Duffy the Disney Bear Adventures: Birthdays at Disney World Part 2

It's so early...I don't think Mom is awake yet.

XO So how did you like the first post on the birthday trip to Disney World? Well my birthday was in January but there were a lot more birthdays in February. On the first day we had to make our way to Orlando so all went to is the hotel and Downtown Disney. But on the second day, Saturday, it was time to celebrate at the Magic Kingdom. The threat of rain can't keep this Duffy down, lets go on more adventures!

Due to Dad's insanity we got to the park at 8:07. Magic Kingdom opened at 9 am.

Look how empty the park is. It looks like fun. Hopefully the time goes by fast so we can go in!

Onward to adventures!

The second the park was opened we walked....briskly to the Peter Pan ride. There was no line which is the only way Dad will ride it. XD Yay for us.

We have been in the park for 5 minutes now. Time to ride it's a small world. XO No one was on the ride at all, we got an entire boat to ourselves. Actually Scruffy and I got a whole ROW to ourselves!

We have been in the park for 10 minutes. We need to have more fun!!!! So we went to watch Philharmagic. Dad loves this show a lot. He loves it so much we saw it twice today.

20 minutes into the park and we have done 3 things. What a grand day, getting to the park so early. No one was really crowding in yet so me and Scruffy got an entire horse on the carousel weeee!

Exploring New Fantasyland with Pirate Scruffy.

Those look too yummy to eat....

Since we got up so early we got to eat lunch early. We were the first people to order at this place called Tomorrowland Terrace. It is never open when Mom and Dad go so this was a real treat.

The view from the table. Look at how pretty this is. It should be opened more often.

This place is so nice mom. Quiet too.

Mom brought her backpack with her today because it was going to rain. :( So I spent some of the time.....very squished in the bag. But other times I got to see Disney World from this point of view. XD

Time for more pirate adventures.

I found the rum......err I mean next clue.

No! We will be good I promise!

I found a lot of rum......

The taco place was opened again today. So everyone bought...desserts.

This is a lot of ammo....

Excuse me have you seen the treasure?

No treasure this way....

Maybe the treasure is this way!

Pirates do like their barrels...

Do you think we can fit this all in the car?

Time to see the jungle book and the back side of water.

I wish I had a big suitcase like this.

Yay! We get to see the Tiki room today. I like this show.

We rode Pooh earlier in the day but we decided to ride it again. Actually we went on a lot of rides twice today. XO We did so much but everyone was getting tired. We woke at 6 and left the park around 11:30. That is a lot of Disney fun. But there is more to come tomorrow so we better get our sleep! Night for now.

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Duffy the Disney Bear Adventures: Birthdays at Disney World Part 1

Happy Birthday Duffy! Has a Star Wars present. XD

Hello there!!! It is I the wonderful Duffy. Lately mom has been very busy watching wintery things on tv. :( I almost felt neglected. But then near the end of February Mom and Dad packed up the car, drove to Scruffy's house, and off we went to....Disney World!!!! Between all of those people there were three birthdays so it was decided that we needed some Disney magic. YAY!! I have have been in that house way too long, I need some adventure! Disney World is the best place for adventure so lets go!

After working in the morning Mom and Scruffy's mom hopped in the car and Dad drove us to Disney World. We got to stay at another Disney World hotel. WEEE The All Stars hotel. I think Lightening McQueen is a star but he is at the other hotel......

Scruffy's mom loves Star Wars so they were very happy.

Most of the time we stay at a hotel we eat at a different place. But this hotel as a restaurant in it, like the Magic Kingdom. Time for noms.

After eating it was time to see our hotel. XO We got to stay in the room with the giant Mickey hat.

Dad really likes Sorcerer Mickey.

We unpacked our stuff and took a bus to DownTown Disney. Time for some shopping.

I am a hardcore Duffy! Word.

:( Can I have...everything in the store that is Cars?

For once the pin board was opened. Mom and Scruffy's mom were excited. Pin trading for us.

We went to a lot of stores that night. Legos and pins and shirts. I even got a new outfit. Mom got a new doll she really wanted. But since we have to get up early tomorrow we went back to the hotel to sleep before Downtown Disney closed. We will have more fun tomorrow.

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Nagi no Asukara episode 19: I hate Chisaki.

It's soap opera time!

