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Natsuki Shizuru | 111 | 57.81% | |
Shizuru Tomoe | 3 | 1.56% | |
Arika Mashiro | 16 | 8.33% | |
Nina Erstin | 8 | 4.17% | |
Miyu Alyssa | 2 | 1.04% | |
Miya Tomoe | 2 | 1.04% | |
Chie Aoi | 14 | 7.29% | |
Mikoto Mai | 17 | 8.85% | |
Yukino Haruka | 4 | 2.08% | |
Nao X Natsuki | 15 | 7.81% | |
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2006-03-10, 19:49 | Link #41 |
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Tough question... To be honest, I've never really cared as much about ShizNat as I, as a fan of yuri/shoujo-ai, feel I _should_ have cared. Too much of a lolicon, I guess... (Oh shi-) Actually, It might have something to do with the fact that there already are so many people obsessing over them I feel those people are also doing my part for me.
Anyway, ErstinxNina sort of exist in the show, so I naturally support that... and Chie is just too awesome, so I'm all for ChiexAoi as well. (Wait, what happened to my love for loli?) Well, in the end, I guess my vote has to go to the Ant and the Queen(wannabe). They don't really fit together in a romantic way, making a relationship between them wrong in so many ways... Of course, you've got to support that. This show needs more surprises, anyway.
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2006-03-10, 22:19 | Link #46 | |
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She always held back, loving from a distance and helping where she could, until after she saved Natsuki from Nao and was overcome with temptation. After the revelation of her crush she still never stalked her, instead leaving Natsuki and going after her enemies (who really were her enemies), and coming to her rescue to save her from Nao (who was the one actually insanely stalking Natsuki). For the final battle Natsuki sought her out and started the fight, not Shizuru. Nao stalked Natsuki, but Shizuru, although she lost her mind for a bit, never did. Inappropriate touching yes, stalking no. |
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2006-03-10, 22:51 | Link #47 |
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You're reacting a bit strongly to me, I meant no offense and was half-joking.
But seriously, Shizuru really creeped me out in HiME. She was sorta goofy up until the end, but the inappropriate touching while Natsuki slept destroyed anything I liked about her. I consider her Otome version infinately better. |
2006-03-10, 23:18 | Link #48 |
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She is much better in Otome. Her actions are hard to defend in Mai Hime. Natsuki was a loner in the series. She didn't really have any friends or anyone to seek comfort from. Shizuru became the most important person in her life. Natsuki was a mess after Nao's assault and it was only because of Shizuru's love that she was able to recover from this. But Shizuru took advantage of her weakened state to fulfill her own selfish desires. The reason I didn't vote for Natsuki x Shizuru is because I remember Mai Hime. If Mai Otome was the only series, Natsuki and Shizuru are easily the right vote for this thread. I like Shizuru, I really do. Her problem in Otome is that she flaunts her sensuality too much. She fakes kissing Arika, she blows into her ear, she embraces her. It's definitely likely that she has done similar things to other students from the school. No wonder Tomoe is so obsessed with her.
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2006-03-10, 23:28 | Link #49 |
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I'm really sorry, it's hard to display a tone of voice on a visual medium like a message board. In my head I was expounding on the subject but unfortunately it must have come across like I was chewing you out. I didn't mean to come across like that and I'm sorry. I guess I should have used smiley's or something, but they never seem appropriate when I'm bloviating.
I'm going to use a spoiler here because the rest of my comment has a slight ewww factor Spoiler:
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2006-03-10, 23:42 | Link #50 |
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No worries. My post was more of a "hey calm down" post rather than a "get off my back!" post anyway.
I agree that there are degrees of molestation, but they all fall pretty much in the BAD catagory. It was awfully big of Natsuki to forgive her, but she couldn't let Mai outdo her in altruism now could she? Actually, I'm a big fan of the "I love you but you're a murderous lunatic so I'm going to kill you myself." plotline. But I'd still rather see a healthy relationship, anime seems to be lacking in that department. Maybe that's why I like Kasimasi... |
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Besides, they knew each other for the past 3-4 years. This was the only time she messed up and allowed her 'selfish' desires to get the better of her. It's a big mistake but to have it determine her character and forgetting all the kindness and generosity she had showed Natsuki is a little too harsh. I know she's only a fictional character but how would you feel to have certain names/labels stuck with your forever for ONE mistake. I'm not saying you have to sympathize with Shizuru or like her. If she creeped you out, she creeped you out but since that was what happened, we must take her side of the story into account as well just to be fair. Spoiler for longer version:
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2006-03-11, 21:09 | Link #53 |
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I hope my post didn't give that impression. I am a Shizuru fan. Nao is my favorite character, but Shizuru is by far the most appealing. She symbolizes pretty much what the whole goal behind Otome is. Beautiful, charming, sophisticated, intelligent, charismatic, and I can go on and on. Pretty much any positive adjective that can be used to positively describe a person can be found in Mai Otome's version of Shizuru. All I intended with my post was to say that I didn't like her as much in Mai Hime as I do now. And in doing that I offered a little blurb as to why.
