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View Poll Results: Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th - Episode 13 [END] Discussion / Poll | |||
Perfect 10 | 31 | 50.82% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 14 | 22.95% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 7 | 11.48% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 5 | 8.20% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 4 | 6.56% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 61. You may not vote on this poll |
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2009-03-31, 01:52 | Link #41 |
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I really don't like the 4th season. Maybe there're many ppl like it but not me. It's so much around Yumi and Touko. It's not that I don't like Touko.The reason that roots me with Maria-sama is the relationship between Yumi and Sachiko, in this season, Sachiko is not a main character anymore.
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2009-03-31, 01:55 | Link #42 | |
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2009-03-31, 05:40 | Link #43 | ||
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Now, all we can do is buy the DVD's and hope. Buy an extra set for your local library if you can afford it. |
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2009-03-31, 06:37 | Link #44 | |
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2009-03-31, 08:26 | Link #45 | |
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I actually like it more for the 'slice of life' feel of the series.
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2009-03-31, 08:29 | Link #46 |
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slice of life? This series is as character focused as you can get. It is school drama if anything else. Slice of life in an school setting would mean something like Sketchbook ~full colors~
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2009-03-31, 09:50 | Link #47 |
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Maria-sama is very popular and has always sold well, I wouldn't worry about a 5th season not coming. I think the whole reason they focused so much on the main story of the 8-9 novels (as opposed to the usual 6-7) they covered during season 4 is proof enough they want to and are planning to get the series finished now that the novels are.
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2009-03-31, 10:01 | Link #48 | |
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Hmm i agree that 4th seasn isn't satisfy enough.Since 1st season to 3rd the story always focus n sachi n yumi but why in 4th season, too much focus on yumi with touko?! b'coz of it i relly hope there will be an ova after it. |
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2009-03-31, 11:39 | Link #49 | |||
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By this end my viewpoint of the story has changed completely, a drama that doesn't have to contain everything off-the-wall (with the exception for the bizarre case of Kanako's relations with her would-be "stepmother"), and damn well the lessons have grown on me, having realized what hardship and understanding it takes to be responsible for the people to care for, and the administration to command, and how far one has to fight to maintain relationships even to the point of straining.
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2009-03-31, 13:34 | Link #50 | |
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That is, season 1 Sachiko-san, before the growth from her relationship with Yumi, could never have had the conversation with Touko-chan on the stairs. Someone who cannot see Sachiko-sama x Yumi-san there is not looking. Season 1 Yumi-chan, before the growth from her relationship with Sachiko, would never have stepped back from her first rejection and understood the patience she would need to make Touko-chan her petite soeur. Someone who cannot see Sachiko-sama at her shoulder when she makes that transition is not looking. If the relationship vanishes when the two are not in the same room, then there goes the whole subtext from the season 1 subplots about some of these school relationships able to survive decades of separation, that Sachiko-sama and Yumi-san are developing one of those relationships. Or the same subtext in a different way in the photograph that Touko-chan carries. |
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2009-03-31, 13:50 | Link #51 |
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Hello all,
I really enjoyed this final episode of season 4. Seeing Touko not only remove her mask in front of Yumi, but to go so far as to share with Yumi her deepest secret, her greatest pain, I thought, was touching. For someone like Touko, being that intimate with anyone is very difficult, and shows how much effort she is putting in, for the sake of Yumi. I am hopeful that we might see a Season 5, even if it is just in OAV format similar to season 3. I think there might just be enough content remaining to accomplish that.... * The actual soeur-ing of Touko. (We only saw Yumi imagine such a scene this episode, but I want an official one!!!) Go go Rosa Chinensis en Bouton Petite Souer!! (the only Rose family to have all 3 tiers!) Spoiler for *:
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2009-03-31, 17:56 | Link #53 | ||
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It's not like I go around looking for yuri stuff to look at. I just watch any new anime that satisfy those requirements. It is nothing personal really. I've always thought that Maria-sama is great, but this 4th series just made me think that it was outstanding, same as Jigoku Shoujo S3 for example. YumiXSachiko is a nice a heartwarming story for me. But when both Touko and later on, Noriko, were introduced, it just made the story so much better. I just liked them there much more. And I have to say that I like the 3 original rosas better (S1). Quote:
Just as an additional comment, and since I don't really read Light Novels, another thing I want to see (besides more Touko and Noriko) is YoshinoXNana. But just to not give a wrong impression, I don't watch Maria-sama for the yuri factor, but just for how the relationships develop. I'm as much interested on Yuki and Suguru, it's just that female relationships are much more appealing (on my eyes). |
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2009-03-31, 18:55 | Link #54 | |
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If they do a 5th season, maybe they can pick those stories up. It would be nice, but notice that I am not holding my breath, since they already alluded to those stories in actual episodes/previews (Rei's 10 year old boyfriend and the kendo match between Nana and Rei.) |
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2009-03-31, 20:02 | Link #55 | |
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I think its called an ambit claim. Nothing I can do to make it happen but buy the DVD's that become available, and if money permits buy another set for the local library, but I have never noticed inability to do something stopping hopeless internet advocacy before. |
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2009-03-31, 22:36 | Link #56 |
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You could also just call it tilting at windmills... but hey, dreams can come true. (But unfortunately, so can nightmares.)
