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| <p align="right"><b>A.K.A.:</b> Mitzuhara Makoto<br> | | <p align="right"><b>A.K.A.:</b> Mitzuhara Makoto<br> |
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− | == Profile ==
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− | === OVA Timeline ===
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− | <p>Makoto is supposed to be the typical normal 17 year-old high school student.
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− | But really, let's not kid ourselves. This guy is anything but typical. THIS is the
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− | guy fathers want their daughters to date. Good student, good athlete, popular, well
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− | respected, but with the kind of personality that makes him not seem like a threat
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− | to women. Which is probably why they flock to him like Yogi Bear flocks to pickinik
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− | baskets. You know the guy right? The guy you knew in high school who had it all
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− | going for him. And if you weren't him, then you wanted one of two things: 1. To
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− | be him. 2. To kick his ass. </p>
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− | <p>Maybe that's a little harsh, but he gets away with it because he IS the story's
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− | main protagonist. Without him, we don't have much of a story do we? It is his actions
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− | that ultimately start a very long and complex cycle that makes up the very colorful
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− | and wonderful tapestry that is the story of El-Hazard. </p>
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− | <p>Makoto, is what you can call a very 'Tenchi-esque' character. That is, he is
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− | the main 'hero' of the story though you wouldn't guess it from the way the story
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− | begins. He is also very much like Tenchi because he has many female suitors vying
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− | for his very limited attention and, much like Tenchi, he doesn't seem to grasp that
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− | most of these women want a romantic commitment from him. </p>
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− | <p>Makoto is the almost identical twin of the Roshtarian Princess Fatora. The only
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− | obvious differences is that he is male (and all that goes along with that distinction)
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− | and that his hair is shorter though very similar in the front. However, when he
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− | adorns a lengthy wig and proper attire, he makes a very convincing woman. His very
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− | thin, runners' physique has made his body lean and trim enough to easily pass as
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− | a well built girl (and the other than hair, physically the main difference between
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− | him and the princess is that Makoto's chest is washboard flat, while Fatora has
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− | a rather decent bosom.) </p>
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− | (...)
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− | === Wanderers Timeline: ===
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− | <p>This version of Makoto is actually my least favorite. All in all his personality
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− | is the same with some minor differences. This version of Makoto is very much a science
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− | geek. In this version of the story, it is not Ifurita who sends him and his compatriots
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− | to El-Hazard, but rather a machine he built which had been sabotaged. </p>
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− | <p>Gone also is his relationship with Ifurita. Instead, his main 'love interest'
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− | is a much younger version of Rune Venus. However, Nanami and Shayla are still fighting
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− | for his affections and still have little chance to win them. </p>
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− | (...)
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− | === Manga Timeline: ===
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− | <p>This is a nice version of the character. The entire Manga story is as if they
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− | took the OVA and TV universe and threw them in a blender. Many elements from each
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− | show up. In this version his love is Ifurita (OVA version) but he also has suitor
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− | in the TV version of Rune Venus (Though she realizes that she has no chance). While,
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− | not as flawed as his OVA version, Makoto is not squeaky clean and self righteous
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− | either. </p>
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− | <p>I think the main saving grace of this version is his relationship with Ifurita,
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− | which is very wonderful to watch play out. I love the fact that they kept the last
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− | scene from the OVA's and actually gave it some dialogue, which seems perfect for
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− | the occasion. </p>
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− | <p></p>
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− | === Videogame Timeline: ===
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− | <p>This version is almost exactly like the TV version of the character, so not much
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− | is worth adding. He is in love with TV Rune Venus. Apparently Makoto is supposed
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− | to be some sort of Messiah who is prophesized to save El-Hazard in a time of dire
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− | crisis. </p>
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