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* Mashiro, who obviously knows that the HiME are capable of defeating the [[Big Bad]] as a group, {{spoiler|deliberately allows the killings to occur and even attacks Midori for trying to prevent them. For the final battle, Mashiro literally resets the entire cast to their physical/mental status as of episode 16 (episode 7, in Akane's case) to accomplish her goals, effectively illustrating how pointless the ''[[Highlander (Franchise)|Highlander]]'' storyline was.}}

** On the other hand, it's implied that she could only act when all of the crystals were charged and not until then. So when they all were powered up (remember Alyssa was a HiME so the crystals were all raised even though Mikoto was still "alive" as shown when Mai went to face Reito), the Crystal Princess (ie. the REAL Mashiro) was awakened, but chained (again, as was stated in one of the last episodes). And when Miyu freed her, Mashiro was able to work her powers to bring the HiME back to full force, but she couldn't do anything as a mere doll (which is what her body was as Fumi's child, as stated by Fumi, Mashiro, and Nagi), and Nagi knew it (as he bluntly implied when he crushed the doll in front of her earlier).

** The Pillars theory is nonsensical. It is stated and depicted on-screen that the Pillars are manifestations of the energy from each HiME's dead VIP, which in turn get soaked up to increase the power of the HiME Star. Mashiro is simply returning the same amount of power the girls started with, as everyone's CHILD returns to their exact pre-defeat status quo (with the exception of Natsuki's case, where her [[Mid Season Upgrade]] actually ''helped'' the chances of defeating Obsidian Lord and Mashiro allowed her to lose it in the exchange; this troper remains puzzled on which party '''that''' whole incident was supposed to benefit). Explaining why the HiME Star retains its bloated form on Earth with its whole power source gone before the HiME Sentai even attack it is an issue in and of itself.

** The Pillars theory is nonsensical. It is stated and depicted on-screen that the Pillars are manifestations of the energy from each HiME's dead VIP, which in turn get soaked up to increase the power of the HiME Star. Mashiro is simply returning the same amount of power the girls started with, as everyone's CHILD returns to their exact pre-defeat status quo (with the exception of Natsuki's case, where her [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] actually ''helped'' the chances of defeating Obsidian Lord and Mashiro allowed her to lose it in the exchange; this troper remains puzzled on which party '''that''' whole incident was supposed to benefit). Explaining why the HiME Star retains its bloated form on Earth with its whole power source gone before the HiME Sentai even attack it is an issue in and of itself.

*** This comment introduces some good questions as to the [[You Fail Physics Forever|"physics"]] of the series, but does that really make for an "[[Idiot Plot]]"? Also, which [[Mid Season Upgrade]] is this referring to? Natsuki's bigger Duran? When does Mashiro "allow" her to lose that. I thought Natsuki willingly goes to stop Shizuru in a [[Taking You With Me|double-KO]]. The whole thing with Natsuki's bigger Duran was kind of a "huh?" moment in and of itself. Aside from that, the reset doesn't bring them back to before the festival as the root comment indicated, it just brings them back to how they were before defeat. And it doesn't reset "mental status", as several of the HiME and the VIPs had much different opinions after their death (reference Tate's line to Reito about "that" Tate being dead).

*** This comment introduces some good questions as to the [[You Fail Physics Forever|"physics"]] of the series, but does that really make for an "[[Idiot Plot]]"? Also, which [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] is this referring to? Natsuki's bigger Duran? When does Mashiro "allow" her to lose that. I thought Natsuki willingly goes to stop Shizuru in a [[Taking You With Me|double-KO]]. The whole thing with Natsuki's bigger Duran was kind of a "huh?" moment in and of itself. Aside from that, the reset doesn't bring them back to before the festival as the root comment indicated, it just brings them back to how they were before defeat. And it doesn't reset "mental status", as several of the HiME and the VIPs had much different opinions after their death (reference Tate's line to Reito about "that" Tate being dead).

** To be fair to Mashiro, she, on several occasions, including her special, expresses regret over what is happening and wonders if the Himes hate her. She probably knew the events were necessary for the best outcome, but still felt guilty over allowing them to happen.

*** How is that fair? Yeah, the script has Mashiro talking to Fumi like she's regretful, but why doesn't she ACT like it? Why doesn't she TRY to stop the festival? Why does she talk down to Midori and punish her for being the lone voice of reason and looking for a way to stop the festival? Why Mashiro HAVE to allow the pillars to be raised before enacting her plan? If she had simply came clean from the very start of the series, why would she even have to worry about having to restore anyone's powers in the first place? If she had taken an active role in telling the [[Hi ME]] NOT to fight each other and told Akane "oh, by the way, look out for the oddly-acting android spies I already know about," all of the tragedy would have been averted. Her choice of (in)action makes no sense whatsoever, and there's no reason for the Festival to even happen.

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*** That's probably also the same reason Mai tried to stop Natsuki from using her gun when the guards spotted them at the D1/Searrs lab. If one of ''their'' guards saw them, it might give them cause to speed up their mission.

** Maybe because she's only been able to fly for several months but has had 16 years getting used to having to walk everwhere and just forgot to fly.

* Why [[Somebody ~~Elses~~ Problem|doesn't anybody care]] about all the weird stuff that goes around the school -- starting with the [[Improbable Age|11-year-old director]] and ending with ''an army invading it''?

* Why [[Somebody Else's Problem|doesn't anybody care]] about all the weird stuff that goes around the school -- starting with the [[Improbable Age|11-year-old director]] and ending with ''an army invading it''?

** A form of [[Weirdness Censor]]? Perhaps the mundanes are influenced by one or more of the parties involved.

** The school has been "cloaked" at least once that I can remember, and someone (probably District One) prevented any form of news coverage.