ahh aight aight thats chill, hope the people you're referring to will get what you say someday |
lizzzizizAug 20, 2021 5:25 PM
BlichoBoy said: Let me throw a wild guess: In a couple episode the girl who bullied Kuuya, will appear and begin a anti-Gama Gama campaign. Or at least say to next Kuuya job that he sexually assaulted her. My guess: she visits the aquarium on a trip home from abroad, runs into Kuuya, ends up all remorseful, we get a moral lesson, and she is also the CEO off a successful company and ends up helping the aquarium. |
lizzziziz said: RobertBobert said: i was just saying it in a light hearted/joking manner idrc if they're lesbians or not lmao, just thought it'd be nice because their relationship doesn't really have a "chase" where each other makes the other like them back and id like to see more of thoseThat is why I ask folks to closely follow the development of the plot and its context, and not to make things too personal, shouting "they hugged each other, absolute lesbians!" I'm not talking about you (I don't see anything wrong with shipping unless it gets too personal), and moreover, personally I think that the show still has at least a partial opportunity for the yuri route. I'm talking about people who were looking for literally the slightest opportunity to prove to me that their relationship has no heterosexual explanation. |
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| Well, we know now why Kuuya is indifferent to women. But this is opposite when he talks about Gama Gama; he definitely doesn't want it to close. Much more with Kukuru who's doing her best to stop Gama Gama from closing. |
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| Well, its one of those episodes when you simply chill cause nothing much interesting happens. Though its great to know some info bout Kuuya-san's past. |
it’s never too late for life ... to go horribly wrong. . . afff~  |
| Poor Kuuya. Everyone is fighting their own battles. I’m glad he found Gama Gama & the director had such an influence on him. He also finally shows his true feelings about Gama Gama closing down. Another beautiful episode♡ |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| oh nice everyone day-off from GamaGama! looks like the love polygon is about to unfold...lolz 5/5. |
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Beauxite said: Well, its one of those episodes when you simply chill cause nothing much interesting happens. Though its great to know some info bout Kuuya-san's past. It's interesting to read, that nothing really important happens, when myself thinks, that this episode is overflown with important background informations and possible hints of things, what will happen.
This show unfolds its story very slowly. And this episode is not slower in this point than most of the others episodes before. Furthermore we get an understanding, how the cast of this show acts together. This episode is more subtil than the episodes before, but not less important |
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| Looks like there's some foreshadowing with the talk on siblings. |
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| Beach episode in an Aqua-themed anime is something that I've really expected. Aside from that, this is a really nice episode, and Fuuka looks really nice with her swimsuit. I feel kinda bad for Kuuya though. He can't stand girls because he didn't get treated with respect during high school, and I was actually related to that when I was in my high school days as well. Also, Maho is one annoying girl, and I wouldn't want to be near her. She and Kukuru just do not get along. |
| "You don't have to believe in yourself, because I believe in you." - Drax the Destroyer https://dawnhibiki.carrd.co/ Mirishita ID: L3N93SKX Discord: DawnHibiki #6454 |
| Not really interested in grade school romance so that was whatever. Thou I'm interested in Kuuya's character and I'm glad we got that short backstory of him. Also Fuuka chan looked cute in swimsuit. |
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| This anime keeps delivering the goods. Pretty aesthetic ending, with that purple sea. |
| I was already kinda shipping Fuuka and Kai and now Maho actually made it a ship XD Kuuya's past is quite darker than I expected. I can see what sort of rumors those shits might have spread... So, Fuuka is now gonna turn out as Kukuru's long lost sister? That twist will make the story underwhelming, like Fuuka lost her job as an idol and the fate brought her to Kukuru, her long lost sister. |
| Haha celebrating summer vacation going full doomer. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Fun time at the beach, but on the other hand it's still not good for the future of the aquarium, they need to stop it from being closed, also Kuuya has quite a dark past, that's sad to hear :/ |
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| Beach episode! ...although the beach is ~30 seconds away from the aquarium Poor Kuuya, his highschool life ruined because the girl couldn't handle getting rejected. |
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| This was a little bit annoying but mostly boring... |
| Standard beach episode where the girls have fun and the guys are treated like trash for some reason. The tourism girl was particularly annoying during the second half. |
| The vibes in this ep is something else. Kukuru's worries, her longing of having a sibling, Kuuya's ugly past, Kai's worries and his currently one-sided crush, all blended together with them playing at the beach and Kuuya's small competition with Rui. Speaking of which, Rui's reaction to his defeat made me feels like im watching a shonen manga backstory, they even got Maho as the childhood crush. The visuals during the sunset scene was amazing. |
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