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Jul 18, 2021 9:22 AM
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Tell me the Best Couple in this series.
Ps. Hikari x Miuna already sunk.
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Jul 18, 2021 9:30 AM
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Kaname and Sayu, fuck everyone else.
Jul 18, 2021 9:48 AM
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where's hikari and miuna
Jul 18, 2021 9:56 AM
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Hikari x Miuna by far
Jul 18, 2021 10:23 AM
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MIUNA X HIKARI💖💖
Jul 18, 2021 10:44 AM
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Miuna x Hikari forever ....😍
Jul 18, 2021 10:46 AM
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Kaname x Sayu for life
Jul 18, 2021 10:48 AM
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Hikari is with Miuna
Jul 18, 2021 10:50 AM
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Miuna and Hikari is the best and only answer.


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Jul 18, 2021 12:50 PM
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Manaka x Tsumugu or Chisaki x Kaname
Jul 18, 2021 11:05 PM
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Nerdgirltori said:
Manaka x Tsumugu or Chisaki x Kaname


Manaka & Tsumugu should’ve been it. They really made it out like she had a crush on him & all their encounters gave off the impression they’d up together
Jul 23, 2021 10:31 AM
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Miuna and Hikari best couple
Jul 23, 2021 10:31 AM
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Hikari x miuna obviously
Jul 31, 2021 5:17 PM
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Adding the obligatory hikari x miuna
Aug 17, 2021 8:16 AM
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Even if it's already sink but Hikari
X miuna are the best couple
Aug 17, 2021 11:28 PM

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If we are talking about the canon couples, then I guess that would have to be Sayu and Kaname. Everything just seemed right with those two together, nothing barf about it. I just wish we had more scenes between them.

Tsumugu and Chisaki is just barf. They do belong together because their personalities post-time skip do mesh, but just barf. I just didnt like how Chisaki just ignored Kanames confession. She never gave him a proper reply

Hikari and Manaka, just so annoying.
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Sep 9, 2021 5:04 AM
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hikari x miuna by far
Sep 18, 2021 9:29 PM

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Just finished the series as a first time watcher, and I have to say out of the canon couples Kaname & Sayu has to be my favourite.

While I really like Chisaki and Tsumugu (especially watching the short scenes where they grew together in those 5 years) and their more established relationship, Kaname has always been one of the characters I felt I could relate too out of the cast (the other being Miuna) and Sayu really grew on me a lot, so my bias makes me gravitate towards these two. I honestly would love to see more of them over the next fews month as they tried to navigate their feelings towards each other — I feel it would be adorable to watch! Alas, I am 7 years to late to petition anything haha.

I am also at peace with Manaka and Hikari. Miuna is my favourite character out of all of the cast and I relate to her a lot as well, so I really wanted her to win (in my mind I like to believe the ending was open enough that it could still happen!), but I feel that narratively Hikari always maintained his feelings towards Manaka, and I can respect that. The last thing I would want is Miuna ending up with a Hikari who views her as the alternative to Manaka if that didn't work out, or one that just pitied her. That would have felt fake to me — so by the last few episodes I knew it wouldn't happen since there just wasn't enough narrative time left without it feeling forced. But at least Miuna is happy in the end, and that makes me happy :)

So really, if I had to rank everyone, here's how I would do so (including my own, non-canon ships in italics):

  1. Hikari x Miuna
  2. Kaname x Sayu
  3. Tsumugu x Chisaki
  4. Hikari x Manaka
  5. Tsumugu x Sea
  6. Akira x Manaka (give me another time jump for him haha)
Oct 20, 2021 6:56 PM

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jaller200 said:
Just finished the series as a first time watcher, and I have to say out of the canon couples Kaname & Sayu has to be my favourite.

While I really like Chisaki and Tsumugu (especially watching the short scenes where they grew together in those 5 years) and their more established relationship, Kaname has always been one of the characters I felt I could relate too out of the cast (the other being Miuna) and Sayu really grew on me a lot, so my bias makes me gravitate towards these two. I honestly would love to see more of them over the next fews month as they tried to navigate their feelings towards each other — I feel it would be adorable to watch! Alas, I am 7 years to late to petition anything haha.

I am also at peace with Manaka and Hikari. Miuna is my favourite character out of all of the cast and I relate to her a lot as well, so I really wanted her to win (in my mind I like to believe the ending was open enough that it could still happen!), but I feel that narratively Hikari always maintained his feelings towards Manaka, and I can respect that. The last thing I would want is Miuna ending up with a Hikari who views her as the alternative to Manaka if that didn't work out, or one that just pitied her. That would have felt fake to me — so by the last few episodes I knew it wouldn't happen since there just wasn't enough narrative time left without it feeling forced. But at least Miuna is happy in the end, and that makes me happy :) [/i][/list]


"SPOILERS"


I saw this discussion after watching episode 20 and I started to comment. However, I thought I'd better finish the series first before making a post and I'm glad I did.

