「おふねひきゆれて」 (Ofunehiki Yurete) "The Shaking Ofunehiki" Change is inevitable, as is growing up.
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The students complete the Ojoshi-sama, and Hikari takes it upon himself to make sure they hold a real Ofunehiki. Everyone hands out flyers and collects signatures, but when Hikari asks his dad, he refuses. Hikari and Tsumugu are able to gather representatives from both sea and land, but the meeting ends in a fight, and […]
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The students complete the Ojoshi-sama, and Hikari takes it upon himself to make sure they hold a real Ofunehiki. Everyone hands out flyers and collects signatures, but when Hikari asks his dad, he refuses. Hikari and Tsumugu are able to gather representatives from both sea and land, but the meeting ends in a fight, and […]
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After all of the various trials and tribulations surrounding its creation, the Ojoshi is finally complete - cue celebrations from those responsible for crafting it, be they from the sea and the surface. In fact, so proud are those involved that a stirring of a more fundamental desire springs forth - these kids want to use the fruit of their labours to resurrect the Ofunehiki festival that has
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Maybe we’ll get an ‘Everyone Confesses to Kaname’ episode? No Akari this week, but more work on the Wooden Sacrifice for the Boatdrift Ceremony, with more help from everyone, surprisingly.  Just Go Swim in the Ocean! Everyone has an individual changing room Having come to at least a nice break point with Akari last week, […]
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In his first swimming class on the surface, Hikari challenges Tsumugu to a race, but loses and splits his toenail on the pool wall. Manaka tries hard to bring Chisaki and Hikari, but only ends up making things worse. While biking her to the pier, Tsumugu asks her about the phenomenon known as “Tomoebi”, when […]
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This week's episode of Nagi no Asukara begins by bringing a rather unique experience to the school-goers of Shioshishio - a swimming lesson. Needless to say, those who reside under the sea aren't used to the etiquette of getting changed, wearing swimsuits, or even warming up before jumping into the water, leaving them with plenty of alien territory to tentatively explore - in fact, when it comes
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A deeper love than we thought It’s drama time, and also time for a conclusion, at least by one of the characters. But which way will Akari go with dealing with the surface? Conflicted Young Women Akari breaks up with Itaru, for now Akari is at least telling herself that she’s going to refocus on […]
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At last, Akari finally confronts her feelings. I admit that I skipped last week’s post not because I was trying to finish Pokémon Y, but for the fact that Hikari went around beating up some kids over spilling Manaka’s dish, which in turn causes a big misunderstanding with the maiden statue being wrecked later. It’s […]The post Nagi no Asukara – Episodes 4 and 5 – Akari’s True Feelings and Hikari’s Redemption appeared first on Chikorita157's Anime Blog.
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Chisaki uses Tsumugu as her “sea slug”, confessing that she likes Hikari; Manaka overhears, but Chisaki tells her to forget about it. Akari breaks up with Itaru and tells Miuna she’ll “go away somewhere”; that night Akari calls Hikari in a panic saying Miuna has run away. Hikari and his friends search for and eventually […]
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Chisaki uses Tsumugu as her “sea slug”, confessing that she likes Hikari; Manaka overhears, but Chisaki tells her to forget about it. Akari breaks up with Itaru and tells Miuna she’ll “go away somewhere”; that night Akari calls Hikari in a panic saying Miuna has run away. Hikari and his friends search for and eventually […]
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It's decision time for Akari as the future of her relationship comes to a head in this week's Nagi no Asukara - mind you, it seems as if the wheels are now well and truly in motion for some of the other romantic entanglements portrayed by the series too. Most notably, Chisaki has not so much put her foot in it as thrust her entire leg into an open wound, as an impromptu admittance Tsumugu about
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Okay, so everyone aside from Hikari: I really like them. Dramatic, perhaps, but they work really well together, and this series has a knack of writing compelling drama for all of them, and this episode continued that trend. This was some really good character buiding here: no character here is completely onedimensional and even the [...]
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I mentioned before that Nagi no Asukara was beginning to resemble Hanasaku Iroha in its storytelling approach, that is, letting big things subtly grow from little moments, but episode four strikes me of being more like its lesser PA Works cousin Tari Tari, where they try to do the same thing but the characters aren’t […]
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Inbetween the Sea and the Land & The Chilly Desert & The Legend of the Sea & Because We’re Friends Well, it’s pretty and has a pretty interesting idea behind the setting. But around two minutes into the first episode and i’ve decided that I don’t like the main character…i’m not sure if it’s a […]
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Manaka is pledging something to Hikari, but it’s not exactly what he thought it would be Nagi no Asukara continues to bring beautiful scenery and what I still find to be a compelling story. Can Hikari overcome his firecracker personality this week? The Other Woman? Hikari decides to not play Miuna’s game In case there […]
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trigger warning: racism, bullying! I was only ten when I encountered one of my first racist bullies. It was after school and I was supposed to head home for an […]
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