Talking about PA Works Working Girls Series Part 4: Aquatope in White Sands

First of all, I would like to introduce the scare girl series (働く女の子シリーズ). The Working Girl series is a series that Japanese animation production company PA Works is proud of. There are three famous works before, namely: "Flower Story (花咲くいろは)" in 2011 and "White Box (シロバコ)" in 2014 It is the same as "Sakura Mission (サクラクエスト)" in 2017, and the fourth work is "Aquatope of Baisha (白い沙のアクアトープ)" to be introduced this time. Although every time it is just a group of girls working hard and being social animals, but because of the beauty of the work and the almost completely unmistakable style of painting, every time the working girl series is launched, many people will look forward to it.

But, allow me to spend a little time to explain why the previous work "Sakura Mission" became a Waterloo work, but of course it is purely my personal opinion. First of all, if you want to talk about the theme of regional economic revitalization, in fact, the theme that "Sakura Mission" can bring out is really trivial. Compared with the recent "Burning the kiln, you need a mug (やくならマグカップも)" absolutely fail. Although "You Need a Mug When You Burn a Kiln" is mainly about Mino-yaki, a traditional Japanese craft, but because of the support of Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, when promoting the tradition, he did not forget to introduce the history and attractions of the place, etc. More people go to take the initiative to learn about this place; compared to "Sakura Mission", although the whole story takes place in an overhead city - Jianyeshan City (but in fact, everyone knows that it is the door of the PA Works headquarters: Nanto, Toyama Prefecture City), but unfortunately, even if it is telling the story at your door, it is because the plot is too boring, which seriously affects the viewing experience. Although the painting is definitely top-notch, but unfortunately the entire story progresses too slowly, and it is not even easy to get the focus of each episode, so in fact, many people have given up halfway through it. As a result, "Sakura Mission" was the first working girl series I came into contact with. To be honest, I watched it all the way, and I actually felt really painful. Of course, the painting definitely left me speechless, compared to other works of the same period, such as: "How to Raise an Unremarkable Heroine ♭ (冴えない的女女の教育てかた)" , "Moonlight is Beautiful (月がきれい)" )" , "NEW GAME! ! " and so on, it is definitely beyond the reach, but the plot of "Sakura Mission" seems to cast a shadow over the entire working girl series. So even today, "Sakura Mission" is still regarded as the most failed work of working girls. For me, it is even one of the few works that will not take the initiative to return to review. Even if I make up for "Blossom Story" and "White Box" later, but because "Sakura Mission" is so "outstanding", I really don't feel like other people are talking about a masterpiece.

Going to October 2020, although there is Mr. Ma Zhijun's "The Day of Becoming a God (神様になった日)" , PA Works has become famous in an instant, and continues to maintain its consistent high-quality painting style, painting every episode It can almost match or even surpass CloverWorks, but once again, it is a pity that the works created by Mr. Ma Zhijun this time are similar to his famous masterpiece "Angel Beats! "The difference is too far, it should be said that there is less thunder and rain, winning word-of-mouth and losing ratings, unable to win another game, and cannot become a masterpiece again after 10 years. I don't say this because I don't like Mr. Ma Zhijun, and I don't like his works. It's just a pity that I haven't been able to reach a new peak after 10 years. Although some people have said before the broadcast that the cooperation between the two will definitely be successful this time, it is a pity that it seems that PA Works has once again hit a low point, so honest, now BD sales have already decided everything, even if there are exquisite The style of painting, but the failure of the content is actually useless. But allow me to say this, if Yijia wants to create a set similar to "Angel Beats! "The works of the theme, I believe that there may not be such a big response back then, after all, there is a need for fast food and cute works in the Yijia market.

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Okay, let's go back to this work first, it's "Aquatope in Baisha". First of all, I want to talk about how I feel after watching the 24 episodes. First, let's go back to the work girl series we are familiar with. . The following content will also have a lot of personal opinions. It is also natural to bury the comments. WWW is also of course. Introducing the old episodes will definitely involve a lot of spoilers. Please watch as appropriate.

