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View Poll Results: Mai Otome 0 ~S.ifr~ Episode 1 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 45 | 35.71% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 36 | 28.57% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 34 | 26.98% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 6 | 4.76% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 2.38% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 1.59% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2008-02-24, 21:31 | Link #43 |
Awe of She
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
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I must say that this, so far, is the best out of Sunrise in regards to Mai Otome. If they had made Mai Otome into an OVA series from the get-go, it would have been much better.
And Bruce is DA MAN! Breathing fire into that pipsqueak John's face was priceless. Willing to go as far as he did to protect Sifr is commendable. And this John Smith actually looks like a competent adversary. So Rena's a monster even amongst Otome - looks like her seriousness augments her power, which is too much for the GEM to handle. She needs a 'G-stone'. XD And Sifr is just like Arika while Rena is just like Nina...somebody got switched at birth...
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2008-02-24, 21:31 | Link #44 |
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Join Date: May 2006
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I personally loved that scene of Raquel, Shion, Sifr and Bruce talking under the couch while Elliot is doing stuff to Lena up above. Especially since the other characters kept popping in, with Bruce just being the icing on the cake. XD
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2008-02-24, 21:50 | Link #45 |
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Hmm~ I wouldn't say Rena is just like Nina
Rena is more serious and regal then Sifr is, but I really love the fact that she has a bit of a playful/mischievious side to her. XD I mean, that cute little smile and wink she gave the Aswad member when she was "flying" alongside the train. Plus she didn't get POed when Sifr pulled her into the bath. XD If that had been Nina.. oooh boy. |
2008-02-24, 22:31 | Link #46 |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Yeah, I have to say after seeing the subs, this was really the best ep of Otome so far. This in itself should have been what Otome was to be as HiME's successor. Now if only they can keep it up. Maybe afterwards, they can retcon Otome into an awesome OVA series too
That little scene behind the couch was great. Their interactions as a whole were just so fun to watch. Bruce is just what Otome needed...a cool guy that's not totally useless. When I first heard about the new Batman, I wasnt sure if I was gonna like her, but after seeing the first ep, I really like her...tho not more than her successor. The new principal seems alot tougher than even Natsuki, giving out kill orders and stuff. Wonder if Batman might be in trouble since she wasnt able to protect or kill Sifr, even if they do manage to get her back, tho maybe the principal will overlook it when they do retrieve her.
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2008-02-24, 23:21 | Link #50 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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What's the deal with Shion's Church? After watching Mai Otome I had assumed the world didn't really have religion, since the only allusion to it was that old priest guy at Mashiro's coronation. Shion is obviously a powerful world figure if she has her own Meister Otome, yet since there is no mention of the church in the main Otome series it leads me to believe that the church loses most of its power or perhaps even disbands entirely by Arika's time.
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2008-02-24, 23:40 | Link #51 |
この世界は腐っている!
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: N City, N Oblast
Age: 37
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Just because most SF discards religion as an "outgrown silly superstition", or aliens playing gods, doesn't mean Otome has to follow suit.
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2008-02-24, 23:57 | Link #52 |
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But they aren't mentioned even before the conflict with Nagi starts. As far as I know, they don't send a delegate to Mashiro's coronation (except perhaps that priest that we aren't even sure about), don't have a representative on the international council, and the Church's new Meister (unless it's still Raquel, which is unlikely) is never mentioned either. Suddenly having a church whose job is "to rescue people in need" and is also against homosexuality seems kinda like an asspull.
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2008-02-25, 00:21 | Link #53 | ||
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Huh. Judging from the poll results, I am one of the few that was not terribly impressed with Mai Otome 0. Not a bad first episode, but even as a fan of the original Mai Otome I thought it was not that great, either.
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Ummm... yes? I take it that you have not been following the publicity about this OVA? It was pretty common knowledge from the first rumors about this OVA months ago that it was going to be about Arika's mother (Rena) and Nina's mother (Sifr).
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2008-02-25, 00:33 | Link #55 |
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Retconning reality, huh? Well, it couldnt be too hard. Besides, didnt Sunrise try to retcon Zeta Gundam(tho I heard everyone hated the new version, it got u-surpt by the original,)
I highly doubt they'd pull a retcon tho, considering how much Sunrise seems to like Otome, with their constant milking of the Series. Glad to see they've taken a step in the right direction w/ their latest, tho at least.
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2008-02-25, 01:40 | Link #57 | |
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Or just one of those things they just threw in. |
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2008-02-25, 06:37 | Link #58 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Consider how the Japanese handle Shinto and Buddhist observances.
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2008-02-25, 09:06 | Link #59 |
Awe of She
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
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I think Bruce said it like that to mess with Shion a bit. You'd notice that after Bruce says that, Shion's all 'WTF' for a moment and Lena goes behind her, chuckling.
Bruce probably did promised a nice 'donation' to them if they helped as Raquel teased but he wanted to have everyone look benevolant and good despite hiding their true intention of rescuing Sifr from the start. What I want to know is, does Sifr's awakening of M-9 mean that the power to play the Harmonium is at work here? If that's the case...then no wonder Madame Principle told Elliot to kill Sifr...
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2008-02-25, 09:22 | Link #60 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Italy
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Quite likely I think. Probably M-9 reacts to the DNA of the royal family of Windbloom, as it was the case with the Harmonium.
Maybe that's also why the Schwarz needed Sifr, to trigger with her DNA the activation of other weapons built in the past. |
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