Tide Line Blue

I started watching Tide Line Blue in the last few days. It has been very good. A mix of humor and conflict.
The main character is Keel whom we meet while in the middle of a gambling scheme. He appears to be the adopted son of Aoi, who is trying to unite the nations of the world after a devastating environmental disaster has left most of the world underwater. The population has dwindle down to small numbers since there are very few places that still remain dry.
There is another faction, headed by Capt. Gould, that want to enforce peace by violence. They attack the place where a New UN summit is taking place and destroys Keel's home. It's in the middle of this chaos that we meet Isla, Keel's best friend, who is pregnant and goes into labor. We discover that Keel has a twin brother, Tean, who is the adopted son of Gould. He has lived the life of a soldier and is very straight laced. He encounters Keel and Isla in a small shack trying to deliver her baby. Keel of course has no clue so Tean takes charge and delivers the baby boy. He surrenders himself to authorities to give the couple a chance to escape the island to Gould's submarine.


Of course Keel has no clue that he is boarding the ship that has caused all the destruction to his home. He just knows that he needs to save Isla and her child. I love Keel's innocence and sense of right but he doesn't seem to see beyond his own needs. It appears that Gould was, at one time, part of Aoi's staff but something happens that causes them to take separate sides to the same issue. We see a bit of Gould's agenda and in fact he is so likeable you don't see who is right and who is wrong. We discover that Tean and Keel's father is still alive on the space station where the boys were raised. They thought he was dead but he continues his work on drawing a new map for the world after the disaster. The face of the world has changed and the new map will give the holder much power. Aoi has worked with him in secret but Tean discovers this and tells Joze (Gould's Vice-captain) when he is rescued by her in Tibet.


While on a mission to "enforce peace", Keel gets away from Gould's men and tries to warn the citizens. He sees that there is more to survival than just hanging around and gambling for his next meal. He has a sense of responsibility toward Isla and her baby that he had not realized that were part of the friendship he shares with her. During this mission the Ulysses (Gould's ship) is attacked and they have to flee into a sort of wormhole they call Dhola Vira. No one knows where the submarine will surface when they go into this wormhole and Joze, who had gone back to look for Keel is left behind. It's when they discover that they have been left behind that Joze and Keel end up in Tibet where they encounter Aoi and Tean.



Tean escapes with Joze and Keel is left behind but he quickly follows because Isla and baby Keel (she named him after Keel) are on this Ulysses. Tean tells them about the map and Keel's animosity toward his brother heightens because he doesn't believe him.. Everyone is headed to France where the Ulysses appears to have resurfaced badly damaged and needing repairs.
The series moves fast and Keel's humor and view points on life just keep you laughing, even in the face of the mounting crisis. I love the many faces Keel has and his sarcasm is great! This one is worth watching! I'll post more when I watch the last three episodes.