Wish me good luck!
When reading my review it's good to keep in mind that my own love life is lacking severely and have been for a really long time.
It's impossible to adress the faults of Nagi no Asukara without getting into
the couples and how it all ends up so don't keep reading unless you are ready for spoilers.
It all begins in a interesting setting and I really liked this show at some points as well as for the most part.
My problem with Nagi no Asukara you ask?
Facts that gets established in the beginning part of this show will be twisted to go with the lackluster ending of this trainwreck concerning almost all of the love interests.
Manaka loves Tsumugu in the beginning, right? Nope, not according to this shows second part anyway. It almost pretends it never happened, or certainly doesn't adress it very well.
Remember the part where Hikari holds Manaka and she rejects him or the part where she screams that she "doesn't understand that" after he told her he loves her?
Never adressed properly either.
Even after all of this the show still insists that she does love Hikari.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!
As if that wasn't bad enough Tsumugu that you slowly accepts as Manaka's love interest then falls in love with Chisaki and she also falls for him.
I was speechless, what the heck where the creators thinking?!
Since they completly ruined the possibility of a happy ending with Manaka and Hikari with the Tsumugu-bit could they at least end the show with Hikari and Chisaki? Nope, also ruined with the Tsumugu-bit. Ok then... so Hikari and Miuna would be cute together?, Apparently not!
That would give the viewer pleasure, and we couldn't that have that now could we.
I am probably trying to hard with finding hapiness in love in anime shows
but the sensible way of pairing in this show would be as follows.
Manaka and Hikari (until Tsumugu appears)
Manaka and Tsumugu (After Tsumugu appears)
Chisaki and Hikari (After Tsumugu appears)
Chisaki and Kaname (After Tsumugu appears would also be fine)
Miuna and Hikari (After having decided to keep watching this show to the end even though it does what it does at every turn)
The only pairing I liked was Sayu and Kaname.
Do yourself a favor when watching this show, do NOT expect Hikari to end up with anyone because he won't.
He simply goes on with his feelings towards his love interest.
Thank you for reading and goodnight!
