Episode 4, “Tropical Fish In Boots,” trades in newborns for more work at Gama Gama, spending most of its time with the cast preparing for some summer events as Fuuka and Kukuru continue to grow close. Immediately, it’s clear that Fuuka and Kukuru are much closer: their adventures in birth -and working together, which was really the point- have made their shared dream of caring for the aquarium much more real. While it might not yet be Fuuka’s dream in full, she does work quite hard in episode 4 to support her promise to Kukuru to do right by Gama Gama, and honestly y’all? It’s sweet, and cements Fuuka as the best character in this series.
All of this plays into their main objective this episode: setting up the interactive touch pools, which are a personal favorite of mine anytime I visited an aquarium in Japan. And of course, Fuuka is thrust into the thick of it as an…
