Mai-Otome

[Phoenix20578]

Torrent is out for episode one.
Ep. 1 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai.Otome.01.avi.torrent?info_hash=13c65a eb4cf49baa5af2b59ac6e684d01e35f4bb)

I'll post about it once I watch it.


EDIT: Ok, just saw it. It looks pretty good. Its a lot like the original, but has it's own take on things which is
nice.

[A.y.a.m.e.5.6.8.6.1]

is this ep subbed?

[Munsu]

yeah, it's subbed

[2:25]

So is it better or worst then Mai Hime?
Or too soon to judge?

[Paithan]

It's a little weird. It doesn't feel like the same show as Mai-Hime. You recognize alot of characters but they have all changed.

[nests]

Its a pretty good first episode I just hope they explain what happend to all the Himes the action is the same as the previous serious so it looks like is goin to be a good one

[Ryllharu]

I really liked the parallel with the desert and the sandship and the ferry of the first one in the first 5 minutes. A nice homage to the original. But it was even better that they ignored her completely.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Awsome first episode. Shizuru is better than before in here. I want to know where this show is centered at. It seems that something happened betwwen here and the end of Hime. Nina said something about perserving Earth's tech. I want to know how that happened. I've seen alot of new and interesting characters as well as some old ones. I checked the opening and the boy (can't remember his name) with the blueish silver hair is back. I swear that I also saw Mai in the opening with the Kagutsuchi symbol.

[Phoenix20578]

Originally posted by: nests
Its a pretty good first episode I just hope they explain what happend to all the Himes the action is the same as the previous serious so it looks like is goin to be a good one

This isnt a direct sequel. Its a parallel universe.

[Ryllharu]

I took too long writing this, so I'll just elaborate off what Phoenix20578 said:

Mai-Otome is related to Mai-Hime, but not in any sort of contiguous story line. It is a completely different universe, convienently populated by many of the same looking people. Some have the same if not similar names, but they are different people dealing with different problems.

-Mashiro (the headmaster of Mai-Hime, always in a wheelchair) is the princess of the country (forgot its name) of where they are.
-Natsuki is the headmaster of the Galdelupe school where bodyguards (and whatever else MAiD's do) are trained.
-Mikoto is now a fat cat.
-Akane appears to be playing a much larger role in this series.
-Aoi (the brunette of Mai's two friends) is apparently a high ranking maid (the regular kind as far as I can tell) of Mashiro.

The rest of the series description I got from AniDB:
The MAiDs aren't quite your usual run-of-the-mill maids. They support royalty and politicians, and act as advisors to them as well. It's a profession all the girls want to do when they grow up. Girls who want to become MAiDs are gathered from each country and attend the MAiD training school, Galdelupe, for two years and undergo intensive training, after which they become MAiDs. The chosen among them who have the abilities might dream of becoming "My Star MAiDs".

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Ah. Thanks for the info.
I wanna know if Mia will return as the all powerful one again. I saw her in the opening blasting all those slaves. It looked really cool.

[Turkish-S]

i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif i miss mai's big boob's.

[A.y.a.m.e.5.6.8.6.1]

I don't really like the main character. She's pretty annoying.

[Noir]

Well the main charcter yes is a factor, but that one snobby girl kicked some serious butt there lol.

Too soon to judge, but hey all I wanted was girls fighting (as that is what the 1st one essiantially was)... and it worked out fine for me! i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Phoenix20578]

Originally posted by: A.y.a.m.e.5.6.8.6.1
I don't really like the main character. She's pretty annoying.

It's a pretty cute annoying, but one episode leaves it hard to judge her yet.

[Lefty]

I'm giving this sereis two more eps to see where it goes but it's too CUTE for my taste. Ok idea but they could have been a littel more original on the Bloody Character design.

[LaZie]

I'd say the first episode was pretty good. It was awkward watching it with the same characters, but not exactly the same. Mai needs to come back and take a bath i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif

[Aramis]

this looks like a more light headed version of Mai-hime? the world is a fantasy setting instead of the real thing, there's lots of weirdly-cute outfits and no one seems to be serious about anything.
think i'll keep watching it though, if not only for the magical ninja girl action and perversion of language.

[Honoko]

didn't seem terrible, altho i was pretty disappointed with the way the other series ended. i guess i'll give it a go. shows about awakening latent mysterious powers is always the cheap way for me to suckered into watching =P

[Darknodin]

What kind of series is this? and how was the first one? should I watch it first?

so many questions...

[Phoenix20578]

Watch it, because none of us can really make a jugdement yet, there's only been one episode.
Also, its a sci-fi/fantasy anime, if thats possible.

[Darknodin]

coo... i'm downloading it... but should I watch the first season before this or not? if its an alternate reality thing i guess not... but sometimes it helps...

[Phoenix20578]

You'll recognize the characters if you watch My HiME, thats about it.

[Munsu]

Originally posted by: Darknodin
coo... i'm downloading it... but should I watch the first season before this or not? if its an alternate reality thing i guess not... but sometimes it helps...

Just watch the first series first... there's no reason to simply just jump on this series...

[Munsu]

Static-Subs just released... they released 2 versions, so check tokyotosho for them... there's a normal quality one, and a high quality one...

[Phoenix20578]

Everyone stick with Static, they'll do the best work for Otome

[Turkish-S]

here y'all go

static-subs epi2 HQ (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/%5BSS%5D_Mai-Otome_-_02_HQ_%5BD2497E89%5D.avi.torrent)

static-subs epi2 LQ (http://www.static-subs.com/Torrent.php?No=160)

doremi-fansubs epi 3 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai.Otome.03.avi.torrent?info_hash=10bfee 6edf37fc9f44001048e5711a095be337c9)

[aznimperialx]

the first esp. was ok, the action was good, but the main character is annoying i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Finally ep 3.

[Chaos]

Static-subs released episode 4:

Mai-Otome_04(LQ) (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/%5BSS%5D_Mai-Otome_-_04_LQ_%5B51188AA5%5D.avi.torrent)

Mai-Otome_04(HQ) (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/%5BSS%5D_Mai-Otome_-_04_HQ_%5BE387B041%5D.avi.torrent)

[Phoenix20578]

Episode 5 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.05.%5B06731a4e%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=b262 5dad22275f56247308116867ae194696015d) is out from D-O. Pretty good episode, but I was hoping for more action.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

So far this series is rather boring compared to Mai Hime. Still good though.

[aznimperialx]

i think this series is good but I didn't watch Mai hime

[Board of Command]

The tracker has been down for days. Waiting for it on IRC, which is a pain in the ass...

[LaZie]

Im just waiting for Arika to activate her Saphire jewel thing or something.

[Board of Command]

Something's just awkward about this scene. You be the judge.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4654/awkward7xf.jpg

If you don't get it, Haruka looks HUMONGOUS. (not her chest)

[aznimperialx]

or arika is just small

[aznimperialx]

Mai Otome 5 for static-subs

LQ (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/[SS]_Mai-Otome_-_05_LQ_[DC416DE9].avi.torrent)

HQ (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/[SS]_Mai-Otome_-_05_HQ_[6CD25F35].avi.torrent)

[Aeon]

I just finished watching My Hime since I heard it was better to watch it before starting My Otome. My question to you all is after the first five eps are Natsuki, Shizuru, Midori and Nao still the best characters? I'd really hate if they were downplayed cause there is another main character.

[Mae]

Sorry, Aeon, there's another main character. And she's annoying too...

My Hime was ok, but I don't really know about this one... If a maid gets exposed to PSA she loses her powers? So they all have to stay virgins? WTF? And the princess is a little TOO bratty. Still, the combat scenes have been ok so far...

[aznimperialx]

yea the princess is a bitch

Edit : wow i just looked at some screenshots of mai hime and i found excatly the same face characters...
I thoguht they just had the same storyline and character traits but not actually the face...

