[Black. Lights come up, revealing a largish room, empty but for a
sofa, TV/VCR, and, shoved against one wall, a table laden with piles
and piles of paper. Atypical college student (and host) Scott is
sitting at the table, shuffling the papers from one pile to another,
apparently at random. Akane is sitting on the sofa. Yuu is not
present.]
Scott: (looking up) Hi again. I'm Scott Schimmel, from the comment
patrol, and I review fics involving several (lamentably overlooked)
anime series. Akane, ObPlug, please?
Akane: (sighs) Fine. (to camera) The Comment Patrol is located at
http://www.io.com/~hcobb -- if you haven't gotten any C&C on a fic,
and you'd like some, try looking there.
Scott: Thanks. Yuu couldn't be here, since he's not Not Appearing In
This Fanfic, so we're bringing in a different guest. Sort of the
opposite perspective.
Akane: Tell me you didn't invite Miki.
Scott: Hey-- uh, never mind, let's not get into that now. No, we
invited his former girlfriend, instead.
[Arimi enters from near the camera, waves, and walks to the couch.]
Akane: Wow, I didn't know Yuu dated Ayanami Rei.
[Arimi facefaults.]
Scott: Enjoyable as the in-jokes are, we should be getting on to the
fic now...
[He stands, crosses to the couch, sits down again. Arimi picks up the
remote and presses a button.]
A side story to the Marmalade Boy/Ranma 1/2 alternate history
crossover
MUSTARD GIRL
Side story #1
Scott: "#1" is promising. It sounds like there are going to be more.
Akane: I'm not sure I want to know what's happened to me. I still
shiver when I think about Narrabundah 1/2.
Arimi: But you got off pretty easily there...
Akane: On the other hand, I wonder what happened to Arimi, here,
since she seems to have been replaced by Ukyou and Shampoo.
Arimi: (sweatdrop)
Scott: Maybe she's with Tsutomu in this reality.
Arimi: (queasy) All right, I admit, you have a point. Can we talk
about something else now?
by Urac Sigma
[Arimi fast forwards through the author's notes.]
1. STREET.
[It's a nice sunny day. Walking down the street
is the youthful good-looking blonde known as
Matsuura Yuu. He is dressed in his school
uniform, and carries his schoolbag. He's in no
hurry.]
Scott: I always thought women were "blonde" and men were "blond."
Akane: Doesn't matter, he's bishonen. ^_^
Scott: (flipping through a dictionary) Actually, it seems "blond" can
be used as an adjective for either sex, and "blonde" as a noun is only
used for females.
Arimi: And now that you've wasted three lines nitpicking, we'll move
on...
2. OUTSIDE MATSUURA HOME.
[We see Yuu's mother, Chiyako, waiting at the
door, looking more than slightly worried. Yuu,
Arimi: Chiyako looks worried about something? It must be -really-
serious.
Akane: Unless she's trying to talk Yuu into something.
approaching, sees her, then quickens his pace as
he gets near enough to see her expression.
Chiyako leans into the house.]
CHIYAKO: Youji! He's here!
[Her husband Youji emerges. Yuu arrives on the
doorstep.]
YUU: Tadai--
[He is cut off as Chiyako embraces him.]
CHIYAKO: Yuu! Thank Goodness you're home!
Akane: (Chiyako) Where have you been, these past three months?
Scott: (Yuu) This guy named Ryouga invited me to his house, and we
got caught up in trying to find it.
Arimi: (Chiyako) Oh, okay then. Did you bring any souvenirs?
[They separate, and Yuu notices his parents'
worry.]
Scott: I thought he noticed Chiyako's worried expression earlier.
Arimi: Yuu and Shinnosuke: Separated at Birth?
YUU: Okaasan? Otoosan? What is it? What's wrong?
[Youji looks a bit confused.]
YOUJI: Haven't you heard, Yuu-kun?
CHIYAKO: Where have you been?
