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Have been tied up in knots offline. It's nice to be able to blog about anime again. This post was initially about serpentine-type weapon users (not kris-types which are non-extendable though). There's Shizuru Fujino/Viola of course. I haven't played Soul Calibur so I don't know anything about Isabella Valentine. But, in the end, I just wanted to put up some Signum fanart that I trawled off danbooru. LOL

Signum's character design is excellent. I particularly love the balance between masculine and feminine. Her manner, poise and speech is of the stoic leader. Her voice is deliciously deep. Plenty of fighting power. But she's also got pink hair and a pink outfit to match. Her figure is also very womanly - and when Hayate even expresses her envy of Signum's mmm... assets in the first A's Sound Stage drama CD, she's so cutely embarrassed.

It looks like there'll be no change to her StrikerS battle outfit so no bellyaching from lolicon tanukis who shares White Devil Nanoha's views on the new barrier jacket. [Someone please please translate the untranslated parts of the first comic. My own very rough and definitely inaccurate reading of the untranslated Nanoha dialogue runs: 1. 'Here's this seaon's barrier jacket.' 2. 'You shouldn't wear the new barrier jacket after all.' 3. Something about Fate's butt cheeks and growing body. 4. 'You'll disappoint the viewers.' ]

Such a fine and handsome lady Signum is. She's definitely got the Oneesama factor. Translation for non-Chinese-reading readers:

Title: Oneesama

[Training time]
TSAB Pigtail Girl: You've been working hard. Please have a towel, Signum-neesan.
Signum: *sheathing sword* Ja, sorry to trouble you.

[Rest time]
TSAB Meganekko: May I join you for lunch, Signum-neesan?
Signum: I don't mind...

[Sometimes]
TSAB Hairdrill Girl: *shy* Those... These are my handmade cookies... if you don't mind... please have them, Signum-neesan. *shy*
Signum: Ah... Thank you.

Signum: ... The situation is like that. Very strange, isn't it? No matter how you look at it, something doesn't seem right...
Shamal: This... How should I say this...?

Of course, Elder Sister is a perfectly good term in English for Oneesama. But there's just something about how 'Oneesama' sounds, especially when younger girls filled with akogare, my bad, admiration say it so winsomely. Which is probably the main reason why I love MariMite-style yuri.

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