I beg to differ.  In the manga story where Kazuya has to
go to the dentist and switches bodies with Kyosuke, Kyosuke
clearly states that Kazuya has more Power than he does.

I'll dig that up.  Which wideban vol?

Sorry, got the story wrong.  It's the skiing trip that Madoka and Hikaru and
Akane and Kyosuke and Kazuya all take together.  Wideban 3.  It contains
this scene:

   Kyousuke: [flashing with the Power] (Th-that's it!  Teleport.)

   [But nothing happens...]

   narration: Wh-why can't I use the Power?!

   Kazuya: [crackling with the Power] (Sorry.  My Power
           is just a bit superior to yours, oniichan!)

The dentist story contains the line where Kyosuke calls Kazuya "a very
powerful ESPer".

Those are the manga references I used to paint Kazuya as being quite strong
in the Power.  And keep in mind he was six years old in the above scene.  I
think he would only get stronger as he grew up.

She did, however, attend their concert (again, in "Rouge")
when they came to town that one time.

She did?  I don't remember that in the manga.  Still, going
to their concert is not quite the same as playing with them.

Again, the anime, but I thought that particular episode was
fairly close the manga.  The critical part of that must have
been true though; the reason for the "Rouge" plot was her
seeing her father kissing a girl in the dressing room (or
so it seemed).

!!!

That's completely different from the manga.  In the manga, Madoka's parents
want to move permanently to America and take Madoka with them.  She runs
away rather than go along.  Her father eventually gives in.

And in "Goodbye Madoka", she goes to extraordinary
lengths to find a reason *not* to join her parents.

It wasn't an extraordinary length to me.

Hanging around his apartment building at 4am seems a bit extreme to me.  :)
But that's a matter of interpretation, I guess.

Stephen Tsai

-Richard
-Who's going to have to watch the anime one of these days