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2005-12-17, 22:02	Link #1
Catgirls I am mowing clowns Join Date: Dec 2005	Mai-Otome Manga Originally posted by hi no ken Jebus 2005-08-01, 13:37 Spoiler: Dont know what to make of it. There's alot going on right form the get go its very comedic which is what I liked about Mai-hime in the first place. There's lots of familiar faces. Looks interesting to say the least. The story seems to be about the son, Mashiro, who is out to investigate his mother's [who was some type of royalty] death. He is going to school and runs into Arika. Then he wears his mother's clothes to look like a girl and meets Nina Wong who might replace my favorite Mikoto hime. Anywho they get attacked by some robot who is after Mashiro and Arika uses her hime powers to defeat it with the aid of the jewel Mashiro is carrying. Last edited by Catgirls; 2005-12-17 at 22:30.

2005-12-17, 23:02	Link #2
Catgirls I am mowing clowns Join Date: Dec 2005	Repost from Old Manga Thread (part 1) Please note: I've recovered all of the old Manga thread, but it's in a raw, bare form...so all the Spoilers that were covered are now exposed. I've put the entire old thread here (and in the next two posts) under the Spoiler Tags....which means, of course, all previous Spoilers are exposed. FYI. The formating is rough, but you can scroll through it farily well. If you'd like to Copy & Paste your post from the list below and re-post it, feel free. Please don't quote this entire post of mine. It's quite long as it is. Spoiler for Post from Old Manga Thread (part 1): paTKany 2005-08-01, 14:09 "Assistant Inspector Haruka-chan" and that pose... ... i laughed to tears. __________________________________________________ _______ mintyfresh 2005-08-01, 14:53 Mashiro as a boy... shudders Granted, I'm sure the anime probably won't go down that path.. __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-01, 14:57 wow, have to say here is some bold story direction they are taking. I wonder if the basic setting of the manga and anime will be the same. No wonder we don't see a male lead yet in the available info, if the anime and manga share the same basic setting, that will mean Mashiro is the male lead! Anyway I actually quite like the first chapter, it's full of surprises and the battle scene is super cool Mashiro gets assassinated at the very start? A boy who has a crush on Shizuru disguises himself as Mashiro? that's some surprise start Haruka is still cool and hotblood as ever with her 300mm cannon Quite a crazy cool first chapter I have to say __________________________________________________ _______ FET-Kun 2005-08-01, 15:45 Wow, I sort of fell over when I saw this... It's kind of an interesting idea, making Mashiro a boy who is the lead male disguised as his mother. This opens the door to many, many "comedic" situations for Mashiro. Watch Arika fall in love with Mashiro and her get all nuts about liking a girl, to then only discover she's...a HE. XD It would appear the boy has a jewel...a magical item he can use to change into anyone he wants. Well, still need to go through the rest of the manga, but so far I hope the anime does what the Manga is doing, it makes for some good comedy. __________________________________________________ _______ grmortes79 2005-08-01, 15:48 my reaction Mentar 2005-08-01, 15:53 LOL Actually, I'm pretty certain that the basic setting with "Mashiro" will be taken over in the anime too, though the rest will probably be a bit less hectic (just like the MH anime was more subdued than the hyperactive-chaotic manga). Interesting. So it doesn't seem to be an alternative universe, but rather in the future? I'm referring to Fumi's scythe statue? __________________________________________________ _______ mintyfresh 2005-08-01, 15:56 considering all the look-a-like charcters popping up, I'm guessing it's AU.. That "Fumi" was most likely not the Fumi we know, but rather another Fumi from the Mai Otome world. __________________________________________________ _______ FET-Kun 2005-08-01, 16:04 Finished going through the manga...and I love it. Mashiro carries the...GEM G - enerable E - nigmatic M - atrix Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Nina knows Mashiro's secret already. Like the first manga, the HiMEs need to make contact with a male to unleash their true powers. This was done by some yuri-iffic fun when Arika and Mashiro kissed. Doing this made Arika into a Z-Type HiME. She had a new battle outfit and everything! XD Upon further interaction between the two girls, (Mashiro hugging Arika) the GEM transformed Arika's weapon and made it super charged. Not only that, but gave Arika wings. This lead to the enemies destruction. I love how this is going. It's got everything Mai-HiME had and more. Some creative twists indeed. The fact that the lead male is a female for most of the series, as I said, it adds alot of potential for some fun scenes...which they went and did right off the bat in the first manga chapter...r0fl. Good going to the guys at the writing staff department for Mai-Otome. Though I'd like this to be in the anime, I wouldn't be surprised if they change it all. __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-01, 16:22 LOL Actually, I'm pretty certain that the basic setting with "Mashiro" will be taken over in the anime too, though the rest will probably be a bit less hectic (just like the MH anime was more subdued than the hyperactive-chaotic manga). Interesting. So it doesn't seem to be an alternative universe, but rather in the future? I'm referring to Fumi's scythe statue? now I think about it, maybe it is a marketing ploy from Sunrise? from the HiME anime and manga, we know the very basic setting is similar, but the story is told from different perspectives, so maybe the anime will start from Arika's perspective and won't reveal Mashiro's "secret" right from the start, so it will keep us guessing whether Mashiro is a boy or a girl the whole time and generate lots of discussions and speculations when Arika and Mashiro goes closer and closer (as hinted by the promo posters). And midway through the series they can reveal Mashiro to be a boy for a surprise twist and to satisfy the shotacons, or keep Mashiro as a girl to satisfy the lolicons and yuri fans. Either way it'll help Sunrise to get more attention and possibly more viewers That Fumi statue looks utterly hilarious for me Upon further interaction between the two girls, (Mashiro hugging Arika) the GEM transformed Arika's weapon and made it super charged. Not only that, but gave Arika wings. This lead to the enemies destruction. It somehow reminds me of Destiny Gundam's Wings of Light with Justice Gundam's double blade beam saber. Also that robot is built with black technology... I wonder if the manga will go wild with parodies right from the start? (I still love the Miyu Freedom in the Mai-HiME manga a lot ) __________________________________________________ _______ Mentar 2005-08-01, 16:38 Well, maybe... the way you put it, dreamless, it's making sense. Hmmmm. It's strange. I'm really shocked that they decided to drop the manga shoe before the anime started. One of the reasons why Mai HiME was so exciting was that nobody really KNEW what was going to happen. This time we don't just already "know" the "originals" behind the many characters, but also the basic setting due to the manga? The "feel" is 100% Mai HiME manga for sure. I hope they'll manage to give the anime a slightly more "serious" tone again __________________________________________________ _______ Temporal 2005-08-01, 16:54 The manga for mai-hime started earlier than the anime, its just that no one distroed it. Mai-Otome is following the same schedule as mai-hime, the manga starts in august followed by the anime in september. __________________________________________________ _______ Mentar 2005-08-01, 17:01 If Mai-Otome would really be launched in the winter season in 2005 already, I'd have a ball ^_^ __________________________________________________ _______ Sakuya 2005-08-01, 18:20 That was an awesome first chapter! I have no doubts about Mai Otome anymore. I hope the translation comes up soon. __________________________________________________ _______ MiniSilverTiger 2005-08-01, 22:36 I have nothing to say except 1. So many possibilities with that pendant... 2. Main character is one big pervert(again) with a twist(hmm...) 3. ZOMG Kenji_Chaos 2005-08-01, 22:39 waaaa i dun relli like the idea mashiro is a guy.............. other than that it is interesting ^^ __________________________________________________ _______ FET-Kun 2005-08-01, 23:07 I'm sure scanlations will pop up soon of this...I hope! XD I'm just curiouse what they'll be doing with the anime. I think Mashiro being a boy is brilliant because it's different and random. Shizuru and Natsuki were populare, so make the lead male a female who is Arika's love interest and make two groups of fans happy, the shoujoai crazy guys and the bishounen loving girls. Now, the Z-Type HiME...no childs yet? I hope they appear. In the meantime we've got the girls relying on another person to unleash they're powers to do any good fighting. Then there is the GEM, which seems to power them up further. Midori would love this Henshin type set up they've got going. The battle costume Arika has is pretty good. Atleast they just didn't put her in a skirt for panty shots every battle. I wonder if the design is different for each HiME. __________________________________________________ _______ EndOfDestiny 2005-08-02, 00:22 This definately does look interesting. I hope it gets picked up soon. Maybe the great group Yanime will do this one as well? ^^ __________________________________________________ _______ TRC 2005-08-02, 01:25 I could translation anytime, but I'm in China right now can't go back to US until my school starts, so I can't download anything from US website. __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-02, 04:01 yea, after all, before the Natsuki/Shizuru pair attracted all the yuri fans, the Akira/Takumi pair was the popular pair that attracted all the fangirls, so it's not surprising if they make the lead a cute shota __________________________________________________ _______ Encoder 2005-08-02, 05:19 Arika is the main character isn't it? __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-02, 06:14 Arika is the main character isn't it? Arika is the female lead, and most likely the main lead in the anime version, but I guess like the Mai-HiME manga, the Mai-Otome manga will probabaly have the male lead as the main lead? __________________________________________________ _______ TRC 2005-08-02, 06:15 Arka is the main character isn't it? I don't think in the manga, maybe in the anime. Because in Mai Hime the manga, Tate is the main character along with Mai and Natsuki. But in the Mai Hime anime, Mai, Natsuki, and Mikoto are the main characters. Still, this is only the first chapter, nothing can be sure yet. __________________________________________________ _______ JayF 2005-08-02, 11:02 Looks like Mashiro reacts like your typical horny teenage boy. Very girly though. Also, is Mashiro a name that is non gender specific? Otherwise, it'd explain the bullying that Mashiro seems to have went through in his previous school. __________________________________________________ _______ USCPharmacist 2005-08-02, 11:44 Looks like Mashiro reacts like your typical horny teenage boy. Very girly though. Also, is Mashiro a name that is non gender specific? Otherwise, it'd explain the bullying that Mashiro seems to have went through in his previous school. the boy is posing as his mom..... __________________________________________________ _______ lone_wolf 2005-08-02, 12:20 yea, after all, before the Natsuki/Shizuru pair attracted all the yuri fans, the Akira/Takumi pair was the popular pair that attracted all the fangirls, so it's not surprising if they make the lead a cute shota Hmmm....I suppose. I'm a woman and I swing both ways so that pairing doesn't bother me but I'm hoping they place emphasis on ShizNat for this new adaption. Mashiro as a male...still trying to form an opinion about that. Maybe I'm more lesbo than I thought. --Lone Wolf __________________________________________________ _______ Sakuya 2005-08-02, 18:15 I don't understand why Mashiro has to pose as...Mashiro-hime. Mashiro-hime died. And this boy's name is Mashiro as well? __________________________________________________ _______ JayF 2005-08-02, 19:43 the boy is posing as his mom..... That still doesn't explain why Male! Mashiro is the most girly male I've seen thus far, even without transforming into a female. Also, wouldn't he be a little young to pose as someone who gave birth to him Don't really think that a reiging Queen would go to a school, and my guess that he is posing as a princess instead. That, or we are all wrong and she's his sister instead? Considering that I've can't read Japanese, I wonder if he has another name than Mashiro and I've guessed wrongly the entire plot line. __________________________________________________ _______ Sageblink 2005-08-02, 20:12 Well... Arika get kissed, and then she goes "I'm-gonna-save-you!" just like that... What a little pervert prince(ss). I read somewhere that the pendant of Mashiro allowed him/her to transform. Is that a true information? Chie is in the school... and Aoi is the Queen's maid... How can they separate them?!! In the picture where is Nao-chan, Chie and Akane... Isn't a young Haruka there also? __________________________________________________ _______ FET-Kun 2005-08-02, 22:56 That still doesn't explain why Male! Mashiro is the most girly male I've seen thus far, even without transforming into a female. Also, wouldn't he be a little young to pose as someone who gave birth to him Don't really think that a reiging Queen would go to a school, and my guess that he is posing as a princess instead. That, or we are all wrong and she's his sister instead? Considering that I've can't read Japanese, I wonder if he has another name than Mashiro and I've guessed wrongly the entire plot line. Here's the deal with our Mashiro-Kun.... The real Mashiro was killed and she left behind a son. Her son decides to use this magical GEM to turn himself into the teenage version of his mother to get into the all girls school for Maiden candidates, (errr something) so he can be yuri with them all day and night. Ok...I'm sure he didn't intend for that to happen, it's just a bonus, r0fl. But really, does anyone know exactly WHY he transformed himself into a girl anyway? My guess he wants to investigate his mother's death and by attending the school he can find out maybe. __________________________________________________ _______ JayF 2005-08-03, 02:02 You just answered your question as to why Mashiro turns himself into a girl. So that he can get some hawt yuri action. I suppose that no one in the school is from Mashiro's kingdom, since they would probably know that the