[LaZie]

Mai-Otome 6 is out by Doremi (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.06.%5Bbc84e4e4%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=fd9f 5555ea87d1ee10c6e79cac60154c6da4ebaa)

[masamuneehs]

Mai Otome 7 from Doremi
http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrent...915039a3ea87fdcdbdf91e (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.07.%5B76235451%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=bb49 3579464e9ea63f915039a3ea87fdcdbdf91e)

[LaZie]

Finally the story is moving, it was a pretty good ep.

[Fiss240]

Yeah its seems things are going to get alot more interesting in both the school and international struggle realms i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[aznimperialx]

so akira is now a mai-star that was fast

[Fiss240]

Yeah its seems things are going to get alot more interesting in both the school and international struggle realms i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[aznimperialx]

why are you repeating yourself?

[Phoenix20578]

Wow, that was a cool episode. But I still want Mai to apper and kick major ass. I i/expressions/heart.gif Mai

[kenren]

im trying to finish mai hime before watching this...which group has the best translation?

[Chaos]

Originally posted by: kenren
im trying to finish mai hime before watching this...which group has the best translation?

Static-subs(IMO).

[kenren]

Alright...
im on episode 22 now (mai hime)..so i would like to know if the story proceed in mai otome or a brand new story+characters?

[aznimperialx]

it starts all over again with same storyline and same characters but diff. names

[kenren]

u lied i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif

[aznimperialx]

how did i lie?

[LaZie]

Doremi-8 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.08.%5B86b3bd9d%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=79e3 e236ab1e3d9f2200fbe371e6a01126b008cd)

[kenren]

looks kinda different...i mean the storyline..
oh well...we will eventually find out i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif thanks.

[aznimperialx]

Arika put a sandwich in her uniform lol and then the machine broke woot

[kenren]

just finished watching episode 1. well...there are characters from mai hime with the same name O_O

[KaosSinner]

That link doesnt work Lazykid or maybe its just me. Well...anyone with the same problem please post a new link.

Last episode was great. But why did she have to give her one of hers? It wasnt necessary (Or at least thats what I think) She could have just kept both of them. I bet the blond guy (cant remember his name) and many others already know arinkos real identity. This episode made it quite clear. Seems something big is going to happen in the next few episodes.

[Aeon]

So I finally caught up with Otome and it doesn't hold a candle to Hime. On the plus side Nao still is one of the best characters.

[KaosSinner]

I hearing all the time Hime this and Hime that....Is it worth while for me to spend hooouuurs and hours downloading to see mai Hime? Coz I thought someone said it had nothing to do with this story. The characters are similar but nothing else really. Is it better or worse than Mai Otome? Nice if someone could answer me....

[Honoko]

Originally posted by: KaosSinner
I hearing all the time Hime this and Hime that....Is it worth while for me to spend hooouuurs and hours downloading to see mai Hime? Coz I thought someone said it had nothing to do with this story. The characters are similar but nothing else really. Is it better or worse than Mai Otome? Nice if someone could answer me....
You might have to wait until this series is over to get an accurate comparison =P But so far, I feel like the quality's the same-- which would be "okay". Do you like watching chicks fighting each other? Do you like fanservice? How picky are you about plot and animation? *shrug* Personally, I turn a temporary blind eye to fanservice, don't mind chicks fighting each other, and not all that picky about plot or animation. In other words, Mai Otome is an average series I watch to pass time with.

[KaosSinner]

I think ill watch Mai Hime when Ive some time. Thanx anyway Honoko i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif. I watch it to pass time too, while Im waiting for Shakugan no Shana and Bleach ( Naruto is crap just now, think everyone knows anyway) those I do recommend to every anime lover.

[aznimperialx]

im starting to download Mai Hime because im curious to the similiarites of Mai Hime and Otome

[Phoenix20578]

Originally posted by: Aeon
So I finally caught up with Otome and it doesn't hold a candle to Hime. On the plus side Nao still is one of the best characters.

The reason My HiME was so popular is the fact that it gave so much detail into the personalities of the
characters. Otome hasn't reached that point yet, considering it took about 14 episodes for HiME to do it.

[KaosSinner]

Hmmmm....I think ill start downloading tomorrow. Can anyone post a link plz. That saves me time and Im sure there are other people wanting to download it just like me. It would be very nice if someone did post it.

[Aeon]

You can get the batch file from one the links on this page (http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=mai+hime&ext=&op=and).

[kenren]

so what does "mai" in mai otome means?

because in Mai hime...the main character name was mai...

[Phoenix20578]

Otome means Maiden, and Hime means Princess. As for the Mai part, who knows.

[Ryllharu]

The kanji used is translated as 'Dancing' which in way, was supposed to describe their way of fighting.

In Mai-Hime, Nagi frequently referred to them dancing, and in a much later episode, the tradition that led to HiME/element/Child 'festival' started from maidens dancing around a tree for their beloveds. The Academy celebrated that same tradition with the ribbons tied on the circular railing in the main entrance. That is the place the tree once stood.

I'm actually amazed that I remembered all that, since it constitutes to about 3 minutes total of the entire series.

[KaosSinner]

Originally posted by: Aeon
You can get the batch file from one the links on this page (http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=mai+hime&ext=&op=and).

Thanx Aeon. That really saved me some time.

Nice explanation Ryllharu.

[Board of Command]

Cool, Mikoto (the real one, not the cat) and Miyu make their first appearances in ep 8, if you haven't noticed. This further increases the chance of Mai showing up.

[kooshi]

Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command
Cool, Mikoto (the real one, not the cat) and Miyu make their first appearances in ep 8, if you haven't noticed. This further increases the chance of Mai showing up.

Mikoto??? Don't you mean Midori?

[Ryllharu]

Nope. Midori was the red haired, justice filled "17" year old teacher working on her doctorate in the original series. Now apparently a hateful, evil crazy Mai-Star of the Black Valley robosuit people

Mikoto appeared above the organ in eps 7.

[kooshi]

Ah, right, completely forgot about Mikoto above the organs.

BUT Midori DOES appear (kinda) at the end of episode 8. She's the one who steps up to that lord guy after one of her comrades calls her name out.

[Ryllharu]

I said that too:

"Now apparently a hateful, evil crazy Mai-Star of the Black Valley robosuit people"

You can tell its her from her voice. Its the same seiyuu, Yukari Tamura, one of my favorites.

[kooshi]

Shit, I must be going crazy while I'm reading stuff now.... my bad, Ryllharu.

[Fiss240]

wait, so is Mai Hime possibly connected plot wise? or are they just reusing characters? I havent seen Mai Hime so if they are connected I want to see it.

[Ryllharu]

Reusing characters the same way that Tsubasa Chronicles reuses old CLAMP characters. Same name (for the most part, a lot of the family names are changed), same face, but a different person. Its a different world, some have the same personality (Nao, Shizuru, Haruka, Chie) and other are varied levels of different from their old selves (Shiho, Mashiro, and probably Midori).

[aznimperialx]

im getting all confused with the names i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif

[Vegechan]

Mai wil be in the show. I'll be using the first episode as a reference, but check out 03:45. That's defintely Mai in the opening, I mean the hair and silloutte is a clue, but wth the three fireballs there is no question who that is. Looks like she might have an evil presence in the show though. I haven't seen eps 5 - 8 yet, watching them now. But I loved Mai-HiME and have decent expectations of this. I feel as if I've had more enjoyment of Mai HiME come episode 5, so we'll see how far this show gets.

