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The Aquatope on White Sand

“Former idol Fuuka joins Kukuru's desperate fight to save a failing Okinawan aquarium before summer ends.”

The Aquatope on White Sand

7.52
2,043 rank · 181,985 viewers · 1,438 favorites
Drama Workplace
24 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Summer 2021 · P.A. Works · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Former idol Fuuka joins Kukuru's desperate fight to save a failing Okinawan aquarium before summer ends.

After leaving her idol career behind, Fuuka Miyazawa finds herself on a spontaneous flight to Okinawa instead of returning home to her pity party in Morioka. Bearing a heavy heart and nowhere to go, she aimlessly wanders around the area until she stumbles upon Gama Gama Aquarium—an aging aquarium on the verge of closing down. With a lack of visitors and costly but necessary repairs needed to keep its doors open, the director is faced with shutting down the establishment for good by the end of the summer. The director's aquatic life-loving granddaughter—Kukuru Misakino—cannot stand the thought of the aquarium closing and is determined to make enough money by the end of the season to keep the doors open. Seeing the unique magic of the aquarium, Fuuka begs Kukuru for a job; however, she soon finds that her lack of experience makes her more of a hindrance than anything else. At the same time, Kukuru realizes that her ambitious goal might be more than she can handle. With mounting pressure from all around them, will Kukuru and Fuuka be able to save the one place they hold close to their hearts?

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Community consensus

Derived from 69 sampled reviews

7.6 /10

What 69 viewers settled on.

91% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 8 σ 1.80
1510
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Polarized

σ 1.80 · split reception

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The polarity gap

4.8 pts

Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.8

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Score over time

↓ 0.36

Running avg · Aug 2021 → Apr 2025

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A Tv Production · Summer 2021

P.A. Works.
in association with

BS Fuji · Tokyo MX

  • Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
  • Aired Jul 2021 – Dec 2021 Summer 2021
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-18903 catalog

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