Aria the Scarlet Ammo

2011
Aria the Scarlet Ammo

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EP1 La Bambina Apr 15, 2011

Kinji Tohyama is a student at Tokyo Butei High school, where special detectives known as Butei are trained to become mercenaries. Whilst riding his bike to school after missing the bus, Kinji is chased by a remoted controlled segway armed by an uzi, telling him that a bomb has been attached to his bike which will explode if he slows down, also threatening to shoot him if he jumps off. Kinji is saved a mysterious twintailed girl named Aria H Kanzaki. As the two end up pinned down in a gym storage locker as more segways appear, Aria fends them off, sticking her chest right in Kinji's face whilst doing so. The high blood pressure causes Kinji to enter his 'Hysteria Mode', where he manages to perfectly destroy the segways, as well as counter Aria's moves when she complains about him being a pervert. As Kinji finally arrives at school, he learns that Aria has become a transfer student in his class. Later that day, Aria comes to Kinji's house and declares him her slave.

EP2 Aria the Quadra Apr 22, 2011

Aria demands that Kinji join her Butei party, intruding in his living space when he refuses. This puts Kinji in an awkward situation when his childhood friend, Shirayuki Hotogi, pops over whilst Aria is taking a bath. The next day, Aria follows Kinji around as he takes on a quest to search for a missing cat. After managing to lose Aria, Kinji trades some eroges with his friend, Riko Mine, to obtain information on Aria. Meanwhile, Aria calls Kinji's bluff on his Butei abilities and coerces him to agree to join her on a single Assault case, so she can witness his Hysteria Mode.

EP3 First Mission Apr 29, 2011

Aria follows Kinji to the arcade where he manages to win some plush dolls for her. The next day, Kinji and Aria learn that a schoolbus has been hijacked by the fabled Butei-killer and fitted with a bomb that will explode if it slows down with an armed convertible preventing the passengers from interfering. As the busdriver gets injured when an attempt to stop the convertible is foiled by heat-detection, Aria and Kinji arrive on the scene, taking out the convertible. With the bus slowly running out of gas, Aria finds the bomb on the underside of the bus whilst Kinji finds and destroys the communications sensor. The bomb is disarmed by the sniper ace, Reki, but Aria is injured by another armed vehicle whilst trying to protect Kinji. As she is treated in hospital, she feels disappointed that Kinji didn't meet her expectations.

EP4 Butei Killer May 06, 2011

After having nightmares concerning the events surrounding his older brother's death, Kinji ends up following Aria who goes to the police station to talk with her mother, Kanae, who is currently incarcerated as a suspect of the Butei killings. She mentions that Aria needs to find a partner to use her ability, as well as someone known as 'E.U.' The next day, Kinji hears word that Aria will be flying back to London. Later, Kinji goes to meet Riko, who reveals information concerning the Butei Killer, which also mentions his brother who died during a 'sea-jacking', before pulling some moves which sends Kinji into his Hysteria Mode. With his heightened senses, Kinji deduces that Aria's plane is being targeted by the Butei Killer, managing to get on it before it takes off. During the flight, Kinji learns that Aria has a fear of lightning before the Butei Killer announces his hijacking.

EP5 Butei Charter Article 1 May 13, 2011

Kinji works quickly and uses a medicine to save Aria's life. When Aria yells at him as a result, Kinji kisses her to simultaneously calm her down and activate his Hysteria mode. Confronting Riko as she approaches. Just then the plane starts descending, so Aria rushes to the controls whilst Kinji confronts Riko, who escapes after blowing out the plane's door before the plane is hit by missiles, blowing out some of its engines and causing a fuel leak. Despite interference by the government, Kinji manages to ease the plane into an emergency landing thanks to the other Butei. Afterwards, just as Aria is prepared to leave, Kinji agrees to be her partner, though this does not settle well with Shirayuki.

EP6 Maiden of Hotogi Shrine May 20, 2011

Shirayuki is revealed to be a Chōtei, a special type of Butei with esper abilities, as she conflicts with Aria, not helped by dubious misunderstandings. The next day, Aria decides to start a new training regime to try to get Kinji to control his Hysteria Mode. Later, Aria drags Kinji to eavesdrop on Shirayuki as she is taken to the teacher's office, hearing about a Chōtei kidnapper named Durandal who may be targeting her. Believing Durandal to be one of the culprits who framed her mother, Aria offers to be Shirayuki's bodyguard, which she agrees to on the condition that Kinji does so as well, moving into his house in the process.