[LaZie]

Doremi Otome 9!!! (http://weedy.1.vg:8395/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.09.%5Bfb928a82%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=5e9a b964991ce33e12f7b03d2ec58f1deec1bb3c)

[aznimperialx]

thx

[Fiss240]

#9 is a fun episode, hiking yeay!
Shizura-chan seems to enjoy female company a bit more than the other girls i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif

[KaosSinner]

Ended up not so nicely. Guess she might do something unexpected. Next episode we will see some action.

[LaZie]

Mai Otome ep 10 is out by Doremi!!

Doremi (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.10.%5B97ae3672%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=4c44 c2de69d7396ed4ad4ef7549993904544f564)

[Darknodin]

mmm. torrent is not working for me

[Honoko]

if you goto animesuki.com, the torrent works over there....

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Who hoo! Midori is back! This is freakin sweet! She even had Gakentenou. Now if only I could see Mai and Kagutsuchi.

[Ryllharu]

I think Mai will end up being an Otome, so she probably won't have Kagutsuchi, which is unfortunate.

But Midori is, as always, consistenly impressive. I really liked how they switched her from spear/axe/polearm to twin katanas.

I always like these series (Mai-Hime/Otome). They seem a bit slow paced at first, but then cram so much storyline and changes into the last like 16 eps that it seems like it was much longer or even two different series. They've got as of eps 10, the Organ, Tomoe constantly hazing Arika, Midori and the cyborgs (and all the pre-colony tech that will need to be explained), whatever Nagi's been planning, Arika finding more about her mother and Arika's contract with Mashiro (parallels the others, so not really separate), and potentially a large scale war (Somehow Nagi related perhaps?). I've no doubt at all that we'll see all of these fully develop, the series are paced so well.

[aznimperialx]

Finally the pace is picking up

[Phoenix20578]

This series is really starting to pick up. Seeing Midori again was awsome. But what the hell are Slaves?
They just seem like the Child's from HiME.....

[LaZie]

Originally posted by: Phoenix20578
This series is really starting to pick up. Seeing Midori again was awsome. But what the hell are Slaves?
They just seem like the Child's from HiME.....

They ARE like the child's from HiME, but one clear difference, they arn't as cool or the ones we've seen so far. If the slave dies so does the person who summoned them.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

I think it would be great if Mai was the only Otome to have a slave. She is the only one who can scream Kagutsuchi's name. Once I see that pair I'll be happy.

[Darknodin]

Ep 11 is out by Doremi

http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrent...175b6307407969c4dd2353 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.11.%5B385865D1%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=167d efa197b11d338c175b6307407969c4dd2353)

okay episode... next one will be... interesting.

[LaZie]

We finally see Mai's brother and that tomboy! I hope Mai shows up soon.

[aznimperialx]

Does anyone kniw what arika's group age is?

[Ryllharu]

In eps 11, didn't Major Wong wish Nina a happy 15th birthday? Unless I heard wrong or imagined it.

[Phoenix20578]

Nope, he said 15.

This episode was ok. I was hoping for a little more. I really want Mai to appear.

[Kraco]

An interesting series. Now, after 11 eps, I might end up liking this more than Mai Hime (which wasn't a bad one, either).

Too bad I don't recognize / remember all the characters immediately, anymore, like so many of you do... I didn't even remember the tomboy, before I read LaZyKiD's post...

[aznimperialx]

Originally posted by: Phoenix20578
Nope, he said 15.

This episode was ok. I was hoping for a little more. I really want Mai to appear.

damn, but they look so young

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Midori!!! Comeback!!!! Mai!!! Where are you!!! Nice ep but no Mai or Midori......no Kagutsuchi or Gakentenou....

[Aeon]

Just watched the last two eps and it was great to finally see Midori chan back in action. Ep 11 was interesting also, I wonder if Akira(tomboy) is posing as Mai's brother who really is the Prince.

[LaZie]

Merry XMas


Otome 12 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.12.%5Bdffb7700%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=748a 37d5afd4d30ebfcf8a8fe841297674e5fc3b)


Edit: Go vote i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

Here! (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=17110&enterthrea d=y)

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Finally! Info on Mai! From ep 13 on it is gonna be serious.

[Phoenix20578]

MAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!!!!!!!!!

She had better show up soon. i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif

The next episode looks cool. It looks like it will focus on Akane

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Akane is always the first to go.

[Aeon]

If they don't have bread, let them eat "candy" was the best line of the ep, followed by Nao talking about her future. Also poor Akane, it seems like suicide trying to fight one on one against Shizuru, I'm kinda hoping she wins so we can finally see Natsuki materialize but I don't see that happening till Mai comes back.

[Board of Command]

From the ep 12 preview, it looks like Akira is a girl again, the flattest girl possible.

[Aeon]

How exactly was Nina able to materialize this ep anyways? I don't think anyone was around that could unleash her robe.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Maybe she was allowed to release it already. It seems Shizuru knew ahead of time about the situation. That would explain it.

[Vegechan]

DARN IT DARN IT DARN IT! I can't find a way to take a screen shot. But take a look at the LAST episode of Mai Hime. Around 23:34, when Mai, Mikoto and Natsuki walk away from the Academy after the director goes behind the doors. You not only see Arika from Mai Otome walk by, but she stops and looks at the camera for a breif second and then runs off again.

I'm beginning to think this isn't just a parrell universe to Mai Hime, but a future in the same universe, with these souls reincarnated. We know it's very far into the future, as they aren't even on Earth anymore, but their materialization is almost the same. As it stands, the "Carnival" in Mai Hime happens every thousand years or so (I think thats how long) it's possible it's all the same souls over and over again. Might be a little too deep in the soul stuff actually... and odds are it is just a different demension so to speak. But I'd love to see it all connect some how.

But yeah, Anty has a cameo in Mai Hime. Check it out! It's pretty obvious they had the story for Mai Otome ready at least by the end of Mai Hime.

Also, my friend showed interest in the Mai Hime anime because he read the manga, but said the episodes were much different. Anyone know where I can see the manga? I loved Mai Hime and would love to read the manga.

[aznimperialx]

http://chaostangent.com/upload...s/11300488040099qt.jpg (http://chaostangent.com/uploads/images/11300488040099qt.jpg)

[Aeon]

Who exactly is the girl 4th row down to the right? I don't remember her from either show.

[aznimperialx]

and whos that really fat girl i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif

[Board of Command]

Whoa, didn't realize that Arika and Nina were in Mai Hime as well. Only correction I have to make is about Mikoto; she's not the cat, she was the dark spirit figure seen at the Harmonium.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Don't you get it? The cat can transform. Hence Mikoto's disappearence during the moment we saw Mikoto's shadowy figure. Also, why didn't they include Allyssya as the little birdie?

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Otome 13 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.13.%5B13131313%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=e032 b49c809f47b40f40f27afdc21e3b15a98b37) by Doremi

More info on Mai but no Mai.

[Kraco]

I don't much like Antsy's surfacing love interest. I hope it won't play any role of any significance in the plot...

[Phoenix20578]

It probably will....

This is really driving me nuts. WTF are they doing?! Mai should have appered already! Basterds...

Akane was cool in this episode. For a second, I accually thought she was going to leave Kasu for good.

[aznimperialx]

Will Mai turn to be a villian? That would be cool

[Aeon]

I doubt Mai or Midori are evil. In the story book it looked like the person Mai fell in love with was Tate but isn't Tate's counterpart Sergay? Anyways next ep should be a good fight since both those otome's were in the picture that Natsuki has.

[LaZie]

Otome 14 (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.14.%5B14141414%5D.avi.torrent)

Unfortunately I already watched the raw a few days ago and I don't understand japanese i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Darknodin]

wow... that was cool... even though there wasn't any action... I have to say this has to be the most story development since the beginning of the show...
and... I'm starting to think that Arika won't become and Otome after all.
and... the lil (duke?) is getting more and more interesting. so is the Major Wong... damn! how many eps is this supposed to be though??? cuz the battle lines haven't really been drawn yet (seem the Aswald won't be enemies)

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Looks like there won't be any real action until ep 16. I want to see Mia and Midori darn it. And Kagutsuchi and Gakentenou. Also they have 26 eps which is enough to finish the series. I am confident that they will do just as great a job as they did with Hime. I just want to know about that Star and its purpose.

