Completed Anime
A Lull in the Sea

“Sea-dwelling teens attend surface school, facing prejudice, personal turmoil, and an impending apocalyptic storm.”

A Lull in the Sea

7.93
831 rank · 635,279 viewers · 9,563 favorites
Drama Fantasy Romance Love Polygon Urban Fantasy
26 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Fall 2013 · P.A. Works · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Sea-dwelling teens attend surface school, facing prejudice, personal turmoil, and an impending apocalyptic storm.

Long ago, all humans lived beneath the sea. However, some people preferred the surface and abandoned living underwater permanently. As a consequence, they were stripped of their god-given protection called "Ena" which allowed them to breathe underwater. Over time, the rift between the denizens of the sea and of the surface widened, although contact between the two peoples still existed. Nagi no Asu kara follows the story of Hikari Sakishima and Manaka Mukaido, along with their childhood friends Chisaki Hiradaira and Kaname Isaki, who are forced to leave the sea and attend a school on the surface. There, the group also meets Tsumugu Kihara, a fellow student and fisherman who loves the sea. Hikari and his friends' lives are bound to change as they have to deal with the deep-seated hatred and discrimination between the people of sea and of the surface, the storms in their personal lives, as well as an impending tempest which may spell doom for all who dwell on the surface.

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8.1 /10

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90% recommend
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median 9 mode 10 σ 2.15
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σ 2.15 · split reception

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6.0 pts

Recommenders 9.1 · others 3.1

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A Tv Production · Fall 2013

P.A. Works.
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Geneon Universal Entertainment · Sotsu

  • Format 26 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 9h 58m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 2013 – Apr 2014 Fall 2013
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-7354 catalog

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