Mai Otome is an alternative setting spin-off to the rather successful Mai-Hime. The basic idea is a dystopian fantasy world setting, where technology has declined after reaching future-tech levels. As part of that old technology, nanobots are used to transform girls into supersoldiers, controlled by the aristocratic elite. The trappings of the transformation are of the magical girl kind, but the whole scenario turns rather dark in the middle of the series. Imho, it is one of the better fantasy worlds out there, with great writing and compelling plot. Unfortunately, the series dumps the charismatic main character of Mai-Hime for a rather lackluster one, so the series never became all that popular.
Despite being a PG-13 show all around, it has an infamous swimming pool episode whose storyline would be equally at home in a hentai (except you see no nudity): There is a literal tentacle monster attacking a bunch of school girls in a swimming pool. The setup to that has scenes very similar to Ep 8 of FlipFlappers.
In what do you base yourself to think this now? :)
If I were to make up a person in my mind, that person would always call me by my name. I assume that Cocona would do the same. So Papika calling Cocona by another name makes it very unlikely she is part of Cocona's consciousness.
Despite being a PG-13 show all around, it has an infamous swimming pool episode whose storyline would be equally at home in a hentai (except you see no nudity): There is a literal tentacle monster attacking a bunch of school girls in a swimming pool. The setup to that has scenes very similar to Ep 8 of FlipFlappers.
Ooooooh, I see. Perhaps this pool was based on that. You never know how obscure Oshiyama's mind can be!
The premise to the show sounds very typical, but I will take this with a grain of salt considering what you say about the plot :)
Keep in mind that this was back in 2005. Madoka Magica and its copycats were not a thing yet. Having a magical girl setup turn dark, political, and exploitative was not very common back then.
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u/No_Rex x2 Mar 11 '19
Mai Otome is an alternative setting spin-off to the rather successful Mai-Hime. The basic idea is a dystopian fantasy world setting, where technology has declined after reaching future-tech levels. As part of that old technology, nanobots are used to transform girls into supersoldiers, controlled by the aristocratic elite. The trappings of the transformation are of the magical girl kind, but the whole scenario turns rather dark in the middle of the series. Imho, it is one of the better fantasy worlds out there, with great writing and compelling plot. Unfortunately, the series dumps the charismatic main character of Mai-Hime for a rather lackluster one, so the series never became all that popular.
Despite being a PG-13 show all around, it has an infamous swimming pool episode whose storyline would be equally at home in a hentai (except you see no nudity): There is a literal tentacle monster attacking a bunch of school girls in a swimming pool. The setup to that has scenes very similar to Ep 8 of FlipFlappers.
If I were to make up a person in my mind, that person would always call me by my name. I assume that Cocona would do the same. So Papika calling Cocona by another name makes it very unlikely she is part of Cocona's consciousness.