Arimi: (Yuu) Beijing, Paris, Luxembourg, Sydney, Boise, Antarctica,
and Burkina Faso, in that order. Ryouga really gets around.
YUU: At school. [Bewildered] Heard what? What's
happened?
Akane: (Youji) We could tell you... but then we'd have to kill you.
Arimi: (Youji) Plus, we couldn't build up suspense like we're going
to do by dodging the issue.
Scott: (Youji) Plus, we're having fun playing with your mind, and we
know we can get away with it.
YOUJI: Let's go inside.
[The two of them lead the nonplussed Yuu in.]
3. MATSUURA LIVING ROOM.
[On the door to the hall, we see Youji and
Chiyako lead Yuu in. As soon as Yuu looks to the
centre of the room, he stops dead and gapes.]
Scott: He's dead, Jim!
Arimi: No, no; it's him that's gaping, not a wound.
[Cut to the rest of the room. Seated awkwardly
on one of the sofas is a large man with horns
wearing a tiger-striped jumpsuit.]
YOUJI: Yuu-kun, this is...Invader-san.
[Picture freezes.]
Akane: Is it cold in here, or is it just me?
Scott: Quick, thaw it out.
[TITLE CAPTION: A Mustard Girl side story
URUSEI MATSUURA ]
Scott: I still can't believe that pun. That's... it just... (sighs,
then grins) Good work.
[Unfreeze. Back on Yuu, who is showing as much
surprise as he can (that is, he looks like any
other person does when they're reasonably
bemused). With no other option, he bows a
greeting.]
Akane: The most surprise Yuu can manage is "reasonably bemused?"
Arimi: He does occasionally do the 'eyes-get-just-a-little-bit-
wider' thing, too.
Scott: (Yuu) I do not understand this 'emotion' of which you speak.
It is not logical.
YUU: Ha...hajimemashite.
[Invader bobs his head in return.]
INVADER: Nice to meet ya, boy. Invader's the name.
Akane: (Yuu) Yes, I know. Dad just told me.
Arimi: (Invader) Oh, sorry. I read the second scene, and I thought
you might have problems remembering things.
[He reaches into his jumpsuit and pulls out his
card, which is the size of a gaming board. He
hands it to Yuu, showing that it bears some
alien writing and childish picture of Invader-
san. Yuu looks at it for a moment, then tries to
put it in his pocket before realising that'll
never work and placing it on the table. He looks
up at Invader, then back at his parents.]
YUU: Ano...how does this concern me?
ANOTHER VOICE: It concerns you, Matsuura Yuu...
Scott: (Yuu) Wrong! It was a trick question! I'm too cool and
unemotional to be concerned about this.
[Yuu turns to face one of the other sofas.
Sitting next to his brown-school-uniformed
cousin Yui (who, with her blonde hair, doesn't
look unlike Yuu himself), there is a hitherto
unnoticed man in a black trenchcoat.]
Arimi: "His cousin Yui?" O_o
Akane: Come to think of it, they do look a little bit alike.
Scott: Fushigi, ne?
[Akane hits Scott with a Nerf mallet.]
Akane: No more bad puns.
Arimi: (rolls her eyes) Right...
TRENCHCOAT: ...because the fate of the planet Earth lies in
your hands!
[Yuu just blinks: What's he talking about?]
All: He's talking about the fate of the planet!
YUU: The fate of the planet?
All: Yes!
YUI: You should listen, Yuu-kun. It's all true.
TRENCHCOAT: Invader-san represents a race of aliens called
Oni. They would invade out planet en masse were
it not for one condition.
Akane: Looking ahead, we find that this condition never is spelled
out. Just why -are- they forced to offer a challenge, anyway?
Scott: The most unstoppable force of all: Tradition.
[All three shudder theatrically.]
INVADER: Our computers randomly chose an Earthling to
meet our challenge.
[Yuu starts to realise that these people really
are speaking the truth.]
