Plot
In the future, water has covered much of the Earth due to the effects of global warming, leaving the human race to live on floating cities. The orphaned Maia Mizuki, 15, just graduated from middle school and has already applied for employment in the elite Ocean Agency, part of the futuristic world government. Only the best, most intelligent, and physically fit students are eligible for admission. Maia, the series’ protagonist, is set to become one of the few.
But her ideal life quickly falls apart. To her disappointment, Maia unexpectedly fails her entrance exams. Making matters worse, she promptly gets evicted from her house, pick pocketed, taken hostage, then shot. She is “saved” by two women (Rena and Shizuka) that are part of an unorthodox help-for-hire organization called Nereids (inspired by the Greek mythological Nereids). With nowhere to go, Maia joins up with Nereids, taking jobs from capturing wanted criminals to chasing stray cats, often with unexpected results. Gloria and Yu later join up with Nereids.
Opinion
I didn’t have a lot of hope for this anime since I hadn’t heard much about it, ever. I got this when I went on a search and just got hold of a bunch of random anime. Surprisingly this wasn’t too bad based on my thoughts of how good it was going to be. The story seemed to be a lot of mixes of other shows but twisted well to bring you something unusual.
I actually rather enjoyed the show it lulls in a few places, but is still fun. As a note though it is pretty ecchi, and I am sure it is ecchi just for the sake of being ecchi as I really never saw the purpose of their work “uniforms”. If you have a lot of other stuff to watch that you know about and has a priority watch that. If you are looking for something I would recommend this anime. With the fun ecchi’ness and a few surprising twists it is a lot of fun to watch.
Images
Can view more images of this anime in the flickr set (Daphne in the Brilliant Blue flickr set)
Daphne is a really fun series which generally doesn't take itself too seriously. Shame that the manga is pretty much impossible to find in English though -_-
I hadn't looked for the manga before, but was thinking about it. Sucks that it is hard to find in english. I guess all the more reason I need to learn Japanese.