Queen has reigned long enough or served as princess long enough to have a teenage son. Unless female Mashiro does not claim to be the dead Queen Mashiro. I think I just confused myself. __________________________________________________ _______ Sakuya 2005-08-03, 04:22 Well, since the original Mashiro is dead, why would the son transform back into Mashiro to confuse people? __________________________________________________ _______ JayF 2005-08-03, 06:49 Well, since the original Mashiro is dead, why would the son transform back into Mashiro to confuse people? Conclusion. Young Mashiro just likes to dress in pretty dresses and have long flowing hair. Kyaa the Catlord 2005-08-03, 08:26 Conclusion. Young Mashiro just likes to dress in pretty dresses and have long flowing hair. Hell, who doesn't? Gravion Zwei taught me one thing: you magically grow boobs if you want to play dress up in anime, or ungrow boobs as the case may be. __________________________________________________ _______ lone_wolf 2005-08-03, 14:05 Well, since the original Mashiro is dead, why would the son transform back into Mashiro to confuse people? I agree with FET-Kun...he may be utilizing this disguise to obtain some answers regarding his mother's assassination. Not everyone knows about her death so it would be his chance to determine who Mashiro's enemies are as well as her comrades. --Lone Wolf __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-03, 15:10 ummm... where does it say that Mashiro-hime is that boy's mother? As far as I see that boy is just Mashiro-hime's "kagemusha", Mashiro-hime is the only heir to the throne in this windblume kingdom, and has no son. That boy is asked by the kingdom's prime minister to disguise as Mashiro-hime because she got assassinated just as she's about to inherit the throne, which can lead to chaos and panic if the news goes public without sufficient preparation... __________________________________________________ _______ USCPharmacist 2005-08-03, 15:58 It's a joke cuz he looks like Mashiro heeheh. BTW that Tate looks "ebil" man __________________________________________________ _______ lone_wolf 2005-08-03, 17:36 ummm... where does it say that Mashiro-hime is that boy's mother? As far as I see that boy is just Mashiro-hime's "kagemusha", Mashiro-hime is the only heir to the throne in this windblume kingdom, and has no son. That boy is asked by the kingdom's prime minister to disguise as Mashiro-hime because she got assassinated just as she's about to inherit the throne, which can lead to chaos and panic if the news goes public without sufficient preparation... That was a speculation from another board that I ran into. Since I haven't read the first chapter myself yet, it was also a speculation on my part. Who knows....maybe in later chapters we may find that he's related somehow...again just speculation. Nothing is ever concrete in the Hime world Though now I'm a bit curious and may actually download that file. If there are no lesbos in the storyline, I'll drop it --Lone Wolf __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-03, 17:51 well, that boy's mother is definitely some special person, judging by that "Sapphire of Deep Sky" (Soukyuu no Seigyoku) he carries... however I think so far it's pretty clear that his mother is not Mashiro-hime, and from Nina Wong's reaction, even Mashiro-hime is not supposed to have that Sapphire. __________________________________________________ _______ FET-Kun 2005-08-04, 03:31 Ok, so Mashiro is the heir to the throne and the boy is asked to take her place to avoid chaos? I like that idea a bit more then the original rumor that was flying around. __________________________________________________ _______ Ansa 2005-08-04, 09:28 Anyone know if a group is translating this? __________________________________________________ _______ hi no ken Jebus 2005-08-13, 18:09 This was mostly fanservice and yuri moments. Evil Tate/Sergei I think his name is, Natsuki, and Shizuru also had more screen time and look like are up to something with the Mashiro-chan.Chapter ends with what looks like a huge maid orgy and Shiho being introduced __________________________________________________ _______ Sakuya 2005-08-13, 18:45 Poor Fumi, she's a non-moving robot! And we also get to see that Searrs-guy-turned-old-lady Ms.Maria. __________________________________________________ _______ Xellos-_^ 2005-08-13, 20:05 So many lesbians and a lesbian maid orgy Hope the lesbian makes it to the 2nd season. __________________________________________________ _______ JayF 2005-08-13, 21:28 So many lesbians and a lesbian maid orgy Hope the lesbian makes it to the 2nd season. Chie and Shiho in the manga appear to have their own personal harem. Wonder what Shizuru thinks of this. Oh wait. She has the whole bloody acedemy to choose from. __________________________________________________ _______ USCPharmacist 2005-08-14, 14:22 Too many lesbians...that a good thing or bad thing Actually the manga is pretty good...if you like to see lots of sexy girls. On the other hand I think "Man"shiro is the star in the manga, not Arika. I don't really care for she male that much and it reminds me of El Hazard to much. BTW why do they always include the obligatory boobs grabing scenes....that's getting really really really old. __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-16, 10:06 ch2, lol, seems Arika is actually quite obsessive of Shizuru, kinda like Mikoto to Mai in Mai-HiME, "Mai/Shizuru's boobs are mine only!" Natsuki threatens to castrate Mashiro if he "do things" to the girls Fumi becomes some kind of goddess to the Otomes, she's the "true ancestor" of all Otomes, and now it seems she's been immortalized into a computer mother brain or something __________________________________________________ _______ hi no ken Jebus 2005-08-22, 14:16 Yet another breast groping and yuri chapter. This one introduces a new girl Elstein. She is quite taken by Nina and wants to be with her but really cant because of Arika. She runs away and Shizuru and Natsuki torment Mashiro. After that Mashiro is then tormented in a different way by Nina and Arika chapter ends with Elstein challenging Arika after Shiho did something to her looked like brainwashing. __________________________________________________ _______ rorosama 2005-08-22, 20:17 I really hope the anime is just a big lesbian breast grope fest. A grope a chapter is ok but this is just turning into softcore hentai without substance. __________________________________________________ _______ hi no ken Jebus 2005-08-22, 21:42 Mai-Otome ch 3 translation I'm too lazy to proofread and correct so... Mai-Otome cover page Blurb You shouldnt peep on the Otome's secret..?! Chapter 3- Heaven and Hell!? pg1 Elstein- A..Nina-chan!! I just baked a Chiffon cake and I would like if you tasted it Mashiro-(Cute girl...) Arika- Coral no.3 Elstein Hol Im not good with names so I'll ballpark it to that) Nina- She's our roommate. pg2 Arika-Her grades maybe Coral no.3 but her bust size is Coral no. 1! Isnt is great? Elstein- Kyaaa! Nina- Arika stop that you are bothering Els Arika- Ah, Els-chan this is very tasty Elstein-Ah that was for Nina-chan... pg3 Arika- Its very soft and fluffy Mashiro-S..Soft... Crowd- Ah there they are this way! Princess Mashiro sama!! Please become our Master! Mashiro- Gueee Soft... Arika- Hey wait a second everybody you are squishing Mashiro-chan!! pg4 Yayoi- I..I..I am Yayoi! Ummm..Im small I will try my best Ririe- I am Ririe. I am proud of my massages! If the princess is ever tired please let me!! Eliza- Im Eliza Woods. If it's about machines leave it to me. Miya- Im Miya. I serve as Trias' Shiho oneesama's little sister. Im proud of my asthetics and make up!! Tomoe- I'm Tomoe. I am serving as a grade school committee member for the Coral group. Random person 1- Im Kasumi. Random person 2- Im Robin Random person 3- Im Jiji Random person 4- Im Faye Random person 5- Im Janne Everyone- Please princess Mashiro sama!!Please become our master!! ?- Just what is this uproar about? pg5 Everyone- Ah! Oneesama!! Chie- Disorder of public morals, disorder of beauty it's very unladylike to make a fuss Mashiro- Those two people are...? Nina- They are the "Trias" oneesama. pg6 Mashiro- Trias? Nina- [Otome maiden]..The original Iron law operators of Galderobe Mashiro- The pearl's top 3. Arika- Shiho's little sister is Miiya and Chie's little sister is Yayoi Shiho- First let me take a look at you Princess Mashiro sama. I am Pearl no.3 Shiho Yuitto. Chie- Im Chie Harland please to meet you princess. Mashiro- Ha.. Chie- That is the {Souten Sapphire] right? pg7 Shiho- How esquisite...this stone is very appropriate for someone line me. ?- You are 5,600,000,000 years too early! Arika- But..but..it's been decided that I will be in charge of Mashiro-chan. Mashiro- Says something about making a contract by only kissing and it was only in the mouth Shiho- If thats the case by wearing the Souten sapphire at the Dance we shall keep an eye on it in the end. Come here Miiya!! Miiya- Eh me? pg8 Miiya- Thats impossible!!Arika-chan only dancing is an unresonably strong thing. Because Oneesama couldnt win before! Shiho- Kiiiiiiiiiii dont make me remeber such a thing Announcement- Mashiro Hime, Nina Wong, Arika Yumemiya, Elstein Hol the Academy leader is calling I repeat.... Mashiro- Us...? Shiho- Hmm...looks like I will overlook today. It wont happen next time!! Arika- Beeeeeda! Let's go Mashiro-chan. Mashiro-(I see...everyone wants this Souten Sapphire...they keep gathering around me because of it pg9 Mashiro-(That's how it is...that's how everyone is. Somehow my place is... Arika- Thats quite awesome Mashiro- Eh? Awesome...Arika-chan didnt you know about this stone... Arika- Yup not one bit Mashiro- (She didnt know...that's just like no. 51) pg 10 Mashiro- Ehhhh?!I will be living here with these 2 in this room? Natsuki- This is until the contract of the Souten Sapphire is cancelled Shizuru- This is a step for the sake of protecting these 2 Natsuki- The otome and master [cant make out the rest] Mashiro- Uh yes...Somehow... pg 11 Natsuki- That is if either otome or master die, the other will die as well. Mashiro- Eh..Ehhh!! Shizuru- That is when the otome's pledge exchanges Natsuki- Nina...I leave the 2 in your care Nina- Well then what about Elstein? Natsuki- Im sorry but Im going to transfer you to Yayoi's room pg 12 Natsuki- When girls are sharing a room there's a 1 in a million chance that an indiscretion might be perpetrated Mashiro- An...An indiscretion? After this Natsuki explains somethign about their power and nanomachines which I will skip this is followed by what will happen if Mashiro does such a thing and Shizuru has her hands imitating scissors. pg 13 Nina- Its not like it will be only this Grandiose room only Arika- That's right we will see each other everyday in the classroom. Elstein- I got to spend time with Nina-chan...I was very...very pleased Mashiro-(Could this be my fault...?) Nina- Els... ph 14 Mashiro- (Somehow I end up living together with girls .....)(Is this..Arika-chan's...) Nina- Princess Mashiro sama are you pleased? Mashiro- Y..yes! Nina- You can become some else's master. After that you cant make friends with us. We for the sake of our master we risk our lives, thats why Mashiro -sama without fail the appropriate grace and self conscious.... Arika- Dont say such stuffy thigns Nina-chan. Lets do more enjoyable things.... pg 15 Nina- Hey you wait! Arika- Lets pile up on Nina-chan.She's weak to tickling.Look Look Mashiro-chan come here. Nina- AAAAhh!! No not thaaaat pg 16 Mashiro-(Right now Im a girl so just this much... Arika- Loooook munimunimuni Nina- Nooo...dont do that Mashiro-sama is looking... Mashiro- (Mother...This is half dead... pg 17 Nina- Arika!!Cut it out already!! Arika- Kyaaa! Nina-chan got mad! Elstein- Nina-chan. Voice- Uhuhuhuh... Shiho- You love Nina-chan dont you? Elstein- Shiho...oneesama...? Shiho- If that girl wasnt there you could always be together with her right pg 18 Shiho- I will show you how, to get your lovely Nina back... Arika- Fuaaaaaa pg 19 Arika- ...Im so sleepy, because Nina-chan didnt let me get sleep. Nina- It's you fault Mashiro-It says completely pale next to him. Shiho- Arika-san I shall introduce you to my new little sister Elstein- Arika Yumemiya! I challege you to a Dance! Arika vs Els, An Otome fight...!!It will continue next time!! Chapter end __________________________________________________ _______ clemox 2005-08-23, 05:33 Thank you very much for this translation __* Do you think you can translate chapter 1 and 2 ? __________________________________________________ _______ hannah0100 2005-08-23, 20:14 Awesome! Thanks so much for translating that chapter! Now I have some semblance of an idea of what is going on! __________________________________________________ _______ JayF 2005-08-23, 20:41 I really hope the anime is just a big lesbian breast grope fest. A grope a chapter is ok but this is just turning into softcore hentai without substance. You would prefer hardcore hentai, wouldnt you? __________________________________________________ _______ rorosama 2005-08-23, 22:04 You would prefer hardcore hentai, wouldnt you? I'm not into cartoon porn. I like mai hime for it's story and characters. I hate to see it turned into lesbian hentai manga. __________________________________________________ _______ Sageblink 2005-08-24, 08:26 I'm not into cartoon porn. I like mai hime for it's story and characters. I hate to see it turned into lesbian hentai manga. He was kinding... huh, I guess... Well, I know this is only the third chapter, but i'm just so bored right know. The first chapter was just so good, now we have to wait for the real action to begin. Hope that the next one and the battle Akira/Els-whatever-blond-girl (i jus't can't remember her name, with all these translations) we'll be better. __________________________________________________ _______ USCPharmacist 2005-08-25, 00:12 Wow I just realize something. After reading ch3 we learn that sperms can destroy otome's nano machines, thus rander them useless and turn the otome back to ordinary girl...wow that's some raging sperms. I mean how the hell do they get out of the women XXX and travel through intercellular space to reach the blood stream and then search and destroy every nano machine in the body? If we assume that somehow the little boogers are able to reach the nanomachine, how are they going to destroy the machines? What, turn their little tails to light sabre? Use psi storm? I swear if I were the enemy of the otome I am gonna collect a few billions of this boogers and....ok I am just kidding Anyway the manga has some nasty setting heheeh __________________________________________________ _______ dreamless 2005-08-25, 00:48 not sperms, just that the enzyme in cerain male stuff, when injected into the Otomes, will destroy their nanomachines... well, I guess they are sperms anyway... Last edited by Catgirls; 2005-12-17 at 23:53.

