Saturday, July 19, 2008
I decided I'll write about yuri pairs who didn't actually ended up together.. or atleast left an open-ended question whether they became closer than what the ending suggested.. ^_^
First off, Kuga Natsuki and Fujino Shizuru from Mai Hime.
They didn't actually obviously ended up together at the end of the Mai Hime show, but fans of the pair can easily deduce that, based from the open show of affection from Shizuru, their relationship went further than hoped for.
Why have fans of a pair who weren't given a blissful end?
A short background, Shizuru is drawn to Natsuki for some reason I still don't get. Well, yes there are people drawn to emo-girls, or rebel girls.. or even revenge-driven girls.. But Shizuru's devotion towards Natsuki is, for me, rather uncanny.
Shizuru ofcourse stated at the latter part of the show that she likes Natsuki "like that". And was unexpectedly dumped! Yes, unexpectedly! I mean, come on! It's like Angelina Jolie proposed to you!! ^_^ Well.. not all people like Angelina Jolie, but that's beside the point! ^_^
But I give credit to the writers for confusing the fans even further, with the last battle Shizuru and Natsuki had. Natsuki hugged and KISSED the poor clueless girl and said something like "sorry, I can't love you like that.. blah blah...". How confusing is that?
Hope is muffed and yet given light all at the same time! My gosh...
So there we are with the did-they-ended-up-together questions and so on... Nothing really was said even at the graduation, last episode of Mai Hime. Except that the two are still close and Shizuru is still going gaga over Natsuki in a calm and sexy way. (I meant to say it like that.. ^_^ )
I know alot of fans out there wished that they had a closure or something.. Like they did end up together, or Shizuru woke up and found herself a husband (dear god.. no..) or Natsuki cleared things up and so on.. Sometimes I wish the people from Doropanda Tours created the Mai Hime show. ^_^
But still, maybe the reason fans like the pair so much is that because of how they are, and how the show gave them their ending. We wouldn't wanna explore two characters openly inlove with each other. Alot of fanfiction.net writers were able to bring out different sides of the story, or might have beens for the two, which is kind of nice and creative at the same time.
I've read stories where they ended up with different people, they ended up together, they ended up dead and many more! Since the show ended without giving them a stable ending, all the stories that has a theme of what-happened-next seemed believable. Especially if the characters stayed true to their original personality.
I like Shizuru's devotion and Natsuki's cluelessness. ^_^ Not fair, but nothing's fair. And it happens too.. No matter how devoted you are, somehow that devotion may not be returned as expected.
Mai Otome is a different story, and well, Shizuru and Natsuki were given something else there. And that's not really enough for me, since I like the Mai Hime setting better. ^_^
Me and my selfishness.. ^_^
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For detailed information about Mai Hime, Mai Otome, Fujino Shizuru, Kuga Natsuki.. there's always a wiki.. ^_^