[Kraco]

Well, at least during this ep Arika should learn not to wander alone in dark alleys...

[aznimperialx]

Originally posted by: Kraco
Well, at least during this ep Arika should learn not to wander alone in dark alleys...

good esp and i agree i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif

[Darknodin]

considering i haven't seen Mai Hime (not planning to before the end of this series)... I'm not waiting to see a familiar face in every episode... is that more enjoyable? don't know, but its a different take I guess...

[Kraco]

I suppose it only means you already know something of the personality and possible actions of the new character, even before she/he has really done anything. I guess it might make it a bit more enjoyable, in a sense. I mean, it's nice to expect something beforehand. But on the other hand it's not like it'd add anything concrete extra to the series. Or at least it hasn't yet. And consequently it will work for you also the other way around, if you watch Mai-Hime after this series.

[Aeon]

I want to see Mia and Midori darn it. And Kagutsuchi and Gakentenou

Midori had a small cameo in 14, and I doubt we'll see Kagutsuchi unless Mai joins up with Midori and gets the ability to summon a slave instead of materilizing.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

I know Midori was in ep 14 but I want her to have more screen time.

[Phoenix20578]

Originally posted by: FelixZeroAlastor
I know Midori was in ep 14 but I want her to have more screen time.

Yeah, the one second she was there wasnt much.

This was a shocking episode. I knew that Arika would be the princess, but I never, EVER thought that Mashiro would be the Otome's daughter. The Otome whose master was the former king. The name escapes me....

[Darknodin]

what!? I didn't get that...
dammit... yea... that makes more sense

[aznimperialx]

so that means...

Arika - real princess
Mashiro - daughter of otome

then why did the otome swap their places?

[Ryllharu]

Rena (the Windbloom king's Otome) replaced her daughter with Arika (the real princess because she has the sapphires). That does not imply that Mashiro is her real daughter. Mashiro was presented as the princess by a minister, now deceased, which is why so many people suspected that Mashiro was not the real princess.

Her real daughter is most likely Nina. Which explains Nina's old memory of Rena smiling at her.

Mashiro is just, Mashiro. I'm sure there's more to her than that, but they've implied nothing yet. (Not counting the whole Organ thing.)

All an elaborate plot to keep the real princess safe from harm. Kinda harsh on her own daughter though...and we know Nina ended up with a pretty harsh childhood. It's weird though, you can't possibly deny that Rena and Arika look exactly alike. I suppose that could all be a ploy by the writers so we wouldn't suspect, but its unmistakable.

[LaZie]

So it must be......

Nina-Daughter of Otome
Arika-Princess of Windbloom


Wow! i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Darknodin]

and of course
Wong and the lil guy know all about everything

[LaZie]

Just seen the raw of ep 15, lots of talking but the next ep should be really good i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

Edit: out by Doremi! Click Here (http://mine.myphotos.cc:6966/torrent.html?info_hash=963dea4322b002fc0e5f94133b2 046536009ad93)

[aznimperialx]

Mai-Otome 15 (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.15.[15151515].avi.torrent)

[Kraco]

Lots of crying in this episode... From my point of view Antsy's feeble love affair proceeded to the right direction. But it seems like somebody has faced a really tough question. I wonder what Sergey's history in fact is.

[Darknodin]

yea... they handled it well I guess... I wanna know what Wong's history is but not more than i wanna know what the small guy's (always forgetting his name) plan is!

[aznimperialx]

that Small guy is creepy

[Darknodin]

Originally posted by: aznimperialx
that Small guy is creepy


of course he is... he is as old as Mashiro (well officially anyways) and yet he's scheming like mad, and has his hand in EVERYTHING that happened in the show so far (i didn't say "nearly everything", since I think he had something to do with the attempted rape as this gives a great opportunity for Sergei...)

on another note: seems that a lot of future otomes have secret lives... I mean, they aren't allowed outside without a valid reason no? yet they all do shady things...

[Ryllharu]

Now that's running overboard. Nagi has his hands in a lot, the Childe summoners, the Organ, getting more technology from Windbloom, and countless others, but he had NOTHING to do with the attempted rape on Arika.

He DID have something to do with what Sergey did with Arika afterwards, telling him to seduce the real princess if necessary, but he only confirmed Arika was the real princess a few minutes before she was attacked, and I'm still not 100% sure about that being true. Before then, Sergey's motives with Arika were entirely about his pent up obsession with Rena, who we assumed was Arika's mother.

The rape on Arika was masterminded by Tomoe. Tomoe MAY have influences beyond that, but so far it seems that it was all planned by her, and her motives are entirely based on Arika's closeness to Shizuru, to which Tomoe is incredibly jealous of. Tomoe again used Miya to call upon people Miya knew in the city, who would rape Arika.

I really want to know what that letter Tomoe gave to Miya was about though...

It provided an opportunity for Nagi's plan to move forward with Sergey and the princess, but he didn't mastermind the rape.

[aznimperialx]

I feel Nagi is the mastermind to everything. Like he's the one who makes the show how it is
always 4steps ahead of everyone...

[Darknodin]

what I meant is that Nagi (now i know his name)... is the one behind Tomoe's actions... I mean she might be jealous of Shizuru but it doesn't make that much sense for her to be going after Arika like that (the first times maybe, but on one occasion she even tried to kill her... and at that point (the survival test) and on the attempted rape part, who came to the rescue??)

[Ryllharu]

I see where you are going with that one, but if you rewatch eps 9 and 10, Nagi is focused on the ruins from the war for the pre-Migration Slaves, the ones Shizuru was investigating in the last few eps. He couldn't care less about Arika at that time, and other than her activation of the Organ, which he may or may not know her involvment, she means nothing to him until he finds out she's the princess (which probably has to do with the Organ). Mashiro had to twist his arm in order to get the Otome to move.

Any interest Major Wong had in Arika's missing status was because he still thought she was Rena's daughter. He was as shocked to find her falling from the ruins site than Arika was to find the cyborgs.

[Phoenix20578]

He may have been shocked, but he was still in love with her. He was gonna lean into that kiss i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif

[LaZie]

Wow, I just finished DLing the raw to ep 16 and theres a new OP! It sounds very gundam seedish and looks like it......to me anyways. (New OP r0x!) If I knew how to rip off the intro, I would show it to you people i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[GLS]

Originally posted by: LaZyKiD
If I knew how to rip off the intro, I would show it to you people

GLS to the rescue!
http://s65.yousendit.com/d.asp...GGIQF2L1Z2L0K0AI9FR0UT (http://s65.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ATCGGIQF2L1Z2L0K0AI9FR0UT)

Very awesome stuff! i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif

[LaZie]

Indeed, very awesome stuff indeed!


Edit: Too bad there isn't a new ending. Also, next ep should be soooooo great according to the end and preview i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[GLS]

I would go back and edit my post, but I keep getting an error.

Pretty much wanted to say that this OP does have a SEED feel to it.

[LaZie]

Couple screenies of the new OP....Am I allowed to do this when a sub isn't released? i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

OMG!! Look its Mai!! Hawtness

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1632479.png


Oh look, its the female version of Spiderman and Batgirl!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1632015.png


Nina looks cooler than Arika.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1633793.png


Rivals?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1634392.png



Does this look familiar?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/destinyop2010.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1644971.png

[aznimperialx]

wow the pics are hot!

[Darknodin]

Originally posted by: LaZyKiD



Oh look, its the female version of Spiderman!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1632015.png




And batgirl... who is that?