2005-12-17, 23:07	Link #3
Catgirls I am mowing clowns Join Date: Dec 2005	Repost from Old Manga Thread (part 2) Please note: I've recovered all of the old Manga posts, but it's in a raw, bare form...so all the Spoilers that were covered are now exposed. I've put the entire old thread here (and in the post above) under the Spoiler Tags....which means, of course, all previous Spoilers are exposed. FYI. The formating is rough, but you can scroll through it farily well. If you'd like to Copy & Paste your post from the list below and re-post it, feel free. Please don't quote this entire post of mine. It's quite long as it is. Spoiler for Post from Old Manga Thread (part 2): pig_headed 2005-08-25, 03:57 lol this manga is kindda pervert lol......... __________________________________________________ ___________ Takemi_Ikazuchi 2005-08-26, 21:36 otome, incidentally is another word for "virgin" __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-08-29, 13:04 Well this was certainly a change of pace. Quickly skimming it turns out to be an Action chapter Arika gets her ass handed to her throughout most of it and it ends with her moment of motivation so the conclusion comes in the next one. No breasts were groped in this one by the by I'll post a translation later today if no one else does __________________________________________________ ___________ Sageblink 2005-08-29, 14:55 Actually, they made a mistake in page 07. The right expression is "un, dEUx, trois" (= 1, 2, 3). not "un, dUEx, trois". Why is there so many mistakes when someone use french in a comics or a manga? __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-08-29, 20:35 Well there were some parts I sort of guessed at specially Shizuru's Kansai ben. and that one attack Shiho mentioned anywho enjoy. Mai-Otome Ch. 4 Cover page 1 Arika and Els confrontation in the [Dance]!! Chapter 4 Otome Fight Irina- Well then! Mashiro-hime special reception Dance match, Elstein Hull versus Arika Yumemiya, the battle will begin at last!! Pg.2 Irina- Judging like usual is the honest Fumi-sama!! Mashiro-hime’s Otome…That Souten Sapphire… which one shall be able to overcome!!. Mashiro- ….Arika-chan Pg.3 Mashiro- ….?...this is… Arika- That is my charm. Take care of it because I will certainly return after winning. Mashiro- no matter what you shouldn’t fight! Isn’t Els-chan your friend? Arika- I’m fighting because she is a friend. Pg.4 Irina- Both fighters will have 30 Hp points, when it reaches 0 points they will lose. Fumi- Well then the music is, Composer Debussy’s Rondo of Aphrodite. Start the Dance! [Not entirely sure Fumi is speaking the bubble is coming out of her also not sure on the composer’s name but the song should be right] Pg.5 Maria- Arika again? ….Headmaster let’s see if that dropout shows me the reason you see her in such high regards. Natsuki- O...Of...Of course! Miss Maria. Shizuru- HuHuu…With strict training…please look forward to it. Thanks to that our time to be together has been decreased right? Natsuki- I...Idiot. Shiho- Huhuhu… Arika- Prepare yourself Els-chan! Elstein- Un...Deux... Pg.6 Arika- Uryaa! Kunuu! Miiya- Els-chan rhythm is harmonizing! Yayoi- Uhmm! It’s very beautiful! Elstein- Un Arika- Ntaaaa Pg.7 Elstein- Deux Arika Wawa! Irina- Els-chan splendid harmonizing dance rhythm! Elstein- Trois Arika- Guhaa! Irina- 5 points of damage! Arika-chan is suddenly in a big pinch! Mashiro- Arika-chan Pg.8 Tomoe- As expected of the next rank No.3 Big Wheel Els…Arika is receiving all her might Nina- You still don’t understand Tomoe. (But Elstein, those moves…?) Chie- Splendid as ever your [spinning something can’t make out the characters] Shiho- Not at all…the show begins now. Arika- (Why won’t it hit) Natsuki- Same aggressiveness as usual, Arika can’t be fixed!! Shizuru- Is it our place to lengthen the doctrine? Maria-(Reading your opponent’s actions ahead of time) Pg.9 Maria-(It is beautiful, it comes, with the melody) Arika- WA! The pillar is…No Way!!!! Maria-(driving a precise attack) Pg.10 Irina- Arika-chan has fallen for Els-chan strategy! With this she can’t move her body! Elstein- Huhuhu Maria- Excellent work Elstein this is how a true Otome Dances Elstein- Give up! The Souten Sapphire is not appropriate for you! Arika- I can’t get out Shiho- Finish her! Pg.11 Elstein- Miryoku full throttle Shizuru- (That is… [Miryoku] is…something only a Meister Otome should be able to use…It is a hidden power! Natsuki- It can’t be Miryoku Pg.12 Elstein- Super Bust Impact! (I thought they were going to explode) Irina- What what! Miryoku full throttle this exceeds Elstein-chan’s Coral Level!! Arika receives 22HP of damage! She only has 3 points left! She’s been driven into a corner! Pg.13 Tomoe- That girl to be able to use Miryoku… Nina- (Coral’s Elstein this power…!?) Natsuki- For Coral to use this power Youko- But Coral Robe can’t withstand Miryoku. If this continues at this rate… Natsuki- Where do you think you are going? Mashiro- I can’t watch this anymore!! Natsuki- Running away again… Pg.14 Mashiro- If this is what you want I’ll give it to you! So please stop this! Because of me 2 friends are fighting…How…This… Shizuru- Looks like you are misunderstanding something… Mashiro- Eh..? Shizuru- Those 2 girls don’t look like friends…aren’t they 2 rivals fighting and chasing after the same dream? Mashiro- Rivals… Pg.15 Natsuki- (Every year from all over the world there are people hitting the gates of Galderobe, they exceed at 50,000 people, but we only permit 50 people out of the applicants. Out of all them only a small handful are able to become Meister Otome…) This isn’t the [place of dreams] were beautiful girls congregate. Pg.16 Natsuki- All the Otome are aiming to become Meister, for the sake of grasping that dream they compete with honor. That is Galderobe Arika- …you can do it Els-chan. How did Els-chan come to be this strong…I don’t know… Pg.17 Natsuki- As Arika-chan’s master you are going to take your eyes away form this battle? Mashiro- …!! Natsuki- By running away with nothing can be obtained. Arika- If I can wish I want to grasp something with these hands…Fighting isn’t the only way to obtain something. Irina- Oh looks like while receiving that damage she is able to stand up once again!! Arika- …but I, made a promise with Mashiro-chan…that’s why… Pg.18 Arika- (I will certainly become a Meister Otome I’ll show you) Natsuki- That’s it those eyes Pg.19 Sign- Galderobe Application Test Room Natsuki- The examinations in academic subjects devastated the small girl who excelled simply in only dancing. In the inner part of those eyes I saw…. Arika- Please let me apply to this school!! A dream that is not abandoned under any condition, the true face of an Otome! Sidebar- Does Arika who is danger, has the means of counterattack to turn the tide? __________________________________________________ ___________ hannah0100 2005-08-29, 22:32 Yay to you for translating this! Thanks! I was just happy to see some ShizNat goodness. It's nice to see some semblance of plot forming, fan service is wonderful, but we don't want to lose the novelty of it! __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-09-05, 13:19 There was some sob story flashback along with more Erstin abusing Arika with 2 hp. Mashiro goes to her side and she goes super saiyajin. Well not like it wasn't expected but Arika pulls out her own miryoku attack taking out Erstin and sort of winning. __________________________________________________ ___________ Tacking 2005-09-05, 13:40 What is this all about? __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-09-05, 20:02 Why can't Arika earn heart points again? She seems pretty able especially after Chapter 5. __________________________________________________ ___________ WateryAura 2005-09-05, 20:55 Where are you guys getting this? T___T __________________________________________________ ___________ Tacking 2005-09-05, 21:04 So is this after Mai-Hime story? Where is the main guy and the girl? I forget their sorry. Sometime I got bad memory. __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-09-06, 00:05 We get this from ***. I think it's not allowed to post links here. As for the main guy and girl, it is Mashiro and Arika. So far, all we know is that My Otome might be just an alternate-universe story with no relations to My HiME except that the My HiME cast will be making cameos here and there. __________________________________________________ ___________ dreamless 2005-09-06, 08:01 LOL chapter 5 reminds me of Ultimate Girl with the battle suit melting __________________________________________________ ___________ Nightwisher 2005-09-06, 13:33 does OtoME means anything like that HiME means Highly materialising equement (spells like ) __________________________________________________ ___________ rale 2005-09-06, 14:14 does OtoME means anything like that HiME means Highly materialising equement (spells like ) Otome isn't an acroynm, its just a japanese word. The word-play is that '乙HiME' has the reading of 'otome' written over it. From the dictionary, otome is: 乙女　　「おとめ」 n. daughter; young lady; virgin; maiden; little girl In the transformation sequence in the first chapter, you see that 乙HiME is: "Z"-Type "Hi"ghly Advanced "M"aterializing "E"quipment __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-09-06, 22:37 That's weird. How is 乙 related to T for Type? __________________________________________________ ___________ Tacking 2005-09-07, 02:19 So Hime and Otome is not connect to each other? __________________________________________________ ___________ pig_headed 2005-09-07, 02:25 so its like hmmmmmmmmm how to put spoiler tags lolllllll man chpt 5 is great, this is where they really start off the story of the manga lolll........... its seems like akira power looks like * __________________________________________________ ___________ mone-chan 2005-09-07, 05:26 So Hime and Otome is not connect to each other? It takes place in an alternate universe from the first series. on a side note anyone know why this was put in the older series board when it's a new series? Related yes however not the same series just like gundam,gumdam wing and gundam seed are not the same series. __________________________________________________ ___________ dreamless 2005-09-07, 12:50 That's weird. How is 乙 related to T for Type? well, the kanji 乙 looks like the english letter Z, so 乙 stands for Z-type... __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-09-12, 14:28 Well it's back to the fluff. Nothing major happens here Mashiro starts taking classes with the other otome. He finds out they have a hardcore curriculum. Nina is great at everything while Arika sleeps and sucks at everything. At the end of long day Arika wants to sleep with Mashiro since she says it's scary sleeping on her own. They go to bed but Arika has horrible sleeping habits so Mashiro can't sleep. He notices Nina is missing so he goes to look for her. He has an incredible imagination when he hears some strange sounds coming from a classroom . Turns out the impeccable Nina sucks at sewing which happens to be an assignment they have for the next day and she stayed up to do it. Some tender moments between Mashiro trying to help her and cheer her up. In the end Mashiro helps out and the next day she passes and gives Mashiro a nice smile the end. __________________________________________________ ___________ hannah0100 2005-09-12, 22:46 Is it just me or is Arika a lot like Usagi from Sailor Moon? Especially in chapter six... __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-09-12, 23:24 Do they explain why Nina was sewing in her undergarments? And Ms. Maria, the teacher, reminds me more and more of that old guy from My HiME which makes me think of drag queen. XD Nina with her hair down looks awfully similar to Natsuki. __________________________________________________ ___________ Guido 2005-09-17, 20:11 Chapter seven has been released. I have no longer doubts about Mashiro's gender; he's a male. And he had a major run in with Nao, or he almost got his way with her. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-09-18, 10:42 Kind of funny chapter this one introduces Nao in a very wrong way. Haruka is chasing an individual from the Shuwaltz(sp?) organization. Who runs into the Otome school and Haruka can't gain entry to the place to catch him. Mashiro is taking a bath when the place goes into high alert over the intruder. Nina and Arika also have to go and investigate along with the rest of the Otome. Mashiro stays behind and continues with his bath. A mysterious person then enters the bath and catches him from behind. Mashiro thinks that this is the assassin and plays hero. After breaking free he notices it's a very hot girl, what he didn't realize was that he lost his towel. The girl takes advantage and says she doesnt want to die a virgin so she asks if he can do the honors. Mashiro goes for it, but sure enough it was a trap. As this is happening Shizuru catches the real intruder while the mysterious girl prepares Mashiro for some S&M style interrogation. Right as it's about to begin they announce the capture of the intruder and they both realize they had the wrong person. Disappointed that she didn't catch the intruder but just a pervert the girl flicks Mashiro and leaves him hanging. Arika is coming back and Mashiro in a precarious position gets saved by Natsuki and Shizuru. Next day on their way to class Nina runs into a girl with glasses who she asks what happened to her contacts. She replies that some stuff happened last night Mashiro thinks that was the girl from last night except she has glasses and acts different. Nina then introduces the girl as Juliet Nao of the Pearl robe. Nao takes a closer look at Mashiro and makes the flicking gesture which paralyzed him and chapter ends with him saying that everyday his heart grows worse. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-09-26, 12:45 Well things are certainly getting interesting. Mashiro finds out that he is engaged to Nagi the duke of Arutai . Evil Tate I mean Sergei tells Mashiro that since he took on that persona he must go through with it. Apparently Arutai and Vint city don't get along quite so well and things are slightly volatile. Sergei warns Mashiro that if war breaks out it'll be his fault. Nina has some history with Nagi who is complete bastard towards Nina. Sergei and Nagi don't get along either Arika is concerned for Mashiro since he is engaged to this bastard. As she is talking to Mashiro Nagi asks for a refill and in a moment of ditzy behaviour she bumps into some ambassador from Arutai and makes Nagi lose his cool. She gets saved by Nina who takes the brunt of her punishment in front of everyone. While everyone watches in disgust Mashiro can't take it anymore and socks Nagi and chapter ends with him demanding he apologize to Nina. Damn it where's my mikoto __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-09-26, 18:03 Way to go Mashiro! Nagi is such a jerk. I can't wait for the next one. I wonder what will happen. __________________________________________________ ___________ FET-Kun 2005-09-26, 23:50 A mysteriouse cat like girl with a sword will save Arika and the others time to time, and when they go after her to discover her identity, all they find is a fat cat each time. Hopefully...some variation of that will happen. =P __________________________________________________ ___________ Mentar 2005-10-03, 13:33 Mai Otome manga 9, oh my Nina reminds me of Natsuki more and more. Interesting is that she seems to play a more prominent role than Arika so far. I don't mind at all. So what do you think? With THIS ending - truth time in chapter 10? __________________________________________________ ___________ aeriolewinters 2005-10-03, 14:55 well, the kanji 乙 looks like the english letter Z, so 乙 stands for Z-type... Z-type.... Zeta!?FTW __________________________________________________ ___________ lone_wolf 2005-10-03, 15:17 Z-type.... Zeta!?FTW Lol. Actually Otome = 乙女　(for the motif they removed the 女so now it's 舞乙HIME) I can see how it confuses people though...and 乙 really does look like it was ripped off from "Z"Gundam. --Lone Wolf 一匹狼 __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-10-03, 15:33 Not a lot went on in the chapter, Sergei, Maria, and Natsuki are worried about the possible impending war with Arutai. Nina was mad at Mashiro for doing what she did. He runs away and almost gets sold because of his pretty face . Nina just happened to be around since she was looking for the runnaway Mashiro. The 3 monster-like people are after Nagi, and Arika runs into them while looking for Mashiro in the trash Nina says the only reason she saved him was because he looked like the person she was searching for. Nina is a little torn about her actions towards Mashiro in one hand she is happy that she saved him and on the other she can't be happy because she is indebted to Arutai and Nagi because they saved her from hunger and poverty. Nina wants to become a Meister Otome for the sake of the children who are unfortunate like her when she was growing up so she wants to make Arutai a better country. Then right before they look like they are about to kiss an explosion. She thinks it's Arutai's retaliation and tells him she must leave and chapter ends with Mashiro in deep doo doo. I think it's a little too early for his identity to be exposed. I figure something will happen and she'll get knocked out and think it was all a dream and what not. I'm guessing that explosion has something to do with Arika and those monster-like things. Too bad Nina and Mashiro were having a moment there for a second time. __________________________________________________ ___________ wingnut2292 2005-10-06, 02:46 Just out of curosity, is there any english scanlation of the magna? __________________________________________________ ___________ aschan 2005-10-09, 12:09 chapter 10 out, I wonder if Nagi will forgive Mashiro for that punch on acount saving live __________________________________________________ ___________ Fighter747 2005-10-12, 23:02 When I read the manga series (up to chapter 10 at the time of writing), I've been wondering since the fact that sperms would destroy nanomachines inside the Otomes. Of course, I am not fluent in Japanese, so forgive me if this issue was already addressed in the manga thus far. So far we know that: 1) Girls possess the power of the Otome (Not too sure about guys =p) 2) Girls that marry (guys) give birth and will lose their power. Not too sure if there is a flaw in this logic, but how do babies have Otome powers that their mothers had lost? The power of the Otome is not genetic (i.e. Nanomachines), so how does it get passed on? __________________________________________________ ___________ Fighter747 2005-10-13, 21:50 By watching the first episode (numerous times), and reading the manga, I begin to wonder: What came first chronologically? The manga? Or the anime? From what I can see, it seems that the anime precedes the manga (In chapter 8 Sergey corrects Nagi that he is a "Taisa" (Colonel), while in the anime he is known as "Shousa" (Lieutenant). Also, in the manga it was already established that Arika was already in the Academy, where in the anime she has yet to apply. I guess what I am really trying to get at is whether or not the manga is actually a sequel to the anime, or just a "close-but-not-quite" alternate universe. __________________________________________________ ___________ TRC 2005-10-13, 21:57 By watching the first episode (numerous times), and reading the manga, I begin to wonder: What came first chronologically? The manga? Or the anime? From what I can see, it seems that the anime precedes the manga (In chapter 8 Sergey corrects Nagi that he is a "Taisa" (Colonel), while in the anime he is known as "Shousa" (Lieutenant). Also, in the manga it was already established that Arika was already in the Academy, where in the anime she has yet to apply. I guess what I am really trying to get at is whether or not the manga is actually a sequel to the anime, or just a "close-but-not-quite" alternate universe. No, manga is this the manga, anime is the anime. They are different. I mean, Mashiro is a guy in the manga, and in the anime, Mashiro is a girl. But the main idea is there. __________________________________________________ ___________ assosson 2005-10-14, 20:08 anyone know where to get the translated manga? my email is assosson@gmail.com THX __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-10-15, 02:50 anyone know where to get the translated manga? my email is assosson@gmail.com No translation is available anywhere. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-10-17, 14:37 What the hell happened in this chapter? This gets crazier by the chapter. Now Nina has command of the Sapphire Meister robe? Haruka deserves her own spin off series They rescue Arika who gets jealous when they called Nina Mashiro's otome so she gets in on the action. I just noticed that the monster from Ep 1 of the anime made his appearance in the last chapter. __________________________________________________ ___________ USCPharmacist 2005-10-17, 17:53 What the hell happened in this chapter? This gets crazier by the chapter. Now Nina has command of the Sapphire Meister robe? Haruka deserves her own spin off series They rescue Arika who gets jealous when they called Nina Mashiro's otome so she gets in on the action. I just noticed that the monster from Ep 1 of the anime made his appearance in the last chapter. so does it have crotch cannon? __________________________________________________ ___________ Rava 2005-10-17, 23:55 In all its glory. I don't see it firing, but it looks like it's there... __________________________________________________ ___________ mobius27 2005-10-19, 16:39 Can anyone tell me where i can download the raws? __________________________________________________ ___________ Kint 2005-10-22, 11:28 Nina looks gorgeous in her new robe..how did she activate it?? there isnt any counter kissing...when Mashiro's Souten Seiyuu glow ..her robe totally changed Yay! for Nina __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-10-24, 14:51 This was a fun chapter. Nina uses her new robe and finishes off the Slave with a move similar to what she used in ep. 3 of the anime. They call it the Ultimate Heartbreak or something and it dies. The other dude brings out out some more and Shizuru comes to the rescue. Interesting bit was Arika recognizing the guy before leaving. The townfolk love and celebrate the appearance of Mashiro for saving them and what not. Jealous Arika is cute then Bastard evil Sergay berates Mashiro but gets stopped by Nagi Who compliments Mashiro for going this far for his sake and he'll return for the engagement proceedings. Back in the school Arika gets 100 points for her good deeds and Nina gets slammed for her actions which landed Mashiro in a dangerous situation. In the end Nina knows that Mashiro is a dude and keeps/rescues him and his secret from Arika who wants to help bathe him since he has an injuryThen cute shot of them smiling I believe the first tank is due out in November so someone is bound to pick up the series then. __________________________________________________ ___________ aschan 2005-10-31, 14:21 ch. 13 out , what to say great graphic __________________________________________________ ___________ JayF 2005-10-31, 17:20 Someone we all know from Mai Hime is back, although now he's a Natsuki otaku/stalker. Naturally, Shizuru won't allow that. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-10-31, 17:47 Pretty funny chapter since my 2nd favorite male character from Mai-Hime makes his debut. Anyway Mashiro gets what he thinks is a love letter from someone. There's a tour of the school going on with a mysterious hooded man asking if he might be able to meet the headmaster/principal. As the tour is going on Obese cat Mikoto is in one of the panels. I was hoping she was evil or something not fat cat but oh well. Anyway back to Mashiro and his letter it says to meet on the roof of the school. Erstin is waiting for him there who begins by telling him that She, about Mashiro and Mashiro says here it comes! What followed was that she will never forgive him. Apparently she overheard Natsuki talking about Mashiro and Nina making a contract. She misunderstands this as Mashiro is commiting something else She yells at Mashiro saying he has Arika why must he do those things with Nina as well. The tour reaches the rooftop and Erstin gets an introduction. All the guys want to shake her hand and she freaks out and runs to shower away the guy cooties . The mysterious hooded man uses the opportunity to split from the group. Mashiro notices and follows him. The man is looking for the principal's office but accidentally goes into the shower where Erstin is. Mashiro hears her screams and comes to her rescue. Mashiro demands that the "Shubaltz guy" stand down that it's him they are after and leave Erstin alone. The hooded guy tries to explain his real intentions when Shiho and co show up and beat the stuffing out of him. The tour group end up there as well and Yukariko is shocked that Takeda is part of the Shuwaltz/Schwartz . He explains he's nothing but a Natsuki fanboy and he was going to use this opportunity to take photos of Natsuki for his fanclub thing. Shizuru overhears and takes out the scissors. Nina is relieved and thanks Mashiro. She says that now she understands why Nina is with him. She is afraid of guys and because of her chest many terrible things have happened when she was little. She then says that's why she prefers girls and asks Mashiro if it's ok by him if she calls him Joousama/Queen. Chapter ends with a massive nosebleed __________________________________________________ ___________ SpeedRcrX 2005-10-31, 19:18 Well I was on the floor when I saw Chie's version of Tuxedo Kamen appearance and Shizuru's reactions about Takeda __________________________________________________ ___________ TRC 2005-10-31, 19:22 Yes I love the fact that Shizuru just came out of nowhere..... just the mention of Natsuki's name... holding something when that time she told Mashiro, when he isn't behave he's.... ∑(°д ° ) \(¯ ▼ ¯)/ haha...... __________________________________________________ ___________ JayF 2005-11-01, 02:39 "Man"shiro's having her own harem in the manga. Call me Queen? __________________________________________________ ___________ dreamless 2005-11-01, 03:00 Poor Takeda is going to be casterated by Shizuru __________________________________________________ ___________ Cloudy 2005-11-01, 09:35 LOL! Comparing mai-otome to mai-hime is to comparing zeta gundam to gundam ZZ. __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-01, 15:56 I guess I'm late to the party, but they only list Ch5+ anymore on TT =\ Should have a batch torrent for like 1-10 or something... __________________________________________________ ___________ Black_Sharingan 2005-11-01, 19:01 LOL. I love this whole 'Manshiro' thing it's so much funnier than the pouting, sulky Mashiro of the anime. Plus, it adds a whole new mystery as to who killed his mother and why they killed her. __________________________________________________ ___________ ShinigamiRukia 2005-11-01, 19:49 Well I was on the floor when I saw Chie's version of Tuxedo Kamen appearance and Shizuru's reactions about Takeda The chie was very funny, and shiho also cracked me up XD too bad i cant read japanese tho Last edited by Catgirls; 2005-12-17 at 23:52.

