"Long ago, humanity lived in the sea. But the humans who longed for the land left the sea behind. They cast aside the special raiment they'd been given by the sea god that let them live in the ocean. The thinking of the sea humans and the land humans became as separate as the places they lived, and as countless time passed, they forgot they were once one people. This will change as the land-dwelling human Tsumugu Kihara befriends four students who live in a village at the bottom of the sea." -ANN

DL: Episode 1v3 | Episode 2 - Underwater-Vivid
Links: AniDB | ANN | Official
Genres: drama, fantasy, romance





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This looks like one of the shows few but I and Ryll would pay special attention to here at Gotwoot. That is, calm and with a unique atmosphere of its own. Although this hasn't actually been quite as calm as I thought. In fact, I expected this to be nothing but a picturesque fantasy of strange underwater lifestyle (and merely to contrast it the normal dry land habitation), but this seems to be as much about racism, bullying, the troubles of conservative thinking, modern stress, cultural degradation, depopulation of rural areas... So, not as calm as I thought. However, considering how I had to fight against falling asleep while watching the latest Tamayura, I reckon I prefer a little conflict after all. My only misgivings are caused by the intense love polygon that seems to be brewing and involving every central character of the show.

Voicing the main characters are: Manaka by the ever popular Hanazawa Kana who hardly needs introductions, Hikari by Hanae Natsuki (Kiri of Crime Edge, Wien of Tari Tari), Chisaki by Kayano Ai (Ooe Kanade of Chihayafuru, Lucy of Servant X Service), Kaname by Oosaka Ryouta (Maou of Hataraku, Marco of Titan), and Tsumugu by Ishikawa Kaito (Ledo of Gargantia). I have no complaints about their performance.

So far this looks like one of the more interesting shows this season, not that the competition would have looked awesomely fierce, to be honest. Unless this turns really sour drama wise (which I doubt), I'm sure to keep watching this.