[Aeon]

The pics from the new intro look cool, I really need to catch up now.

[Board of Command]

I'm still on ep 13 since I'm only watching Static's subs. Is it just me or does Mai Otome feel much slower-paced than Mai Hime?

[LaZie]

Well......the last 16 episodes were mostly character development and no action.

[Phoenix20578]

LOL, these last couple of episode should be great. I'm kinda disappointed though. I was hoping Mai would look cooler i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif

[Kyuuzou]

Episode 16 is here ^_^...............
http://a.scarywater.net/doremi...6161616%5D.avi.torrent (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.16.%5B16161616%5D.avi.torrent)


Enjoy! I kn0w I will !!!

[Kraco]

Things look very promising considering the next episode! This episode was just pretty much moving the pieces ready for what is going to happen. And there sure seems to be lots of those pieces.

[Darknodin]

yea... the end actually surprised me... oh and well, this was kinda expected, but Nina and Arika will become enemies...

[Yukimura]

The Nina/Arika rivalry seemed likely once Nagi started messing around with everything, and became really likely after Wáng's strife and stuff. I hope they let some of the students fight these new things, though Shizuru could just kill them all in one shot with her Zabimaru/Ivy Blade Extreme Special Edition. I hate cliffhangers this good, give me more NOW!

[Kyuuzou]

Mai Otome episode 14 by Static-Subs for any1 who wants the HQ version.....

http://www.static-subs.com/Torrent.php?No=235

[Phoenix20578]

Well, this isn't really related to any of the discussions here, but its really funny:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3620/arinko7fc.gif

[Aeon]

This show got so much better now that Wong has shot down Arika's kiss attempt. Judging by the opening animation, Nina and Tomoe seem to take the side of Nagi although it seems weird that if Nagi wanted Arika alive to be his puppet why did she just try to kill her with acid.

[Ryllharu]

I know a lot of people still think Tomoe as a pawn of Nagi, but she really comes off as just a total psycho. She's motivated only by getting rid of Arika because Arika is closer to Shizuru than her, and Arika has moved to 1st or 2nd in the rankings through combat and got accepted to the school on a technicality. That's why she's angry. I'll bet that if Nagi knew about her plans to kill Arika and that Arika was the real princess, then he'd probably have to stop Tomoe's bullshit himself. He just doesn't think she's that important. I doubt right now that he even acknowledges Tomoe's existance. He proved in the hiking eps that he doesn't care about Arika, and that's just because he doesn't know she's the real one yet.

Tomoe's plans are all her own doing.

[Kraco]

Nagi is the kind of character who would just be amused if he knew of Tomoe's plans. And also the kind of person who wouldn't care, because he knows Arika could probably take of herself, and Tomoe would be no match for her, that is, if he had any plans for Arika (since like Ryllharu said if he knew Arika was the princess, his plans for her would certainly be different. Now we don't know if he even remembers her anymore).

[LaZie]

So much materializing in ep 17 and plot twists! i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Aeon]

Farfetched-Subs just released 17 if anybody cares to try them out.

http://datorrents.com/download...8505556%5D.avi.torrent (http://datorrents.com/download.asp?id=6571&name=%5BFarfetched-subs%5D_Mai-Otome_17_%5Bd8505556%5D.avi.torrent)

[Kyuuzou]

Originally posted by: Aeon
Farfetched-Subs just released 17 if anybody cares to try them out.

http://datorrents.com/download...8505556%5D.avi.torrent (http://datorrents.com/download.asp?id=6571&name=%5BFarfetched-subs%5D_Mai-Otome_17_%5Bd8505556%5D.avi.torrent)

Does any1 kn0w anything about the Sub Group??

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Don't watch that one. they have complete bullshit subs. they guessed and tried to make things sound nasty and erotic.

yohko said you sunk my battle ship...nuff said...

Great ep. Don't know what they said but Ers died. Nina and Arika went Otome and blasted eachother. The city itself is basically lost. They also destroyed some machine underground that was allowing everybody with out a crystal like Arika's to materialise. Can't wait until Doroemi releases theirs in a couple of hours.

[LaZie]

Out by Doremi!

Click Here (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.17.[02171717].avi.torrent)

[GLS]

EDIT: Beaten by lazy.

[Aeon]

Don't watch that one. they have complete bullshit subs. they guessed and tried to make things sound nasty and erotic.

Yea apparently it was a joke sub made by Doremi, glad I didn't bother o download it. Getting the real deal now.

[Kyuuzou]

Originally posted by: LaZyKiD
Out by Doremi!

Click Here (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.17.[02171717].avi.torrent)

Aha. This is what I've been wating for now >.<

[Yukimura]

Great episode, Nina's Ultimate whatever should be a good balance against Arika's Sapphire, I was starting to think Arika would just become an overpowered/unbalanced charachter like Kagatsuchi/Mai, but now they can shoot death beams at each other all day, until Arika takes a hit to show Nina the error of following the evil imp Nagi, and then they join forces to destroy the HiME star...i mean, stop all the fighing.

PS: How did Sergey take a hit from that thing and come out with just a scratch...

PPS: Anyone recognize the name Shinso? Apparently she's the real head-honcho...have we met her yet?

[Kraco]

A lot certainly happened. A good episode, and a very interesting end. It remains to be seen how things will go on from henceforth. Like FelixZeroAlastor said, the city seemed to take the hard end of the bargain, and what little could be deciphered from the preview, it looks like the city might be left behind, or it indeed suffered a lot. Either way, the settings will change.

Nina seemed to get a nice deal, though, for the time being. Even if she sold her soul to the devil, but that was to be expected, of course.

[Ryllharu]

Originally posted by: YukimuraPPS: Anyone recognize the name Shinso? Apparently she's the real head-honcho...have we met her yet?

Shinso is a title and refers to Fumi (pink hair, maid of Mashiro in Mai-Hime, knocked Mikoto out cold with a teaspoon), the first Otome and founder of Garderobe. They talked about her for like 5 minutes during the eps where Arika had to clean out the grave/lab top floor and then they went down the the library and memorial to be caught by Miss Maria.

[Aeon]

That episode was intense, I can't say I blame Nina for joining up with Nagi. Sergay never treated her the way he treats Arika, he bought Arika like 100 things for her birthday while only getting Nina a necklace. Heck he even just told her that the reason he adopted her was for her to become Nagi's Otome.

Ers being an enemy was really unexpected, I think everyone predicted that she would die but I don't think any one predicted that she was an enemy. I just wish they didn't give her the generic slave.

Nao earned bonus points this episode for trying to escape once she lost her robe i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif.

[Kraco]

Gotta say they should have invested a little more in EMP resistance, though... Sucks quite bad that the defences of a whole nation are brought to their knees with just one pulse.

[Yukimura]

Yeah, I was wondering about that too, all this awesome technology and they can't handle an EMP...sad. And from all the exploding and stuff I don't think the system is in as good of shape as the doctor said anyway.

[Ryllharu]

It was really creepy for an EMP, (but I don't think that's what it was). If you watch carefully, they load a huge shell into it. At first I didn't know what to make of it, but later all I thought was cocoon or more importantly "casket." When they fired the beam cannon, a woman appeared in the charge and screamed/wailed/keened. Then the memorials and Fumi's grave shook and the robes broke down.

I think they were doing something really nasty to an Otome.

[kenren]

DVD extra 1 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi_Freelance%5DMai-HiME_Movie-Trailer%5B6127704D%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=1b3a68 14731de5ce64a11ad11974d05e33302a5e)

[Yukimura]

Maybe you should say it's the movie trailer... not just DVD extra, it sounds kinda cryptic.

