2004-11-20, 06:49 | Link #502 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Whoa, dreamless, that looks awesome!
You're completely right, Natsuki REALLY needs a power upgrade I feel really sorry for her. She's getting totally shunned. Perhaps because she is most distant from the 1st Division? Or is she really hiding a lot of her power? (I REALLY hope she's not as weak as it seems)...
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2004-11-20, 15:31 | Link #504 |
Homicidal Kitty.
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: In Arcueid's arms, getting my blood drained by the neck. Or at least I wish.
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Wow. Mai-Hime seems to have quite an enormous fanbase.
What would be a fan's opinion of what distinguishes this from any other magical girl anime series? I mean, just as a question. |
2004-11-20, 15:41 | Link #506 | |
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In fact I never thought about MH as a magical girl show until your question, but much more as a kind of girls-only "Scryed", with lots of funs and interesting characters. I mean, Mikoto for example... sure neko-girls are maybe a little overused, especially this season, but how could you not laught when she goes on rampage ? ^^ |
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2004-11-20, 15:47 | Link #507 |
/Ultimate Magic Attack!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
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completely agree, I think Mai-HiME so far looks more or less a shounen hot blood fighting show, just replace the shounen part with shoujo but then I guess maybe one can say that shows like Saint Seiya, Dragonball and Scryed are "magical boy shows"?
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2004-11-20, 16:10 | Link #508 | |
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I should really block this mental image of Seiya or San Goku in sailor-fuku, or else I'm going to have nightmares, this night... |
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2004-11-20, 16:30 | Link #510 | |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
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2004-11-20, 16:44 | Link #512 |
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and the legendary otaku kj1980 says his catch phrase in the mai hime forums... care to translate?
and as for the "magical girl" question, sure Mai hime looks like a mahou shoujo, but it's fulled with ecchi and it's by sunrise, so i woudn't put it under that genre. More like comedy, drama, romance, school, superpowers.. gawd i want to kill nagi... |
2004-11-20, 16:54 | Link #513 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with the plot development in Mai Hime. The story is told bit by bit, at a very nice pace.
But to answer your question - yes, MAJOR plot development in the second half of Ep8. PS: Why do you want to kill Nagi? Did you watch ep8 yet? If anything, this episode proved that he is _not_ just a coldhearted smart aleck. |
2004-11-20, 17:01 | Link #514 | |
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Well I will translate what I was trying to say then. Spoiler for Ep 8:
And in response to kj: 俺はただの外人だよ!かんべしてくれよ。 |
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2004-11-20, 17:15 | Link #515 | |
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About it being like a magical girl show. Sure it has some elements that are similar but it adds enough more original parts and hardly following the "classic" rules of magical girl shows thus making it something of it's own.
You could also say it's like Digimon with the difference that the 'trainers' also participate in the fights. For some reason I love the materializing scenes of the CHILDs, how it's done different for each of them. I really like when Kagutsuchi shows up. Then again, I loved the summons when I played FF7 ages ago, and I think they are somewhat similar. Heck, Kagutsuchi could've been taken from a FF game. Organic creature with mechanical parts in it like the two power generators. Quote:
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2004-11-20, 18:46 | Link #516 | |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
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2004-11-20, 18:51 | Link #517 |
Homicidal Kitty.
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: In Arcueid's arms, getting my blood drained by the neck. Or at least I wish.
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I can tell at least one of the people here can honestly claim to be a real Japanese.
But that "real Japanese" forgot to use SPOILER tags, didn't s/he. *ahem* *scowl* Some of us haven't seen everything yet. So when does Mai-Hime air in Japan, if it is currently airing? Monday nights? |
2004-11-20, 20:20 | Link #519 | |
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Fan-service-wise, I am sure we all have seen worse. Far worse. Thanks a lot kj for the Japanese bit, it was quite helpful. |
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