And this post right here folks is another part of the Tenchi fell behind on anime blogging. After watching this episode I just sat there and went really...really?! like about 19 times. I think a blog using the phrase I hate Chisaki 12913 times might be a waste of time to read and write. So...I had to edit myself a bit. XD Not the title obviously but yes...Chisaki gets on my nerves and since almost the entire episode was about Chisaki I found it hard to finish blogging this and I wanted everything up at the same time so....yeah. Thanks a lot Chisaki. It is all your fault I have decided. Spoilers for fake drinking and FEELINGS!

There are clearly not enough tears so wake up.

Episode Summary: Chisaki recalls a time when she and Manaka were little and had gotten lost in the sea. As they cried Hikari suddenly appeared in front of them and lead them home with a determined look on his face. Chisaki was in awe of his stead fast attitude and knows now that when he claimed he was going into the ocean to find Manaka he would most likely succeed. Manaka is taken to what looks like Akari's house where she is monitored by Doc and Chisaki who being in her first year of college is qualified to do nursing stuff. The Doc says everything seems find with Manaka and Hikari takes that as she will wake up soon, regrow her ena, and all will be well. Akari and Chisaki walk the Doc out and Akari invites Chisaki for some tea. As Chisaki approaches the house she sees Miuna spying on Hikari who is talking to Manaka about the ceremony and how she needs to wake up. He wants to know what Manaka was thinking when all the confusion happens. Miuna realizes that Chisaki sees her and runs off upset. Chisaki realizes later that Miuna also likes Hikari and she is no longer the little girl she once knew. She realizes that she has changed...because you know she hasn't mentioned that 236945 times already. She was thinking this while visiting Tsumugu's gramps who wakes up. He wants to know if Chisaki is worried about Manaka and when Chisaki says yes he decides to tell her the continuation of the story about the sea god and the land girl. In case Chisaki wasn't feeling crappy enough. Chisaki goes home and makes dinner for a grumpy Tsumugu and Kaname. Kaname is being a bad friend and hasn't seen Manaka yet. Instead he starts going on and on about how Kaname and his colleague are going to conceal all this data that Kaname and his friends risked their lives for. Tsumugu explains that if they release the data too soon people might not believe it thus them trying to divert this sea and land disaster will fail. Also Miuna will be in trouble/studied due to magically growing ena. Chisaki seems to accept this explanation and asks Kaname to do the same. He responds by stomping away all upset. Undeterred by all this drama Chisaki finds her junior high uniform and decides it would be a great idea to put it on. Of course it doesn't fit and Chisaki deems herself fat as she flails around moaning that she has changed and Hikari. She ends up falling on the ground and wrecking the room. The boys run to see what is wrong with her and she feels the need to yell at them like it is their fault.

Everything is about Chisaki weeee!

After her bath later Chisaki decides to get drunk. Tsumugu finds out her plan and gives her some sparkling drink instead. Since Chisaki is a drama queen she acts all drunk while Tsumugu watches over her. While acting drunk Chisaki thinks about how she wants to see her town again and how she doesn't think she can have love in her eyes for Hikari like Miuna did. She wonders if becoming an adult means you lose things. Tsumugu basically confesses his love for Chisaki, that if she lost things growing up she needs to fill them with new things IE him. But her “drunk” self has already passed out. He goes to gently take care of her when Kaname reveals himself, making sure there is no unconscious hanky panky going on. Tsumugu asks Kaname for help taking drunkie to bed and thanks the kid for saving him during the ceremony. Kaname has had a major attitude change and tells Tsumugu not to thank him, that at the time Kaname really thought about letting Tsumugu die so he could be with Chisaki. Tsumugu accepts the truth, says that he wouldn't have let Kaname be with Chisaki if he was capable of that, and that he has feelings for Chisaki. Still he is happy all the kids are coming back. Now he feels as if time can move forward and Kaname is upset at the two meanings of his happiness. The next day Chisaki wakes up with no hangover and declares herself awesome. She has decided to go into the sea to see the village for herself. Since she is Chisaki she almost dies and Hikari has to come and save her. In the midst of being saved she realizes that Hikari feels like a little boy still and thinks she is over him. She starts in over the you haven't changed in 5 years expecting a pity party but Hikari says she hasn't changed either, teasing the girl. After the teasing Hikari explains he is here to figure out why Manaka is losing her ena. Chisaki decides this is the perfect time to tell Hikari what Tsumugu's Gramps told her. That there was a girl who did save the surface by marrying the sea god. They had a lot of kids and all was well. Not for the girl who actually loved someone on the surface and grew depressed over leaving them. The sea god found out about her sadness and let her leave...but not before the girl had to give up something important. Hikari and Chisaki conclude it must be ena. So...Hikari is filled with hope and joy as he jumps around. Finally he has a purpose. He is going to beat Uroko or the sea god for being special and taking away and giving away ena and fix this mess. Instead of becoming depressed this story of crazy he is more determined. He takes Chisaki's hand as they swim towards the surface. She realizes she hasn't stopped loving the boy and knows Hikari will help Manaka. But after a week on the surface Manaka still has not woken up. THE END!

I am glad that Hikari has stepped up as the reliable one. Because everyone else.....not so much.

OH BOY!!! An entire episode about Chisaki and all her love life drama. Thanks for not waking up Manaka. Because you know...I thought you were the glue that was keeping this love...whatever shape it currently is. But no. Apparently Chisaki is. Gosh the day when Manaka was the good alternative to this...Chisaki mess. Bleh.

Yes I can tell by all these happy faces...

Okay again maybe I am being a little harsh again. Again again. But really folks. When I first came into this anime I wasn't expecting a giant.....soap opera type production. This might be worse than a soap opera. I mean not one person returns the affections of the person that likes them. Or if they do they haven't said anything yet because they are still deciding on their “first choice” because that really is romantic right? I mean at least on soap operas it is usually three people involved in each cluster. Sometimes 4. Nope all the characters are just...in a pile of no one loves me on the floor. I guess it is a good thing none of the characters are gay because how many possibilities can there be?! Also no queerats please! Yeah that is what it reminds me of, just that no one has been programmed to have comfort sex and what not. It is just....almost comical at this point that everyone is off having their hearts broken but want to be strong and allow who they love to be happy. And I don't see how that is possible when no one is going to end up with the first choice. Everyone is going to be second fiddle. Once Manaka wakes up and people actually start making decisions, then they can move on and love someone else again.

Lets focus on waking up Manaka then being miserable okay?!

Maybe I am the one being a little too dramatic. Most of these kids are 14 or are still in the mentality of a 14 year old given that they couldn't properly move on. So....do you really love a person from that age on? I would like to give them some credit (as much credit that is possible for people who don't exist) because I married my high school sweetheart and he loved me from the age of 16. But....I guess this goes beyond that. Some of these crushes are from the age of 5. So...Yeah I guess it is different. They just seem so adamant that this is the only love they will ever have. Otherwise they will grow up old and grey. I feel as if I am not explaining myself well on why this seems....so much. I don't know, I mean on one hand it is nice that people aren't being all YOU ARE MINE, especially since most of them haven't confessed and no one is going out with anyone. But on the other hand...maybe I would believe these loves more if people were willing to fight for them. Express them out loud. To keep repeating them over and over again. Not confess and move on, just happy to that the other person knows. Actively pursuing the people and not just let them get away you know?

If Chisaki broke out into a Disney song I might stab my eyes out.

So yeah.....that is my thought process coming into this episode. It really starts off with Chisaki having a memory about when she and Manaka got lost as children. Like small kids too. Who the heck is watching these kids? Anyway the ocean is large and it's like Finding Nemo out there, no directions or anything. So I can see how they got lost. And the person who found them was...Hikari of course. I wonder how things would be if it had been Kaname who had found them. It looks like they were all friends at that point. But Hikari came in like a knight to rescue the fair maidens and Chisaki fell in love. So she had no doubt in her mind that Hikari was going to rescue Manaka. That this was the beginning of the end for her love for Hikari. I would argue that should have have happened oh I don't know...5 years ago. But I guess losing him to the ocean isn't as final as losing him to Manaka.

I won't go see Manaka because I am having a tantrum RARW!

Chisaki decided to go see Manaka in a timely manner. Or rather nurse Chisaki went to see Manaka. Yeah because she is a full time nurse now folks. Chisaki is 19. Most people graduate around 18, 19. So at most Chisaki is in her first year of college. Or nursing program. Way too soon to be wearing the uniform. Chisaki is just special. I guess I should be happy that Chisaki went to see Manaka way faster than she saw Hikari. Manaka is unconscious so that might have something to do with it. Either way Hikari sees joyful and Chisaki didn't poison Manaka in her sleep. Despite this being one giant love orgy everyone seems happy that the others are alive and exist. I am not believing what Kaname said earlier so....yeah no pulling of hair yet. I am waiting for the punches though.

Oh none of our kids are going to live but lets focus on people who clearly don't love us. Makes sense to me.

