> <<There's not much point in discussing the internal logic of the anime
> in cases where the anime shows strong evidence of making it up as
> it goes along. The issues that started this thread are such a case>>
> 
> There isn't much of a point in discussing any of this stuff.  Sheesh we're 
> not scientist in a think tank. We're anime and manga fans talking about our 
> if not one of our favorite series.  This is all fun.  So why can we share 
> information about what the majority of us know about (the anime) not everyone
> on this list knows the manga page from page.  Most of us watch the anime, and
> have only heard about the manga through websites and the occasional graphic 
> novel.  So, though that manga may have domain. My point is if our fun is in 
> talking about the anime and bringing up points about things that happened 
> there. Then let us. We know it's not canon and it doesn't count.  But gheez 
> let us have our fun and stop shooting us down with excuses.

I don't know if the majority of people know the anime or the manga:
it's cheaper to get the whole manga... (Japanese or what's available
from Viz to date).

If you want to talk about the anime, find some aspect of the
anime that shows some logic and consistancy, and talk about that.

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    Albert Lunde                      Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu