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ARIA is back and so am I ^^

I’m still here lol, I’ve just been busy with school. Cursed professors giving me homework, what do I need homework for? Lol, well anyways, I know this is late but ARIA is back with “ARIA the Origination.” The show starts off with the “sempai (more experienced) and kohai (less experienced) relationship,” with the three water fairies of Neo-Venezia teaching their protege’s how to become undine’s themselves. One of the great things about ARIA is how the show incorporates the opening and episode at the same time, truly the magnificence that is ARIA.

Akari, Aika, and Alice (say that three times fast ;p) are practicing their gondolier skills with each other and talking about their time with their sempai’s during the carnival when they see Al-kun and Akatsuki. Akatsuki is studying for his exam to be a full-fledged salamander and Al-kun is helping him study. The three girls leave Akatsuki and Al to continue their practice which they finish later on.

At the Aria Company, Akari, Alice, and Aria taijou are eating lunch when Woody comes by to drop off a package. Inside the package is cherry tea and jam. Alice comes up with the idea that this is the perfect opportunity to bring everyone together for a nice tea party. Akari and Alice go out to buy ingredients for the party and go back to the Aria Company to prepare everything. Later on, everyone but Athena shows up due to work. They are greeted by Aria taijou in a cute butler/waiter outfit when Aria is greeted by Maa-chan (the cat on the bottom right hand corner in the following picture), with a nice bite to the belly. Everyone soon settles down and enjoys the jam with cookies Akari, Alice, and Aria taijou made with the jam and drink the tea they received.

During the tea party, Aika wanted to know about the customer who sent the cherry jam and tea. Alice and Akari tell the story of how Alice was guiding a mother and daughter around Neo Venezia with Akari watching and learning from Alice. It was a cold winter and the daugther had taken the mother to see Neo-Venezia, but it was quite cold when they visited, but the mother didn’t mind as she was able to see snow that she rarely witnesses back home (man-home/Earth). Alice, with her eagle eyes ^^, manages to spot a snowflake coming down from the sky ahead of her and tells the mother to hold her hand’s up with the palm facing upward then manages to maneuver the gondala so that the snowflake fell on the mother’s palm O_o. Snow started to fall from the sky afterwards and “warm the customers hearts.”

Aika also had a story of Akira’s ability as well. A group had requested Akira to be their gondolier during the carnival and Akira took Aika along to learn from her. One of the men of the group, possibly drunk, stood up on the gondola and danced back and forth along it when he tripped on a stool and almost fell out of gondola and into the water, possibly getting hurt when he fell, if Akira didn’t move quickly to grab the man’s shirt and push away from the opposite wall with her oar to get leverage. The man behaved the rest of the trip. Unfortunately Akira doesn’t remember this and could care less about it.

Alice also had a story of Athena sempai who used a ability required of a undine, the ability to entertain her customers whether they be big or small. Athena and Alice were out with customer’s with their child who wouldn’t calm down and was causing quite a fuss. The parents had their backs turned to Athena and were surprised when he calmed down and started to laugh. The reason being the child, who was facing Athena, noticed her making silly faces which entertained him. At the end of the story, Athena entered the door and was wondering what kind of story Alice was telling everyone about her. Alice replies “A stupid tale” but later adds that it was pertaining to how great the water fairies were.

Alice, Akira, and Athena then started to discuss how their three kohai will one day be undine’s themselves and need to work hard to achieve that goal. But after they become undine’s they still need to strive to learn something new, just like they do. Akari, Aika, and Alice go outside to look at the sunset and talk about what they just discussed and acknowledge that they still have a long way to go to become undine’s but they will become undine’s no matter what. Back inside, Alice, Akira, and Athena talk about how far their kohai have become and that they will most likely surpass them and eventually become the new water fairies of Neo-Venezia.

Impression:
T-T, what a beautiful ending. The girls still have a long way to go, but I believe in them and that that they will become undine’s faster than they think. ARIA is something to be watched and enjoyed but it makes you wonder why you “truly enjoy it.” It’s supposed to be a slice of life/future/comedy anime which you can find a lot of. But ARIA just has that special something that I can’t quite put into words. For me, I guess it would be how ARIA just makes you feel comfortable whenever you watch it. That’s the best I can come up with lol, ARIA’s greatness isn’t something I can easily explain. Maybe you can explain why you love ARIA and why it is so great ^^?