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{{quote|''"If you get stuck in the memories of those times, you won't be able to appreciate all the fun that's happening right now. So don't be thinking "that time was fun", because you should be thinking "that time was also fun" ... Being able to find the fun that's happening right now, is the best way to enjoy the present.''|'''Alicia Florence'''}}

 

 

The story focuses on Aria Company, the smallest gondolier tour business in the city with only two employees. It is run by [[Onee-Sama|Alicia Florence]], who one day welcomes a new apprentice called Akari Mizunashi. Most of the plot deals with [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|the relationship between the two girls]] and Akari's efforts to become a Prima, the highest rank of undine, signified by being allowed to steer a gondola without wearing gloves. Akari also befriends and trains with apprentice undines from other companies, who each get their own screen time as the series progresses.

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: In the anime, the cafeteria at Orange Planet company supplies ketchup by "[[wikipedia:Heinz Tomato Ketchup|Hein]]."

* [[Book Ends]]: Compare the start of Akari's apprenticeship with Alicia to {{spoiler|Ai's apprenticeship with Akari}}. The mentors in both cases give the same smile and say the same thing. In the manga, this is at the beginning and end of the series while in the anime it's in the beginning and end of the final episode.

* [[Call to Agriculture]]: The Grandma.

* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: In volume 2 of the ''Aqua'' manga, the bonus chapter features Alice as a central character before she's even introduced in the main storyline. [[Lampshaded]] by both Akari and Aika in the one-panel eye-catches at the start and end of the chapter. (This is a function of the publisher change: by the time a new edition of ''Aqua'' was put out by the new publisher, Alice had been introduced, thus she was included in the added bonus material.)

* [[Catch Phrase]]

** Alicia: "Ara ara" ("my, my"), usually followed by a giggle, emphasizing her easy-going nature.

*** This {{spoiler|backfires on her in Chapter 8 of the manga ("Aria" not "Aqua") when she accidentally lets slip a corny remark, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|resulting in Akari taking the opportunity to use her catchphrase against her.]]}}

*** It seems as if she learned this from Akira, who declares in the second episode (and the 14th ''Aria'' manga chapter) that Alicia's "Ara ara" and giggling are forbidden. In the anime this is stretched into [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Funny|Akira shouting, "Kinshi! Kinshi!" over and over as she chases Alicia around the building]], while Alicia continues to deliver '''her''' Catch Phrase (including the giggle).

* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: One character, two linked half-examples: [[Alice in Wonderland|Alice Carroll]]

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: The "presidents" of Orange Planet, ARIA Company, and Himeya are all blue-eyed cats who accompany the main characters just about everywhere. Presidents Aria and Maa-kun are Mars cats, who have human-level intelligence as well. (Not to mention lifespans measured in decades.)

* [[Official Couple]]: Aika and Al, eventually

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Albert Pitt, the Gnome, is about 19 or 20. The conditions under which he works, however, stunt his growth, making him appear as a shota.

* [[Slice of Life]]: "Nothing really happens, but in a really good way." - [[Sayaka Ohara]], voice of Alicia

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Idealistic side.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: In the first manga volume Aika exhibits some of this behavior towards Alicia.

* [[Stern Teacher]]: Akira is regarded as this, but she's also a very good one.

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