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Mai-Otome Zwei: Episode 4 (END)

September 12th, 2007 at 11:59 pm | Category: Final Episodes, Mai-Otome Zwei

Rating: 8/10

Overall Series Rating: 7.5/10

Impressions:

Overll, the entire OAV series doesn’t impress me that much. This probably due to the poor plot linking between the four episodes, with episode 2 and 3 being rather wasteful, in my opinion. The story isn’t very strong, though I do see some elements of the Mai Otome manga in it. The animation and action are pretty high though, and this last episode by itself is quite enjoyable to watch. I think for me, I enjoyed seeing the reunion of Arika and Nina the most—sequels are always great to see old characters come together again. I guess that effect is what the animators tried to build on in episodes 2 and 3, though it ends up making the plot rather weak.

So after the edited version of Otome wa DO MY BEST Desho, playing as the ED (which fits amazingly well), we get to see a short commercial regarding a future Mai Otome series, Mai Otome S.ifr. This series will be a prequel to the Mai Otome series, so we’ll get to see Arika’s mother’s time and such, something which I will be looking forward to immensely. By the way, sifr in Arabic means zero apparently. Anyway, the length of this prequel is unknown, but it is presumed to be a three episode OAV series. There’s still that new Mai Hime series that’s supposedly going to come out soon, but I haven’t heard anything more about it…

Mai Otome S.ifr

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7 comments

7 Comments so far

Furuba September 13th, 2007 4:08 pm Number of comments posted: (62)

I liked this ep, all full of action and whoooo, some of it blew me away XD and i can’t wait till Mai Otome S.ifr! i’ve always like rena every since i saw her char, kinda has this “cool” kinda vibe from her xP hehe, i still think nina looks way better hair down than up x.x;;
but oh well~ still love mai lol, her moves were awsome and arkia’s number 1 move (duno what its called)… ownage
manga September 13th, 2007 4:42 pm Number of comments posted: (12)

Well, for me the most enjoyable moments where from ep 3 :p
ep 1 was so-so, nice watching Mai/Arika team up.
ep 2 was boring
ep 3 with bath scene instant win :p
ep 4 Arika/Nina beating the crap out of everything made the ep enjoyable to watch and their reunion was really nice.

I agree though, either more eps with more story-connective plots or just two episodes. Since it really irritates me when I want to see what happends and they spend a whole ep doing nothing(about ep 2)…

And now there will be a prequel to the whole thing? Don´t know what to say more than fanservice… but could be good if it has a better tempo than Mai Otome had and do stay at the same topic through the whole thing.
acegunner September 13th, 2007 5:10 pm Number of comments posted:

i want to see Rena too! But its sad because you know she dies… T_T
en September 20th, 2007 11:36 am Number of comments posted: (1)

where can i watch ep.4? its like no one is saying it online? or download? someone… please… onegai!!!
Anonymous October 3rd, 2007 2:40 am Number of comments posted:

you can watch it on http://www.crunchyroll.com
katie January 9th, 2008 11:03 am Number of comments posted: (2)

yo, YOURE SO COLD TO THE SERIES MAI OTOME!!! I FINISHED WATCHING IT A LITTLE BIT AGO AND THE WAY YOURE SPEAKING OF IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT!!! PLEASE STOP SPEAKING OF SUCH A GOOD SERIES IN THAT TONE OF TYPE! ITS VERY OFFENSIVE TO THE CREATERS OF THIS ANIME AND SHALL NOT BE TOLERATED BY SOMEONE WITH SUCH INSOLENCE!!!
katie January 9th, 2008 11:11 am Number of comments posted: (2)

..srry got a little carried away… but it is very offensive in my opinion but I guess its the right thing to do since youre posting your own opinions but its still cruel and offensive…srry got carried away again…demo, please listen to my “carried away” comments

Bi Bi- Katie!