EP7 Caged Bird May 27, 2011

Field trip has finished. Along the way back to Tokyo, someone had planted a bomb within the bullet train where Kinji and the gang are boarded. Not only the bomb will explode if the train's speed is decreased, but they must increase the speed by 10kph every 3 minutes or it will explode. Even worse, Riko had deduced that the culprit is also inside the train! This mission calls for Kinji, Aria, Riko, Shirayuki and the other Buteis present in the train to disarm the bomb and save the passenger. And they've only got 80 minutes until the bullet train reaches Tokyo.

EP8 Durandal Jun 03, 2011

As Aria makes an entrance claiming that she will arrest Durandal, the culprit retreats and chains Hotogi to a post as the room starts filling up with water. Kinji urges Aria to go ahead and pursuit Durandal since she can’t swim, who does so. As the water level rapidly increases, Kinji tries his best to pick the locks and free Hotogi as she asks him to leave her behind so he wouldn’t be killed. When a wave fills up the room, Kinji uses his last resort and kisses Hotogi in order to ‘summon’ his badass side. Aftering freeing her, they get swept off separating the two. Kinji returns to the surface where he finds Hotogi, who however is actually Durandal who had successfully tricked Aria, putting her at risk. The real Hotogi shows up and confronts Durandal where as she demands that she will fight herself and use a forbidden technique.

EP9 Honey Trap Jun 10, 2011

Kinji goes to as he first thinks Aria's room, but after the change in attitude he realizes it's Riko. She then proceeds to attempt moves which will make him enter Hysteria Mode, but Aria interrupts by smashing through the window. They then start to fight which takes the three to the roof, where Aria tells Riko to testify at her mother's trial which, oddly enough, Riko doesn't refuse. Riko explains how Vlad expelled her from I.U. because she didn't defeat Aria, so Kinji and Aria are forced to join Riko's theiving group. Later Aria accuses Kinji of being "hypnotized" because of Riko and Aria's figures, but Kinji won't tell Aria about his brother, Kinichi, who is also in I.U.

EP10 Special Training Jun 17, 2011

Riko explains the plan of how they will infiltrate the mansion and claims that they will go in undercover as a butler and maid. With the agreement done, they undergo one more ‘training session’ where as Riko helps train Aria to say some lines and get time stuck in her head, and aims to practice triggering Kinji’s Hysteria Mode. At the same time, Kinji learns a bit about Riko’s past thanks to Jeanne who is now a student at the school.

EP11 Infiltration Jun 24, 2011

After having practiced and prepared themselves for the infiltration, Riko disguises herself as a working from the employment agency to introduce Aria and Kinji on the job. However her appearance makes Kinji feel sensitive after he had thought she was originally a girl named Kana. With that said, they show up at the mansion only to see their teacher being the one currently in charge of the place. After a week passes by of investigation and prep, they finally put the motion in action where as Kinji successfully retrieves the rosary, however the minute he gives it back to her and receives a kiss, Riko betrays them and reveals that she now has the tool she needed in order to defeat Aria.

EP12 Vlad Jul 01, 2011

Kinji and Aria give the rosary to Riko who does not keep her promise to testify and instead decides to attack the two of them so as at to defeat them and surpass her ancestors. Sayonaki-sensei then appears behind Riko tasering her until she becomes subdued and then steps on her and causes her pain. Sayonaki-sensei turned out to be the demon, Vlad and attacks both Aria and Kinji. Kinji saves Riko and tries to fight Vlad with Aria. The only way to kill him is to simultaneously shooting his four weak spots, but they fail to find the last one and Kinji is knocked over the edge of the roof they are fighting on. Riko saves him and Aria and helps him re-enter hysteria mode so that he can make a plan to kill Vlad. Kinji then figures out the final weak-spot, his mouth and the three of them kill Vlad. Afterwards, Riko testifies so that they can lower Aria's mother's sentence.
6.5| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 15 April 2011 Ended
Producted By: J.C.STAFF
Country: Japan
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/aria/
Synopsis

