Nagi No Asukara is an anime where your emotions will run all over the place. The description does not make Nagi no Asukara (Nagi for short) seem very appealing. However, do not let the summary fool you! The summary only gives you what the poster looks like. Nagi has a deep dramatic plot that will force you to continuing all 26 episodes in one go.
Story: 9
In my opinion, I would say this would be a 10, however I want to stay unbias for this review. The story loses 1 point because the beginning shows a lot of what the summary provides and it is a tad bit slow. The story in the beginning goes through the generic idea of a romcom school anime. However, it will drift away from that and emphasizes on the themes of the anime. An important theme is the tension between two races. The humans of the land and the humans of the sea. The two races do the best they can to keep themselves seperate to each other. What is amazing is that the story will develop beautifully along with the characters. Another good reason the story is good is that it is hard to figure out what is going to happen in the future. There are many stories where we can make guess of how a story will progress and ends. This story is structured to where figuring out what is going to happen is a difficult task. After the first half of the anime, PREPARE TO BE AT THE EDGE OF YOUR SEATS, because you will go on a crazy roller coaster. I don't need to tell you that the story picks up speed on the second half.
Art: 10
Look at it. Nuff said. seriously though. The art is one of the most beautiful piece of work I've seen in any anime. this is probably the absolute best aspect of the entire anime. watch the anime and love the art.
Sounds:9
This is just a bias opinion because I do love the opening and ending themes to this. the sounds are great but they don't appeal to me greatly. still, it is very good.
Character: 10
the second best aspect of the anime would be there characters. You will grow and love the characters of the story. The main protagonist, Hikari, may seem to lack the sort of personality that people would love. He is hot headed, stubborn, and he is an example of a character who looks towards his own race and no the other. however, like him and the other characters, they have shown amazing development. It is so rare to see such beautiful character development from each of the characters. this is why I give Character 10 and the development of these characters deserve it to be the second best aspect of the anime.
Enjoyment: 10
I absolutely enjoyed this anime. It might be slow to some people at the beginning, but I think it goes through a fair pace. However, the second half of the anime goes through a really huge change of pace where I get on the edge of my seat at each episode! I've watched it while it was airing and waiting for a new episode was killing me. This anime is absolutely amazing.
Overall: 10
This anime gets an overall 10 because it is good for pretty much everything. the story was written well, the art is spectacular, the sound is good, the characters are amazing, and I completely enjoyed the series.
To close out my thoughts, I recommend this anime to anyone. it was executed really well and it portrays a good message. As people would always say, "don't judge a book by its cover" because this anime will go in different directions and you will see the huge difference and development from beginning to end.
