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Originally Posted by swampstorm
The main thing for me with any relationship is how the writers lead into it, and how they draw out the feelings of the characters in question. That is, "show, don't tell," and all that.
On a side note, that's actually the biggest thing that's been missing for me in the relationship between Alto and Ranka. I was disappointed when what I had hoped would be an episode of character exposition between the two turned into another case of 'saving the girl'. But at least we finally got some new relationship insights, in terms of how Ranka likes the fact that Alto is pretty and that he helps her... oh, wait.
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That's my beef with Alto x Ranka. I think their development is meh.
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Originally Posted by ani_d
You really really didn't notice Alto's feelings for Ranka even before these couple episodes? ^^
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No, I didn't. Otherwise, I would've agreed with your interpretations on Alto x Ranka in the rest of your post.
I understand where you're coming from, as I'm not blind to developments of potential pairings. But while I did enjoy reading your post, it just reaffirms my frustration on Alto x Ranka, as the crux of your posts is heavily dependent on your own opinions drawn from the little developments on Alto x Ranka. If the basic grounds for Alto x Ranka are
this shaky to the point where both of us can't even see eye to eye with it, then how could you expect me to agree with the rest of your post?
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They never fastforwarded AltoxRanka's relationship, the feelings were already there. They were just dormant and this crisis triggered it.
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By crisis, you mean the moe stars? Alto was sneaking glances at Ranka like a lovestruck schoolboy after all. And we
are talking about the same man who once did a >___>;;; when Ranka transferred to his class, right?
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The difference here is, the love triangle was told through Ranka's POV. That's what convinced me that AltoxRanka is going to happen. She was shown to be the underdog because the story deliberately makes it look that way. It's on her side, matching her sad expressions with BGMs, making the people around her to support her in her love, making Sheryl look like an obstacle to her in career and love again lol This is what made audience get a peek inside Ranka's head. I don't see the story doing the exact same thing to Sheryl in future episodes though I wouldn't put it past them to finally let the audience get inside her head and know more about her once her character gets fleshed out.
Like I said, just because Sheryl was left in the dust and is now in Ranka's shoes, the story did not make Sheryl look like an underdog. She may be the underdog, but she wasn't portrayed as such. (Did I confuse someone with that? -_- )The cameras are still on Ranka I really think she has to compete with Ranka for screentime somewhere in the future if I were to be convinced that Ranka is the real 'third wheel' here.
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I'd like to remind you that Macross Frontier has just concluded its first half out of twenty six episodes, and with it, it has addressed Ranka's underdog position by giving her what she has longed for. Before addressing that point, I'd also like to tie
Anh_Minh's post into this :
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Originally Posted by Anh_Minh
Doesn't mean much one way or another. He screamed just as much for Luka.
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Alto could've screamed until his tonsils explode, and I still would've agreed with you. The only problem with that interpretation is what came
after that scene. Sheryl's look changed everything. The moment she picked up Alto's cry is when we knew Ranka got what she wanted. It was the end of Ranka's underdog role. I love the hell out of that scene, because in three seconds, the love triangle just upped itself one level. Now that the second half of the story is kicking into gear, it's really too early to say if the story will focus from Sheryl's perspective from now on, but if that's the case, then not only will they give Sheryl the balance it needs, but, because while I play fair in shipping wars, I'm also quite evil enough to say that it just adds one more on top of your pile of failed Sheryl predictions along the way.
On the subject of Sheryl, I would advise both of us not to jump hastily to conclusions until the second half draws near to its end. The reason why I'm willing to leave Sheryl out of it is that there's simply too little on Sheryl, in contrast to Alto x Ranka.
Remember the reason why Ranka was falling so far behind in the first place. When Alto responds to her, it's the time when Ranka nicely steps out of the underdog position. When Alto responded to her in that kind of level in Episode 12/13, she was basically
hurled out of her underdog position and hovering very, very closely to the finish line. While I'm flabbergasted by its lightning speed, it also means their story has apparently reached a point where you could finally be allowed to look at the overall picture.
And I'm frustrated by what I'm seeing.
For this kind of development, I've seen it happen on "red herring pairings"... but never on canon pairings. In other anime series, yes. But not in the Macross universe. In Macross, Misa closed the love triangle at the final episode. In Macross, Shin x Sara happened in episode four... out of five episodes. But again, like I said, we'll see. If Alto x Ranka is meant to be, they need
a lot of work. That's all I'm saying.
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I'm surely gonna watch out for more SherylxMichael next episode. ^_^
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Hmmmmmm, I doubt it'll happen, but I've already warmed up to the idea so much! Michel x Sheryl is settling quite comfortably as my MF fanon pairing. M x S would be short-term, they'd be all about lust and one-night stands, once it's over, hey, let's be adults and move onto something else. This pairing is so superficial, but that doesn't mean it's bad.
It's an empty pairing but I wouldn't mind reading smex fic on them.
Michael x Sheryl is also a wonderful example of why people pair up yaoi pairings out of straight people. It can't happen, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy it.
I really do mean the yaoi pairing comment. I'm a yaoi fangirl after all.
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