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Whether Otome Shizuru is better than MH Shizuru or not, that's purely one's opinion but do give MH Shizuru a more balanced evaluation. The two of them were placed in two very different places. Also, MO Shizuru is significantly older and logically, more mature. and to me (even though i went into total denial when the molest/slaughter happened... now I'm over it), the mistakes that MH Shizuru made did make her a more interesting character. otherwise, she really will be little miss perfect. and that's not true... MH Shizuru, as Shigan mentioned, is just a little girl herself...a femme fatale in her own right but just a girl. |
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2006-03-12, 11:40 | Link #57 | |
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In that case, I would say that Natsuki is a lot more hard to forgive for her total neglect and inattention to her only and best friend. Shizuru did stand her ground and fullfilled her role as Natsuki's constant support until the very end when the pressure broke her, Natsuki on the other hand in her devotion for revenge never gave the possibility of Shizuru being troubled a second thought. Someone has been taking someone for granted here. So, prolonged neglect is less cruel due to that it is not sexual in nature? And I've been having some problem with all this "Shizuru broke Natsuki's trust" argument. What trust? They had a "please don't molest me in my sleep" pact going? Falling in love with your best friend and acting upon it selfishly comes as a surprise and immoral action yes, but it hardly breaches the trust of a close friendship. Not because of that it doesnt breaches anything, but rather that the trust of friendships doesn't include a "please no rape" paragraph. Shizuru's actions are not justifiable, but it hardly broke anything save Natsuki's naive attentiveness towards her friend - since the trust of a close friendship and the trust between lovers operates on two entirely different planes. And yes, I said this, Kourin emphasized it and I will say it again and again and again, despite all the perfect-miss-goody-shoes-ojousama facade, Shizuru is a 18 years old young woman, a girl. Young and in love seldom makes for a rational and logical mind, not to mention in the face of a battle royale festival - and I doubt anyone can disagree with this, that Shizuru's feelings for Natsuki runs pretty damn deep. |
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2006-03-12, 12:55 | Link #58 |
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That discussion comes up again and again, huh?
Some time ago, I read an "Essay: Fujino Shizuru [Mai HiME]" by greywing. Just to mention this.. it may be interesting to read (?). |
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Greywing described it brilliantly" "However, what honestly at first led me to believe that the “Shizuru gets into bed with Natsuki” scene didn’t happen was Shizuru’s attempt to steal a kiss from a sleeping Natsuki. She gazes longingly at Natsuki, hesitates, seems to war within herself, and then goes in for the attempt, tenderly caressing Natsuki’s cheek as she turns her head. If Shizuru had previously had her way with Natsuki, why hesitate so much now? (You could argue that there’s a much greater risk of Natsuki waking up, even if Natsuki is the “I sleep through everything” queen, but I would then ask you why Shizuru would want to risk hurting Natsuki any more than she might have been hurt? Hurting Natsuki, as strange as this may seem later, is the last thing I could see Shizuru capable of consciously doing.) Shizuru has always seemed to me very conscious of the line between fully giving into her desire and filching little moments of being intimate with Natsuki (like running Natsuki’s hair through her fingers in Episode 19). Maybe it’s the fan mentality in me, but I can’t see Shizuru at this point crossing that line. Saying that, I think her later resolution to make Natsuki hers, even her “But Natsuki, I do love you. So even if you hate me, I’ll make you mine,” further attests to Shizuru having never actually gotten Natsuki. It seems to ring (horrifically) more of, “I really want you” rather than “I want to have you again” as if during all of this, Shizuru had been denying herself all the way up to that point. I hope that made sense, but as masochistic as Shizuru’s love is, it isn’t sadistic when it comes to Natsuki. Hurting Natsuki would horrify Shizuru (if she were cognizant of it) just as much as it would horrify Natsuki." Greywing also provided another good point, mentioning how *sticky* this topic is and "There's really no way one side or the other can prove it definitely happened or didn't, but I have seen very intelligent arguments from the pro-Shizuru crowd." He offered some good reading material there and it was really indepth. But I certainly agree though....nothing here is concrete. Quote:
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