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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
| image = [[File:Nagi no Asukara Promotional Poster.png|230px]]
| caption = Promotional poster of the ''Nagi-Asu'' anime featuring main characters.
| ja_kanji = 凪のあすから
| ja_romaji = Nagi no Asukara
| genre = [[Comedy]], [[Drama]], [[Fantasy]], [[Romance novel|Romance]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Project-118
| illustrator = Risō Maeda
| publisher = [[ASCII Media Works]]
| demographic = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine = [[Dengeki Daioh]]
| first = June 2013
| last =
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = [[Toshiya Shinohara]]
| writer = [[Mari Okada]]
| music =
| studio = [[P.A. Works]]
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Nippon Ichi Software|NIS America]]}}
| network = [[Animax]], [[Tokyo Metropolitan Television|Tokyo MX]], [[Sun Television|SUN]], [[Kyoto Broadcasting System|KBS]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Fukui Television Broadcasting|FTB]], [[Toyama Television|BBT]], [[Ishikawa TV|ITC]]
| first = October 3, 2013
| last =
| episodes = 26
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Nagi no Asukara 4-koma Gekijō: Nagiyon
| author = Project-118
| illustrator = Anko Chatō
| publisher = [[ASCII Media Works]]
| demographic = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine = [[Dengeki Daioh|Dengeki Daioh g]]
| first = September 27, 2013
| last =
| volumes =
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
'''''Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea''''', known in Japan as {{Nihongo|'''''Nagi no Asukara'''''|凪のあすから||lit. ''From Calm Tomorrow''}}, is a 2013 Japanese [[anime]] television series produced by [[P.A. Works]]. The series centers around five [[Secondary education in Japan|junior-high school]] friends. The indecisive crybaby Manaka Mukaido, Hikari Sakishima, Chisaki Hiradaira, Kaname Isaki, who have looked after Manaka since they were children, and Tsumugu Kihara, their new friend from the surface. A [[manga]] adaptation by Risō Maeda began serialization in the June 2013 issue of [[ASCII Media Works]]' ''[[Dengeki Daioh]]'' magazine.

==Plot==
Long ago, human civilization had lived on the ocean floor. However, there were many humans who wanted to live above the surface and they moved to land creating a fundamental separation between the two. After their school closes down, four middle school students from the sea have to go to school on the surface. This is about their lives as they adjust to a new environment and the relationships with each other.

==Characters==
===Main characters===
; {{Nihongo|Hikari Sakishima|先島 光|Sakishima Hikari}}
: {{voiced by|[[Natsuki Hanae]], [[Megumi Han]] (young)}}
: One of the students from Shioshishio, all four of them being childhood friends. He has a short temper and usually scolds Manaka for her mistakes though he has feelings for Manaka. He is the son of Shioshishio's Chief Priest that serves the Sea God. He originally hates all Land people and calls them pigs, but, over time, he learns the fact about sea people being in relationships with land people. He sees that land people aren't as bad as he thought. By the time he learns of his sister's relationship, he begins to mature.

; {{Nihongo|Manaka Mukaido|向井戸 まなか|Mukaido Manaka}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kana Hanazawa]]}}
: One of the students from Shioshishio. An indecisive middle schooler who is prone to crying and is clumsy. It is implied that she has feelings for Tsumugu but is still not sure since the sea people and land people are prohibited from being in relationships. She is initially highly dependent upon the rest of the group, particularly upon Hikari and Chisaki, but now starts to become more independent and mature. She is known as the center of the group.

; {{Nihongo|Chisaki Hiradaira|比良平 ちさき|Hiradaira Chisaki}}
: {{voiced by|[[Ai Kayano]]}}
: One of the students from Shioshishio. She is Manaka's Childhood friend who also looks after her. She has feelings for Hikari but is afraid to think about that since Hikari has feelings for Manaka. She hides from all of them but Kaname.

; {{Nihongo|Kaname Isaki|伊佐木 要|Isaki Kaname}}
: {{voiced by|[[Ryōta Ōsaka]]}}
: One of the four childhood friends from Shioshishio. He and Hikari are best friends and Hikari confides in him a bit. He is quiet and mature for his age. He has feelings for Chisaki.

