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Aria the origination is the third season of the Aria series. It hasn't changed much, it is pretty much the same as the previous seasons. It is best to watch the first season Aria the Animation and the second season Aria the Natural before you start on this, because you will miss out on a lot of character development, yes thats right character development not plot because there isn't any plot just daily life of the main characters.

~STORY~

Aria is set in a fictional city which is based off Venice, Italy. The story follows Arika who is a Undine trainee who is ... aiming to become a Prima. A Undine is someone who rows a gondola as their occupation, taking clients around the city of Neo Venezia, pretty much a tour guide that guides you on a gondola. A Prima is a top class Undine who is their company's best Undine and are very famous. Arika, along with her good friends Aika and Alice, are trainees under the 3 current Primas Alicia, Akira, and Athena.

~ART~

The animation is pretty much the same as the previous seasons. The thing i like most is how they use so much color thats easy on the eyes and enjoyable to look at. You can tell the creators put in a lot of effort to make the city of Neo Venezia come to life and immerse the viewers into it's daily events which i think they accomplished very well. I especially enjoy how the creators use chibi-like faces to express the mood of the characters, even though it gets repetitive, i still don't get tired of it.

~SOUND~

The music is sooooooo relaxing, most of the BGM has a happy melody. Sometimes you won't even notice the BGM because it is so subtle and soft sounding, but it fits right into the mood and setting that makes it enjoyable and not annoying to hear. The opening theme is a very good example of how the music sounds like throughout the series. The ending theme is pleasant in its own way also, but i still skip it to watch the next episode >_<

~CHARACTER~

In this season you will definitely notice the differences in what the episodes are about compared the previous seasons. There are a lot more character developments going on. It expresses the bonds the characters share with each other and shows how they are important to them. And it finally shows more traits and personality growth with some of the characters which the previous seasons didn't show much of, for example Athena my fav! ^_^

~ENJOYMENT~

I enjoyed this season as i have the previous seasons, after 2 seasons I am still watching it. So yea enjoyed it very much.

~OVERALL~

So if you are tired of the shounen or drama type of anime, this kind of slice of life is will be a relaxing change. I warn you though, if you are the type that loves plot driven animes with drama and lots of fight scenes, STEP AWAY FROM THIS ANIME.