Children of the Whales
クジラの子らは砂上に歌う
Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.
Children of the Whales is a tv with 12 episodes, from Fall 2017, produced by J.C.STAFF, rated 6.9/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.
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Tags
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Lost Civilization — Featuring a civilization with few ruins or records that exist in present day knowledge.
- Magic — Prominently features magical elements or the use of magic.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Dystopian — Partly or completely set in a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression.
- War — Partly or completely set during wartime.
- Ships — Prominently features the use of sea-based transportation vessels.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Conspiracy — Contains one or more factions controlling or attempting to control the world from the shadows.
- Gore — Prominently features graphic bloodshed and violence.
- Shoujo — Target demographic is teenage and young adult females.
- Kuudere — Prominently features a character who generally retains a cold, blunt and cynical exterior, but once one gets to know them, they have a very warm and loving interior.