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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 In The 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 enigamatic 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]] adapatation in the vein of [[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]] and other [[Kyo Ani]]/[[Key Visual Arts|Key]] works, though the best comparison themetically 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.
 
The Visual Novel was produced by Makura, with the animated adapatation put together by studio Zexcs in 2008. The anime has has been licensed by Kadokawa USA for an English release. The title comes from the names of the main heroines (Hayami, Hinata, Otoha) and the well known ''Footprints'' poem, which is used as the main theme.
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* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: This what {{spoiler|kills Hayami.}}
* [[Dojikko]]: Hinata, though like the other [[Moe]] tropes, it is toned down as the series continues.
* [[Dragged Byby the Collar|Dragged By The Hair]]: Hinata's grandfather goes caveman on her in episode 7.
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]] / [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: {{spoiler|Hamaji}}, bonus points for doing [[The Reveal]] as part of the [[Hot Springs Episode]].
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Hayami
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* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|Takuma and Hayami. It didn't even last one episode.}}
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Kagura Hinata is actually Kagura Hotaru. The real Hinata (Otoha) drowned when both sisters were younger, but the family wanted to cover it up, so they told everyone Hotaru had died instead. This is one of the reasons Hinata (the one who is really Hotaru) is a [[Third Person Person]] up until [[The Reveal]].}}
* [[Romantic Runner -Up]]: {{spoiler|Hinata.}}
* [[Something Completely Different]]: Episode 8 opens with Hayami and Hinata referring to Takuma as an older brother, Takuma's uncle has had a gender change, and Otoha, aside from being visible to everyone now, is apparently a [[Magical Girl]]. Turns out that {{spoiler|it's [[All Just a Dream]], created for Takuma by Otoha as a way of showing him a good time, to say thanks for helping fix the village's problems.}}
** This maybe a reference to her route in the [[Visual Novel]] which titled {{spoiler|Mahou Shoujo Magical Hinata}}.
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