Nyomo said: Hmm, i guess this topic is based on opinions. I thought people who would like Sheryl would be selfish them selves, but actually the community who likes Sheryl is mature.
Even so i have a slightly different opinion that people have been posting here.
I do support Ranka and not Sheryl. Not only because Ranka is cute.
When i first started watching MF i didn't care if Sheryl will end up with Alto and in fact i thought Sheryl was ok since Ranka didn't make the first steps towards Alto. I didn't see a reason why they will end up together even though i 'preferred' them to.
The problems started later after episode 10 and onwards [maybe earlier] when Ranka was finally getting her time with Alto. Mostly what annoyed me in Sheryl is that she is nice but seams to be whiny. Dont get me wrong but all i could see when her illness appears is: Sheryl goes there and faints, Sheryl goes to another place and faints, Sheryl goes to another place in the rain and faints again. And on top of that to make it even more dramatic there is Ranka on TV. [right before that i was like 'no way please don't show Ranka on TV now.' That's just gonna over do the cheesiness]
This scene got me thinking: "Cant you go to the hospital, stay there for a bit longer get well and dont make people worry about you?" I saw those scenes as a weakness.
I know that her getting out of the hospital wasn't really whiny; she was trying to be strong, but i find it stupid regardless. Way too much dramu.
Looking at Sheryl past i might be wrong but i think Sheryl is extremely weak. I dislike how she is being all 'i am so poor' [even tho she is!] but i think the cheesiness of all this overdid it.
I dont hate Sheryl. I highly dislike Alto.... Cause.. He is stupid.
Even if Sheryl needs her- 'omg she is so poor'. I think Ranka has suffered more in this series then Sheryl. Ranka isn't just cute and immature girl. She matures as the series progresses and the pain in her heart makes her selfish.
Maybe people will understand why Ranka is not just some moe character when they will be in her shoes them selves. I hate to know that her entire family has died, she has amnesia, she falls for a guy, she keeps seeing that guy with another girl, she realizes she sings only for this guy, when she wants to tell him she misunderstands him choosing Sheryl [being rejected by the one for who you put your dream into and someone u go up to is really painful], she confesses to this guy, then this guy dates Sheryl for real and tells he will kill Ranka. Adding up to that the whole Macross hates her thinking she betrayed everyone and will probably kill her at the very first opportunity. Wow! Ranka you have amazingly fucked up life.
Her fate had something bad that compensated all of her popularity.
In the end i choose AltoxRanka.
But if AltoxSheryl was a must, then i will just wish Alto would die at ep 24, no matter how immature this may sound. This, right here.
Personally, as what everyone said about Sheryl in the anime, she never did change. In fact, true, she became more bitchy and clingy as time went on.
And by doing this, Ranka was ALWAYS second-best.
I've always shipped Alto with Ranka from the beginning of the series. And hated Sheryl...
After watching the movie however, Sheryl became okay in my book. However, I still didn't like her with Alto. If it's a must however, I don't mind at all, I guess.
In that movie, the production has finally became equal with the two. (well, the first movie at least) There's a 50/50 chance he might end up with any of the two.
alphabeast18 said: i am going to say ranka. i am with the others when they say she is clingy at the start but as the show progresses she becomes more and more confident and self reliant. while Sheryl did the exact opposite. she became more and more dependent on alto as the show went on. sheryl was a very selfish character and seeing her background who can blame her but look at ranka's as well. even after learning that her singing caused the deaths of everyone on the 117 she still decided to use her voice to save frontier from galaxy despite it might go badly. i dont hate sheryl, in fact she was a great character at the end, but she was just too selfish and weak while ranka became stronger. but alto doesnt deserve either of them for being such an oblivious blob. And true enough, I'd rather he not choose any at all though if the production chooses Sherly. Alto is a dumbass. xD
BTW, I know Ranka is jail-bait, but even so, she has the same age as Alto (or a year younger), this happens in real-life. Just because she's small and looks so much younger, doesn't mean it's PEDOPHILIA. Please grow a brain. :'/ |