This looks sweet, bridging the inter-univers/time charachter gap. Arika has the same crystal double sword as the sapphire robe in Otome, though apparently she's evil now... hope this will be as good at it looks

[Darknodin]

Originally posted by: Ryllharu
It was really creepy for an EMP, (but I don't think that's what it was). If you watch carefully, they load a huge shell into it. At first I didn't know what to make of it, but later all I thought was cocoon or more importantly "casket." When they fired the beam cannon, a woman appeared in the charge and screamed/wailed/keened. Then the memorials and Fumi's grave shook and the robes broke down.

I think they were doing something really nasty to an Otome.


That's not a shell... the way I see it... that was Shinso's coffin (or something like that)

[FelixZeroAlastor]

You know that looked like the body of (crap I can't remember her name) the woman who had the Blue Sapphire before Arika.

[LaZie]

Here are some images for you to investigate.....(got them myself i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-10625.png
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-10714.png

[Kyuuzou]

Interesting images I suppose... O.O

[LaZie]

Otome 18 is out by Doremi! Click Here (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.18.[18181818].avi.torrent)

[Darknodin]

wow... that was a great episode! really, much more mature than the other ones. the flashbacks were well placed and really added something (unlike those in GSD). Aoi's death was powerful! and i felt really bad for Mashiro. damn! I think this was the best episode since the series started. Before this, it was just an entertaining show, but this was smart storytelling and all. to me now, its right up there with Zipang and Eureka 7. I didn't watch the preview (i usually don't when i like a show), but i hope next eps will be as good.

[Kraco]

I wouldn't go quite as far as Darknoding in evaluating the development in this series, but it was certainly a step in the right direction. Somebody said of Mai Hime that the first and last halves of the show were like two different shows altogether. Mai Otome has been more balanced in that sense. Still, despite the positive factors, Nagi's plans are proceeding far too smoothly and effortlessly for my tastes. Perhaps it's just the lack of episodes that forced them to make it so, but he looks more like a villain constructed by a plot device than a real mastermind and excellent strategist. Well, the show was more about Arika and her development anyway, so maybe that's not so important.

A very good episode nonetheless. But what the hell is Arika doing? Living happily with some random grandmother as if nothing had happened..?

[Ryllharu]

It seems that Miyu is apparently the same one from Mai-Hime, which supposedly took place thousands of years earlier. Unless they make up some other reason for her creation on this world, that is.

I was shocked to see Aoi die. I kept hoping that Mashiro would have the courage to move during that scene, but unfortunately, she didn't. Aoi didn't hate her or anything like that. She saw in Mashiro exactly what she knew was always there. A scared little girl, who ultimately will make the correct choices.

Mashiro really got set up for all this. Nagi took advantage of her honestly good intentions, ones she had learned from her adventures with Takumi, and too over the castle to turn it into that beam cannon. Too little, too late.

I can only guess that Arika found her way into the Black Valley where Midori takes care of. Either that or it is where she grew up, since we know she's from the desolate unnamed territories.

As usual, Nao and Haruka steal the show. I didn't think Yukino has it in her to knock Haruka out with a giant rock. As for Nao, she's already taking advantage of her new position to pick on Natsuki.

[KaosSinner]

Hey! how did you guys download that so fast? I started downloading right after the link was posted and Im still at 22%. is there a trick or something to download that so fast? I use Bitcomet and my internet is ADSL 2MB so the conection speed shouldnt be a problem. Is it the fucking BitComet or is it the tracker or whatever its called? which program do you use?

[Kraco]

I use BitComet and got it in a couple of hours, or something. Have you restricted your upload speed to something insignificant? That could lead to a decreased download speed. I rarely get a share ratio of 1.0+ with hot new torrents in the time it takes to download a single episode despite the fact my connection is symmetric (2/2) (I did get 1.3 with this episode of Mai Otome, though, when the dl was finished).

Seeders shouldn't be a problem. There should be a huge amount of those around for this particular torrent... Check that no spyware is hogging your bandwidth. Edit: And pause your pr0n downloads until the Mai Otome dl is finished...

[Aeon]

According to WMP I watched this ep at 2:46am before I went to sleep, you sure you aren't downloading multiple other things? Anyways the program I'm using is utorrent, pretty neat client. Decided to check it out after BOC posted about it. Anyways that ep was well done, I really didn't feel that bad for Mashiro since she annoyed the heck out of me. I was sad to see Aoi die on the other hand. Every episode where Nao has a brief appearance she completely takes over.

[Darknodin]

yea... it took about 10 minutes for me to download... there are many seeds. I'm also using uTorrent

[KaosSinner]

Thanx Kraco. Ive eliminated all spyware, have no porn downloading at the moment and theres no limit to uploads or downloads but its still really slow. Thank you anyways. Does anyone use a different program that can download faster and is easy to use? BitComet gets me mad. Its always eaally slow andits not because of the seeds or anything, though I wander if its something to do with the ports. Any experts in the field?

[Ryllharu]

I snagged it off irc or a ddl, I forgot. It took about 40 minutes, so it was probably a ddl. I finished watching it about 3am EST.

BitComet is garbage. uTorrent is much better than it, though I use ABC, eventually I'll upgrade to uTorrent. As for the ports issue, if you're using a router I know that can cause some problems, and there are actually groups that restrict the standard BT ports so you need to open up random ones. That would unfortunately be the extent of my knowledge though.

I've been using IRC pretty much exclusively for about a year and a half. Fastest way to download, unless you're one of those people who get insane BT speeds.

Now for another week of anticipation....

[Kraco]

Originally posted by: KaosSinner
though I wander if its something to do with the ports. Any experts in the field?

Actually some ISPs do limit the speeds if they notice ports used around some usual range used by p2p clients. I don't remember that range, but it was below 10000. The default port for BitComet is somewhere around 18000, I think. I randomized it some time ago to ~19000, although I doubt that was any issue for me. Some people say ports over 50000 are safe from most of ISP monitoring, and that's why you see ports like that on the peers list.

Many people say BitComet is carbage. Just like many people say Toyota, or Chrysler, or BMW is carbage. Trust them if you want, it's just an opinion. But the fact is that BitComet is still one of the clients offering most options and functionality with very decent system resource requirements, unlike a client like Azureus, which is also famous for its vast number of settings but is a real hog due to the java platform. uTorrent might one day, after a couple of versions, be able to compete with BitComet. But before that day comes, I won't change from BitComet to any other client and lose functionality I'm accustomed to.

[LaZie]

I use ddl.teamskn.com (http://ddl.teamskn.com) i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[KaosSinner]

that was convincing Kraco. i think Ill stick with it for the moment. Thanx again. That episode was a seriouse one, just like someone mentioned above somewhere. I really pity Mashiro, shes annoying sometimes ( well, most times, hmmm... Every time) but shes a nice person just a bit spoiled but nice nevertheless. She couldnt step out when she should have, but I gess you cant blame her, shes been protected all her life so shes not used to facing things by herself.

When Aoi spotted Mashiro in the croud I wonder what she thought Mashiro was thinking. She might have thought Mashiro didnt want her to tell them the truth because she didnt want to die or maybe she was thinking Mashiro didnt want her to die. In the first case I almost thought she might reveal the truth, but then again shes too nice to do that, she would protect Mashiro at all cost. In the second case she would have jumped directly to her death. Im not gonna hide it, I did get all emotional at that part. Aois death was a great loss T_T sniff sniff, and Mashiro, well she got what she deserved. I hope she learned the lesson because in the preview she didnt sound like it. It would be nice if that false queen could get a bit more serious and grow up a little.

[LaZie]

I bet Aoi is still alive! Somebody probably saved her and we won't know until another few episodes i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Ryllharu]

Originally posted by: KaosSinner It would be nice if that false queen could get a bit more serious and grow up a little.