; {{Nihongo|Tsumugu Kihara|木原 紡|Kihara Tsumugu}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kaito Ishikawa]]}}
: A boy from the surface whose grandfather is a fisherman. One day, he reels in and meets Manaka initially causing Hikari to hate him. Later on he is accepted by the other four. He is very much interested in the world of the sea and also wishes he is born there. His grandfather is implied to be from the sea.

===Shioshishio residents===
; {{Nihongo|Akari Sakishima|先島 あかり|Sakishima Akari}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kaori Nazuka]]}}
: Hikari's elder sister who is dating Itaru, Miuna's father. She was originally a friend of Miuna's mother and grew to love the relationship that the family had. When Miuna's mother died, she wanted to be there to support them. She eventually moved to live with Itaru and Miuna.

; {{Nihongo|Tomoru Sakishima|先島 灯|Sakishima Tomori}}
: {{voiced by|[[Masuo Amada]]}}
: Hikari's and Akari's father who is also the Chief Priest of Shioshishio. He wants his children to decide what they want to do but has his own thoughts about what they should do.

; {{Nihongo|Uroko-sama|うろこ様|Uroko-sama}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kousuke Toriumi]]}}
: A messenger of the Sea God who is the Lord of Shioshishio. He ensures that everyone follows the laws of the village, even though he still acts like a kid. He is somewhat perverted and enjoys drinking sake.

===Oshiooshi residents===
; {{Nihongo|Miuna Shiodome|潮留 美海|Shiodome Miuna}}
: {{voiced by|[[Mikako Komatsu]]}}
: A third grade elementary school girl whose mother Miori (originally from Shioshishio) died when she was young. She met Akari a couple of times and played with her when Akari came to visit Miuna's mom and the family. She originally loved Akari but the thought of losing her (like with Miori) caused her to reject her acceptance into her family. She later overcomes her fear and accepts Akari. She appears to have a crush on Hikari.

; {{Nihongo|Sayu Hisanuma|久沼 さゆ|Hisanuma Sayu}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kaori Ishihara]]}}
: A third grade elementary school girl with brown haired pigtails and eyes. She is Miuna's best friend who often instigates confrontations with sea people. She appears to have a crush on Kaname.

; {{Nihongo|Itaru Shiodome|潮留 至|Shiodome Itaru}}
: {{voiced by|[[Junji Majima]]}}
: Miuna's father. His first wife, Miuna's mother, was from the sea. Soon after his first wife died, he starts a relationship with Akari, who he met before due to Akari being his wife's best friend.

; {{Nihongo|Miori Shiodome|潮留 みおり|Shiodome Miori}}
: {{voiced by|[[Aya Endō]]}}
:Miuna's deceased mother and also a close friend of Akari. She was from Shioshishio and got married with Itaru.

; {{Nihongo|Isamu Kihara|木原 勇|Kihara Isamu}}
: {{voiced by|[[Motomu Kiyokawa]]}}
: A former resident of Shioshishio, he is Tsumugu's grandfather and a fisherman.

; {{Nihongo|Takeshi Egawa|江川 岳|Egawa Takeshi}}
: {{voiced by|[[Kengo Kawanishi]]}}
: One of main cast's classmates who helped them built the Ofunehiki.

; {{Nihongo|Jun Sayama|狭山 旬|Sayama Jun}}
: {{voiced by|[[Yoshitsugu Matsuoka]]}}
: One of main cast's classmates who helped them built the Ofunehiki.

; {{Nihongo|Kaori Akiyoshi|秋吉 香|Akiyoshi Kaori}}
: {{voiced by|[[Yurika Kubo]]}}
: One of main cast's classmates who helped them built the Ofunehiki.

; {{Nihongo|Yū Seiki|清木 憂|Seiki Yū}}
: {{voiced by|[[Ikumi Hayama]]}}
: One of main cast's classmates who helped them built the Ofunehiki. She seems to have shown interest in Kaname.

