Comments on: Kabitzin’s March 2006 List

By: Blaze

Blaze — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:43:22 +0000

If you know the seiyu, Mamiko Noto is the voice actor for Hacate - I love her voice, especially in Jigoku Shoujo as Enma Ai and Tsukamoto Yakumo in School Rumble!!! + bunch of random shows like FullMetal Panic, Ichigo 100%, Ichigo Mashimaro, and wutever you can name!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:05:51 +0000

ZOMFG teh Rei!
http://www.solty.net/img/main_top_st00.jpg

Hmm, Mireille dresses up as Saber, Kirika cosplays as Mikura and Saiga lost his camera? 26:40? Sorry, that’s too late for me.

By: wontaek

wontaek — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:01:29 +0000

Nobody watching Solty-Rei?

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:46:33 +0000

I think I gotta blame Arika for part of the dropoff from Mai Hime to Mai Otome. As much as I didn’t like Mai, she was really interesting. Arika though, she’s got some is she/isn’t she mystery past or whatever, but does it really matter? We all know she will just zerg her way through anything with her super enthusiasm. The whole thing is just very shounen.

I gotta agree with Wyk72 about the show collapsing under its own weight. This criticism considers the series independent of Mai Hime; Mai Otome just has too much unnecessary stuff going on, and hasn’t done a good job of letting us know why we should care about the vast majority of the gigantic cast. Then you throw in the absurd intrigue, and I’m not sure even Nagi completely understands what is going on.

I’m not saying that Mai Otome completely sucks, but who can deny that the series has been seriously disappointing? Some may say it’s unfair to compare it to Mai Hime, but I think that people who hadn’t seen Mai Hime would have dropped Mai Otome long ago.

By: Wyk72

Wyk72 — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:52:22 +0000

I make my point clearer: probably I expected much more from Mai-Otome, and I rant out of frustration.
Albeit a bit cheesy, the first 7-8 eps or so were quite good to me: I love complicated and brainy plots. But the story, imo, has simply collapsed over his own weight, and we get only blows of hot air (I was about to say farts). I know that often (and I believe us all are used to it) the plot is not very shiny in anime (with all this mahou goin’ around…) but this has gone overboard. Somehow, it felt like our national (ITA) football team: we have some of the best world-class soccer clubs(and players), but when they play together, they suck horribly.Sunrise had a hands-down winner cast, but they played like amateurs. Ok, rant-mode OFF - for good - this week the suffering ends ^_^

By: Mentar

Mentar — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:57:23 +0000

I opt to disagree on the Otome bit … while it’s true that the past-middle arcs (especially the painful AAAA - Annoying Angsting Arika Arc) were poor, the show still manages to keep my interest. It won’t reach HiME level, but I continue to feel well-entertained. Mostly due to Nao.