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Freezing (TV) (both seasons).

you already answered your own question, but come on, really? one of the strongest warriors in the world and you're suprised when she shows us why?

One thing that surprises me is that after 4 eppies, so little of it has had to do with the relationship between Bridget and Kazuya. That was sort of the crux of the first season so it's a little odd that it seems to be neglected, so far.

I'm not a fan of Freezing but I also think that it isn't so much a traditional bullying angle that we see in a normal school setting. I mean it certainly is bullying, but its more like military hazing. Satellizer is seen by both the teachers and students as a violent delinquent. She has a rep that follows her from her previous school and one that she doesn't fix because her social skills suck and she has a lone wolf personality. So, she doesn't get much sympathy from anyone. Her lone wolf personality also doesn't mesh well in this military academy nor would it in a military unit. It doesn't really scream team player or follows orders well. Now when you consider that there's an expectation of respect from underclassmen to seniors in a military academy to reinforce chain of command, plus the whole Sempai-Kouhai dynamic thrown in, you might see how Satellizer sticks out like a nail that needs to be hammered down. This is pretty much what the upperclassmen are trying to do which is to make her "shape-up". Of course, it doesn't work and then things start to get nasty and threaten to get personal. So, I think nobody really objects because Satellizer doesn't have a lot of fans to come to her defense.

While this position has some merit, I still maintain that the brutality and vindictiveness with which it was carried out goes well beyond just establishing a proper pecking order. I always hated that about the first series, which is why I am enormously glad that they have not gone in that direction here.

Yes, the character designs are one of the prime draws of the series, aren't they?

And that's another reason why Elizabeth is my favorite: she had probably the prettiest character design in the series, and it's a mature rather than cutesy pretty.

Hey, that's what you get with Blood- around: sophisticated but raunchy humor.

As for the actual song name, I think Charles mentioning "Moonlight Sonata Version" of her power while it played might have been a hint.

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One thing that surprises me is that after 4 eppies, so little of it has had to do with the relationship between Bridget and Kazuya. That was sort of the crux of the first season so it's a little odd that it seems to be neglected, so far.

I'm not having a problem with it, though, because Satellizer as a character was not what kept me watching the original series; in fact, I probably watched it in spite of her rather than because of her because, personality-wise, she's one of the weakest of the regularly-recurring characters in the cast. And I always did like Elizabeth because she always seemed dignified (yes, even while swimming in the nude) and above the bullying crap that went on, so I'm pleased to see her getting quite a bit more screen time here.

One thing that surprises me is that after 4 eppies, so little of it has had to do with the relationship between Bridget and Kazuya. That was sort of the crux of the first season so it's a little odd that it seems to be neglected, so far.

You get more of the Satella/Kazuya relationship in the arc after this. This one is mainly focused on other characters. The series becomes a bit better balanced at trying to use the whole cast. besides Kazuya and Satellizer had an arc right before this one that is very focused on them. Unfortunately they skipped it.