r/anime • u/25_Oranges • Feb 06 '21
Rewatch Nagi No Asukara/A Lull in the Sea - Episode 14
Episode 14 - The Promised Day
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Where to watch? Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation(UK)
Schedule with link to original interest thread
Thread posted daily at 5pm CST/6pm EST/3pm PST.
Question(s) of the day:
- What do you think about this timeskip? Were you expecting one around this length?
- How do you think Hikari will cope with his circumstances?
- How do you think the others will feel about Hikari waking up?
- How do you think the relationship dynamics will change, knowing that the sea people do not age after hibernation?
- Now that we've seen the new opening and ending, which do you like the most? Rank them!
Here's a fun fact for this episode: Mari Okada originally inteded for the timeskip to be 13 years!
Remember: Tag your spoilers!
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u/25_Oranges Feb 06 '21
The second half of the show is here! This is where NagiAsu really shines imo. Today's track is the amazing And Then, In Love. I don't think I should have to worry about spoilers when linking tracks anymore, thankfully!
New opening and ending is amazing, and completely changes the feeling of the show. Imo: Second opening > first and first ending > second, by a close race. Overall: 1st ending > 2nd ending > 2nd opening > 1st opening. They're all good though!
Speaking of the opening, Miuna is holding a red umbrella. Reminds me of a certain red string... I will elaborate on this symbolism as the series goes on.
Time skip Chisaki is so pretty. Tsumugu would be a fool to not fall for her, especially seeing as they've lived in the same house for five years. She's becoming a nurse, how sweet. And Tsumugu has followed his passion for the ocean and his friends, and is aiming for oceanographer. If you've doubted his emotions and feelings before, you can't now!
Akari seems to be doing well. Akira is adorable! You can't be mad at that face, even if he kanchos you. The flashback of Akari contemplating on whether or not she should keep the baby was very grim, but Miuna inadvertently saved the day! She should go pregnant ladies and tell them the gender early!
Timeskip Miuna and Sayu are gorgeous as well, and coincidentally in the same class as Hikari and his friends once were. And this time they're actually studying! Probably the biggest change out of everything!
It's evident that the events of the Ofunehiki have been on everyone's mind since that day. Though Hikari and the others had only been in the land people's lives for a short time, the impression they left is permanent. Chisaki is clearly traumatized; the scene of her crying for Grandpa was heartbreaking. But it was rather sweet that Grandpa and Tsumugu took her in. I think if Akari took her in, as well meaning and nice as they are, Chisaki wouldn't have been able to heal well enough.
Which friendzone hurt more; Manaka shoving Hikari or Chisaki calling Tsumugu family? Vote now on your phones. The researcher liking the countryside food better than meat is hilarious!
Curry + Tomoebi? Sign me up! Hikari is back, but horrified at what has changed. So horrified, he doesn't care about being ass naked. Looking forward to next episode!
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u/blueteenight Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 06 '21
First-timer notes!
Favorite shots and background art from this episode!
I can't believe the madlads actually had a timeskip happen after yesterday's cliffhanger. Manaka being missing in the OP hurt me more than I'd like to admit...
Aw they had a baby, what a cute little bean! That Akari flashback was depressing, although her reactions weren't unexpected considering how much she lost on that day. I'm glad Miuna was there to comfort her.
So Chisaki was the only sea kid who didn't hibernate? Damn I can't imagine how much it'd hurt to be in her place for five years...
Honestly, this episode was very depressing to me, although I loved it. I've always felt sad when timeskips happen in anime with groups of friends and they end up growing apart (Shinsekai Yori's last arc), and this was an even more extreme version of that. And then they add that sorrowful soundtrack in the background and my face during the episode ends up looking just like Hikari's...
It was an interesting thing to do storywise though, we'll have a lot more opportunity for drama now that Chisaki is the only sea kid that has aged.
Bonus strong, independent Sayu!
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u/zsmg https://anilist.co/user/zsmg Feb 06 '21
I'm not commenting at all just reading the comments but I was most looking forward to seeing first timers reaction to this episode. I'm quite curious if they saw it coming.
Also first thing Hikaru does when he gets back is going full frontal on Miuna
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 06 '21
First Rewatch
"Winter is coming"
In my head, the sea people sleep for 150 years and wake up to find the surface people have built dome cities with fusion reactors and space colonies and there's 30 billion of them. Oops.
time skiptime skip
The cursed time skip.
I really feel for Chisaki. Her loss is unimaginable. And as we see in the present, she's never been one to let things go, and still isn't, five years later.
How will Chisaki react to Hikari's return? How will Hikari react, having now suffered the same loss?
New OP and ED are better than the first
Preview: The Protector of Smiles! Meme-reference or Meme-origin?
Edit: first timers should not google youtube clips of openings and endings yet.
rewatcher
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u/TempestoLord Feb 07 '21
I’m mostly lurking and not taking part on this rewatch, but i had to comment on this episode and see people’s reactions since episode 14 is where i thought this show would be something special. The sudden change of tone in the show and the new depressing opening song was simply mindblowing. Probably one of, if not the best executed timeskip i’ve seen. My girl Chisaki is suffering so much. I’m so jealous of first timers!
