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Apr 3, 2007 9:43 PM
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Yay, Hot Spring episode =P

Seems like so many Comedy/Drama anime have a hot spring and/or beach episode.

I love how almost all (If not all) the episodes of this anime so fully encompass beauty and serenity. Most specifically in this episode the image of smoking chimneys on a cool winters evening, The hotspring scene in the moonlight, and finally all of the snow-flys flying away into the night. Gives you a nice peaceful feeling to watch.

Also, I wonder how many people would want to take a leisurely gondola tour in the winter O_o

Ara ara ara Alicia-san~
Apr 3, 2007 10:10 PM
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ah i remember this episode. the "hot spring" in aria is really cool. they really do make use of the world they are in. And I agree with you 100%, i really love how this anime, as you said, fully encompass bueaty and serenity.
Nov 14, 2007 11:04 PM
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Snowfly so Kawaiiiii!!

Jul 4, 2008 10:06 PM
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the snowfly with the little ribbon was so cute!!!!
Aug 3, 2008 7:47 PM
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ahh, relaxing. one of the best episodes yet.
Oct 9, 2008 9:25 PM
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Nice episode, would love to have a snowfly instead of house flies that land on your freshly baked pizza and die cause it's too hot.
Nov 1, 2008 4:56 PM
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This episode was very enjoyable :)
It was extremely refreshing and eveything was depicted so beautifully. Honestly, they way the hot spring was portrayed and the way everything looked made me sleepy at home on my couch beside the fireplace...



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Dec 13, 2008 3:28 AM
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Another nice and refreshing episode ^^, it was very well done, I really liked the scene where it connected to the ocean and the ping-pong scene was added in pretty well xD
Dec 24, 2008 11:37 PM
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I love Snowflies, so cute. This was a sweet episode.
Feb 13, 2009 10:56 AM

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valsu said:


This was one of my favorite episodes so far. Glad to see there wasn't any real fanservice. Pretty rare for a hot springs episode of any show.


That's why it becomes my favourites series: no unnecessary fanservice :) And yet - an awful lot of beauties :)
Jun 4, 2009 7:15 AM

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The snowflies look so cute xD haha~


Jun 10, 2009 10:50 PM

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streat said:
Haha.
I love how the snowfly who supposedly likes the winter and the cold actually stayed with Akari during the hot spring trip...even though it's so hot there o.o


I'd stick with Akari during a hot spring trip too ;)

dagomir said:
valsu said:


This was one of my favorite episodes so far. Glad to see there wasn't any real fanservice. Pretty rare for a hot springs episode of any show.


That's why it becomes my favourites series: no unnecessary fanservice :) And yet - an awful lot of beauties :)


Aria (the show, not the cat) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fanservice
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Jul 27, 2009 12:51 AM

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Dammm!! I wish my life was as peaceful as these girl's. Being constantly amazed at everything remotely beautiful and pleasant must be nice.
But seriously... towels in a hot spring!? Cmon, almost ruined the ep for me~


Aug 7, 2009 11:50 AM

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ColdBeans said:
But seriously... towels in a hot spring!? Cmon, almost ruined the ep for me~
Wahaha.

Lush episode~ Snowflies are awesome :D
Dec 4, 2009 4:47 PM

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I liked this episode but the art was weird some of the time. :/
It's a good hot springs episode overall. Akari was very sweet most of the time. I'm liking her more and more. Alicia also got some points. I'd love to meet a woman like her. :)
Jan 12, 2010 8:22 PM
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I loved Aika's expression when she saw Akira at the hot springs. Still haven't seen much of Athena..
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Feb 19, 2010 6:23 PM

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Holy shit, how was that hot spring connected in the ocean not cold during the winter? I'm not going to ask more since it's a different planet, lol. Anyways, it was a good episode. Hot spring episodes are all nice afterall. :3 Their life is so peaceful. It's so peaceful that it seems to be impossible, lol.

Okay so the snowfly-san was cute. I don't know how it got attached to Akari. I'm guessing Akari is a sweet person, that's why. I thought they're going to be the snow in Neo-venezia. I was wrong.

The house looked a bit creepy. Alicia also looked creepy when she was asking the girls to follow her to the outside spring. It was like she was leading them somewhere dangerous, lol.
Feb 23, 2010 2:54 AM

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Hot Springs <3
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Mar 28, 2010 1:19 PM

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not as good as the last one,but it was still great and relaxing :D

going to sleep now zzZZZzzzZZ
Sayonara,papa!


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Apr 3, 2010 6:51 AM

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President Aria is a male and yet he managed to go with the girls...lucky fellow :)
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Jun 24, 2010 8:49 AM

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Akari-chan is soo sweet, her "Ehh" kilsl me everytime!
Jul 11, 2010 6:52 AM

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ColdBeans said:
Dammm!! I wish my life was as peaceful as these girl's. Being constantly amazed at everything remotely beautiful and pleasant must be nice.
But seriously... towels in a hot spring!? Cmon, almost ruined the ep for me~
I'd say it would be ruined if they didn't have towels.
Aug 25, 2010 7:04 PM

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Good episode, so relaxing.