I'd love to see it as much as you would, but right now I'm wondering what the economy is going to have to say about it. I'll be interested to see how the rest of the sales numbers come in for the rest of the season 4 DVDs in Japan. EDIT-- D'oh. NVM. Didn't know that Animate now blocks IPs outside of Japan. Bummer. Oh, yeah... ep 13, yeah, that was great! (Gotta stay on topic, huh?) Last edited by cynicalicious; 2009-03-31 at 23:08. |
2009-04-01, 09:17 | Link #57 | ||
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But, yeah, you're right, its wandered off the topic of why ep13 is great to why Maria-sama ga Miteru itself is great. |
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2009-04-06, 15:03 | Link #58 |
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Took me longer than usual to reply been busy so ill make short.
I was completely satisfied with the final episode and 4th season. Maria-sama as a series has never let me down and I had no doubt it would live up to my expectations this time around as well. You cant help but to love all the characters in the series and thats rare. Im hoping for one final season to close out the whole series but we will see there is still plenty of material to be used in an anime.
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2009-05-26, 13:34 | Link #59 |
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Unlike most of you, I discovered Marimite just 2 weeks ago, and I've seen all 4 seasons in just... well, two weeks.
When I saw the last episode of the last season, I felt like one of my friends have been killed. Indescribably sad. Even though I saw hundreds of anime, no one has been able to stole my heart like this one. But you guys have already described this kind of feeling, and I don't need to say anything else. I'm just grateful I've discovered Marimite nowadays, since I would have not been able to stand uncountable years waiting for a new episode. Thanks to God I'm studying Japanese, and I'm gonna buy the uncovered novels to know how this heavenly story is gonna end. Won't there be any new novel after the 33th, is that so...? [I'm sorry about my bad English] |
2010-09-07, 12:00 | Link #60 |
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I've been hearing about this series A LOT and finally about 2 years later I've decided to watch it... suprisingly I had enjoyed it quiet a lot and season 4 was my favorite one for several reasons.
Don't hate me but... Sachiko/Yumi relationship is deep and all and I kinda like it but during 1st two seasons it was going in circles... Yumi constanyly thought of Sachiko as her belonging (well not exactly but very close to it) and bunch of misunderstanding kept happening. The best part of their relationship was the begining. Then came season 3 which finally gave a deeper connection to them and actually showed how close they are, that was refreshing. But the problem with this 3 seasons was that Yumi kept seeing, talking and thinking ONLY about Sachiko! Yeh she did worry about her friends but Sachiko still was a center. It is nice that she loves her so much but those feelings started to remind me of obsession... Yumi was slowly stopping being a human with rational mind. The moment Sachiko would graduate, she would definetly fall in depression and whole 3rd year would be kind of a waste. That's why I like season 4... it still had Yumi/Sachiko moments and showed their closiness but it also allowed Yumi to finally open her eyes and see the rest of the world, not only Sachiko. She had finally developed and now her feelings are not an obsession anymore. She still loves her onee-sama dearly but now it looks more pleasant for eyes. And she had finally accapted someone else, her world had not stopped and is moving smoothly now. She won't fall in depression next year. Touko also is one of my favorite characters and she actually made things move instead of going in circles all over again. So yeh I enjoyed this season a lot, seeing Yumi develop while still keeping her bond with Sachiko was very refreshing. And having accept Touko as another close person to her is only a huge plus in my book. And to be fair I started to like Touko/Yumi more, they kinda have bigger chemistry in my opinion and Touko deserves to be happy. She is more lonely than Sachiko though that my change eventually for her too. Season 5 or an OVA would be a huge welcome in order to see how Yumi will be dealing with both of them now. P.S. Sorry if some of my words above are unclear, I'm not english so maybe I have described some things in not completly right way as I planned to.
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