Energetic and cheerful, 14-year-old Masaki Hinaoka takes his pet corgi on morning runs along the beach bathed in the rising sun. Suddenly, Masaki's eyes sparkle in awe: a blond boy surfs, delicate and breathtaking, with a slight smile gracing his kind face. Before long, Masaki encounters him again as a new classmate named Shou Akitsuki.
Shou is a skilled surfer and has been immersed in the sport since childhood. Even though surfing is the hobby of choice for Masaki's best friend, easygoing half-Hawaiian Nalu Tanaka, Masaki has never shown interest in trying it himself. But his admiration for Shou's surfing style finally inspires him to try the waves for the first time—despite not knowing how to swim.
On the surfboard, Masaki shows surprising potential and talent for balance. He learns quickly and eventually enters a local competition, all with Shou and Tanaka by his side. However, behind Shou's gentle smile lurks a darker shadow, threatening to overwhelm his friends. Nonetheless, Masaki fearlessly steps into the fun world of surfing, stopping at nothing to be the very best.
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asteroidsmoke
[SPOILER WARNING! There are spoilers written under the story and character sections of this review, so if you haven't watched Wave, you'll be fine if you skip those sections. I don't ever write spoilers in my reviews, but for this show it's ridiculously unavoidable, so I apologize in advance.] [Content warnings for Wave!!: mentions of suicide, but other than that, you should be all good.] Overall: 4/10 All I can say is... what...? I've been so excited to watch this anime ever since I saw an announcement around September or October in 2020, but it was a huge let down. The story is painfully dry and jumps fromplace to place with no real motivation or reasoning. I don't particularly recommend watching this anime.
Story: 2/10 [SPOILERS]
I've never watched an anime and truly said, "This story is terrible" so this was a first for me. The first episode made me excited, but that was really it. The only point I really liked was the decision to split up all three of the MCs (ie. Masaki going to school in Shonan, Nalu moving to Hawaii, and Sho "dying"). I thought it was a really bold choice that you don't see very often, but it was all erased in the last episode where all of them are seen on the same beach again. Sho's "death" is BY FAR my biggest issue with the show, though. Why did he kill himself? It was briefly suggested that maybe he didn't have a very good family life, but he was happy with Masaki and Nalu. The show never shows any signs of Sho being unhappy or desiring change at all. And besides that, where was Sho staying the entire show while he's "dead"? It can't have been at home because his brother clearly didn't know he was alive as seen in the last episode, assuming Sho's parents would've told him. The anime also tried to have character development skipping from person to person, but none of them made any sense. Yuta wants to quit surfing just because he thinks he's peaked, which is absolutely ridiculous. What kind of person who's THAT smart would assume he's peaked at age 15/16? And Naoya's episode where he is depressed because of an ANIME CHARACTER? That is insane. Bro, that's a whole 2D person, get yourself together. I literally couldn't stop cringing.
Art: 5/10
The art was fine. The water's animation is very pretty and the characters look pretty basic. The thing that really ruined it for me were the ridiculous 3D models during nearly every single surfing scene and the recycled animations. Usually in other sports animes I can tolerate recycled animations since they usually change them up enough or use them in a different enough context to make it unnoticeable, but in Wave, it's just the same animation over and over and over again. It was so distracting. And the 3D models just looked terrible. They appeared so out of place and stiff.
Sound: 6/10
The opening to this anime is actually pretty good. It's catchy enough to where I won't skip it every episode but forgetful enough to where I can't remember it in any other context. But I will bop my head to it when it comes on. The VAs also did a pretty good job. I can't say much on their acting since I don't speak Japanese, though. The only thing I wasn't really a fan of was how Nalu and Tadao just randomly broke out English phrases. Like, I get Nalu was practicing to move to Hawaii, but it just always felt to out of place and awkward.
Character: 3/10 [SPOILERS]
The MC, Masaki was my least favorite character. He was so basic. Painfully basic protagonist. The only characters I really liked were Sho and Nalu, and they disappear halfway through the show. Most characters were annoying or a drag (Yuta, Naoya, Fuke, Bill). Kosuke was fine, but wasn't spectacular or anything. All of their motivations were pretty weak. What? They all promise to compete at world just... because? The power of friendship? Rivalry? The love of surfing? Yuta is an annoying, stereotypical glasses character. His "smart" personality is way overexaggerated. He literally is a human calculator and it seems that's all he's good for. There's nothing remarkable about his or Kosuke's backstories. I don't even want to talk about Naoya. His obsession with Miruru is just embarrassing, and Kosuke's bitterness annoyed me. I would've even liked it more if the anime just stopped focusing on Masaki and centered around how Nalu adapted to living in Hawaii or more of Sho's backstory or what he did after he "died". And, I'm sure they're just keeping all of Sho's story a secret to set up for a second season, but the lack of context in the first season is just unbearable and made it nearly unwatchable. Sure, it leaves us wondering and wanting a second season, but it's more infuriating than intriguing at this point.
