Re: matter of interest


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from "Suverkropp B.P." <basjanni@worldonline.nl>
subject Re: matter of interest
date Sun, 4 Jan 1998 13:13:58 +0100
>Can Keiichi's grandfather be Lawrence of Arabia?

>Maybe I'm paranoid or something...

>Vincent

No. I f you ever say a picture of Lawrence, he is a tall, thin caucasian.
In the manga, it is said how much Keiichi resembles his grandfather. Honda
Chieko thinks too they are the same. But Keiichi is a small Japanese.

Q.E.D.

It is of course fascinating to speculate how the machine ended up in Japan.
Might Keichi's father have known Lawrence? Not too farfeched, as there was
a lot of trade and militairy communication between Japan and the UK during
and after WWI.


(Although AMG is vaguely based on Norse mythology, I think the relentless
tries of people on the list to find connections between AMG and Western
culture (like somebody who suggested recently that Belldandy's mother might
be Janis Joplin!!) is doomed to failure. This Manga is Japanese (that's
part of its appeal to me) and I think that for a Japanese author living in
Japan a lot of things and people that look very important in the West are
small and insignificant if known at all.

Bas Suverkropp


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That night I dreamt that Microsoft and the Scientology Church were
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Email adress of Bas Suverkropp
basjanni@worldonline.nl

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