I think what makes this whole love orgy insane is the fact that so many other things are going on, things that have a bigger impact on the world, and all these kids are doing is falling in love and having emo moments near the water. HELLO! The world seems to be still freezing over and no one really cares. I know it is a slow doom but it is a doom nonetheless. Frozen waters mean it is hard to fish and slowly that community will lose money. That is something that will happen right away. And HELLO Manaka's ena is falling off. And it got put on to Miuna. I don't think she magically grew it herself. It has something to do with Manaka and yet this is all second fiddle to kisses and hugs and no love at all because people can't open their mouths. I guess that is what makes me X____X. At least in QueerRat land the kids were having sex because they had to and had feelings for each other but still acknowledged the DOOM that was happening around them. In this show Chisaki smiles sadly at Miuna whom is in love with Hikari. Yeah Chisaki I would be smiling more sadly if I were you. Miuna might have a better chance than you at this point. Manaka needs to sleep with bodyguards now.

You mean.....you are now telling me this 5 years after everything went horribly wrong?!

Eventually Chisaki went to go visit Gramps. Not her Gramps mind you but Tsumugu's Gramps. Because heaven forbid Chisaki go into the sea, at the Manaka rescue trip or immediately after. She did at the end of the episode but I am still bitter she didn't go in the first place. But yeah time to visit Gramps and tell him what is going on. Oh and to mention Manaka not waking up and her ena magically dissolving and reappearing on Miuna. You mean telling someone from the sea about situations from the sea is better than telling some random college kid?! I AM SHOCKED! Gramps has been out of the sea for a while but maybe he retained friends. Or retained info as this happy story of a young girl risking her life to calm the sea god has more to it. Obviously. Even if I don't think the original/abridged story was all that happy. Like they left the ocean and lost their ena and so to protect the rest of the people from going poof a girl threw herself into the ocean and begged for mercy. Sounds a bit...strange already but you know...things can get stranger. Maybe if they had kept on throwing people in earlier more people would have ena and the world wouldn't be frozen.

I...what? What are you talking about Kaname?!

The only ones who seem pissed off at what is going on are Kaname and Tsumugu. Tsumugu's comes later in the episode though. Chisaki skips home because Manaka's prognosis from a man who knows nothing of the sea is good and maybe she can finally move on from Hikari and let Manaka be happy. But at dinner there was an angry Kaname all over the place. Glare glare glare. Since Chisaki has long given up the status of Stable One I look to Kaname for some sanity. Instead he is all mad that Tsumugu and his Colleague aren't running out and giving their findings on the underwater town and Manaka. Like first off....really dude? You people just started waking up. And you never meant to go to sleep. You weren't ready to sleep so your stats could be all wrong, especially Manaka and her let me free my people way into the ocean. Your ena wasn't thick like the others so you waking up isn't a sign that everyone else is waking up too. Second....maybe out there in the rest of the world, where people aren't in love orgies, are people who actually want to solve the weather problem and save humanity. People who actually might come in and get results. So maybe Tsumugu IS doing this to protect everyone, especially still asleep Manaka. And third....you and Hikari went into the ocean to find Manaka. You didn't really go in there to find data for Tsumugu and friend. You wanted to see your home and your people and make sure Hikari didn't kill himself finding Manaka. So don't be acting like Tsumugu isn't using your data that you worked so long and hard for. But Kaname is pissed and now upset at Chisaki for taking HIS side. HOW DARE SHE!! My lord when Chisaki is being reasonable she is in trouble. Maybe that is why she is like this...

WAI I'm FAT!!!!!!

To drown her confusion and tears Chisaki did the only reasonable thing...clean her closet. And of course she found her junior high uniform from the sea. I am pretty sure Chisaki is a bit cookoo for cocoa puffs at this point. Whatever makes her happy and gets her through the day I suppose. With the way my life has been going I wouldn't want to put on pants I wore last year let alone 5 years ago. Chisaki always finds a way to make a situation worse than it already is. Like...she didn't get fat. She got boobies and grew taller. But of course the uniform didn't fit and that meant she changed and Hikari doesn't want changed and we got to freak out because zippers are the enemy. I sorta like the boys...coming in to see her a hot mess. Like yeah Chisaki you are special. And she would be lucky to have either of them as no one questioned why she was wearing that or laughed in her face for tearing the room up. So lucky this girl.

I lost everything Tsumugu. Everything. I was alone this entire time. I had no one at all Tsumugu.

