Talk:Mai Minakami/@comment-4098697-20140719135055/@comment-4098697-20140723164145

I couldn't understand the sentence "Tokisadame Academy was just my safety net" in Untitled very well either. It sounds like Mai could enter even Tokisadame Academy very easily, let alone Tokisadame Highschool.

As for the "Steam" part, I believe that it gives important hints as to what Mai actually thinks of Yukko, both in middle school and in highschool. A smart girl like Mai should've been disappointed inside by Yukko's awkward quotes about her on the first day in middle school. The effect of this is observed in the "Steam", where even muttering Yukko's name is enough for Mai to sulk her head into the pillow.

Furthermore, this is only my own theory, but this also shows that Mai is actually the unluckiest of the trio (as opposed to Yuuko). I mean, if you were as smart as Mai, would you really want to be in the same class as a girl who got 1% on her maths test? Mai is well aware of this situation and tries to compensate for her lack of luck by having a deadpan expression on her face, reading lots of books and "trolling" other people, especially Yuuko. However, she still fails to get out of this environment where she cannot use her intellectual potential to the fullest. Perhaps she would feel much more fulfilled and happier if she attended Tokisadame Academy.

Sorry if I have kept my post too long, by the way.