a5c7b9f00b A group a school girls discover that they have been given the ability to materialize weapons and control robotic beasts called Children to stop an evil organization from their plans of domination. Meanwhile, a darker plot thickens.
Mai-HiME, (HiME, (pronounced 'hee-meh'), stands for Highly Advanced Materializing Equipment), is about a group of middle/high school girls, called HiMEs, with the ability to materialize weapons and large monster guardians called Childs. Ostensibly, the HiME girls are gathered to this school in order to fight off monsters called Orphans, though it isn't too long before we begin to see darker developments. Hey wait! Don't run off, I know it sounds trite and goofy but it's good I promise.<br/><br/>While it is about a group, it mainly focuses on Mai, hence the show's title. This is a good thingMai is probably one of the most likable main characters in recent anime that I've seen. However, there is a large supporting cast of unique characters that are almost all very likable, even the bad guys. The one exception would have to be the annoyingly jealous and clingy Shiho. While some of the characters aren'twell developedothers, none are totally left out and with a castlargethis that's an accomplishment.<br/><br/>Visually I suppose this show isn't quiteimpressivesome other new shows out there, but it is by no means bad. I particularly like the character designs; each and every character has a very distinct look and they are all nicely done. The battle sceneswell look very well done even though some of the Childs do look sort of silly.<br/><br/>Kajiura Yuki is a name I learned with this show and one I'll be trying to remember. She was of course responsible for the musical score here and the music really shines in Mai-HiME. There are a few scenes peppered throughout the series that are set to song and they truly stand out in a good way. The background track is also very impressive and changes to suit the scenes properly.<br/><br/>I cannot speak for the English dubI have only seen this show in Japanese with English subtitles. Normally, most Japanese voices, especially the girls, sound extremely similar to me and I often have trouble picking out whose voice I'm hearing. However, I don't know if I've just heard so much Japanese lately that I'm starting get a better feel for it or not but, again I found all of the characters to be quite distinct, this time in voice.<br/><br/>******THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS******<br/><br/>Around episode sixteen or so is where the big plot twist comes in and in my opinion it's one of the coolest plots I've seen. After finally banding together and deciding to worka group the HiMEs are informed of the real plan for them; they have to defeat each other's Childs in order to determine who the strongest is and move on to the next stage. The kicker is that their Childs are directly linked to whoever it is that they consider to be the most important person to them; if their Child is destroyed then so too is that person. They can't even take the noble self-sacrifice route since their Childs are also linked to the HiMEs themselves and so if they choose to kill themselves their Child would die and so would the important person linked to them. If they all simply choose not to fight then the whole world will of course be destroyed. While at first banding together to find a way out of the whole mess they are all the while being manipulated by sinister forces and with so much at stake tensions are high and the inevitable battle begins.<br/><br/>This whole idea coupled with the entangled web of relationships within the group makes for some pretty fantastic and emotional episodes. I have some issues with the ending though,a few things don't seem to fit quite right or just aren't exactly explained properly, but nothing too huge. The last issue I have with the ending, (and the biggest SPOILER yet just to let you know one last time), is that it's just too happy. Happy endings are nice and all and this one does leave you with a good feeling so that's great, and I don't really know if I'd prefer it to go the sad depressing ending route since I am a sucker for a happy ending. It's just that it sort of cheapens all the death scenes that hit you so hard in the episodes prior to the miracle resurrections in the end.<br/><br/>******END SPOILERS******<br/><br/>All in all Mai-HiME is a great character driven story with a pretty intriguing plot. If you can get past the seemingly clichéd premise you'll realize that it is actually a bit different than standard fare and has a lot more depth than you might notice at first glance. I enjoyed this show quite a lot and I highly recommend it to any anime fan.
I could go on for hours about how good this is but I'm gonna do itshortI can without spoilers.<br/><br/>1 of my 4 favorite Aime's of all time(My-Hime, Mai Otome, Eureka Seven, Berserk. Can never decide which one I love the most.) My-Hime is just THAT good. Great, fast paced storyline with deep lovable (or hatable :P) characters. Has a couple of unforeseen twists that you will just love, lots of humorwellsoonyou get into the characters - and you will pretty fast.<br/><br/>It also has maybe the best soundtrack I have ever heard to an anime. Not talking about just opening and ending songs (love the ending, find the opening okay) but the background music hitting at the perfect times, gets you hypedall hell in the cool scenes, or tearing up in the sad ones.<br/><br/>I can see why many people compare it to Neon Genesis Evangelion since it also takes place at a high school and involves a lot of teenage school life with all its fun and problems but that is pretty muchfarit goes IMO. My-Hime has a much broader panel of characters and a much more tightly constructed storyline with very few loose ends once it's over (and sorry if I tick off some NGE fans now, cause NGE is a good series with a lot of nostalgia but looking at both series from a distance - putting aside the age difference and just looking at bothAime's - My-Hime is superior all together. NGE did have a better opening song though :D)Also NGE had a much darker view on life all together, not meaning it was more serious, just darker. My-Hime has the dark, sad sideswell but still not in a depressing way. Just the way I felt about comparing those shows at least.


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