Having qualified as a Meister, the Galatica Aquamarine Akari Mizunashi takes over as Otome of the Aria Kingdom from the Snow White Alicia Carroll who gets kicked upstairs to the Gondola Association and definitively gives up her OAR by getting married. (I wish the last part was an April Fool’s joke but it’s not. It’s not! T_T)

Cue the Imperial March

[SAF]Akari: POP loh!
Alicia: ORD loh![/SAF]
Everyone Else: OTL

It wasn’t that surprising that Alicia retired (man, I haven’t heard that word used so much since the Touya Kouyo arc in Hikaru no Go) since Akari has given us a premonition in ARIETTA but getting married. WTH did *that* come from!!?? Well, we’re not shown the husband so the hard core yuri fandumb still has wiggle room to assume that the partner may be a wife. Ahaha~~

That twirl around by Akari was just beautiful.

And of course I would have liked to hear Alicia say: ‘Mmm… you look so cute I could just gobble you up.’ cue screams of the Alicia x Akira shippers. In any case, all the yuri shippers can scream together. *zoom out to planet view of Aqua* IYAAAAAAAA~~~~

Megane de hensou! The spectacles just bring out Alicia’s Oneechan Power. But I suppose she’ll soon get promoted to the MILF list.

And there I was, grumbling that Athena-senpai didn’t get her own standalone frame but lo and behold:

When first I saw Athena-senpai in her veil and gown, for the moment of eternity until the moon language comprehension kicked in, I was screaming: NOOOOOOOO!!! Not Athena getting married too!!!!!111one The shokku is too muchu!

Fortunately it’s about her singing: she gets her own gig as an opera star! Teatro La Fenice here she comes! What worries me slightly about this career change is, you know, what they say about how it’s not over until a certain type of lady sings.

And what a gorgeous ponytail; love Athena 4EVAR :3

I’m none too keen on the implication that the series may be pairing Akari with Akatsuki… the patissier oniichan might probably be a better match. Her new ultra-long fairy style hairdo wasn’t bad either. Ai-chan becoming Akari’s new apprentice was a nice way to end off on the one hand and to give a ‘generations’ / ‘life goes on’ feel to it.

The shokku of Alicia x Man left a pretty bitter taste in my mouth but if they’re going to give us more OVAs e.g. Alicia, Akira, Athena as apprentice prequel or even a sequel ‘few years later’ sequel I’m not going to complain. It’s the end of the era and while the anime as a whole has been great, Origination has been been excellent in terms of animation, art, pacing. *goes off to sob, howl, scream ‘WTF!?’ about Alica getting married out of the blue*

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The end is nigh! But this Easter, always look on the bright side of life~~

Check out the other posts on this episode.

Great to know that there is at least another competitor fan of Athena out there. *Makes note to arrange ‘mysterious accident’ if the competition fandom heats up*

Somehow whenever they do this ‘look at my palm’ thing, I think of the fictional martial arts skill of Ice and Fire Palm (寒冰烈火掌) – from the Legendary Twins (绝代双娇) movie. Partly because of the Otome-like chastity required to master it.

But Alicia-san, I don’t need the birds and bees talk… Aika-chan and I have been practising…

Oh, since there’s only one episode left, I thought I’d say this while I can: I’m sure I’m not the only one can barely resist the temptation of painting blue insignia on Alicia’s face, am I?

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First part dealt with Akira finding out Aika’s true feelings about Alice’s double promotion. Second part was the strain starting to show on the Orange Princess.

BTW I thought that ‘Gachapen’ should have gone on the list of possible Prima titles for Aika that Akira was drafting. ‘Selfish Princess’ and ‘Crybaby (something)’ were great, on the other hand, Otome Princess and Rozen Queen make me think of other series…

LOLOLOLOL at the FPS view. Would have been hilarous if the obaasan had caught up with Alice and the latter whips out a huge Victoria Seras-style Hellsing ARMS Anti-Midian Harkonnen Cannon. Because it’s an iron rule that the cuter and smaller a girl, the bigger the gun she wields.

That’s so boyish of Alice. Since when does anyone need a reason to phone a friend?

Trouble in the Orange Paradise detected by the Athena Ahoge Radar!

One of the things that makes this job dekkai fulfilling is getting hit on by shota…

I’ve never been very sympathetic towards talent. Part of my misanthropy makes me extremely unsympathetic towards people who are smarter, better looking, richer, luckier ALL HAIL BRITANNIA. But when she said ‘sabishiiyo’, I went ‘Awww~~ so poor thing~~’ Bah, getting soft I am. But fear not! I immediately imagined her doing a Kim Jong Il.

Well, this *is* ARIA so extended angsting is forbidden!

Athena-senpai ga miteru.

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away /
But when we meet it seems I can’t let go /
Every time you leave the room I feel I’m fading like a flower

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