Hidan no Aria

[Terumi]

or so i thought...

Spoiler: episode 5

that i was the only one who noticed the great nosedive in animation quality this week.

what was with the censoring J.C. Staff? huh? are you guys even half sure that was needed, at all? censorship was so badly done with the white shade. in the first place, Aria is as flat as an airport runway, do you needa even censorship a bit here and there without making much sense?

kiss was.. totally unnecessary. i am amazed someone like kinji can say those things with such a straight face, even though he is in hysteria mode. whats more confusing is, why didnt riko-chan chase after them in the first place? hmm... or so you thought that riko's hair was weird, they are actually remote-controlled!

EU? better name please? the whole 'lets go against the govt and land the plane safely' thing lost its impact. while the things at the academy was much cooler, seeing the different sectors coming together to pull off a massive rescue, whats more, they are STILL students. that was probably the only part worth recognition.

while our stupid kinji still chose to be aria's partner in the end. =___=

YET! MY SHIRAYUKI-CHAN re-appears! normally, you reply to those mails that sucha bishoujo sent you, dont you? i still love her antics about 'kin-chan is never wrong'. cut aria to pieces please! though that aint happening...

 

[Kou]

Spoiler: episode 5

"QUALITY" AT ITS BEST. Ugly CG vehicle, weird camera angles and instead of animating Shirayuki moving, they use speed lines. Seriously? Speed lines are for 4koma gag effect.

As for Riko's hair........ MAGIC! In before Riko is genetically modified with animals so she has the ability to control hair ._.

 

[Terumi]

Spoiler: LOL

HEY! my waifus are as normal as you can get! they are tricks! oh ya, how can your plane not fall after getting struck by 2 missiles, at the wings?!?!?!?!!?

hands off my waifus!

 

[Kou]

/me abandon ship Shirayuki isn't close to San at all.

This. I am pointing to the animation quality, not blaming your waifu >_>.

 

[Terumi]

i know! :P

Spoiler: here

but the animation from start to end was simply.... "GREAT"

J.C. Staff at their BRILLIANT best, NICE cg vehicles, NICE speedlines, GREAT amount of effort you guys are putting in!

 

[Coolio]

I totally agree with Terumi! What the ... was the censor about! I don't really get it. :( (If this comes out with an uncensored version, I'll wonder what it is).

 

[Terumi]

my waifu is so HAWT~

Spoiler: episode 6

Well, animation definitely did go back on normal tracks this week. No hiccups here and there, to me at least.

A simple and entertaining background and set-up episode centered around Shirayuki this week. She can definitely handle Aria easily, which may mean she is beyond S rank. Seeing the skirmish was fun, especially when the room was completely messed up and Shirayuki deflecting a bullet into Kinji's TV. Poor dude TV set.
SHINKEN SHIRAHADORI!

Revealed along this week, Shirayuki is a descendant of a strong line of battle-crazy miko-sans. She is also a Choutei, a Butei who has unnatural powers, referencing to her heritage and kidoujutsu, which gives them the title of 'armed' 'dangerous' mikos.

Watching my lovely Shirayuki while she tries to found out Kinji's and Aria's relationship, the answers were so amusing: sex friend, lovers, slave. She completely lost it in the last one, and hinted that she is a M while secretly hoping for Kinji to a S. Kinji's way of 'wouldnt you believe my words' melted her. HAU~ while this 'kiss' thing drew too much laughter from me. YOU DONT GET PREGNANT FROM A KISS YOU DFC!

Back in school, Shirayuki was apparently a target of a choutei-kidnapper of sorts. First a butei-killer, now something like this? Weak if you asked me, but it leads up nicely with Aria and Kinji 'butting-in' to be her bodyguards. With that Shirayuki officially lives with Kinji, and she can make dinner for him all she wants.

i laughed my head off when i saw Aria had no food. Then subsequently given a bowl of rice with a pair of chopsticks stuck right in between. According to my Buddhism beliefs, food presented in such way was an offering to the dead, therefore i laughed off like an idiot when i saw it presented to Aria.

nice background story of Shirayuki and Kinji's childhood past, and about her status in society as a 'caged bird'.

the breaking of Kinji's cold medicine and subsequent phone-call with Kinji's voice bores some points of suspicion and note. Kinji catches a cold next week without medicine.

