クジラの子らは砂上に歌う - Children of the Whales
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
Recommended!! Recommended to anyone who watches Anime. This show has a decent amount of blood/combat, but it didn't feel too "gory" to me.
Memories, Remembrance, War, Peace, History, Freedom, Identity, Emotions
Episode Notes
Episode 1
find island, find girl, prisoner escape
interesting, girl is an ayanami rei. wow the backgrounds are pretty. the oniichan/records keeper leader guy is cool
Episode 2
heart of the island, emotion stealer. world is at war. girl gets emotions, watch the fireflies. warns of danger, the criminals of the whale. she, dies.
lore, classic cold girl gets a heart story? a lil bit of aikarawazu "romance" hinting. wow the end is a twist i didn't expect.
Episode 3
invasion (more like massacre). people die. prisoner from earlier does a lot of killing, but saving. the girl is the massacre operation's thought to be lost younger sister. there's a gross soldier that's trying to be all buddy buddy with the girl. she's been assigned test subject four. prisoner got some info out of captive invaders, they'll be returning in 7 days for everyone on the ship.
ok yeah there are tears on my face. lots more complications. attempting to solve things peacefully when you're the oppressed? if you dont resist you simply die. there are greater political and personal figures moving. at least on an emotional level, has me hooked
Episode 4
elders try to get suou to help sink the ship. he refuses and gest thrown in jail. little pink hair girl gives mc a dream/vision sequence. attempt to recruit the prisoner guy. attempt to infiltrate past the vigilantes
yeah i'd be pissed too. i'd want to try to save too. very jrpg dream sequence. (then name they're using is lykos). Things are happening. things are starting to move. i like the vigilantes nee-chan character
Episode 5
elders try to directly? attack the Nous. convince the people/some of the elders? to reconsider. pink girl is daughter of the Nous??? Failiana cannot consume emotions, collection of people who refused to be put under the control of Nous. thymia users rise up
elderitch horror type beat. Nous, falina. what does it mean to be remembered, or be forgotten. what happens to existence when we're forgotten. bro really be about assumptions. prejudices. still getting emotional and stinging at these episodes. though its not as intense, i guess? jeez that was all in 20 minutes? crazy. ginshu, ginshu awesome
Episode 6
training. grandma. ouni backstory. sand festival. Aima (twin). infiltration mission.
bruh this grandma??? bruh. lykos and chakuro development. this is nice. the calm before the storm. neuv va for eyepatch. man whot he hell is eyepatch bro. Aima. OOOOOO the sound design is crazy in this show.
Episode 7
extermination in the midst of a sandstorm. singing!!! infil. exterminators. mud whale's thymia is stronger than the empire's. crazy vs eyepatch. infil is goin a little tooooo easy
man i hate this guy. way more emotional than i expected. goddamn singing over "montage"-ish cuts. oh man the clapping/clacking is fucked up. something about dancing during like. war or intense situations. infil team combat is kinda cool. suou feels a little bruh. AAAAA ふらぐが フラグが. i hope ginshu does not die. man. this show is building up a lot of ideas, i hope they go thru in a satisfying or at least not a cringe way.
Episode 8
inful ambushed. hands. crazy v eyepatch. Ryodari backstory. Ouni gang stuff. Ouni is the chosen something? child of the Nous. Why do the marked live short lives?
neri hands. what does this mean for the girls' existence. the empire's ship seemed to have a girl too, by the Nous. oooooo eyepatch development (not actually but like. gets to say something) tradegy of the environment he grew up in. damn. like thats how it usually is, but damn. can still feel something there. man
Episode 9
demonais (ouni), olivinias. refuse the offer. ship crumbles
oh man, instead of emotions, does it feed off of like life force/equivalent? oh its almost like a hivemind thing, only share around the happy memories. itami ya kuyashimi ga bokutachino ikitekita kirokudakara. this feels like an ending. you're telling me there's still three more episodes???? i really do like this recordkeeper framework. omoi. still welling up.
Episode 10
funeral. eyepatch's mom. the little shell "prize" from the ship is a little critter. jester. bath. europe???? aime lore (rudder). collective dream.
whats with the jester bit? have a bit of bad feeling about the jester bit. bath bruh. why do humans cry moment. BRUH what is this guy SAKI GA YOMEINAIIIIII. it really is surprising how much they cram into an episode. so much happens.
Episode 11
trial, daimonas speech. capture a daimonas. steering song. map, ok we're heading to their land now. the truth of the short lifespans. rebellion.
also i think last episode (10) the opening was slightly different? i could be wrong tho. this looks like a custom opening. Nous is the body of gods? there is quite a lot going on, i hope they don't end up having tor ush the ending. something just feel so ominous about the singing. okay thats crazy using the song to steer. the steering being second nature is nuts. wow. Lykos is down. i wonder if it's about everyone else' shorter lifespans?? so yeah it really is their lives they're exchanging instead of emotions. this is like that kino episode where they don't want to leave the island. truly is a story about rebelion. ah man but the rebellion is truly misdirected a bit. oh boy it's a big rebellion. anti-unmarked. okay yeah no way its not gonna be a cliffhanger/to be continued with just one more episode left. really does feel like a war/politics story or something. ah man. ah
Episode 12
menkai, jester appearance. negotiations. funeral. eyepatch ouni. lykos aime. chakuro/sami flashback.speech. reconcile chakuro lycos. singing thru the currents/rapids
wow this jester guy is teetering on that kind of crazy that i usually like...dang.... certainly ominous.there is more politics happening. hm. this orca guy is certain villainous. oh boy ok the scribe is. thisorca guy :\ eyepatch guy certainly does not care for others. (mostly). kankei nai moment. hm. oh yeah theyhave a mount rushmore-like. what's it about flying away (running away?) choosing to stay (choosing to keepthe pain/lows). to be remembered. aw thats cute that there was a younger kid scribe-striver. i wonder ifthis dance is what the pink girl was doing earlier, during the extermination. damn it really did say to becontinued. that. i think that was a good show. it was a little, like, definitely is set up for a new season.but what is/was there is good.