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The Aquatope on White Sand (2021)
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The Aquatope on White Sand (2021)
Original name: 白い砂のアクアトープ
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kukuru Misakino, an 18-year-old high school girl working in an aquarium, meets Fuuka Miyazawa, a former idol who lost her place in Tokyo and escaped. Fuuka will spend her days in the aquarium with her own thoughts in mind. However, the crisis of closing is approaching for the aquarium, as the girls explore their dreams and reality, loneliness and friends, bonds and conflicts.
Style: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: friendship, slice of life, supernatural, coworker, workplace, friends, job, coping, teamwork, new job, social problems, idol, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, money problems, workplace situations, fish, school, penguins, female protagonist, childhood friend, girl, aquarium

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Police in a Pod (2022)
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Sakura Quest (2017)
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