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edgelesspigeon · 2012-02-12, 17:12

Out of curiosity, which would be a more accurate plural form of Flame Haze, Flame Hazes or just Flame Haze?

Hooves · 2012-02-12, 17:14

I believe Flame Hazes is the more accurate pronunciation for it.

Cosmic Eagle · 2012-02-13, 10:51

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Thank you for your information as always, Cosmic Eagle. If I am not mistaken, both you and Kochiya prefer Eternal Song over the main story of Shakugan no SHANA. Thus, it has to be very special for you two to feel that way. I am glad that your crystal clear explanation has definitely enlightened non-novel readers, like me.

Even though it does not involve Shana and Yuji, I do not mind an additional Shana movie narrating Eternal Song.

The more Shana anime, the better. I just could not believe that Season 3 will soon conclude. Sigh, all good things must come to an end.

No....I like Eternal Song.

But the final war against Bal Masque, IE everything from vol 16 onwards reigns supreme for me.

It's more like two different themes really.

The ending of the main story for all the delicious action scenes and blood rushing race to remake the world according to your own desires,

While Eternal Song for the melancholy and tragedy of a bygone age that still reverberates up to the present.

Kochiya · 2012-02-15, 12:22

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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

No....I like Eternal Song.

But the final war against Bal Masque, IE everything from vol 16 onwards reigns supreme for me.

It's more like two different themes really.

The ending of the main story for all the delicious action scenes and blood rushing race to remake the world according to your own desires,

While Eternal Song for the melancholy and tragedy of a bygone age that still reverberates up to the present.

What I truly feel about Eternal Song cannot be described properly or done with justice, but I will try.

When I started following the Shana franchise in '07, I was very young then. Attracted by the surreal style of the anime, I brought my first Shana manga in HongKong, and it provided me with a lot of inspiration about a lot of stuff, in particular a doujin I was working on back then.

Interested in the Shanaverse, I delved deeper in '09 onwards. I started hunting light novels and familiarising myself with the references and other misc. information about anything I can lay my hands on (artbooks, guidebook for the light novel, forums online etc.) In a way, Shana was also the first true fandom in which I worked hard towards integrating into. (Touhou is my life now, but that is another story :/) It gave me a comforting sense of belonging, as though I was supposed to understand the deeper meanings the author wanted to convey.

Eternal Song is like a long forgotten memory refreshed in my mind. When it was announced, it felt like I had expected it for awhwile already (I had this same feeling when I read vol. 10 of the light novels). In a way, it completed the "past", or the historical aspect of the Shanaverse, the last missing gear in the works of Shana.

tl;dr Eternal Song completes the franchise, in a way I find hard to describe. It gives the final touch needed to truly bring the Shanaverse to life for me.

Thanks for reading ^^

Cosmic Eagle · 2012-02-15, 13:48

Heh...Shana was my first LN....you could say it was what brought me into the LN world and drove me to pick up Japanese...holds plenty of memories for me too....

Touhou.....Reimu needs more firepower dammit....quite nerfed since Seirensen

Kochiya · 2012-02-16, 04:48

*needles forever, but yeah. Shinreibyou was even worse*

Shana is my first legit LN too ^^

AP24 · 2012-02-16, 09:28

A lot of people say that Shana was their first LN series they followed because the anime was the first light novel-based anime they watched. Shana was after all largely responsible for causing light novels adapted into anime becoming popular at the time.

Elf song · 2012-02-16, 13:09

Mine was "Shinigami no Ballad" and "Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora" then Shana.

Ec1ge · 2012-02-16, 16:58

I just randomly "hunted" for animes that didn't have too many annoying fillers and was focused on young love. LOL
And look what I stumbled upon.

Kochiya · 2012-02-17, 01:50

Shana's anime has a lot of annoying fillers actually hehe

S3 so far has been pretty faithful to the LN though

Cosmic Eagle · 2012-02-17, 01:53

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A lot of people say that Shana was their first LN series they followed because the anime was the first light novel-based anime they watched. Shana was after all largely responsible for causing light novels adapted into anime becoming popular at the time.

Nah...that's Haruhi no? And maybe Hantsuki and Iriya no Sora if the latter two had more exposure....

AP24 · 2012-02-17, 03:23

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Nah...that's Haruhi no? And maybe Hantsuki and Iriya no Sora if the latter two had more exposure....