==Media==
===Manga===
A [[manga]] adaptation, written by Project-118 and illustrated by Risō Maeda, began serialization in the June 2013 issue of ASCII Media Works' ''[[Dengeki Daioh]]'' magazine. The first ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume was released on September 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4048919350/|title=凪のあすから 1|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|accessdate=October 3, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> A second, [[Yonkoma|four-panel]] [[comic strip]] manga titled {{Nihongo|''Nagi no Asukara 4-koma Gekijō: Nagiyon''|『凪のあすから』4コマ劇場　なぎよん}}, written by Project-118 and illustrated by Anko Chatō, began serialization on September 27, 2013 in ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki Daioh g'' magazine.

===Anime===
The anime series is produced by [[P.A. Works]] and directed by [[Toshiya Shinohara]]. The screenplay is written by [[Mari Okada]] and the original character designs are by [[Buriki]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-26/kana-hanazawa-leads-p.a-works-nagi-no-asu-kara-cast |title=Kana Hanazawa Leads P.A. Works' Nagi no Asu Kara Cast |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2012-09-26 |accessdate=2012-11-04}}</ref> It started airing on October 3, 2013. The opening theme is {{Nihongo|"lull (Soshite Bokura wa)"|lull〜そして僕らは〜}} by [[Ray (Japanese singer)|Ray]] and the ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Aqua Terrarium"|アクアテラリウム|Akua Terariumu}} by [[Nagi Yanagi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animate.tv/news/details.php?id=1377602084|title=アニメ『凪のあすから』のOPテーマにRayさん、EDテーマにやなぎなぎさんが決定!|publisher=[[Animate]]|date=August 27, 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013}}</ref> [[Nippon Ichi Software|NIS America]] acquired the home video and streaming rights to the anime.<ref>{{cite web|title=NIS America Licenses P.W. Works' Nagi no Asukara Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-13/nis-america-licenses-p.a-works-nagi-no-asukara-tv-anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 13, 2013|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

