Hidan no Aria Episode 7 Discussion

Mangaluvr said:
It was a pretty good episode, although there wasn't enough Aria for me.
I really wanted to strangle whoever subbed this episode because it made it so dang hard to read. D:<

Ninsheart said:
Haven't you guys learned to check which fansub group you're downloading from? I don't know if you're getting these from AnimeTake or streaming them online or something, but the best way to make sure you get quality subs is to just keep an eye on UTW's website. Here, they've released Aria 7: http://utw.me/2011/05/28/hidan-no-aria-07/

HikariBibii said:
Riko and Shirayuki, I'll say a thing for you: KINJI IS ARIA'S PROPERTY!!!

kazexhack said:
is it just me.. but ever since i heard the word "Durandal" in this anime...
it seems familiar..^^
this time, episode 7 has confirmed it when the "ICE" magic or whatsoever appeared...

uhmm.. wait.. is this a Nanoha Series Spin-off??
ahahaha!!

Durandal = Chronos = Staff = Ice Magic... from the nanoha point of view
you get what i mean??

xD

Iazrien said:
ok wtf it feels as if yoda's been talking to me this entire episode >< the subbing is done soooo horribly.

BigBoss0327 said:
If anyone is still waiting for a non-gg-subs episode, here's the link :)
http://www.watchanimeon.com/aria-the-scarlett-ammo-episode-7/116403

Sartaj said:
It's also one of the most powerful swords in the Final Fantasy series, in a lot of its games.

Magito said:
When I hear the name Durandal, Xenosaga, pops out of my mind.

Ziggycuff said:
However I have to wonder, does reki play a more serious role in this situation? I thought she was guarding Shirayuki part time O.o.

Yumekichi11 said:
Funny that you mention games because in terms of video games it's this one that pops in my mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_2:_Durandal
I swear it is the very first time in my life that I heard that name back when I tried the game out. Before Durandal to me was unheard of. Just saying.

Aurao said:
Reki =D

taka said:
So was I the only one who thought that Kinji was painfully stupid this episode?

taka said:
And not just Kinji but the creators themselves. Kinji's outburst toward Aria that Durandal didn't exist and Aria was just making up fantasies was mindnumbingly stupid. Wasn't it a teacher that suggested Shirayuki needed protection in the first place? Does Kinji did that the teacher is being so cautious over nothing? Is Kinji really that dumb or did the creators just think I wouldn't notice if they pretended Durandal was all in Aria's head? This was also the catalyst for him wandering off and leaving Shirayuki to go take on Durandal. I guess he really is that dumb.

Gangler said:
I don't actually have any knowledge of Durandel, and I can't really think of any references to the name off the top of my head. When I google it, it seems to be the name of a blade, not a person. They did reference her having such a blade. That seems significant.

Gangler said:
Do we think that perhaps the sword is possessing her? It would seem odd to answer to the name of your sword otherwise. Which would also beg the question of whether or not EU is the good guys, since Durandal is apparently a holy blade.

Gangler said:
Hm... interesting. I'm starting to actually see some pretty solid parallels between Aria's character and Sherlock Holmes.

Gangler said:
I mean, Sherlock was a very intelligent man, but he had a very narrow set of intellectual strengths and aptitudes. Some subjects he could be relied upon as if he were some manner of encyclopedia from the future, other subjects would always be completely beyond his capability to understand. This was coupled with a series of personality deficits and strange quirks which made him ultimately incapable of functioning at full capacity on his own, and largely dysfunctional in his daily life.

Gangler said:
Now Aria seems actually to be a remarkably intelligent person, but she really does lack knowledge of a great many things. For starters a pretty large amount of daily life, a certain amount of Japanese culture, etc. She lacks skill in some vital areas, one of which seems to be communication. The ability to understand others or make herself understood. She has some personality deficits which will pretty consistently lead her in the wrong direction, being quick to anger and as a whole quite overly emotional (but not in any way she draws strength from that I've seen so far). She doesn't seem to have any unhealthy habits on quite the same level as Holmes, but certainly her dietary issues could be said to mirror that.

