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	<title>Comments on: Mai-Otome Zwei episode 2: where’s the plot?</title>
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		<title>By: Krypfto</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-1118</link>
		<dc:creator>Krypfto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 10:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I, for one, have pretty much loathed all of Mai-Otome... save for episode 2 of Zwei. Mindless, plotless, brainless, pointless action fluff, with Haruka being more Awesome than it should even be possible for a character in a series like this. The rest of the Otome franchise (and wile we&#039;re at it, HiME too) can go rot in the lowest levels of Hell for all I care, but as a stand-alone, Mai-Otome Zwei episode 2 was an exemplary piece of cheesy fun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I, for one, have pretty much loathed all of Mai-Otome&#8230; save for episode 2 of Zwei. Mindless, plotless, brainless, pointless action fluff, with Haruka being more Awesome than it should even be possible for a character in a series like this. The rest of the Otome franchise (and wile we&#8217;re at it, HiME too) can go rot in the lowest levels of Hell for all I care, but as a stand-alone, Mai-Otome Zwei episode 2 was an exemplary piece of cheesy fun.</p>
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		<title>By: Karura</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-305</link>
		<dc:creator>Karura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the idea that I have a loyal &#039;fan base&#039; who blindly follow my order, although it is rather insulting to the numerous people who visit here of their own accord and are able to think for themselves.

Now, here&#039;s a little information for you- do you know what a review is? It&#039;s an opinion, yes, that&#039;s right, an opinion- and there&#039;s absolutely no way you can be objective. I personally happened to believe this episode was a load of crap, and if you think the opposite, that&#039;s fine. Unless you live in an oppressive regime which enforces a love of Mai-Otome, then there&#039;s nothing wrong with disliking it.

Oh, and next time you want to insult someone, at least try to get your grammar correct. It&#039;s &quot;you&#039;re an amateur&quot;, which is no insult since I am not a professional paid writer, and since I&#039;m aiming for a different career path, I probably never will be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the idea that I have a loyal &#8216;fan base&#8217; who blindly follow my order, although it is rather insulting to the numerous people who visit here of their own accord and are able to think for themselves.</p>
<p>Now, here&#8217;s a little information for you- do you know what a review is? It&#8217;s an opinion, yes, that&#8217;s right, an opinion- and there&#8217;s absolutely no way you can be objective. I personally happened to believe this episode was a load of crap, and if you think the opposite, that&#8217;s fine. Unless you live in an oppressive regime which enforces a love of Mai-Otome, then there&#8217;s nothing wrong with disliking it.</p>
<p>Oh, and next time you want to insult someone, at least try to get your grammar correct. It&#8217;s &#8220;you&#8217;re an amateur&#8221;, which is no insult since I am not a professional paid writer, and since I&#8217;m aiming for a different career path, I probably never will be.</p>
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		<title>By: Kai</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-302</link>
		<dc:creator>Kai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I accidentally stumbled upon this site, and realize I am now at a disadvantage because this place is mostly comprised of your fan base, (meaning you could attempt to shut me down with something lame and some loyal blind follower will stay say &quot;u r best!&quot; or you just won&#039;t show the comment because its... O I don&#039;t know... Right..)I will stay say the following:

To me, reading your review was that of reading a child&#039;s summary on a movie they just saw then giving their thoughts on it all. I say this because you did nothing more than that, you didn&#039;t really go in depth with this and try to write a &quot;actual objective review&quot;. 

Instead you hated the episode, you let your bias show, never really gave reasons for why it was bad other than you just disliked it and you made yourself look stupid by attempting to fool people w/a review of said episode. 



Ex. of bias: 

&quot;If it was up to me, they wouldn’t be, but then again, if it was up to me, this OVA would be all about fat cats…

Next episode: Otome wrestling? Seriously, the preview shows a wrestling ring and Nina in a mask, so maybe it’s time for her to put the smack down on Arika. In other news, expect cameos from Shiho, Akane, Rosalie, Laura, Maya and the Romulus and Annam Otome.&quot; -Karura



Well unfortunately for you, not everyone will take another&#039;s word on the internet as the word of God and just instantly believe any random junk thats thrown out there.  

I, for one liked the episode. Also as the guy stated above, I don&#039;t believe its time to review this OVA yet just because we&#039;ve only seen half of it just because so much crap can happen in the next 2 that could easily flip everything upside down.  Only an amateur wanna-be writer would sit here and spout out random information in a horrible attempt to write a review. 

To prove your an amateur who allows their personal feelings to get in the way of a review thus writing not a review but a -really- long piece of crap thread that belongs on some forum board... All I&#039;ve got to do is point out that your 4th &quot;observation / speculation&quot; (the one about those who have gone missing) virtually screams that you didn&#039;t even watch the first episode then attempted to criticize the creators of the series on something you weren&#039;t even paying attention to, to begin with.

