.hack//legend of the twilight Let's meet offline

MireilleChan · Post by **MireilleChan** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:00 pm

it wuz realllllly cool..i luved it! Mireille's voice actress is sooo different wen she is speaking normal...omg and i luved there little finishing lines...its a really great sound drama~

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:03 am

I have two comments on the radio drama (I cannot listen to it myself until I am in a postion to download it... I cannot from this military public terminal...).

I do not see how Ouka can be Mireille's sister. At 18 or so, I cannot bring myself to believe that Mistral is anything other then a young early mid twenties mother. I cannot believe that she had Mireille during the game and had a daughter 18 years before that, putting her in her forties, at least.

Am I wrong? Well I don't know. I've heard, "Ouka is her sister." I've heard "Ouka is her tutor." Which is real? <shrugs>

Also, the .Hack//Encyclopedia states that Hotaru is a girl. There is another book as well... argh... the title is .Hack//The World Almanac, I believe. It also states Hotaru is a girl.

Razy-chan · Post by **Razy-chan** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:09 am

uhm.....IS there a .hack//encyclopedia and alminac? >> and where can i find one

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:12 am

There is...but I suppose it's in Japan right now and not in planned release for the US....I think Storm is from Japan...but I could be wrong.

FLARE of the Crimson Flam · Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:14 am

Are you sure there is an almanac. amazon.co.jp didnt have one. I do know of the encyclopedia though. hmm who knows

Razy-chan · Post by **Razy-chan** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:16 am

uhhhhhhh ok and she is (( look at the location spot on below her avatar/picture thing ))

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:21 am

I appogize. I was mistaken. The book is .Hack//Analysis.

.Hack//Analysis is a red covered book with small square pictures on the front of Kite... etc... mostly a red cover. I've seen it before.

BTW...

I do live in Japan. Yokosuka. USS Cowpens CG-63. US Navy.

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:06 pm

I already saw that book...I found it on some japanese online store....but it's in english for the ease of use for others....analysis is a...well,...see for yourself....it sells for about 2100 yen...about $20

Post by **d5t** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:11 pm

Storm wrote:I have two comments on the radio drama (I cannot listen to it myself until I am in a postion to download it... I cannot from this military public terminal...).

I do not see how Ouka can be Mireille's sister. At 18 or so, I cannot bring myself to believe that Mistral is anything other then a young early mid twenties mother. I cannot believe that she had Mireille during the game and had a daughter 18 years before that, putting her in her forties, at least.

Am I wrong? Well I don't know. I've heard, "Ouka is her sister." I've heard "Ouka is her tutor." Which is real? <shrugs>

Also, the .Hack//Encyclopedia states that Hotaru is a girl. There is another book as well... argh... the title is .Hack//The World Almanac, I believe. It also states Hotaru is a girl.

You bring up some great points, I'm going to have to re watch and listen to it closely again.

Larliness · Post by **Larliness** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:57 pm

In the .hack//LOTT radio drama:

Ouka is a student at Tokyo University in real life. She is not Mireille's older sister, she is her tutor. Mirelle is a four-year old who is genius enough to play in "The World" and needs a university student for a tutor. She got a lot of her collection rare items from her mother. That, along with her appearance and age, are the 'hints' that she is Mistral's daughter.

Also, Hotaru IS a boy from America in real life. Hotaru's real gender and Mirelle's real age give Shugo much surprise and consternation.

shiro_clanclan · Post by **shiro_clanclan** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:49 am

Um... the link isn't working for me... bandwidth or something? If it's broken or something, or ya took it down... could you put it back up for a few hours? I have cable, it won't take long...

Kudasai? ^-^ I wanna see the end!

Thalandor46 · Post by **Thalandor46** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:45 pm

Yeah, link's not working for me either. I just finished watching the series, and now I really want to see it. What's the deal?

Post by **d5t** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:23 am

Thalandor46 wrote:Yeah, link's not working for me either. I just finished watching the series, and now I really want to see it. What's the deal?