First of all, I would like to say that "Aquatope of Baisha" is a set of works with a very special theme in recent years. In fact, the main reason is that there are not many works that use Okinawa as the theme, and there are very few works that will use the aquarium to do animation, so it has attracted my attention before the broadcast. In fact, in recent years, Li Yi's works in Okinawa are actually quite a few. The ones I have seen are actually only Miyao's Catching the Ball and "Aquatope of Baisha". Of course, Zhong You guest starred in two episodes of "Asteroid in Love" , but it's really not much. For myself, compared to the big cities like Tokyo or Osaka, I actually prefer to go to the countryside when I travel. Fortunately, the last place I was able to travel before the epidemic was Okinawa. What about Okinawa? The place is actually more subtle than my impression, although I know it is in Japan, but it seems to return to the old Japan, not just the city structure or street style, but a very special human touch. The works this time are mainly in Nancheng City, and I was fortunate enough to pass by and have a meal. It may be because of a very detailed place. I feel that the connection between people is actually very rich, and the neighborhood relationship is very harmonious. When I was playing with cats, I walked to buy food, and stayed with the same store manager for a while, and then a good person invited me to go to the ditch house for lunch, although it was probably only a few things, But it's such a human touch that I can't find anywhere else. Just like the first and second episodes of "Aquatope of Baisha", when Fenghua left Tokyo and went to Okinawa, although they were all homeless, fortunately Kong Kongliu took him in. I don't think it's necessary to put people's hearts at ease, but the production team can reproduce the subtle "feel" that has almost disappeared in modern society, which is really moving.

On the other hand, there are actually not many works that use aquariums as the theme, and there are even no words (at least I haven't seen them?). In fact, many animation production companies try to avoid such complex subjects as aquariums, because they involve too many different paintings, such as every fish, every aquarium, every exhibition area, every tourist, etc. Even if a production company with a lot of capital like CloverWorks and Kyoto Animation is good, they would not want to create an animation with an overly complex series composition. First, it is difficult to keep the style of each episode the same; second, it takes a lot of time. A lot of color grading is done before each episode is played to avoid too big a difference; it is an original animation in the third time. If it fails too much (of course, it refers to BD sales), it is absolutely possible to fail for a while, so basically It is unlikely that any company would be willing to make such a large investment. But fortunately, this time we are fortunate enough to see the appearance of this set of works. As for the overall performance after 24 episodes? As I said at the beginning, even if you are not interested in anime, its style of painting can definitely make your eyes shine.

After that, I will talk about scaring the two heroines: Misaki Ye Kongkong Liu (海沲野くくる, hereinafter: くくる) with Miyazawa Fenghua (Miyazawa Fenghua, hereinafter: Fenghua). Introducing 咗くくるXian, a citizen of Okinawa Prefecture. Since he grew up in a family-run aquarium, he is very fond of marine life. But unfortunately, my parents were injured and killed, so I could only grow up with my grandparents. Originally, I also had a sister, but unfortunately she was stillborn. However, even in the face of such a bumpy growth, he can still move forward bravely, and he can even serve as the curator for the left for two months in an aquarium that is almost finished. He is really a proud person. I don't mean that I should stop reading and go to develop my dreams, but it's like くくる咁 who knows that they want to develop towards their goals at such a young age. There are really not many people, even if it seems like the "Sakura Mission" mentioned above. , the heroine has to go to the back first to awaken her goal, even if it is the real world, the animation world is good, it is really rare who can already know that they want to develop their goals in the other direction. Although in the end they all had to graduate and go to work in another aquarium, but after the whole story, we can see that even if the job is not willing or difficult, even if it is completely impossible to get in touch with him, he likes it the most. All the marine creatures are good, they all gritted their teeth and let it go. Although they finally had the opportunity to choose to work with marine life, they still chose to stay in the operation department. Allow me to quote a sentence from a radio show host I heard before. Talk: You are working hard, you have a hundred things to do, but you may only be able to do two or three of your favorites. I think for くくる, we can see that his final state of mind is actually completely different, although there are many mistakes, but it has changed from hating to enjoyment, and completely turned into a social animal (X completely understands the aquarium Not only the net is to take care of the marine life, but there will be a large group of people to support the operation of the aquarium, and he wants to be one of them. This kind of change of mind comes back to my thinking that many people do not, or even a lot of people. They all choose to give up, but Yaozhen can stay and work in a place you like. I believe that no matter how hard the job is, I think I will continue to stay low and suffer, and there will always be a day of success.

