Full Metal Panic Novel Discussion

[Raikwolf]

i believe is the girl who appears in the first episode of full metal panic the one with pink hair that Souzuke saved...but i'm not sure...

[FrostWolf]

Originally Posted by Raikwolf

i believe is the girl who appears in the first episode of full metal panic the one with pink hair that Souzuke saved...but i'm not sure...

I think she is too at least thats what i read

[Missilebuster]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HUKRPOI0

Well here are all the novels released by bokutachi (i believe) with a few of the ones that you can get from ravyn-09 on his/her site which is here--> http://ravyn-09.livejournal.com/ (they're working on the novels still with releases every now and then)

keep in mid that to open the file i sent you, you need a program that unpackages .rar files such as winrar which you can grab here ---> http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

[Hussar67]

Originally Posted by Kami

who is Miller?

Sarah Miller is:

Spoiler:

Yes, she was the Whispered Sousuke and the SRT rescued in the opening scene of FMP. She has re-emerged in MMD as working for Mithril and having assisted Al (the ARX's AI) design the new ARX-8. She told Gavin Hunter that she felt she owed Sousuke for her rescue, and that's why she helped to design it.

Hope this helps!

[Kami]

Thanks!

Spoiler:

I thought she had commited suicide, at least it was what first season made me think...

[HunterSeeker]

Sorry to all of you.
I'd been damn busy in the last days and is unable to sit down for some typing in here. (LIAR! YOU TYPE STUFF FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE!)

Miles had, in fact, explained all major stuff asked (Or I should say, I don't look too deep into the background seetings), and remember FMPverse is an alternative universe as ours so stuff will be different, like North Koprea is in fact wealthy state, China is divided, the presence of Fifth Middle-East War, etc. A few more points though:
1. Mr Gold has yet shown up in the story. Only his name is told, he never appeared in person. As such, the reason for him to send units to kill off Leonard is still unknown. (If he want Black Tech, why he'll kill Leo? He should know that Black Tech will "grow" within Whispereds' mind) And we've yet told about Amalgam's origins.
2. As far as we can tell, TDD is the only thing of Mithril remains. There're probably some bases aren't totally destroyed (the Boot Camp where Sousuke stayed during his recovery, for example) or even there're still survivors around, but Melida and Mediterranean Bases are confirmed annhiliated, and so far no survivors had made contact with TDD other than the characters we've seen in MMD.
3. AL designed Laevatein, though how can Hunter and Wraith build the actual one is still unknown......Yet, it's only Bunny who found out the ARX System should had something to do with some unknown stuff (not necessarily about Whispered though) or even it's a component of something.

If there're any more questions just drop it here and I'll explain if I can.

And about the Civilian University in DM of these 2 months......

Spoiler:

After Tessa's lesson about makeup (which, I have to say, not proficient/professional enough to translate it together with Chidori's cooking lesson) we have Kurtz talking about dating with girls. Obvious choice.

The main point is to be clean throughout the body, so take a bath before leaving, brush your teeth, diminish the bad breaths, etc. Perhaps requesting mother/sisters to help one for that.
About the hairstyle. Remember to, if you need to, do so a few days before so that the hair will grow again after the cut, looking more natural. Short hair is recommended for men since long ones will be hard to be tidied up, but to be frank, he said it's not necessary to go for proper makeup shops if it's first-time date.
Clothes aren't need to be expensive ones, but the newer the better (so no old ones). Those without decorations are the best, since if they're properly worn they can hide your own demerits.
However, the shoes are better stick with more expensive ones. As he said, women seems to exceptionally notice about ones' shoes, so don't wear old shoes, instead the leathered or jogging shoes are OK, remember the colours should look natural. (As a sidenote, he said the shoes are better those which can be taken off easily because......it'll disrupt the atmosphere when it's needed. He's a prevert indeed.)
Don't bring along those bags with 2 shoulder tapes. But since people won't be able to afford expensive bags/wallets, so it's OK if you don't bring anything. He also said that Gatoh had brought normal plastic bags with gifts from vacations and got the attentions of everyone at that gathering......
One's apperances are also needed to pay attention at, such as don't bend the back. These will change one's view dramatically.

All in all, it's important do so, even everyone knows "one can't judge another by their apperances". If one is properly dressed-up, even the person himself isn't that good, women will usually like that type of men since they feel that guy does all those stuff for her------so it doesn't matter if you show your weaknesses at that point.

Then the spaces are used up. He begs Mao to give him spaces for talking about the actual date, but everyone knows what'll happen.

Mao talks about how to drink alcohol. In Japan, "Drink and discuss" seems to be becoming outdated, and more teenagers are freed from drinking. She feels bad since those who'll occationally drink (or smoke), even in a smaller amount, will seems more attractive than those who won't touch these. (She's certainly crazy.)
The most important stuff about drinking is to know how much you can drink, obviously, and the way to know about it is to actually drink some. A cup of beer or SOUR (don't actually know what is that) first, if one already feels bad and the face goes red, drop it. If not, continue to drink. Normal people will fail around 3 cups, but for those who're still OK after 5, they're pretty strong in this aspect. In shows or comics there're always people who can finish a bottle of Whiskey, but those can be very strong ones or just normal fools.
Distilled wines are the best, since their side-effects aren't that suffering (and can get up easily next morning even downed), even their levels are pretty high.
Next, it's important to drink good wines. Expensive wines won't make one smelly after drinking, they tastes good but hard to make one drunk. In contrary, cheap wines will get one drunk pretty fast, so if one tries to drink, don't hesistate to use $ to buy good wines.
When drinking, remember to drink it slowly, instead of finish that fast, since alcohol will make one's digesting system become pressurized, so if one can't bear it, don't continue. In addition, drinking more water can allverate this problem, so try to drink more water before drinking, and drink more before sleep, then one will feel better in the next morning.
After the first cup of beer, remember to change into another type of wine. In addition, remember to fix which type of wine will be drunk on that particular day.

