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Aug 3, 2019 10:08 PM

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Torikago no Yume is such a great song accompanying such a great scene.
Mar 11, 2020 4:37 PM

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Well, Grandma became legendary undine after exam in Himeya?
Also Aria Company may not be so big like Himeya or Orange Planet, but...
Aria Company is most cozy and family-like for me.
May 6, 2020 4:37 PM
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Great moment with Akari at the end
May 14, 2020 12:16 AM

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Peaceful episode about grandma
Jun 16, 2020 4:07 PM
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Ah, Alicia-san senpai from the past. Her name was Ana. And she was married in a young age. Its a pretty big decision by Undine to ever made. Its nice to seeing something new at the journey of Akari in the Aria Company. Her husband name was Albert, and her child name was Ahito. The name always started on 'A' alphabetical. Its quite unique, and i never found it at any show. What a masterpiece you had there, Aria series.

Next. What a beautiful story Ana had after the marriage. Its somehow hinted Akari's future, i am kidding. XD Yeah, its always not easy to adapted in a new environment. Its such a hard if you dont had anything to link yourself to the people, there. Fortunately, Ana had something to do. Congratulations for having a happy family, senpai!

Its all about respecting more your valuable time. Its like Grandma said, an ex Prima from Himeya, named Akino (oh, well, such a nice progression i had there!). Sometime you need to take a huge decision, like Ana senpai done it. Sometime you need to hold on a while from your busy day, and take your time to feel the breeze by your precious friend. Sometime you need to resign, take a huge holiday, and enjoying yourself more. Or, make another company to become autonomous and be yourself, another great decision to be made. Aria company was officially open on that decision, great!

Yeah there is so much way to respect your whole time. But, still, you need to focus and doesn't forget your own dream. Thats it. Damn, another incredible episode full of moral lesson. I am very satisfied. I even tearing my eyes. Such a great, and always fun to watch Akari's embarassment. What a cute young lady we had there.

Yeah, like Ana senpai said, Aria Company might lead those encounter. And be the great history i've ever feel. Amazing! Its always a fun-ride to have seen the time Aria's company had in the past. Another respectful time being its ever made.
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Jul 25, 2021 12:01 PM
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Dropped (for now)

Either I'm insane or I'm the only sane person here. Once again let me be the one to breach this "cute girl show" bubble. Mushishi is tea and Aria is soda.

7 episodes into Origination and it's just a bunch of corny sentimental aesops mixed in with bland characters, a saccharine tone, an annoying mascot, and unfunny chibi humor. Full disclosure, I only watched the first episode of Animation before this and I know people keep saying to watch the previous two seasons but come on these 7 episodes so far don't require any buildup and don't seem like they were building upon anything.

Despite all this it's hard to hate on the show. If I ignore my distaste for its style of anime humor and the overly sweet tone it's fine. But while I know it's going to make me seem overly reactive, I simply must voice my disagreement with the prevailing opinion that it's some amazing life changing thing. It's clear to me that this is more of a plasticky piece of candy than any genuine piece of art representing peace and tranquility. It's more comfort food than fine dining. You can also easily tell because the songs are all overly comforting and soft sung with feathery voices. When I think of peace and tranquility, I think of Shanshui Qing, I don't think of cute girls. I do love the setting, as the architecture and waterways are actually beautiful, and I think this could have worked well if Natsume Ono wrote it or if it otherwise dropped the cuteness factor entirely, had better personalities, and stopped the chibi humor.

And after reading an explanation of the character development I wouldn't call that noteworthy character development. Slightly shy girl makes new friends. Wow. Another girl overcomes some jealousy. These things are just too mundane and negligible. These girls were in relaxing environments the entire time and seldom had to go too far out of their comfort zones. They were never under any real duress, never had much struggle, so the payoff is miniscule. Not that I think focusing on mundane personal issues is intrinsically bad, because I liked Ristorante Paradiso, but this series does not have the touch of Natsume Ono.
Apr 26, 2022 10:04 PM

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4 Generations of Aria all in one room, nice.

I love how they built the ARIA COMPANY building in front of the spot where President Aria and Grandma first met. I'd recognize that surrounding scenery anywhere.
Apr 26, 2022 10:16 PM

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vF_Wackiier said:
4 Generations of Aria all in one room, nice.

I love how they built the ARIA COMPANY building in front of the spot where President Aria and Grandma first met. I'd recognize that surrounding scenery anywhere.


Truly a beautiful sequence. Some of the best in all of Aria!




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Feb 18, 2023 5:18 PM
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Ah, so basically Aria inadvertedly caused the creation of the Aria company by stading still? Interesting, and also the fact that not only grandma has an "A"-name (Akino) but so does the entire family of the undine that left the company. This is certainly no coincidence.
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May 4, 2023 2:40 PM

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Those laces are really pretty 
Nice to see history of aria company
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Aug 25, 2023 1:52 PM

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Didn't knew that Misty had a little brother who steals her clothes.

Also good to see the history of Aria Company.
Sep 19, 2024 1:26 PM

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I'm still hopeful that I can build in my own life this splendid way of living: working in an environment in the values of which I believe and cherish each moment of my life as if I were eating a unique cake.
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This has to be my fav of the series. I really liked the vibes and the atmosphere of this ep. The dinner felt very..."Italian". Simplicity and Community. Loved the new characters. Gran's story was nice. Also is this the first time we hear her name? IDK. Didn't think it'd be President Aria's backstory along with Aria Company's! He looked quite battered and maybe depressed. Like the soul left his eyes. He must've gotten abondoned or something. That was really sad to see. Reminded me of Hachiko. It could be an inspiration for this. So was Prez Aria also waiting for his master?! I have no idea why he was just waiting there. More puzzling is Gran's idea to start the company after seeing it. That felt very random. Like she was very busy but after seeing Prez Aria, she realized she was too busy and that didn't get to see the world..? I don't get it. Otherwise great ep. Prez Aria getting adopted was the best part hehe.
Nov 22, 2:19 PM
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This is the one time that Aria really failed to deliver its message in a logical way imo (still a good episode though). The anime can be very melodramatic, saccharine, and also overemphasize the revelation of a character "getting it", but I thought it always made good storytelling sense how they got there. However, Aria-sanchou being the catalyst behind Grandma's decision to create the Aria company was a stretch.

I can see how viewers can get there and can see how even she got there via her overworked brain's functioning at the time, but it's some head canon on everyone's part attributing that to Aria-Sanchou's intended actions. I could say he had been snorting catnip in the alley and then was just staring at the ocean blitzed out of his mind every day. Like, Grandma saw and interpreted from his statuesque actions whatever her overworked mind wanted, but this is one time attributing it to some deeper meaning felt hollow and honestly really dumb imo.
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