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''Lu Over the Wall'' (''Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta'') is a 2017 anime fantasy film directed by Creator/MasaakiYuasa and produced by Creator/ScienceSARU. It tells the story of OrdinaryMiddleSchoolStudent Kai Ashimoto and his encounter with a mermaid, the titular Lu.

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''Lu Over the Wall'' (''Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta'') is a 2017 anime fantasy film directed by Creator/MasaakiYuasa and produced by Creator/ScienceSARU. It tells the story of OrdinaryMiddleSchoolStudent a 14-year-old boy named Kai Ashimoto and his encounter with a mermaid, the titular Lu.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted with Kai and Yuho: she wants him, but it doesn't seem to be requited. However, played straight with Kunio to Yuho.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Lu is drawn and animated in a much more cartoonish way, with more exaggerated facial expressions than any of the human characters.
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* OffModel: Lu, being a shapeshifting mermaid, often goes way off-model, to endearing and amusing effect.
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* AmicableExes: Despite being divorced, Kai’s father revealed that he still encourages his ex-wife/Kai’s mother to follow her dreams.


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** Lu revealed to Kai that her mother was killed sometime before the events of the film.
** Yuho’s family consists of her father and grandfather but her mother is not seen or mentioned. It might be implied that her father is either widowed or divorced.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In a last desperate bid to get attention, Yuho throws her phone into the sea and runs away from home. Her father assumes the worst, and whips Hinashi into a menfolk-hunting mob. By the time Yuho comes clean, her father cannot be reasoned with.]]

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In a last desperate bid to get attention, Yuho throws her phone into the sea and runs away from home. Her father assumes the worst, and whips Hinashi into a menfolk-hunting merfolk-hunting mob. By the time Yuho comes clean, her father cannot be reasoned with.]]
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* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Lu is a kindergartener-sized CuteMonsterGirl. Her father is a nine-foot tall shark monster with tusks.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In a last desperate bid to get attention, Yuho throws her phone into the sea and runs away from home. Her father assumes the worst, and whips Hinashi into a menfolk-hunting mob. By the time Yuho comes clean, her father cannot be reasoned with.]]
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* {{Asexuality}}: A possible interpretation of Kai, at least in the English dub: Lu asks him if he has ever "liked" anyone, and he replies "Uh, not ever." We could interpret this as him masking his feelings for Lu, but he says it earnestly enough that we could also interpret it as the truth. It helps that Kai's feelings for Lu are never really depicted as anything more than platonic, and he never seems to express interest in anyone else.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Kai dresses in blue.
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* {{Asexuality}}: A possible interpretation of Kai, at least in the English dub: Lu asks him if he has ever "liked" anyone, and he replies "Uh, not ever." We could interpret this as him masking his feelings for Lu, but he says it earnestly enough that we could also interpret it as the truth. It helps that Kai's feelings for Lu are never really depicted as anything more than platonic, and he never seems to express interest in anyone else.
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** [[spoiler: Kai gives that one to Lu, near to the end of movie, and judging by her [[CrushBlush reaction]], it was mutual.]]

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** [[spoiler: Kai gives that one to Lu, Lu near to the end of the movie, and judging by her [[CrushBlush reaction]], it the feeling was mutual.]]
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* ElementalHair: Lu has hair made of seawater, to match her water control powers.

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* ElementalHair: ElementalHairComposition: Lu has hair made of seawater, to match her water control powers.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Lu is drawn and animated in a much more cartoonish way with more exaggarated facial expressions than any of the human characters.

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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Lu is drawn and animated in a much more cartoonish way way, with more exaggarated exaggerated facial expressions than any of the human characters.



* WeakenedByTheLight: The merpeople burn up in sunlight, or as we lster find out harsh artificial lighting. The only reason they can stay in the bay in Hinashi Town is because of the shadows cast by the cliff.

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* WeakenedByTheLight: The merpeople burn up in sunlight, or as we lster find out harsh sunlight (or artificial lighting.light, as shown later in the film). The only reason they can stay in the bay in Hinashi Town is because of the shadows cast by the cliff.
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* BookEnds: The movie begins and wnds with a typical morning for Kai. He starts the day eating with his family, then meeting with Kunio and Yuho en route to school and talking about music topics. The only differences are a change in attitude, in interacting with his friends, and [[spoiler:the absence of his grandfather, who is implied to have left with his mother.]]

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* BookEnds: The movie begins and wnds ends with a typical morning for Kai. He starts the day eating with his family, then meeting with Kunio and Yuho en route to school and talking about music topics. The only differences are a change in attitude, in interacting with his friends, and [[spoiler:the absence of his grandfather, who is implied to have left with his mother.]]

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