Gerald Lee (gleee@UCDAVIS.EDU)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:09:41 -0800
X-Sender: godai@dilbert.ucdavis.edu Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.04.9902032046380.10023-100000@dilbert.ucdavis.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:09:41 -0800 From: Gerald Lee <gleee@UCDAVIS.EDU> Subject: Re: Sumire gets slamed!
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Ray Huang wrote:
> > >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?"
>
Well it depends if you want Sakura or not in the first place.
> > 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.
>
This is kind of a weird comparison but since Sakura = Kyoko from MI, and
Bellandandy = Kasumi from Ranma... Kyoko = Kaumi + Akane(The stbborness,
jealousy and violence). So... if anyone still gets me, Sakura +
stubborness + violence + jealousy - the goddess license = Bellandandy.
> > 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.
>
I agree! But the problem is, it's hard to notice it until you pick her.
Hm... do you think Oorihime = Sumire in ST1? While Sumire matured some
what... (Feel sorry for Ichiro when he had to go shopping with Sumire)
other than that, yeah she has matured.
> > >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.
>
I liked Skuld because well, since it's either sweet(Bellandandy)
or spice(Urd). But I haven't thought about Iris and Skuld, but I guess
it's an interesting comparison. It's weird but a good comparison of Iris
would be Diana (SM), I mean everything is almost identical other than the
form of course.
> > >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."
>
Hm... strange considering Kouran is from China.
> > If you like geeky girls with toys, she's cool.
>
> Or Chinese women. :P
heh heh, I second that notion. :)
>
> > >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.
>
I wonder if anyone perfers Kanna over all the other characters in ST1 or
ST2?
> > >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.
>
I can't say she's for Ayaname Rei fanboys. Rei was the only reason why I
watch Eva in the first place! (At least that's how I got started)
The reason why I liked Rei is because she's a mystery, it's a lot more
intreging than that Asuka.
Hm... maybe Leni is there for yaoi reasons.
^-^ I have no idea about Leni.
I don't know about more open
in the end considering everyone is more open in the end, so that's a
given.
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