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Mar 05 2003

Categories: l33t

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There’s nothing really special or interesting about the characters from Xenosaga— I kept having this nagging feeling that I’ve seen them before. Shion is just Virginia from Wild Arms 3 with a bigger gun; MOMO is Sailor Moon in biohumaniod form; you can probably find chaos in any yaoi doujinshi. And single-winged lunatic villians that enjoy killing sw33t little girls? Yeah… seen that before too.

My favorite? Well, that’s easy… here’s a chart for the uninitiated:

– Female android – Built to combat invincible alien horde – Only one in existance – Has “black box” technology no one knows how to fix – Owned by organization with name starting with “V” – Follows orders of a geek in glasses – Cute cat for support mecha – Flies with attachment – Carries a pistol – Part of sci-fi story set in space – Catch phrase….. “I think ecchi is wrong!” – Arm can turn into beam sword – Breast missiles! – Lotsa fanservice!

– Female android – Built to combat invincible alien horde – Only one in existance – Has “black box” technology no one knows how to use – Owned by organization with name starting with “V” – Follows orders of a geek in glasses – Cute bunny for U.M.N. – Flies in space with attachment – Carries a pistol – Part of sci-fi story set in space – Catch phrase… “External appearance down 5%.” – Arm can turn into beam sword – Stomach homing lasers! – Damn!

Yet… the story works. It’s more of the same, but it’s more of the same of what I like. Though, to be fair, it’s not as bad as the stereotypes found in Suikoden III.

Man, and I thought Belldandy with a Gun was blatant…