Having super given up the sanity title Chisaki decides to drown her sorrows in booze. That is what adults do after all. Why the other day at work I was thinking...now I know why people talk about going home to have a stiff drink. Instead I ate cupcakes and Code Red. Chisaki is a bit of a poser though and probably would have passed out after the first sip. Given that Tsumugu knows Chisaki pretty well he gave her nonalcoholic booze and watched her pretend to be drunk. Like a G6. Chisaki had to pretend so she could have an excuse for saying things she wouldn't normal say. Like oh maybe I should go see my town. And oh maybe I don't like Hikari anymore. Yeah that's it. I don't like Hikari anymore because Miuna was looking at him with gooey eyes. Since Chisaki can't look at her own eyes when she is looking at Hikari she can't possibly know what she looks like. Chances are Chisaki knows the writing is on the wall and that Miuna and Manaka have a better chance than she ever did and should bow out gracefully. Or ungracefully with some booze. I think she thought confessing all those years ago would mean she could move on, accept what has happened. Instead she has dwells and can't really put that past her. Thus the booze.

What the hell is this insanity?!

Tsumugu and Kaname have really stepped up their drama game. Tsumugu is....I guess a shy boy if I were going to categorize him. So he subtlety was saying look, things change and I know you lost some things but you GAINED me so....lets get together. Instead Chisaki pretends to pass out. And Kaname pretends to act all big and bad. Really I don't know who this Kaname is at this point. Maybe he had a personality change under water or he hit his head. I get that Kaname didn't want Tsumugu touching Chisaki in her sleep but being mad that Chisaki agreed with Tsumugu on the underwater issue. And hello...I am expected to believe that Kaname thought about letting Tsumugu die in the ocean? Yeah I don't think so. Either Kaname is lying to save face or he is the biggest liar/actor of all time and needs to be put in the crazy ward for thinking such thoughts. I still don't know how he assumed that Tsumugu and Chisaki had something, when he was looking over the boat when the ceremony was going horribly wrong. Tsumugu was acting concerned and Chisaki had been rude just a few days ago. I mean NOW Tsumugu and Chisaki could be possible but back then Tsumugu was not a threat at all. So I am not sure why Kaname thought he was competition and that he had second thoughts about saving him. Of course Tsumugu could have beat Kaname's ass right then and there for saying such crap. Instead he said something about how if Kaname didn't save Tsumugu that Tsumugu wouldn't have let him be with Chisaki. Was your ghost going to stop him? In the end Tsumugu is grateful Kaname and Hikari are back (oh and half of Manaka) and that Kaname saved him. He can acknowledge those things and still be all back off my woman. I don't know if he meant it as a dig when he said now he and Chisaki can move on now that people woke up. It sounds like yay I am glad you guys are back so we can move on with our lives. That is how Kaname took it but I am sure deep down Tsumugu missed his friends outside of this love orgy. You know, how Tsumugu and Kaname are hating on each other when Chisaki LIKES HIKARI! Ah the twists and turns. XD

Why don't you have muscles?!?!?

Onto more drama, because that is how Chisaki likes it. I am not sure if Chisaki has been in the ocean since the sad day of sadness but now that everyone she cares about minus her parents are out of the sea...she wants to go look at things herself. Or you know figure this all out on her own because....Chisaki is crazy. If going in a group of three was iffy and dangerous surely Chisaki going by herself will be okay. Or not. 5 seconds into her journey she is in trouble...despite being from the sea and probably unable to drown. Hikari of course is there to save her and guide her to the village. HELLO WHY DIDN'T YOU GO LAST WEEK! Gosh it is like Chisaki wants to be the damsel in distress. After arriving in the village instead of going to see her parents looking zombiefied or crying tears of joy over the sight of her village...Chisaki thinks to herself that she and Hikari really can't work out because he feels like a boy. And if he feels like a boy and looks like a boy he must have boy feelings. :( Woe is Chisaki for finally getting it. She states her you haven't changed at all out loud again and again Hikari is like neither have you. In an effort to keep things real while Chisaki says it for pity.

Why I thought that this sacrifice was willing and everything was cupcakes and rainbows!

There is a reason why Hikari was there, not that he magically knew Chisaki would need saving again. He is bothered by the fact that Manaka hasn't woken up yet and she is losing her ena. He is here for clues while Chisaki and Kaname are busy thinking about themselves. Kaname is letting me down folks. How dare he be 14 years old. Since Chisaki likes to make things worse as much as possible she lets Hikari in on the rest of the story Gramps told her earlier. That yes the land was saved when a girl flung herself into the ocean and gave herself to the sea god. And yes they went on to have kids. But home girl was sad since she loved someone on the surface. The sea god was like oh so that's how it is...and let her go. I am sure there was a song involved. But in exchange for leaving the girl had to give up something. And that something Chisaki has guessed is ena. Just though you might want to know Hikari.

