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{{quote| ''"Candy carries the taste of happiness. If you suck on it, a flower will bloom in your mouth."''}}

''[[H2O: Footprints Inin Thethe Sand]]'' is an [[Anime|anime]] and [[Visual Novel]] centered around Hirose Takuma, a middle-school student who moves out to the country in order to recover from an illness. Said illness as caused him to go blind, even though the doctors cannot seem to find anything wrong with him from a physical standpoint.

Upon arriving at the country village, Takuma encounters the mysterious, yet [[Genki Girl|energetic]] Otoha, the self-proclaimed "Spirit of the Sounds of Time." Otoha offers Takuma, whom she refers to as "The Promised One," his sight back, if only for a short while. Takuma also encounters the enigamaticenigmatic loner Kohinata Hayami, whom the rest of the village treats with an obvious grudge, for reasons Takuma can't seem to figure out. Not even Kagura Hinata, the granddaughter of the village elder, seems willing to fill him in. As Takuma refuses to stop acting friendly towards Hayami, he sets into action a chain of events that may change the entire village.

A [[Visual Novel]] adapatationadaptation in the vein of ''[[Clannad (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|Clannad]]'' and other [[Kyo Ani]]/[[Key Visual Arts|Key]] works, though the best comparison themeticallythematically and plot-wise would probably be ''[[Ef: aA Fairy Tale of Thethe Two.]].'' The show itself starts off slow, and rather cliched. However, towards the middle, it [[Growing the Beard|improves quite a bit]], as the backstory of the characters and the revelations about the village's past supplant the [[Harem Anime]] and [[Visual Novel]] cliches that littered the beginning. The ending is quite the [[Tear Jerker]], in any case.

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Takuma's blindessblindness seems to facilitate this early on in the series.

* {{spoiler|[[Babies Ever After]]:}} {{spoiler|And [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Hamaji]] '''[[Mister Seahorse|is the father]]'''.}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Yui tends to be on the recievingreceiving end of more than her fair share of things.

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Hinata (really Hotaru), after her grandfather attempted to kill Hayami:''' I've called the police.}}<br />

{{spoiler|'''Grandfather:''' What did you say?}}<br />

{{spoiler|'''Hinata:''' I plan on revealing everything, the fact that the hunting rifle was missing from the house, and that you're here.}}<br />

{{spoiler|'''Grandfather:''' Why you little...!}}<br />

* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|Hinata's grandfatergrandfather. He's really just an old man who wants to control the village he presides over as the elder, and seems to care solely for the preservation of the Kagura family. To the point of forcing his granddaughter to falsify her identity, and attempting to murder a middle-school-age girl. Sure, the girl's parents were [[Bad Samaritan|Bad Samaritans]], but that alone doesn't justify the brutality given to Hayami.}}

* [[Dragged Byby the Collar|Dragged By The Hair]]: Hinata's grandfather goes caveman on her in episode 7.

* [[Hime Cut]]: Hayami, when not sporting [[GirlishTwin Pigtails|TwintailsTails]].

{{quote| '''Otoha/ {{spoiler|Hinata}}''': I don't need training because ever since i was born i was set to be able to do everything.}}

* [[The Messiah]]: Takuma, specifically "The Promised One"

* [[Romantic Runner -Up]]: {{spoiler|Hinata.}}

* [[Tear Jerker]]: When Hayami {{spoiler|dies in the exact same manner as Takuma's mother (not a suicide, which was what we had been led to believe) by running in front of a train to try and protect a little boy who had chased a ball onto the tracks. Quickly transitions into a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in the epilogue, as Hayami comes [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]].}}

* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: {{spoiler|Both the reason for Takuma's blindness (it is actually trauma induced, after seeing what he thought was his mother commit suicide), and the explanation for why he could see through the series itself. Apparently, according to the outside world, he was blind the entire time. Don't worry if this makes no sense.}}

* [[Your Size May Vary]]: Hayami's breasts'breast size seem to constantly change depending on the situation, although she officially is flat -chested.