2006-01-25, 00:01 | Link #281 |
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Did I somehow give the impression that I thought Asuta was somehow interested in Hazumu pregirl? Sorry if that's how it came across. "I loved you before so I still love you" refers exclusively to Tomari and Yasuna. Asuta is the annoying "you were my best friend but now you're stacked" character. As I said, given a full, legitimate transformation, I too would have trouble with my best friend becoming a gorgeous babe. It just seems so annoying for the guy to just suddenly change his viewpoint.
I must admit, though, it's less annoying than many male romantic/comedic characters. So many of them end up repeating stupid mantras to try(unsuccessfully) to hold themselves back, like "might be a relative...mightbearelative/which one is a relative?!"(Onegai Twins' Maiku) or "She's the same age as Nina, same age as Nina..."(Sergey Wang). At least he's not beating himself up for ten to fifteen episodes. Why does everyone say Asuta's the center of a harem? In harem situations you've got several characters halfway in love with one. We've got that, but Asuta's the comic relief, not the center. He's the one that's always trying to claim the main character only to be knocked out or worse by another. I must admit, this is the first time I've seen a harem where one girl has one guy and several girls after her. Not exactly Love Hina... As to the yuri question(MORE MANGA), I do recall that Tomari never admitted her love for Hazumu until a beach chapter, at which point she specifically told Yasuna "I'm in love with HER." At the very least, they were trying to encourage that crowd. |
2006-01-25, 00:01 | Link #282 |
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While we're on the yuri topic, I'm interested to know what kind of situation would classify as yuri for you:
Though it may seem a bit pointless, I'm interested to see where people draw the line... *** Scenario 1: Hazumu and group go their separate ways... 10 years later, she meets some random lady and falls in love with her... Yuri or not yuri? * Scenario 2: Hazumu and group go their separate ways... 10 years later, she meets Tomari and falls in love with her... Yuri or not yuri? * Scenario 3: Hazumu and group go their separate ways... 10 years later, she meets Yasuna and falls in love with her... Yuri or not yuri? * Scenario 4: Hazumu gets used to being a girl, and eventually falls in love with Tomari... Yuri? * Scenario 5: Hazumu gets over her previous feelings for Yasuna.... but later develops feelings for her again. Yuri? * Scenario 6: Hazumu can't get over her previous feelings for Yasuna, and they fall in love. Yuri? *** Last edited by eMpTy265; 2006-01-25 at 00:11. |
2006-01-25, 00:30 | Link #283 |
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If one of the central relationships is a girl who is clearly focused on another girl, whether she's got a male chasing her(Kannadzuki no Miko), or there's no appearance of true romance(MariMite), it's yuri. Minor suggestions meant to tease the crowd(like Nanoha) don't count, nor minor characters(like Shizuru of My-HiME). Friendship doesn't count either(I've seen a few things about Sakura and Ino...).
Personally, I think that to be called "yuri", it has to fulfill one of two requirements: - One of the primary, central conflicts of the plot is centered on one major female character's romantic to semi-romantic interests in another major female. - Much of the story is centered in an environment where girl-girl relationships are so prevalent that interest in a boy seems abnormal(That is, an environment like in OTOME, what Nao refers to as the "Garden of Virgins") This is just my opinion. I say this show fits the bill. And so, in the words of Pellissier, Wow! Let's Yuri! |
2006-01-25, 00:48 | Link #284 | |
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2006-01-25, 03:07 | Link #285 | |
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2006-01-25, 12:49 | Link #294 | |
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About 300 posts and 18000 views, and we're barely at episode 2. And actually, a lot of different people has posted here. I understand the Fate/stay night phenomen, but with this one the trend is really impressive, and imho unexpected.
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As for whether the aliens can change him back, I think they could, but I don't think they will. I don't see anyone wanting it. Spoiler for why they changed him into a girl:
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2006-01-25, 16:45 | Link #299 | |
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