2005-12-17, 23:36	Link #4
Catgirls I am mowing clowns Join Date: Dec 2005	Repost from Old Manga Thread (part 3) Please note: I've recovered all of the old Manga posts, but it's in a raw, bare form...so all the Spoilers that were covered are now exposed. I've put the entire old thread here (and in the post above) under the Spoiler Tags....which means, of course, all previous Spoilers are exposed. FYI. The formating is rough, but you can scroll through it farily well. If you'd like to Copy & Paste your post from the list below and re-post it, feel free. Please don't quote this entire post of mine. It's quite long as it is. Spoiler for Post from Old Manga Thread (part 3): rorosama 2005-11-01, 20:09 Geez, arika and erestine are annoying as hell in the manga. Arika is just dumbass and annoying and eristine is whiny as hell for her to be the no 3 coral otome. Only person whose manga counterpart i like more is nina as she doesn't have they stupid daddy complex like in the anime. __________________________________________________ ___________ ShinigamiRukia 2005-11-01, 22:27 Geez, arika and erestine are annoying as hell in the manga. Arika is just dumbass and annoying and eristine is whiny as hell for her to be the no 3 coral otome. Only person whose manga counterpart i like more is nina as she doesn't have they stupid daddy complex like in the anime. haha i agree Arika and erestine does seem a bit annoying in the manga XD __________________________________________________ ___________ Velma 2005-11-01, 23:29 The tour reaches the rooftop and Erstin gets an introduction. All the guys want to shake her hand and she freaks out and runs to shower away the guy cooties . The mysterious hooded man uses the opportunity to split from the group. Mashiro notices and follows him. The man is looking for the principal's office but accidentally goes into the shower where Erstin is. Mashiro hears her screams and comes to her rescue. Mashiro demands that the "Shubaltz guy" stand down that it's him they are after and leave Erstin alone. The hooded guy tries to explain his real intentions when Shiho and co show up and beat the stuffing out of him. The tour group end up there as well and Yukariko is shocked that Takeda is part of the Shuwaltz/Schwartz . He explains he's nothing but a Natsuki fanboy and he was going to use this opportunity to take photos of Natsuki for his fanclub thing. Shizuru overhears and takes out the scissors. Ugh. I guess the character still has her psychotic personality. And the scary thing is that she now comes complete with Lorenna Bobbit attitude to boot. __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-02, 01:40 If people like Mai Otome, I think you would like Battle Athletes Victory. It has the same kinda vibe IMHO. <3 Akari House =D Which is kinda ironic since it has the same 3 syllables to the name as Arika ... hommage maybe? Unfortunately I don't think they ever made a box set available =( Just the single disks and its an older series so =\ __________________________________________________ ___________ JayF 2005-11-02, 02:31 Now I'm wondering how the anime would have been like if it followed the manga storyline. It's lot more ecchi, but at the same time alot more fun as well. How many here would want a animated ova of the mangas? I would, especially some of the imagined SM scenes __________________________________________________ ___________ dreamless 2005-11-02, 03:35 also the manga always has far superior battle scenes, it seems the battles in the anime version are always lackluster, while they always kick big ass in the manga __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-02, 05:32 I think their explanation for why only females can be Otome is pretty lame. Obviously they wanted some cooked up explanation to justify why only girls would be able to fight/all the latently yuri scenes. They still could have made up a better excuse than the nano-machines get dissolved when in contact with the Y-chromosome LOL... __________________________________________________ ___________ Kint 2005-11-02, 07:24 LOL i wonder wt Shizuru did to the guy "forgot the name" at Chp13 Page17 hes real dead for tryin to do sth "AHEM" to Natsuki ..somemore Shizuru heard it ^_~ oh well Good luck poor guy ..lol __________________________________________________ ___________ JayF 2005-11-02, 07:57 Just read back a few chapters and realised that Shiho and Chie are actually the Disciplinary Committee in the manga. The playah and the psycho are the ones maintaining order? That should be fun. Also, Erstin's breasts appears to have undergone a reduction in the anime! __________________________________________________ ___________ dreamless 2005-11-02, 10:14 LOL i wonder wt Shizuru did to the guy "forgot the name" at Chp13 Page17 hes real dead for tryin to do sth "AHEM" to Natsuki ..somemore Shizuru heard it ^_~ oh well Good luck poor guy ..lol well, he's okay, he'll just be casterated, and then he can be with Natsuki all he want I guess __________________________________________________ ___________ Kint 2005-11-02, 21:40 LOL i suppose if he wants to pay a visit to NAtsuki ...Shizuru will b all by his side with her Robe on __________________________________________________ ___________ Shigan 2005-11-03, 05:58 AAAAAAHAHAHAHAAA!!! You gotta love Chie's Sailor Moon entrance XD. I think the guy's name is Takeda, althou I'm unsure if Shizuru will let him stay a guy for long. Ouch __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-03, 15:17 My friends and I cracked a joke about the best way to defeat an Otome last night: (spoiler tags for grossness, you are warned hehe) Instead of actually fighting them, all you would need to do is bring along a large jar and splatter them with "white stuff" to neutralize them rofl... Yeah I know, it's bad ^^;; __________________________________________________ ___________ EliteF22 2005-11-03, 16:21 Ok, Natsuki fan boy showed up. I'm still wondering is Sergey supposed to be Tatuichi? It would kinda suck that everyone from Hime is back with their original names, but he isn't. Plus, the complete 180 change in his personality. Is there any indication that Shizuru and Natsuki are in a relationship in the manga. Cause Hime manga did nothing with that, instead we got the triangle relationship. Kinda weird that they would just drop it, even if this is an alternate universe. __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-03, 21:48 Sergei is a cross of Tate and the kendo guy that liked Kuga in Mai Hime is my take on it. Face is Tate, hair seems like the kendo guys, so I think its a mix. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-11-07, 16:05 This one was kind of cute at least I think so. Anyway Natsuki is going through some school related paperwork and she also gets a letter from someone from Earith or something. Mashiro comes in to discuss something about Arika. He is told she is failing and will likely be kicked out the school. Mashiro is told to do something about it as her master. Hardworking Nina is concentrating on her studies for a test she has the next day and even plans on using her day off to study. Meanwhile Arika doesn't care and wants to go to sleep. Next day Mashiro follows Arika to see why she leaves early in the mornings. He finds out she is holding like 5 jobs. In one of her jobs she works as a waitress and screws up but is helped by Miyu. Mashiro's cover is blown and Arika tells him about working to pay for her schooling. Mashiro asks why she does so much to become a Meister and she talk about some tragic event when she was a child and watching all her family burn and die. The little muppet keychein she has is a keepsake from her little brother. She also says that she'll certainly become a Meister and protect everyone. Mashiro then promises to help with her studies and Arika is happy. Erstin and Nina are listening in and Nina wonders what they are doing. Erstin says she's a little jealous. Sergay is up to no good. then Mashiro is helping Arika study. She is asked a question and can't answer when a voice belonging to Alyssa in the back answers it with some Rainman-like accuracy. After her long ass answer Miyu and her are leaving since they have prior engagements. Mikoto-cat is up to no good and uncovers a tarp on a truck nearby. Ok this is what threw me off. I remember a while back someone joking about Nekomimi Mikoto and here's possible proof. Under the tarp a robot is activated and runs amok. On the rooftop you see a weird silouhette about her height with cat ears. Anyway Miyu goes on the offensive locks on and blows the robot to kingdom come. She is an android M.A.I.D. Then Natsuki shows up and Alyssa hugs her saying oneechan and chapter ends. __________________________________________________ ___________ Deadmon 2005-11-07, 18:21 I'm sure that was Mikoto we saw in chapter 14! :P This could mean we can see her human form in the Mai-Otome anime! __________________________________________________ ___________ Sageblink 2005-11-07, 18:24 I'm sure that was Mikoto we saw in chapter 14! :P This could mean we can see her human form in the Mai-Otome anime! or not. Since the anime and the manga are different plot. Don't you see that Alyssa was turn in a bird like creature (in the opening) in the anime? And most of all, Mashiro... Guy, girl... You can't speculate of that so soon (but i have to admit that i'd like to see her too ) __________________________________________________ ___________ lone_wolf 2005-11-07, 18:30 or not. Since the anime and the manga are different plot. Don't you see that Alyssa was turn in a bird like creature (in the opening) in the anime? And most of all, Mashiro... Guy, girl... You can't speculate of that so soon (but i have to admit that i'd like to see her too ) There's no confirmation on whether or not that bird sitting on Miyu's shoulders is actually Alyssa....It might actually be considering, that Mikoto is a cat but again...who knows. --Lone Wolf __________________________________________________ ___________ Deadmon 2005-11-07, 19:46 Yea, kinda got carried off there, but Mikoto as a human is something we want as much as we (or most people) want to see Mai appear. :P Plus, the anime is planning something for Mikoto. The end of episode 5 ended with Mikoto and the preview for 6 had her VA. Oh well, we can only hope. =) __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-07, 20:39 I just found the scans for the manga seeded finally, so I read the first couple chapters and I wanted to see about clarification on Mashiro w/the doctor, Natsuki, and Shizuru in Ch2: The scans are too blurry to read the yomikata next to the kanji some of the time, so I'm a bit confused as to exactly what is happening in that scene. The doctor asks to see Mashiro's pendant and scans it and then mentions its responsible for the contract between Arika and Mashiro. Then Natsuki goes into a dialogue about boys and how if they are found out to be messing around with Otome, they get castrated in-so-many-words and Mashiro flips out -- what I can't figure out is does Natsuki and Co. know that Mashiro is really male? Either she is saying if Mashiro is ever found out that they would castrate him, or they are saying if they find any boys fraternizing with the Otome that they are castrated. The yomikata is too blurry for me to tell, since I'm weak in the kanji dept. EDIT: I think it's if they ever find out, now that I think about it. Because she says 縛れたりする which would denote "if I was to ever find out about someone doing this" essentially. I could be wrong though. __________________________________________________ ___________ TRC 2005-11-07, 21:16 Well, I know the anime is different from the manga, but after reading chapter 14, I think Mai well come back as a the bad guy. And since I GUESS she'll be on the evil side, then Kagutsuchi is her slave. __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-11-07, 22:04 Well, I know the anime is different from the manga, but after reading chapter 14, I think Mai well come back as a the bad guy. And since I GUESS she'll be on the evil side, then Kagutsuchi is her slave. That's what I think too because I'm pretty sure that silhoette was Kagutsuchi. __________________________________________________ ___________ soraryu 2005-11-11, 11:46 I just found the scans for the manga seeded finally, so I read the first couple chapters and I wanted to see about clarification on Mashiro w/the doctor, Natsuki, and Shizuru in Ch2: The scans are too blurry to read the yomikata next to the kanji some of the time, so I'm a bit confused as to exactly what is happening in that scene. The doctor asks to see Mashiro's pendant and scans it and then mentions its responsible for the contract between Arika and Mashiro. Then Natsuki goes into a dialogue about boys and how if they are found out to be messing around with Otome, they get castrated in-so-many-words and Mashiro flips out -- what I can't figure out is does Natsuki and Co. know that Mashiro is really male? Either she is saying if Mashiro is ever found out that they would castrate him, or they are saying if they find any boys fraternizing with the Otome that they are castrated. The yomikata is too blurry for me to tell, since I'm weak in the kanji dept. EDIT: I think it's if they ever find out, now that I think about it. Because she says 縛れたりする which would denote "if I was to ever find out about someone doing this" essentially. I could be wrong though. Natsuki and co. knew that mashiro is a guy which is why he's warned of the consequences if he tries to take advantage of his otome. The conclusive proof lies in later chapters where mashiro's secret is almost discovered. __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-11, 22:49 I suppose they knew because they know there was no Princess for Windbloom? Or was it something to do with activating their Otome powers? __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-11-14, 12:50 Funny one. Alyssa is asking how come Natsuki doesn't come home anymore. Natuski lies saying work and what not. Then Alyssa says that their mom does the same type of job and is never that busy. They reveal Natsuki's mom, Saeko Kruger is some big shot president of Eariizu(sp). Alyssa goes on saying the Iron Maiden series were created so Otome were not needed and she could go home with her. This pissed off Natsuki and then Alyssa says if she wants to put it to the test. Annoyed Natsuki agrees and they have some competition with the coral class and Mashiro as the judge. First up is sculpting Irina vs Miyu who beats her before she even gets started. Next is baking Erstin vs Miyu, before they begin Arika says she can't lose because of her chest then Miyu powers up. Erstin bakes a simple cake and Miyu some monsterous wedding type one. 3rd round Mathematics Nina vs Miyu she wins again. Last round 100m dash Arika vs Miyu again no contest. After that they ask Mashiro for his decision but he runs away. Miyu pays him a visit to try and sway the vote. She says no matter if he's a guy or girl she has attachments to fit the bill. Before anything happens she gets caught by Arika, Nina, and Erstin. Erstin's line, " What do you think you doing to my Queen!". Anywho Sergay shows up and rubs it in their face that they lost to a single maid. This causes them to demand a dance/performance with Miyu Natsuki accepts it and then she and Shizuru go down to some lab thing where something can't quite make out the kana next to it lies. Shizuru says Reira oneesama is coming, Natsuki says the "Reiryuu no tenranseki" is coming!!