The aquatope on white sand
6.5
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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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1Episode 1The Tropical Fish Ran Away
24 min
Fuka wanders off to Okinawa after quitting her idol job in Tokyo. There, she meets Kukuru, who is the director at Gama Gama Aquarium.
2Episode 2Getting Wet Is Part of the Job
24 min
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.
3Episode 3Life Begins in the Ocean
24 min
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.
4Episode 4Tropical Fish in Boots
24 min
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.
5Episode 5Mother Arrives
24 min
Fuuka’s mother comes to Gama Gama Aquarium to take her home, but she isn’t ready to leave just yet.
6Episode 6Sweets Rhapsody
24 min
Kukuru and the crew brainstorm for ways to attract more visitors to Gama Gama Aquarium. They decide to try selling some sweets.
7Episode 7Ice Cream Toast
24 min
With shaved ice a success and new visitors drawn to Gama Gama Aquarium, Kukuru’s grandfather insists that the crew take a break.
8Episode 8crab crisis
24 min
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.
9Episode 9Cinderella, the Spy
24 min
Haebaru Chiyu is at Gama Gama Aquarium from Aquarium Tingarla to study how they do things, but she butts heads with Kukuru.
10Episode 10Abandoned Illusions
24 min
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.
11Episode 11At the End of the Siege
24 min
A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.
12Episode 12Our Oceans Are Endless
24 min
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.
13Episode 13Tingarla in the Far Away Ocean
24 min
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.
14Episode 14Penguin Chaser
24 min
Fuuka has returned to Okinawa to find a dejected Kukuru, struggling to do well at work.
15Episode 15The Great Sea Slug Debate
24 min
Kukuru is tasked with coming up with ideas for an event, but her proposal comes with some serious challenges.
16Episode 16Shout-Out to the Tattered
24 min
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.
17Episode 17Hangout Spot Kuragefuu
24 min
It’s been a while since Kukuru and Fuuka had the same day off, so they host a get-together with their coworkers.
18Episode 18When the Light Shines
24 min
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.
19Episode 19Goodbye, High Heels
24 min
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.
20Episode 20Lost Plankton
24 min
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.
21Episode 21Dreams of Blue Turtles
24 min
With work not going smoothly and having seen Gama Gama demolished, Kukuru leaves work to go to the sub-islands.
22Episode 22Ready to Return
24 min
Having watched the sea turtle hatchlings, Kukuru returns to Tingarla with a renewed sense of purpose, and resumes work on the wedding venue project.
23Episode 23The Future of the Aquarium
24 min
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.
24Episode 24The Aquatope on White Sand
24 min
Aquarium Tingarla is hard at work preparing to carry out the aquarium wedding project that Kukuru spearheaded.
