Mai Otome OVA 2

[smeg4brainsuk]

Aside from the "omg how rushed will the last 2 episodes be" aspect i found this OAV very good. It represented Mai Otome perfectly (good fight scnenes, great humour, loveable charcters) and i hope the next OAV's are as enjoyable

8/10

[Ronin Aquila]

Haruka-Chan is still Haruka-Chan, which is always a reassuring and comforting thing.

But what CRACKED me up was:

Spoiler:

1) Sara-Chan literally putting down "the hammer" on Haruka-Chan's antics.

2) Tomoe-The-Bitch made her "agressive-takeover" of the presidential candidate post.

[Amaiko]

Originally Posted by Gearhead

Nagi is in no position to really exploit anything.

And if the situation is bad enough he might help them out of his own self interest... He doesn't want to rule a world of ashes, afterall.

Does he? In the last episode of Otome, when Nina had gone Harmonium and Mashiro was frantically running around trying to shut the Harmonium down, Nagi did tell Mashiro: "There's nothing that can be done now...let's just all die together," and seemed almost cheerful about it.

I always got the impression that Otome Nagi was out to cause as much chaos and turmoil as possible, and didn't much care about what happened to the world--or him--in the process.

[dxanato]

Well the way I saw Nagi was he was jealous of other nation who had very powerful Otome and had very advance technology. When He took over he promise himself to end the Otome control of the world so all nation who which to go to war wouldn't need an Otome to do so. He heavily tax his people so that both Nina and Nao would go to School and at same time build an army. All other country had multiple student at school but Nagi only had just two. Nagi nation was the weak of them all. This way he took help from Mr. Smith.

[y063banana71]

Originally Posted by dxanato

Well the way I saw Nagi was he was jealous of other nation who had very powerful Otome and had very advance technology. When He took over he promise himself to end the Otome control of the world so all nation who which to go to war wouldn't need an Otome to do so. He heavily tax his people so that both Nina and Nao would go to School and at same time build an army. All other country had multiple student at school but Nagi only had just two. Nagi nation was the weak of them all. This way he took help from Mr. Smith.

But you have to think... the two otome he had at the school were Nina (Number 1 coral) and Nao (Number 4 pearls, who only kept herself at number 4 so she wouldn't have to be part of the trias). He may only have two, but they are extremely powerful in their own right.

[Guido]

Words cannot describe this second chapter.

It was out of this world. The animation flawless and impecable; the best of them was Sara's materialization right after she jumped from her scooter.

There was a lot Haruka in her glorious moments, and the hammer still dangles on the head.

I do have my reservations on how much the producers are going to do move faster the storyline with only two episodes left.

I do not think they are going to cover all the other unused characters that were missing influential roles during the run of My-Otome TV series.

But still My-Otome Zwei roars, and this episode is proof of evidence that the Mai franchise has just barely taken off.

[Sorrow-K]

Man, I'm not sure why so many people are upset with the pacing of this episode. It had everything that makes the My-franchise so enjoyable: lots of fast-paced action, comedy and plot-twists. And the animation was really good as well. I really thought that was a kick-ass episode... arguably more enjoyable than anything in the TV series.

Yes, there's no questions that fears are founded that they're going to have trouble tying up all the loose ends in the next two OVA. But, as we've seen in the past, the My-series are at their best when they're at a fast pace anyway. They can't really do an expansive story in 4 OVA anyway. My expectations for this have always been a fun side-story and so far I'd say it's delivering on that.

[encia]

Originally Posted by Keroko

MIYU being an android, we can asume that she is filled to the brink with nanomachines.

According to MyHime DVD's Special (no. 14, using Doremi subs), Miyu was based on a human cell. This makes Miyu a cybrog; leaning more towards the synthetic side.

[Amaiko]

Originally Posted by encia

According to MyHime DVD's Special (no. 14, using Doremi subs), Miyu was based on a human cell. This makes Miyu a cybrog; leaning more towards the synthetic side.

Her ability to instantaneously shift her arm to a weapon argues more towards her having some nanomachines.

Originally Posted by y063banana71

But you have to think... the two otome he had at the school were Nina (Number 1 coral) and Nao (Number 4 pearls, who only kept herself at number 4 so she wouldn't have to be part of the trias). He may only have two, but they are extremely powerful in their own right.

