Beach episodes of anime allow characters a break from their day-to-day to have a little fun at the sea.
There is nothing quite like the feeling of taking a break from routine, going to the beach, and just relaxing. In the rush of our day-to-day lives, a trip to the beach feels almost like an interlude, a break in which we get to recharge, reflect on ourselves and our lives, and, why not, have a little fun doing silly stuff like sandcastles and water fights.
But what exactly is the deal with this kind of episode, really? Are they there to fill the spaces between heavy arcs in the anime? Is their only purpose to show people in bathing suits as a way to provide a bit of weird fan service? Well, that might be the case, indeed, but beach episodes are at their best when working as a sort of bottle episode - those focused on characterization and often contained to one settings.
Another example of how this trope can be used for world-building comes in Evangelion 2.22 - You Can Advance. The second entry in the Rebuild of Evangelion series of animated films, its structure is mostly episodic, and there is a sequence set in the aquarium of Tokyo 3 that doubles as a variation of the beach segment. In this sequence, Ryoji Kaji takes the EVA pilots and their classmates to the aquarium where they get to see marine life in all its long-lost glory.
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