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* OffModel: Lu, being a shapeshifting mermaid, often goes way off-model, to endearing and amusing effect.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Kai dresses in blue.
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* MissingMom: Kai’s mom is not seen onscreen, but she presumably stayed in Tokyo after the divorce.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kai looks like a younger version of his dad.
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* HumblePie: Yuho's entire arc is about her using SEIREN to become a famous singer, but she's looking out for herself for a lot of their time together and has mediocre vocals. Her jealousy over Lu, who has unique looks, charm, and vocals (and is in fact the only reason anyone paid attention to their band), only exasperates this issue. When the performance at Merfolk Land hits, she's forced to acknowledge that the audience is only here to see Lu and that the professional band she's playing with doesn't care if she's there or not.
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* HumblePie: Yuho's entire arc is about her using SEIREN SEIRÈN to become a famous singer, but she's looking out for herself for a lot of their time together and has mediocre vocals. Her jealousy over Lu, who has unique looks, charm, and vocals (and is in fact the only reason anyone paid attention to their band), only exasperates this issue. When the performance at Merfolk Land hits, she's forced to acknowledge that the audience is only here to see Lu and that the professional band she's playing with doesn't care if she's there or not.
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* LoveAtFirstNote: Just before the opening credits, we get a scene of Kai making his first excited expression as he watches Lu sing to Seirén's music.
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* LegCling: Seen in the theatrical posters, one of which provides the page image.
* LoveAtFirstNote: Just before the opening credits, we get a scene of Kai making his first excited expression as he watches Lu sing toSeirén's SEIRÈN's music.
* LoveAtFirstNote: Just before the opening credits, we get a scene of Kai making his first excited expression as he watches Lu sing to
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kai is no longer listless and keeps his friendship with Kunio and Yuho, the town sees a bit of revitalization from their experience with the merfolk, and Tako Baba and Kai's grandfather get to reunite with their loved ones. However, the merfolk can't come back to Hisashi ever again due to the Shadowstone breaking down, and Lu cannot stay with Kai.]]
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** The announcement station is the main source of information in the latter half of the film, as the kids and usual host use it to [[spoiler:direct the townsfolk to higher ground and allow Kai to reach Lu through song.]]
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** Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the movie are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
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** Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the movie are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep shield the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
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** Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the entire film are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
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** Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the entire film movie are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Part of the reason people like Tako Baba and Kai's grandfather hate the merfolk is because their most important people got swept away by them decades ago. [[spoiler:their true fates turn out to be this trope, due to the merfolk (accidentally) turning them in an attempt to save their lives. They finally return in the finale to take them away.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Part of the reason people like Tako Baba and Kai's grandfather hate the merfolk is because their most important people got swept away by them decades ago. [[spoiler:their [[spoiler:Their true fates turn out to be this trope, due to the merfolk (accidentally) turning them in an attempt to save their lives. They finally return in the finale to take them away.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Part of the reason people like Tako Baba and Kai's grandfather hate the merfolk is because their most important people got swept away by them decades ago. [[spoiler:their true fates turn out to be this trope, due to the merfolk (accidentally) turning them in an attempt to save their lives. They finally return in the finale to take them away.]]
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** [[spoiler:Kunio also gives one to Yuho in the broadcasting room ("the only thing on my mind is you!"), but he quickly plays it off as a joke.]]
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** [[spoiler:Kunio also gives one to Yuho in the broadcasting room ("the only thing on my mind is you!"), but he quickly [[AbortedDeclarationOfLove plays it off as a joke.]]]]]]
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* LoveConfession: [[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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* LoveConfession: LoveConfession:
** [[spoiler: Kai gives that one to Lu, near to the end of movie, and judging by her [[CrushBlush reaction]], it was mutual.]]
** [[spoiler:Kunio also gives one to Yuho in the broadcasting room ("the only thing on my mind is you!"), but he quickly plays it off as a joke.]]
** [[spoiler: Kai gives that one to Lu, near to the end of movie, and judging by her [[CrushBlush reaction]], it was mutual.]]
** [[spoiler:Kunio also gives one to Yuho in the broadcasting room ("the only thing on my mind is you!"), but he quickly plays it off as a joke.]]
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* NoAntagonist: The Yuho's dad and some of the supernaturally phobic fishermen are against the merfolk, but one was under the assumption that [[spoiler:his daughter had been kidnapped by Lu]] and the rest have been swayed by traditional warnings. All involved parties quickly soften up to to the merfolk [[spoiler:after they've been saved by them in the finale]].
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* NoAntagonist: The Yuho's dad and some of the supernaturally phobic fishermen are against the merfolk, but one was under the assumption that [[spoiler:his daughter had been kidnapped by Lu]] and the rest have been swayed by traditional warnings. All involved parties quickly soften up to to the merfolk [[spoiler:after they've been saved by them in the finale]].
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* NoAntagonist: The Yuho's dad and some of the supernaturally phobic fishermen are against the merfolk, but one was under the assumption that [[spoiler:his daughter had been kidnapped by Lu]] and the rest have been swayed by traditional warnings. All involved parties quickly soften up to to the merfolk [[spoiler:after they've been saved by them in the finale]].
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* ThePowerOfRock: [[spoiler:Kai's belting out a power ballad in the climax gave Lu and her father the encouragement they needed to continue helping out stragglers, when they were previously wiped out doing all the heavy lifting.]]
