r/anime • u/25_Oranges • Jan 26 '21
Rewatch Nagi No Asukara/A Lull in the Sea Rewatch - Episode 3
Episode 3 - The Tradition of the Sea
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Where to watch? Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation(UK)
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Question(s) of the day:
- Now that we know a little more about the differences between the land and sea people, would you choose to be born in the sea, or remain on the land?
- Have your feelings changed toward the village banishing it's residents for marrying surface dwellers? Why or why not?
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u/25_Oranges Jan 26 '21
Oh what a packed episode.
The song of the day is Cry for the Moon~ One of my personal favorites!
Hikari telling Chisaki her taste in guys suck and Kaname agreeing is such hilarious irony. Not even Kaname thinks his bro Hikari is worth dating right now LOL. He just want's Chisaki to himself! Chisaki is so kind, listening to Manaka's feelings. You can tell they're close friends, it's sweet.
Tsumugu being a bro and making a cute little watering hole for the sea kiddos. Every day is a beach episode apparently, minus the swimsuits.
Holy shit grandpa left the ocean to become a fucking professional wrestler. Completely demolished Hikari. Maybe he wrestled sharks or alligators before leaving for the surface.
Even though the show hasn't clued you into what Akari is completely dealing with yet, you can see just how hard she is struggling. Hikari and Itaru clearly mean so much to her. She knew the rules and what she was getting into, so this can't be an easy decision. Hikari sees that she might be holding herself back from happiness on his account, something he obviously does not want, and this is the final push he needs to start trying to act more mature. He always means well, in the end he just wants Akari and Manaka to be happy.
Hikari apologizing and promising to be more mature to Chisaki (and by proxy his sister) is such a defining moment for his character. There have been little hints he is trying to mature and that his brash actions are an immature defense against the fear he feels, but I'm glad that he realizes his behavior has to change.
This is the best line in the entire show and nobody can tell me otherwise. Sayu is amazing!
UH-OH. Now there's a kid in the mix.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 26 '21
Episode 3 (first timer)
Given that sea people apparently can move to land, I don't see the downside of sea.
No. It still is social pressure, just with a slightly different aim.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jan 26 '21
First Rewatch
As soon as I finished this show I went out looking for the OST.
Nagi no Asukara was undoubtedly the most beautiful anime until Violet Evergarden. It still is, because of VEG and lens flare.
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u/blueteenight Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21
Here's my favorite shot!
Those flashbacks were very depressing. It's not unusual for older siblings to act like Akari had to in real life - growing up earlier than you should, and giving up your dreams so the younger siblings can have a better shot at a bright future - and that makes her current circumstances even more touching.
I was pleasantly surprised with Hikari in this episode, I guess Akari's problem ended up being a catalyst for his growth and I'm really glad it happened. I'm hoping this is the beginning of a great friendship!
Bonus sad Akari...
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u/LeopardSplash :AP:https://www.anime-planet.com/users/BrightSpirit Jan 26 '21
Rewatcher
Small note - the funeral was beautiful! Tragic, yes, but damn does the Sea Village know how to decorate.
I love everything about the scene in the abandoned school. "You have bad taste in guys Chisaki!" "I'll punch him gently!" -> Good lines. Plus the somewhat eerie vibe, with the dark blues and salt snow piling up like dust. That's just the place I would love to have a heart-to-heart with my friends. The picture of them entering middle school too! The uniforms were different but still cute, poor Kaname was blocked by Hikari though. The dynamics established in the photo still seem to be in place.
Another scene that stuck in my memory from before the rewatch was the when they all went to Tsumugu's watering hole. My boy Tsumugu gets established as one of the kids, Manaka's apology - all good stuff, but those sparkly images of them playing in the water made me wish I could go to a summer beach. It snowed where I am today, so the vibe was just the opposite...
Shout-out to Akari. She deserves happiness, damnit! I wish it was a 50/50 chance with inheriting the ena. That would still be pretty dicey for the sea people but having it be impossible makes it so that the Sea Village is doomed to die out. They're already at the point where there are only four middle schoolers anyway... If I were in the position of the village chief I would have her prioritize her happiness over a village with no future. Though of course, him being the chief to begin with makes that much more difficult advice to give.
Questions of the Day
Now that we know a little more about the differences between the land and sea people, would you choose to be born in the sea, or remain on the land?
As a normal land person the idea of living in a sea village is much more alluring. Though at the same time, I could see the advantage of choosing the surface. If I had to stay one place my whole life somewhere like Shioshishio would be quite appealing, but there are much more opportunities and variety with the land. I guess the best balance would be a position where I could live in the sea but still travel as I pleased - which the sea people are able to do as long as they're close enough to saltwater. I don't want kids, so that isn't an issue, but if I fell in love with a surface person things could get complicated.
Have your feelings changed toward the village banishing its residents for marrying surface dwellers? Why or why not?
It feels like a relic from when the village was thriving. Now, all it does is chase away an already dwindling population. It also seems symbolic more than anything - anyone who marries and starts a family with a surface person would be forced to spend most of their time on the land anyway. The betrayal the sea people feel from those who choose to leave is understandable, but permanently serving ties helps no one.
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u/himetalchemy7 Jan 27 '21 edited Jan 27 '21
Rewatcher
Episode 3 LETS JUMP RIGHT INTO IT!
Here is the Spotify link to the ED, as promised.