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Sep 26, 2010 4:50 PM

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Athena, Alicia, and Akira seen together...
Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone
Apr 6, 2011 4:23 AM

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weird hotspring they got there ==
Apr 23, 2011 8:29 AM

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Nice episode. That snowfly was so cute!
Sep 13, 2011 8:33 PM

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I can so relate to waking up in the cold and wanting to just stay in bed. But I loved the onsen trip in the manga and was happy that it was done so well in the anime. ^^ Great episode.
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Jan 22, 2012 9:12 AM

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Such a relaxing episode.
Jul 27, 2012 4:34 AM

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I liked that yukimushi, and hope to see it again in the next season. Poor Aika-chan, from Heaven to Hell... 4/5.
Sep 5, 2012 12:36 PM

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Hop spring connected to the ocean ? Wut.

Relaxing episode as usual.
Dec 14, 2012 5:41 PM

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Ara ara ara... I like turning an old house into a hot spring, literally.
Jan 2, 2013 12:49 AM
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Ah...right now it's winter and I wanna go to an onsen too T_T Particularly one that is an old house turned into hot spring! I didn't read many chapters of Aria, but I think this is one of the earlier chapters and it definitely stayed with me because of the interesting scenery of the onsen and the part where it connects to the ocean.
I also loved the snowfly! So cute! If only bugs were that cute in real life lol...
Jan 3, 2013 4:13 PM

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Nice hotspring episode, those snowflies where interesting :)
Mar 20, 2013 11:10 AM

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Moonfrost said:

The house looked a bit creepy. Alicia also looked creepy when she was asking the girls to follow her to the outside spring. It was like she was leading them somewhere dangerous, lol.


and the snowfly was really cute ( ' x ' )
May 20, 2013 10:43 AM

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It's just boring to me.
I've seen many hotspring episodes in anime done better than this.
2.5/5
Jul 12, 2013 9:16 PM
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Nice episode. :)
I was glad for the lack of fanservice, but I also found the towels in the bath a bit jarring.
I understand why they did it, I think. This episode called for a lot more movement and screen time during the bath than the bath scene in their visit to the retired Water Fairy, but it was still jarring. I don't think they got very clean washing with towels on.
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Aug 7, 2013 6:37 PM

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The ludicrousness of wearing towels in a hotspring aside, I thought this was as pointless as it could possibly get. Other than revealing some information about their world with the snowflies, it didn't seem to do anything important. None of the characters received any development, and the episode appeared to be thematically bankrupt. It still has that relaxing nature associated with Aria, but it's just a bit on the lackluster side compared to the earlier episodes.
Aug 31, 2013 10:53 AM

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The ludicrousness of wearing towels in a hotspring aside, I thought this was as pointless as it could possibly get. Other than revealing some information about their world with the snowflies, it didn't seem to do anything important. None of the characters received any development, and the episode appeared to be thematically bankrupt. It still has that relaxing nature associated with Aria, but it's just a bit on the lackluster side compared to the earlier episodes.


I don't know, man. Appreciating life and finding the beauty in the mundane is a core theme of the show, so I would say that this episode was far from pointless. Is it a favorite of mine? Not in the least, I agree that it's not as character focused as some of what I believe are many of Aria's best moments. But, definitely not pointless.
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Sep 29, 2013 8:50 AM

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Ara ara~ I want a snowfly :3
Apr 11, 2014 4:33 AM

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That was a really cool onsen. Flooded mansion + connected to the ocean.
Apr 11, 2014 7:48 AM
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Quite relaxing episode. The part where Akari changes her clothes and then falling is pretty funny.
Sep 3, 2014 7:32 PM

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Great episode with lots of beautiful images and visuals. I really liked the atmosphere of the hot springs and mansion ruins.

I REMEMBER TOUCH. PICTURES CAME WITH TOUCH. A PAINTER IN MY MIND.
Dec 3, 2014 8:51 PM

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Another serene episode. I appreciate how the makers of this series balance the peacefulness, the occasional mild humor, and the sometimes reflective tone. Very well-done.
Dec 8, 2014 9:25 AM

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"Slow and clumsy girls aren't allowed." LOL. I will nevet get tired of this.

Their faces after drinking that milk, so epic esp. Aika's.

This show just melts me.
Feb 20, 2015 2:28 PM
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Aaah the typical hot springs episode.
Mar 14, 2015 9:19 PM
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The images shown in this episode was simply amazing because of how they were drawn and the way they were composed, it seemed like something I would use to put on my desktop screen. Wish I wasn't so sleepy when watching the episode otherwise I would've screencap them lol.

So, the message of the episode was that even though change can bring in unwanted things like the cold weather is also when change can bring in new and wonderful things like the Winter sunsets, hot springs, and those cute snow bugs. Dang it Aria, when you put it that way... I feel like I can appreciate about every single change in life.

Also, wow no fanservice! One of the most enjoyable episodes of Aria thus far.
Apr 30, 2015 7:58 AM

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I wanna see more Athena :C.

I liked how their was no fan service in a hot springs episode.
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Jun 24, 2015 11:30 AM
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Pretty awesome episode, a lovely hot spring episode with little to no fan service to be found.
Sep 30, 2015 4:40 PM

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Obligatory hot spring but without the fanservice.

A hot spring connected to the ocean? Seems legit.
Dec 15, 2015 1:50 PM

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If only every episode would be that enjoyable like this one...
Dub = fake crap. Always.
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