Enjoyment: 3/10
I probably would've enjoyed this anime anime in another life. Or if its plot and characters were just completely rewritten. Or if I watched it with my eyes squinted so hard that I couldn't see anything. Okay, but in all seriousness, I barely enjoyed this anime. None of the jokes landed, the only part I smiled at was when Naoya lost his board in the wave. That was sort of funny. I'll probably be watching it if a second season ever comes out, but only out of sheer curiosity. If you haven't watched this anime yet, I wouldn't recommend starting.
KANLen09
YAPPE...a surfing anime! Let's go ride the Waves! Surfing Yappe!! Show must go on! ...only except that this is not only just bad, but it's boring also, catering to the niche audiences. And being the TV version of a 3-part film trilogy released in October 2020, I'd presume that the reception for this is moderately lukewarm (when COVID is still a thing), but who the hell was thinking to green-lit the "complete edition" TV version to milk more of the mixed-media project. This should've just stayed in Japan and not come out either way, we don't need mediocrely bad shows like this to waste our precioustime.
There have been many sports anime, but if there's anything to prove this Winter season, is that the unknown have risen and emerged from the depths of the sports themselves, from volleyball to figure skating, and skateboarding to surfing. But as one can say, those representations are nothing if the shows they come from aren't as good as they are, and in the case of "Wave! Surfing Yappe!", the case in point inferred is true. There's no story for this, it's just the usual shenanigan case of a newbie being invited to the world of the sport, learning tricks and treasuring friendships along the way. Think along the lines of Sk8 the Infinity, only that it fails to do everything decently, despite being faithful from the supervision of the Nippon Surfing Association, the supervision cooperation of Surf Magazine and Murasaki Sports.
I've gotta say that this show knows how to "bait" a story just because there's nothing going for it, but through the characters instead:
- Your typical newbie Masaki Hinaoka who is drawn to the sport and giving it a try before being fully immersed in the sport. But Oh My Gawd, never have I hated such a character playing the usual tropes and cliches, just in a very irritating manner that with Tomoaki Maeno's voice, increases the cringe tenfold. What's the point of repeating the show's tagline and the same quote umpteen times over when once is already excruciatingly bloody to the ears? This is not how you want to paint the central MC as a young, angsty happy-go-lucky teenager, and that to me, is a make-and-breaker.
- Thw two initial surfers alongside Masaki, Shou Akitsuki and Nalu Tanaka, both pro surfers, but with the former looking like the most gay and pretty Bishounen and the latter, a foreign student who's well-versed overseas. Also, please don't try to "bait" people by removing characters off for seemingly no rando reason for the sake of character "development", it just doesn't work that way (unless you can call it anime logic).
- The rest of the pro surfers ranging from a reigning champion, an otaku, the analyst, and much more. Needless to say, these characters are all cookie-cutter ones just for interaction purposes and give some "Wave!" of steam for the surfing competitions. Just very mediocre.
From a production standpoint, Asahi Production will definitely not ring a bell of hints and whizzes, because most of the works that this low-budget studio have done over the years are objectively uninteresting, boring and at times, unappealing. Heck, I'd even say of the 2 shows that this studio have pumped out this season, I'd recommend Tenchi Souzou Design-bu (a.k.a Heaven's Design Team) as the better show anyday, indefinitely. Honestly said, it can tackle some good 2D animation, but the 3DCG (especially on the sea of waves) is pure poggers bad, more than looking unremarkable, prosaic, and unrealistic with the way these Bishounen characters try to ride the waves just for the looks.
Of all the things that this show managed to ace is the music, and for good reason: it combines the songs that it uses for both versions of the same source material. But even then, it's full-on Bishounen stuff so I can't imagine the general populace will like tunes like these that only appeal to either the Shoujo or the Josei audience.