After talking about くくる, I will talk about scaring Fenghua. The second heroine of this work is also a sister who is not related by blood. The former idol, because he didn't want to go home, saw an advertisement for an aquarium in Okinawa by chance, so he decided to fly to Okinawa to escape reality. By chance, I went to the aquarium operated by 咗くくる, and then asked to stay and work, and stayed at くくる's home. After the completion of the aquarium operated by くくる, they all returned to their hometown in Morioka to complete high school courses and obtained a diving license. After that, I went back to Okinawa to work with くくる at the new aquarium, and finally flew to Hawaii for training. Okay, so I'm about to finish the 24 episodes of his activities. You can see that she is actually a person who hopes to become a person who can be depended on. At the beginning, you can see that she has made up her mind to become a sister of くくる, she knows it The two lines are not related by blood, but it seems that the line wants to be a safe haven, so くくる can rest assured and act like a spoiled child. Afterwards, since she decided to go back to Okinawa to continue her life, you can see that she has never given up くくる, so she can become her sister; although she finally decided to go to Hawaii for training, it was the first thing between us who opened the channel and did not go. This kind of consideration is く く る, you can see how important it is that く く る is in the heart. Before the broadcast, many people laughed and said that since he graduated from a former idol born in Tokyo, would he be like a certain series of school idols, singing and dancing to form a band to save the aquarium? However, this incident has absolutely never happened. It is a world where the weak eat the strong. In fact, it is like a microcosm. The first-line seiyuu who has succeeded in Yijia has the above. How many corpses of failed seiyuu have been stepped on? In fact, everyone you know...

After about the introduction of the characters, it is better to talk about the scary plot. Mainly divided into two parts, episodes 1-12: GAMAGAMA Aquarium and episodes 13-24: Galaxy Aquarium. Let’s start with the first 12 episodes. As I said above, the stage is set at a family-run aquarium in Nanshi City, Okinawa Prefecture. Although I have never been there, it seems to me that it is the same as the reality after watching many people's resort tours. But unlike reality, the animation mainly tells about your last time with the aquarium, due to aging equipment, lack of funds, and closing to avoid competition from re-aquariums. Although the aquarium only had to return for two months when Fengxiang joined, it still has its own unique tricks, and I hope it can be preserved. But unfortunately, even if the two of them tried their best, they still could not escape the fate of graduation. But now that 12 episodes are in, we can see that the two of them are no longer as confused as they used to be.くくる Because I didn't want to lose the fruit, I did everything I could to save the place where I left footprints with my parents; Fenghua thought about leaving because she received an invitation to shoot a movie halfway. So confused. Although neither of the two decisions will have much impact on their lives, we can see that in the end they both got out of the predicament with the help of both parties. It can be seen that the two of them are actually relying on a small aquarium that is going to be clinging to each other, so as to face various difficulties; and after the typhoon and the power outage, くくる finally realized that it was time to let go. I don't want to talk about how many laws they violated in this paragraph, but I want to say that even if I know that there is a limited time limit, I know that the change will not end, but I hope that I can use the last time to shine, what kind of The changes in the characters' moods are actually very rare in terms of animation in recent years. After all, Yijia's main works are mainly cute. I think that even if the reality is good, many people who see such a situation would rather beg for a period of time to get through the last days, rather than choose to shine brightly and work hard to get through the last days. I don't want to talk to him to change me, but at least I have successfully fallen into the left story, because after watching her graduation, I really have some wet eyes, and I don't know how to explain it or feel a little reluctant.

Then go to episodes 13-24: Galaxy Aquarium. A completely different aquarium, basically the latest equipment is fully equipped, it is definitely the difference between heaven and hell. But what I want to say is that there is no difference between the stems and the story, so of course I will continue to add a lot of spoilers between the plots. In fact, at the beginning of episode 13, we saw that くくる was not assigned to the department related to marine life, but was assigned to the department in charge of operations. In fact, it was definitely a big shock, because it really didn't matter. The production team would actually explode, but of course it was the same at the beginning, and things have changed since then, but I felt really overjoyed for a moment. However, it was also because he was the one who was mainly responsible for taking care of living things at first, and he changed his family to work in the department responsible for daily operations. Like many newcomers in the workplace, we can see that he made many mistakes and omissions, and he was constantly scolded by his boss. Even at the end of episode 13, we can see that he once thought about giving up, resigning and leaving. But the lucky thing is that Fenghua returned to Okinawa in time, and when she needed it most, she became her sister again, and once again supported her as a sister. Afterwards, although it is the story of both parties working in their respective fields, and then it is about daily life, but the production team may know that it is too boring, so in the 17th episode, it is dedicated to break away from the daily work environment and produce this episode. Tell about what happened to a few familiar employees on vacation. Compared with the collapsed office life, it is definitely a world apart. There are 12 episodes in the series, and the plot is mainly on the body, such as temporary exhibitions and wedding planning, we can see that even if there are many mistakes and omissions, we still try our best to be perfect, although every event has a little bit of it. It's a pity that it ended like this, but in the end, he can get the praise of his boss, and he definitely agrees with his efforts. But in the end, it was actually estimated that Fenghua would choose to go to Hawaii for training. After all, she always said that she wanted to become sister くくる, and she would never leave her side again. You can't talk without growing up, but he went to Hawaii for training in order to grow up. Like many animations, of course, the finale is a happy ending, but the department can see that even if くくる goes out with the wind again, the department will continue to work hard to stay in the department's operation department instead of choosing to return to take care of marine life, you can see It is not other people who have always supported くくる, but Fenghua. Because although it is no longer possible to take care of the marine creatures in person as before, Lidu protects them in another way. This is a kind of change in the way of thinking, I believe it is the wind flower belt than く く る.

