

Main CharactersĪkari Mizunashi is a native of Manhome who emigrated to Aqua when she was 15 to become an undine. But Akira reminds them that they too have much to learn, that one must always strive to better themselves day by day, so having the long road of improvement ahead of them is only natural. Alicia and Akari receive a gift from one of their customers during the festival, some cherry jam and tea, and decide to invite everyone over, since it’s been a while since they’ve last gotten together.Īfter a day of shopping and baking, the group arrives and talks shift to various times in the carnivale when the great water faeries showed their prowess as undine, making Akari, Aika and Alice realize how much further they have to catch up. Slow days come after the winter carnivale on Neo-Venezia, a time where the city shows its true calmness after the festivities and rush of tourists and vacationers dies down. From the beginning, you are thrown back into the world of Neo-Venezia and reintroduced to all the characters from the main cast of Alicia, Akira and Athena and their juniors Akari, Aika and Alice, as well as side characters like Al-kun, Akatsuki, Woody and the ever lovable trio of feline presidents. Aqua covers her arrival on Aqua and early training as a Pair, or apprentice, while Aria continues her training as a Single, or journeyman.įor ARIA ~ The ORIGINATION, nothing much has changed, so if you loved them, you’ll feel a warm sense of nostalgia watching the third season.

As she trains, Akari befriends other trainees and neighbors around her. Her dream is to become an undine, as gondoliers who act as tour guides are called (see Terms below). Neo-Venezia, based on Venice in both architecture and atmosphere, is a harbor city of narrow canals instead of streets, traveled by unmotorized gondolas.Īt the start of Aqua, a young woman named Akari arrives from Manhome (formerly Earth) to become a trainee gondolier with Aria Company, one of the three most prestigious water-guide companies in the city. Aqua and Aria take place in the early twenty-fourth century, in the city of Neo-Venezia on the planet Aqua-formerly Mars, now renamed after being terraformed into a habitable planet covered in oceans.
