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Takumaku said: NO NO NO NO NO. WHAT THE FUCK, I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS. All my dreams and expectations were shattered and blown away like scattered dust. How can my Alice-chan be a Prima? Q_Q Was so expecting Akari and Aika to level up first. But, god damn... god damn... Keep watching. xD |
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| I wished my memories from reading the manga can be erased temporarily. I want to feel the "OMG" emotion once again when I read the manga of this episode years ago :p But still, listening to Alice's canzone is very epic. |
| The only time I've heard singing in esperanto. It is a strangely beautiful language. |
| This was like the beautiful thing I've seen in an anime...ever ;_____; and Alice is my favorite so... |
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| The best episode of Aria so far. I thought that I'll cry only at the last episode, but I've already noticed some tears on my cheeks. The moment Alice began to sing... It was so wonderful, beautiful. This anime is going without a doubt in my favorite list. |
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| Damn, ninjas are cutting onions right next to me! xD Alice's song is so wonderful. Made me tear up a little bit! |
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| BEST EPISODE EVER FROM ARIA!!! Really amazing we all knew what was going to happen when they took that road but what twist to be directly promoted to Prima! Alice-chan is really amazing :D I was so amazed when she sang damn what a wonderful episode |
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| Amazing episode. I've never expected for Alice to be promoted straight to Prima. I nearly cried. I reckon Akari will be the last of the 3 to be promoted. Always save the best for last! |
| beautiful, this is just BEAUTIFUL!!! cant get any perfect than that! T^T |
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| predictable but still cant believe it... since she is the most talent undine... Congratulation..... XD |
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| now that was a surprise, to say the least. i was definitely not expecting the second glove to come off as well. i'll admit to tearing up during the glove removing. Alice deserves it with all the growth she went through starting from the beginning of the first season to her amazing double promotion and the first ever promotion from a pair straight to prima, might i add. |
| Not going to lie but I teared up at the end of the episode. Hands down the best episode wait let me rephrase that, one of the BEST episodes I've seen in anime EVER. I've seen from Aria so far but I still have 4 episodes left along with the OVA. Well this episode basically secured the 10 for this series. I was at a 9 until I saw this episode. It just won it for me. But dam when we all knew that she was going to be promoted somehow but when I saw Athena reach out for the second gloves I was like HOLY SHIT. Episode was done so elegantly and everything was just so natural. |
| Rest in beats. - Nujabes  |
| This right here is the definition of a flawless episode. |
| This episode had to be the biggest surprise I've seen in anime in a long time. The entire time it was building up to Alice getting promoted and I was sitting here thinking "oh she's finally becoming a Single, good for her!" When she started singing, my eyes got watery. When she got promoted, a tear or two escaped but I was like "that was amazing." And then, Athena moved her hands to the other glove... Absolutely breathtaking, tears flowing and I couldn't stop smiling in amazement at this episode. Congratulations Alice, the Orange Princess! Edit: It's funny, the finale for Shingeki no Kyojin was yesterday. And although I enjoyed it, this literally felt 100x more satisfying, I'm so happy right now. |
ZekkenshinSep 29, 2013 7:50 PM
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| Wow. Just wow. |
| The dialogues....the atmosphere...the orange sky. Perfection. I also love the song this episode. |
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| FUCK. Hooooooly shit I was in tears. This episode was beautiful. I can't believe how much better Origination is compared to the first two seasons. And they were good enough! I'm looking forward to the next couple of episodes when Aika and Akari plot to kill Alice out of sheer jealousy. ...but seriously, amazing episode. |
| This was a beautiful episode. |
| CAN'T STOP CRYING |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| WOW, didn't see it coming, even more surprisingly in aria omedetou Alice-chan! |
| inochi ga kurikaesu naraba nandomo kimi no moto e ... ... if life can be repeated, i'll go to you many times over |
| That was amazing. Alice's song had me in tears. Best episode yet! |
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| That was... that was beautiful. ;-; |
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| God damn it, i am totally speechless with this episode. i am very excited when i think alice became a single, and then athena remove alice's other glove. "What the... Holly shie... OMG". Nobody expect alice is the first one to became a prima undine. |
apalagiMay 2, 2014 9:32 AM
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| I like how they completely surprised me with the second glove. From the beginning I thought it was just a gonna be beautiful episode with her first promotion for Alice, and then the magic happen, Athena pulls the second glove and I'm like "What? Whaaaat?" 5/5 |
| Jesus Christ I'm bawling my eyes out over here! It was one thing to finally see someone becoming a single, but to think Alice would just skip to being a prima...absolutely heartwarming. The show did justice to Alice's growth both psychically and mentally, I genuinely felt happy for her as if I had known her throughout all these years. Marvelous episode, absolutely beautiful. Prima/10. |
| Really beautiful episode. |
| “Are there some unseen roles that we have unknowingly set ourselves into, dictating the rules of engagement whenever we see each other, inevitably leading to us hurting each other?” |
| Godlike episode. 7 and 8 were just a build-up to this, and they were very good on their own. I'm glad that I kept watching Aria, it looks like this season will reward me for my patience. |