I've already stated my case earlier, and I'll emphasize again: this TV version should have been completely canned since I presume that the film trilogy didn't do all that well in Japanese theatres. It's only because of COVID and decent backing that the TV version is made accessible as a means to watching the complete 3-part film in 12 episodes, with the same overall content combined time. But whatever it is, please go surfing at your own leisure. This show is an easy skip for all the right or wrong reasons, and I can't fathom people watching this will be satisfied on a decent level.
spookee22
This anime really had me thinking that they were pulling something interesting in the middle, but, alas, I was misled. Honestly, it isn't a bad show, it just isn't worth watching. There were some solid characters in there who were genuinely likable, but overall the writing was not great. I think the best way to watch this show is with a friend that you can make fun of it with-- it's how I watched it and is really the only way I was able to get any enjoyment out of it. Also, fair warning because this show has No Warning, you probably shouldn't watch thisif you're already depressed and are looking for a light-hearted show. It mostly keeps up a fun tone, but there are a few moments that are pretty dark (not enough so to make it an especially interesting watch, sadly). The last scene of the last episode was enough to lower my overall score by a full point.
Overall, it's a fine show. I can't say I recommend it, but it has the potential to be a fun watch under the right circumstances.
ou97_pths
In the COVID-19 era, when we have to stay home during lockdown, I found this anime very enjoyable :)) it even gives me hints to understand my life more. Because of the mood and tone this anime gives, I can hear the sea, see the waves, and feel the joy of surfing along with the characters without leaving my house. That's WHY I like this anime. But If I have to rate it, I will go with... Story: 6/10 The episodes still don't fit together neatly into a continuous story. The story is overly simplistic but I like it and the way it ends.Art: 5/10
The art is so-so, and a CGI doesn't blend well enough with the rest of the animation.
Sound: 5/10
The seiyuu are fitting for the characters they portrayed, but the background music could be more fit for the story and atmosphere (in some scenes).
Character: 7/10
Most of the characters are too flat, but they are HANDSOME.
Enjoyment: 8/10 or 10/10 (watching during COVID-19 lockdown)
chocolattebjorn
There's 4 sport anime in Winter 2021 featuring ikemen characters and this anime is one of it. I watched this because I'm curious about surfing despite this anime seems like 'Handsome Boys Doing Handsome Things'. (spoilers below) Story Masaki Hinaoka is an ordinary middle school student and always get along with Nalu Tanaka, his childhood friend and a surfer. At first Masaki didn't interested with surfing. But when he saw a random guy surfing in the beach, he got attached with surfing. Turns out the random guy Masaki admires is become a transfer student named Sho Akitsuki in Masaki's school. After that, Sho teaches Masaki how to surfingand the three of them always hang out together. Even they joins surfing competition together.
In some time, Sho seems presumably dead when Masaki saw Sho's board on the ocean and Nalu moved to Hawaii. Then Masaki meets his new friends which he meets in surfing competition. They also gonna joins the surfing competition together.
The story is not bad, but I ever got bored in some episodes. I must say the first episodes are somewhat don't have anything interesting. The characters don't always joins the surfing competition, they even literally hang out together as well. Oh there's brief info about Duke Kahanamoku in episode 10!
Art
I don't have a problem with the art, character design, and animation, it looks decent. But when the characters going surfing (is it CGI?), the art looks weird.
Sound
Wave is a multimedia project. So, the theme songs (both opening and ending) are sung by the main characters seiyuu. I think the voice acting and theme songs are pretty good. I saw some people felt weird when Masaki's voice sounds too deep for a 14 years old, I felt that too but I get used in later episodes.
Character
What I can summarize about the main characters:
Masaki: an energetic protagonist. He interested about surfing because of Sho
Nalu: Masaki's childhood friend (who's half Hawaiian)
Sho: A transfer student which Masaki always look up. Seems presumably dead in later episodes.
Yuta: He learning about surfing when he was a child and always analyzed something when he doing (or saw someone) surfing
Kosuke: An ex-baseball player. He started surfing because he got persuaded by Yuta
Naoya: A magical girl otaku and always talking about his favorite characters
Soichiro: A rich guy who surprisingly friendly
Fuke: A surfing champion who always with Soichiro. He seems intimidating but he could get along with Masaki and his friends in later episodes.
Some characters have a flashback episodes about what they do in the past and I think it's pretty good.
