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anime: Madlax eps 1-4
*wikipedia's Madlax page looks to be spoilerific, so you don't get proper country names, sorry*
Madlax is a renown mercenary in a country whose name I can't begin to spell or pronounce that seems to be a cross between a South American and European country that's in a civil war. She's a hopeless romantic who somehow manages to combine bright and cheerful with OMG TEH ANGST!!! She also likes to wear evening gowns to confrontations, both verbal and physical, even if it means standing in trees while wearing it. I haven't quite figured that out yet, but the wardrobe choice doesn't to really hold her back.
Margaret is a school girl in a more peaceful European country. She comes from a filthy rich family and is sweet but clumsy, though not annoyingly so. While Madlax is the main force in her storyline, Margaret is mostly a bystander in hers, as the people around her seem to be caught up in the slowly developing bigger picture, much of which seems to circle around Madlax's country.
Both girls seem to have amnesia, acquired at about the same time, though while Margaret knows who she is, Madlax doesn't. Margaret is perfectly likable, but Madlax is definitely the more dynamic personality of the two. I have to say, if Margaret's storyline didn't fairly regularly make referrences to the current events in Madlax's, I'd posit the theory that Margaret is actually Madlax at a younger age, as the two storylines are mostly independent of each other, and the two characters don't seem to know each other, or have anything tying them together yet.
I have no idea where it's going, but I like it.
Madlax is a renown mercenary in a country whose name I can't begin to spell or pronounce that seems to be a cross between a South American and European country that's in a civil war. She's a hopeless romantic who somehow manages to combine bright and cheerful with OMG TEH ANGST!!! She also likes to wear evening gowns to confrontations, both verbal and physical, even if it means standing in trees while wearing it. I haven't quite figured that out yet, but the wardrobe choice doesn't to really hold her back.
Margaret is a school girl in a more peaceful European country. She comes from a filthy rich family and is sweet but clumsy, though not annoyingly so. While Madlax is the main force in her storyline, Margaret is mostly a bystander in hers, as the people around her seem to be caught up in the slowly developing bigger picture, much of which seems to circle around Madlax's country.
Both girls seem to have amnesia, acquired at about the same time, though while Margaret knows who she is, Madlax doesn't. Margaret is perfectly likable, but Madlax is definitely the more dynamic personality of the two. I have to say, if Margaret's storyline didn't fairly regularly make referrences to the current events in Madlax's, I'd posit the theory that Margaret is actually Madlax at a younger age, as the two storylines are mostly independent of each other, and the two characters don't seem to know each other, or have anything tying them together yet.
I have no idea where it's going, but I like it.
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