I’m just a little happy…
…and more than a little overwhelmed. The ending of ARIA the ORIGINATION and with it, the ARIA series as a whole, has left me fumbling for words. The words to describe what I felt about the last few episodes, the ending and the series as a whole, have been elusive. However, […]

I never thought of ranking episodes of ARIA one over another since I’ve never encountered one that I didn’t like. Aside from the largely arbitrary ratings I sometimes put at the top of my summaries, I’ve enjoyed every episode without comparing them to each other. Not that all the past episodes are fresh in my […]

Most dramatized banana peel slip, ever
Looks like I’m not the only one getting their butt handed to them by “real life”. But with midterms over (only for finals to appear over the horizon, in about a month) I can play catch up with ARIA, this post running a little over two weeks behind airing schedule, […]

Model gondola? DO WANT!
I know it exists, I’m just too poor to buy one.
Another beautiful episode of ARIA, as any fan would come to expect at this point. The message conveyed in this one was a lot more subtle, but when I started to give it more thought, it began to sink deeper. The issue […]

A mainly Alicia and Alice centric episode and a rare glimpse at the what lies underneath Alicia’s always happy “Ara ara~ hehehe” exterior. She’s always portrayed as the most perfect and gracious of the three water faeries, it was nice seeing the human side of her and the philosophies that make her character.