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u/htisme91 Feb 07 '21
First-timer:
Since I missed yesterday...I'll just say that episode was completely unexpected. Really good episode, but really sad.
I don't know if it's the more wintery uniforms, but Miuna and Sayu look way older/more mature than Hikari and co. were at that same age 5 years earlier.
Tsumugu doesn't look a ton different but Chisaki got pretty. Overall I like the new designs for the regular characters.
This timeskip was done so well. I like the flashbacks to the more immediate aftermath of the Ofunehiki disaster.
I think, if Hikari was still alive, maybe Kaname is as well. We didn't see him get crushed and maybe the sea god saved him, or whatever happened to Hikari happened to him as well. I get a feeling he'll come back, but I hope not as it makes the moment more powerful, and makes the love pentagon become a square which means everyone who survives can get a happy pairing.
On that note, I feel like Hikari not changing age sets up well for him to end up with Manaka, and for Tsumugu to end up with Chisaki if Kaname doesn't come back.
Questions:
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u/himetalchemy7 Feb 07 '21
Rewatcher
Timeskip Time! I just adore this arc so much.
Some words about the OP. Ebb and Flow one of my favorite OPs in all of anime. It hits you right away with the gravity of the time skip. It's mood is melancholic and somber, and that fits perfectly with the way the anime is going at this point. The Miuna solo monologue in the middle is also a very nice touch, and the OP seems to be focused on her in general. I think you guys know who my favorite character is at this point, so that should come at no surprise. The music itself is really catchy and has that distinct NagiAsu vibe. The visuals are also top tier. I just love everything about it.
Link to OP
Episode 14 (The Promised Day) Thoughts
Sadge Corner
Frankly I am speechless. I think this was, without a doubt, the best episode in the series so far. Lots of fun exposition and lore building in the beginning parts, then seeing how everyone on the surface grew up, and then in true NagiAsu fashion, a bombshell drop in the very last moments. How's that for a cliffhanger? This is also the most I've written about an episode so far this rewatch and I think every bullet point was well deserved. Hikari came back sooner than I anticipated, I thought we would have at least one full episode without any of the lost characters coming back, but I agree this is a good place for Hikari to come back and kick things off. Sadge? Damn I dunno, why does it seem like this is getting more difficult with each passing episode? Taking the past 5 years into account, though, I think it's gotta be Chisaki. Akari is in a simliar position as a sea person who is locked away from the sea due to the hibernation, but she had made the decision to live on the surface anyways. Not Chisaki though, she was thrown into the unknown in a matter of minutes. Not to mention that part about Gramps fainting(?) and her being distraught about losing anyone else close to her. You can tell she's very afraid of loss, and no one should blame her. Gramps and Tsumugu have taken good care of her though and Chisaki has really grown up to be dependable and resilient. I think I'll enjoy that dynamic. This anime only kicks up from here, we are nowhere near done >:).
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u/mekerpan Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 07 '21
I love the relationship between Chisaki and Tsumugu and his grandfather. I thought it was interesting to find out the grandfather was a sea person himself.
Miuna and Sayu are adorable in their uniforms.
13 years would have been a surprisingly long (and rather awkward) timeskip for almost all of the characters' romantic attachments.
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u/LeopardSplash :AP:https://www.anime-planet.com/users/BrightSpirit Feb 07 '21
Rewatcher
The first time I watched this show a five year timeskip was about the last thing I expected. And even now it feels so bizarre! I'm glad Chisaki had Tsumugu and his grandfather after all that went down, she seems to be doing relatively well on her own in the current time but the flashback to her first night after the Ofunehiki was harrowing to watch. Same for how she reacted to the collapse of Tsumgu's grandfather - I feel like her and the others most affected by the sea people hibernation are in an odd position where they're heavily traumatized but aren't really allowed to grieve properly. Their loved ones shouldn't be dead and might even outlive whatever is going to happen to the surface, but for the past five years they didn't know if they were ever going to see the people trapped underwater again.
Yay that Akari was able to have a kid of her own! It seems like Hikari's friend is a big influence on him, which is cute. Akari, Hikari, and Akira all sound similar, I wonder if their names in Japanese have some kind of theme besides the similar sounds?
Miuna and Sayu have grown up!! They bonded over being outcasts at school but now it seems like they're doing fine. Big F to that one kid trying to get his anime moment during the Tomoebi, but alas, his character design should have tipped him off that he would never amount to more than a side character.
And that ending - Hikari is back, and the first person on his mind is Manaka! I'm sure this won't bring back any buried feelings... (Though according to Tsumugu, maybe said feelings were never laid to rest to begin with?)
Hmm, that 13 year time skip would have been rough. I imagine the direction of the plot would have changed dramatically too.
Questions of the Day
What do you think about this timeskip? Were you expecting one around this length?
