Talk:My-Otome

message: I'm not sure that an ongoing commentary on each episode as it airs is appropriate for an encyclopedia article, a basic outline of the story is all that is required. Shiroi Hane 12:07, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps that section should be removed completely. In the article for My-HiME, there is no such section. 69.170.83.64 00:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and removed the episode summaries. The article looks neater now, IMO. --Shimei 08:22, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I agree that it looks better now. 69.170.83.64 04:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Episode Summaries

message: I reorganized the characters based on their affiliated country/institution and rank so it's easier to read (it's pretty much a copy of how the Japanese page is organized). BTW: I have no idea if "Aswad" is the correct spelling of the organization, the katakana doesn't really help. --Shimei 06:43, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The term Meister Otome is used in the article but the term is never explained. Starks 07:07, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe the pear and coral otome characters should be reorganized into countries also, given the events that have taken place in the latest episodes (war/graduation/promotion to pearl). The pillars and special characters (eg. Nao, Arika) could have a link (up to their paragraph on the page) placed in their contries section. --fabs 05:31, 07 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Character Organization

message: I'm worried about the general article quality, there seems to be a lot of fluff in the article that has very little practical use for a random viewer. There seems to be little point in listing all the characters in the series with information, and also the story section seems to be patched together by several contributors without anybody ever bothering to see that the text is consistent with itself. That section is in need of a major rewrite, how about reducing it to a minimum for at least until the series itself is complete to avoid this from happening again? Also the episode listing article should be merged with this one, there's little point in keeping it separate.
--130.232.134.251 14:09, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As I said at the top, a blow-by-blow account of each episode as it airs is the reserve of blogs, not encyclopedia articles. I see nothing wrong with a list of characters nor with fleshing them out as information becomes available, although all the "this characters hasn't appeared yet but I think they will" "they're rumoured to appear next episode" "they will appear next episode" stuff is a little pointless. Shiroi Hane 02:11, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  General article quality 

message: Can anyone help me dig up more info from 2ch and Japanese blogs? Starks 05:47, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What kind of info are you looking for? --Shimei 08:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I keep hearing that the song is awesomely upbeat and I'm only finding chunks of vague information. I would like a confirmation as to whether "rino" was a backup singer for the song. Starks 08:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I know, Kuribayashi performed 'Crystal Energy' at a KimiNozo radio live event which CooRie was also a part of. I think rino performed a song together(don't know which one) with Kurinoco, but I don't believe she is actually involved with Crystal Energy itself. j1m 17:56, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't sure of who did what at the BLITZ performance. Starks 19:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: I confirmed OP2 the other day but information is still scarce...

message: I think I've seen all three spellings pop up in edits. Anyone know which spelling is official? --Shimei 04:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sergay and Sergei... The official character image contradicts itself (http://www.my-zhime.net/character/img/img_p_sergei.gif) Starks 07:30, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: While it probably is meant to be Sergei, the image says Sergay and since I personally rate text higher than filenames when it comes to Japanese sites it's best to use that until anything more official comes to light (although bear in mind that Arika has been spelt at least two different ways on screen thus far..) Shiroi Hane 19:34, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've only seen it spelled Arika in GEM sequences and on paperwork. Where do you see it spelled differently? Starks 19:55, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sergey, Sergei or Sergay?

message: Would it be worthwhile to include a technology/glossary section for all the strange tech/terms that appear in My-Otome? Some examples are Otome HiME (Otome-type Highly-Advanced Materializing Equipment), GEM (Generable Enigmatic Matrix) and Slaves. --Shimei 00:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Technology or Glossary Section?

message: Ep 17: 蒼の舞／想い、散るとき ***TRANSLATION NEEDED***
Ep 18: ホワイトアウト (Whiteout)
Starks 10:10, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation needed for episode 17 title and confirmation for episode 18 title translation.

message: Whoever thinks that's a halberd, I believe that whatever conceptions of what a halberd is that you have are wrong! A halberd is an axe head on a long pole and is a two-handed weapon. See article on halberd. I'm just checking here because I'm not sure what her Meister Element is, but it is certainly not a halberd and I'm not going to edit it until I've clarified what weapon the Element is. --Robtf 06:54, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arika's Meister Element 

message: There are way too many damn spoilers on this page. A good description of each character's personality should be enough. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.185.180.39 (talk • contribs) 07:49, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What you did was unnecessary, the article has a spoiler warning to begin with so removing the spoilers was unneeded. --Robtf 12:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No, no, no! 

message: Exactly how much should be inside the profiles? Because it could get a little ugly (And by that I mean large). Obviously not every detail should be inside but the most important ones but just how much? Should we include a relationship/Gems/masters part to lighten the load? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.149.172.194 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Erstin's section is beginning to look more like prose than profile at the moment.. Shiroi Hane 19:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding profiles 

message: WTF ?? YGGDRASIL UNIT ??
i feel something strange about her , when she said something about slave like a "child" creature... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 222.124.92.234 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miyu Glear.. 

