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Mochi Mochi Pon Pon
Every time a new episode of Aria the Origination gets subbed, it makes me remember what the term moe really means. There's just no other word that can describe the feelings I get when I watch the show. And having to wait weeks between episodes (I was almost to the point of hunting down some raws before HnK released ep10) has amplified that by, like, ten times.
Now please excuse me while I hug my Aria-shachou plushie and wish for ep11.
I has a Aria-shachou
It finally arrived! I had pre-ordered this Aria-shachou (aka President Aria) plush from ToysLogic way back in early December and it just kept getting delayed and delayed. But it's finally here and I'm extremely happy with it:
He's just under a foot tall and balanced so that he can sit up on a flat surface without support. (Heck, a slope might be fine too since you can tilt the head forward and back a bit to get the balance right.) Right now I have him sitting on my PC case, next to the Pokémon plushies lined up across my two monitors.
This is the first piece of anime merchandise I've cared to spend money on since the aforementioned Pokémon plushies that I got back when I was eleven. It kind of gives me the feeling that I've started down an irreversible path that will some day see my room filled with all manner of plushies and figures. But right now I'm finding it impossible to be anything but happy about my Aria-shachou.
Hahi~
I watched Aria the Origination ep9 a bit ago. I always get that warm, fuzzy feeling while watching Aria. But this time it went beyond that to a melty feeling. After a while it felt like I was in a puddle, dripping off my chair onto the floor.
Then I started noticing the hints as Alice guided Athena around. Suspense built bit by bit as I wondered if it was really going to happen. That, "Good luck," comment by the other undine passing by really drove it home. I was still feeling like a puddle, but a tense puddle, as if I were trying to pull myself back together again—only I didn't even realize I was doing it.
At the big moment I felt a kind of happiness that no other anime has managed to evoke within me. Then at the bigger moment I came as close to crying tears of joy as I've ever been. All the tension leading up to that was suddenly released at once and it left me with that slightly shaken feeling you get after finishing something big and stressful.
But, of course, it had to end with a laugh. And as the credits rolled I evaporated into bliss.
