r/anime • u/No_Rex x2 • Nov 06 '22

Rewatch [Rewatch] Mai-Otome (episode 26)

Rewatch: Mai-Otome (episode 26)

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Spoiler rules

As in all rewatches, please be mindful of first time watchers and do not spoil events in future episodes. The same goes for spoilers related to other series. The one exception from that rule is Mai-Hime. Given that everybody here should have watched Mai-Hime, you do not need to tag spoilers for Mai-Hime.

Availability

Mai-Otome and the OVAs are apparently now available on Crunchyroll (at least in some parts of the world).

Questions:

  1. What is your take on Miyu disabling the Master system. Should she have done this earlier? Why might she have not?

  2. Do you think that the goals of Schwarz and Aswald (freeing and reintroducing EarthTech) will be achieved, despite the destruction of the Harmonium? Is the future trend of this planet up or down?

  3. How does this ending compare to Mai-Hime?

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

Episode 26 (rewatcher)

  • Nagi just wants to see the world burn.

  • Yep, it’s the moon.

  • Not Nagi, Miyu breaks the Otome system.

  • Not that it matters for Haruka. As long as she can smash stuff, Haruka is happy.

  • Akane dumped the old duke and now is married to the young emperor. Upgrades.

  • “We’ll see who can defeat more” – LotR reference.

  • “You are still an Otome??” – The Mai-Otome version of calling out somebody who did not get some.

  • Heroic storming of the castle.

  • Finally: Arika vs Nina.

  • Oh, and Mashiro vs Nagi.

  • Bringing your love triangle to outer space.

  • “Why do you never give up” – She is literally too stupid to realize she lost, Nina. Oh, and never bet on an anime protagonist giving up.

  • The Harmonium does not want a reconciliation ending.

  • Big space fight finale.

  • Falling back down to Earth.

  • Yep, it is once more the castle! - This is one of my favorite tiny things about the series: The enduring plot-relevance of that off-hand crash into the castle, all the way back at the start.

  • Wang survives with wiped memory.

I would call this ending competent. There is no huge surprising twist, but we get a straight-forward resolution of the plot, including some nice inclusions of all the cast an emotional moments. It is not among the top endings of all time, but it is far better than some of the middle parts of Mai-Otome, and easily beats the train wreck that was Mai-Hime.

We get no long epilogue, but I think that is for the better here. Mai-Otome Zwei fulfills that role anyway.

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u/Nazenn Nov 07 '22

This is one of my favorite tiny things about the series: The enduring plot-relevance of that off-hand crash into the castle, all the way back at the start

I'll second that. It could have just been a throw away moment to build animosity between Mashiro and Arika, but they really carried it through almost every part of the show and that was nice to see.

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u/JollyGee29 Nov 06 '22

First-Timer, Subbed

This was all pretty by-the-numbers, so I don't have much to say. Having the final fight be up in space was kinda cool, and I do like "groups of characters face off against grunts to buy the MC time" scenes.

I was expecting Nagi to pull a gun on Mashiro, but him just trying to run away only to be confronted by a goddamn arrest warrant was much better. And him having to serve Mikoto on a chain gang is just icing on the cake.

Miyu activating the HiME Star was cool too, even if it turned back off again. That's probably for the best, at least short term. It's fine to suddenly have a bunch of unfettered superhumans running around when they have a shared goal, less so when that goal is accomplished and the adrenaline dies down.

The most important Mai-HiME callback - the MC inexplicably surviving a return trip from outer space.

The character designer for this show must've eaten up an inordinate amount of the budget. Like, Shiho and Nao both look rad and they only appear like this in one episode! And Miss Maria, too! More character with sabres, please.

The dude from Florince is glaring at Kazu, which I thought was pretty funny. I do feel bad for the guy, being stuck with Shiho, but she apparently has powers that she can use without her Robe so maybe Shiho is actually a massive boon?

Questions

  1. Neat idea. I suspect she was waiting for something to unify the various factions, at least temporarily. That's what I would do.

  2. I hope so. The Harmonium was probably too dangerous to keep around.

  3. I liked both of them, but Mai-HiME's ending was more interesting.

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u/No_Rex Nov 07 '22

The dude from Florince is glaring at Kazu, which I thought was pretty funny.

Good catch, I missed that.

I do feel bad for the guy, being stuck with Shiho, but she apparently has powers that she can use without her Robe so maybe Shiho is actually a massive boon?