message: Just a question, I was looking at his/her profile and it appears that his/her gender is not clear. I'm just looking for a confirmation or if there's something in the official website that says it's a guy or a girl. I was under the impression that it's a guy who just speaks like a woman. 
SoldierofDarkness 08:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aswald Knights, regarding Lumen 

message: This article's gotten to the point where the edit page warns that it's larger than preferable. Do you think this article needs some work to reduce the bloat? Some anime pages split off the character list onto a separate article with a summary in the main article, maybe this is preferable here due to the large number of characters. Anyone have any other ideas?
--Shimei 23:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size 

message: I came up with some (very) rough GEM name translations for minor characters through little more than educated guesswork.. I'm surprised noone has come up with anything better yet. Shiroi Hane 02:33, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was really dissapointed to see that, while we got some new materialize animations in the last couple of eps, they didn't show the full names of the gems, just the stone name itself. Shiroi Hane 02:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GEM names 

message: So... Alyssa Searrs from My-HiME is Arika's ancestor. But Miyu was constructed by "My-Otome's version of Alyssa"? Huh? Am I missing something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.47.249.99 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nowhere is it said that Alyssa Searrs, Arika's ancestor, is from My-HiME. If we take it that My-Otome is an alternate universe as opposed to the future, then Arika's ancestor is My-Otome's Alyssa Searrs, not My-HiME's. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.229.220.89 (talk • contribs) 03:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alyssa... 

message: Given the trend of the creators to word play various things like the names and such, does anyone has any information as to whether the name of "Garderobe Academy" has anything to do with a Garderobe of a Castle? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.127.101.205 (talk • contribs) 04:33, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Literally garderobe means wardrobe, but if you think of it as being "guard"+"robe" itt maks sense, sincw Otome wear Robes and guard their masters. More prosaically you could say guarderobe is where robes are kept:p Shiroi Hane 18:45, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming reference 

message: I'm curious on where did it ever mention that Ein Luu is also Nguyen Bao's daughter? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Bloodlust Kid (talk • contribs) 07:38, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Annan 

message: In episode 26, Juliet's GEM shows the initials J.N.G, not J.N.Z - so her last name would not be Zhang. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.229.220.89 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd consider that a spelling error. The official website spells her name "Juliet Nao Zhang." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.30.24.244 (talk • contribs) 04:00, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Juliet's Last Name 

message: I'd like to ask, where did the idea that they were knights come from? And why do you insist on using the old discarded Doremi gibberish translation "Aswald" instead of the already officially confirmed (as of an article in Megami magazine) term "Aswad" (Arabic for black)? 
Nowhere in any official material from Japan are they called knights. The closest thing as to this title is that on the Japanese wikipedia article they are refered to as "envoys of the Black Valley," and that does not contain any shred of evidence that they have knighthood.
Furthermore on the issue of the Aswald name, I bring to attention that Aswad is the official name and that wikipedia is supposed to be an online encyclopedia. In order to keep the information encyclopedic, we should use official terms and not just terms for which you have preference. Otherwise, we are only fueling the fire for those who don't trust wikipedia as an info source because of the user ability to edit articles.  --Robtf 06:39, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Aswald Knights?" 

message: I'm going to group the five pillars into their own section so people know who they are. Seiya 19:16, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Five Pillars 

message: So, when is the OVA release date, to be more specific?
::according to Anime News Network (ANN) it's 11-24-2006 the day after thanksgiving for Americans like me (as well as tomorrow from this post)
So, now that the first episode has been released, we should probably make a page for it right? Linkforlife 22:59, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  OVA 

message: As a refresher for those who may be new here, we are using official spellings taken from the official site, artbooks, onscreen text etc., e.g. in case of Sergay Wáng see , , , and . Shiroi Hane 17:10, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names 

message: The article is too big, according to the article size policy. Please, if there is a main article, transfer information to that and optimise the supercondensation in this article to as brief as possible. If there is not, Be Bold, pick a character of importance (like, say, Midori) and make one. --Warp L. Obscura 15:50, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shrinking 

message: Since the list of characters is very long I decided to split them into a seperate article. Diabound00 11:12, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperation of characters list 

message: I've seen  Slave, SLAVE, and slave in the same article, all refering to the same thing. We need to decide on a universal spelling that will be used on all Otome related pages. Are there any official spellings seen in the show? Linkforlife 16:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slave, Gem, etc 

message: I have some more English GEM names for a bunch of the Otome. They come from the newly released My-HiME & My-Otome Figure Special book, making them official:
Mahya Blythe - Swirling Dance Fluorite (伶踊の蛍石 Reiyō no Botaruishi)
Laula Bianchi - Flowery Splendor Enstatite (絢爛の頑火輝石 Kenran no Gankakiseki)
Anh Lu - Infinite Wisdom Azurite (慧命の藍銅鉱 Emyō no Randōkō)
Rosalie Claudel - Abyssal Green Jadeite (深淵の翡翠 Shin’en no Hisui)
Carla Bellini - Rumbling Thunder Garnet (雷鳴の柘榴石 - Raimei no Zakuroishi)
Yukariko Steinberg - Dazzling Mirage Lapis Lazuli (幻惑の瑠璃 Genwaku no Ruri)
Fiar Grosse - Excel Elegance Chalcedony??? (could be wrong translation, chalcedony is gyokuzui in japanese) (塊麗の縞瑪瑙 Kenrei no Shimamenō) Saintvlas22 16:31, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New GEM names! 

message: My-Otome Zwei article created, please help. --Warp L. Obscura 04:54, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zwei 

message: Erm.. some relation to Mai Otome, a real life entertainment show featuring Mai Otome 219.74.39.27 22:16, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mai Otome Otometic 

message: episode 17 i my otome and epsidode 20(i think) of my hime ar similar. both animes are so similar that only names, looks, place and alitle of the story line make the diferentSno777 13:27, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  similar 

message: Why is this show described as Shounen?  It doesn't fit many of that genrés steroetypes & it was advertised prominently in Shoujo magazines in Japan.Winterdenni (talk) 14:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shounen?