cerusee | this show is very hard to mock! (Reply)

I swear, the producers are just daring people to take them at face value. Sometimes, when I'm watching Mai-HiME, I sort of imagine this conversation going on:

Sunrise: SO WE WERE THINKING.

Audience: Yes?

Sunrise: About making the most entertaining show in the world.

Audience: Uh-huh.

Sunrise: It's going to have everything. Catgirls. Boobs. Natsuki's round...perfect...ass. A cast list that reads like the "Who's Who of Seiyuu." Oh, and intelligentdirectionsolidwritingexpressivecharacterdesignscolorfuldetailedartandfluidhighqualityanimation.

Audience: ...okay.

Sunrise: And a ninja.

Audience: A ninja?

Sunrise: Ninjas are cool. Plus, a nun. Robots. Lolitas. Cosplay. Conspiracy. A fire-breathing dragon. A girl with a high-pitched voice and a pink octopus on her head who runs around squealing, "Oniichan!" A cranky red-haired hero-type voiced by Seki Tomokazu.

Audience: Uh-huh.

Sunrise: And some lesbians. Yeah, lesbians.
Sunrise: Okay, then we're going to take gender roles, character archetypes, and genre conventions, twist them into a pretzel, and feed it to a giant caterpillar.

Audience: Yeah, yeah...
Audience: ...
Audience: Wait, what?

Sunrise: It's a genre show. In the sense that we're going to break genre.

Audience: Break which genre?

Sunrise: All of them.

Audience: ...

Sunrise: Yeah, that's right...school drama, sex comedy, romance, slapstick humor, mystery, adventure, action...did we mention that it's funny? And there's loads of boobs.

Audience: ...wait, what's that sticking out underneath?

Sunrise: Oh, that? That's just the show's theme.

Audience: ...but...it's--

Sunrise: It's love.

Audience: ...

Sunrise: Love from its many sources, love in its many forms. Understand this: love is good; love is hard. Love is power. Love is your weakness; love is the shield of your heart.

Audience: ...
Audience: ;_;

Promo art: Psst. Boobies.

Audience: Stop that!