On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Angus MacSpon wrote:

	Izuko tried not to wince.  She was a very competent, highly paid
mercenary.  Such people do not wince simply because their employer is
acting like a teenager impatient to hear the latest gossip.

Yes!  My favourite supporting character is back!
I still remember that perfect line from chapter 1: "I am the reasonably
well dressed Izuko!  I work for cash! I'm outta here!"  How could one
not fall in love with a character who can say that?

Quite!

	"-I- noticed," Bob said smugly.

	"You also got singed by her boyfriend's chi attack," Derith said,
with a slight zing to his tone.

Hmm, well, Ranma and the Nerima gang did appear way back in the prequel to
this, "Symphony of the Planets".  Good to see things are still crazy in
Nerima-Z.

Yep.

	The Captain, a red-haired, red-bearded, red-faced man of
indeterminate age, sat nearby in a crude wheelchair shaped like a boat.
"Och!  You have a woman's legs, m'lord!" he exclaimed.  "I'd wager those
legs have never been sheared clean off by a falling mast and fed to the
byakhee while you watch!"

Blackadder meets SMZ?  I guess it's true -- there is NO crossover too strange
to be written.  (And does Tom Baker get a royalty for the cameo? :) )

Well, one of Blackadder's many incarnations appears in BMR :)
 

	After they left, Hibino Hikaru climbed down out of a nearby tree,
holding her camcorder with awe.  She didn't think the mike had picked up
much, but she had FINALLY gotten footage of the Sailor Senshi... and
what footage!  She was going to be famous!

That's one possibility.  Another possibility is that she'll be dead, if
Rei, Michiru or Haruka catch her...

Well, being famous and dead are compatible :)

	"Yeah... but I had a lot of fun!" she said, leaning over to give
Ami a peck on the cheek.  "I'm going to go take a shower now," she said,
grabbing a towel and her toiletries,  She made a face.  "I'm all
sweaty."  She smiled at Ami.  "When I get back, we can do something else
fun, okay?"  With that, she bounced out of the room.

I can't quite make up my mind about Noriko.  I'm reasonably sure that she's
an android (she _is_ Udaigaku-sensei's "daughter" after all) ... but on the
other hand, sometimes she talks (and acts) a _lot_ like Nuku-nuku, so...
Hmm.

I promise you that she does NOT have a cat's brain :)  

	"I'm sorry, your majesty," Usagi said.  "I'll talk to her."

	"It's my fault," Hecate said.  "I spoke to her as a Queen does to a
subject, not as a mother to a long-lost daughter.  We will deal with it
in our own time.  I thank you for your offer, however."

The whole Hecate subplot seems a bit ... pointless.  Hecate shows up, she
acts very dictatorial, Luna and Artemis tell her off, and then she leaves
again, having "learned her lesson".  Sorry, but it's a bit thin.  Unless
it's setting up something for later chapters, it really needs to have
SOMETHING to do with the rest of what's going on.

Yes, it is setting up for later events.


John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu       
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Bailesu:  But the plot had so many holes, I could fly the Yamato through
it.