Again, the pages are used up. She better off asking Clozort about using the same page next month.

[Missilebuster]

its good to hear my mentor kurtz again

[FrostWolf]

Glad to see your back HunterSeeker and by the way is North Korea wealthy or just not completly impoverished like it is now

[Miles Teg]

Originally Posted by FrostWolf

by the way is North Korea wealthy or just not completly impoverished like it is now

For North Korea : The famine at the end of the 90s hasn't taken place, instead the harvest were good. The economy is starting to show sign of recovery.

For all the change (in the novel the story take place in 1997 or 1998):

Originally Posted by wikipedia

[...]the Cold War has yet to end. China has split into a north and south, with Hong Kong being split much like Berlin. The major differences are:

* China has split into the Peoples Liberation Committee (North China) and the Democratic Chinese Alliance (South China) along the Yangtze River. Kowloon is North Chinese territory, while Hong Kong Island is held by South Chinese forces. Combat in Hong Kong is prohibited by terms of a recent peace treaty.
* A nuclear warhead was used in the 1991 Gulf War. This triggered the Fifth Middle East War.
* Following the beginning of the fifth Middle East war, the Soviet Union reinvaded Afghanistan successfully.
* Mikhail Gorbachev was assassinated, and the Perestroika was halted.
* Significantly different military technology such as Arm Slaves and Black Technology.

Other subtle differences differentiate the fictional world. Common changes are in the Japanese names, as they use homonyms to real life locations. The fictional Jindai(陣代) High School is based on the real life Tokyo Jindai (神代) High School. The closest station to the real life Jindai High School is the Senkawa station, changed from (仙川) to (泉川). The Japanese calendar of Heisei era name is altered from (平成) to (平政). Other geography and names of location in the fictional Tokyo remain identical to reality.

These overt divergences in history form the backdrop of the plot, while the less obvious divergences and cause of these differences form the many intriguing mysteries within the narrative.

Other point who are only on the Japanese entry of Wikipedia.

The B-2 does not exist instead the B-1 has been equipped with ECS.

The Taliban doesn't exist (Afghanistan is under Soviet control).

Gorbachev has been assassinated half a year after the nuclear bomb was used in Kuwait.

The Fifth Middle East War has started because of the Gulf War, the Palestinian problem, the Tajikistan Independence and ultimately the nuclear bomb used in the North of Kuwait.

[FrostWolf]

Indeed. Though I'd like to know how China split in 2

[Masanori Ota]

Same reason why China today insists Taiwan is part of its territory.

[oompa loompa]

sooo... on to a question of extremem importance (PLEASE forgive me if a thread like this already exists!!) at the rate things are going.. poor tessa is gonna end up single right

[Missilebuster]

i believe she actually has 2 guys after her at the moment. Not including me of course.

[FrostWolf]

One of them is Lemon whose the other?

[Raishinshi]

*inserts sarcastic answer* Captain Sailor?!

[hobbes_fan]

All I can say is I'm cheering because KURZ LIVES!!!! (but where's my Mao?!?!!?). It better not be Shinji or Ono D chasing after Tessa. I'm also wondering what happens to Ren and Mizuki and some of the Fumoffu mainstays in the overall picture. (I already know what happens to Kyoko)

[Kang Seung Jae]

Originally Posted by Messerschmitt_Bf-109

Another question I have is how in the hell did the USSR find enough money to support itself. By 1990 in our reality they were so broke they collapsed. Why didn't they collapse in this...hmm.

Spoiler for Reason why USSR is around:

Black technology.

It first came out during the 1980's and started a revolution in the military. One might say that the techonolgical advances that came from it is helping USSR stay alive.

Plus, the conservative military faction (who tried to do a coup but got their butts kicked) managed to hold power by getting Gorbachev killed in Afghanistan (as shown in "A sound from the North")

[Missilebuster]

if im not mistaken there was a picture, along with the spoiler that had 2 guys going after tessa, one was lemon and the other was another military dude i presume (they're on a sub) Dunno if someone wants to dig that up or not

[oompa loompa]

err id really appreciate it if someone who knows japanese could go to gatohs blog http://www.gatoh.com/weblog/2007/10/ and tell me whats up there, theres a cover of a book with leonard on it but i cant make heads or tails of what its about

[HunterSeeker]

Originally Posted by oompa loompa

err id really appreciate it if someone who knows japanese could go to gatohs blog http://www.gatoh.com/weblog/2007/10/ and tell me whats up there, theres a cover of a book with leonard on it but i cant make heads or tails of what its about

That's the release of the newest Sigma and the FMP Databook.