There's some supporting characters as well. Who grabs my attention are Hayamichi Inada and Tadao-san. Hayamichi is Sho's older brother who appeared in later episodes, he has different surname with Sho probably because their family circumstances. Hayamichi teaches Sho how to surf and his personality somewhat harsh to Masaki and his friends.
Tadao-san is a guy who lives with Yuta and Kosuke (iirc). He always says random English sentences and always doing Shaka sign.
I saw most of people are disliking Masaki because he looks naive and annoying. Well actually he is. He also has a slow development for advancing surfing. He seems always losing when joins surfing competition, but in later episodes he improves his surfing.
For Sho, it's still ambiguous is he dead or what? He finally appeared in last episode, he wears white shirt with sunglasses and looking at Masaki's surfing in the competition. Then he just walk away.
(I didn't notice it was Sho, I'm sorry. I just realized when someone pointed it out)
Overall
The anime (more precisely, the story) is average and don't have anything special in it. I rarely watch sport genre, but I think this is somewhat Handsome Boy Doing Handsome Things. If you like sports involving ikemen casts, but didn't bother the protagonist's slow improvement, maybe you'll try this.
sanriokawaki
My honest, and biased opinions// SPOILERS: Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed in this show. When I tell you it had POTENTIAL!! It had potential but was a total flop. The only good thing about this show is the character design specifically everyone except Masaki Hinaoka. Idk for some reason, Masaki pissed me off whenever I see his character. Masaki character design was lowkey plain, and kinda obvious too when you add his personality... talk about cliche. The show overall is really boring and hella CRINGEYYYY ASFFF. I can't stand cheesy stories, and this show is full of it, especially around Masaki. In the first couple of episodes, youcan see that cringey-ness and cheesy-ness with Masaki and his friends.
The art goes on and off here, it's really good when they aren't surfing, and it gets kinda weird when they do surf. So yeah, the animation is lacking by a lot but honestly, it did catch my attention, but it really didn't bother me as much. Though this is a surfing show, I do wish they tried a bit better on the surfing scenes yah know since that literally the show, surfing.
The ost... nothing stands out when it comes to the music, when i watched it doesn't make me wanna search for the song to listen to or anything.
Lets move in deeper into the characters and story/plot... there isn't one, or at least if you tell me "what the show is about?" I wouldn't even know the answer to that, just 14/15 year old boys who looks older than their age are friends and hangs out. There really isn't any character developments either...
I'm going through (SPOILERS) just for like episodes 1-3? Around there so SPOILERS:
Masaki is one of the most confusing and weirdest characters, though he is the only one that acts like a 14 year old... idk there's something about him I find annoying. I'm still very confused why he would refuse to do surfing before Sho came, and then SUDDENLY!! and when i mean SUDDENLY i mean SUDDENLY became so obsessed with surfing to the point he literally surfed on an obvious bad weather day... and his friends had to go and save him... ugh he's so dumb. I know people can dislike something and then find a whole love for it, but the way they went about it was too fast paced for a watcher or maybe it's just me.
ANOTHER SPOILER BUT IT'S A BIG ONE SO IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE WHOLE SHOW DO NOT READ:
The whole situation with sho after what-- episode 4-5 was EXTREMELY CONFUSING!! And on top of that the last episode shows hints that he might be alive? We don't even know how or if sho even did die, nothing makes any sense and it really frustrated me as a viewer.
FDTO
Will anyone really start surfing after watching this subtle anime? It seems that if you let Takaharu Ozaki, a neophyte director of a genre that you have no interest in, create a subtle anime, not just this one. This director pretends to be thinking about something, but in fact, it's obvious that he's the type of person who doesn't think about anything. I'm sure he'll be ripping it up as an animation director from now on. In a bad way, that's to be expected.At least he's not directing an original anime.
And he's not the kind of guy you'd expect to be an anime director in the future.
KomeadaBagel
As a surfer i was really exicted about this anime. I never expected it to be amazing but this was still pretty disapointing. Overall story made it feel like the MC was a prodigy but then they focused on all the side characters and some of them were interesting but it was less about the actual surfing than I would have liked. The surfing itself looked very average and its pretty noticable that none of the writters have ever acctually surfed before with some of the dialouge. Overall Im glad this anime at least exists and was kinda fun at some points but mostly just notwhat I was expecting.