Gangler said:
So really, now that I'm looking it over, what she needs isn't really just a partner who has a complementary skill set. She needs a Watson. Someone to bounce ideas off of, aide in her thought processes, accommodate her eccentricities and provide her with the more common knowledge she lacks.

Gangler said:
So now I have to ask myself if Kinji is capable of being a Watson. Honestly, I'm inclined to say no. Thus far he's been completely incapable of aiding her in her though processes. He has almost no tolerance for her eccentricities and he doesn't really help her with the gaps in knowledge and abilities so much as he looks down on her for them and "Calls her out on her bullshit" so to say.

Gangler said:
Of course, on the other end of that, there was the scene when they were going to catch the bus, and Kinji was able to figure out the unknown reasoning behind Aria's instinct. That's a good sign. He technically did provide common knowledge that Aria lacked and then compensate for her lack of ability in the scene with the claw machine. It just wasn't work related, but it was still helpful and shows he can help her with the daily problems she has, which is half the battle. He's also shown a pretty strong inclination towards both enabling and accommodating Aria's dietary eccentricities. Although he thus far has mostly exacerbated Aria's more passionate outbursts, he is the calmer head here (for the most part), it seems reasonable that he could later show an ability to rein in Aria at moments when she's clearly getting carried away in the moment in a manner that is counterproductive.

Gangler said:
So in that sense, he is off to a good start. A Watson-Holmes relationship isn't built overnight, and they're entirely separate people so it will never be an exact replica of that dynamic, but in time perhaps Kinji will be capable of similarly working effectively as a catalyst for for Aria's mental processes. Half the problem right now is that neither party knows the other terribly well, so for example Kinji quite naturally doesn't understand the weight which Aria's instinct should be treated with. There's no trust yet. This could prove to be a very compelling relationship once they start to develop trust. I'm actually starting to get pretty excited about the prospect. A good and proper "Two halves of a whole" type scenario, the likes of which is generally done so poorly, but which I can believe would be executed much better with the context provided by the show. Think this might be a prize ship in the making.

Gangler said:
Looking forward to next week though. Seems like there's gonna be some fun stuff then. I mean, Durandal seems to be some manner of chemicals expert. Staging the conflict in a gunpowder storage facility to prevent firearm use, and then utilizing what I assume what liquid nitrogen to freeze Kinji in place. There just aren't enough badass chemists in fiction. She's gonna be fun to watch.

Yumekichi11 said:
It is the name of blade but its significance of endurance may mean that Durandal herself is highly in endurance which could prove to be a battle of attrition where the least fatigue that makes a mistake will prove fatal. Already the ice makes that condition much more worse.

Yumekichi11 said:

EU may have gotten lots of relics that are old and powerful. Consider it like a big collector of artefacts as such many were in Dragon Crisis.

Yumekichi11 said:

She does have the love problem that Holmes had also. Thus why Watson was popular with girls and thus why Kinji is but Aria is not with guys. Get it? Rest I agree.

Yumekichi11 said:

Agreed but maybe he like that because he tends to be not naive and perhaps his family had much deceiving in the past thus DNA mutation happened to change behaviour patterns into not being gullible at everything over the generations.

Yumekichi11 said:

Agreed but I wonder if Kinji is smart enough to realize this. He should so study Sherlock Holmes stories.

Yumekichi11 said:

OMG next week shall be as good as episode 5 maybe it might surpass it since Durandal was not revealed like Riko was ahead of time. Definitely going to be a bigger surprise. Chemist? Well I got info she might a form occultism but if they make it like a Index this might be bad. Then again who knows if something happened to the world that made suddenly magic into reality. Could be possible as a scenario.

Aurioch said:

Wow, Gangler, thanks for the explanation, I've never read any Sherlock Holmes books so your post helped me understand Kinji x Aria, and whole show, deeper.