I would like to begin by telling you that for the sake of my watch —and subsequently, my reviews— I will be considering The aquatope on white sand to be a yuri series. Whether or not we’ll get actual yuri in this original story or not is up in the air. Regardless, I can’t help but see this as yuri-coded right from the start. That said, aquariums and water-themed places are known hangouts for women who love women, so… we’ll just see how things go, starting with episode 1, “The Tropical Fish Ran Away.”
We start off in balmy, sunny Okinawa on a clear blue day. It solidly establishes the island—a former kingdom turned Japan’s southernmost and westernmost prefecture—as the setting for the story of two girls: blue-haired Kukuru, and fallow brown-haired Yuka. The opening is quite pleasant: it’s beautifully scored with the distinct sound of a sanshin paired with…