Yeah, Shana and Haruhi together made light novel series adapted into anime starting to become popular when both anime first came out.

Kochiya · 2012-02-17, 19:26

Haruhi was rather popular already as a LN itself when it first came out, so the anime only caused a further spike in its popularity.

edgelesspigeon · 2012-02-20, 17:40

What is the relationship between Sale and Chiara? Is it a mentor-student relationship, platonic, or is there some romantic attraction between them?

Hooves · 2012-02-20, 18:44

A partner relationship between those two.

Kochiya · 2012-02-21, 09:30

Partner. They are rather well known amongst the Denizens and Lords.

edgelesspigeon · 2012-02-22, 01:31

Thanks for the info, Hooves and Kochiya.

virox · 2012-02-25, 21:47

I'm once again confused about the last episode. What's up with Yuuji's Unrestricted Spell that was suddenly activated? Was that EVER mentioned before? What exactly is it?
And does the anime still follow the novel? I've only read the first part of the final novel, and thought episode 19 was well adapted, but episode 20 felt like they took some liberties, but I don't know since I didn't read the corresponding material.

reaper_unique · 2012-02-26, 05:32

I've read that those rings won't destroy the core, but what will it do? Anyone care to spoil some stuff?

Cosmic Eagle · 2012-02-26, 10:13

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I've read that those rings won't destroy the core, but what will it do? Anyone care to spoil some stuff?

Input a prohibition on eating humans

2012-02-15, 13:48	Link #4785
Cosmic Eagle 今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている Join Date: Jan 2009	Heh...Shana was my first LN....you could say it was what brought me into the LN world and drove me to pick up Japanese...holds plenty of memories for me too.... Touhou.....Reimu needs more firepower dammit....quite nerfed since Seirensen __________________

2012-02-12, 17:12	Link #4781
edgelesspigeon Member Join Date: Feb 2011	Out of curiosity, which would be a more accurate plural form of Flame Haze, Flame Hazes or just Flame Haze?

2012-02-16, 04:48	Link #4786
Kochiya Lv.6 Railgun and violin Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chireiden	needles forever, but yeah. Shinreibyou was even worse Shana is my first legit LN too ^^

2012-02-16, 09:28	Link #4787
AP24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011	A lot of people say that Shana was their first LN series they followed because the anime was the first light novel-based anime they watched. Shana was after all largely responsible for causing light novels adapted into anime becoming popular at the time.

2012-02-16, 13:09	Link #4788
Elf song Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009	Mine was "Shinigami no Ballad" and "Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora" then Shana.

2012-02-16, 16:58	Link #4789
Ec1ge A true 灼眼のシャナ Shanite. :D Join Date: Sep 2011	I just randomly "hunted" for animes that didn't have too many annoying fillers and was focused on young love. LOL And look what I stumbled upon.

2012-02-17, 01:50	Link #4790
Kochiya Lv.6 Railgun and violin Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chireiden	Shana's anime has a lot of annoying fillers actually hehe S3 so far has been pretty faithful to the LN though

2012-02-17, 19:26	Link #4793
Kochiya Lv.6 Railgun and violin Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chireiden	Haruhi was rather popular already as a LN itself when it first came out, so the anime only caused a further spike in its popularity.

2012-02-20, 17:40	Link #4794
edgelesspigeon Member Join Date: Feb 2011	What is the relationship between Sale and Chiara? Is it a mentor-student relationship, platonic, or is there some romantic attraction between them?

2012-02-21, 09:30	Link #4796
Kochiya Lv.6 Railgun and violin Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chireiden	Partner. They are rather well known amongst the Denizens and Lords.

2012-02-22, 01:31	Link #4797
edgelesspigeon Member Join Date: Feb 2011	Thanks for the info, Hooves and Kochiya.

2012-02-25, 21:47	Link #4798
virox Senior Member Join Date: May 2011	I'm once again confused about the last episode. What's up with Yuuji's Unrestricted Spell that was suddenly activated? Was that EVER mentioned before? What exactly is it? And does the anime still follow the novel? I've only read the first part of the final novel, and thought episode 19 was well adapted, but episode 20 felt like they took some liberties, but I don't know since I didn't read the corresponding material.

2012-02-26, 05:32	Link #4799
reaper_unique Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007	I've read that those rings won't destroy the core, but what will it do? Anyone care to spoil some stuff?