May 5 2007 01:49 PM I liked this series but also thought it had some significant flaws.
For one thing, the attempt to meld magical girl with mecha just felt clunky from start to finish. It's not like you can't blend the two, My-Hime managed to fine, but in this series it just never quite came together right. I basically glazed over the mecha fights and focused on the love triangle which was the better part of the series.
I liked how boy and the dark haired miko (it's been awhile so I dont recall their names) really cared for the other miko, I mean, you could really feel the passion/angst/pining. Granted, I found the object of their affections a little too shy/helpless for my taste, even for that stereotype of anime girl. I just didn't see quite why the other two would be so in love with her, but if you just accept it and roll with it, the love story actually is quite touching.
I just wished they had given a better explaination for why it seemed fate was so cruel to the two miko, maybe I need to rewatch it but that whole story aspect just seemed underexplained to me.
Still, for a yuri series, it was quite touching and not at all sensationalizing.
Of course, I always wondered how their relationship would develop when they met again. One would be fairly older than the other now, now that has some pervy potential.