Binge-Watching Netflix: Children of Whales

Wikipedia:

The story focuses on a boy called Chakuro, who lives on a giant vessel called a Mud Whale that drifts over the sea of sand. In the Mud Whale, society is divided into two kinds of people: the Marked, who can move objects with their minds using a strange power called “thymia”, at the expense of shortened lifespans, and the Unmarked, people who lack thymia but enjoy longer lifespans. Chakuro and his friends have never seen anyone from the outside world, and they spend their days yearning to explore and learn about it. In year 93 of the vessel’s exile, the Mud Whale encounters a lonely island and Chakuro finds a girl inside, starting an adventure that changes the lives of everyone.

The girl is called Lykos and she does bring change to the Mud Whale, in more ways than the inhabitants can imagine. The Mud Whale has been so isolated, and their world so small, so small that the inhabitants themselves can’t even remember why they are the Mud Whale, why some are Marked or Unmarked, or even where they are in the world since they can’t control the Mud Whale.

Season one answers all of these questions, with a lot of action, a lot of drama, and a lot of beautiful music. This is also one of those series that needs your attention or else you miss something.

As there is only one season of episodes on Netflix and so much happens in just one season, I am interested to see what season two brings, if there is a season two.

My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★