I hope you didn't mean the dialogue of the preview. They are garbage, on purpose. Memorable ones include Natsuki complaining about not being the eps for more than a minute, Natsuki and Shizuru having considerable yuri dialogue, Erstin all but confessing her love for Nina and subsequently groping her by the sound of it, and the innumerable Arika vs. Mashiro verbal attacks.

The previews are really only good in terms of actual preview from the images.

I think Mashiro learned her lesson. I've said it before and was proved wrong, but this time I think it's permanent. For all the abuse she laid on Aoi, Mashiro really clung to her like a little sister. Aoi of course displayed her endless patience for Mashiro's immaturity, the kind that usually only mothers have.

As for what Aoi was thinking, I think she generally had good final thoughts. She saw no "Jump to save me" command from Mashiro, and all she seemed to display was a simply goodbye. She saw Mashiro for what she is, and always has been, a scared little girl. Mashiro exerted her power frivolously because at first, she could, and later to prove that she had real power as the "princess." Aoi knew the truth.

Sad stuff. I was very moved.

[Kraco]

Series where also good people can die are always better than those that make up all kinds of last second savings and excuses. I have always thought that the deaths of good guys are often the most powerful moments in film/series, if executed skillfully. If script writers are too afraid to do this, a great potential is lost. Fortunately the Japanese often are ready to kill their characters.

[KaosSinner]

Very true. By the way, how many episodes does this have?

[kenren]

26 maybe?

[Board of Command]

Wow I can't believe how similar the new OP is to the Gundam Seed ones.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command
Wow I can't believe how similar the new OP is to the Gundam Seed ones.

I don't really see it.

[Board of Command]

You, sir, must be blind.

[LaZie]

I'm suprised nobody posted this yet but.......here is ep 19!!

Click Here (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.19.[19191919].avi.torrent)

[Aeon]

Is anybody else having problems running this ep? It just won't start playing.

[GLS]

Originally posted by: Aeon
Is anybody else having problems running this ep? It just won't start playing.

I thought it was weird, too. The file says it's 640x480, but it shows up in widescreen. WMP wouldn't play it. It's kind of similar to the problem K-F had with some episodes of One Piece some time ago.

I guess as long as you have the most recent CCCP and either Media Player Classic or VLC player, you should'nt have a problem playing it.

As for the episode, the scene with Nao and Natsuki brought back good memories of HiME.

[Kraco]

Yeah, there was something wrong with the default aspect ratio. I had to force it to 4:3 in MPC to get normal picture. Well, other than that it seemed to be ok. But who knows, maybe that abnormality could cause problems with inferior players like WMP.

A decent episode, although I didn't expect or want to see Antsy's indecisiveness and refusal to use her power. Damn that's getting old in anime...

Edit: But there was some very powerful irony and funniness in Antsy being swallowed by that ant lion type of monster!

[Ryllharu]

So, to sum up this eps:

-Arika and Mashiro will presumably be joining Midori and Asward to fight Nagi and help the Black Valley people and stop Nagi.

-Rena's body was taken, and the ash is being used by Schwarz to create an alternate set of Meistar gems, that they are going to use on various girls at the academy tricked by Nina's hand. Tomoe will take one (probably voluntarily) to try and impress Shizuru. So Rena's body was projected out of the gun to shut Fumi's gem factory down.

-Natsuki got arrested for indecent exposure, hahaha.

[Darknodin]

Originally posted by: Ryllharu

-Natsuki got arrested for indecent exposure, hahaha.

Yea! this and Mikoto's jump kick at the end make the episode!

EDIT: btw i can play it in WMP fine... i think you just need the latest codecs

[aznimperialx]

the last 4 esp. was great, so many damn plot twists. Its getting very interesting Now it seems Awasld aren't the badguys..

fucking Nagi. And the "fake queen" is still annoying. That blond kid shouldn't have given her some water.
And when the hell is Mai going to appear. Theres only 7 more esp. If she appears just because of Fan demands then its useless.
Can someone tell me who are the 5 pillars?

[Darknodin]

I dunno... there is the Headmaster, Shizuru, the redhead girl...Maybe the scientist girl... I have no idea who the other one is...

a question tho... what the hell was the bird thing in the beginning??? Its neat! and should become an important character (OK, that's dumb, but I like the thing... scared the shit outta me)

[LaZie]

The 5 Pillars are probably in the opening. I posted a screenshot of it a few pages back somewhere...... Oh here it is i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/vlcsnap-1632015.png

[aznimperialx]

is it me or is that all the characters in both Otome and Hime, the Hime characters look a lot cuter i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif


EDIT : Holy Shits Spoilers for 19-22 (http://www.designchronicle.com/memento/archives/spoiler_crumbs_mai_otome_1922.html)

[Board of Command]

I agree. I think it's becaise in Hime they were students and in Otome they're designed with that mature look.

[Aeon]

It's weird I couldn't get the ep to work no matter which player I used, yet I just tried it and it worked :/. The best part of ep belonged to Nao again, they need to make a third series based on her.

[KaosSinner]

i use avi player and it worked with no problems.

[xat]

Originally posted by: Aeon
Is anybody else having problems running this ep? It just won't start playing.

That was a pretty bad mistake on my part (I'd like to call it an incidental feature though i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif ). In any case, it probably won't start playing because whatever you're using gets confused when it finds the aspect ratio (AR) set to 16:9 within the bitstream. Most players tend to ignore any AR flags within the bitstream, good players will detect them and play them at whatever specified AR (mplayer comes to mind), and iffy ones will try to do something strange/special with failure as the result (WMP/sometimes BSPlayer come to mind).

Anyway, there are a few easy solutions:
a. try it on a different player (mplayer, mpc)
b. install the CCCP before attempting playback
c. if you're on bsplayer, try changing the render mode to overlay 2
d. wait until the batch releases (where everything will be "fixed" or updated)
--the batch releases from Doremi will bring consistency to the newer (better) episodes since the earlier ones were not of... favorable quality; let's just say that I still collect Static Subs's releases i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif

There's also another (guarenteed) solution that requires a bit more work:
http://www.tomjepp.co.uk/otome19fix.html

For those who do use players that will properly read and display AR, the AR for otome 19 is incorrect and should (easily) be overridden from 16:9 to 4:3 or square pixel. Some people actually liked it (my project leader being one of them), but just the same, sorry, won't happen again. i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif

I've no real excuse for it; I just stupidly forgot to revert a setting I had used for a DVD rip (kamichu) while encoding a sample of karaoke I had made for it.

[Darknodin]

A question... is the number of eps (26) confirmed??? because if so, it will be the first time i see a 26 eps series change OP (I haven't seen that many though... and I don't watch OPs that much)

[KaosSinner]

I seriously doubt itll only be 26 episodes. I had the impression this was gonna be a long anime from the first episode I watched. Not much happens in one episode so there must be at east 50 or thats what I think.

[tellax]

hope you're right about that..
even tho the series seemed very freakish and weird after watching Mai-Hime it got cooler the more i saw of it.. and dun wan it to end now >_<...

btw... to those who dont know, there is currently being made a Mai-Hime movie that is supp to come out this fall in japan, trailer is online, i just seem to have forgotten where i got the trailer from >_>......

[LaZie]

Episode 20 is out!

Click Here (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.20.[20202020].avi.torrent)

[Kraco]

What have we here, now? A Mikoto ghost in the harmonium? I suppose that makes it a haunted harmonium... Nagi probably wasn't expecting that.

I really like it how Nagi depicts himself as some saviour and general benefactor to the world. And at the same time he's always wickedly grinning. It's as if he's joking yet still judging if the others really believe what he's saying. A fine villain, to say the least.

[Ryllharu]

Some pretty clear parallels with Shizuru and Tomoe with the captive Natsuki by Shizuru in Hime.

