Andrew Huang wrote:

One warning before reading this, Andrew: There's some details about what
happened to Dilandu that I don't think you're aware of yet.  If you
don't want those spoiled as well, delete this.

	You mean, the...change? I know about that one, too.

A general warning for anyone here: If you don't like spoilers (even
small ones), delete and wait until you get a copy of Escaflowne.

This
        Small ones? This is no small spoiler, it's an "end of the
anime"
spoiler.... *sigh* Of course, I haven't seen the end of the anime, but
I
had the misfortune to read a plot summary a little farther than I
would
have liked. :P

Heh.  Don't you just hate it when that happens?  

	Well, at least I'm now able to read through this without getting
any nasty shocks. :)

is based completely off of the anime, BTW.

        How much different is the manga from the anime?

In this case it's important from a pronoun perspective.  The anime
involves pronounced physical changes as well as personality changes.  In
one scene, Dilandu rips his shirt off in a rage, and the chest there is
unmistakeably masculine.  

	Oh. In the manga, that didn't happen?

        Yay Escaflowne.... ^_^

Beautiful series, ne?  

	Oh, yes.

        At this point, I realized that this would be Dilandau-after-
Dilandau, if that makes any sense.... Scary sort of thing to think
about,
though, isn't it?

Yep.  A friend of mine (who hasn't seen the series yet) told me to put
down the copy of Operation: Mindcrime and get out of the room.  He
wasn't very far off.

	The reference escapes me, but I think I know what you mean.

  his death.  Even then, I could not appreciate his presence... for
  _he_ was in charge.

        "He"? Would this be a reference to the shapeshifter who did
the
brainwashing?

Nope.  As I stated above, there was a pronounced physical change along
with the personality changes.

	I see. Got it.

  It is the only way...

        Nice, nice job. Great piece of work....

Thanks.

	:) Got any more coming out? Hee. I like it when writers who
principally do Ranma, or are much better known for the Ranma works, put
out something non-Ranma.

>From Andrew Huang, brought to you by his computer, Oddzilla
Oddzilla says, "Mmmmm...Evanjellydonut...."
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~alhuang/
Harvard Anime Society, Secretary