David McMillan wrote:

Elsa Bibat wrote:

<snip>

 > stories you tell of the Imperial Capital Defense Force. I even
 > have a small memento of the encounter, a red teardrop amulet
 > that is like nothing you could see sold in the jewelry shops.

    Urk!  Kanzaki... oh!  Now *there's* a connection I never thought of. 
Sakura Taisen and Escaflowne.  Heck, and they're even both steampunk 
(sorta)....

Ah, *that's* the allusion.  Now it all clicks.  Thanks, David.

<snip>

 >      A gentle smile was on Ogami's lips as he looked at
 > the slight young woman kneeling before him. "A few minutes
 > and a few years worth of dreams, Sumire-chan."

    Well, if you're gonna count dreamtime....
    And it must have been more than just a few years, if Dream-Sumire 
retired, as mentioned early on.  I just can't see her retiring young.

She did; in her early 20s.  I haven't seen the OAV myself, but a lot of
people were of your opinion and didn't like it...

<snip>

 >     And a woman sleeping in a shrine in Sendai wept in
 > her sleep.

    <blink>  Okay, I'm missing that one.

Sakura is a native of Sendai (she's the country girl of the bunch--
Sumire in particular likes to taunt her about being a hick).

<snip>

                              Chris Mattern


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