(Not sure what kind of stone thing this is, from what I can decipher Reiryuu is beautiful dragon. As for the tenranseki heavenly something stone anyone willing to assist?) Shizuru goes into some demonic laughing fit. Alyssa is sad that her sister isn't paying attention to her and all she wanted was for Natsuki to go home with her. Miyu says no worries and and what not who is listening in I wonder. And chapter ends with the 3 vs 1 face off. __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-11-14, 22:04 I'm very glad that they made Miyu versus the main characters (in this case the Otome) again. Too bad she's not evil this time. Miyu's "power up" was hilarious! I can't wait to see the next chapter. __________________________________________________ ___________ Diodati 2005-11-15, 13:35 Is there any indication that Shizuru and Natsuki are in a relationship in the manga. Cause Hime manga did nothing with that, instead we got the triangle relationship. Which sucked. Heh. Sorry, a lot of us are thinking this though, am I right.. There have been hints in Otome - actually arguably more than what we've had in the anime episodes - in chapter 4 I think when Maria, Natsuki and Shizuru are watching Arika/Erstin's Otome match, and they mention Arika's training - which prompts Shizuru to crouch behind/over a blushing Natsuki's shoulder reminding her that their time together has decreased because of it. I can't remember the exact details - anyone want to clearly translate it, you know these ShizNat moments are sacred. I do remember Natsuki at one point gets stressed with what Arika is doing and Shizuru has happily taken the position of just resting her hands on Nat's shoulders - perhaps being resident 'shoulder massager'. Manga Natsuki is so funny. I enjoyed Ch 15, I like what they've done with Alyssa and Miyu - and yeah, Miyu becoming more ''physically efficient'' next to Erstin was very funny - it'll be interesting to see how the next chapter pans out. It's clever how the younger trio wanting to regain some pride after being creamed this issue, is being ran alongside Alyssa wanting to win so Natsuki will realise the 'error of her ways' (and go home with her). Both sides want to win pretty badly. One thing I didn't understand was when Shizuru and Natsuki go down to the lab basement - the chapter leaving Shizuru's behaviour even more random than usual - any clarification, because I got a bit lost then... __________________________________________________ ___________ aschan 2005-11-16, 03:52 http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg it is cover of First vol of Mai-otome in japan(out on 2005/11/08) and out 2005/11/16 on torrent __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-11-16, 16:18 Well this is good news the volume is out ch 1-8 in nice paper and readable quiality. Shouldn't be too long until someone picks it up maybe the yanime folks since they did the hime manga. __________________________________________________ ___________ ShinigamiRukia 2005-11-16, 17:09 Well this is good news the volume is out ch 1-8 in nice paper and readable quiality. Shouldn't be too long until someone picks it up maybe the yanime folks since they did the hime manga. Hmm i would really like to see it translated i english. __________________________________________________ ___________ Xellos-_^ 2005-11-16, 18:02 I just finish reading the raw otome manga. Eristien is not just cute but she has some really big assests too And Nao is great as usual __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-11-16, 18:49 I'm curious, is there a reason that Arika told Erstin that her breast size would make her unbeatable (one of those weird belief things like drinking milk=bigger breasts) or was it just for humor value? In any case, what a great chapter. __________________________________________________ ___________ Silveril 2005-11-19, 12:16 hey i just cleaned and color one image of nina transforming chapter 12 may i ask what u think of it? (btw.. i love blue see here (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/25416074/)) __________________________________________________ ___________ OX2 2005-11-21, 20:49 hey where do yo guys get your mai otome manga's from? i've been looking and cant find any. __________________________________________________ ___________ OX2 2005-11-21, 21:28 Chapter seven has been released. I have no longer doubts about Mashiro's gender; he's a male. And he had a major run in with Nao, or he almost got his way with her. seriously what chapter? __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-21, 22:48 Well this is good news the volume is out ch 1-8 in nice paper and readable quiality. Shouldn't be too long until someone picks it up maybe the yanime folks since they did the hime manga. I just picked up the Vol1 tankoubon myself at AnimeUSA this weekend. As to that Guido quote above: How would it take him until that chapter to figure out Mashiro is really a boy? 0_o I mean, he starts out as the boy and transforms with the gem, and then Natsuki talks to him in Ch3 about if he was ever discovered fooling around with Otomes... I've only read thru Ch4, but I do think in the transformed state that Mashiro is completely female though .... yet for some reason the Otome powers activated only by males (in the manga its activated by males right?) still works, so go figure... __________________________________________________ ___________ guest 2005-11-21, 23:00 I just picked up the Vol1 tankoubon myself at AnimeUSA this weekend. As to that Guido quote above: How would it take him until that chapter to figure out Mashiro is really a boy? 0_o I mean, he starts out as the boy and transforms with the gem, and then Natsuki talks to him in Ch3 about if he was ever discovered fooling around with Otomes... I've only read thru Ch4, but I do think in the transformed state that Mashiro is completely female though .... yet for some reason the Otome powers activated only by males (in the manga its activated by males right?) still works, so go figure... Why is that a boy can transform and has otome's power? Then what is the point that an otome must be a girl? __________________________________________________ ___________ Break 2005-11-21, 23:08 I just picked up the Vol1 tankoubon myself at AnimeUSA this weekend. As to that Guido quote above: How would it take him until that chapter to figure out Mashiro is really a boy? 0_o I mean, he starts out as the boy and transforms with the gem, and then Natsuki talks to him in Ch3 about if he was ever discovered fooling around with Otomes... I've only read thru Ch4, but I do think in the transformed state that Mashiro is completely female though .... yet for some reason the Otome powers activated only by males (in the manga its activated by males right?) still works, so go figure... I'm not sure if I misread your post, but... Mashiro turned into a girl with the gem? I thought he was wearing a wig and his mother's clothes as disguise to look for his mother? argg, can't wait for english version __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-11-21, 23:23 I'm not sure if I misread your post, but... Mashiro turned into a girl with the gem? I thought he was wearing a wig and his mother's clothes as disguise to look for his mother? argg, can't wait for english version I would gladly scan the volume if it didn't require me unbinding all of the pages from the volume =( There are english translation txt files for the chapters somewhere ... I don't know where, but I've heard they exist. EDIT: I retract my earlier statements -- after further review and finishing reading Vol1, I see what people are talking about. It appears that the artist is just messing with our heads. Apparently the Gem really does nothing. I mistook the wig in that frame for Mashiro bending over in front of the mirror. Mashiro supposedly only wears a wig and the outfit, but the character design as I said, completely changes -- facial structure and shoulder width is totally different... so the artist is definitely "helping him along" in the art dept... just conveniently choosing when to go with the male or female figure as situation demands. __________________________________________________ ___________ lone_wolf 2005-11-22, 00:55 hey where do yo guys get your mai otome manga's from? i've been looking and cant find any. If you're into online shopping: amazon.co.jp Or if you live near a Kinokuniya bookstore, then there's your other options. Don't know where you live, but there's a few locations in the Southern California area. --Lone Wolf __________________________________________________ ___________ aschan 2005-11-22, 12:28 chapter 16 out a day later that it was expected but what it is another battle with Black Valley ? __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-11-22, 13:28 It's the return of the Super Bust attacks Anyway starts off with natsuki being a bitch to Alyssa. Alyssa asks if she is going to watch and Natsuki says she has more important matters and doesn't have time to play with children besides the Otome will win. Some pre-fight taunting by Miyu saying come all at one. Arika the dunce gets hit first because she was thiking about the 3 vs 1 deal. Natsuki is following the match in her office and is pissed Arika has already screwed up. Shizuru asks why doesn't she just watch the match but then she says she has work to do. A woman by the name of Reira Mariposa of Galdea arrives at the campus and is greetedby Miss maria and yukariko who recognizes her as well. Reira is surprised she became a teacher and Yukariko says she became a teacher because alot of "things" happened with her previous master. Natsuki is caught listening in on the fight again by Reira. Reira and co go down to the lab place while the other otome cheer for their side. Inside there's Prisoner No. 17 who destroyed a city in Galrderobe, Marduke and Reira is there to question him and bring him back to Galdea. It switches to the emperor of Galdea(Jin) who says the escort of no. 17 seems to have begun and assures the person in the wheel chair that Reira can handle it herself. Arika was the one listening in last chapter and she says can't really go at this seriously because if they win Alyssa will be on the losing side of things. She says that she will be separated from Natsuki even more. Nina says what the hell don't be naive and go at seriously but she doesn't want. Nina tells her to stand back and Erstin and her try to take on Miyu. Miyu showers them with missles but Erstin uses her Super Bust Defense. This is followed by the Heart Break Strike from Nina and Miyu is in a jam. Reira leaves with the prisoner and thanks for Natsuki and co for keeping him. Miyu goes into a new mode Mithril Dress which is her full power. Erstin takes out Mashiro and that dude who follows Sergay with a deadly attack . Miyu taunts them again saying after all they are just coral robes and is about to finish them when black valley people arrive speaking english saying search for our leader and the others reply with yes Garu (Girl possibly?)sama. Chapter ends. I'm drawing a blank but who the hell is Reira? Is she a new character or someone from Hime possibly guy turned girl sort of deal? __________________________________________________ ___________ paTKany 2005-11-22, 14:26 A woman by the name of Reira Mariposa Just one question: Reira (or Leila?) is similar to this person? http://www.fuuka-gakuen.net/otomekep...londeotome.jpg __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-11-22, 14:30 Just one question: Reira (or Leila?) is similar to this person? http://www.fuuka-gakuen.net/otomekep...londeotome.jpg That seems to be her although in the manga she is more flashy looking. http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/7...me068ei.th.jpg (http://img470.imageshack.us/my.php?i...7hime068ei.jpg) The guy next to her is definitely the Jin in the manga. http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/2...me114tb.th.jpg (http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?i...7hime114tb.jpg) I'm not sure if its Leila or Reira could be either one. __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-11-22, 15:44 Thoughts on ch. 16Hmm, Garderobe has a prison. I wonder if Mai's locked up in there for burning down the campus one too many times. I thought it was interesting that Miyu still has the Mythril Dress system, it looks just like last series. I wonder if this means that MH Miyu was 'fully functional' as well... Now what's this about these BGC rejects and engrish. Only Alyssa is allowed to use engrish! __________________________________________________ ___________ duster 2005-11-23, 17:23 They mentioned No.17, but no.17 what? Pearl, Coral, or some warrior? Whoever it is, i mean, that person that made 2 (3, if includes natsuki) meisters to handle her transfer... got to be something. __________________________________________________ ___________ OX2 2005-11-23, 18:40 That seems to be her although in the manga she is more flashy looking. http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/7...me068ei.th.jpg (http://img470.imageshack.us/my.php?i...7hime068ei.jpg) The guy next to her is definitely the Jin in the manga. http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/2...me114tb.th.jpg (http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?i...7hime114tb.jpg) I'm not sure if its Leila or Reira could be either one. leila or reira girl reminds me of shiho... __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-11-24, 16:39 They mentioned No.17, but no.17 what?Prisoner, a mass murderer of some sort. __________________________________________________ ___________ aschan 2005-11-28, 14:11 chapter 17 out , the leaders of aswald are midori and the cat? __________________________________________________ ___________ Sageblink 2005-11-28, 14:15 chapter 17 out , the leaders of aswald are midori and the cat? You forgot to put that in spoiler... __________________________________________________ ___________ Diodati 2005-11-28, 14:23 ^ Hmm yeah I mean - I know the anime has already shown her but... Either way, Midori looked awesome on the last page. And the chapter had some particularly nice moments with Miyu and Arika. The art was also notably good - especially the ambush of Reira/Shizuru - could be some interesting events unfolding soon... __________________________________________________ ___________ ochibi kai 2005-11-28, 17:55 yay! ch 17 is out! Midori! in the little corner on the last page, does it say sumthing about her being 17 years old __________________________________________________ ___________ Neo Zeta Gundam 2005-11-28, 20:59 Hi guys First time posting in the thread... seems like alot of people don't like the manga because of it's predecesser Oh well, if anyone's interested the first scantlated ch. is out __________________________________________________ ___________ Mirtual 2005-11-29, 06:05 So, Taruby released chapter one. I only read translated manga chapters since my japanese (at least the reading and writing) is not advanced enough for the raws. I liked the first chapter. The drawings are nice. A lot like the ones of Mai-HiME. The manga explains the abilities and backgrounds a lot better. Like how the GEM activates the "Robe" and the "Element", etc. ... I like it when I get that kind of information on a manga/anime. I like Haruka more in the anime, since she seems to be no Otome in the manga. And again it seems like the manga and the anime go two completely diffrent ways and tell two diffrent stories. What makes me wonder if the manga spoils things for the anime or not (Like Arika having wings, or the expanation of their elemnts and how they change) __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-11-29, 09:44 ^ Hmm yeah I mean - I know the anime has already shown her but... Either way, Midori looked awesome on the last page.Ok, I've got a question about this appearance.It looked to me like Midori was the prisoner they were breaking out. I wonder if she really is/was a murderer or there's something else going on here. