yhickle - 2017-01-30 12:47:07

FEELS AND WAIFUS EVERYWHERE, would watch again

hilpert.dayne - 2016-07-05 22:30:14

Becoming Blue Mermaid is a goal for Misaki & Moeka since they were young. They adore Blue Mermaid so much and want to become part of those notable units. They adore them as well as they love the sea. Blue Mermaid beginning is after Russo-Japanese war period. As Japan becomes Maritime Nation, most of the military ships are utilized for civilian use. Blue Mermaid is a symbol of those ships that won't be used for war and only women are permitted to be captains. It explains why all the characters here are (moe) girls with high spirit to sail the sea.

These youngsters' story, who wish to be parts of Blue Mermaid, starts in Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School. After the enrollment, all of the students are filtered into several classes of ships (with different tasks as well) based on their grades on the selection process. Our heroine and her childhood friend, Misaki & Moeka, successfully enter this high school they are dreaming of. The students here will be trained to be competent Blue Mermaid. They will do their first task as students in this Marine High School. Their nautical training is the beginning yet it needs a lot of hard work.

​As inexperienced persons in maritime, this show surely makes a lot of people believe that they are trying their best in first two episodes to overcome the obstacles as part of the nautical training. They strive to cope with incoming issues. Although they are barely known each other and just becoming a family in the same ship (ship's crews), I can feel their burning wish to be Blue Mermaid currently on the same line. You will find common problems like other series with tons of characters in this anime, in which Haifuri characters make the introduction so damn fast. I can't enjoy the introduction one by one. Still, you can set your eyes on few outstanding characters amongst them. Haifure's beginning of the story has too much babbling. (phew)

​I don't know if it's just me or....well...few series I watched so far this Spring have slow pace for its beginning. It's like I had to get bored first before see the fabulous ending. It's so rude -sobs-
The turn-over is placed unseemly. I can get the point that high school students also need time to relax and refresh their mind by having fun together, but the good time they create sometimes feels wrong. It might be harsh, but the messy plot is not pleasing much (at first). Static sequence of fun and ended with issues.

The messy plot at first..is not a big deal anymore when you survive to keep watching Haifuri. It becomes more organized after the real threat discovered (however, I won't tell the truth, it might be a spoiler lol). The story improves and the goal of this anime exposed. You can enjoy the moe moe show from those girls, it is enough to save you from drowning by the boredom. After that, the show is going to bombard you more with the expansion for both of story and characters. I remind you, because this show has quite lots of characters, do not expect too much for the development of characters itself. Enjoy the war of these ships. Especially their last mission *w*!

​I don't have much knowledge of maritime, I can't tell how good it is regarding to the information about the ships they offer. For me, they already explain the ships well. Like the capacity of the ships (amount of weapons, strength, communication methods and so on). Quite plenty I got information from this anime. When they make plan, they make it out well with carefully developed strategy.

The animation is well-built. I even adore it. From the animation, I sense that whenever I watch this, I really am boarding in Harekaze for real. The details for the ships are solid. I can picture what's on the deck, the kitchen in a ship, weapons, the surrounding like blue ocean, ships war, and moe girls! You'd better not forget the moe part.

OP "High Free Spirits" by TrySail is a powerful one. Got pumped one listening to this one, rarely to miss the OP when watching Haifuri. It's properly fit the given theme of ships in war (?) lol The ED theme "Ripple Effect" by Luna Haruna is calmer and somehow uplifting, but not much appealing. The music aspect boosts my pleasure for Haifuri. Eventhough the ED isn't much, but the OP itself is one of the best this season followed by insert original songs which perfectly match to intensify the tension whenever Harekaze in a pinch.

It's surprisingly good and exciting by the episodes go by. Whether you love moe or regularly like it, you will love the characters here lol The motto of Blue Mermaid is what keep their souls to keep moving and proceed something incredible. It's like the motto runs through every inch of your very step. 8 for Haifuri❣
Pros:

• Nice visualization for the scenery. Salute for the characters too, even the minor one is well-animated (like they are also categorized as the major).
• I like the insert songs. Setting the moods in line with the story (especially the last). Freaking superb.
• The ending...is very..touching! Well-done Blue Mermaid candidates❣

• I know it's troublesome and life-threatening what they face in the ocean without any preparation as freshman, but I got irritated somehow when they make it looked like annoying jerks. Still, their improvement amazes me. (and they are so moe lol)
• Having fun-got trouble-having fun-got trouble, Harekaze's life cycle inverse disproportionately.

roxane.becker - 2016-06-27 15:07:30

I started High School Fleet because I was certain it was going to be the kind of show I wanted to watch. I like school settings, and I have a fondness of seaside settings as well. Combine that with cute girls doing cute things, and it seemed like the perfect match for someone like me.

What I didn't expect was the ship-to-ship combat.

High School Fleet is both engaging and entertaining in what it tries to do, with real stakes in its conflicts and lots of fluff during relaxing episodes. The story goes that two girls, Akeno Misaki and Moeka China, admire the efforts of a seaside protection group called the Blue Mermaids, and promise each other that they will become members. Fast-forward a few years to their high school days, and the two of them are assigned to command different ships. Akeno's ship, the Harekaze, arrives late to school and are attacked as what seems like punishment. Akeno is forced to fight back, and the moment she does, the crew of the Harekaze are considered fugitives of their school. Thus begins a strange journey full of science, combat and hijinks that I can't really do justice in words.

The largest criticism I have with High School Fleet are the characters. Not because they're bad or anything, there's too many of them. The Harekaze is home to a massive amount of female crew members, and I can imagine the pain of trying to write personalities for all of them. Nevertheless, the show does keep a focus on the most important crew members to the plot, even if their contributions are minuscule at best. Even Akeno, our protagonist, seems to play a small role in the events of the show. By the last episode, however, it dawned on me. The show isn't about the girls, per se. It's about the Harekaze in general. The Harekaze is a character in itself, just as a captain would consider his/her ship a person. I thought the ending did a great job of making that point clear, as it helped me realize how much the ship really meant in the grand scheme of things.

The animation is wonderful. Done by Production IMS (of which this is the first work I've seen from them), the character designs are clean, vibrant and colorful. The CG is also well done, keeping consistent with the 2D animation and other still frames. Unfortunately, I don't remember any background music tracks for this show. Despite this, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the OP, High Free Spirits, at the beginning of every episode. I also loved how it's used in the final episode.

HaiFuri...no, High School Fleet may have been the only anime I've watched this season, but it's a great show regardless. I'm glad that, if nothing else, it wasn't a bad way to keep me tided over (no pun intended) until the summer, which is already looking brighter in terms of interesting shows to watch. :)