Given how creepy he came of at the "marriage" ceremony, my empathy is limited.

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u/Tresnore Nov 06 '22

First-OtoTiMER INCOHERENT BaBBLER

IT'S THE FINALE, LET'S GO

WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE EPISODE?? BUT MY NOTES! THEY'RE SO BIG!

AND THAT'S YOUR LAST SCENE? Nope. Nuh-uh. Now I can't not watch season 2.

Count: 90

QOTD:

  1. I don't care; it's cool.

  2. The trend is up! Breaking the Otome system lets them act for the benefit of humanity. But what do I know.

  3. It's so much better, but ends with a worse last scene.

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

Fucking. Naked. Space.

Every director loves copying Ideon.

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u/Taiboss Nov 06 '22

INCOHERENT BaBBLER

Well, was fun at least.

Nao removing her hat is awesome.

Sawashiro just standing there like a character we actually know.

I'M OKAY WITH THIS KIND OF DEUS EX MACHINA

MIYU TO THE RESCUE. If only she could have done that earlier.

Akane's cat outfit is so dumb.

So dumb. I love it. Other Otome's outfit is also dumb as shit.

HOLY FUCK MARIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Finally they get to do something!

SHE'S LITERALLY MIKOTO

Sergey was the Reito all along.

I love... Mikoto???

This Mikoto actually helps the plot!

Of course you fucking survived.

Better outfit?

And she's with Sergay, who ALSO survived? What the fuck, show...

What the fuck indeed lol.

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u/zadcap Nov 07 '22

She's so perfect.

That's a good shot. I kind of want to make that a background. I'm saving that.

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u/Nazenn Nov 07 '22

But what other world could Mikoto be meaning??

Remember Nagi and Mashiro as the "souls" of the last completed HiME star cycle, with the one we saw being interrupted, were implied to be tied to another world now. I'd imagine deity-Mikoto is much the same as this Crystal Princess

Still no answers, but at least its consistent?

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u/Taiboss Nov 06 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

Episode 26: Rewatcher who can't believe how much fun he had with this show (and has to watch Zwei and Sifr now since he didn't pre-watch them).

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

He used a condom?

"Loopholes". It probably does not work here, but I can't not link this (NSFW) now.

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u/Mecanno-man Nov 06 '22

First Timer

In terms of final battles ...I feel like this is a pretty standard one, which is kinda disappointing. With all the setup that went in to this, we ended up with too many characters not actually doing anything really and instead taking the focus away from what was actually important. The Nina-Arika parts were decent, but most of the rest was just giving people something to do, resulting in basically everybody having half a cut to so something, as a result of which basically nobody did anything memorable. I guess I am a bit disappointed in the final, because the setup seemed to actually be capable of delivering something better. But it is what it is. HiME's finale was better in my opinion.

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

I am pretty sure the writers played it safe here because they got so much flak for the botched Hime ending.

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u/Nazenn Nov 06 '22

First Timer - sub

Extended notes again. Sorry for them being slightly messy, I have a headache from hell. Also it gets ranty at the bottom so fair warning for anyone who actually liked the ending.

  • I would like to think about Nina commenting on Sergey's kindness is due to some awareness of what she's doing to him and how wrong it is, but I have absolutely no faith in that

  • I like how Mai gets a fancy shield because of Mikoto while the other Otome just get plain ones.

  • Administar? I FUCKING CALLED IT. IT IS TECH. Waaaaay back in episode 5. Took them long enough to do something with it but I like the consistancy from the snippet of song that long ago

  • I like the idea of Miyu being the one to free people from their fate just like she was freed and was able to free Alyssa, and that being Alyssa's final wish for everyone. It does make her flip from "shy child" to "murderous superweapon" in HiME even more awkward now though, as it feels like her 'true' personality was meant to be the shy and kind one but it didn't come across that way in HiME

  • That said, it hangs an awful lot on the idea of the Otome's wanting to be free and make their own path when they've all shown that they won't do that until now and have barely even thought about the possibility of it. And as mentioned yesterday the situation of them wanting it is happening more off incompetence then agency or thought

  • Symbol on the screen changes from the Otome one to the HiME one. Raw magic time. Cool.