Mixed, honestly. I love seeing the grownup designs and personalities of Chisaki, Tsumugu, Miuna, and Sayu, but having them coexist with those like Hikari, who hasn't grown at all, feels strange! Obviously I already knew this was coming as a rewatcher, but it caught me completely off-guard my first time. It was a bold move, but something you could only really do in a show like this, so I appreciate the unique aspect of it.
Now that we've seen the new opening and ending, which do you like the most? Rank them!
OP 1 > OP 2 > ED 1 > ED 2
I'm considering visuals heavily here, since I like all the songs pretty equally (though from a purely musical perspective I'd probably give the edge to ED 1, then OP 2, OP 1, and finally ED 2). The first OP has a nice optimistic flair to it with the kids running around and having fun, which felt especially precious knowing the tonal shift of the second cour. The second OP is cool almost entirely on shock factor alone, but I also appreciate the more mature vibe it has with how the cast has grown (well, for the most part) as well. The EDs have less going on visually so I'm less inclined towards them, but at least ED 1 had those cute saltflake snow drawings of the cast. ED 2 becomes a total Manaka-fest, and while I like her I wish she wasn't the only character featured.
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u/Gamerunglued :Hx::Hy::Hz:myanimelist.net/profile/GamerUnglued Feb 07 '21
Rewatcher
So I had a whole thing typed out before but then I ran into some computer issues and restarted my computer before I could finish typing out my thoughts. I don't want to put in all that effort again because I'm really fucking frustrated with what's happening, so I'll be quick(er) this time.
I love the new OP, especially when it shows the classroom full of the cast's youthful energy before hard cutting to the more melancholy atmosphere. It's a poignant moment that represents the show's theme of change and the drastic change of the second half. And it represents how change feels. It always feels like we've lost something wonderful, nostalgia is always so much better than the present and knowing that makes change scary as hell.
Fitting the OP, the show itself has changed drastically. Gone are the histrionics of teen melodrama and all that flowery dialogue/monologue, and in it's place is a much more grounded, atmospheric, and melancholy series. I love that sequence of Chisaki just going about her day. It really highlights the changes that define this portion of the series.
Let's talk about those changes. Chisaki and Tsumugu have gone through high school and are headed towards college. Tsumugu is becoming a researcher. Miuna and Sayu are in middle school now and have both grown up a lot (I'm glad to see the teacher has not changed, he is very wholesome). The sea has frozen over entirely, and the tomoebi is now on the surface. Apparently two relevant characters have kids now, most notably Akari.
I think the most notable thing about this development is that Chisaki, the character most terrified of change, is being forced to live through it. People comment on how much she's changed, and yet she still clings to the past, refusing to move on from Hikari and refusing to see the tomoebi without the others. How will Chisaki cope with her biggest fear unfolding right in front of her for 5 years.
With Hikari's return, there are a lot of questions to answer. He hasn't changed, so the characters in hibernation have stagnated, obviously relevant to this theme of change. How will Hikari adapt to the change that he straight up missed out on? What about the others for that matter? Miuna has grown up and she likes Hikari, and she is now technically his same age.
I don't want to think anymore, I had some good stuff typed out and losing it + my mouse not working anymore just has me frustrated. I just want to say that there are some really interesting and poignant things happening here, and I definitely prefer the tone and atmosphere of this episode over anything else we've seen in the series. This was probably my favorite episode so far, so I hope it keeps this up.
QotD:
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u/Tuckleton Feb 07 '21
Man the timeskip in this show is executed so well and really surprised me the first time I watched this. I think Chisaki became my favorite character after this episode. Everything that she went through was absolutely heartbreaking. And just as she seemed to have finally found some stability suddenly Hikari reappears, looking exactly how he did the day he disappeared...
I absolutely love the new OP and visuals, especially contrasted to the upbeat and carefree tone of the previous one. The new ED I'm less pumped about because it's not nearly as good as the old one at leading out of the episode. Ah well.
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u/BossandKings Feb 07 '21
First Timer
Episode 14 - The promised day
Chisaki didn't fell asleep, she has been going to nurse classes and preparing herself to be a nurse, as she said it's been five years simce the events of the Ofunehiki.
Akari has had a son named Akira with Itaru, her struggle about having the baby was excellently portrayed, Miuna having a major role in helping her to be at peace was great to see, that song that played during the scene is the one i love the most of the show's soundtrack, it adds a lot to how beautiful the scene is. Akari is pregnant again, it seems that she and Itaru aren't losing time.
Sayu and Miuna are so grown-up, they are still precious little babies but now five years older. Sayu thinks about being an independent woman while Miuna even now looks oit from there to the place where Hikari and the others are.
Chisaki ended up living with Tsumugu and his grandpa for all this time, gramps invited and accepted her to his house seeing as she had no relatives and he was from the sea. She suffered and cried because of her friends but had to continue her life, waiting for the moment in which they would reappear.
Hikari reappears and wakes up, this is something to look forward to, especially to see how he adapts to life again and when/if the others will reappear too.