Your just another &quot;know it all, wanna-be, amateur&quot; who doesn&#039;t wish to put effort into their work but rather just bitch and moan about something, so instead of trying to make real reviews you sit here and spout out your lame opinions hoping that an idiot or two will come along and praise you just because they agree with your -personal opinion of said show-.  

You my friend -
&quot;Phail at the interweb&quot;.

P.S. I lol @ your policy to remove comments that &quot;don&#039;t play nice&quot; or in other words &quot;make me look stupid, and since I cannot comment against them nor shut them down I just simply delete them before anyone is able to see them&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I accidentally stumbled upon this site, and realize I am now at a disadvantage because this place is mostly comprised of your fan base, (meaning you could attempt to shut me down with something lame and some loyal blind follower will stay say &#8220;u r best!&#8221; or you just won&#8217;t show the comment because its&#8230; O I don&#8217;t know&#8230; Right..)I will stay say the following:</p>
<p>To me, reading your review was that of reading a child&#8217;s summary on a movie they just saw then giving their thoughts on it all. I say this because you did nothing more than that, you didn&#8217;t really go in depth with this and try to write a &#8220;actual objective review&#8221;. </p>
<p>Instead you hated the episode, you let your bias show, never really gave reasons for why it was bad other than you just disliked it and you made yourself look stupid by attempting to fool people w/a review of said episode. </p>
<p>Ex. of bias: </p>
<p>&#8220;If it was up to me, they wouldn’t be, but then again, if it was up to me, this OVA would be all about fat cats…</p>
<p>Next episode: Otome wrestling? Seriously, the preview shows a wrestling ring and Nina in a mask, so maybe it’s time for her to put the smack down on Arika. In other news, expect cameos from Shiho, Akane, Rosalie, Laura, Maya and the Romulus and Annam Otome.&#8221; -Karura</p>
<p>Well unfortunately for you, not everyone will take another&#8217;s word on the internet as the word of God and just instantly believe any random junk thats thrown out there.  </p>
<p>I, for one liked the episode. Also as the guy stated above, I don&#8217;t believe its time to review this OVA yet just because we&#8217;ve only seen half of it just because so much crap can happen in the next 2 that could easily flip everything upside down.  Only an amateur wanna-be writer would sit here and spout out random information in a horrible attempt to write a review. </p>
<p>To prove your an amateur who allows their personal feelings to get in the way of a review thus writing not a review but a -really- long piece of crap thread that belongs on some forum board&#8230; All I&#8217;ve got to do is point out that your 4th &#8220;observation / speculation&#8221; (the one about those who have gone missing) virtually screams that you didn&#8217;t even watch the first episode then attempted to criticize the creators of the series on something you weren&#8217;t even paying attention to, to begin with.</p>
<p>Your just another &#8220;know it all, wanna-be, amateur&#8221; who doesn&#8217;t wish to put effort into their work but rather just bitch and moan about something, so instead of trying to make real reviews you sit here and spout out your lame opinions hoping that an idiot or two will come along and praise you just because they agree with your -personal opinion of said show-.  </p>
<p>You my friend -<br />
&#8220;Phail at the interweb&#8221;.</p>
<p>P.S. I lol @ your policy to remove comments that &#8220;don&#8217;t play nice&#8221; or in other words &#8220;make me look stupid, and since I cannot comment against them nor shut them down I just simply delete them before anyone is able to see them&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Karura</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-303</link>
		<dc:creator>Karura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At my computer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At my computer.</p>
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		<title>By: mely</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-300</link>
		<dc:creator>mely</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey where did you see mai otome zwei 2?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey where did you see mai otome zwei 2?</p>
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		<title>By: Karura</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-296</link>
		<dc:creator>Karura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hellsing is good?

Yes, I&#039;m sure after episode four the whole plot will make marvellous sense and Sunrise will be hailed as creating a masterpiece...after all, wasn&#039;t the plot of the original Otome TV series a most intricately crafted piece of complexity that most certainly was not pulled out of the writers&#039; collective backsides at the last possible minute?

Oh, and I&#039;m &quot;critizing&quot; the series because it has many things wrong with it beyond the existence of one shallow and irritating character. Yes, I could keep quiet and accept its awfulness, but what&#039;s the point of having a blog if I can&#039;t use it to express my opinions?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hellsing is good?</p>
<p>Yes, I&#8217;m sure after episode four the whole plot will make marvellous sense and Sunrise will be hailed as creating a masterpiece&#8230;after all, wasn&#8217;t the plot of the original Otome TV series a most intricately crafted piece of complexity that most certainly was not pulled out of the writers&#8217; collective backsides at the last possible minute?</p>
<p>Oh, and I&#8217;m &#8220;critizing&#8221; the series because it has many things wrong with it beyond the existence of one shallow and irritating character. Yes, I could keep quiet and accept its awfulness, but what&#8217;s the point of having a blog if I can&#8217;t use it to express my opinions?</p>
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		<title>By: Ichigo Kurosaki</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-301</link>
		<dc:creator>Ichigo Kurosaki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The question of &quot;What is the point of this OVA?&quot; Well there are a few points I&#039;d like to point out before you continue bagging on the OVAs. 

