Story 9/10
I think it’s a very special story, it’s about how Japan sinks into the ocean. An ordinary family tries its best to survive as a series of earthquakes destroy the islands of Japan. It shows their struggle while moving up west and how the city continues to tremble and cause more damage. Even with this the family continues to make memories with each other on their way. I think this story is a real eye open to appreciate whats happening in the moment because you never know what the future brings or who you’ll gain and lose in life.
Art 6/10
For me the characters styles are bland. For the most of it their drawn okay but they could of definitely been better designed. Like in most series the backgrounds are drawn wonderfully. I found that a lot of the frames went from being well drawn to just awful, some times it was hard to look at it because of how bad it was. It’s understandable from occasion because a lot of work goes into animating but I feel like it’s constantly seen throughout the series.
Sound 8-9/10
The music in the series is definitely emotional, for me whenever I hear the music I always think of a silent voice, after looking up the composer I found out that it is the same for this series and a silent voice.i found that the music for both is very similar. For some people this could be a downside for the resembles which I understand a lot but even with that it still sets the scene and brings the emotion.
Characters 6-7/10
In this series there is a nice range of characters even for side characters of the show. Ayumu is a character who seems to have a hard time to adjust to the situation which is happening around her, unlike other characters in the series she seem to keep a lot of morals like how she didn’t want to steal any food or clothing from the shops. I think there is a strong development in her as the story goes along as she goes through more pain she continues to stay strong.
Her farther is shown to be a very strong character, he takes on the role to protect his family *spoiler * until he comes to his fateful end * end of spoiler*. The same goes for their mother, she is also another strong hearted character who does what she can for her family, whenever I saw her she always reminded me of a Disney princess who didn’t need to be saved by a prince.
Ayumus brother go is also a strong point to their family, through his character it shows the events happening through younger eyes, he’s often protected from seeing a lot of the darker things that happen in the show but even with that he’s mature and isn’t petty like I’d imagine younger characters being like.
The honorable mentions for side characters would be the ones you see the most of like Daniel, koga, kaito and kunio. There character are well scripted and gives us another insight of their emotions and beliefs for the situation at hand.
Enjoyment 7/10
Compared to a lot of summer animes so far I’ve enjoyed this a lot. Right from episode 1 this series has been very entertaining, unlike the rest it’s a full release and we don’t have to wait every week to see the next episode. For me the biggest downsides of this show are some poorly scripted scene and animation but if you can look past that and see the good elements of the show I think it is something most people would enjoy. I think for me at least it will be a series I’d like to re visit again in the future.
Overall 7/10
I’d definitely recommend anyone to watch this if you have Netflix (or if you can find it else where) it’s definitely one of the better series that they have on, with its unique compelling story people will definitely be hooked on it from the start. it’s packed with a lot of emotion scene in it which you can easily emphasise with the characters, I managed to cry a lot during some episodes even with being a not very emotion person. I always think shows are usually good when they can bring home the emotion even if they are not the best scripted or animated.
As a note I noticed on Netflix that the series was rated 15 which I can somewhat agree to disagree on. I found that some scene in this series seemed to be suited for a mature audience of probably +16 but I could be totally wrong.