The free host I was using to store the Sound Drama had server issues and they quote "We aren't trying our best to fix the server". Whenever they really try to fix the server, it will be back up.

Thalandor46 · Post by **Thalandor46** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:59 am

Sounds good. Disapointing, but good. Thanks

Post by **d5t** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:49 pm

Thalandor46 wrote:Sounds good. Disapointing, but good. Thanks

The download is now available in the chat room. Please Private Message me in the chat.

http://www.dothackers.net/chat

Post by **d5t** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:52 pm

Download links have been updated. Please refer to the first post in the thread on how to download Let's Meet offline!

Thalandor46 · Post by **Thalandor46** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:21 pm

Downloaded and watched. Thanks a lot d5t

Well, that was interesting. I was a little disapointed that it was a sorta fake episode in terms of animation. I was expecting a complete episode, like 27 and 28 in //SIGN. Some of the info was interesting though.

I'll buy Hotaru being a guy, but Im not believeing that his character was a male wavemaster. It looks female no matter how you look at it. I thought the coolest part was the implication that Mirielle is Mistral's daughter. The 4 year old genious was kinda lame, but it was a nice exceuse to fit it in the timeline. You kinda put it off as coincidental that she looks like Mistral, but the reference to the game is just awesome.

So yeah, those are my thoughts. All that's left now is the very last dungeon in quarantine and the mangas. Well, at least until Zero, Another Birth, and AI Buster come out

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:40 am

I am still adamant on this Hotaru thing.

The Facts:
1) .Hack//Encyclopedia entry for Hotaru shows the "unknown" female picture for IRL Hotaru. It states she is female.
2) .Hack//Analysis entry for Hotaru shows the "unknown" picture for IRL Hotaru, doesn't have a real-life name for her, but does state she is female.
3) .Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet volume 3 shows all the major players IRL on the front of the book (under the slip cover... the cover that you're used to, with the Shugo, Rena, and Zefie on the front...) Hotaru's IRL self is shown, a school-age girl with a hat on, standing next to Wiseman.
4) Hotaru the PC wears earrings in both ears.
5) Hotaru the PC wore a yukata at the Tanabata Festival.
6) Hotaru the PC wore a female swimsuit at the beach.

and...

7) Hotaru is claimed to be a boy in the "Let's meet Off-line" sound drama.

I'm going with Items 1-6.

Belthazar · Post by **Belthazar** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:34 am

I agree with Storm. As I've said before, I'm of the opinion that Hotaru was actually a girl all the way through the series, and when they were making the radio drama, the makers just decided then and there to make her into a boy, just to make all the viewers go "shokku!"

Post by **d5t** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:11 am

Storm wrote:I am still adamant on this Hotaru thing.

The Facts:
1) .Hack//Encyclopedia entry for Hotaru shows the "unknown" female picture for IRL Hotaru. It states she is female.
2) .Hack//Analysis entry for Hotaru shows the "unknown" picture for IRL Hotaru, doesn't have a real-life name for her, but does state she is female.
3) .Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet volume 3 shows all the major players IRL on the front of the book (under the slip cover... the cover that you're used to, with the Shugo, Rena, and Zefie on the front...) Hotaru's IRL self is shown, a school-age girl with a hat on, standing next to Wiseman.
4) Hotaru the PC wears earrings in both ears.
5) Hotaru the PC wore a yukata at the Tanabata Festival.
6) Hotaru the PC wore a female swimsuit at the beach.

and...

7) Hotaru is claimed to be a boy in the "Let's meet Off-line" sound drama.

I'm going with Items 1-6.

As I replayed most of legend of the twilight yesterday, it became more apparent to me that everything pointed to Hotaru being a girl IRL. As you stated Storm, Hotaru's avatar has earings, wore a yukata in one episode, and wore a female swimsuit in The World. I'm also figured that most boys who play The World don't carry a Grunty around. Maybe I'm wrong about that though. I can't think of one thing in the anime that points to Hotaru being a male. I can safely assume the writers of Let's meet offline came up with that for the Sound Drama just to make the story even more interesting... even though making Hotaru a male is extremely incoherent.