1) When has there been a good Action OVA released in anime history besides Hellsing OVA? 

2) At first they are using lots of spaces and obscure themes to put together a plot, but since the whole thing has not been released yet, you don&#039;t know if the end will put all the pieces of the puzzle together and create a masterpiece. (Ex: Comic called Planetary creates an incredibly confusing plot, but completes the picture near the middle and creates one of the best plots ever)

3) They are doing their best in animating this series, the action they are inserting is put in appropriately. But if people are bagging on the fact that if this was a pure fighting/action OVA. Then no plot will be done and thus creating Dragonball 2.0 amalgamated with Sailormoon 2.0. Back to my point 2, once all four episodes are released and the full plot is finished, then are we truely allowed to say if the plot is good or bad. But for such early mockery of the series, only displays our blind views of expecting everything to please &quot;you&quot;.

4) About Tomoe...yes, she&#039;s retarded and should&#039;ve died when she fell. But since she didn&#039;t die, then her 3 minutes of fame or should I say lameness, was for those Tomoe fans who Dearly wondered wth happened to her. And now we know, she&#039;s a slut for high positioned political men. Just watch it and laugh. Quit critizing the whole series because of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The question of &#8220;What is the point of this OVA?&#8221; Well there are a few points I&#8217;d like to point out before you continue bagging on the OVAs. </p>
<p>1) When has there been a good Action OVA released in anime history besides Hellsing OVA? </p>
<p>2) At first they are using lots of spaces and obscure themes to put together a plot, but since the whole thing has not been released yet, you don&#8217;t know if the end will put all the pieces of the puzzle together and create a masterpiece. (Ex: Comic called Planetary creates an incredibly confusing plot, but completes the picture near the middle and creates one of the best plots ever)</p>
<p>3) They are doing their best in animating this series, the action they are inserting is put in appropriately. But if people are bagging on the fact that if this was a pure fighting/action OVA. Then no plot will be done and thus creating Dragonball 2.0 amalgamated with Sailormoon 2.0. Back to my point 2, once all four episodes are released and the full plot is finished, then are we truely allowed to say if the plot is good or bad. But for such early mockery of the series, only displays our blind views of expecting everything to please &#8220;you&#8221;.</p>
<p>4) About Tomoe&#8230;yes, she&#8217;s retarded and should&#8217;ve died when she fell. But since she didn&#8217;t die, then her 3 minutes of fame or should I say lameness, was for those Tomoe fans who Dearly wondered wth happened to her. And now we know, she&#8217;s a slut for high positioned political men. Just watch it and laugh. Quit critizing the whole series because of it.</p>
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		<title>By: mdauben</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-304</link>
		<dc:creator>mdauben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can answer at least a couple of questions:

&quot; Where did Mashiro and Mai go, and why didn’t Arika know about it? &quot;

They both dissapeared from right on-screen near the end of the last episode.  Arika has known since then they were gone, but no one knows were (presumably the same place the whole Cat God Mountain went)

&quot; Furthermore, where is human Mikoto? &quot;

Mai told the caped guys to take the sleeping Mikoto to the top of Cat God Mountain (or whatever it is called) in the middle of ep.1 and just before the whole mountain disappeard (presumably back to the parallel dimention where it was before).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can answer at least a couple of questions:</p>
<p>&#8221; Where did Mashiro and Mai go, and why didn’t Arika know about it? &#8221;</p>
<p>They both dissapeared from right on-screen near the end of the last episode.  Arika has known since then they were gone, but no one knows were (presumably the same place the whole Cat God Mountain went)</p>
<p>&#8221; Furthermore, where is human Mikoto? &#8221;</p>
<p>Mai told the caped guys to take the sleeping Mikoto to the top of Cat God Mountain (or whatever it is called) in the middle of ep.1 and just before the whole mountain disappeard (presumably back to the parallel dimention where it was before).</p>
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		<title>By: Danny</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-299</link>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>terrible plotwise, but i still enjoyed it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>terrible plotwise, but i still enjoyed it</p>
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		<title>By: jeffx</title>
		<link>http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/02/25/mai-otome-zwei-episode-2-where%e2%80%99s-the-plot/comment-page-1/#comment-297</link>
		<dc:creator>jeffx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>agreed. it&#039;s terrible.</description>
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