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Nov 2, 2008 1:54 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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With this final episode of the picture dramas, Aria is pretty much officially finished and wrapped up... for now, I guess.

Anyways, the episode was sweet/cute/nice/heartwarming/etc., it's nice to see a little of Akari's life when she becomes a Prima, before Ai-chan comes in. I loved the last half with the gondola ride, it was nice to get to see Neo-Venezia one last time I guess. And also the glimpse of what seems to be Alicia's house was sweet in itself.

I almost feel a sense of accomplishment, now that I have pretty much watched everything that is Aria, now I need to start reading it. :|

I give the picture dramas an 8/10 because they were sweet and excellent, but I can't see myself giving them anything higher. :D
Nov 2, 2008 3:08 PM
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Aww, what a beautiful episode. Yeah, it was nice to see her living her life as a Prima now. The animation and music were especially good this episode.
Nov 2, 2008 3:11 PM
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Did anyone else feel really let down when the door opened at the end and you heard Alicia's voice...only you didn't get to actually see her face? T_T
Nov 2, 2008 4:51 PM
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A great and beautiful final picture drama ! ="D
It's even the best in my opinion, it's not funny than others were but i love this episode ! *____*

I was really moved T__T ...
Thanks Grandma ! =D Thanks to help Akari-chan (... and me ^^") !


And )= ... no ... it's not the end of Aria, it cannot be possible ... it's a new start !! ^w^

Of course : 10/10 for this pictures dramas !! =")


Nov 2, 2008 6:14 PM
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What a fitting end to the series. Not as great as i expected, the entire picture drama, but at least, it made me remember the great times I spent waiting for the next origination episode to come out.
Nov 4, 2008 6:33 PM
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Iriya said:
Did anyone else feel really let down when the door opened at the end and you heard Alicia's voice...only you didn't get to actually see her face? T_T

Nah, it seemed fitting to me. They can't show us Alicia's new life or her husband or w/e because that would ruin her mystique in a way.

Anyway, amazing episode, beautiful and poignant in so many ways.

<3 Akari, <3 Aria, <3 life.
Nov 15, 2008 5:22 AM
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Damn, when I saw the water actually animated I thought they were gonna animate the rest of the episode. I guess I was wrong.

Nov 23, 2008 4:33 AM
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Great Picture Drama!
I will miss this whole Aria series, it is so beautiful T_T
Jan 1, 2009 9:07 AM
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Simply wonderful...
Ii tenki desu ne...
Jan 7, 2009 10:00 PM

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amazing last episode for a picture drama, it was just as touching as a real episode of Aria
Feb 2, 2009 8:46 AM

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I liked it a lot, it maintained the wonderful atmosphere of the series...
Feb 19, 2009 9:19 AM

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HappyPear said:
With this final episode of the picture dramas, Aria is pretty much officially finished and wrapped up... for now, I guess.

Anyways, the episode was sweet/cute/nice/heartwarming/etc., it's nice to see a little of Akari's life when she becomes a Prima, before Ai-chan comes in. I loved the last half with the gondola ride, it was nice to get to see Neo-Venezia one last time I guess. And also the glimpse of what seems to be Alicia's house was sweet in itself.

I almost feel a sense of accomplishment, now that I have pretty much watched everything that is Aria, now I need to start reading it. :|

I give the picture dramas an 8/10 because they were sweet and excellent, but I can't see myself giving them anything higher. :D


Definitely what I thought ^^

Sweet, soothing... just great :)
Mar 19, 2009 2:23 PM

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b14ckrose said:
Damn, when I saw the water actually animated I thought they were gonna animate the rest of the episode. I guess I was wrong.


I thought the same ^^ but this last episode was perfect for ending! now i need to cure from my illness called "The end of Aria..."
May 4, 2009 5:07 PM

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A wonderful last episode, it may be tough for Akari now but she is gonna be okay! she has the will and the friends to help her through her hard times!

Mar 17, 2010 7:38 PM

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Nice ending to the aria season. :)
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Mar 21, 2010 2:22 PM

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I want more.. No.. I NEED more >.<
Jun 28, 2010 3:44 PM

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what a touching last episode :')
amazing

5/5

you know i got a strange feeling,outside of my room there was a little family fight and yet i stayed so relaxed whatching aria x),nice feeling,i like want to come to them and say "chill the **** out guys :)"
Sayonara,papa!


"Just how a mirror reflects you,people will also reflect your heart."
~Athena Glory,Aria

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~Spike Spiegel's thoughts on dying(Cowboy Bebop)
Jul 29, 2010 1:20 AM

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I love how even without animation you get a sense of animation due to how used to seeing this show animated. So, it's like the animation automatically runs in your head. Ah, Aria I will miss you forever and ever.
Dec 7, 2010 6:27 AM
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best of the picture dramas imo.
Jun 21, 2013 5:23 AM

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now i become aria fanboys i guess...



Dec 8, 2013 3:15 PM

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Well that was cute, not as funny as the other specials but overall not too shabby overall. 6/10.
Apr 11, 2014 8:28 AM
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This is more relaxing than hilarious, but still great.

I'm assuming the residence is because as she works for Gondola Association, she might be really busy and won't have a time to go to Aria Company to come back(maybe).
Feb 3, 2015 3:24 AM

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jpem said:
best of the picture dramas imo.

so true

This episode was so nostalgic. I forgot how much I love Aria.
I thought they won't make it in time to show the reunion but 'ara Akari-chan, irasshai' was more that enough :3
Mar 20, 2015 2:56 AM

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This was so magical... Best special, I think we all agree on this. With this, it is really the end...
Nov 13, 2015 12:57 AM
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The only special episode that was worth the watch, nice OST.
Jan 9, 2017 5:15 AM

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Not a bad way to end it.
Akari went to see Alicia.
Sep 25, 2018 12:12 PM

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Really loved the picture drama.
Seriously, this was better than most comedy anime out there.
Jun 17, 2020 1:38 AM
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Even the little presentation on these little picture drama served so much amazing feeling. Its on my great list, no matter what happen, for the sake of continuations of the Aria serialization. Thats it
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Sep 20, 2020 4:16 AM

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damn Aria is done with, well besides that new movie, time to wait for it ai guess, or I might read the manga since I don’t know if the anime fully adapted it.
May 14, 2022 8:08 AM

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Liked how this one wasn't a filler so-to-speak, but it went into her Prima life.
Apr 30, 2023 4:27 PM
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Honestly, given the MAL rating for these picture drama episodes, I didn't expect to really like them, but I got to say, I enjoyed them a lot more than I was expecting.

Despite the vast majority of all the scenes not being animated, I got used to it fairly quickly. It was great to see individual storylines that didn't happen in the main series and I loved the character interactions and especially the humour, which really got me and my mother laughing on many occasions, especially episodes 4-6 (which were the funniest ones for me) and I really liked the way they ended with a nice and moving episode that you would expect from Aria with episode 7 and to see Akari, Grandma and Alicia's house after Akari became a Prima was a nice touch.

Overall, while these episodes certainly aren't anything amazing, at the same time, they're not supposed to be. They're supposed to be relaxing, entertaining and funny bonus episodes and the creators did a very good job with what they had.

I would give them overall an 8/10 rating.

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