Aria The Animation 01
5:01 am
Summary:
Mizunashi Akari wakes up for another day working as an apprentice for the tiny Aria Company. It’s tough work dealing with stalkers like Izumo Akatski and having to practice rowing alone, but Florence Alicia is off being a legend and bringing home the bacon. One day, a loli named Ai calls up the company hoping to get a ride on Alicia’s gondola. However, since Akari is the only one at the shop, Ai has to settle for a crappy free ride (since Akari cannot take paying customers yet).
While out rowing, Akari runs into her friend Granzchesta Aika of the Himeya Company. Since the ride with Akari sucked, Ai wants to try Aika’s gondola next. They also stop off for some buttered potato, which is surprisingly delicious because they use tons of MSG on Aqua (aka Mars). Unfortunately, while the girls are loading up on fat and carbs, the cat President Aria falls off a pole into the water. Akari shows how she learned to row backwards on her college crew team, and it’s way faster but apparently still not fast enough to catch a cat sitting in a metal bowl. Fortunately, Alicia glides in to save President Aria, and Ai learns to stop hating on Aqua and Neo-Venzia (aka Venice).
Reaction:
Ender told me I would be bored with this slow slice-of-life show, but this first episode was kinda exciting. I’m glad Akari got Ai to stop sipping the hateorade, just because Ai’s sister kept bragging about how Aqua was so good that it was baby-making good. On the other hand, the special ougi rowing that Akari demonstrated was not really that impressive. Akari has to have someone else sitting in the boat to navigate, and the weight increase probably negates much of the speed increase (especially after eating buttered potatoes). The other thing that bothered me is how small Aria Company is. One Undine and one apprentice? Is this a Sith company or something?
Meanwhile, I don’t know who that Akatsuki guy thinks he’s fooling, but he is obviously calling constantly to hear the voice of his little “momiko” (pigtails). If he really just wanted to hear Alicia’s voice, he could have recorded the message. Plus, no one gets a crush on a side-character in the first episode. Anyway, I enjoyed the great characters (so far Aika has my early vote), and the mood and music were nice. I’m looking forward to some great Undine training montages and speeches about guts and miracles.
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