First, Tsumugu x Chisaki, are the most desirable couple and I was glad to see these two finally come to terms. Waiting for someone for 5 years, especially when they're right in front of you takes the utmost patience and courage, but Tsu persevered. Although I do feel he was a bit slow in letting his feeling known, as I, at first, thought he had feelings for Manaka. I was on the fence with Chisaki for a bit, but she eventually grew on me; she was sacrificing too, in her own way and the guilt is what kept her from seeing what was developing between her and Tsu.

Second, the most deserving couple - Kaname and Sayu - I felt those two from the beginning and then brushed it off because she was just a kid. He was the only honest one of the bunch and responded in the most mature manner. Anyone looking at Sayu could tell she was crushing. I could feel her attraction, even though she was young, which makes her feelings more plausible than Miuna's whose just cropped up out-of-the blue and in Hikari's absence. You go, Kaname, you finally found someone who loves you,

Third, I am a firm Hikari and Manaka fan. There was a lot of hurt, suffering, and misunderstood love for these two to not end up with each other. I am glad the ending turned out the way it did, or I would have been extremely disappointed. In my opinion, Miuna has not suffered like Hikari nor Manaka. You haven't walked their path yet, little one. Hikari put in more effort than anyone and does not deserve the consolation prize.

Nagi no Asukara was a delight to watch; the animation/cinematography was amazing. The sea scenes were spectacular and the rollercoaster ride of emotions was nothing to sneeze at; I cheered, wept, all the while binge watching through my daily commute to work and my lunch hour. This series was well worth it.
Oct 25, 2021 6:57 PM
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I wanted Miuna x Hikari so badly. That ending just fucked me over and I feel depressed.
Jan 30, 2022 6:24 PM

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MANAKA X CHISAKI I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS
My heart aches... It doesnt help all of the merch of them clearly acting flirty with eachother
Jan 31, 2022 11:44 AM
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I think Hikari X Manaka is fitting because Hikari always loved Manaka as for Tsumugu Manaka may have crush on him once but that may have ended when Manaka came to know that Hikari loves her and Tsumugu never have feelings for Manaka he always liked Chisaki as for Miuna she was first just a child than a good friend and obviously nephew so no never ever Hikari X Miuna because Hikari never see her as romantic partner.
"I will work with an Efficient Devil, rather than working with an useless God"- Kanzen Rachit
Apr 6, 2022 9:20 PM
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Honestly, I don't think there would be any potential pairings I couldn't live with. Personally, I prefer Hikari x Manaka. Even so, it really felt like a curve ball for Manaka to choose Hikari pre-time skip, so Manaka x Tsumugu would still be fine. In that case, Hikari x Miuna would definitely open up (although I'm fine with their relationship being more platonic), and I would have preferred Kaname end up with Chisake.

While Sayu definitely gets her wish in the end, it really feels like a consolation prize for Kaname. Tsumugu x Chisake is the one I like the least. It makes sense considering their life together after the time skip, but I don't really see it at all beforehand personally. If anything he seems abrasive towards her back then, but I suppose it's just his personality.

So yeah, I would have been fine with any of the pairings they threw out in the show. I'm just a sucker for how hard Hikari worked to help Manaka find happiness and then to later save her life. It definitely helps that I personally liked all of the characters.

Also headcannon Akari X Hikari is obvious.
Apr 12, 2022 9:33 PM
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@Tsuyu_no_Inochi YES YES YES

Thank you for putting into words what I always struggled to explain. Every, and I mean literally every, single sentence of what you said is how I felt about those ships too.

I watched this weekly while it was airing and to this day I still get emotional while rewatching (maybe not to the same extent the first time when I bawled my eyes out but the same scenes still give me the same chills and rush of emotions).

I'm glad to know that I'm not alone on the Hikaru x Manaka ship cause while I adore Miuna, it just wouldn't feel right (at least I don't think it would) if during the whole show Hikari is in love with Manaka and trying to tell her but at the very end chooses Miuna instead.

I could go on to say more but you explained it better than I ever could lol
Sep 21, 2022 4:31 PM

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Akari x Me

Other than that, Chisaki x Kaname
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Oct 28, 2022 1:23 PM
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Manaka has 0 ZILTCH NOT A LICK OF CHEMISTRY WITH HIKARI IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHY DID HE PICK HER

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