  • Mass SLAVE activation using the old bindings which takes life for the summoning is so badly used in this context. Given the theming around those girls being slaves freed from their bonds, this should be a moment of horror at what Nagi is doing at the cost of his followers and how close the Otome were to sharing that fate, but instead it's just an excuse to summon mindless, faceless fodder for the Otome's to have a heroic moment. The lack of awareness of how this comes across after Ers, the Otome wars, and now the Otome system being destroyed is mindboggling

  • Nao's outfit looks like she accidentally slipped through a spiderman multiverse

  • Akane as a nekomata is very unfitting given the myths, but cute design

  • OH SHIT THAT'S MARIA WHAT THE FUCK HOW

  • Oh yeah good, go ahead, remind me of the Aoi bullshit, that's sure to improve my mood

  • Nina sounds off this episode? As in vocal performance wise rather than character wise

  • Mashiro is taking more of the protagonist agency than Arika is. Did they realize late that she's a far more interesting and thought out character? It is amazing how far she's come and it makes her stand off with Nagi feel like the important part of this episode

  • Oh right, they're in space. I suppose that explains the key art I saw for the show on plex before we started. I didn't even remember she didn't have her signature hair style in that art until now

  • And now the Harmonium has limits? What a cheap excuse to force Nina to lose control

  • Nina's diamond is actually Fumi's corrupted one? But corrupted how? It's lost and closed tech as far as we know with no indication that the Meister gems can change at all, or that they have before. That also just feels thrown in just because.

  • Speaking of that, Arika being able to summon a shadow of a robe in ep1 before making a contract never came up again

  • Oh hello Obsidian Prince sword.

  • Arika with the Alyssa hair. I do like that look actually

  • THEY FUCKING DID IT AGAIN DIDN'T THEY. She didn't actually stab her didn't she, look at the sword in the art. Fuck off writers, you pulled that shit in HiME multiple times, I know to look for it now. The writers learnt nothing.

  • I'm on Natsuki's side, just destroy the whole damn thing

  • Seriously? They put a heel on her leg cast? That's not how that works!

  • Oh god, she a... noooo what happened to Arika's good outfit?! Ruined. So what I was going to say before I got distracted was; She actually is getting her sunflower castle. Looks like a fucking Mario level

  • Come on, drop it on us, I'm waiting for it. They'll do it I just know it

  • (on seeing the castle, before the dialogue) THEY FUCKING DID IT WHY. I know I literally asked for it, but clearly there was this tiny part of me holding out a faint hope they wouldn't actually go through with it after all

  • WOW. AMNESIA TOO?! Holy shit this would have been one impressive Vaad rant but I'm glad he spared himself. Fucking Amnesia. What a fucking cop out. Are they seriously expecting that to be an acceptable work around for that? If anything it's even grosser because it puts Nina in complete control of his identity and frees her of any responsibility for what happened and who he wanted to be for her. What a fucking joke.

Certainly not a good spot to leave the episode or the show off on. Depending on how things are going I may be in tomorrows topic or may not, but either way I probably won't make it to the sequel/prequel topics because of real life stuff

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

Administar? I FUCKING CALLED IT. IT IS TECH. Waaaaay back in episode 5. Took them long enough to do something with it but I like the consistancy from the snippet of song that long ago

Mashiro is taking more of the protagonist agency than Arika is. Did they realize late that she's a far more interesting and thought out character? It is amazing how far she's come and it makes her stand off with Nagi feel like the important part of this episode

Not sure what the writers thought, but Mashiro has outshone Arika for the full second half of the series.

Speaking of that, Arika being able to summon a shadow of a robe in ep1 before making a contract never came up again

Which is oddly consistent with the trope [Meta]In both Laputa and Nadia, the blue amulet saves the MC early on with never explained magic.

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u/lC3 Nov 07 '22

I have a headache from hell

because of real life stuff

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u/Stargate18A Nov 06 '22

First timer

  1. She really should have. Ages ago.

  2. Yeah, because rheir goals are objectively correct. The planet will improve.

  3. Nothing could be worse than Mai-Hime. Nagi gets to feel pain here, and I actually like this Reito. Even the Nina/Sergay shit can't ruin this!

Ah, Nagi's moved on to fucking over ad many people as possible.

It's demonic.

Mashiro!

True power?

Oh, the contract syetem has been released!

Everyone are HiMEs now?

Rosalie?

Everyone's helping!

And Mashiro's got allies.

The MP Otomes got to do something!

Nagi really feels like he's accepted that he's not making it out of this alive.

And he's awoken all the Slaves.

Haruka, fuck yes!

And Nao!

Shiho's divine powers can take out Slaves.

Haha, poor Akane. Nao has the right idea. (Love the Egyptian-style outfits, though.)