Scott: (Yuu) On second thought, screw logic. I'll just go with what
feels right.
YUU: Challenge? What kind of challenge?
INVADER: The national sport of our planet.
YUU: Aa...and what's your national sport? [Actually
gets a bit worried. Yuu doesn't do that often,
but then he isn't often being faced down by an
alien about four times his own mass threatening
to ravage his homeworld.] Fire-wrestling? Laser
duels?
[Invader looks worried.]
INVADER: Hell! No, nothing like that. [Wipes his brow.]
Sheesh, what kinda planet do you run here?
Akane: (Yuu) The basis of our planet is that for every two new people
you meet, at least one will be interested in you romantically, and/or
vice versa.
Arimi: As if you should talk, Akane.
Scott: It's true; Marmalade Boy love geometry puts Ranma to shame.
[Yui looks almost amused as she announces the
next bit...]
YUI: Their national sport is tag.
Arimi: And she knows this -how-...?
Akane: She spends a lot of time at the library.
Scott: (Meiko) You can find lots of interesting things in those old
books.
Arimi: (Yui) Oh, let me look... Wow! Ancient China!
Akane: (Yui) I know they say "Books are the way to the worlds of the
imagination" but this is ridiculous.
[Yuu sighs heavily, in his patented 'It's so
hard being the only sensible person in the
country' way.]
Scott: (laughs) Point, Ratbat.
YUU: Tag.
[The guy in the trenchcoat nods.]
TRENCHCOAT: Tag.
[Yuu sighs again.]
YUU: OK. So, in order to save the planet, I have to
beat you at tag.
INVADER: Not quite.
[There is a rumble from outside.]
Akane: FOREshadowing!
Scott: Thank you, "Godspell."
INVADER: Ah, that should be your opponent now...
Arimi: (Yuu) Thor?
Akane: (Invader) Not yet, but you will be after the challenge.
Scott: What was that you were saying about puns?
Akane: This is different. I said -bad- puns.
Arimi: Are there any other kind?
Akane: Yes. -My- puns.
4. SKY.
[The clouds swirl together to form a sort of
whirlpool, which then spins violently until is
creating a kind of 'hole'. From this, a large
bolt of light shoots out and aims itself right
at the side of the Matsuura house.]
5. MATSUURA LIVING ROOM.
[The beam smashes a hole in the wall, kicking up
a lot of dust, smoke and light. When it clears,
there is a shapely female of about Yuu and Yui's
age and height, with long green hair, the same
horns as Invader-san, and a tiger-striped bikini
with matching boots.]
Scott: (Yuu) Green hair... where have I seen that before?
Akane: (looks at Arimi) They do look a little alike. But not as much
as Arimi and Rei.
INVADER: My daughter Lum. Lum, you'll be playing tag
against this boy here.
[Points a massive finger at Yuu.]
LUM: Pleased to meet you-cha!
[Yui, Chiyako, Youji and Yuu are just looking at
her.]
CHIYAKO, YOUJI, YUU & YUI: Konnichiwa.
INVADER: You'll have a daily tag session every day for
ten days. If you manage to catch Lum by the
horns...
Scott: There's a saying about catching certain creatures by the horns
that would apply here.
Akane: Bulls?
Scott: No, honest, there is.
Akane: ...
[Lum bends over and obligingly points to her
horns. Yui curiously fingers them.]
INVADER: ...then we leave Earth in peace. If not...
[Lum walks over to a globe on a side-table and
slaps a sticker on it that reads 'PROPERTY OF
THE ONI'.]
Arimi: Why do they want it in the first place?
Akane: Don't you watch movies? The aliens always want to either make
contact with Earth, or take over. They never just ignore it, despite
the differences in technology and philosophy.
Scott: That, and it would make the story a lot shorter.
[The others nod sagely.]
TRENCHCOAT: The contest will begin tomorrow.
[He and Invader make for the hole in the wall.]
