Wit delivers fantastic, beautiful work as always and the soundtrack was amazing. That's really all the good things I have to say about this movie.
Plot and character wise - I feel like I've seen this same story told hundreds of times. Can we please retire the female character that only exists to make boyfriend appreciate friends and life? The character that looks barely like a teenager, yet is the main love interest? The character that acts like a silly kid, or worse, like a cat? She doesn't even learn to hold a conversation until half way through the movie.
I'm so, so tired of that character.
Hibiki's character isn't much better. He's our average sport's anime MC who's cold and aloof until he learns the importance of friendship. Except most sport's anime create and show that character growth better. Where did the attraction between the MC's even come from? She saw him once and decided "yeah that's it!"?
I think the cool setting and all that creativity was wasted on this average-at-best Little Mermaid retelling.