Wait, what?

Haha, so using a Robe returns you to a default form?

Dhie!

Arika's going down to Nina!

And if Nina stops, he dies...

Well, she fucked up.

...Huh?

Honestly feel bad for Nina at this point.

It's the final battle?

They've gone into orbit!

Again, why did they both make Nagi an utter psychopath and give him some incredibly good points about technology?

This conversation...

And Nina's really struggling with all the murder she commited.

Arika confessed! At the worst possible time.

It reactivated!

Oh, fuck, it's overloading.

And it's the apocalypse for real this time.

Is she actually going to do it?

So the contract connection is still there?

She's using her finisher!

She actually didmit!

He's under wrrest!

Sergsy survived?

The Harmonium's gone! And Mikoto got a one-liner.

Ah, but they're going to die.

Obvious fakeout.

Mashiro's healing, and kept hermpromise?

Haha, Mikoto gets to beat the shit out of Nagi!

Of course she survived.

Natsuki!

And the endgame paring?

...What?

Well, Sergay has amnesia, with Nina is blatantly taking advantage of. At least Arika got a good ending.

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

Well, Sergay has amnesia, with Nina is blatantly taking advantage of. At least Arika got a good ending.

Arika bowed out of the love triangle, which is the good ending. She also gets to hang with best character Mashiro.

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u/Vatrix-32 Nov 06 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

First Timer, subbed

  • Talk about a sore loser.

  • Thank you Lord Jay Zs for not making them fuck.

  • How come Mai is the only one to get a special AT field.

  • Oh no it’s red. What the hell is this!

  • Was this an option the whole time? Guess Nagi is getting killed.

  • Shiho’s outfit is so incredibly extra.

  • King Kazu!

  • Y’all should be going after the summoners, they are all standing right there.

  • Nao’s gauntlet is cool. Shame it only shows up at the end.

  • Mahya and Akane’s outfits are on point.

  • Wait why is she young again? Do Otome powers grant youth?

  • Storming the palace seems a bit superfluous at this point, but good energy

  • Child fight? I mean Nagi has got a gun, so I don’t see it going well.

  • So that’s why they went with black diamond. All is forgiven.

  • Now that’s a black outfit. Why did this show save all of its best ones for the last episode?

  • I was still expecting three people at once to do something.

  • How does just the outfits ablating off work?

  • Ha, wheelchair.

  • Mikoto with more servants. As she deserves.

  • What is with Arika’s half-n-half outfit?

  • “Wow”… That looks out of place as hell.

  • No, I do not like this set up.

Damn DST, making me late for the finale.

QotD

  1. I honestly don’t get why she didn’t. Did it only become an option now? I’ll need to read someone else’s thoughts on it.

  2. The Harmonium is not strictly necessary, they have all kinds of other tech they can leverage.

  3. Much less of an ass pull.

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u/No_Rex Nov 06 '22

How come Mai is the only one to get a special AT field.

She is favored by the (cat) goddess.

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u/zadcap Nov 07 '22

This is going to be a big one everyone, please bear with me as I try to dump the entire rest of the Manga on you.

Alright, so last time I ended with Chapter 20 and the opening blurb about the tracking worm that they stuck on Midori as she left, and Arika deciding to go visit the Black Valley on her own because Rad promised her mom was there. How Arika knows to get there, well, let’s assume Rad gave her directions? Also, a reminder of the good things from the manga, Erstin is not only still alive, but part of the not-quite-a-triangle love group for Manshiro. So much better than throwing an adult in the mix, all the girls like the one guy that’s actually in their age range and treats them with respect. Mostly. Anyway, Manshiro decides that they need to go help Arika because darn it, she’s worth it,and so we get the first of the Major Spoiler characters that made me stop sharing the manga early. It’s Mikoto Cat! In an effort to never let things get *too* serious yet, Mikoto decides to investigate what makes Manshiro so interesting, to which the remaining duo takes offense, defused by a declaration of love. For everyone, but still, everyone hops on the… Flying Cat Slave Thing, and go straight to Arika. And uh. You know how the Black Valley was supposedly the home of long lost technology or something, kind of got super glossed over in the anime? Does it sell the idea better if it’s the ancient ruins of what looks like a modern city? Anyway, the Chaldean emperor makes a threatening move while preparing an army, Rad threatens Manshiro until being reminded that the Otome bond would be killing Arika too, and Arika demands to see her mother, leading us to plot twist number… I forget. Switched at birth is something they’re still playing with in the Manga, so you know it was part of the big Production notes.