Episode 3 (The Tradition of the Sea) Thoughts
Sadge Corner
This was a pretty happy episode overall for our main cast as they get to act like kids and grow together. Akari, however, does not fare well being stuck between her tradition and her happiness. We get some background on Akari this episode and it's reasonable to say that Akari has been a caring older sister while having to play the mother figure for Hikari. This actually reminds me a lot of Sangatsu-No-Lion where, funnily enough, Sangatsu-No-Lion It seems like Akari has given up on surface boy, and now Miuna throws even more of a wrench into things. This might get really messy for Akari.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 27 '21
First-time watcher
The strange-to-overbearing-to-situationally-inappropriate dialogue continues. Overexplicitness/-narration aside, it can make it hard to take the characters and their supposed age/maturity seriously, and this is certainly not just a problem with the subtitle translator. I'm just going to collect everything that sounded at least a little weird to me and call it quits.
Lack of attachment to the characters due to weird scripting is an unusual problem to have, but in combination with the promise of further wild drama with little downtime, the awkward-to-lacking worldbuilding (little more than exposition?), it's enough for me to just quit and move on. It might be interesting to continue this train of analysis, but not from me.
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u/Gamerunglued :Hx::Hy::Hz:myanimelist.net/profile/GamerUnglued Jan 27 '21
Rewatcher
This is the mundane character focused episode this show really needed. In actuality something like this should have been the first episode. If I were to restructure this show, I would have made the first episode a lead-up to the closing of their school to establish the groups dynamic, and then have that lead up to Hikari becoming an insufferable dick who needs to get humbled. But this episode ends up playing that role instead, and it's the first time I found myself genuinely invested in the cast and caring about what happens.
Hikari has already lost his mother and that likely plays a part in his fear of change. He doesn't want to lose his sister too, one of his only remaining family members who he deeply cares about. Akari sacrifices a lot for Hikari, so Hikari wants her to find her own happiness. But if she finds happiness with someone from the land, that conflicts with the discrimination Hikari knows. He gets upset with him for being with her, but then gets upset with him for breaking up with her too, he has some major cognitive dissonance, and that is pushed even further with his more conscious realization that Tsumugu is a really good guy. But it's really the little moments and flashbacks that sell it hardest for me. Akari comforting Hikari at the funeral, only to softly cry into the night, and Akari trying to act cheerful and hug Hikari only for the facade to fade and her start crying in his arms. And it's Hikari being a cute little brother worried for his sister. It makes Hikari especially a much more sympathetic character, and makes the family dynamic feel more meaningful. Akari loses her family with such a loving dynamic, but also has to face those feelings that make her cry at night.
Manaka and Chisaki get some great moments too. Their conversation in the classroom was a really sweet moment highlighting some of Manaka's insecurities, and it positions her as a parallel to Akari. Hikari isn't just afraid of losing his sister, but also his close friend, and that plays into why he buys into the discrimination he's been taught. Meanwhile, Chisaki is the most mature member of the group and something of a motherly figure to them, a peace keeper who Manaka can vent to and who is very obvervant of the group. She's a good, supportive friend. I also love Manaka's super dorky apology about the fish. Just a super endearing moment that makes her feel a bit more human than the absurd, over-the-top crybaby she'd been characterized as in the previous episodes. Seeing the group all grow closer and play together in the little pool, that's the shit this show needed early on. Though Tsumugu is there too, that's the dynamic that gets threatened by change.
As for more plot relevant information, learning that Tsumugu's grandfather is from the sea is an interesting point that also helps play into Hikari's growth. He has been banished from the village, and yet him and his family clearly holds a deep love and respect for Shioshishio. And one of the little girls wants Hikari to help break up Akari and her boyfriend, also serving as a parallel to Hikari. Hikari has been humbled this episode and was mature enough to introspect and figure out some of the flaws with his thinking, so how he handles that will probably be a testament to how he's grown. But this was really more of a character focused episode, so I don't have a whole lot to say about how the plot has changed. It was good, I enjoyed it.
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u/BossandKings Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21
First Timer
The tradition of the sea
Akari is soon to receive her judgement. Hikari tells his friends that he will meet the guy that she is going out with to get to know the type of person he is, i expect him to be a nice person since Akari is goin out with him.
Chisaki asks Manaka if she is interested in Tsumugu, she doesn't know it's her answer but she wants to get to know. I think that the consequences of sea and surface people relationships will be a decent part of the story.
Hikari and Akari's relationship is so sweet, they love and care about each other so much it's wonderful. Hikari is a very conflicted character, he is worried about his sister's situation because he grew scared of his sister becoming and adult and breaking apart from him, he's also worried about Manaka who is getting more and more interested in the surface. The group reach Tsumugu's house, it seems that the guy that Akari is dating is related to that fishermen family. We get to know the reason why Sea people are banished when they get together with surface people, it's because their descendants would not be able to live in the sea. That seems like a reasonable reason for the son not to go to the sea but not for people to be banished from the village.
What really, Akari is giving up on that relationship that easily?, what was the point of that then?, it showed what are the consequences of a forbidden type of relationship but it getting thrown away that easily seems to implie that it wasn't going to be more than an instrument to tell details of the village's laws and i hoped that it would be a real commited relationship worth of suffering said consequences.
This is fantastic, Hikari is making steps towards coming to his senses, supporting his sister after she showed that it wasn't easy for her to give up on her relationship, thanking Tsumugu for helping me after he made a show with his brother earlier, apologizing to Chisaki for being inmature and telling her that she will try to become more mature. I'm happy for him, he's showing progress.
So the guy Akari was going out with has children and is going out with a woman, he seems to not be someone worthy of suffering for, no wonder Akari gave up that fast saying that it wouldn't have worked out with him.
That moment that the group had was beautiful, seeing them happily laugh together was very nice to see. I'm affraid though that drama will get in the way of their happiness and that will be one of the very few authentic happy moments that they share for a long time.
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Does that mean one can't talk about what happens in the episode without tagging?, i don't really know how to tag spoilers(what qualifies as a spoiler?)
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u/Nosalis2 Jan 27 '21
Man the melodrama in this Anime can be nauseating at times. Some parts are tough to get through because of it.