Ray Huang (jhuang@UCLA.EDU)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:34:52 -0800
X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-ID: <199902040440.UAA30856@theta2.ben2.ucla.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:34:52 -0800 From: Ray Huang <jhuang@UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Sumire gets slamed!
> >Sakura- Just like Kyoko from MI, jealous as hell and she can't stand
> >Ichiro with any other girl. I mean, Ichiro is not a property of Sakura...
Jealousy can be a good thing. A sign of "faithfulness?"
> I agree. Also, problem with Sakura is that she's way too hmmm....
> predictable. Same way as Belldandy and a host of other idealized female
> characters.
Sakura is somewhat predictable, but I don't equate her with the
same predictability as Belldandy. They're totally 2 different
characters in my mind.
> I think Sumire is my favorite character in ST 1 & 2, tough and weird
> outside, but once you actually get to know her, she actually have a very
> tender side to her. Honestly, I think she has much more depth in many ways
> than Sakura. But hey, I liked Urd better in AMG too, so guess to each his
> own.
Sakura, as well as all the other girls (and guys), have a lot of depth
to them. Each has their own unique background story. If I were to
evaluate it, I would say Sakura has much more depth than any of
the other characters because we see so much of her background
story. Sumire, on the other hand, I would have to give the award of
best "growth" in character. Her personality changed dramatically, I
thought, from ST to ST2. Everyone who's played ST2 never fail to
comment how "sweet" she has become.
> >Iris- My fav! She's almost perfect except she's too young. She's always
> >happy and pretty easy to tell if she's upset or not. She's just like a
> >little sister, and she's fun to be with.
>
> I think Iris provides good comic relief, that's about it. (Bait for Skuld
> fanboys.)
Don't get this. Just because Fujishima did the character designs, it
didn't necessarily mean he did the personality designs. So are you
going to say now Natsumi (YUA) is like another ST character? I just
fail to see how Iris ~ Skuld.
> >Kouran- Dah! The Accent! The Accent! I'm not really interested in a
> >girl who always blow things up.
The accent is stereotypical "Osaka/Kansai-ben."
> If you like geeky girls with toys, she's cool.
Or Chinese women. :P
> >Kana- I'm not really into the female wrestler type. And um, yeah, it's
> >ok.
>
> Agreed.
When I first saw the ST OP, I thought Kanna was a boy. Was I
much chagringed to find out otherwise! Hehe.
> >Maria- I think Maria is way too serious and I can't really think of any
> >moments where she had fun. (Other than playing her mini-games)
That's Maria's outer personality. Inside, she is "sweet" too.
> >Leni- ??? I would have never known until I went to the pool. ^-^
>
> Bait for Aiyanomi Rei fanboys. Similiar type of design. But I never liked
> the silent type.
Again, I fail to see this one... then again, I'm not a EVA fan. Leni is
"silent" at first, but she is more open at the end.
> Twice as snobby and half the depth. Also, the accent was quite grating.
> At least Sumire sounds refined. (When she's not doing the manicial laugh.)
> Although the character design was good.
I'd probably agree on twice the snobby issue. But you need to
understand why she's so snobby (revealed in ST2).
Ray
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