In fact, when it comes to this degree, I don't even know that I am introducing the plot and commenting on the plot in the middle, but I will make beef balls together as a ditch, so I can talk less about it later. Okay, so that's about finishing the plot and my personal opinions, let's just talk about how the whole set of animation feels to me. First of all, he has inherited the serious problem of "Zuo Sakura Mission", which is that the middle plot is too slow, and even the words can be delayed, which affects the look and feel. Although it is an original work, there is no way for us to know the point of the plot after knowing it, but it is really such a procrastination. Many people who originally wanted to watch it have begun to give up after the fourth episode. The real three-episode theorem, stay. Most of them are really fans of the working girl series. In fact, at the beginning, everyone has seen that the completion of the GAMAGAMA Aquarium is actually only a matter of time. Compared with the subsequent plot of the Galaxy Aquarium, it can actually feel that the production team has spent more energy on the previous plot. Although the first 12 episodes are scheduled for the next 12 episodes, the plot tends to be slow, but it is actually much better than Yijia's many fast-food animations. I don't mean whether the words are good or not, but I think we should look at them from both sides. The good thing is that we can have more time to understand the character settings and the delicacy of the painting style than everyone else, but as I have always That's it, the bad parts are. In fact, if you look back and turn your head, you will find that there are not many main stories in it, you can even count them, so in fact, it is not one piece. Good thing, I really want to see if you love this work. However, maybe the production team knew that we were too boring, so in the 17th episode, a whole episode with different content was dedicated to us, which is about the number of episodes in which a group of employees had a party together on vacation. As I have always said, the good thing about original animations is because you never know where the future will be, so it's actually really good. People who like it will like it, and people who don't like it may wait until it's over. After posting it, I have been chasing it again and again, or I will never touch this kind of work again. As for you asking me if I like it or not, since I can introduce it better than you, it means that I like this animation.

But let me say, although the first 12 episodes always ended with some regrets, but in the next 12 episodes, in fact, many people have a little bit of disgust, not because of his style of painting, but because of his personality. : くくる's boss. Yes, there is no mistake, although his boss is definitely the "model" of the bosses in all walks of life in Yi's family - the authentic street lah), but in fact, many people have never thought about meeting such a boss in an animation. Although he succeeded in promoting the growth of くくる, from a small road to an adult, but since I have watched the animation, I personally hope that I can let my mind go and stop thinking, than I can temporarily escape from daily life and relax. , but it seems to be a problem that you will face in real life, so it is actually quite contradictory. However, I think that everyone in me will always experience a similar kind of growth later, so in fact, I think back, no matter how much I hate this character, it will be more or less recalled back to the year. Memories of growing up. But I want to talk about going back to the first, I have been in this role from beginning to end.

In the end, let me say the same thing. PA Works can still stand in such a competitive market today. It is definitely not easy to come by, but it seems that it has lost its goal in the past few years. . It's not as good as really cultivate one's mind and cultivate one's nature, and make a good working girl series, it may be easy to attract the attention of the returning class, which is worse than the situation where the family is different. And I also believe it myself, the working girl series should continue to develop and fall, after all, this first arrival is his signature.

If you are really interested, you might as well read this article . You can use Google Maps to see that most of the places and works are exactly the same. In addition, this aquarium website is attached. Last but not least, in fact, when I went to the middle, I didn't know what I was writing, because the middle was too busy, so I wrote it on December 30, 2021, and finished it on January 13, 2022, so forgive me Hey, I think too much about 1999, but I really don't want to stick to it again. Anyways, thank you again for watching this, I hope if you really have time, you might as well learn about it or spend a little time watching this set of works, the last sentence: Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for watching this article, I hope everyone can The generosity is the following five scary hands, as the driving force to continue to support my creation, にふぇーでーびる