Daphne in the Brilliant Blue / Hikari to Mizu no Daphne
Genres: comedy, drama, mystery, science fiction Themes: bounty hunters, ecchi, fanservice, girls with guns, submarines, Objectionable content: Intense Number of episodes: 24 Vintage: 2004-01-15 to 2004-07-03
Plot Summary: In the future, the earth is mostly covered with water, but the several cities that do remain are flourishing. Maia Mizuki has been trying hard to achieve her dream of joining the Ocean Agency, a government organization. When she fails to be accepted and faces homelessness and hopelessness, a series of unfortunate happenings force her into a job with Neres, a security and investigation company that will also do almost anything else for enough money. It soon becomes obvious that no one ānormalā works at Neres. Shizuka is a kind, tech-crazy young woman with a passion for food, Glora is a trigger-happy, money-loving tomboy, Yuu, a quiet, brooding woman is frighteningly deadly in combat, and Rena is the capable, alluring, unofficial leader of this particular Neres office. With Neres, Maia faces danger and crazy situations daily; itās almost too much for her, but Maia is strong, and she does her best to hang on and make it through this unexpected turn her life has taken.
Iām highly enjoying this one so far.
Not quite sure what the actual plot is suppose to be about, since we havenāt seen a sign of that yet, but the frivolous humor makes this a really fun series.
Also, not sure why itās called Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, since the title really has nothing to do with the series thus far.
But hey, itās fun and Iām enjoying it, and thatās what matters to me in the end.
This is a fun show and Iām glad I am re watching it before it gets to where I left off watching the dvds. I was up to 20. I always wonder about the title too but didnāt hurt watching it.
Maybe Daphne was too shy to appear in the skimpy outfits they wear on duty. The only thing that I thought odd was one minute Maia is embarassed to be only wearing a too-short T-shirt, then runs around in a bikini whoās bottom is essentially a thong.
If you pay attention in episode 15, when Maia searches the red-light district of Siberia City, one of the buildings reads āCalifornicationā, although the F has somehow become an E. I guess to avoid any copyright issues with HBOā¦
The boxsets are definitely on my radar but wonāt be on this next buying list. Thereās been other ADV titles that have been waiting very patiently.
The 5 episodes I was able to squeeze out at the end of the āFree Dayā were highly enjoyable and suspenseful. The show reminded me a lot like Najica Blitz Tactics.
Same here. I figured it had to do with the waters/blue sky. I donāt know. Of course some anime titles are just oddly named.
Well, either way. A lot of that HBO stuff all runs together for me timeline-wise, I couldnāt remember if it was that old or not. Heck maybe they just couldnāt bring themselves to actually let it say āfornicationā on the building, but you get the idea.
Iāve wondered why the headquarters building says āNovemberā on it, though.
Maia got kidnappedā¦again. And she had to save the kidnappersā¦again.
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Pretty funny. But the thing that made me really laugh this episode was the fact that Maia wore an actual swimsuit!! :lol:
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And now she might be remembering a big brother - interesting.
I think that might be her underwear rather than a swimsuit. When did she have a chance to pack one? And given the designs for this show, itās not skimpy enough to be a swimsuit eitherā¦ lolā¦
since everyone else is hiding their textā¦
all the other girls just kinda seem to either be wearing their āsuitsā everywhere or they just rip off the other clothes they have on, maybe she was wearing it under her clothes to begin with?
just sayingā¦
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if any of the other girls wore what she had on it would be much skimpier, due to maya(sp?) being less endowed than the other girlsā¦
Maia is dreaming of a big brother and a time capsule! But she canāt find any evidence of having an older brother, yet she is convinced that the time capsule is buried under the laurel tree in Siberia. She gets permission to go and there is a funny scene of her suitcase getting stolen - exactly as predicted!
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Also, she digs around the tree so much that she gets blisters, but doesnāt find any time capsule. Was it her imagination? And who is taking her picture?
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She also goes back to the street she seems to know and almost gets strangled. She is saved by the guy in the sunglasses. I wonder if this is her brother (as she seems to think)? Is someone trying to kill her on purpose? Is there something locked away in her memory that is dangerous? There seems to be more to this story - it is getting really good.
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And who saved her in the last episode and set off the flare? Was it also the guy in the sunglasses? Perhaps too, if the time capsule is real - maybe there is something in it that someone wants? Too many questions and not many episodes left!! But I love the mystery!!
Personally I feel Maia and her brother(?) past is tied to that lost city. Iām sure the public has not been told the whole truth about the city. If Maia were to get her memory back she would remember facts others would wish remain forgotten.
