Having finished what's posted on SoS thus far, I can see why Elsa said what she said.
(And hey, there -is- a lot of threesomes, lesbians, and otherwise unstable relationships. On the threesome issue, I wonder why it's only two girls and a guy format? Why not two guys and a girl? Three guys? Three girls? For that matter, where are the gay guys? There are tons of lesbians but no gays? o.O I also was sort of weirded out by the whole sleeping with guy means you've put your traumatic rape behind you.)
I am sort of disappointed that Kate's story seemed to get swallowed up by Utena's starting from the second season. I know Kate's more of the lynchpin as she seems to draw people around her and let them interact but still, it would have been nice to see more of her. Even then, after a while, she wasn't even the lynchpin. :/ The thing with Miki sort of came out of left field and clobbered me. With Juri, yeah, you could see it as soon as they met and then the whole evening in Paris but huh? Wah? It's as much of a 'huh?' moment as the throwaway line regarding Kate thinking Liza was hot.
My other thought is that a lot of the characters seemed very black and white. The bad guys are Evil and the good guys are godlike (literally, in the case of Corwin ;p). Yeah, there's Shan Bastila, but mostly, they're either cool and good or dastardly and bad. A lot of the fight scenes are fantastic to read even if it did seem a big ridiculous. The Duelists v. Psi Cop Fortress comes to mind, esp. Jackie Chan v. 300 Psi Cop Elite Forces. Not that Jackie Chan in the movies now doesn't take on tons of people and escape without a single scratch, but hopefully, the enemies become more of a threat.
I liked the Utena v. Jedi Council scene. That was pretty interesting to read. The humor as well peppers the pieces and makes me giggle almost the entire way through. Cameos are fun as well. Shiori and Agent Smith had me grinning through that entire section.
All in all, a fun ride. Reminds me a bit of that author -- uh Oneshot Wong? -- and his Ranma stories although much better written. I'll check out NXE and then the Rednecks.
(And hey, there -is- a lot of threesomes, lesbians, and otherwise unstable relationships. On the threesome issue, I wonder why it's only two girls and a guy format? Why not two guys and a girl? Three guys? Three girls? For that matter, where are the gay guys? There are tons of lesbians but no gays? o.O I also was sort of weirded out by the whole sleeping with guy means you've put your traumatic rape behind you.)
I am sort of disappointed that Kate's story seemed to get swallowed up by Utena's starting from the second season. I know Kate's more of the lynchpin as she seems to draw people around her and let them interact but still, it would have been nice to see more of her. Even then, after a while, she wasn't even the lynchpin. :/ The thing with Miki sort of came out of left field and clobbered me. With Juri, yeah, you could see it as soon as they met and then the whole evening in Paris but huh? Wah? It's as much of a 'huh?' moment as the throwaway line regarding Kate thinking Liza was hot.
My other thought is that a lot of the characters seemed very black and white. The bad guys are Evil and the good guys are godlike (literally, in the case of Corwin ;p). Yeah, there's Shan Bastila, but mostly, they're either cool and good or dastardly and bad. A lot of the fight scenes are fantastic to read even if it did seem a big ridiculous. The Duelists v. Psi Cop Fortress comes to mind, esp. Jackie Chan v. 300 Psi Cop Elite Forces. Not that Jackie Chan in the movies now doesn't take on tons of people and escape without a single scratch, but hopefully, the enemies become more of a threat.
I liked the Utena v. Jedi Council scene. That was pretty interesting to read. The humor as well peppers the pieces and makes me giggle almost the entire way through. Cameos are fun as well. Shiori and Agent Smith had me grinning through that entire section.
All in all, a fun ride. Reminds me a bit of that author -- uh Oneshot Wong? -- and his Ranma stories although much better written. I'll check out NXE and then the Rednecks.