Happy Birthday to my all time favorite biker
>>1844548
ah My Hime I've been meaning to watch that again.
So shiznat thread?
>>1844587
<<<I think Natsuki is super cute on this page.
>>1844597
That's it for now more later for one of my favorite OTPs.
>>1844599
Just had to add one more cutesy pic.
>>1844548
How old is she now?
>>1844678
She's 17 when Mai-HiME started. +11 years, she's 28 now. Shizuru will turn 29 on December 18.
>>1844689
So they should be running the school by now, yeah?
>>1844689
Gettin' old there Natsuki.
>>1844829
>28
>old
WTF?
>>1844832
Tumblr/reddit pls go.
>>1844832
28 is a fucking granny, she should consider herself lucky if her uterus hasn't fallen out yet.
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>>1844855
Wow just wow to all of this.
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Hope you all liked a doujin with a more dominant Natsuki I know I did.
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Also all this talk about 28 being old...
>>1845119
...like a milf Natsuki and Shizuru wouldn't be hot.
>>1845120
Any Natsuki and Shizuru would be hot.
>>1845115
That was really good, Anon, thank you. I've never read that manga before.
Ah.. I remembered fanfiction Monster from this show... man I feel old.
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>>1844855
Asian master race here. There're plenty Asian women between 30-40 who us natives couldn't tell apart from those in early 20s (or teenagers to untrained Westerners' eyes).
I had been living in Europe since 17. At 23, I still got asked for ID sometimes when buying beers at the supermarket. Their legal drinking age is 16...
Meanwhile, my cousins back home mistook my 19y/o white classmates as my teachers when I sent them pics.
I mean, as an Asian, if I look at Adele
>>1845235
Damn twitchy finger.
Anyway, if I look at Adele I would think she's in her late 30s. Just to give an example how drastically different the impression of age is between Asians and Whites.
>>1845077
That artists nails always make feel kinda queasy. The work is nice but I can't look at the fingers too much
>>1844832
I said "gettin'" old didn't I?
She's pushing her 30s. That's the big age everyone is dreading and where they say "now I'm growing old."
>>1845236
It honestly depends on the person. I know a lot of white people that look 5-10 years less than their age. Adele is over 5 ft 7, plus size, and also noticeably wears makeup, all of which make someone look older than their age.
>>1845384
40 is middle-aged. Over 50 is old. 30 is about the age you develop maturity. Under 25's should be seen and not heard.
I'm not entirely why you people are having a serious discussion over a post that was obviously a joke regarding the silly mentality often displayed in anime that anyone over 20 is a dinosaur.
I've been enjoying the retro threads as of late. Finally tried Mai Otome and wish I'd watched it sooner.
>>1845784
Because newfag underaged tumblrtards make like 70% of /u/ now.
>>1845789
I'm rewatching Mai Hime right now. It still holds up for me. Same for Simoun and Marimite. Meanwhile I tried to watch Yuru Yuri and Yurikuma Arashi recently and dropped them both. I'd honestly rather watch a bait show that has even marginal character development and plot than some moeshit that goes nowhere and nothing happens.
>>1845800
>Mai Hime
>Simoun
>Marimite
>Yurikuma
>YuruYuri
One of these things is not like the other.
>>1845789
Mai Otome? I prefer My Hime personally more shiznat and summoning powers fucking love summoners.
>>1845793
Hugs?
>>1845322
Hands are a super pain to draw so I tend to forgive any quirks in the style for em especially since I can't draw hands to save my life.
>>1845129
You're welcome I love cute Natsuki but sometimes a dominant Natsuki is awesome.
>>1845808
<<I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be Natsuki in early stages of pregnancy with Shizuru's daughter.
>>1845807
But magical grils
>>1845812
I get it I personally liked My Hime more. Shizuru's Otome characterization was cooler but I preferred Hime's fight scenes and overall story. And Hime Natsuki.
Although EXA Natsuki beats all other incarnations for kicking Mai's ass so easily even if she dies at the end.
>>1845817
EXA Natsuki is also the only incarnation thats not completly oblivious to Shizuru who really isnt subtle at all.
>>1845817
I watched Otome for more than Shiznat though which is probably why I prefer it. Really, at the end of the day it's only a fraction of each show. I don't think I'd have the patience to watch Hime again.
>>1845937
I despised Otome's main plot (who the hell decided to okay a magical girl anime about two teenagers in a love triangle with a man in his twenties, anyway), but I rather liked how the returning cast were portrayed. It was a nice contrast to see them all happy like that compared to how dark My-Hime was.
