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7 more eps.

Everything went smoothly and the developments were really good. A very nice episode, the last few episodes look extremely promising !

And ROFLKajika continues. I'm pretty dismissive against anything that Kajika says or does, but after demanding that she go to "rescue" Eugene, what is she good for? Nothing. While everyone is risking their lives to secure secretiveness and success, what does she do? Jump out and spill all the damn beans. At least she had enough brains to not even consider being Queen. Raginei would have been in dire straights if that were the case.

At least Najayra seems to have finally realized her childish folly by now...since Quinza smoothly framed Sehran (whatever his name is) into an act of terrorism. That was just too good.

I'm really mixed on the resolution of the show. On the one hand, I like how everything in Raginei is going, but on the other hand, Kajika's involvement is so stupid and tacked on that it's a really saddening contrast.

I'm just drooling at lee leng.. he's super sexy in suit & specs..
then in the traditional outfit! omg.. he's the sexiest man in the show..

I laughed this whole episode, ngl. Hilariously bad. The only thing that would have made this episode even funnier was if Najayra hit on Carl.

At this point I'm watching to see what else Quinza comes up with haha. And I hope at the beginning of the next ep Kajika realises she kissed her cousin.

Carl and Najayra... hm.

hue.. Carl - Najayra ??? Cant be!!!

@yamakasi: i dont want episode like that,, i like Kajika - Rumaty pair though... but they can't united.. b'cause share the same blood... huft...

I hope... Will be another episode that tell's Kajika talk to Mahaty...

li ren in that eyeglass and suit *_*

Ony a couple of episodes left! I put off watching this for so long, but now I'm glad I started again. If only just to see Quinza's sadistic nature!

One of the things that pisses me off most about the series is how all of the characters hide the truth from Kajika in order to "protect" her. As if ignorance is excusable. Her father wasn't going to tell her her destiny until she found someone who was willing to give up everything to protect her. And for 12 years of her life he kept her secluded on an island in order to protect her, which kept her ignorant of world affairs. Lee-leng wasn't going to tell her because he didn't want her to have to suffer the burdens of knowing. And, in the end, she had to find out from a 3rd party about everything.

And it's all because the core of this series is a reverse-harem shoujo romance. The main female must be a girl who is surrounded by a bunch of gorgeous, wealthy, competent men who love her with all of their hearts and would be willing to give up their lives for her. And rather than grow and develop, she must stay a blank, innocent slate for the female watchers to be able to subject themselves upon and be the perfect kind of woman that all the men would devote their lives to. That is the fantasy of the series. That is the guilty pleasure for those watching this series.

I actually had some hope for the series in regards to Kajika. She didn't bother me as much as other reverse-harem shoujo females have had in the past. She had flaws and she could be annoying, which I was fine with because I don't like perfect, angelic characters either, but she also had things about her that I liked. And I had hoped that she would grow and mature like Rumaty did (and for a short while it seemed like she would).

But, no, she didn't. She stayed ignorant, and the guys around kept letting her have her way in order to keep her happy "because they loved her" while at the same time keeping secrets from her "because they loved her." It's hard to like a protagonist who gets everything she wants, doesn't have to suffer much for it, is largely incompetent for the grand things she wants to help out with, and who stays ignorant to the things around her. Kajika's flaws are, yes, her own fault, but also largely due to the men around her who always felt the need to protect her.

Kajika's lack of development is my greatest disappointment. She remained a flat character in order to keep the romantic fantasy (a bunch of hot men devoting themselves to and protecting one young girl) alive.

Even I can't say I was immune to it. Every moment Lee-leng worried over Kajika made me squee. However, Kajika's lack of development has soured the experience for me. After I saw the first 11 episodes, I ended up skipping to episode 34 and watching from there to the end (long story short, I knew I was going to have two busy weeks of school with little-to-no anime watching in between, and I didn't want to have to wait 2 weeks to find out the ending). At that time, I oohed and ahhed and gave girlish little squeals watching Kajika and Lee-leng get together. Now that I'm watching it properly and coming back to those episodes, I find I'm not as much taken by the whole thing.

Saiunkoku, a similar anime in that its a reverse harem shoujo whose setting is in a political climate, is superior to this series simply because Shurei, the main female lead, does undergo some development throughout the course of the series, is competent with what she wants to achieve, and isn't entirely ignorant to the things going around her (although the series does suffer the entire men-trying-to-protect-the-girl-from-the-truth syndrome as well... oh well). She follows her own path with just as much determination as Kajika, but she isn't as stupid about it either. She's much more admirable overall.

Oh well. Can't be pleased every time.