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REVIEW: Aria the Scarlet Ammo BD+DVD

The episode begins with a young man frantically pedaling a bike while being chased by what looks like a souped-up Segway outfitted with an Uzi. We soon learn that there's a bomb under the seat of the bike, Speed-style, even while a girl with long ponytails parachutes out of the sky, guns blazing, to rescue him.

What surprised me is just how incredibly dull Aria managed to be despite the apparent insanity of some of the events.

Mad_Scientist wrote:

What surprised me is just how incredibly dull Aria managed to be despite the apparent insanity of some of the events.

It certainly is no Futakoi Alternative, that's for sure.

Even with highly entertaining troll-subs by a certain group I couldn't make it past the third episode of this. It was awful. That its first volume sold ~6k copies completely astounds me.

It is a sad statement that the onsen episode may actually be the best one.

Good to see Theron paying attention to the plot holes for once.

Theron wrote:

It is a sad statement that the onsen episode may actually be the best one.

Well, it could hardly have been any worse than the series itself. If the onsen episode really is the best then it's a pretty damning indictment on the production staff and the original author.

Good to see Theron paying attention to the plot holes for once.

I know recently you debated him on Scrapped Princess, but I didn't pay much attention since it's been a while since I've seen the series and I can't remember it too well.

Megiddo wrote:

Mad_Scientist wrote: What surprised me is just how incredibly dull Aria managed to be despite the apparent insanity of some of the events. It certainly is no Futakoi Alternative, that's for sure. Even with highly entertaining troll-subs by a certain group I couldn't make it past the third episode of this. It was awful. That its first volume sold ~6k copies completely astounds me.

It was already based on a popular LN, so it had that crowd buying it. Getting Kugimiya to voice a popular tsundere loli character is basically automatic sales as well. Its not really too surprising it sold well.

Theres nothing wrong with the original author, as much as not being able to tell the giant story he created in 12 episodes. The anime itself was made only as an advertisement for the light novels, since you could easily pick it up in the 4th volume and continue the story. Many anime are made like this without explaining plot holes, because those plot holes aren't supposed to be explained during that part of the story.

That reminds me, dtm never responded to my last post on that subject.

Well, given that you gave the implication that Theron never (or at least seldom) pays attention to plot holes, I assume you were referring to multiple conversations.

Mad_Scientist wrote:

I know recently you debated him on Scrapped Princess, but I didn't pay much attention since it's been a while since I've seen the series and I can't remember it too well.

That reminds me, dtm never responded to my last post on that subject.

Mad_Scientist wrote:

Well, given that you gave the implication that Theron never (or at least seldom) pays attention to plot holes, I assume you were referring to multiple conversations.

There was also the part in GOSICK where spoiler[Victorique - who's never fired a gun before, and lacks the strength to account for recoil - hits a tiny target next to some railroad tracks with a perfect shot from a pistol whilst being perched on the front of a fast-moving train.] Theron never mentioned that in GOSICK's review (despite it being particularly egregious), but he did mention Aria's twin-tails and the segways.

The GOSICK example wasn't the reason behind my earlier comment but I definitely did have it in mind when I was typing that line.