I think My-Hime is still the superior work overall, even with the shitty ending.
>>1845945
Frankly, they're both pretty bad.
>>1845945
There's a lot more to Otome's main plot than the Sergei love triangle and it always bothers me that people can't see past that. Mai's flip-flopping between Tate and Reito was way more irritating imo.
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>>1845953
The problem is that it clearly overshadows it, especially with Nina's behaviour being a major influence of what happens and therefore her ridiculous obsession with her adoptive father becomes a major plot point that can't be seperated from what is happening.
In Mai Hime while Reito became the man behind everything was the final conflict for Mai fighting Mikoto and getting throuh her, making it easy to ignore her constant blubbering between them. It also helped that a lot of Mai's motivation came from her relationship with Takumi or Mikoto. Mai Otome improved a lot when the focus for Arika went from Sergey to her duty as Otome and vessel of the queen.
Personally I would like Otome better if they had focused on the politics more. Also the whole "Otome cant have sex with men or they loose their power" and the whole training being basically "how to be the perfect maid waifu in servitude of your master" were kinda eh. But thats anime for you
>>1845958
This is my feelings too. Both the Tate/Reito stuff and the Sergey stuff was obviously annoying being a /u/-fan, and also not particularly well-done in general (especially with the age-difference for the latter). But in Mai Hime it felt very much like a sub-plot to me, mostly developing Mai's character and driving her decisionmaking, just like other characters had their own sub-plots - hell, in a way Natsuki kinda had the focus of subplots in Hime since she was the intersection point for Shiziru, Nao and Haruka/Yukino. Meanwhile in Otome, the Sergey it basically outmuscled and interfered with the main plot too much, while also leaving all but those three characters out of it and, because of that, making them feel underdeveloped to me.
That kinda defines how I felt about Otome - all the characters' story-arcs felt too separated, partly because of the sheer scale. In Hime it was one small gang of powerful people in one place, most of them friends or at least acquaintances at some point. Their stories intersect organically and while the final episode was a crock of shit, I really did enjoy how the writers portrayed that, had them relate to each-other and forced them to live double-lives. In Otome, the story spans countries and even continents and there are just so, so many characters, I feel none of them got any kind of satisfying development and only the main three got any kind of focus.
>>1845963
Honestly Sunrise did well with Hime, aside from maybe Akane who was basically just shock value and first kill material, we know the motivations and backstory for all other girls. That's a lot more than most anime with such a large cast can say. It probably helped that Mai Hime had a coherent theme while that kinda fell apart in Otome. Hime was all about the different kinda love (romantic, platonic, family etc) these girl experience and their struggles with them. In otome because aside from the three main characters they also tried to talk about politics, duty and some vague ethics, while trying to throw as many cameos from Hime in as possible. Both were vastly better than the game and manga though
I enjoyed Haruka and Shizurus almost friendship I wish we could have seen if they ever could see eye to eye in Hime
>>1845958
>The problem is that it clearly overshadows it
Didn't overshadow it for me, clearly. Honestly I forget how big a part it actually is every time I watch it because I enjoy the rest of it so much. But like I said, I'm also watching for more than Shiznat, who are barely featured in Otome - Natsuki has more meaningful interaction with Nao.
I posted some happy shiznat, some hot shiznat, and some milfy shiznat.
Now here's some sad shiznat.
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I think I might be tad unhinged as I live for that moment when someone knows all is lost and only madness and death await them.
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All said though I started to cry about here. I kept wondering what might one think when looking down at the person they loved. Would they hope they were faking? That they'd get up and say "Just kidding!" and Shizuru would be mad of course but ultimately forgive Natsuki since it was better than the alternative?
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I can't see Mikoto beating Shizuru. Yeah she was super strong among the HiME but so was Shizuru and the age/experience gap should give Shiz the edge + the matter of Kiyohime being an utterly broken child. Also Natsuki beat Mikoto and still lost to Shizuru up till the kiss.
Not trying to be a total idiot for Shizuru but I just always felt the Mikoto being stronger than her to be a load of shit.
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Yeah but Mikoto did hold her own in EXA and when Mikoto goes into dark mode she's pretty tough although I'd still bet on Shizuru.
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And that concludes End of Midsummer I hope you all liked some sad shiznat.
>>1846083
And one more little sad page from My Hime EXA. I prefer the other translation where Natsuki credits and acknowledges Shizuru but I couldn't find it.