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| First time, i legitimately cried for minutes since Clannad After Story. |
kokusho36 said: Godlike episode. 7 and 8 were just a build-up to this, and they were very good on their own. If I could I would give this episode 12/10 :D I was expecting promotion to Single but not to Prima :O After watching this I think Akari will be the last one to get promotion to Prima. |
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ImmahJosh said: This episode is was even more beautiful the second time around. I actually cry every time.CAN'T STOP CRYING GO ALICE GO! |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| The moment you know MAL's rating system is flawed is when you want to rate an episode 6/5, but MAL only give maximum option to 5/5. As for the episode... No... just... no. This is my first time seeing Origination. Before, I've read Aria the manga and on the last 15/last 10 chapters, I either puke rainbow in wonder, or crying an ocean especially at Alice-chan's promotion and.. uhm... the last chapter. According to my calculation, I should not shed a tear and able to compose myself better when watching the anime, cos I already read the manga! So why the hell I still shed tears at this episode!? WHY!? No... just... no. I'm a man. I'M A FRIGGIN' MAN!  |
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| Ah man, I was trembling while watching the last few minutes... Alice got promoted first in a single go! Such a powerful scene. This episode was legendary. |
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| This episode was absolutely beautiful! I knew she was going to get promoted, but not to a Prima :') |
| this anime is so fucking beautiful, and peaceful and touching, i have never felt so happy to the point of tears while watching an anime (at least not in a log while), i was literally crying almost the entire episode after i realized where they were headed, i didn't expect the grade jump though, oh were the tears falling, absolutely beautiful. Smudy said: First time, i legitimately cried for minutes since Clannad After Story. +1 |
| Athena taking off Alice's gloves gave me goosebumps. Great episode. |
| This is it. I can't... No. I decided to read the whole Aria manga before starting to watch the final season, so I knew that this scene will eventually happen. And I was so afraid of seeing this particular moment animated, that it took me quite a long time until I had the guts to watch Origination. There couldn't be a better build-up like this. All the little hints from Athena, from her idea of Alice "playing an Undine" to the picnic and all the other small things to the "Do your best!" from the Himeya Undine, I enjoyed every single second. Everyone knows what will happen when Alice is going to enter the lock... And then, the greatest moment of anime history comes on screen. The canzone was more beautiful than I ever could imagine, in combination with the orange sunset, which the manga couldn't deliver. The feelings when Athena removed one glove, making Alice a Pair.. and the surprise and the incredible joy when Athena took the second, making Alice a new legend amongst all Undines. I lost it, really. I cried like I never did before, not because of sorrow, but of bliss. I had few doubts about giving Origination 10/10, but this episode finally nailed it down. I have to re-organise all my previous ratings to match this wonderful piece of art and joy. I will never regret watching this, not a single second. The series is about to end... The happiness won't linger... |
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Stormen said: While it was a good episode on paper, i can't help but feel it was off in some ways. Alice is still way too childish, and should be a single until she's a bit more mature, and the way she just overcame all her weaknesses in a flash just felt odd as well. Exactly what's on my mind too. Alice's still too childish proven by how she show less respect to her senior at previous episode.. (Stil remember the torn-letter part?) I can understand and predict her to become a single, but to become a prima, it's jut many responsibilities waiting ahead. But Oh! at least this show is start to progress. Can't wait to see til they are all becoming a Prima. |
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| Wow, a beautiful episode. I kind of teared up a bit there, so exciting to see Alice has become a prima, can't wait for Akari and Aika to receive their promotions soon. |
| Deffintly my favourite episode so far. I expected the promotion the minute Athena wanted Alice to take her on a tour.. Just didn't expect the double promotion at all. I always thought it was Alice going to be the first to become a prima, since she is well talented. I would've liked to see some training in previous episodes, so I could get an idea of how much further Alice was ahead of the other girls. Also hopping we get to see the others sing when their promoted. I'm hoping Akari's promotion lives up to that. Sent chills up my spine. Was wondering why there's been so much Alice and Athena development before this. 5/5 |
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| Why is this episode so good, best episode of the whole series so far. From the time Alice was singing, can't help but shed a manly tears of joy for the 1st time since Gurren Lagann because of her becoming a Prima and sadness because she can barely meet her senpais now that that she's a Prima now. Anyway congrats Kohai-chan. |
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| Oh, Wooooooooow, Alice chan <333333 This was such a beautiful episode. i just wanna go ahead watch it again. |
| Best episode ever. Orange Princess finally becomes a Prima. I had a feeling Alice would become Prima first but double promotion, now that's surprising. And it's the first time seeing the higher ups. Sadly Alice will have less time to be with her friends. She's now a Prima and like all Primas, their work increases. Alicia Akira and Athena don't see each other often. The scenery during their picnic was beautiful. Country side Neo-Venenzia. |
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| OMG! Finally. Been waiting for this moment since Aria the Animation. Alice is finally a Prima. Yes, easily the best episode ever. I actually forgot that Alice is not a Single yet. |
ZapredonJan 4, 2016 1:09 AM
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
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