Sean:  Not as much to say this time, so we'll be brief.
Hotaru:  The hell!  Let's move to the end and talk about
         how cool I was!
Sean:  Not yet.  First we have the rest of the story.  I
       liked the scene with Michael leaving, very touching,
       if not unexpected.
Hotaru:  I'm surprised you aren't claiming that you thought
         he'd be dead.
Sean:  No, no, but I knew he'd leave somehow.  Great torture
       for Chibi-Usa.
Hotaru:  Kimeko got a lot more to do, and we're still 
         dealing with her self-confidence problems.
Sean:  Well, she comes from a future where she's surrounded
       by legends, and she's got her mother's patience.
Hotaru:  And Misako's teddy bear comments were cute.  OK, on
         to the important stuff.  ME!
Sean:  ...
Hotaru:  For once, we get a Crystal Tokyo where I'm not dead,
         or evil, or a statue waiting for the right time to 
         come out and destroy the universe!
Sean:  Though why you were in the Phillipines...
Hotaru:  I'm probably Serenity's best secret agent.
Sean:  Agent 69?
<GLAIVE WHAM>
Hotaru:  Anyway, was my part always in the outlines for this
         story?
Sean: (rubbing his head) Or did we nag the authors into it?
      And then there's Haruka...
Hotaru:  I'll be intrigued to see the reasons why Uranus is
         behaving the way she is.  Is it her loyalty to Pluto,
         or the fact that she sees a great deal of herself in
         Sakuya, or...
Sean:  I think you'll be disappointed.
Hotaru:  Why?
Sean:  I suspect the reason Uranus is being such a bitch is
       that the authors just don't like her.  Neptune will
       probably be the same.
Hotaru:  REALLY?
Sean:  There's been a big Haruka and Michiru backlash lately.
       They are not enjoying as much popularity as they did.
Hotaru:  Hhmph.
Sean:  That just leaves the trial, where I think the main
       problem will be Sakuya's death wish...despite what she 
       said to Makoto, I think she'll be fighting hard to be
       executed.  An end to her suffering and pain, etc.
Hotaru:  You had to throw that one in, didn't you?
Sean:  Ayup.
Hotaru:  Anyway, nice job, guys.  Looking forward to Part 12,
         as long as I remain cool.  At least in this one I
         wasn't forcibly wed to some ecchi, pedophile author
         avatar...
Sean:  HEY!

--Sean Gaffney and Hotaru Tomoe
--critics-at-large...