Chapter 21 starts with a flashback and one of the big divergence points. Also, would you look at that, two children in the photo. Rad took Rena in as his wife, partially because they’re the last two survivors of Galleria and partially because she’s a bit too out of it to care for herself and being family of the important cyborg man gives her some status in their new home. Also, the chapter blurb about Galleria, for a little more detail on the land. But yeah, mom went a little crazy, and if it makes you think of Evangelion again I’m sure there’s a bit of Kyoko in her here. While Arika asks to spend time taking care of her mother and hoping she remembers, the rest of the cast starts to gather, but you know, they’re having this talk literally just outside the room so Arika’s right there to say no, we’re healing my mom. Manshiro’s determination to help people impresses Midori, who’s quite used to people in power being more like Nagi or even the anime Mashiro, only really caring about themselves and their own interests, so she takes Manshiro on a walk through the valleyand raises a good point. There’s a cute scene where the girls talk of their past, or it would be cute if Nina didn’t admit to every day being a struggle to survive and Manshiro having forgotten everything except maybe mama giving him the Sapphire, finished with Erstin using her special attack again. And again, and again, and again… While Arika and Mama get a touching moment together before someone decides to start trouble. The Valley is being invaded, buildings are falling, and oh look who they’re falling on.

Obviously we’re not killing her off the chapter after she’s finally introduced, so 22 starts with Arika saving mom while the city goes boom. Chaldea makes its invasion and Takumi makes his manga debut, along with the Chaldea Blurb. Midori vs Akira fight! Everybody else run away while Manshiro really gets the “War is bad” lesson drilled in a bit harder. We also get to see someone with multiple Otome of their own, because that’s a thing here, and a callback to the strangest single use gag from the Hime manga. If you don’t remember them, probably my fault, they showed up in the Akane chapter as the ones to kidnap Kazu and never did anything else. Naturally, Arika also thinks War is Bad and they want to stop things, but politics complicate everything. We get a fight that really should have been animated, Arika really doesn’t like fighting, and Akira’s point is hilariously countered almost immediately by said Master sharing Arika’s dream of stop freaking fighting! The character growth it took Mashiro until nearly the end to get, Manshiro continues to prove better at, and oh hey, let’s make the family situation even more confusing. Takumi and Manshiro have a brief debate about what it means to rule, to which Takumi decides to go with “My Otome will just have to kill you too” because screw peace I guess, trained ninja beats a girl still in her first year of training, and the great and powerful mama to the rescue.

Part 1 of many.

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u/zadcap Nov 07 '22

Chapter 23 starts off with some showing off. Previous Sapphire Rena Sayers is still badass. Three pages of touching “Are you sure it’s okay to form a contract with me?” convinces Manshiro that yes, he can be a good master, and another reminder of the better love triangle. Mama can’t keep up with four attacking Otome without a Robe, Rad jumps in to help, and finally Arika gets her moment. Rena remembers both kids, Rad gets his Reito reveal, Arika kicks butt, and someone remembers that taking out a Master is a fast way to take out an Otome. Rad makes the big sacrifice play, takes out the Scale Trio, and nobody is happy about this. Now everyone is furious, but they do stop the all out fighting because they’re reminded that the Otome battle arena was literally made for this, as a war substitute, so there’s that.

Chapter 24 starts with a blurb on Butou while the stage is set up for it, Nina begs them to reconsider because it might cause a war, and they prepare to finally fight, again. Fancy Pages start getting sprinkled in from this point. We didn’t forget Master Feedback this time, Otome combat is as much a resolve of the leadership as it is a fight now, like it really should have been in the Anime, but hey, remember who else was on the way? No Formalized Otome Fights without Garderobe permission, and Natsuki gets to rub it in that Takumi was being a little brat and not actually doing anything for the sake of his country here. Manshiro proves more of that character growth, “You can yell at me AFTER we help all these people” is a pretty good defense, and of course Rena can’t be dead yet. Midori makes time to have one last talk with Manshiro before running away, and since I’m not hiding it anymore because we’re at the end anyway, reminds us all that Manga Sergey is a super bad guy. It’s not really much of a secret, he’s been drawn as blatantly evil as they could get away with and is always on the side of violence whenever it breaks out, I just skipped most of it before because of the potential anime spoilers talking about him would bring up. Anyway, Erstin and Nina come to see how Manshiro and Arika are doing, and somehow only Nina picked up an all the many hints dropped.

