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H2O ~FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND~

H2O: Footprints in the Sand

Takuma Hirose is a blind young male high school student, though the cause for his blindness is undetermined. In order to heal his medical condition, he is sent to live in a village with his uncle. There, he meets several girls, three of which stand out more than any of the others. They are Hayami Kohinata, Hinata Kangura, and Otoha. Otoha temporarily heals his blindness and Hirose uses his sight to help others. He finds out that, for some reason, Hayami Kohinata is hated in the village, and he tries his best to help her out. Meanwhile, many sad secrets unfold in the village...

Names

OriginalH2O ~FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND~ (latin)
RomajiH2O: FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
EnglishH2O: Footprints in the Sand

Facts

FormatTV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired2008-01-04 → 2008-03-21 (Winter 2008)
StatusFINISHED
StudioZEXCS
SourceVisual novel
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresRomance
ThemesSchoolPrimarily Female CastMale ProtagonistRuralLove TriangleDisabilityTsundere
StreamingCrunchyroll

Reception

Community score6.46 / 10
Bayesian score6.68 / 10
Composite43.0
On lists15,789
Favourited122 (0.8%)
Completion83.2%
Drop rate7.3%
In backlog34.3%
Score spread σ2.00

Score distribution

1114215132584421580761,10171,4938927956210355

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonWinter 2008E31 of 38
StudioZEXCSD43 of 59
Source materialVisual novelD157 of 266
Year2008E197 of 231
EraLate 2000sE977 of 1,149
Season (all years)WinterD1,218 of 1,557
GenreRomanceE1,383 of 1,687
LengthSingle-courD2,018 of 2,668
FormatTV seriesD2,649 of 3,322
OriginJapanD5,697 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorHideki Tachibana, Takeshi Takadera
Series compositionJukki Hanada
MusicJunpei Fujita
Original creatorSCA-DI, Keromakura

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