Hikari and his giant hand will solve everything!

Now putting aside that Manaka was losing her ena before Hikari took her out of the ocean...this sounds bad. Especially since Manaka isn't going to end up with Tsumugu. I feel as if Tsumugu might have bonded with either sea girl who stayed behind. I mean...I thought he liked Manaka with the attention he was showing her but I guess his indifference towards Chisaki was stronger. ANYWAY it might have been okay if Manaka lost her ena because she was going to be with Tsumugu. Now this is a double tragedy since Tsumugu doesn't love her and the only boy left in this love triangle that does is the most sea....loving out of all of them. :( Poor sad story. Hikari just sat down and cried tears forever. Or...or....Hikari took this news the complete opposite way. Because before when things were slightly hopeless he had no direction at all. Now that it is seems completely hopeless Hikari is like haha surely I have something to work for now. I will conquer this all. I will find Uroko and the sea god and tell them to stop being little punks. I will get Manaka her ena back, stop the world from freezing over, and clone myself and Chisaki so everyone can end up with their loved ones. I can do anything for I am Hikari.

Well of course you do moron. Like really....

Yeah that is seriously how the episode ended. Well minus the cloning part. Chisaki was so taken back by Hikari's declaration that she is back in love with him. I think it is good to look on the bright side of life. Just...don't be so delusional and think all your dreams will come true. It is true that more people should have been looking into this issue well before it was an issue. I am sure Akari leaving the sea didn't suddenly make the sea god upset. Who and where is the sea god? What is up with Uroko? Poor Hikari has a lot on his plate and maybe his dealing with this impossible situation is to give it his all. Love power!!! Chisaki....that love ain't for you but I guess it makes Hikari more handsome in your eyes. LONGEST POST EVER MOG! Wake up Manaka so everyone can get this love orgy solved.

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Nagi no Asukara episode 18

Thanks for those lovely words of encouragement...

Oh Nagi no Asukara. Oh Chisaki. Oh my sanity. So much drama. And episode 18 is no exception. Spoilers for Miuna being scared for life and Hikari pretending everything is fine.

This is normal okay. Stop staring and being upset over this upsetting situation!

Episode Summary: Miuna, Hikari, and Kaname jump into the ocean and swim around. Kaname seems unable to hear the noise but Miuna hears it clearly. She leads the way despite the boys telling her to wait up. Miuna seems caught up in the moment of being in the place where Hikari grew up. This is the ocean, it is amazing. The boys seem to be looking for their home when Miuna spots a random LARGE rock that wasn't there before. So Miuna swims up...and into the rock with the boys protesting the entire time. Sensing there is no other choice the boys swim through the rock too which turns out to be magical and not really there. It turns out that was the barrier keeping people from seeing the sea village. Everyone is quiet as they look at the condition of the place. It is quiet and covered in the sea salt. Miuna gets quiet too as this was not what she was expecting. They start to explore the place and realize some of the villagers, the men, decided to hibernate outside. Or were caught off guard and were stuck outside. Either way it looks creepy and Miuna can't help but be taken off guard. They keep on walking and Hikari sorta blows up on Miuna with all the staring. They are just sleeping!!!!!! Miuna feels bad and Hikari suggests that she stay there while Hikari and Kaname go find their families. Hikari confides in Kaname he seems nervous about seeing all the people like this too. They are just sleeping yes? Hikari goes to see his dad who had the foresight to lay down before going to bed. Hikari talks to his dad about how it is has been 5 years and so much has changed. There is a new grandkid and all. So hurry up and wake up and help me out dad. Miuna was standing in the spot that the boys left her in but she hears and sees more sparkles. She runs off after them and they lead her to the school, the one the kids used to attend.

Is your house made out of twigs too Eeyore?

