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Aria: the Origination (3rd season of the Aria series) - one of the last episodesWhen Alice Carrol has matured and improved over the 3 years of practice as an Undine, when she was taking her test to become promoted. Her examiner, Athena-both a close friend and senior, asked her to treat her as a regular customer like a trial run. Unknowing to Alice, this was the actual exam Athena was going to test her on.
Immediately, Alice offers her hand to hop on the boat. While she does this, she has an incredible smile. Why it's so amazing is because Alice used to be anti-social, was shy and spoke really softly, both traits not being ideal for being a guide tour. Just seeing how she has improved leaves me feeling good.
Following that moment, Alice's promotion was set up so beautifully. I knew it was going to happen as it was hinted at a few times throughout the episode. The relaxing music leading, the dialogue, intimate conversation, all that happiness that has been building up like a kettle is released and floods your senses with joy. Such a promotion was such a happy scene I couldn't help but cry. That episode ended on a high note.
Kids on the Slope - episode 7 endThe medley improvision by Kaoru and Sentarou. The medley itself was composed by Yoko Kanno and it took parts of My Favourite Things, Someday My Prince Will Come, as well as Moanin' and blends it together. The former two were blended seemlessly, and the execution of the piece was made even more wonderful when put into the context of two high school kids who played it together without any practice beforehand. It's an improv- they made it up on the spot.
Note @1:10, the pianist pauses abruptly, and the drummer followed that up. I know it's fiction, but the idea that someone who unexpectedly joined in to not lose you at that one part is just incredible. The episode ends on a high note leaving you at awe while exiting the episode with the track below right after the applause when they run out of school wild and free:
Code Geass: R2 endThe final result finished with a bang. Everyone wins, but it's not 100% happy.
The Dark Knight: The Joker - just about every time he was on screenHeath Ledger's acting was so believable for a crazy psycho. I love the subtleties he made of his character and appearance. His face makeup gets progressive more messier, his little twitches and random spikes in the pitch of his voice did not seem forced, and his the variance in the tone of his lines were ever so dynamic.