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No way, spoiler[she deliberately slept with whatshisname to commit romantic suicide. She wanted to break up with Takayuki, but couldn't manage it, so she slept with that guy so she could say "I can't be with Takayuki anymore; I slept with another guy". Didn't she tell Takayuki she had slept with him before giving back her ring and walking out? I can't quite remember, actually.]

Kenji_Ikari wrote:

spoiler[Takayuki's friend, on the other hand, had always liked her... and then pretty much took her without her consent.]

No way, spoiler[she deliberately slept with whatshisname to commit romantic suicide. She wanted to break up with Takayuki, but couldn't manage it, so she slept with that guy so she could say "I can't be with Takayuki anymore; I slept with another guy". Didn't she tell Takayuki she had slept with him before giving back her ring and walking out? I can't quite remember, actually.]

I thought Akane Maniax was garbage, btw. After the merciless realism of (certain aspects of) KGNE, it has to come along and indulge in the absurd "bull-headed persistence will get you chicks" fantasy. Really annoyed me.

heh, maybe you're right and I'm just recalling wrongly. Though, I coulda sworn she was drunk or something at the time.

spoiler[Just because Mitsuki got wasted and was equally, and summarily, taken advantage of via Shinji did not exactly point to her just seducing men. With her history of becoming to fall in love with Takayuki because of the promise she made to Haruka, add in the desire for her to not see the person she loved in so much pain, and then top it off with him spiraling back towards that pain was ultimately so far beyond what she could take. So yes, she went out, got drunk, found Shinji (whom had loved Mitsuki way back in the day, and to a degree he still does) and felt a need to test her resolve in the matter. She felt as if she was finished with Takayuki due to his lingering guilt over Haruka and Mitsuki felt she had no escape of the pain it was causing, so she found the closest thing she could in someone whom she knows had feelings for her.]

As for Akane Maniax...the point was, like KimiNozo, to follow the game while only being somewhat tied to the original storyline, which is what MuvLuv did. Gouda's introduction, as well as the entirety of the game being a bridge-gap between KimiNozo and MuvLuv, was the mood change from KimiNozo's solemn and serious mood to MuvLuv's slightly comical and dark mood.

Kenji_Ikari wrote:

heh, maybe you're right and I'm just recalling wrongly. Though, I coulda sworn she was drunk or something at the time.

Dutch Courage! In Vino Veritas!

DarkCntry wrote:

spoiler[Just because Mitsuki got wasted and was equally, and summarily, taken advantage of via Shinji did not exactly point to her just seducing men. With her history of becoming to fall in love with Takayuki because of the promise she made to Haruka, add in the desire for her to not see the person she loved in so much pain, and then top it off with him spiraling back towards that pain was ultimately so far beyond what she could take. So yes, she went out, got drunk, found Shinji (whom had loved Mitsuki way back in the day, and to a degree he still does) and felt a need to test her resolve in the matter. She felt as if she was finished with Takayuki due to his lingering guilt over Haruka and Mitsuki felt she had no escape of the pain it was causing, so she found the closest thing she could in someone whom she knows had feelings for her.]

spoiler[I haven't played the game; are you saying she was trying to actually trying to hook up with Shinji as the "next best thing" to Takayuki, whom she'd given up on? If that's the case, this may be a case of the game and anime deliberately taking a different direction rather than the anime just failing to portray things properly. In the anime, it seems pretty clear that Mistuki doesn't really give a shit about Shinji. After they sleep together, she sits on the floor playing with her broken shoe, so Shinji goes out and buys her a new pair of shoes, but when he tries to give them to her, she gives him this look. I still remember it, such an effectivly emotive expression so rarely seen in anime. It communicated something like "what the hell do you want?", and she would have nothing to do with his gift. This is why it was my impression that she was using him to self-destruct her relantionship with Takayuki.]

DarkCntry wrote:

As for Akane Maniax...the point was, like KimiNozo, to follow the game while only being somewhat tied to the original storyline, which is what MuvLuv did. Gouda's introduction, as well as the entirety of the game being a bridge-gap between KimiNozo and MuvLuv, was the mood change from KimiNozo's solemn and serious mood to MuvLuv's slightly comical and dark mood.

Fair enough, but my problem wasn't that it was a romantic comedy rather than a romantic drama(parts of it were quite funny), it was that it was a stupid romantic comedy.

spoiler[If you do have the ability to play the game, I highly suggest it, as it details the story much more intently than the anime did and allows you to fully understand the plight that all of the characters face...]

DarkCntry wrote:

spoiler[If you do have the ability to play the game, I highly suggest it, as it details the story much more intently than the anime did and allows you to fully understand the plight that all of the characters face...]

spoiler[Sorry, can't speak moon.

I'm kinda interested in Ayu's story, though. Despite the fact that she was almost entirely comic relief, I could tell that there was more to her. Plus, I like fangs.

But how does that affect the story that Takayuki seems to be running around banging anything that moves? Especially given the turn the story takes with Mistuki and Shinji? I'd think it'd annihilate his likeability…which was never terribly strong.]

Does anybody know how many episodes the OVA will be?

jpdsurf wrote:

Does anybody know how many episodes the OVA will be?

From what I hear, some sources are saying three, others are saying four. How official any of them are, I don't know.

spoiler[As for how all this affects the story...Takayuki's role was simple, start off with a confused guy about his feelings, toss in a huge accident, give him PTSD and more confusion about his feelings, and then top it off with regression. While not the most decisive of characters, Takayuki has a certain flair about him that brings him to a more realistic personality. There were plenty of times that even though I understood him and his motives that I still wanted to backhand him a few times just because he refused to make up his mind and was not only in jeopardy of messing up with Haruka but to screw over Mitsuki. It's really a matter of stepping back and taking your own emotions over the situation and then viewing things as if you were specifically in that spot.]

DarkCntry wrote:

spoiler[As for how all this affects the story...Takayuki's role was simple, start off with a confused guy about his feelings, toss in a huge accident, give him PTSD and more confusion about his feelings, and then top it off with regression. While not the most decisive of characters, Takayuki has a certain flair about him that brings him to a more realistic personality. There were plenty of times that even though I understood him and his motives that I still wanted to backhand him a few times just because he refused to make up his mind and was not only in jeopardy of messing up with Haruka but to screw over Mitsuki. It's really a matter of stepping back and taking your own emotions over the situation and then viewing things as if you were specifically in that spot.]

spoiler[I can understand the problems the love triangle presents and forgive him to a degree for his indecision and pandering with regards to that, but running around and banging waitresses and nurses? Then Mistuki goes and bangs Shinji, and it's a big development in the story? Where's the logic?]