====Episode list====
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|-
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! Title
! style="width:12em;" | Original air date
|-
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 01
| EnglishTitle = Between the Sea and Land
| RomajiTitle = Umi to Daichi no Mannaka ni
| KanjiTitle = 海と大地のまんなかに
| OriginalAirDate = October 3, 2013
| ShortSummary = Former students of Nami Junior High School, Hikari Sakishima, Chisaki Hiradaira, Kaname Isaki, and Manaka Mukaido are forced to attend a school on land called Mihama Junior High School. Hikari's short temper towards Manaka leads to a series of events that culminate in her being caught by Tsumugu Kihara, the son of a fisherman, who also attends Mihama Junior High. On their first day while all four are introducing themselves, they are met with disgust for being sea people and Hikari bites back just as harshly. This is an early sign showing the rift between the land and sea people descendants of a sacrifice (Ofunehiki) to the sea god. After school Manaka and Hikari visit Uroko-sama, the sea god messenger. Manaka brings an offering and after Uroko-sama tries to seduce her, she hits him in the face and is cursed with a fish growing out of her knee the next day. After class, some of Manaka's classmates start to invasively question her whereupon she hits her knee attempting to escape causing a fart sound. Her classmates laugh as she runs away into the forest in embarrassment. Lost, Manaka collapses due to being out of the water for too long and her ena, skin that allows them to live in the sea, begins to dry and flake off. Hikari and the others go looking for her. Luckily Manaka is found by Tsumugu who brings her to his house to rehydrate her. Once awake, she immediately becomes embarrassed as Tsumugu has just seen the fish on her knee. To her surprise he thinks it and her ena are beautiful. Later that evening after searching all day, Hikari meets up with Manaka and Tsumugu and misunderstanding his role, tries to pick a fight with Tsumugu. Manaka intervenes, and Hikari angry at how she was comfortable around another guy, pulls her into the sea with him.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 02
| EnglishTitle = The Chilly Dessert
| RomajiTitle = Hiyakkoi Usumaku
| KanjiTitle = ひやっこい薄膜
| OriginalAirDate = October 10, 2013
| ShortSummary = Manaka attempts to instigate another curse when her cursed fish departs to keep Tsumugu happy. Angry about Manaka's acts toward Tsumugu, Hikari verbally lashes out against her during school while Manaka attempts to balance her friendship with Hikari and her relationship with Tsumugu. Tsumugu, Manaka, Hikari, Chisaki, and Kaname all volunteer to make the offering for the Ofunehiki wherein they discuss Shioshishio and Tsumugu. As Manaka, Hikari, Chisaki, and Kaname leave for the day, they spot Akari kissing a man as she is dropped off at the pier. With relationships between sea people and land people on their mind, the four contemplate their individual concerns on the matter. The next day, Chisaki discovers Tsumugu is making a watering hole but wishes Tsumugu wasn't so nice. At Uroko's, Manaka begs to be cursed again being interrupted as elder men of the village dragged Akari to Uroko's place since due to her being involved with someone from the surface. Hikari and Manaka can only watch on as Tomori takes Akari to Uroko.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 03
| EnglishTitle = The Sea's Lagend
| RomajiTitle = Umi no Iitsutae
| KanjiTitle = 海のいいつたえ
| OriginalAirDate = October 17, 2013
| ShortSummary = As Akari is scolded by her father for disobeying the village's rules, Hikari reminisces about how she always took care of him after their mother's death, and is later informed by Akari that she decided to break up with her boyfriend. The next day, Hikari decides to confront the man and follows him up to Tsumugu's house where he is stopped by Tsumugu's grandfather, who explains to them that aside from the bad mood with the inhabitants of the surface, people from the village are not allowed to marry those from outside as their children will be born without ena. The children become unable to survive underwater and thus the former inhabitants are forced to leave Shioshishio to raise them. During so, Hikari discovers that Tsumugu's grandfather also came from the village. On the next day, Hikari stops being hostile to Tsumugu and he becomes friends with the rest of the group after they finally complete the offering together. Knowing how much she is suffering with their separation, Hikari decides to make amends with Akari's boyfriend, but is stopped by the two girls who fought him before and one of them reveals that said man is her father.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 04
| EnglishTitle = Because We're Friends
| RomajiTitle = Tomodachi nanda kara
| KanjiTitle = 友達なんだから
| OriginalAirDate = October 24, 2013
| ShortSummary = Miuna and her friend Sayu ask Hikari to come up with a plan to break apart Akari and her father Itaru for good but he declines, claiming that he despises underhand schemes. In home economics class, Manaka decides to have some of her classmates taste the dish she made with her friends in an attempt to befriend them too, but they shove her away dropping it on the ground and cause a commotion in class. The boys refuse to apologize and when Hikari learns that someone destroyed the offering, he blames them for it while the real culprit, Sayu confesses that she did it to get back at Hikari for refusing to help them. Remembering Hikari's words Miuna reprimands her friend for it and while returning home, Hikari and Manaka rescue Itaru from drowning after he borrowed some diving gear to see Akari at the village and they discover that Miuna's deceased mother was from Shioshishio. Meanwhile, Akari reveals to Uroko that she was friends with Miuna and her family and after her mother died, she decided to take care of her and her father in her place, but with Miuna's rejection, she decided to give up on it. After learning from Sayu that she was the one who destroyed the offering, Hikari apologizes to the boys that he wrongly accused and Manaka stands up for him, which makes Chisaki sad as once again Manaka helps Hikari while she could do nothing for him.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 05