Undress!

 

[Kou]

Spoiler: episode 6

Couldn't stop laughing with Aria's misunderstandings on kissing. It was a finishing blow to Shirayuki though . Her father is something though. Though perhaps sadder that Aria actually believed that. Only after that did she decide to go an investigate where babies actually come from. Did Sex Ed get cut from the butei curriculum?

Anyways not a bad episode, though the animation still feels >_>, at least not as bad as last episode. Lot of focus on Shirayuki and her background. Plus set things up with another person who has helped set up Aria's mother so we can be assured some conflict before the end here.

 

[Kou]

Spoiler: episode 7

I wonder what the true face of this Durandal guy is. He's a pretty formidable opponent to be sure, what with having ice powers, voice modulation, stuff of that nature. Nothing a little Hysteria Mode can't beat, I'm certain. Reki comes through in a pinch once again, and it was nice to see Shirayuki get some screentime where she isn't trying to murder everything. Perfectly understandable that one would mistake fireworks for gunshots at a place like the Butei school. The action's moving along at a nice clip, more's being revealed about the characters... not too bad so far. Onward, to the next battle!

I like Reki's method of getting people to calm down.

 

[Terumi]

Spoiler: ^episode 7

lol, i already know who is that durandal.

baka kanji, you shoulda have kiss'ed her

 

[Kou]

QUALITY at it best, can see how much effort you put into this JC staff.

Spoiler: episode 8

/me goes semitroll mode.

Durandal had enough time to get away and tie Shirayuki up in chains? Amazing.

Wait a minute. They know his plan is usually to split them up and take them out one by one. So Kinji decides it's a good idea to split up?

Oh great, now Kinji's spending precious time arguing with Shirayuki. Perfect.

Hot damn, they kissed. Practical AND emotional at the same time. WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT BEFORE?!?!?!

WTF? Joan of arcJeanne D'Arc?!?!?

Wait a minute that voice sounds familiar...HOLY CRAP IT'S SABER!!!

OMG, this is geting awesome now...too bad it's ruined by the fact that they show Kinji and Aira having a convo whilst I hear screams and clashes in the background. It's kind amusing in a way...

Damn Kinji, I'm wondering at what point you'll reveal those Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

Lol, talking sure is a free action for Shirayuki. She has enough time to scream and incredible long name for an attack whilst D'Arc is in the middle of hers.

OMG, what an absurb waste of ammo. DX

AHAHAHA, It's nice to see a harem lead do practical things like jump out of the window at the first sign of harem trouble. It's a refreshing take.

So yeah overall decent episode. HUEHUEHUEHUE

 

[Kou]

Kinda off topic: Like i predicted, Shakugan no Shana 3 is coming this fall. Hopefully J.C staff has the proper budget unlike this one here *rolleyes*

 

[iankay]

i liked Shakugan no shana~ Hated the main male lead though~ i hate wuses. that aside i really hope it is not ARIA'D coz i dunno what i would do if that happened.

/spots neko~, picks up meat cleaver readies web cam. "This is a message to JC.staff........"

 

[Kou]

Spoiler: episode 9

Dear JC staff, i prefer subtle fanservice, not the type thrown at your face. All of the camera angles focusing on thighs are >_>.

Oh well, this episode is quite funny. Riko is is just pure entertainment and can really mess with anyone. Made a comical escape from the classroom with a completed test (probably stole the answers before hand) and just made everything fun. It was pretty obvious she wasn't Aria at the start for a pretty superficial reason.....Still good job getting everyone freaking out and getting Kinji and Aria in on this attempt to recover something stolen from her. Shirayuki went back to yandere creepy is not welcomed!

As long as the show focused on comedy, it is much more entertaining. When it attempts to be serious, it just falls apart imo with QUALITY animation. J.C staff still high from yumekui ending lolol.

