Started watching pic related a few days ago. From the description and the reviews on MAL I was promised something with a relatively dark, well written story, emotional moments, and interesting characters. Right now I'm past episode 7 and none of this stuff is anywhere to be found.
First 3 eps were pretty good, but from the 4th one onward, I feel it's getting progressively worse. It turned from an interesting fantasy title into a slice of life with dumb, fanservice-based humor, where the characters are just walking tropes. I feel all of the fights so far have been entirely pointless and all the story bits I've been give so far leave me with too many questions and too few answers to actually give a fuck about anything that's happening.
And yet, it's praised to high heavens for having such a brilliant story and touching moments. Is there a point I haven't reached yet when it genuinely starts getting good and I'll finally get the quality writing I was promised, or is it another case of the writing being painfully mediocre and people who enjoyed it having low standards?
Grayson Sanchez
bump
Ryan Roberts
It aged horribly, sadly. It was really good at the time but compared to today's standards it's nothing special.
Matthew Stewart
So it's safe for me to just drop it and move onto something else? I'm not missing out on anything good?
Christian Bell
>From the description and the reviews on MAL I was promised
Adam Turner
Not really. In fact the ending will probably enrage you so yeah.
Nathan Cook
Don't really remember, I watched it too long ago. If I'm not mistaken, the dark stuff happens in the 2nd part (which is useless anyway, as all the stuff they set up is ruined because loldeusexmachina in the final).
Adam Rogers
Tell me a better source of anime description and reviews, then. I'm waiting.
Oh, okay. Well, that's a shame. It sounded like something right up my alley.
Christian Lopez
Not your blog, faggot.
Joshua James
You're a bit early, since the first 15 episodes are basically the prologue. I don't think the story that follows can be considered well-written, however.
Grayson Bennett
>From the description and the reviews on MAL A little on the nose. Tou must be really hurting for these (You)s.
Matthew Ross
Kill yourself. I'm just asking a question, dipshit.
Brayden Fisher
lurk for 2 years before posting
Jaxson Howard
Are you telling me its pacing is *that* slow?
Thomas Martin
it's not really that it's "slow", it's the 2nd part where the darker stuff happens is really ddiferent from the 1st part and has a completely different tone and atmosphere, much more tense and desperate
Nathaniel Morales
Okay, I get the picture now. Too slow of a pacing for me, though. I went into Mai-HiME straight from Nanoha, where the dark stuff and the feels hit you like a truck basically right off the bat.
Landon Turner
>he's never been on a Sunrise Wild Ride
Matthew Nelson
>MAL Fuck off.
Jace Rogers
Triggered much?
Jose Wilson
Cool review, why not take it back to MAL and stay there?
Brayden Peterson
Mai Tokiha was mary sue done right
Evan King
>neo-Sup Forums only watched the ending
You are all faggots here, get out!!!!
Benjamin Perez
>they're all fags, but me
Mason Evans
>but me Well I'm not you, so fuck off
David Ortiz
>Right now I'm past episode 7 and none of this stuff is anywhere to be found. First half is shit, that's common knowledge
Logan White
OP here. You know, I'm all for giving chances when it comes to anime since they're known for having a slow start sometimes and start getting good a bit later, but when literally half of it is garbage, then I don't think it's worth my time, no matter the payoff.
Logan Green
Otome>Hime
Benjamin Thompson
First half of Hime was comfy as fuck until the second half went full retard.
Cameron Baker
There are two main reasons to watch Mai-Hime. The first is that Mai is smoking hot. The second is to watch it do some of the the same things Madoka would do several years later, but not as well and in twice as many episodes.
Zachary Anderson
Read the vn plebian
Jason Sanchez
The VN is hot garbage. There a reason why Sunrise burned Circus studios.
Adrian Taylor
they all die then are revived in the last ep
Jacob Martinez
This.
Levi Evans
>There are two main reasons to watch Mai-Hime. No, this is the main reason why people watch Mai Hime
Andrew Lopez
that's ME sleeping
Kayden Ward
>The VN is hot garbage kys
Luke Harris
>tfw watched Hime & Otome when they were brand new, yet now can't remember anything at all about them I guess I should rewatch these again.
Kayden Hernandez
New Mai-series when Sunrise
Leo Cook
Otome a shit, A SHIT
Gavin Young
it does get dark and does have some memorable moments but the end is so enraging you're better off droping it as other people have said.
i forced myself to finish and and while the second half of it was definitely better and i was kinda glad i stuck with it the ending just fucking ruined everything.
Eli Wright
>Sup Forums is still rused over the ending after 13 years
These wounds will never ever heal for this board
Brody Hughes
New Mai-series will have best come back right
Anthony Allen
I want to be a father to Shiho-chan
Dylan Butler
>I want to be a father to Shiho-chan I want to be Shiho-chan sugar daddy. Fixed.
Evan Hughes
I sometimes search the archive for Sup Forumss opinion o stuff. Though, I admit I also use MAL
Thomas Torres
I honestly think it's better not to read any reviews at all than to read MAL reviews, they are usually terrible.
Elijah Johnson
Is this the worse haircut in recent anime history?
Aiden Davis
Don't insult scum
Joshua Carter
Confused here does Sup Forums love Mai Hime, Otome or both?
Kevin Martin
Has there ever been a character that was so awful in the first season come back to be the best in the next season (or in this case the spin-off) like Shiho?
Luis Butler
until ep15 it's buld up but it really worth it. Getting attached to the character with stupid fanservice episode are actually useful for the plot. Don't get spoiled, just watch. Mai hime is a masterpiece... and mai otome isn't as good.
Asher Perez
Shiho has always been a great character since episode. I don't know why Shiho was shit on the first episode.
Just keep going faggot. Soon enough the mahou shoujo show will kill the ecchi comedy show and the romance drama show.
Brandon Cook
Otome manga is utter garbage
Mason Wright
otome don't even exist
Isaiah Thompson
>Nanoha, where the dark stuff and the feels hit you like a truck basically right off the bat. You complain about slow pacing, yet you just came from watching Nanoha? Where the first season is the boring slog you have to go through in order to get to the good parts?
Leo Bailey
I love Midori!
David Myers
so at the very end everyone comes back to life, how could you possibly make up with everyone after all that?
Tyler Reed
Agreed but Sifr was fun as fuck
Joshua Evans
Hilariously, like what Shizuru did. The episode was so damn funny I couldn't understand why people were mad.
Eli Robinson
>The episode was so damn funny I couldn't understand why people were mad.
Spending all the time and resources watching this series especially when watching Hime until swerved ending. I can see why everyone was pissed as fuck over that retconned end. Either way, whatever happens on the ending episode Sunrise knew it was going to be a masterpiece on how the fans love it.
Juan Allen
Reminder 2017 is the YEAR OF THE JYANNUSAI
Ryder Rogers
>Sunrise: They don’t know how much will be announced this year, but they are working on a new Gundam series and new projects that will explore themes that weren’t usually present in Sunrise’s past works.
What did Sunrise means by this
Owen Brown
You're right. I shouldn't have said "I can't understand". It's just that to me, the goofy first part of the show was the real show, and the 2nd darker and melodramatic part was the abberation. The final episode just seemed like it was going back to the way the show began, and yet the majority opinion was that the episode was horrible and ruined everything.
Wyatt Ward
Last couple of episodes hinted about Mai said about her brother being revived somehow. The viewers did not know about this until Sunrise said "lol, everyone has been revived, THE END."
In my book this must been far the biggest ruse Sunrise had done.