Mai-Otome Ep20 - What the heck are they doing to Shizuru!!!

OMG. Not Aoi nor Ers nor anybody's death(except of course, Shizuru and Natsuki, but only bcos it'll affect Shizuru) in this show could illicit such heartbreak from me as this scene did. I knew Tomoe had the hots for her dear Shizuru-oneesama. I knew something like this was bound to happen to add oil to spice up the drama. But I just couldn't help having this intense compulsion of flipping tables and smashing chairs when I first saw this scene on 2chan.



Oh my dear dear Shizuru... It always has to be you who adds so much angst (IMO) to the show. Be it what you do or what is done to you... T_T

There goes my heart... it's in pieces all over the floor.
I know with all my heart, and believe so, that she'll never return Tomoe's love (they're so much similar in this aspect, as she has said)

The passiveness of her reaction (which is none by the way) towards Tomoe's advance shows it. But.. But...For me. A fan. My heart aches because of my belief that sex is an act that is done between two people who love each other. It's an act that serves to let two people feel as close as they can be physically. (I'm sorry, I'm old fashioned. but if people just wanted sex for fun and excitement, it just makes me wonder why don't they just go for more roller coaster rides??) For any party to participate in such an act unwillingly is just so sad. And this has to happen to Shizuru. Stupid Sunrise.

Sure, some may argue that Shizuru's a flirt so this is no biggie or that compliance shows she was not unwilling since she was free to reject if she did not want to. The first assumption makes me boil. Flirting around and being friendly to kouhais does not automatically means that she sleeps around. There's no logic in that deduction. The second assumption is debatable. How much "freewill" does she have to NOT comply? She's a prisoner. Kept locked against her will. Tomoe's presence only served to change the conditions of her cell. How I wish Ep21 will show us that Shizuru side-stepped this advance. How I only wish... However, if this nightmare really occured, the only explanation I can come up with for Shizuru's compliance is pity towards Tomoe, which means she was not unwilling. So... I can't see how Tomoe's fans can be really happy about this scene. If anything, all Shizuru, ShizNat pairing, and Tomoe's fans should be damn bloody angry and heartwrenched.

Oh yar...did I mention Arika finally understood the wisdom in the words "with great power comes great responsibility"? Did I also mention Mashiro finally understood what it really means to be a leader of your people? And i must not have mentioned the small yellow capsule shown in the corner of one of Nina's flashback scenes... XD But But!!! I must mention that Mikoto is finally coming back next ep!! THE HUMAN FORM THAT IS. XD

Mai Otome: Let the killings begin...

The "festival" has begun. T_T And in Ep 17, kawaii Erstin is victim number 1...Her death successfully sparked war between our two female leads with big weapons.


And in ep 18...Aoi!!! Noooo!!! This death was even sadder than Ers's. Kajiura's background song had much credit to this moving scene. She chose death over exposing Mashiro to the blood thirsty mob... Aoi Aoi Aoi... T_T Now I just wanna know how Chie will react to this news...


As for our beloved Natsuki...From being the suave, cool, calm, collected and composed Principal...she has finally succumbed to the EG fate set by the sunrise producers...I knew it was gonna happen... I KNEW IT! And i dun really like it...


From having only a few minutes of robe action to being scared of a snake... Ep 19's hitch hiking really finalised Natsuki's fate as an unwilling clown in the progessing doom of the story... Following Hime's flashing scene and absolutely hilarious hitch hiking in a bikini, Mai Otome has managed to do both in one scene.. Poor Natsuki... I guess Nao just had to be the one to do it... This settles the score for the one eye hatred back in Hime. But frankly, I'm a little disappointed sunrise had to have this installed for Natsuki. Worse thing was: Shizuru wasn't even around to pick her up. =D


But while Natsuki is fooling around, my dear dear Shizuru-sama is being cuffed and locked in a cage!!!! I'm angry! How can they do this to her!!! Natsuki had better do some rescueing soon! Or Tomoe may just beat her to it...