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-11-29, 10:29 This is a cute chapter it's no. 17, the title happens to be Prisoner no. 17, and Midori claims to be 17 years old. Anyway it's mostly action as the shuwaltz guys show up looking for their leader. Miyu was doing well on her own until Slave Franklin shows up and beats her silly with the Revolutionary Thunderbolt. At first one of the hooded people thinks she's the same type as Jetton then after she is knocked silly he changes his mind. Anywho Miyu was going to use some suicidal attack but Arika saves her saying she doesn't want anyone else to be separated from loved ones etc... Then with the help of Mashiro she goes into the meister robe mode uses miryoku move Infinite Super Blue Comets and takes care of everyone. Switch to the transport of prisoner no. 17 who is singing some weird song and after the combined efforts of the slaves and mikoto-cat she busts out. More engrish as the hooded person chucks something at the prisoner and says "present for you". Midori reveals herself and continues singing and chapter ends with her saying "I'm 17 years old" and I think that's Reira saying "Stop telling lies". __________________________________________________ ___________ USCPharmacist 2005-11-29, 11:31 I wonder howcome no one talk about this.... That either there is a translation mistake with the version I read, or Miyu in the manga really is the original Miyu in the manga. Evidents are she was found and was fixed, not created from scratch, and that she remember Alessa, even though the Alessa in Otome met her for the first time. In fact Miyu call out to Alessa when she awoke while Alessa was surprise that she knew her name already. Could It be that Otome and Hime world are connected, at least in the Manga version? __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-11-29, 17:54 I wonder howcome no one talk about this.... That either there is a translation mistake with the version I read, or Miyu in the manga really is the original Miyu in the manga. Evidents are she was found and was fixed, not created from scratch, and that she remember Alessa, even though the Alessa in Otome met her for the first time. In fact Miyu call out to Alessa when she awoke while Alessa was surprise that she knew her name already. Could It be that Otome and Hime world are connected, at least in the Manga version? Speaking of translation mistakes, it's Alyssa, pick pick. Still, in the manga it looks like Miyu already knew Alyssa from an earlier time but she doesn't know why (they say all her other memories were lost save for knowing her). Either everyone else was reincarnated on a new planet and Miyu hitched a ride or Miyu had an accident with the Subspace Matrix Flux Thingy and got blown into a parallel universe and got damaged as a result. I wouldn't expect it to hold for the anime though, if only because Alyssa has migrated species. __________________________________________________ ___________ Akuma-sama 2005-11-29, 19:05 I wouldn't expect it to hold for the anime though, if only because Alyssa has migrated species. Actually, it's possible; Alyssa the bird could simply be a bird that reminded Miyu of MH's Alyssa, therefore she called it that way. Simple and elegant. [/official "Arika is Alyssa's descendant" theory spokesperson] I'll be "reading" (meaning: Looking over the test, wondering what it says and trying to udnerstand the Kanji through the Furigana) chapter 17 later... spoiled myself to hell, but whatever. __________________________________________________ ___________ Silveril 2005-11-30, 14:44 here it comes! super arika fully colored! need to do the back hope it's better than last one I made http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs8/i/2005...y_Silveril.jpg __________________________________________________ ___________ JediNight 2005-12-01, 02:18 While I haven't read up to Ch17, I had an observation from Ep8 of the anime that made me wonder about the manga. Mikoto (cat) seems to be wearing an earring nearly identical to the one Aswald guy. So it doesn't surprise me that in the manga the cat might be connected to them. Although I wonder what they will really do in the anime, since it is obviously Mikoto (human) that is the shadowy overseer of the weird organ thingy. I hear there is a cat-girl Mikoto in the manga as well? __________________________________________________ ___________ Buckz 2005-12-01, 07:43 why is the manga so different from the anime i dont usually look at mangas but i couldnt help it it has so much fan service n well the anime is sumthin else i still love the anime tho just wanted 2 know why such the change and is that boy that dresses up as a gurl gona be in the anime aint he pose 2 be the lead __________________________________________________ ___________ MakotoFatora 2005-12-01, 08:19 why is the manga so different from the anime i dont usually look at mangas but i couldnt help it it has so much fan service n well the anime is sumthin else i still love the anime tho just wanted 2 know why such the change and is that boy that dresses up as a gurl gona be in the anime aint he pose 2 be the lead They seem to like putting out manga and anime that have the same characters but wildly varying storylines. They did the same thing with the MyHiME anime/manga, and before that, the s-CRY-ed anime and manga were completely different as well. I have no idea why, but this isn't the first time, and probably won't be the last. __________________________________________________ ___________ guest 2005-12-01, 08:52 which reminds me, is Mashiho in anime a boy or girl? I start to think "she" looks like a boy actually. Has it been confirmed yet? __________________________________________________ ___________ MakotoFatora 2005-12-01, 09:12 which reminds me, is Mashiho in anime a boy or girl? I start to think "she" looks like a boy actually. Has it been confirmed yet? Hasn't been confirmed either way, but there's been no hints in the anime that she's not a she either, so I'm not assuming she's a boy. She looks exactly the same as she did in MyHiME anyways...she wasn't exactly stacked in the original The main plot for her in the anime would seem to be that she's not the real princess, not that she's not a real "she". The s-CRY-ed manga introduced Kazuma to a couple alters called the Lawless or something (I forget their actual name but I think it was Lawless), including a brother that didn't even exist in the anime...so again, seeing as this seems to be following in the s-CRY-ed and MyHiME "they're both different tellings of the same general story" idea, your best bet is to keep the two completely separate and don't use the manga for any anime assumptions until it's been shown in the anime. __________________________________________________ ___________ Buckz 2005-12-01, 10:09 Hasn't been confirmed either way, but there's been no hints in the anime that she's not a she either, so I'm not assuming she's a boy. She looks exactly the same as she did in MyHiME anyways...she wasn't exactly stacked in the original The main plot for her in the anime would seem to be that she's not the real princess, not that she's not a real "she". The s-CRY-ed manga introduced Kazuma to a couple alters called the Lawless or something (I forget their actual name but I think it was Lawless), including a brother that didn't even exist in the anime...so again, seeing as this seems to be following in the s-CRY-ed and MyHiME "they're both different tellings of the same general story" idea, your best bet is to keep the two completely separate and don't use the manga for any anime assumptions until it's been shown in the anime. lol ic funny thing is i just finished up watching s cry ed 2day i now im hearing the manga is not the same hmm is there i place werr i can get the whole manga 4 s cry ed....... oh and i know this is of topic but did ayase really die like she did in the anime justed curious __________________________________________________ ___________ Andy00 2005-12-01, 11:13 One of the next ep promos had Arika pulling Mashiro's pants down to check. According to Arika, Mashiro "has nothing on top or bottom." Dunno whether that counts as _canon_ per se, but it seems to confirm what Sunrise said. __________________________________________________ ___________ lone_wolf 2005-12-01, 12:37 Hasn't been confirmed either way, but there's been no hints in the anime that she's not a she either, so I'm not assuming she's a boy. She looks exactly the same as she did in MyHiME anyways...she wasn't exactly stacked in the original The main plot for her in the anime would seem to be that she's not the real princess, not that she's not a real "she". The s-CRY-ed manga introduced Kazuma to a couple alters called the Lawless or something (I forget their actual name but I think it was Lawless), including a brother that didn't even exist in the anime...so again, seeing as this seems to be following in the s-CRY-ed and MyHiME "they're both different tellings of the same general story" idea, your best bet is to keep the two completely separate and don't use the manga for any anime assumptions until it's been shown in the anime. As for the anime version of Mashiro, a past anime magazine scan had producers confirming that Mashiro was indeed a female. And to boot, they even apologized for the manga version. The manga version, Mashiro (the female) was definitely female but of course in the first chapter: She was murdered. So a boy who looked similar to her was forced into the role of Mashiro. So yes, Mashiro2 is a boy and Mashiro 1 (dead) was a girl (actually more of a woman the way she was illustrated in the first chapter) --Lone Wolf __________________________________________________ ___________ Akuma-sama 2005-12-03, 01:54 Just wanted to ask, and this feels like the right place to do so; is anyone else having trouble accessing Tokyotosho? It just won't work for me __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-12-03, 02:44 Just wanted to ask, and this feels like the right place to do so; is anyone else having trouble accessing Tokyotosho? It just won't work for me The server is down. It will be back up 24-48 hours as said in their channel. __________________________________________________ ___________ liujeffqi 2005-12-03, 14:24 lol just finsih catch up with the 15 chapters of the manga. i was like wow. the manga is even more werid than the anime. well i think the character setting the anime is better but manga is more funny. looking forward ch 16 iron maiden vs otome __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-12-04, 14:29 lol just finsih catch up with the 15 chapters of the manga. i was like wow. the manga is even more werid than the anime. well i think the character setting the anime is better but manga is more funny. looking forward ch 16 iron maiden vs otome 16 was cool because of Miyu related nostalgia, 17 was really cool because Midori! and 18 will be even better when it comes out for the reason 17 was awesome. __________________________________________________ ___________ hi no ken Jebus 2005-12-05, 09:52 This was one hardcore chapter Midori takes on shizuru and reira. During the trashtalk phase of the fight Midori's motive for destroying a city was for cleanup purposes. Natsuki protects her sister saying she won't let them lay one finger on her. The black valley guy Rado takes Mashiro and Arika follows him. Switch back to Midori and co she activates her slave robe and miryoku attacks start flying. Midori activates her hand jewel and takes out reira the emperor of galdea dies as well. Rado stops and gives Mashiro back he then tells Arika he is her father and to come with him her mother is waiting. Erstin and Nina catch up and he leaves. In the end I think shizuru put a tracker on midori, everything is slowly back to normal, alyssa finally gets close to natsuki, and Arika is still thinking about what rado said. http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5...57184zt.th.jpg (http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20057184zt.jpg) __________________________________________________ ___________ moyism 2005-12-05, 12:20 thanks for the summary as usual hi no ken Jebus! Midori's transformation w/ her slave robe was awesome! Also her fight with Shizuru and Reira definitely shows her years of being locked up hasn't dull her skills at all. Do feel bad about Reira though, with so little screentime (I do question her element and attack... tennis? ^_^;; ... and Shizuru, always with a backup plan! I guess this means the Otomes might be doing a frontier attack against the Black Valley group in the future huh? When Rado temporarily kidnapped Mashiro, I was so hoping Natsuki would go Otome but I guess they don't want to give that away too early. Boo... oh yea, Alyssa talking about the fight... ssooo cute! __________________________________________________ ___________ Diodati 2005-12-05, 12:47 Thanks for the summary. ^_^ Midori was one mean momma in this chapter. Nice. It's interesting her robe incorporates elements of Gakutenou in it - especially the 'tail'. That worked really well, it's one of few things I hope they transfer over to the anime (though I doubt it will happen). Shizuru's participation - well I had mixed feelings over it - (I must be use to seeing her crushing everyone she meets heh) - the tracker she threw at the end was like a Kiyohime-esque hydra head? My pages aren't that clear. I loved the Natsuki/Alyssa moments, so cute, Natsuki will always be a big softie she can never escape it. As to Arika - it's an ''interesting'' progression, that's all I'll say. When Rado temporarily kidnapped Mashiro, I was so hoping Natsuki would go Otome but I guess they don't want to give that away too early. Boo... Which begs the question - what will make Natsuki materialise?! When everything else as an Earthly option has vanished and Shizuru is at death's door - then, Natsuki may consider activating her robe...but she'll make no promises ^_~ __________________________________________________ ___________ moyism 2005-12-05, 12:59 Which begs the question - what will make Natsuki materialise?! When everything else as an Earthly option has vanished and Shizuru is at death's door - then, Natsuki may consider activating her robe...but she'll make no promises ^_~LMAO, maybe... I'm also thinking when Mai re-appears, as we all know she will, there might be a slight chance. More so if Mai turns out to be the "bad guy" in the series =/ I personally wouldn't mind seeing a Mai VS Natsuki showdown ala robes. It'll be just like the good old days of their MH counterparts! __________________________________________________ ___________ Starlight Breaker 2005-12-05, 17:52 They ripped off my idea! ... or Star War's I feel violated... __________________________________________________ ___________ Sakuya 2005-12-05, 22:07 Arika, I am your father! It's so ironic. Kiyohime is mini now! __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-12-05, 23:05 Rad is Arika's father (at least in the manga)? That is just sooo Star Wars-y it's not even funny. And here I was calling him Darth Reito as a joke... One hell of a chapter. We get more Midori and Gakutenou (always good) plus the aforementioned 'I am your father' line and Kiyohime. __________________________________________________ ___________ moyism 2005-12-05, 23:59 well he said he was Arika's father, doesn't necessarily mean it's true though =/ __________________________________________________ ___________ Kazekiri 2005-12-06, 00:02 well he said he was Arika's father, doesn't necessarily mean it's true though =/Point, but this is the manga version so Mai could be her mom here and it would make sense. Even if it's not true it's still worth it for the campy 'Oh no, he didn't just say that' effect. Last edited by Catgirls; 2005-12-17 at 23:51.

