#UmiNoMisaki ch1: don't know what's going on, don't know the point. But it's very well illustrated. #manga 

I should have paid more attention, rather than just admiring the panel
work. But the plot basically so far is that some dude decides to
sightsee at some island. Runs into a pretty girl who offers to show
him to a beautiful spot on the island that even the locals don't go to
very often. While admiring the scenery, a gust of wind (those are
very active on this island) blows the hat off the guy's head. Since
the girl loaned it to him so her could better cope with the sun and
heat, he goes to get it, but ends up falling off a cliff. He slowly
sinks into the ocean, only to be saved by the girl.

There's something fishy going on that I can't quite place. The girl
he meets saves him, which is a pretty amazing feat since the boy
himself seemd to have been knocked out by the impact, yet she dives
down there and drags him to shore. She's already shown herself to be
in pretty good shape, as she was able to scale the hill that lead to
the cliff pretty easily. I had however chalked that up to her being a
native that was used to exertion, while he was a city slicker who was
more used to walking sidewalks.

I picked this manga totally at random, so I have no idea what genre it
fits into, nor what tropes to expect. I like to go in blind to most
of material so I can get a solid, genuine reaction. It think it's the
most fair way to go into a series and judge it. So far, I can't say
that I'm terribly interested, but that's because the show has done so
little to reveal any of its cards. Is it pervy? Very slightly, and
only in the way you would expect from the most bland and average anime
or manga. Is it a mystery? It certainly is to me. I honestly don't
know what's the point of any of this? Is it a romance? Could be.
The guy seems to be interested in the girl at least, but just because
she's even slightly nice to him doesn't mean anything romantically.

It's rare that I leave the first chapter of a manga with such a
neutral response. I still like what I see, but it doesn't really
merit much of a response, yet.

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