Hidan no Aria was a show that I started when it aired, but then somewhere along the line I think I blended it into Dragon Crisis and never finished watching it. So the other day when I was checking my list and saw that I had only watched up to episode 7, I first assumed that I simply never forgot to write down that I finished it. I checked it out though, and low and behold, I really hadn’t finished it.
Of course, now I clearly HAVE finished it (as this is a review of IT), and here’s what I’ve got.
Hidan no Aria was……average.
I mean, I’m a big fan of Rie Kugimiya……some may say I’m completely bias……but honestly, I’m realistic. I’m not going to give this show 5 just because Rie Kugimiya is voicing her classic tsundere role of a character who’s short with no breasts. Here’s what was most wrong:
1. The Old “Just-because-you’re-related-to-some-dude-it-means-you-have-powers-or-something” Trope
Sherlock Homes, Lupin, and Dracula. Who gives a shit about their ancestors? Honestly, I had a real problem with the stupidity of the entire premise……and one girl can move her hair on command just because she’s a descendent of Lupin? Who the fuck is Lupin anyway? (I assume I’ll take some heat for that question). And where the fuck did Vlad (dracula) come from? How come it’s only a select amount of people who get powers from their decedents? There’s been a lot of famous people in the past, so how come everyone doesn’t get powers?
2. The Most Obvious Villain
On to the villian. I knew who the villain was from the second I saw him, and for reference: Any male character with long hair and glasses will almost always be a villain. Using that hunch, I immediately knew who Vlad was the second I saw him. Pretty fuckin obvious.
3. Where’d the Skitsos Go?
Remember Shirayuki and her split personality yandere like attitude that she started out with? What the fuck happened to that? She was one of the reasons why the show started off so well in my opinion. Also, Kinji. He used to go from normal to complete bad ass whenever he popped a boner, but by the end, I couldn’t tell the difference between him in hysteria mode and him normal. Those were probably the two best things about the series. I also didn’t like the powers and stuff…..should’ve kept it all realistic.
In the end this show started off awesome and then turned into some battle of mythical creatures and decendents with powers. What the fuck is that shit? For that crap, I give you, Hidan no Aria, a
FINAL GRADE = 4
Bill didn't need to be a butei to kick this show's ass.
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Shirayuki was definitely the treat here, she was so better than any of the other characters…:P
Yeah but then all the good things disappeared! I wonder if they’ll make another season?
I considered reading the manga, but…meh.
I’m not gonna bother…..especially since there’s no Rie Kugimiya.
The light novel was quite good for the first couple of volumes, but then started suffering from the same setbacks as the anime, with confusing powers and and the loss of the authors attention on Shirayuki. Also, Arsene Lupin is a fictional character from the french novelist Maurice Leblanc. Many works of fiction draw upon Lupin as a basis for their criminals, even the anime lupin the third.
Yay I know who Lupin is….I still have to watch Lupin the Third I hear it’s awesome.
I plan on checking this out since it was released but haven’t got the chance to. I’ll watch this after I forgot the details that I have read in this post. This one I think will depend greatly on the male protagonist. If I were to like it, he should be able to make me fap. Does he?
Honestly, don’t bother. This show got stupid. The male lead was decent though especially in the first half. But that’s what sucked about this show. The first half was awesome, and then it got stupid and the show kind of decided to stop doing all the things that they did right.
At times in the first half, Kinji would get aroused, and that would immediately make him awesome at fighting, AND make him a cocky bastard that made women soak their panties. Later on he lost that cocky awesome edge.
maybe he fucked the wrong vagina.
That’s what happens when you let a bitch get too close.
reference for that inside joke:
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