We got to see Nina's past though. I noticed the tiny gold basket in the room where Sergey found her. That all but confirms she's Rena's daughter (or the princess since the old lady could've still been wrong). It kept going back and forth, so at this point I have no choice but to question whether or not the old lady was telling the truth.

Nina is actually very aggravating. She wants Major Wong to see her as more than a daughter, but at the same time shivers at the thought of him no longer being a father after he turns around. She feels betrayed but still longs to be accepted by him, even though he always has. Arika needs to slap some sense into her.

It seems like Mashiro and Arika will be formally joining up with Midori and the Black Valley to stop Nagi and that other bastard.

I know that they pounded through Hime and tied up most if not all of the loose ends in Hime, but there are only 6 eps left if it follows standard 26 eps season. There's just too much left to address and not enough is happening in the eps anymore. If they pull it off I'll be very impressed.

[Darknodin]

Originally posted by: KaosSinner
I seriously doubt itll only be 26 episodes. I had the impression this was gonna be a long anime from the first episode I watched. Not much happens in one episode so there must be at east 50 or thats what I think.

yea... after seeing episode 20... even MORE stuff is happening. and the pacing is is kinda slow... well I learned that Eureka seven was more than 26 eps when episode 27 aired.

[aznimperialx]

i'll be so damn happy if its more than 26 esps. Mai - Hime felt rushed at the end and could've slowed down a bit

[Honoko]

I don't see how it'd go past 26 eps and I'd be disappointed if they did. Everything's coming together, in my opinion. What I'm a little discontent with is the fact that they took about 16-17 episodes to lay all the groundwork before getting to the meat of the storyline. It made for a more devastating impact, I guess, but damn, did I really have to deal with a spoiled Mashiro-chan for that long?

[Yukimura]

The cool thing about the setup of this show is that power can be based solely on Otome. So in a one episode fight they can spin the downfall of a nation out of it. Before Nagi's invasion we hadn't seen any military power displays at all, and from all the Otome performances so for it's quite likely that the Pillars would have laid the smack down on his little invasion if they could have used their robes.

And what's the deal with Natsuki and Shizuru? After the sad aftermath of HiME's thwarted love are they really connected now? Apparently Natsuki knows when bad things are happening to her woman, and Shizuru is so awesome with her straight face as the disallusioned teen tried to bed her. As if she's not disgusted, just not interested in Tomoe in that way.

[Aeon]

Finally Tomoe joins the dark side, I was reminded of Shizuru and Natsuki by that scene. By the looks of things it seems like Chie is infiltrating the Valkries, I expect a battle between her and Tomoe.

[aznimperialx]

Hime Movie Trailer (http://bt.yosh-digital.com/torrents/Mai-HiME_The_Movie_Trailer%5BDVD%5D%5BX264%5D%5BYosh%5 D.mkv.torrent)

[Darknodin]

Episode 21 (http://weedy.1.vg:8394/torrents/%5BDoremi-OTOME%5D.Mai-Otome.21.%5B21212121%5D.avi.torrent?info_hash=3eba 3e3de801dd318c875cdeed9789aed8300ce8)








Not much actually happened. okay, that's not true. its just that, if this show is 26 eps long... then end is near. and that is pissing me off.
Mashiro is acting like a leader... which is neat. That giant rock monster is finally dead! and what the HELL were Shizuru and Tomoe doing!!?

[Kraco]

Originally posted by: Darknodin
what the HELL were Shizuru and Tomoe doing!!?

Heh. That is indeed a good question... Although I'm not all too sure I even want to know.

Hopefully there will be more action in the next episode. In fact compared to Mai-Hime, I think this show is seriously lacking in good fighting. Even the most promising battle between Nina and Arika was cut so short by that nuclear explosion. And now it looks like Arika may only fight against those new prototype otomes, and frankly I don't think they can keep up against Arika for a terribly long time (if Arika really wants to fight, that is).

I don't know what Major Wong is planning, but I would be quite surprised if he indeed tried to eliminate Arika. But considering he already once betrayed Nagi, I don't think the evil genius kid is going to give him much room for new plots.

Aye, it should be an interesting next episode.

[Darknodin]

Originally posted by: Kraco


Originally posted by: Darknodin
what the HELL were Shizuru and Tomoe doing!!?

Heh. That is indeed a good question... Although I'm not all too sure I even want to know.



oh.. I wanna know!

at any rate, not sure if this has been posted yet but

Armitage TV Special Part 2 (http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/%5BSS-Doremi%5D_This_Weeks_Armitage_Mai-Otome_DVD_Special_2_%5BF6A362CE%5D.avi.torrent)

Its a 3 min. short about Haruka! yea, its part 2, but I couldn't find part 1...

[Yukimura]

No one mentioned the Mai sighting at the end of the preview? Several people were all geared up when the new OP came out since they got to see their precious Mai, well now she's appeared, in a similar fashion to
Mikoto.

Mai Shot (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d152/Yukimura-San/Mai-OtomeMaiTease.jpg)

Anyone gat any ideas about what Shiho and her lackies are up to? They seem to be aimlessly turning and wandering, but why?

And the fighting has been pretty lame throughout this series, the Shizuru V Reito fight was okay, but pretty much all the few Otome fights have been so one sided that it wasn't all that fun to watch. Next week will hopefully be good, and maybe the finale will involve lots of Otome vs lots of Valkyries or something.

Here's something I just realized today...Otome are Power Rangers...Robes and Gems = Morphing, Shinso = Zordon, Harmonium = Arbitrary Doomsday device/power source that mustn't fall into wrong hands. Maybe thats why the fighting has been so lame. I hope i'm proven wrong though

[Kraco]

I have no idea what Shiho is up to, but the burning giant mosquito repellent spiral is brilliant! I have sometimes wondered what would happen, if you inhaled too much smoke from that thing, and apparently the creators of this story have pondered the very same thing...

[Darknodin]

I don't feel that the fighting has been lame. the few fighting scenes were fast and short. like it should be. One-sided battles are ok, I personally hate those annoying, i'm stronger/now you're stronger/now i'm stronger battles like in DBZ and several other shounen shows. if they have at least one memorable battle by the end of the show, then it'll be good. An example is Escaflowne, where there aren't that many battles, but the last one, i still remember. but still... I say this again, battle scenes must stay short! like 1-2 minutes, no more.

[Aeon]

Why exactly does Nagi even bother keeping Major Wong around? The guy already betrayed him once. And no matter how much they try to change Arika and Mashiro I still don't seem to like them. Aswald broke their rules and are going to share their resources with them and they still refused to help them.

[Kraco]

Well, Nina probably remains more cooperative as long as her daddy is also in Nagi's service. That would probably be the only truly logical argument. Although we have to remember Nagi is the kind of fellow who would just love to watch somebody feebly trying to struggle against his plans. It's a game...

[Kyuuzou]

I don't kn0w if some1 posted this yet, but here is Mai Otome episode 21 by Static Subs HQ. http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/%5BSS%5D_Mai-Otome_-_21_HQ_%5B838F553E%5D.avi.torrent

[LaZie]

Otome 22 is out by Doremi

http://a.scarywater.net/doremi/[Doremi-OTOME].Mai-Otome.22.[22222222].avi.torrent

Holy crappers. Best episode yet! I told you Aoi was alive and was saved by someone or something :p....Also we see Mai and Mikoto at the end.

[Kyuuzou]

Eh cool now I got something 2 watch before I go 2 bed^^;

[Kraco]

This episode certainly had action and some decisive moments. Too bad Arika is so lacking fighting spirit and experience. She fights really poorly considering the potential strenght she should have. Well, maybe in the future episodes.

The cyborgs fared much better than I expected. The impalement scene was really good.

[Aeon]

Miyu seems to be the only person thats herself from Hime, that sword was vicious. I wanted to see who was stronger Miyu or Nina. Also where did all those Mikoto cats come from?