Not only this, I'm pretty certain that Nagi directly states at some point during Otome that a huge chunk of his motivation is "to bring the horror of war to the common people", something that the Otome were created to avoid.

So not only does he want to wipe out the Otome so wars can be started where otherwise innocent people will be thrown away as cannon fodder and entire countries sent into turmoil instead of a handful of people, he's using the incredibly dangerous Harmonium to do it. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Nagi knew about the danger of overusing the Harmonium, and if Nina and Arika hadn't been in space when the Harmonium finally took Nina over completely, the collateral damage during their fight would have been unspeakable, not to mention what would have happened if Arika failed to defeat Nina.

Nagi wants chaos and suffering, pure and simple.

[lil-d01]

So can someone explain how the tree had nanomachines then? =S

[Morganchan]

Originally Posted by lil-d01

So can someone explain how the tree had nanomachines then? =S

It's obviously some sort of genetically modified super-tree! Evidently Aries has the money to splurge on enhanced foliage to better demonstrate their belief in the peace and severity security of their citizens. Of course, that was their only prototype tree and it was petrified before it had the chance to prove itself.

Such a cruel, cruel world

[y063banana71]

Originally Posted by lil-d01

So can someone explain how the tree had nanomachines then? =S

Welllll, I GUESS you could say that this red laser doesnt ONLY petrify the nanomachines... Nagi doesnt say its the only thing it can harden - he just states that the nanomachines had hardened.

but the logical answer is more probably that it was a mistake.

[Kleo Scanti]

Probably, it turns non-living objects into stone, so it equally works with nanomachines, Miyu's electronic part and the tree.

Also I'm not sure if it was mentioned already, but chapter 4 of MOZwei manga is online. Only in Share yet though.

[y063banana71]

Originally Posted by Kleo Scanti

Probably, it turns non-living objects into stone, so it equally works with nanomachines, Miyu's electronic part and the tree.

Also I'm not sure if it was mentioned already, but chapter 4 of MOZwei manga is online. Only in Share yet though.

Tree's are living things

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by y063banana71

Tree's are living things

Only the outer layers. The majority of a mature tree is dead wood.

[encia]

Originally Posted by Amaiko

Her ability to instantaneously shift her arm to a weapon argues more towards her having some nanomachines.

I wouldn’t disagree with this particular view, but

"andr" = "man" in greek
"oid" = "robot" as in droid

The android label on Myiu wouldn't fit since Miyu has some biological material i.e. based from a human cell. In addition to Miyu’s high speed circuits, nanomachines are probably used as enhancing construct.

Normal(nature) organic cells can be defined as machines at cellular-scale i.e. there are functional modules within a cell. There are organic single cell organisms that thrive from X-Ray radiation. This is where generic engineering and information science come into play.

[Kieli]

Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant

Only the outer layers. The majority of a mature tree is dead wood.

That's not entirely true. The heartwood, the center or "core" of a tree, is "dead" wood for all intents and purposes as it is meant to give strength to the tree. Sapwood, the innermost layer is still living but will eventually die and become heartwood. The cambium is the truly growing or "living" part of a tree and produces new bark or new wood depending on what the tree's hormones signal for it to do. The phloem, or inner bark, lives for only a short time (though it DOES still live) until it eventually dies to become part of the cork or outer bark of the tree. And of course, the outer bark is dead. So your definition is not wholly accurate.

[imperialmog]

What I was curious as to near the end of the episode. Nagi seemed to be referring to the shadow as first a "he" then a "she", is this implying that someone is in control of the shadow? Just seems that he knows quite a bit about this for some reason, though don't think he is responsible for having it happen.

[Pazu]

Originally Posted by lil-d01

So can someone explain how the tree had nanomachines then? =S

No, there were no nanomachines in the tree. But nanomachines are made of wood

[Sansana]

Originally Posted by imperialmog

What I was curious as to near the end of the episode. Nagi seemed to be referring to the shadow as first a "he" then a "she", is this implying that someone is in control of the shadow? Just seems that he knows quite a bit about this for some reason, though don't think he is responsible for having it happen.

Nagi knows many things for sure. But this one I think is far-fetched, because he didn't mention anything like this in original anime and I bet he would. The power to destroy all Garderobe and turn otomes into stone is quite significant, or at least it should be important to him during his evil activities. And now suddenly he appears to be knowing much more than he said to Natsuki and Arika >.>