
Aims. This post locates itself within the context of anime culture research. Its main contribution to knowledge is the record of empirical material of interest, namely the archiving of taglines by Kabitzin of the Sea Slugs! Anime Blog. It also aims to contribute to analytical and theory developoment of the Mixed Up Mind theory (Ender, 2008).
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Aika x Al is one of those things that disrupts my yuri waterland fantasy image of ARIA but it’s done well and so artfully that I’m genuinely torn between pulling my hair out and screaming ‘NOOOOOEEESSSS!’ like the Alicia x Akira shippers in Arietta on the one hand and going ‘Awww~~’ on the other. On balance, Aika’s ‘Don’t worry, Oneesan will keep you company!’ line tilted the balance in favour of the latter. Aika-san, good job!
Other bits of fun included Aika robot versus Alice zombie, ‘I can eat more dango at a time than you’, President Maa acrobatics and The Moons Represent Our Hearts (apologies to Teresa Teng).