I'll post something happy later for catharsis.
>>1846086
And by later I mean right now.
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>>1846094
Public service announcement never kiss your lesbian lover while both of you are covered in salt water.
>>1846086
ShizNat being sad is half the fun
>>1846092
sauce on artist? I remember them drawing marimite stuff too
>>1846096
>Public service announcement never kiss your lesbian lover while both of you are covered in salt water.
Well that ruins some yuri fantasies some of us may have about some of the bleach episodes (and what would happen next) in animes.
>>1846309
Hmmm, I didn't think this would be needed, but I guess.
PSA: Never drink bleach with your lesbian lover.
>>1846092
Shizuru looks high as fuck on this page.
>>1846507
Lust is a hell of a drug.
When the hell is "Monster" updating
>>1846546
Never it seems like. I'd rather have Siren of the Sea to be updated first honestly. It left at such a juicy cliff hanger.
>>1846553
What about "Feels Like Today"
Some more sad shiznat.
>>1847624
And some lovely deep kiss shiznat.
>>1846902
I hope you know Spanish or enjoy OoC futa, because that's what we've been getting these days.
>>1847691
I know right? I instantly go to the last page and work my way forward when I'm in the mood for GOOD, nostalgic shiznat.
>>1847731
what's the source of the pic?
Just a friendly bump with a confidant Natsuki. I find this pic to be pretty great but than again I love seeing a confidant Natsuki.
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>>1849309
Man I remember the first time I read Lone Wolf and shiznat fanfiction. It was all thanks to shojo ai.com. Damn memories, glad I printed out Mai Kisaki before that site went under.
>>1849311
Could you upload that fic to mediafire? Never got around to reading it before the author deleted it.
>>1849546
You can still find Lone Wolf's art here, Anon
http://www.lw-concepts.com/fanart/gallery.html
>>1849558
>http://www.lw-concepts.com/fanart/gallery.html
I meant Mai Kisaki/Kyoto Hunt. But thanks for the link.
>>1849546
The /u/ser you quoted here. I don't have a file unfortunately and I regret to inform you that I am not scanning each individual page I printed. Believe me I know your pain we lost some decent fics with shojoai's death.
So here's some happy family shiznat as a consolation.
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>>1850030
I think we all agree Natsuki is quite the hottie but she's generally even better with Shizuru... hint hint.
>>1850262
What was up with My Hime Destiny I vaguely recall Shizuru and Natsuki were like leaders of rival gangs or something but they still had the hots for each other.
I thought I had that fan art of Destiny Shizuru feeding Natsuki so here's one of them kissing. Shizuru in a black uniform beating up yakuza is pretty badass but I still prefer her naginata over the katana.
>>1853789
Found it! Well official pic from the looks of it. Gotta say love the concept of My Hime Destiny. And the shiznat is fucking adorable also miss the summoning but whatevs.
>>1853789
Shizuru is part of the student council which Natsuki and following are working against I think? But they are friends and close, as Tomoe as to realize when both work together and have her tied to a chair. he claims to "get it" and Natsuki tell Tomoe to shut up
>>1853806
Found the fan art! It was in my folder the whole time I got waaay too much shiznat but that's not a bad thing as far as I'm concerned.
I aint letting this thread die yet!
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<<<This was the first shiznat pic I ever saw. It's also what got me into yuri.
>>1859920
Rise from your grave!
>>1863506
Thanks dude, this thread makes me all nostalgic.someone has page 6 of this? It's missing in my collection for some reason
>>1863559
Wow that might actually be one of the few I don't have that along with the one where Natsuki has to hide all the love bites Shizuru left on her inner thighs.
>>1863577
It's the one with the love bites. for no reason what so ever I am missing that one page and its amazingly frustrating. I have been thinking about just ordering the stuff from mandarake but I always get nervous ordering stuff with border control potentially getting me in more trouble than its worth
>>1863584
Wish I could help that is one of the few I don't have unfortunately best of luck mate.
>>1863584
I believe this is what you're looking for?
>>1864261
nvm found this, I see there a lot of raws that were not scanned.
http://www.ichigoyuri.com/2005/01/doropanda-tours-and-other-random-mai.html
Something that should have happened in the first Mai- Hime manga. Man its still a sore wound even after EXA.
Another one of the first yuri and shiznat pics I ever saw. So so long ago.