While Miuna was standing there alone she was growing more and more disappointed. This was not the experience she dreamed of. When she was a young girl her mother would tell her about the ocean and then Hikari and the others would tell her about things. But for now it is not looking so grand. When the sparkle/noise leads her to the school that changes. She sees where the kids measured their height and she adds hers to the list. Then magic starts to happen. The school transforms into how it used to be. Full of life and students walking around. Miuna starts to see why Hikari and the others love this place. While Miuna is captivated with this moment she sees a shadow. She runs after it and it turns out to be Uroko. He wants to know what Miuna is looking for and she pauses, as if he knows that in her heart Manaka being found would hurt her chances with Hikari. Uroko talks some more and Miuna starts to get defensive. But she sees the sparkles and noise again and knows what to do. Kaname and Hikari chase after her footprints in the snow but when they catch up to her they don't have time to yell as she is looking for Manaka. She leads the boys to a huge rock structure that neither Kaname nor Hikari recognize. They decide to investigate and it turns out to be a graveyard for all the past dolls for the ceremony. All of them. In the center a hand like creation is holding a naked Manaka. Everyone pauses...but Hikari runs up to her first. Miuna is like well that's over I suppose. Hikari sees that Manaka is still sleeping but maybe is trying to wake up. Kaname warns Hikari not to do that but then everyone sees that Manaka's ena is cracking (the noise) and being whooshed around the in the ocean (the sparkles). She will die at this rate. So Hikari picks her up as to take her to the surface. The graveyard starts to fall apart but the trio feel as if they have no choice. Miuna sees Uroko watching them as she leads the group to the magical rock that blocks the village from the rest of the world. It seems as if something important is happening due to Manaka leaving but all Hikari wants to do is save Manaka. THE END!

Could this spell trouble or an obvious answer to who gets Tsumugu?

Woohoo another episode without Chisaki.. We did gain Manaka in the process and I am sure when she wakes up it will be a hot mess with all the partners in this love rhombus/trapezoid awake and ready to be disappointed. Still...an episode without Chisaki should be a happy one.

Since there was no Chisaki this episode have some creepy town that Hikari is arguing that is not creepy.

Now even though I say that....I am still pissed she didn't go. Tsumugu can fly a kite. He doesn't get a say in what Chisaki does when it involves the ocean. That is her life and her friend. If the boys wanted to go all man on her and say the delicate lady needs to stay behind...more kites for them. On special order. Miuna is going and who knows, maybe Chisaki would have been able to hear the noise. Like it was a chick thing. But nope Chisaki got to stay at her house while Miuna explores the sea for the first time, a place that might be dangerous and is certainly unknown to her. Yeah...that makes sense.

Miuna acts like she is connected to Manaka now. Well maybe she is if Manaka is all over here.

A lot of this episode had to do with Miuna's feelings about Manaka. Or why Miuna was doing this. I mean...i would think that making sure the damn world didn't freeze entirely over would be the most important topic at hand. That's just me though. Even if I don't see how this is all really possible to learn from the sea town. But Miuna is happy because Hikari needs her. She gets to explore the place where her mom is from. She gets to be at the place that she has only heard of. That way it is like she and Hikari are connected. However...they are really looking for Manaka. That is who Hikari wants. So as happy as helping Hikari makes her....this probably won't earn her any brownie points. Well ones that count towards being a girlfriend. I guess Miuna is waiting to be choice number 2 if this doesn't work out. Mog wouldn't that just make Chisaki's head explode? Like hello bitch I am number two long before you were.

How in the world could anyone miss this?!

Miuna was a pretty good swimmer for just learning how to do it/breath under water. She might want to stay with the group next time if she doesn't want anything bad to happen to her. Because this is a different ocean now. One that was glowing blue and sucking people into it. She might want to...oh I don't know...hold Kaname and Hikari's hand before swimming into the magical rock. Just a suggestion. Also....what the heck was Akari doing all those years? I am sure after a while she stopped looking but in the direct months after said event she did go and search. Did she not see this giant structure that wasn't there before? It's not like they have to search the entire coast of Japan, just this section. They should have known it by heart and known that this wasn't here before. Or did Akari swim on by and go...wow that is a nice boulder? Like really?

I mean....it is still pretty. Just a little muted. And quiet. Very quiet. I guess that takes away the pretty.

Because Miuna is magical and special now she hears the noise, sees the sparkles, and goes towards the light. The light being into the boulder and seeing the village for the first time. Thanks Miuna, you do goo work. Over the course of the episode the boys get more and more emotional. I have to remember that they are boys because if I was them I would have been boohooing the second everything came into view. I guess to them it hasn't been 5 years. It was just yesterday. And now it is so different. I don't know if there will be tears and such later, given that Manaka is more important than anything else ever but still...there should be some moisture in their eyeballs when they tell Chisaki this sad tale later. If they tell her. Since she is.....so important and went on this trip and all.

Okay Hikari. Miuna won't stare at....this.