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2005-12-19, 02:27	Link #6
Sakuya Senior Member Artist Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States Age: 35	Chapter 19 is finally out: Spoiler: Due to my limited knowledge, I think it goes somewhat like this. Arika gets some fan letters and a bouquet of violet roses from a mysterious person who wants to meet Arika. Arika agrees much to the dismay of Mashiro because she's meeting a stranger. So Mashiro tags along. It turns out Arika's fan boy is Kazuya! They go on a date to the amusement park (with Mashiro, Nina, and Erstin tagging along behind). And at the end, Kazuya drags Arika off into a hotel and strips her down to her underwear and attempts to do her. But Nina and the gang jumps in and Kazuya reveals himeself to be a part of Schwarz and brings out a Slave using that crystal thing. It's a tentacle monster that captures all of them and starts to erupt in gooey stuff. And then enters a hella pissed of Akane. One peculiar thing is that even though Akane is a Pearl Number One, she materializes by having this chibi Fumi kiss her earring.

2005-12-19, 02:51

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lone_wolf

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Originally Posted by Sakuya

Chapter 19 is finally out:

Spoiler:

LOL! After you mentioned this I had to download it myself.

Spoiler:

--Lone Wolf

2005-12-19, 06:27	Link #8
EliteF22 Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Did Akane kill Kuzuya at the end? So they were together in Otome universe as well?

2005-12-19, 09:28	Link #9
hi no ken Jebus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004	Spoiler for ch 19: Jealousy is a bitch. Nina and Erstin get really scary when jealous. Not to mention Akane's reaction. I was wondering how they would introduce a tentacle monster into this story and now I have my answer. The funny thing is Kazuya's expression after groping Manshiro in the wrong place right before being taken out by Akane's Yundo(sp?) of Love Hurricane . All jokes aside Kazuya's main intention was to bring Arika back to the black valley so she could meet up with Rado and now she seems a little more convinced that he is her father. So I guess she will end up going there soon to find out for sure.

2005-12-19, 10:15

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Originally Posted by hi no ken Jebus

Spoiler for ch 19:

That was a good expression (and just in case we needed more proof, it answers the question of whether or not Mashiro really transorms into a girl...). The attack was 'End of Love Hurricane', a bit of a contrast to her favorite attack in the MH manga. Still, talk about your unexpected twists.

2005-12-19, 16:02	Link #11
USCPharmacist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004	but but did poor Kazu-kun Spoiler: buy the farm with Akane force financing on his ass....

2005-12-19, 18:31

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kazekiri

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but but did poor Kazu-kun

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Probably. Shizuru said something to Akane afterwards that might help but I couldn't translate it.

2005-12-29, 17:42	Link #13
hi no ken Jebus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004	Well to say this is hard to see and read is not even the question anyway Spoiler for ch 20: Arika runs away from the school and goes to see if Rado is telling the truth. Mashiro is pissed and sad, Erstin tries to console him with her ultra bust impact he says she is heavy and runs away calling him an idiot. Nina then asks how does he feel about arika and he says he is worried of course but then she says that's not what she was asking and runs away. Mikoto finally makes her appearance as Mashiro is sitting below a tree feeling depressed then he decides to go after her when she shows up and asks if he is going. Nekomimi mikoto tries to rape mashiro while nina and erstin admit their love for him. They hear him scream and run to his side and kick mikoto away from him. Mikoto gets serious but Mashiro stops her before nina and erstin get their asses handed to them. She says she knows where arika is and she will take them there if they take her as well. Mikoto uses a slave gem and takes everyone on a cat balloon thing. They proceed to go together after finding arika to the black valley. Chapter ends when rado takes arika to her mother who is sitting on a bed playing with a doll as if it were baby arika and then she hugs mashiro calling him arika. Last edited by hi no ken Jebus; 2005-12-29 at 17:53.

2005-12-29, 18:03	Link #14
Sakuya Senior Member Artist Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States Age: 35	This chapter was messed up. Especially Mikoto.

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EnseiSong Clous Dolch Join Date: Dec 2005	Edit: Nevermind........ Last edited by EnseiSong; 2005-12-29 at 23:14.

2005-12-30, 01:56

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Starks

I see what you did there!

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This chapter was messed up.

Especially Mikoto.

I squeaked like a like a schoolboy when I saw it. It was definitely worth the wait...

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2005-12-30, 20:08	Link #17
bluegarden Member Join Date: Dec 2005	can i see a picture of boy mashiro?

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Starks I see what you did there! Scanlator Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 36	Rate Mai-Otome's "Manga Mikoto" EXTREME SPOILERS AND PICTURES Spoiler for FINAL WARNING!: Lolilicious/10 __________________ My list of garbage anime

2006-01-02, 01:12	Link #19
Akuma-sama Purr, good kitty... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Québec, Canada Age: 38	The Pedobear approves Cute __________________ Author of My∞HiME and MGLN: Through Troubled Waters, read and drop a review please Currently watching: Kurenai, Zettai Karen Children, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, Shion no Ou