Bipedal Walking on a Seaside Island! Bermuda Triangle - Colorful Pastorale" - Episode 8 - Loose Impressions

Episode 8 of the anime "Bermuda Triangle - Colorful Pastorale". The curious word "land-gari" appears from the beginning of the episode.

In the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," mermaids change their tails into legs in exchange for their voices, but in this world, they can get "legs" by using a magical liquid called "twinkle powder. From what the senior mermaids in the village say, it seems that land-gari is a kind of ritual or ordeal to become a full-fledged adult mermaid.

When Sonata and the other mermaids go to the beach, they sprinkle "twinkle powder" on their tails, and their tails turn into human legs. The two legs that have grown out of the tail are fresh and new. The four who walked on two legs for the first time looked like newborn fawns. Yes, four. Among the four who are at a loss for land for the first time, Serena is missing.

She is left at the edge of the surf, and looks like a child. And she doesn't seem to be able to speak. This is because Serena has dropped the "prism pearl," which is used by mermaids to speak on land. I think it is a good direction to simplify the explanation of items like this.

Serena seems to have become a child due to a side effect of "twinkle powder. It seems to be a phenomenon that sometimes occurs when a mermaid's constitution does not allow the powdering to work properly, which is a little interesting considering the immortality of mermaids in this world. Fina is delighted with the cuteness of little Serena.

The five of them are assigned an errand to deliver coral sugar to Gladys, who lives on the island, and to get salt jelly in exchange. As they explore the island in search of Gladys's house, the sonatas are fascinated by the beauty of the vegetation on the ground and the tropical butterflies. It is a small trick to express the unknown by changing the intonation of "beasts" and "tory."

What is surprising to see the five of them walking around is that Kanon is so small that she is almost like the child Serena, and Caro is the tallest of the five. Caro's lively impression and her two legs fit the image. I felt that the way the knees were drawn was very particular.

During their search, the five of them meet a tropical-looking girl and a mysterious talking tory in the forest. They lead Sonata and the others to "Ginrin-tei," the place where Aldi and the others asked them to go on an errand. Sonata and her friends head for the "Ginrin-tei" where Aldi and her friends have asked them to go on an errand. The mermaid-lettered sign on the building is another small point, indicating that the owner is a native of the sea.

After drying the laundry and helping Sonata and the others with other tasks unique to earthly life, the tropical girl reveals to them that she is Gladys. Like Serena, the "twinkle powder" powdering had gone wrong and made her look younger than her actual age.

Colorful minerals and a rare recluse turtle. Of all the objects found only on the ground at Gladys' house, the one that most caught Serena's attention was "a long, sloping container and a long, slender stand with colorful strings attached to it. They all came as a set of two. For mermaids, "shoes" are an unknown item, and yet they are a form that makes girls thrill.

The next morning. The five are woken up by Gladys and witness a natural phenomenon called "thick fog" covering the beach. The Sonatas do as they are told and cook a bonfire, and see for the first time the "flames" that are rising. To our senses, it is hard to believe that a single bonfire can do anything about the dense fog. This question is answered by the shadow of a large passenger ship that looms through the fog. Gladys had prevented the ship from running aground by lighting a bonfire in place of a lighthouse. However, the huge ship was too much of a shock for the Sonatas, who were still experiencing the unknown.

After the fog cleared, Gladys made salt jelly. Sprinkled on top was a pinch of coral sugar from the village of Parrel. Gladys seems to continue to live on earth because of the memories of the friends she met here. The friend who gave her "shoes," a gift not found in mermaid culture, must have been a mortal.

After returning to the sea, Sonata and her friends took the salt jelly with them and returned to the village of Parlel, looking as lively and happy as fish in water.

This story carefully depicts the cultural gap between the mermaids and the people on the ground. The fact that Michiko Yokote's name was jointly written on the script was understandable. At the same time, I was surprised to see Eriko Matsui's name again as the delightful parrot Rima in the staff roll.

But what does salt jelly taste like?

(Text by Kiri Nakazato)