Now....I know the boys got mad, especially Hikari.....but I don't think they really meant it. I think deep down they knew it was true, what Miuna was thinking. And I thought that Miuna was being as tactful as possible. So Hikari just got mad because he was feeling the same way too but didn't want anyone else to know that. What am I talking about? Well the fact that everyone looked creepy. CREEPY CREEPY EVERYWHERE! Especially the men that were sitting outside when it happened. I wonder if everyone went magically poof to sleep when Manaka was “tossed” into the sea. That it triggered everyone's hibernation. Or maybe...you know...these men were really guarding and what not. Either way it was like House of Wax. And I can't blame Miuna for being creeped out. So no matter how many times Hikari was screaming THEY ARE ASLEEP....they looked dead. And both boys knew it. But Hikari felt the need to defend something...that was actually happened. I don't know, I am sure there were lots of emotions and the fact that their parents probably looked similar to this so...yeah.

I am not sure if this position makes him look less dead or more...

Miuna was slightly put on timeout so Hikari and Kaname could go see their parents. This was a lot to digest even if it just seemed like yesterday that they saw their parents. It must be hard, knowing that 5 years have passed and everyone else is acting like that but deep in their hearts it has only been 5 minutes. That they should feel like they should have missed these people too yet can return those feelings. So...yeah they needed a moment. I am sure Kaname's was...calm. Or he cried. Hard to tell with him since he keeps everything bundled up inside. We got to see Akari visit his dad. Hommie looked dead but the sparkly ena was keeping him alive. Hikari kept the conversation to what Akari has been up to and now what he woke up to. Keep it light and happy. Sure Manaka is okay.....err lets talk about the new grandkid instead.

Cue the Disney music!

While the boys were having their moments Miuna was failing at staying in place. To be fair I think she was bugged out and going to stay there. But now she has noise and swimming sparkles around her to deal with. Clearly she has to investigate. Onward...to Hikari's old school. See Miuna was feeling a little bad for herself during this time. She had visions of what this place was going to look like. Had it built up in her head. So when she got there and it was less than amazing..well she was sad. And really couldn't voice this sadness without sounding like a douche. So when she went into the school and saw the marks on the wall, on how the kids grew, she felt the magic. She saw why everyone loves this place. It happened for her. Now she understands it. Yay for Miuna.

You really don't want to find Manaka you selfish, selfish girl! Don't be lying to me.

The yaying didn't last long. Miuna sensed a presence and it turned out to be Uroko. The god or scale of the god did not sleep when everyone else did. I guess that makes sense but that sounds o so lonely. Anyway he seems to be good at being creepy and making people sense the reality of the situation they are in. In Miuna's case she really didn't want to find Manaka. That might be a little harsh. I mean....people can do the right thing but have some doubts on whether or not that is best for them. Like okay I will help find my love rival but I know that won't be in my best interest. So I don't think that Miuna is really being two faced. Nor did Uroko need to point that out. Unless Miuna wasn't really trying that hard to find Manaka. I think she was but you know.....Uroko should just say what he wants to say. What he knows is going to happen. Like if you find Manaka things might get worse, more than just Miuna's personal situation.

342784 kinds of creepy right there.

Eventually Miuna gets her act together and Kaname and Hikari realize the girl is missing. They all come together as Miuna sees and hears the sparkles. It leads the trio to a place that is close to the village but apparently NO ONE has ever seen before. They just keep popping up out of nowhere. Time to investigate. Not going to lie folks...when I saw the heads I thought oh crap this is a mass grave. But then it came into focus and it was all the ceremony dolls the surface had tossed into the ocean all the years before. Not too creepy. In the middle of the not creepiness...is Manaka. It is like the sea god tried to come alive. That he emerged from the ground and grabbed Manaka as she fell....was pulled into the ocean. It was like he was waiting all this time for an actual person and not these dolls. Or maybe it is Manaka, the special.

Is he never not angry?

After Hikari had this moment, that this is Manaka.....things got a little upsetting. Kaname warned Hikari not to wake the girl up but everyone realized the cracking they heard and the sparkles in the water was actually Manaka's ena falling apart. I wonder if that being in the ocean is what gave Miuna the ability to have her own ena. Not that Miuna is a half water kid. Well maybe be a half water kid helps, like it could happen to Tsumugu but not Sayu. In any event that is not the issue presently. Because Manaka is underwater and her ena is failing. Time to take her to the surface, whether she is awake or not. Because hello drowning will obviously kill her. With Uroko looking on the kids start to take Manaka to the surface, much to the dismay of the sea god? Goodbye cave. But that doesn't matter. We got to save Manaka. Even if it ruins a lot of other things. What will happen now? Will Manaka actually lose her ena for good? Meaning she will end up with Tsumugu naturally? Will her ena be saved and Tsumugu gain some now? What I do know is that Chisaki will be miserable. Per usual. Until next time!

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