Since Duran grew in size because of how Natsuki felt towards Shizuru, then does that mean that Kiyohime was fucking huge and BROKEN AS FUCK due to all of the intense feelings Shizuru had for Natsuki?
>>1866803
That's pretty much how it works in the anime. If you pay attention Kiyohime's size actually fluctuates a little like when Nao trapped it during her rematch with Shizuru it was smaller than it's appearance when it protected Natsuki from a rampaging Kagutsuchi. Or during Shizuru's battle with Natsuki where it was huge.
>>1867111
Very true, I'm ashamed I never noticed this. Therefore ill post some images.
>>1868468
don't feel bad it took me two viewings of the series to notice it.
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>>1870526
source?
Sunrise needs to do something with the Hime franchise where Natsuki and Shizuru are in the lead. Fuck, I'd spend an easy $500 on jap blurays just for that. Fuck, I wonder how much money they'd make if they actually did that.
>>1870700
Sorry got it from /u/ originally.
>>1871490
Well I wouldn't spend THAT much money I agree with the sentiment.
>>1871490
I hope the franchise stays dead so I can pretend ShizNat is canon according to Prolouge, Anime Guide book and that one Otome Drama CD. But hey something new might get rid of that Futa trend. I dont even mind it but this is getting all kindas of ridiculous
>>1871794
Futa fags and mexicans have ruined HiME/Otome fan fiction.
What Shiznat really needs is the Great Wall of Trump so I don't have to set language to english every time I go looking for something to read.
>>1871913
I really don't want this to get /pol/ but Trump doesn't support lesbians so yeah... and considering shiznat is Japanese... we should probably be lucky to have anything in English in the first place.
>>1871913
At least ShizNat had some truly great fics.
Some supposedly equally well known fandoms like Nanoha, K-On, etc never had quality fics like ShizNat did
>>1871969
That shit with Shizuru as a vampire and with Natsuki as a goddess incarnate or some shit was some top quality fic.
Same with Siren of the Sea, but it seems like all of the good fics are now fucking dead.
>>1872206
I remember reading an awesome fic where Shizuru became a vampire and Natsuki became something like a werewolf. Anyway it was a crossover with Blood Plus I think. Sadly it was on a yuri site that is no longer with us.
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>>1872206
At least Inter Nos is still updating. Slow and intermittent beats not at all, and I enjoy getting my fix of Shizurius Caesar.
>>1849546
This pic is my favorite. I was obsessed with it many years and even printed it out and put it in my binder lmao. I was going to post if I didn't see it.
I miiiiiiiiiiiiiissss shiznat so much. those were good times
https://myspace.com/anshularii/video/shizuru-psycho/9739648
^this video used to be on youtube but isn't anymore so I had to go to the fucking land of the dead and get a link from myspace of all places. This video brings back so many memories. Youtube poop was the best.
>>1875427
Yeah anon those were good times. I feel like we could make a Pepridge Farms joke here or something.
So what kind of shiznat do /u/ like? I like a confidant Natsuki personally.
>>1865045
What language is even that
>>1875427
Everybody knows that image. Its so warm and cozy.Makes you want to have a girlfriend...
>>1875533
Neko!Natsuki and Tachi!Shizuru are basically canon, but I like it best when Natsuki gets more assertive from time to time and knows how to be serious about it. Shy and grumpy Natsuki is very cute but if its only Shizuru who is affectionate and initiates that would just seem too sad and one-sided.
What I wouldn't give to see live action mai hime. Hani from Exid (with her reddish hair and bangs) would really work as Shizuru.
>>1887234
>live action
Anon,you okay? Go watch the Negima live action and think about what you just said
>>1887254
Not to mention the "casting". A member of a South Korean girl group playing Shizuru? What?
>>1887258
Leave it to anon to cast the most Japanese girl of the whole cast as South Korean I guess. Not even mentioning how that would butcher Shizuru's accent.
Bumpuru!
Is this anime good is ShizNat the only yuri couple?
>>1894389
They're the only official couple there's a lot of subtext between several other girls. The anime is the best the first manga isn't yuri its a harem with a male lead and the second Mai Hime manga Mai Hime EXA is closer to the anime but with a bad end as shown here.>>1846086
As for whether or not its good well it depends on what you're looking for it personally suits my needs what with magical girls who use summon abilities a dash of yuri and decent fight scenes.
ShizNat is my first OTP and (I have other ship I love but now again is always my favorit
>>1887273
I meant like, her appearance would work...if that makes any sense whatsoever...
>>1894439
Same yo. I've developed other OTP's and OT3's but shiznat was my first.
