Daily Archive for September 23rd, 2005

SHUFFLE! 10

Only one brief scene with Asa-chan spilling her tea in shock when she overhears Eustoma bragging to Primula about Rin and Shia’s impending marriage. Then another with her in Sound Only mode calling, probably to ask Rin about the rumours of his impending marriage to Shia but then chickening out and asking for Kaede instead. Sigh.

But my respect for Shia grew by leaps and bounds. Her emotional maturity shone through as she realised the pain that the marriage rumours, which so delighted her at first, had caused to her good friends, Rin-chan (Nerine) and Kae-chan (Kaede). She also realised that things were going too fast for Rin as well and he was under a lot of pressure. So she’s decided to take the pace down a peg and for the two of them to get to know each other better. Tacit assumption also is to give the other girls more time to accept their pairing because it also seems important to her for Nerine and Kaede to bless their union.

亜沙ちゃんのために! 愛愛亜沙ちゃん! 
Asa-chan no tameni! Ai-ai-Asa-chan! (For the sake of Asa-chan! Love-love-Asa-chan!)
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Warning and a request. The rest of this entry will contain significant spoilers based on my playing of the SHUFFLE! game. Commenters are requested to refrain from posting spoilers in the anime posts. Please save them for my forthcoming no-holds-barred reports and reflections on the SHUFFLE! game.

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FMP! TSR 08

Well, there are lots of better anime blog entries on this episode of Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid like by the Fastest Gunslinger in this Town Omni or good insight into character development by Ren.

My own quick thoughts - after Sousuke and Kaname, it’s Tessa’s turn to break down emotionally. I thought it made her a lot more interesting; she showed vulnerability mixed with the responsibility of authority as well as a touch of jealousy. The new lieutenant is a bit too good and too “been there done that” though. Hopefully he will be a better mentor to Sousuke than Athrun was to Shinn but I am not entirely sure that “Your anger will make you powerful” assumption works in the FMP! universe. As such, I didn’t enjoy the mecha fight that much as it was all a setup. Mao and Lieutenant “Bel” seem to go way back and more. A touch of playful flirting in their exchange. Now that would get Weber really mad.




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