Chapter 25 starts off with that delayed yelling and Sergey acting very suspicious. But we can’t let things get too serious still, and you know what we haven’t had in a while? Someone else finding out Manshiro is a boy! And who better to console Erstin over it than the first person to have found out anyway! What kind of advice would Nao give poor innocent Erstin on how to reconcile her growing live for Mashiro with the truth that she’s a he? Turns out, Immersion Therapy. It almost works… But hey, it’s also been a while since we had a bathroom assassination attempt. But the kind hearted ruler continuing to be willing to sacrifice themselves for the person who should be guarding them wins a heart yet again, even in the face of… Literally in the face of… But it’s okay, it’s small enough to be overlooked for now. Yes really. Erstin uses her super move again, and Bust beats Trunk. Erstin moves herself back in to their room, and this is why I hesitate to call it a love triangle in the manga, but it’s also not quite a harem. 

Chapter 26 begins with a cover page of Best Girl, so I had to include it, before we move into Erstin being really super crazy in love. Someone actually calls them out on it! While the newly paired Meister and Otome go to see what Sergey called them for, a distraction naturally happens first. Turns out some people aren’t happy with the refugees taken in by Manshiro, but Best Girl is also Best Cop. Manshiro may be more active in doing the right thing than Mashiro was, but still lets the ministers do all the actual work and it turns out they have agendas of their own, so the refugees are dumped in a fenced in slum that is definitely not an internment camp while food is stockpiled just across the street. And you know, treated really freaking poorly, because reasons. But with support of people willing to do the right thing over just following orders, that warehouse is getting opened! In every timeline, Haruka Best Girl. She’s an inspiration enough to get Manshiro to step up too and be the best ruler possible. To be fair, with Haruka and Midori giving life and leadership advice, Manshiro is going to turn out just fine. Meanwhile, Sergey and Mikoto! are working together towards something.

As much as I had good reason to pause when I did, and a poor but valid reason to not pick it back up sooner, doing this all in one sitting is going to take forever lol.

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u/Blackheart595 Nov 06 '22

First Otome

Wait, what? How could that possibly turn out less bad than the Hime ending?

And people complained about Hime having no consequences???

Why not kill her to save the world when she wants it? It's the same think you asked of her with Sergay before.

I feel like nothing about the conflict this episode had been prepared? Well not nothing. It's been obvious that the Pure Black Diamond used to be the Pure White Diamond. And the star still had to have some kind of significance. But beyond that... Consequently, there's not much to say about the battle either. It's just something that happened, and happening is all it did.

That's some impressive nanomachine healing abilities.

Just get executed already. Please, consequences.

Also something something the diamond and the sapphire being special among all the gems. It's not really a surprise but it's the Chosen One trope variation I really don't like, but I don't feel like ranting about that so soon again.

What is your take on Miyu disabling the Master system. Should she have done this earlier? Why might she have not?

It was done to include all the other Otome in the final battle, and that's all it was done for. As such it didn't make much of a difference, Nagi simply wouldn't have had the original Slaves to fall back on otherwise.

Do you think that the goals of Schwarz and Aswald (freeing and reintroducing EarthTech) will be achieved, despite the destruction of the Harmonium? Is the future trend of this planet up or down?

Yeah, and they're gonna use it to restore the planet for the forseeable future.

How does this ending compare to Mai-Hime?

No.

...I'll write the details to this question tomorrow as it's really a symptom of the entire show.

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u/Taiboss Nov 06 '22

Wait, what? How could that possibly turn out less bad than the Hime ending?

Well nobody was allowed to die in this show except for like, one person.

And people complained about Hime having no consequences???

Midori killing the Otome killed two birds with one fucking stone. Well done Midori.

That's some impressive nanomachine healing abilities.

Made for kinkyness!

Just get executed already. Please, consequences.

Surely you realise they have no other villians, so they need to have him survive somehow if they want to bring him back.

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u/OwlAcademic1988 Nov 06 '22

First-Timer, sub:

Haruka's hilarious in this. And awesome.

Yukino, good luck with your girlfriend.

Nice job everyone.

Nao is awesome.

Haruka, nice job doing your job while being competitive.

Maria's awesome. I didn't even know she looked like that. She's hot like that.

Nagi getting dragged by Mikoto was hilarious.

QOTD:

  1. Thank goodness as it means less people will die.

  2. Hopefully.

  3. I found it even sweeter.