These youngsters' story, who wish to be parts of Blue Mermaid, starts in Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School. After the enrollment, all of the students are filtered into several classes of ships (with different tasks as well) based on their grades on the selection process. Our heroine and her childhood friend, Misaki & Moeka, successfully enter this high school they are dreaming of. The students here will be trained to be competent Blue Mermaid. They will do their first task as students in this Marine High School. Their nautical training is the beginning yet it needs a lot of hard work.
As inexperienced persons in maritime, this show surely makes a lot of people believe that they are trying their best in first two episodes to overcome the obstacles as part of the nautical training. They strive to cope with incoming issues. Although they are barely known each other and just becoming a family in the same ship (ship's crews), I can feel their burning wish to be Blue Mermaid currently on the same line. You will find common problems like other series with tons of characters in this anime, in which Haifuri characters make the introduction so damn fast. I can't enjoy the introduction one by one. Still, you can set your eyes on few outstanding characters amongst them. Haifure's beginning of the story has too much babbling. (phew)
I don't know if it's just me or....well...few series I watched so far this Spring have slow pace for its beginning. It's like I had to get bored first before see the fabulous ending. It's so rude -sobs-
The turn-over is placed unseemly. I can get the point that high school students also need time to relax and refresh their mind by having fun together, but the good time they create sometimes feels wrong. It might be harsh, but the messy plot is not pleasing much (at first). Static sequence of fun and ended with issues.
The messy plot at first..is not a big deal anymore when you survive to keep watching Haifuri. It becomes more organized after the real threat discovered (however, I won't tell the truth, it might be a spoiler lol). The story improves and the goal of this anime exposed. You can enjoy the moe moe show from those girls, it is enough to save you from drowning by the boredom. After that, the show is going to bombard you more with the expansion for both of story and characters. I remind you, because this show has quite lots of characters, do not expect too much for the development of characters itself. Enjoy the war of these ships. Especially their last mission *w*!
I don't have much knowledge of maritime, I can't tell how good it is regarding to the information about the ships they offer. For me, they already explain the ships well. Like the capacity of the ships (amount of weapons, strength, communication methods and so on). Quite plenty I got information from this anime. When they make plan, they make it out well with carefully developed strategy.
The animation is well-built. I even adore it. From the animation, I sense that whenever I watch this, I really am boarding in Harekaze for real. The details for the ships are solid. I can picture what's on the deck, the kitchen in a ship, weapons, the surrounding like blue ocean, ships war, and moe girls! You'd better not forget the moe part.
OP "High Free Spirits" by TrySail is a powerful one. Got pumped one listening to this one, rarely to miss the OP when watching Haifuri. It's properly fit the given theme of ships in war (?) lol The ED theme "Ripple Effect" by Luna Haruna is calmer and somehow uplifting, but not much appealing. The music aspect boosts my pleasure for Haifuri. Eventhough the ED isn't much, but the OP itself is one of the best this season followed by insert original songs which perfectly match to intensify the tension whenever Harekaze in a pinch.
It's surprisingly good and exciting by the episodes go by. Whether you love moe or regularly like it, you will love the characters here lol The motto of Blue Mermaid is what keep their souls to keep moving and proceed something incredible. It's like the motto runs through every inch of your very step. 8 for Haifuri❣
Pros:
Nice visualization for the scenery. Salute for the characters too, even the minor one is well-animated (like they are also categorized as the major).
I like the insert songs. Setting the moods in line with the story (especially the last). Freaking superb.
The ending...is very..touching! Well-done Blue Mermaid candidates❣
Cons:
I know it's troublesome and life-threatening what they face in the ocean without any preparation as freshman, but I got irritated somehow when they make it looked like annoying jerks. Still, their improvement amazes me. (and they are so moe lol)
Having fun-got trouble-having fun-got trouble, Harekaze's life cycle inverse disproportionately.
