The aquatope on white sand
The two girls met in the ruins of damaged dream
Kukuru Misakino, an 18-year-old high school girl working in an aquarium, meets Fuuka Miyazawa, a former idol who lost her place in Tokyo and escaped. Fuuka will spend her days in the aquarium with her own thoughts in mind. However, the crisis of closing is approaching for the aquarium, as the girls explore their dreams and reality, loneliness and friends, bonds and conflicts.
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24 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
0124 minS1:E1 The Tropical Fish Ran Away
Fuka wanders off to Okinawa after quitting her idol job in Tokyo. There, she meets Kukuru, who is the director at Gama Gama Aquarium.
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0224 minS1:E2 Getting Wet Is Part of the Job
Fuka finds out why Kukuru is working so hard to keep the aquarium running. She’s asked to feed the penguins for an event, but things don’t go quite as planned.
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0324 minS1:E3 Life Begins in the Ocean
With Grandpa out of town, Kukuru and Fuuka work together to feed and weigh the penguins. Kukuru notices something wrong with one of the penguins, and decides to call the vet, who is on maternity leave.
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0424 minS1:E4 Tropical Fish in Boots
The touch pool, where people are invited to touch sea creatures with their own hands, is the biggest event of the summer at Gama Gama Aquarium. Kukuru, Kai, Kuuya and Fuuka are hard at work to prepare.
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0524 minS1:E5 Mother Arrives
Fuuka’s mother comes to Gama Gama Aquarium to take her home, but she isn’t ready to leave just yet.
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0624 minS1:E6 Sweets Rhapsody
Kukuru and the crew brainstorm for ways to attract more visitors to Gama Gama Aquarium. They decide to try selling some sweets.
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0724 minS1:E7 Ice Cream Toast
With shaved ice a success and new visitors drawn to Gama Gama Aquarium, Kukuru’s grandfather insists that the crew take a break.
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0824 minS1:E8 crab crisis
Karin finds a venue for a traveling aquarium at the pediatrics ward of the local clinic. The head nurse there has a fear of crabs.
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0924 minS1:E9 Cinderella, the Spy
Haebaru Chiyu is at Gama Gama Aquarium from Aquarium Tingarla to study how they do things, but she butts heads with Kukuru.
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1024 minS1:E10 Abandoned Illusions
With the Gama Gama Aquarium soon to be closed, Kukuru is desperate to find ways to keep it afloat. She tries to figure out a way to market the illusions that people had been witnessing there.
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1124 minS1:E11 At the End of the Siege
A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.
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1224 minS1:E12 Our Oceans Are Endless
It’s Gama Gama Aquarium’s last day, and it’s receiving a lot of visitors. The staff are hard at work to make it memorable.
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1324 minS1:E13 Tingarla in the Far Away Ocean
A year has passed since Gama Gama closed, and Kukuru has found work at Aquarium Tingarla. But for some reason, she’s assigned to Marketing.
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1424 minS1:E14 Penguin Chaser
Fuuka has returned to Okinawa to find a dejected Kukuru, struggling to do well at work.
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1524 minS1:E15 The Great Sea Slug Debate
Kukuru is tasked with coming up with ideas for an event, but her proposal comes with some serious challenges.
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1624 minS1:E16 Shout-Out to the Tattered
A penguin egg is about to hatch at Tingarla. The penguins team is set to stay the night at the aquarium, but Chiyu can’t make it, so Kukuru offers to take her place.
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1724 minS1:E17 Hangout Spot Kuragefuu
It’s been a while since Kukuru and Fuuka had the same day off, so they host a get-together with their coworkers.
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1824 minS1:E18 When the Light Shines
Akari comes up with an idea for an event at the aquarium, but she doesn’t seem to be particularly enthusiastic. Kukuru wants to change that.
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1924 minS1:E19 Goodbye, High Heels
Aquarium Tingarla is visited by a TV crew who is there to document a penguin hatchling’s growth. Fuuka wants to turn down her opportunity to be on TV again.
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2024 minS1:E20 Lost Plankton
A dolphin is lost in the waters near Tingarla. Kukuru is eager to check up on it, but she is busy preparing for an upcoming project proposal, so the staff take turns visiting the dolphin.
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2124 minS1:E21 Dreams of Blue Turtles
With work not going smoothly and having seen Gama Gama demolished, Kukuru leaves work to go to the sub-islands.
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2224 minS1:E22 Ready to Return
Having watched the sea turtle hatchlings, Kukuru returns to Tingarla with a renewed sense of purpose, and resumes work on the wedding venue project.
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2324 minS1:E23 The Future of the Aquarium
The director announces a new research facility to be built at Tingarla. Two people will be chosen to study at a similar facility in Hawaii.
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2424 minS1:E24 The Aquatope on White Sand
Aquarium Tingarla is hard at work preparing to carry out the aquarium wedding project that Kukuru spearheaded.
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