 

[Terumi]

Spoiler: episode 9

budget = fail
JC, please stop. Seriously, i thought only ZEXCS and Deen show evident failures on their parts. Not you too.

Other than that, pure filler and service episode. Riko returning can never be a bad thing.

good news for shana, been waiting since 2008. now, we will see railgun II delayed then, but at this point, no one really cares already to me..
/me starts looking at fall schedule

 

[Terumi]

Spoiler: episode 10

wut is this?
bringing riko back, and she explains the mission, and the whole episode had nothing but service?

es expected, all the girls with the exception of aria in show are mega-cute.

riko is as eroi as possible, teasing kinji to no limits whatsoever
jeanne looked great in her school uniform, and specs made her look smart(your drawing is real horrible however)
reki is awesome sniper, and does not care showing off her bod, and her taming skills are world-class too

i suspect kinji having serious issues as a lolicon, turning HSS while just watching aria strip herself. but it was great idea from riko~ who doesnt wanna peek?

other than that, a random high level wolf attack and a suspicious sensei

JC Staff, do yourselves a favour and divert your finances to Shana III for goodness sake, thats all.
i wonder why did i comment on the episode, probably the girls.

 

[Kou]

PLOT episode.

Spoiler: episode 10

Jeanne looks a lot different in school uniform. Why so serious? I lol'd when she pulls out glasses though.

Kenji turning out to be a lolicon was amusing too. Not sure about the whole wolf part, just happy to see more of Reki. The teacher seems to be pretty strong, he sensed the wolf at the same time or before Reki did as well.

Also, going to assume Vlad is another girl to add to the cast. Also, it seems everyone in the world framed Aria's mother...

< Has liked Reki for quite a bit. Them headphones!

 

[Terumi]

Spoiler: 11,12,series summary

wut? what was this show? i am pretty sure i started watching because of some detective story and a cool protag with cool ability. + sexy school girls

so, what was this all about? 2 week inflirtation and getting back the rosary, only for riko turn her back on them again, before showing vlad.

he is count dracula? seriously? omfg, then why does he look like a werewolf? dracula and werewolf are different things you know, dear author? did you watch twilight for god's sake? i make sure jeanne said 'simultaneously 4 spots'. there is an obvious lag....

riko practically climex'ed when kinji shouted her name repeatedly. is it me only or does kinji's seiyuu sound wierd throughout the entire last episode?

to aria: you need no pads. get a transplant or live with it.


series summary: 2 words

EPIC FAIL

watch at your own peril

P.S. to the dear author, forget about your blu ray sales and season 2. write a better story in novels, thanks

 

[Kou]

Spoiler: episode 11,12

Well, at least it is terrible that it is funny. Rofl.
I know episode 12 was suppose to be serious there.

But I couldn't help cracking up when Vlad kept stomping on Riko and Kenji and Aria just stood there for 2-3minutes straight and also Vlad's evil laugh is terrible. I know vampires and werewolves come together but still uh it looks out of place in this setting (same goes to the magic). I suggest the author to play bullet butlers VNs (that has guns, dragons, magic and etc but the setting makes sense and is justified)

He gets defeated in one shot. (As for blocking, I think protecting the face is quite important even if that wasn't a person's "weak point". Wait, that means weak point...)
Aria: "You said it too late!" <-- No, you acted too late

Riko in general. "Hey, I betray you" --> "Hey, help me" --> Hey, that's his weakness, go for it" --> "Hey, let's leave Aria" --> "Hey, I'm so cool" --> "Hey, I'm your rival".
All in one episode. Great writing there! Action scenes? Just some speedlines!

Spoiler: final impressions

This is a bad series, that is all. JC staff didn't even give much attention to this, budget don't help either (hey speedlines!), the only decent action was the Riko and Aria fight. The attempts at plot is more in the lol category, character's backstories (if you count them as backstories) are unmemorable for me. All in all, I watch this for the hot girls and some of the comedy bits!

 

[meyrinkay]

Then it's time to get ready for Shana 3rd after all.

 

[Kou]

Lets hope that they save the budget for this for shana instead :p.