Color of Sky, Color of Water

What sounds deceptively simple at first brings three people together over the course of a single summer. Asa is a transfer student dealing with her parents' divorce, using swim club as a distraction. Hajime is the kind of guy who notices people — specifically, he convinces Asa to model for his photography, and things develop from there. Then there's Natsume, a younger girl who gets pulled into their orbit almost by accident. The unusual setup is that both girls know about each other and agree to share Hajime for the summer, because they both have to leave when the season ends. What could have been a shallow premise actually leans into the emotional weight of that ticking clock — people getting close knowing it won't last. This is a 2-episode OVA from 2006, adapted from a visual novel, and the character art comes from Tony Taka, whose designs have a very distinctive look if you've seen his work before. The animation quality holds up well for the genre. If you've watched something like Bible Black and appreciated when these productions put genuine care into their presentation, this sits in similar territory. Fans of Kite who don't mind slower, more emotionally grounded pacing between the explicit content will find something here worth their time. The whole thing has a melancholy summer-ending atmosphere that gives it a bit more texture than you'd typically expect from a 2-episode hentai OVA.