Umi Monogatari 2 kind-of sort-of shed some light on the questions I had after the first episode. Kind-of. Sort-of. In episode 1, I was confused because the episode had started off light-hearted, slow, and slice-of-life-y and then got a bit darker and more unfamiliar. I was expecting episode 2 to either return to the light, slice-of-life style or take us in a darker direction... and instead it did neither and completely became a magical girl show.
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Well this is cute.  This show is pretty much going to be Sailor Moon, except you only have Sailor Mercury (Marin) and Sailor Mars (Kanon).  Although at this point I can’t tell if Kanon’s power is fire or wind, since the turtle gave her a helping hand.  You’d think it’d be wind or flight since [...]
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       This episode begins with Kanon and Marin finally finding Urin hiding from the fierce storm,  Marin and her sister share a tearful reunion. Then we see that something has been released from the statue covering the sealed shrine/crypt.  Marin thanks Kanon for finding her sister and she tells her that she’s her first friend [...]
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You know, wasn’t this summer season supposed to suck? I mean, from the things I caught here and there this seemed to be a rather small and underwhelming season. And yet, I have only seen five new series so far (four if you don’t count the umpth Saint Seiya), of which three of them are [...]
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