In response to the worsening crime rate, Japan creates Tokyo Butei High, an elite academy where "Butei" or armed detectives hone their deadly skills in hopes of becoming mercenary-like agents of justice. One particular Butei is Kinji Tooyama, an anti-social and curt sophomore dropout who was once a student of the combat-centric Assault Division. Kinji now lives a life of leisure studying logistics in order to cover up his powerful but embarrassing special ability. However, his peaceful days soon come to an end when he becomes the target of the infamous "Butei Killer," and runs into an emotional hurricane and outspoken prodigy of the highest rank, Aria Holmes Kanzaki, who saves Kinji's life and demands that he become her partner after seeing what he is truly capable of.

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ikrani Just humor me on this.Our male lead is Kinji Toyama, a teenage guy with a Super Saiyan mode that turns him from a somewhat timid kid to a rude 'tude badass in the blink of an eye aaaand I don't remember how he does it. He gets caught up in some sort of school (imagine, a school in an anime with teenagers) where students train to be combat specialists with guns, swords, and all a matter of man-made ways to kill thy fellow human beings. Our leading lady is Aria, a gunfighter with a slight Napolean complex that leads her to treating Kinji as her slave in name only.Aria suffers from being the standard flat-chested member of the harem and thus really doesn't lend herself to any curvaceous fan service of note. That role falls to the other members of the harem who I do not recall anything about. Though there was that one chick who turned out to be a villain but then not really but then yeah, for realsies...Starting to see why I don't remember much about it? This anime lacks originality or bombastic sci-fi/supernatural elements that usually come with the standard harem anime package. The fact that Aria isn't very well endowed means that there's no real fan service from her, gratuitous or otherwise, and the plot was lackluster enough to make me completely forget IT, too.That is to say it's not a bad show, because while I don't remember any good bits I can't recall any bad ones, either. I'd say watch it for yourself and judge it on whatever merits I've forgotten.Oh yeah, I remember that it's kind of like Angel Beats only far less depressing.
joelherro this is a decent anime, but it doesn't compare to some of the real gems around (eg. Berserk, Claymore, Basilisk)...still, its worth checking out if u into this sort of thing...Kinji goes to a Butei(?) high school that specialises in training kids to be soldiers, and they have to carry a gun and knife all the time (just like the USA! sorry :)), anyway, Kinji doesn't want to be a Butei, and is planning to quit, then he meets Aria and she wants to be his partner. Kinji is not as adept at fighting as Aria, but whenever he gets excited his blood pressure rises and he goes into hysteria mode, making him much more competent. Someone is killing Butei students and Kinji and Aria team up to find and stop this killer...not a whole lot of action, not particularly ecchi and a bit slapstick, i prefer anime a bit more adult oriented. However, it did have awesome animation, likable characters and was engaging enough to keep me watching all 12 episodes, so its better than average...
Tweekums This twelve episode series, which can currently be watched legally on Funimation's YouTube channel, is fairly entertaining although I'm sure it will never be considered a classic by any stretch of the imagination. It is set in the Butei High School in Tokyo where pupils are taught various combat skills. The action starts straight away when the protagonist, Kenji, finds that his bike has had a bomb attached to it! Luckily he is rescued by fellow student Aria. We later learn two important facts about Aria; firstly she is determined to free her mother from jail and secondly that she is the great-granddaughter of legendary detective Sherlock Holmes! We later learn that her arch nemesis is none other than the great grand daughter of French master criminal Arsine Lupin. I've tried to keep spoilers to a minimum so you won't know who the villains are before they are exposed.The animation was pretty good and there were some exciting scenes early on in the series...the opening episode was great; unfortunately in the final episode it switched from being a decent action series to being a supernatural monster fight when we learn the true nature of another enemy. There is some comedy relief; Aria is fond of threatening to fill people with holes if they annoy her; which they frequently do. The characters were okay but I thought they would have done a lot more with the Holmes/Lupin connection or at least made the characters bear some behavioural resemblance to their ancestors. Overall it isn't something to seek out but it passes the time well enough.These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

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