>>1849546
Wish I could find the one by the same artist where they had little kids who looked like them.
>>1894858
That one is on the dynasty picture gallery actually but here you go
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=29697555
Complete Mai Hime/Otome collection of that artist, contains porn, Shizuru fondling girls.
On a request note, where is this from? I dont remember it at all
>>1894905
What, your screenshot? Pretty sure it's from the BD version or Director's Cut. They added a few scenes in the ending.
>>1894695
yeah ara ara my favorite is Na-tsu-ki~
I wish there was more shiznat fanfiction that wasn't about futa or in Spanish. Personally, I would like to see more non-au stories but that's just wishful thinking.
Anyways, we need more pictures... never enough shiznat
Just rewatched some of the ShizuNatsu scenes in Mai HiME today, not letting this thread die yet!!
>>1894905
I don't get it, I see only 1 illustration of hers that's tagged Mai HiME (http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=29697555) and the art style looks totally different?
Oh, and that screenshot is from the Director's Cut of Episode 26.
>>1895704
You have clicked on that right? Like one the collection? thats a collection of images, 47 or something pictures. The artist says in the descrition that this a collection of their old Mai Hime related art from 2004 to 2007 ish because the old site they probably have been using having died.
Also thanks for the exact Episode, I was sure I had the directors cut version in my folder but it seems I must have not labelled my stuff correctly. As usually
>>1895762
Oh I see, I hadn't actually clicked on it. Thanks!
Where do I find Mai-hime EXA? just finished the anime
>>1898399
Google.
http://maimultiverse.blogspot.de/2010/12/mai-hime-exa-complete-english.html
>>1898500
chapter two is not working huhuhu
>>1898504
Yeah, if anyone has chapter 2 (or the whole volume of the raws), please share.
>>1898655
Well you're not missing much its really just a lead up to Mai getting her ass kicked by Natsuki in Chapter three so yeah. And we all know what happens in THAT fight.>>1845817
>>1898504
After a bit more searching, I found what looks like the entire volume of Mai HiME EXA in English: http://www.mediafire.com/download/fwaxnz3jfwr5rrl/Mai+HiME+EXA-English.rar
Krystal (the scan cleaner?) posted a link to it in a post on deviantart: http://krystal-of-nol.deviantart.com/art/Mai-HiME-EXA-v2-0-209901019
Can I hope people post now all natshiz picture?
>>1894923
Is that supossed to be Shizuru and Haruka at university?
>>1908688
Yes, they're at Fuuka University.
>>1908706
Aww, I was actually really convinced Shizuru would do the year over just to stay with Natsuki
>>1908709
No matter what Shizuru will always be ready to drop everything and run to her beloved Natsuki.
>>1909328
On an unrelated note remember quite a while back when someone posted a picture of a male character from some anime who looked just like Shizuru? A few of /u/s posted reaction images of Natsuki trying to ask him for Shizuru's hand in marriage.
It makes me giggle reminiscing about it.
>>1909333
Bloody hell I love how sensual these pics are.
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>>1909333
I haven't seen this male Shizuru! Does anyone still have pictures?
>>1845969
Hime also had the better soundtrack compared to Otome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPJUSz_i4Ks
>>1909404
Yeah but for obvious reasons I ain't posting it here. The dude looks just like Shizuru but wears a green or teal colored outfit and has glasses otherwise similar hair and red eyes.
>>1909447
Agreed.
>>1909587
Is the male Shizuru a character from an anime or is it original artwork?
>>1909593
Looks like from an anime.
>>1909594
pic source?
>>1909617
That's the one!
Yeah a few of us posted reaction pics of Natsuki like<<< pic related as if she was asking him for Shizuru's hand in marriage it was most amusing.
>>1909617
>Jade Curtiss from Tales of the Abyss
He looks like Shizuru's dad!
>>1910376
Yup my little funcanon is that he is and Natsuki is too flustered to ask for Shizuru's hand but she keeps trying!
>>1916862
Oh man. Why can't they make a third MaiHime series but with Natsuki and Shizuru as main? Or even having decent screen time. Mai Otome was really lacking them, even if they were a couple.
Imagine if they even decided to make a yuri series about them and their love story. But good things cannot be happen
Mai Hime and Otome was a success solely because of these two, and their roles were very small
>>1916870
I'd love for them to make good on that one bonus video about a potential Hime sequel which was mostly just a parody. But it could feature the actual romance of them then.
