On Fri, 9 May 1997, Matt Posner wrote:

"X-Change Students"
2) In chapter three this piece, Akane has the power to make mallets out
of thin air and then dissolve them. Did you make this up, or is it from
some of the infinitely many manga I haven't read?

	The basic concept of Hyper-Spatial Mallets(tm) are largely
borrowed from occasional anime gags, but the increasing mastery Akane will
gain in later chapters is my idea. 
	Here's a bit of word association for a hint: Wagner, Cheney,
Tendo, Rasputin.

HTG