There are series I would consider favorites, others that have changed the way I view the medium as a whole, and finally, there are the few that leave me with an insatiable longing for more. Aria does it all, and what’s so crazy is how it goes about leaving that impression. It’s a show where nothing exciting happens, the romance is minor, the girls are beautiful (yet there’s zero fanservice), and the premise is ridiculous. Life on a terraformed Mars in a city meant to replicate Venice where cats have magical powers and apparently live longer than humans. It’s a show about people rowing boats for God’s sake, yet I could barely bring myself to watch the final episodes because I didn’t want it to be over. I’m almost in a panic. It’s hard to imagine a world with no new Aria episodes. Even though it was only half a year ago that I watched the first season, I feel like I’ve always been watching it, that I’ve always been a part of Aqua as I experienced it through Akari’s eyes.
Needless to say, I’ve pre-ordered Aria the Animation and I’ll start buying the manga soon, and I think I’ll be listening to the soundtracks a lot over this next week. Overall, Origination was probably the weakest of the three seasons, as it abandoned the mysticism that had helped draw me into the series, and stuck with the sappier aspects of the story. Yet while episode 12 was the climax of the season, I can’t deny how happy it made me to see my waifu (2MB) all grown up. Actually, that’s an outright lie. I was very disappointed to see her grow up, as I thought she was perfectly cute and attractive before, and the last thing I’d want is for her to turn into some silly Alicia clone. Luckily, we got a replacement, so I can’t complain.
I guess my final thoughts on the series are these: I will never forget Aria or it’s characters, I will never live to see a more perfect cast of females (and cats), and I will always be waiting for more.
And I will never ever watch more than one episode Aria.
It’s not for everybody. It’s mainly for people with hearts, you soulless fuck.
But yeah, you wouldn’t like it.
I’m a heartless/soulless fuck, and even I like Aria!
Have that Akari pic in a bigger resolution if you want it. :P
And yeah. It might take a while for me to get off a post about ARIA after going through it. :/
Yeah, I saw the bigger resolution one that Muey uploaded to danbooru. I made mine to 1-up his since the colors are brighter on mine, and his stitching is bad :P