Hi

There were some questions earlier about getting subscriptions to
Afternoon in the U.S., well, my subscription through Fujisan.com 
just started and they priority mail from California as the magazines
come in.  They bill as each copy comes in based upon the current 
exchange rate.  So the magazine costs about 4.50 and the postage
and handling came to about $7.00 with a total cost of $11.50.  I 
have had telephone books smaller than this so that's why the postage
is so high.  I started the subscription back in June so it took 
about 6 weeks to get your first issue.  This first issue is the
"9" or "September" issue but of course they send it out at the
beginning of August (something about mission creep).  A synopsis
of the follows:

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Last ep had Ban-Pei defending Robot Girl against Keichii's father
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a series of mis-understandings resulting in Robot Girl being "disarmed"
and trussed with her own "arguments".  Ban-Pei sensing he was being
overwhelmed by superior reflexes kicks out a plethora of mini-Banpeis
to help out.  Ban-Pei then paints a scary face on his head and attacks.
After some martial arts moves Keichii's father scatters the mini-b's 
and pulls the plug on Ban-Pei.  This puts the Mini-b's on full auto 
where they try a mass attack.  To avoid there onslaught he jumps up
to the front porch carrying the Robot Girl thinking maybe he is
defending her (not understanding the true nature of the situation).
Landing on the porch causes Skuld to open the front door to check
out (and complain) startling Keichii's (remember the female phobia).
He handles that O.K. until Urd steps into the door way to find out
what's going on (Keichii's father starts to freak out).  Then Peorth
floats out and he is completely paralyzed. (well heck I would be also
but for other reasons and nothing to do with fear).  Skuld quickly
assesses the Mini-b situation and comes up with a plan of action--
run away and lock the doors.  The Mini-b start overflowing (hey how
many can he store?) into the temple though the ceiling and pushing in
the walls trapping Keichii's father still carrying Robot Girl
standing onto the tea table with the three goddesses standing around
him (very close --- lucky lucky).  Skuld freaks out grabbing both 
sisters pulling them into a three way crush (lucky lucky lucky).
Unfortunately, Keichii's father totally mind fries and when Bell,
Megumi and Keichii arrive they arrive to find a lot of roasted 
Mini-b's, Keichii's father kinda cationic over to the side of the
trashed tea room.  After some commiserating with Megumi over their
father a car pulls up to the temple and a mystery lady steps out
commenting to herself that she has arrived.  


Who is the mystery lady?  If she is Keichii's mother she seems to
be pretty cute.  I have scanned the last page of the episode and
if anyone wants a copy it's about 650K jpeg email me privately.
Disclaimer, I am basing this upon what little language skills that
both me and my son have so if anything is radically misunderstood we
will stand corrected with no objection, also any scans are to be 
disposed of after 24 hrs. and are not to be passed around for profit.

Dave M.
Dave M.