LeachieGekuu
This show is a trainwreck. It was an absolute chore to get through. It was just so boring. If it sits in that curve of mediocrity where it's not good enough to be interesting, but it's not bad enough to be funny. It's just a very nothing show. I can't imagine anyone getting anything out of watching it. The characters are copy-pasted stereotypes with almost zero character development. At best they were tolerable, and at worst they were downright obnoxious. The worst offender was white-hair. Christ, he was terrible. He was constantly raving about his favorite anime girl Miruru. It would have been ok ifit was just a facet of his personality, but it is his entire personality. To the point that I remember Miruru's name and not his. It's honestly a little concerning. The only character who had any depth was Sho. His circumstances and tragedy were the only actually interesting parts of the show. It's sad they hardly talked about it after it happened until around the last episode.
The main reason this show feels so empty is because of the surfing itself. As someone unfamiliar with surfing techniques and scoring, this show didn't really teach me anything new. They never explained how you choose waves or the level of difficulty each move takes. I like sports anime like Haikyuu because you really get a feel for the sport they're playing. You can keep up with what's happening and tell if a character is doing bad or good. You get a sense of the difficulty of each move and come to appreciate the effort. In Surfing Yappe, a character briefly does a move and the announcer will call the name and say if it was good or not. There is no inner monologue telling us what they plan to do or how they'll do it. You can't even evaluate it yourself because they never teach you how. They also do a poor job of showing each character's individual strengths. I just have to assume they all surf the same because there is very little difference actually shown in how they surf.
I can't really say much on the story because there wasn't much of one. The goal was for Masaki to get good at surfing I guess? There isn't really a concrete path laid out for him to get there. The boys just kind of take things as they come. They don't often prepare for a specific competition and very little of the show is actually dedicated to these competitions. It feels like they mostly just hang around and talk about meaningless things more than actual surfing. The animation was so-so. It was pretty choppy at times and added nothing to the show. The CGI was ok, it didn't feel super necessary since they didn't really go all out with it. The VA was fine, nothing miscast or anything. The Engrish was pretty standard for anime. It was funny seeing them try and say slang.
Overall, not worth watching. Even if you like surfing, you will get nothing out of this. It's just that boring.
WolverineK
This is probably one of the worst animes of 2021. First off I wanna say that I had high expectations for Wave, I’d been looking forward to it since I saw the trailer in October 2020. Right when it started airing I was super excited because I had been waiting months, but after the first episode I was highly disappointed in the weird pacing and the main character was very bland. I continued watching hoping that it would get better but after episode 2 or 3 (I can’t remember) it got much worse so I dropped it for a couple months. EventuallyI picked it back up and finished it, but the rest wasn’t any better. The pacing was awful, the characters were very dull, the story was meh, and the art wasn’t anything special. I can’t believe I thought this would rival Free or Yuri on Ice, in reality for a sports anime it’s not even in the same league as either of those.
Overall I’d give it a 4/10, it was super boring and not worth a watch at all. If you want a sports anime that’s kind of similar and actually worth a go, I would recommend either Free or Yuri on Ice.
syl__via
i was pretty excited to watch this anime as i have not come across any anime that surrounds the "surfing" theme however i was very disappointed after completing the series. firstly, the main character doesn't want to learn surfing because he doesn't know how to swim however just by accidentally watching one of the side characters surf, he suddenly have interest in surfing. i don't feel that it make sense. secondly, the anime is very choppy. i don't feel that it linked up very well from episode to episode. thirdly, i cannot believe one of the main character's friend got killed off as i was expecting him tobe one of the supporting character in the anime. most importantly, his death was not explained properly either, i was really sad and my head was totally full of question mark about him.
fourthly, there wasn't any explanation on how the points are being awarded during their surfing competition (maybe people who surf will understand), however people like me who know nothing about surfing totally don't get the grading given to the characters' surf performance.
fifthly, there wasn't much background story on the characters so you don't really connect with them on a deeper level.
overall, i think the execution is pretty terrible. the score i have given is because i like the surfing theme.
KyleRiley
UPDATED REVIEW -Contains Spoilers- So to preface this I am just going to say that Wave!! is really boring and has very one note characters with no clear end goal outside "let's surf da bestest". Story: Incredibly boring and nonexistent. For the first three episodes you get an entire arc of main protagonist learning to surf and becoming good friends with the new kid in school. There's a one year time skip in those first three episodes making it all feel rushed. This leads to my next major complaint. The story has a lot of telling and very little showing. The first scene of the entire anime isthem literally telling us the main group of boys' personalities in the same sentence it gives us their names. They constantly say "oh that was amazing!" or "this'll be worth a lot of points!" without really showing us how amazing it was. The anime doesn't really go into any details on how surfing works outside the basic rules of a competition, and it rarely has any scenes or story outside "surfing is the only thing that matters".
