舞-乙HiME (Mai-Otome)

[YungYung]

I'm at 70 some percent. Then I gave up to my temptations and went and read an episode summary.

T.T

[buuuh]

Believe me, a summary does not do the scene justice, as I found out after reading Kilgas LJ entry and then seeing the episode.

ps kilga sux at quoting rofl pwned

[Kilgamayan]

Originally Posted by Spoilers

I was shaking for a full 5 minutes after watching the raw. Aoi Senoh is my favorite character in any anime since Galaxy Angel's Milfeulle Sakuraba and I got to watch her fall off a cliff in magnificent fashion. You can't just read about this shit, you have to see it for yourself to experience how truly heartwrenching it was (at least for me).

In case you're curious, the image used for the second sponsor segment was the closeup of Aoi's sad smile, which killed me all the more. DoReMi cut it out though.

I am now currently of the hope that Mai saved her. Initially I hoped that Chie would do it but she's back at Windbloom in the preview for the next episode so unless she TIME PARADOX'd it would be impossible for her to be the one responsible. A Mai rescue is certainly not out of the realm of possibilities - we never actually saw Aoi die, she just kind of faded into the night, so someone could've caught her. Also, when Mai landed on the school island in HiME, her first two new friends were Aoi and Chie, so they may get tied together again.

The most sickening thought is that there were no green sparklies, so if Aoi really did die she won't be coming back, I don't even want to consider this possibility, it makes me queasy.

But if you truly are dead, my lovely Miss Aoi Senoh, then - be it permanent or temporary - may you rest in peace. <3

Now on to other not-as-depressing matters. Thanks to Aoi, Mashiro now has the drive to get everything back. She has a reason to go on, and it's pretty obvious she needed one.

Also I'm now about 95% sure Sergay will be dead before Episode 26 (when he'll invariably be DEM'd back to life). Whether by Nagi's hands, Nina's hands, or his own hands, he will die.

[Squeek]

WHAT IS THIS 35 KBPS CRAP

I HATE YOU AND I WANT YOU TO DIE

My downloads usually go at 150~300 KBPS -.-

Somehow Doremi just has a terrible tracker or lack of seeders or something. I always get really poor speeds.

EDIT : Finally done. Worth staying up until 4 hours before I need to get up for work to watch.

~Squeek

[YungYung]

It's because it just came out and there were only like 4 seeds rofl. I just maxed out my upload and it went faster.

Anyway, for the first time throughout the entire series, I actually feel sorry for Mashiro ;_;

[Omegix]

Me, Kilga, and tsutter all got it before the tracker was even out

[Kefit]

This episode was really boring up until the Aoi/Mashiro stuff at the end. This show is trying really hard to get me to care about Mashiro, and while I feel bad for her, I still don't give a shit about her character at all.

ps

143. Falling Rule

An RPG character (Or in this case, a named Anime character of mildly significant importance) can fall any distance onto anything without suffering anything worse than brief unconsciousness. In fact, falling a huge distance is an excellent cure for otherwise fatal wounds -- anyone who you see shot, stabbed, or mangled and then tossed off a cliff is guaranteed to return later in the game (show) with barely a scratch.

The next episode preview promises Chie and Shiho and Yayoi. I imagine we will get a good dose of Irina with this too. Yayayayayayay.

[YungYung]

BUMP FOR 19 COMING OUT TONIGHT.

DISCUSS.

[jamuko]

It's ouuuttttt

I didn't get it right when it was put on the tracker this time =( but oh well, it's goinggoinggoing.

[Kilgamayan]

Thank God for this episode, we needed a break to explain some of the stuff that was going on and to help set up the final run.

[YungYung]

I had to redownload the torrent 3 times to get it working. I was so mad rofl.

Alright, so now we know why Midori tried to invade Garderobe in the first place.

Now, I want some explanations as to why Tomoe is so fucking obsessed with Shizuru.I also want to see Miya and Akane come back into the story, since they're so under-used.

PS: rofl at Natsuki. Glad I watched HiME before this.

[Kilgamayan]

Tomoe's probably a lesbian. Seriously, look at the school on the whole.

Either that or she's just overprotective.

I never really felt anything for Tomoe, and can't understand why anyone would beyond the fact that Rie Tanaka voices her. She seriously needs to get the hell over herself.

[Squeek]

There are still characters from HiME who haven't shown up yet. Other than the fact that their VAs aren't listed on ANN, I don't see why not =x

At least it's confirmed about what happened to Reito.

~Squeek

[YungYung]

I actually half expected the real Mikoto to show up at the end of this episode. =\

I want some action dammit.

[Kefit]

oh hey plot

Not much else to say about this episode, although I appreciated the few minutes we got of Shiho antics and Natsuki/Nao hijinnks.

[stutter]

This show is finally shaping up, although it really seems like it\'s too little too late. :/

ps MIKOTO BODY SLAM

[Kefit]

Indeed, Mikoto completely won this episode.

[YungYung]

OK So somebody tell me how was Mai Otome 20 RAW already out yesterday?

I'm confused.

[Kilgamayan]

The raw is usually out on Thursday, it airs at about noon EST. Give it 6 or 7 hours and tadah.

I watched said raw, and while 20 itself was okay, I can't wait for 21.

[jamuko]

Bleh, the thread title got messed up in the forum switch and I can't seem to edit it. Oh well.