Comments on: ARIA. ORIGINATION ending, review and series retrospective.

By: M.e

M.e — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:46:44 +0000

I finished the three seasons over the course of 15 days, and the ending of Origination sure is satisfying. From the Prima examination with Alicia finally taking off Akaris glove, then Alicia and Akari exchanging heartfelt moments because of them splitting up, to the adult Akari taking Ai under her wing as an apprentice are probably the most rewarding moments I’ve seen in anime lately. Very heart touching stuff.

By: initialE

initialE — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:18:43 +0000

The Internet, Computers, Mobile Phones, Television and Movies, Cars, Garbage and Pollution, War, Natural Disasters, food shortages, disease, accidents, Annoying people, Ugly people, Poor people…
All these are elements missing from their idealized world that is Aqua. Would I live there if I could? Sure, in a heartbeat. But certainly we cannot expect to see the end of so many of the things that we have put up with over nearly all of the history of our existence. I guess that is the charm of the show, that if we could suspend our concept of reality for the 1/2 hour or so it takes to view an episode, that we could imagine our lives so much simpler and more meaningful when we put away all the meaningless things.

By: Runningkid

Runningkid — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:56:01 +0000

Aria T____T. I am going to miss this show so much… I guess I will see what Venice is really like in a few weeks… ARIA COMPANY HERE I COME!

By: totali

totali — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:59:44 +0000

We all know that it is never too late to finish Aria.

Need more Ai-chan. MOAR.

By: StarCreator

StarCreator — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:51:34 +0000

Aika’s promotion being (largely) off-camera is more to shadow the manga’s storytelling than an effect of the cutting room; in the manga, both of Aika’s promotions were off-camera, and they both served as the push for Akari to do the same, and to allow us to experience it through Akari’s eyes alone. I would have rather we not have been shown the bit of Aika’s exam that was presented, if not to save myself for watching Akari accomplish it.

I’m also not entirely sure I agree with your statements regarding Ai-chan’s final appearance. I don’t think the identity of Akari’s apprentice is important in the slightest – I figure Amano simply drew Ai-chan into the role as a nod to the anime. I think the more important facet of that particular scene was the fact that history was repeating itself, in which case it really doesn’t matter who the girl on the other side of the table is. Besides, I liked Ai-chan at first, but as time went on, she sort of lost what made her a unique character in the first episode and essentially became a clone of Akari, with her weekly echoing of Akari’s sentiments serving no purpose whatsoever. Her appearance at the end is thus not surprising in the slightest, and carried no impact whatsoever to me aside from finally seeing her on-camera again.

But despite all my complaints on the anime adaptation, I still enjoyed the franchise, and I’m very much looking forward to adding the R1 releases to my collection. I just hope the artwork looks as good as that of the R2 boxes.

By: Siva

Siva — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:01:52 +0000

I have been asked a few times before about if your wish can be granted would you changed your sex? And my answer always was “I am really happy that I born as a male” But now I have a reason that I want to be a female so I can become an Undine. I am happy to enjoy that everyday-boring-life.

There is something i would like to quote someone and shown it here.
>>”Oh….finally it’s over. A bit fast in pace but a marverous finale. The first and second season described the ever lasting happiness of unchanging life. Amano Kozue sensei denied it in this third season: the changes to our lives is inevitable and we must find a new happiness from today. I quote Akari’s lines from manga.

“I don’t wanna say ‘I was happy at that time’, I would say ‘I was happy at that time, too, as I am now’”. “I will move on forward to find a new happiness rather than stick to the joyful memories in the past and be afraid of making changes”

I would say this line, which Akari said in the manga was a great way to explain why Aria’s ending turn out to be like this instead of everyone stick together live a happy life at the end as they were in the first and second season.

Anyway, there is a quote i like in the last episode.
“When we walked, it felt like we were all on the same path. But everyone was on a different one. They’re all walking on their own path.”

That is the most trueness thing to say about life in this world. Right now, we are all enjoying Anime but we don’t know what would happened in the next few years and I don’t even know long this blog will lasts.

By: AS

AS — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:25:43 +0000

Uryuryuryu T-T, it was such a touching ending. I agree that ARIA shouldn’t be marathoned, you don’t get a chance to absorb what had just happened if you do. How did Alicia keep the marriage a secret ^^;; but good for her. I loved episode 12 where Akari was practicing at night and she kept going “ahahaha” xD and Aria shaichou looked quite cute in the bear outfit. Now that Alicia is getting married, maybe Akatsuki will look towards Akari as we see in the end :P. I hope you’re able to find some great ARIA merchandise to show your love for the anime xD.

By: Shirukii

Shirukii — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:08:26 +0000

@ dm: > she may be marrying Granny, for all we know (Granny is, suddenly, a frequent presence with Alicia in episode 13).

Haha, as much as that sounds better than her marrying some random character, I like to keep the yuri goggles off while watching ARIA.

@ kaz3phyrous: Don’t fool yourself, those weren’t manly tears, those were little girl tears. Manly tears are cried when characters die heroic deaths and other similar situations. Crying to women gondoliers is not manly, but given how amazing ARIA was, there’s no shame in it.

@ kenshin514: You totally need to go back and watch NATURAL, there were some great episodes in that one as well.

@ lolikit: Hmm, I see where you’re coming from. I suppose the parallels would be greater, but I still argue that the overall emotional impact wouldn’t have.

Also, EVERYONE voted “BEST SHOW” :3

@ The_Observer: I think her grown up hair is awesome, if not a little impractical. She basically grew a ponytail and tied her bang pigtail things into it. It does make me question how long the time skip is though, it takes a long time to grow your hair out that long.

@ ItAintEazy: Believe it. If you remind me, I’ll prove it to you when the DVDs are released. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait no further than the Anime North convention (May 23-25) to see that I actually do buy anime merchandise once in a while, haha.

@ eviltrain: Excellent. I hope the DVDs sell well and they make more merchandise.

@ Leviathan: Can’t have been me D= I don’t post on /c/, only /a/, /mu/ and occasionally /g/.

By: Leviathan

Leviathan — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:23:21 +0000

I saw the post you made on /c/ few days ago, Shirukii.

By: eviltrain

eviltrain — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:09:37 +0000

Dekai Sansei!!! Alas, my hatred of all fanboy’s has fallen by the way side as I claim my own fanboyhood for this series as I type this as a shriveled dehydrated mess.

I too has broken down and will buy the DVD’s on top of the books.