Pendragon Is Mightier Than The Sworddragon
Since the recent Mai-HiME Blu-Rays were released to the world, I’ve been rewatching this classic (am I allowed to call it that yet?) series from 2004. Not to be confused with it’s vastly and increasingly inferior ‘sequels’, the original Mai-HiME still ranks as one of my favorite animes ever. Coupled with the DVD extras following [...]
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Mai Hime was extremely hyped up when it first came out, but man those first three episodes sucked something spectacular (aside from the initial battle scenes between Natsuki and Mikoto). Thankfully, as the show settled into a groove, Nagi toned down his annoyance level, the various secondary characters became extremely engaging, and Mai treated us [...]
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Miyu’s dematerializer shatters the crystal holding Mashiro (except for the legs portion…), and vaporizes the pillars as well. With her hands free, Mashiro blasts off to that domed section of the school and begins to glow green as she’s surrounded by HiME marks. Suddenly, ghostly Mashiro’s begin appearing next to all the defeated HiME’s, and [...]
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Most of the students evacuate, and it looks like the only ones left are Mai, Natsuki, and Shizuru. While Mai is all angsty from the loss of Tate, Natsuki gets to experience the Mikoto treatment of delicious ramen and hot baths without privacy. On the bad guy side, however, Mikoto gets served some pretty awesome [...]
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In a bizarre opening, Mai starts the episode off by having a happy breakfast with Takumi, Mikoto and her parents. In this wacked out world, Takumi is healthy, Tate and Natsuki are both personable athletes, and Shiho is even a blood-related sister of Tate. At this point, we realize that Mai is trapped in a [...]
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Midori faces off against Mikoto and manages to stall Mikoto for long enough to boot up Miyu. Unfortunately, Mikoto finally summons her giant CHILD, and Gakutenou ends up being sacrificed in order to save Miyu. Mai drops in, as per Nagi’s suggestion, and is shocked to learn that Mikoto is still alive. Mikoto reveals that [...]
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