Art: Generally the art is okay. The character designs are unique enough and the art design for the beaches is okay normally. But then you get the horrible 3D models all the damn time when the characters are surfing and it just looks awful. I'm not a huge fan of 3D models to begin with and these ones are really ugly. They look like they are plastic dolls with really thick eyeliner - they also appear to be off model. The 3D models floating in water also looks bad because the water just clips through them rather than parting around them. Ugly and over used 3D models makes me glad they constantly replace the surfing with still images that are supposed to be "amazing" because at least those are half way decent looking.
Sound: Not really great and it's odd that some of the sound track sounds like it was ripped out of Parasite Eve or something similar. It's very... Electronica or techno or something, I don't know the right term, but it feels strange and doesn't normally fit the mood. Not a fan. They needed better English speakers for their Hawaiian characters. Most, if not all, the English is really mediocre to bad, which is a shame since a lot of the dialogue and story contain English phrases.
Characters: Hilarious to think any of the characters really have any personality outside their specific stereotype, except maybe Tanaka. Let's go through all the main boys to see where they stand!
Hinaoka - Boring, generic main protagonist who has no social grace and is instantly skillful in his sport. His design is cute but I don't think his voice matches his design at all. Not amazing but could be worse. Probably my second favourite character just by virtue of him being less one note than other characters. Originally he wants to be just like Shou but then he learns that he shouldn't try to be like someone else?!?! OMG much deep.
Shou - (NOT???) Dead af Okay so this is a big wtf omg twist in episode 12 that just has me more annoyed than anything. Shou is thought to be dead (not stated explicitly but heavily implied) and yet he appears in the final episode? Shou's brother seems surprised that he possibly saw Shou out of the corner of his eye and even runs after him.. So what? Shou faked his death? Why? It's an incredibly pointless and stupid twist that means nothing.
Tanaka - The only character who seems to be more than what his description was in the first scene of the anime. He was described as scientifically oriented, which hasn't really been that much of a noticeable trait thus far but he is a fairly decent best friend character who likes to play a ukulele. His English is supposed to be good but it's pretty awful. He doesn't have nearly enough screen time though so I can't even fully say that I even like him as a halfway decent character in an otherwise terrible anime.
Bill - Honestly I have no idea why he is even a character. He just feels very out of place, and has less meaningful bonding with the main cast than Fuke who has like 10 minutes of bonding total. His character design is also the worst.
Fuke - He's fine. His design is at least decent but he's even more "surfing is everything" mentality than the other characters, which is saying a lot.
Iwana - The pretty boy meat head who is obsessed with being da best eva. He had a bit of backstory revealed but it was really boring. He gains no meaningful growth after episode 4.
Matsukaze - Now we are getting into the annoying and repetitive characters. He's like a "computer brain" or some garbage who constantly raises his hand like he's typing up data. Really one note and has a single character trait. Had some backstory revealed but was also very boring and forgettable.
Kido - Easily the worst character. He's obsessed with Miruru (a magical girl from a show more akin to Pretty Cure than Sailor Moon) and that's his only personality trait. It's insufferable. A character being a huge fan of something is fine but this guy lives and breathes Miruru in an incredibly unhealthy way and everyone acts likes it's fine, as if it's completely normal and rational for this teenager to spend every waking moment thinking about and talking about a single character from a series of anime. Anime fans can be fairly obsessive and weird but this kid is the fucking worst. At the end he's worried about a Hollywood adaption of Miruru and is worried she will look weird... WHO. CARES. Holy fuck.
Enjoyment: Ugh. Normally I can watch 4 episode of an anime back to back, easy. Not this piece of bland nothing. It can sometimes take me 2 or 3 DAYS to get through a a single episode. Cinderella Nine wasn't even this boring and that was a snooze fest. I don't care about any of the characters, surfing is boring to watch when they don't show you any of the actual surfing, and the eye candy boys are usually wearing ugly wetsuits that don't even allow for any proper fan service. Nothing to enjoy about this anime at all.
TL;DR: A boring, rushed story and ugly 3D models for characters with no substance make for a bad anime.
2/10 (updated from a 3/10 because the ending was just... not good)
