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EP. REVIEW: The aquatope on white sand

I have to wonder if the reviewer actually watched all of this episode, because they were lamenting the magical realism aspect fading into the background despite it being IMHO the very strongest part of the episode, riffing on the theme of lost siblings.

At the opening of the Episode, we see the calendar posted on the wall behind Kukuru, June, July, August, and September of 2021. All the days in June and July are Red X, but no days are marked in August except for August 31 which is a Red circle for the closing date. Then Ep 6 must open on August 1, 2021! Kukuru and Fūka have 30 days to save Gama-Gama. Something strange will have to happen to alter what looks like a fixed fate. And the Kijimuna stole Fūka's straw hat which he now wears. He is obligated to give something back.

I have to wonder if the reviewer actually watched all of this episode, because they were lamenting the magical realism aspect fading into the background despite it being IMHO the very strongest part of the episode, riffing on the theme of lost siblings.

I'll be honest, I really like the show but I think I've gotta stop reading these reviews. An entire half of this one is about how Kukuru and Fuuka HAVE to end up together because the reviewer needs it to happen.

Not one mention of Kuuya and Karin which the episode spent ample time giving backstory to. Not one mention last episode of Kukuru seeing her dead (presumed) twin and the lingering thoughts she has about her. In the context of Kukuru finding her mother's old Maternity handbook and the vision last episode, speaking in terms of Fuuka being sisterly makes A LOT of sense to me.

I don't really care much for romance in my fiction so maybe I'm swinging too far in the opposite direction, but I feel like the reviewer might be so laser focused on the main characters hooking up that they're missing a lot of the rest of the show.

I did watch all of it, but the magical realism I'm referring to is more the little god we keep seeing, which hasn't gotten any dedicated explanation.

Going back to ep 4 the calendar shows it's the start of the last week in July (7/25 or 7/26) and episode 2 puts it a few days prior to that (7/21). So it's been a little less than 2 weeks since the start of the show. With 18 eps and just under 30 days left (you know they're going to cut it down to the wire) I guess we won't be skipping many days going forward.

That is certainly correct. EP 7 opens on August 9th which means that at this rate, a few more episodes will take us to the August 31st closing date. Everyone is concentrating on the Beach Party and the Kuuya back story which is excellent, but no one has mentioned the deep dive at the very end. Kukuru sneaks back to the aquarium, and over hears a conversation between the grandfather and our central character of Kuuya this EP(who is really a fun drunk). spoiler[The grandfather's real intentions for sending the young people off to a Beach Party was so that everyone would become used to Gama-Gama not being there! Of course this devastates Kukuru! The grandfather fully intends to close the aquarium on August 31.] Some sort of miracle is now necessary in the final 22 days that are left. Might the story tellers actually close Gama-Gama?