| EnglishTitle = You know What, Sea Snail...
| RomajiTitle = Ano ne Umiushi
| KanjiTitle = あのねウミウシ
| OriginalAirDate = October 31, 2013
| ShortSummary = Still depressed with what happened, Chisaki does not join her friends on their way to school and when she finally leaves, she meets Tsumugu. Chisaki then confesses to Tsumugu that she likes Hikari unaware that Manaka, who returned to pick her up, was hearing them. Meanwhile, Akari breaks up for good with Itaru, claiming that she would never replace Miuna's mother in her heart. However, Akari learns later that Miuna diappeared and after warning Hikari about it, he and his friends manage to find her. Claiming to his sister that they will take care of her for the night, Hikari and co. have dinner with Miuna and after the others leave home, Miuna confesses to Hikari that she always liked Akari, but rejects her out of fear of one day losing her just like it happened with her mother and Hikari manages to cheer her up. In the next day, a worried Akari finds Hikari and Miuna sleeping peacefully beside each other and reconciles with her.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 06
| EnglishTitle = Beyond The Blessing Day
| RomajiTitle = Tomoebi no Mukō
| KanjiTitle = 巴日のむこう
| OriginalAirDate = November 7, 2013
| ShortSummary = The children are taking swim classes and the boys get hyped upon Chisaki's body. Hikari and Tsumugu decide to have a small competition but Hikari ends up crushing his toenail and Manaka rushes in quickly to assist him, leaving Chisaki once again ashamed as once again Manaka stood up to him ahead of her, to the point of refusing to help taking him to the infirmary and Hikari gets frustrated not only for hurting himself, but for realizing that Tsumugu can swim faster than him at the surface. After classes, the children join together to rebuild the Ofunehiki, joined later by Miuna, Sayu and the rest of the class. However, Chisaki leaves earlier and Manaka fails to cheer her up, as she is still troubled by her feelings. On her way back home, Manaka meets Tsumugu and reminisces about the day when she and her friends failed to witness the Tomoebi, a rare underwater natural phenomenon because it took to long for her to join them. Back at Shioshishio, Manaka witness the Tomoebi starting again and manages to call Chisaki to watch it with her, and taking Tsumugu's advice, she speaks her mind without hesitating to reconcile with her, but regretting that they could not watch it together with the boys, unaware that Hikari and Kaname are watching it too while overhearing them.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 07
| EnglishTitle = The Ofunehiki Shakes
| RomajiTitle = Ofunehiki Yurete
| KanjiTitle = おふねひきゆれて
| OriginalAirDate = November 14, 2013
| ShortSummary = Assisted by their friends, the children manage to rebuild the Ofunehiki. However, the real festival will not be held as the fishermen and the men from Shioshishio are at odds with each other. After helping the others to collect signatures for a petition to hold the festival again, Hikari fails to convince his father Tomori to comply but he ends up taking part in the reunion between both parts arranged by him. Despite being impressed at first with the offering, it does not take long for both sides to reignite their old feuds and start fighting, a situation that gets even more hectic when Akari and Itaru enter the room together, to the point that the offering is destroyed once again by accident. After the failed meeting, Tomori attempts to once again persuade her to break up with Itaru but she had made her decision and prepares herself to leave her house in Shioshishio. Hikari decides to leave with her as well but Uroko uses his powers in attempt to stop them until Tomori asks him to let them go.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 08
| EnglishTitle = Beyond the Wavering Feelings
| RomajiTitle = Tayutau Omoi no Saki
| KanjiTitle = たゆたう想いのさき
| OriginalAirDate = November 21, 2013
| ShortSummary = Hikari and Akari move to Itaru's house and after dinner, Itaru reaffirms his intention to have Akari's father and the rest of Shioshishio acknowledge their union. Miuna asks Hikari to help her look for a present to Akari and he calls the rest of his friends to accompany them to the city. At the train station, they encounter Tsumugu who later leads them around the city. They check stores around the city for an affordable necklace for Akari. In one of the stores, Chisaki and Hikari get left behind since the elevator was full. Chisaki uses this moment to discuss with Hikari his feelings for Manaka. Hikari claims that if Manaka chooses to be with Tsumugu, he will respect that. After choosing the present she intends to buy, Miuna asks her father for some extra money just to later discover that the necklace in question is sold out. Hikari and the others decides to help her search for some shells to craft a similar necklace instead. When Miuna finally gives the necklace to Akari, it starts snowing and Hikari recognizes that it is in fact saline snow, a phenomenon that supposedly only occurs underwater.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 09