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* UnrequitedLove: For most of the film, Kunio is blatantly crushing on Yuho, and Yuho to Kai, both to the object of their affections' ignorance. Kunio is at least told he's loved, while Yuho and Kai remain friends.
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* WeakenedTheLight: 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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* WeakenedTheLight: 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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* WeakenedBySunlight: 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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* WeakenedBySunlight: WeakenedTheLight: 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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* WeakenedByTheSunlight: 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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* WeakenedByTheSunlight: WeakenedBySunlight: 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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* StarcrossedLovers: [[spoiler:While Kai and Lu love each other, they ultimately part ways. Lu can't stay long in the sunlight, and the only thjng that cou ln d allow them to stay together--turning Kai into a merperson-- isn't even on the table for either of them.]]
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* StarcrossedLovers: [[spoiler:While Kai and Lu love each other, they ultimately part ways. Lu can't stay long in the sunlight, and the only thjng thing that cou ln d could allow them to stay together--turning Kai into a merperson-- isn't even on the table for either of them.]]
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted with Kai and Yuho: she wants him, but it doesn't seem to be requited.
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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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For a similar premise involving a boy meeting a [[HalfHumanHybrid fish-girl]], see ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea''
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For a similar premise involving a boy meeting a [[HalfHumanHybrid fish-girl]], see ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea''
''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea''.
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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.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The flashback showing Kai's grandfather recounting how he lost his mother shows her burning up before being knocked into the water. [[spoiler: It's an early indication that she was in the process of transforming into a mermaid.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:The final dancing sequence between the Hiashi citizens and the merfolk is interrupted by their abrupt disappearance into the water. It then becomes clear that they're not coming back as Kai cries out for Lu.]] To be fair, [[FiveSecondForeshadowing we were warned a little beforehand]] by Kunio's grandfather.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Yuho's father capturing Lu and her own father causes the curse of the sea to activate, nearly flooding Hiashi and its citizens in the process. Luckily, after being rescued, the merfolk are more than obliged to help them all get to safety while the tides come in.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Yuho's father capturing Lu and her own father causes the curse of the sea to activate, nearly flooding Hiashi and its citizens in the process. Luckily, after being rescued, the merfolk are more than obliged to help them all get to safety while the tides come in.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:The final dancing sequence between the Hiashi Hinashi citizens and the merfolk is interrupted by their abrupt disappearance into the water. It then becomes clear that they're not coming back as Kai cries out for Lu.]] To be fair, [[FiveSecondForeshadowing we were warned a little beforehand]] by Kunio's grandfather.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Yuho's father capturing Lu and her own father causes the curse of the sea to activate, nearly floodingHiashi Hinashi and its citizens in the process. Luckily, after being rescued, the merfolk are more than obliged to help them all get to safety while the tides come in.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Yuho's father capturing Lu and her own father causes the curse of the sea to activate, nearly flooding
* StarcrossedLovers: [[spoiler:While Kai and Lu love each other, they ultimately part ways. Lu can't stay long in the sunlight, and the only thjng that cou ln d allow them to stay together--turning Kai into a merperson-- isn't even on the table for either of them.]]
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The merpeople burn up in sunlight. 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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* ChekhovsGun: Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the entire film are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the entire film are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
** The scale that remained from Kai's first meeting with Lu is used in the climax, when [[spoiler:he sings for her at the abandoned Merfolk Land grounds.]]
** Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film. [[spoiler:The umbrellas he's been making throughout the entire film are actually sun blocking parasols, used in the climax to keep the merfolk from the daybreak sun rays.]]
** The scale that remained from Kai's first meeting with Lu is used in the climax, when [[spoiler:he sings for her at the abandoned Merfolk Land grounds.]]
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* GenkiGirl: Lu herself.
* LoveAtFirstNote: Just before the opening credits, we get a scene of Kai making his first excited expression as he watches Lu sing to Seirén's music.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Lu, for Kai. She waltzes into his life [[GenkiGirl excited]], free-spirited, and full of encouragement for Kai's music while learning about the surface world. She also brings him out of his shell, revitalizes his interest in playing music publicly, and even teaches him how to tread water.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Yuho's father capturing Lu and her own father causes the curse of the sea to activate, nearly flooding Hiashi and its citizens in the process. Luckily, after being rescued, the merfolk are more than obliged to help them all get to safety while the tides come in.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: The merpeople don't appear to age [[spoiler: once they're bitten.]]
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* TouchedByVorlons: Any being that's been bitten by a merperson becomes a merperson themselves, as we see with the dog-fish. [[spoiler:They stop aging too, as we see with the humans-turned-merfolk.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Kai's grandpa makes umbrellas, and states how important umbrellas are in life. Umbrellas are everywhere in this film.
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* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Between Lu, the mermaid girl, and Kai, a simple middle school student.]]
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* SecondaryCharacterTitle: While Lu is a very important character, it's Kai who serves as the protagonist of the film.
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* SpoiledSweet: Yuho, mostly. She does have one or two moments of being a plain SpoiledBrat but she gets over them quickly.
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* ElementalHair: Lu has hair made of seawater.
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* ElementalHair: Lu has hair made of seawater.seawater, to match her water control powers.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lu has hair made of seawater.
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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.