| EnglishTitle = Warmth You Do Not Know
| RomajiTitle = Shiranai Nukumori
| KanjiTitle = 知らないぬくもり
| OriginalAirDate = November 28, 2013 <ref name="syoboi">{{cite web|url=http://cal.syoboi.jp/tid/3161/time|title=凪のあすから|work=cal.syoboi.jp|accessdate=November 27, 2013}}</ref>
| ShortSummary = The adults of Shioshishio are assembled by Uroko who reveals that a catastrophe is coming. Meanwhile the students continue their preparations for the upcoming festival when Chisaki feels ill and Tsumugu takes her to the sea to restore her Ena. In the occasion, Tsumugu asks her if she has given up on Hikari and she decides to go home instead. Kaname accompanies her and they arrive at the village to be received by the adults carrying blue lanterns. Manaka follows soon after and when she arrives home, she is informed that from then on it is forbidden to return to the surface. In the next day Hikari learns that all of his friends from Shioshishio are absent from school and he returns to the village to find out why. Manaka informs him that they are forbidden to leave the village as a calamity is impending and expresses her will to support him. Despite knowing that Manaka only views him as a friend, Hikari does not resist the urge to embrace her and he flees after a surprised Manaka shoves him away.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EnglishTitle = The Saltflake Snow Falls and Falls
| RomajiTitle = Nukumi Yuki Furufuru
| KanjiTitle = ぬくみ雪ふるふる
| OriginalAirDate = December 5, 2013
| ShortSummary = Hikari is informed that according to Uroko, the Sea God's power is weakening and thus the saltflake snow will keep falling and cooling the world until it freezes, possibly killing all humans in the surface in the process until his powers renew and the world is restored to its former self. To avoid this fate, the people undersea will enter into hibernation and the villagers will gather for a banquet on friday, entering into a fasting period after that until the hibernation begins. Believing that the only way to please the Sea God and prevent this catastrophe is to perform the Ofunehiki, Hikari convinces Uroko to let him and his friends go to school until the time for their hibernation and they revew their effort to make it happen. During the banquet, Manaka is distraught upon the current situation and when she finally finds a sea slug with a red belly, she makes a wish for it. In the next day, Kaname approaches Chisaki and confesses his feelings for her.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EnglishTitle = When It Changes
| RomajiTitle = Kawariyuku Toki
| KanjiTitle = 変わりゆくとき
| OriginalAirDate = December 12, 2013
| ShortSummary = After Kaname's confession, he and Chisaki accompany their friends to school as if nothing had happened. After their fast begins, the people of Shioshishio's Ena gets thicker in preparation for their hibernation, thus the children need to ressuply it with water more frequently while on surface. Fearing that they might never see their friends again after their sleep begins, Hikari and the others start eating again to delay the process. Meanwhile, Akari and Itaru make plans for their marriage while the fishermen asks Hikari to help them perform the Ofunehiki to please the Sea God and stop the cold. However, Iroko claims that their efforts at that point are futile but Hikari insists that they must do something. Assisted by the rest of the city, the children make their preparations for the ritual, but apparently it will happen in the same day the sea dwellers will start their hibernation. However, Akari asks the others to have her replace the offering, claiming that after pleasing the sea god she will return to marry Itaru with his blessing. After the others agree with her request, Chisaki, following Kaname's example decides to confess her feelings for Hikari as well.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EnglishTitle = Wanting To Be Gentle
| RomajiTitle = Yasashiku Naritai
| KanjiTitle = 優しくなりたい
| OriginalAirDate = December 19, 2013
| ShortSummary = As preparations are made for both the Ofunehiki and Akari's wedding, Tsumugu accompanies Manaka and Chisaki to the city to choose her wedding dress when Tsumugu has a brief encounter with his mother and he seems displeased upon seeing her. Meanwhile, Akari has a short meeting with her father and expresses her will to have with Itaru and Miuna the same happiness he provided to his children after his wife passed away. Back to Shioshishio, Hikari and his friends learn that those younger then them are already entering into hibernation and despite their efforts to delay the process, it is a question of time for the same to happen to them as well. Once reliving some of their memories from their old school, Kaname asks Hikari about his feelings for Manaka in front of the girls, and he finally confesses to her. A surprised Manaka runs away and Hikari chases after her, but Chisaki stops him for a while, and after confessing her feelings for him as well, she asks him to go after her. While running away from the village, Manaka ends up trapped again into Tsumugu's fishing net and she meets him.
}}
{{Japanese episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EnglishTitle = The Fingertips That Can't Reach
| RomajiTitle = Todokanu Yubisaki
| KanjiTitle = 届かぬゆびさき
| OriginalAirDate = December 26, 2013
| ShortSummary =
}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.nagiasu.jp/}}
*{{ann|anime|14858}}

{{P.A. Works}}

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[[Category:ASCII Media Works manga]]
[[Category:Geneon Universal Entertainment]]
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[[Category:Animax shows]]

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