Akane: (Invader) Yeah, it's just this hole-in-the-wall place, you
know, but it has, how do I put it...? A certain charm.
TRENCHCOAT: Good evening.
[He touches the brim of his hat, and they leave.
Lum goes over to Yuu and pecks him on the
cheek.]
Scott: Ah, yes. I see the Yuu Factor is still working.
LUM: See you tomorrow, Yuu-san-cha!
Akane: (chanting) Yuu. San. Cha-cha-cha. Yuu. San. Cha-cha-cha...
Arimi: That she can, but can she can-can?
[And she leaves too. After a moment, Invader
pokes his head back through the hole.]
INVADER: Oh. Thank you for the tea.
[And he's gone again. Everyone is silent. Youji
regards the hole in the wall.]
YOUJI: I think I might need some spakfilla.
[Dissolve.]
Akane: First it froze, then it dissolved. This fic has the worst
luck...
6. HIGH STREET.
[The next day. An establishing shot shows that
the road has been cordoned off, and that quite a
crowd has turned out to see their planet get
saved. A red-faced piscine dappa monster paces
before the crowd with a tray around his neck,
selling choc-ices. Yuu (wearing running gear)
and Lum stand slightly apart from each other in
the middle of the street. Youji is talking to
Yuu.]
YOUJI: You think you'll be able to manage this, Yuu-
kun?
[Yuu looks over at Lum limbering up.]
YUU: She looks pretty good...but I'm fairly fit
myself. I think I can beat her.
[There is the squeal of a PA system coming on-
line, and Youji returns to the crowd. We see
that Invader has got himself a microphone and is
addressing the crowd.]
Scott: And when he finishes, he's going to stamp and mail the crowd.
INVADER [PA]:Ladies and gentlemen...both of the home
ground...
[He waves a hand at a crowd of humans.]
INVADER [PA]:...and the away team!
[His wave encompasses a gathering of Oni.]
Akane: A "gathering?" You'd think there'd be a word for a group of
Oni.
Arimi: Like a 'murder' of crows, a 'school' of fish...
Scott: A 'Nerima' of fiancees...
Akane: ...
INVADER [PA]:We are proud to present the interplanetary tag
game for the fate of the planet Earth! The
champion, from the planet Uru, our very own
Redet Lum!
[Lum dances about enthusiastically as the Oni
gush over her.]
INVADER [PA]:And the challenger - but Earth's champion -
Matsuura Yuu!
Akane: When did Yuu become Earth's champion at Tag? It was a random
selection, right?
Arimi: The Computer said so. The Computer would never lie to you.
The Computer is your friend. Trust The Computer.
[The Terrans cheer Yuu on.]
Scott: This raises a question: Will mention be made of this in
Mustard Girl? It seems like the sort of thing that'd be heavily-
publicized, and it -is- supposedly the same continuity.
Arimi: That opens the ground for a crossover, too, you realize. That
could be messy.
Scott: Nobody said it had to be crossed-over. Just referred to.
It's kind of hard to believe that at least Miki or her parents
wouldn't notice. They watch TV all the time.
INVADER [PA]:To the winner, freedom! To the loser, invasion!
[Pause] Actually, that bit's only if we win. I
mean, it's not like the Earthlings are gonna
invade us or anything. Ja, they couldn't,
really. Well, they could, but they wouldn't win.
Hey, they wouldn't have to, though, because of
the tag. But then, they don't have big
spaceships, and--
[Another Oni comes over and gives him a massive
electric shock. Once the arcs and the smoke have
cleared, Invader cuts to the chase.]
INVADER [PA]:Ready...set...go!!
[Yuu leaps from his starting point and rushes
towards Lum. Lum doesn't appear to care.]
YUU [VO]: Why isn't she running? At this rate I'll win
right away...
[He nearly gets to her, reaches out and
grabs...]
Akane: Hentai!
Arimi: O_O
[...nothing. Lum has leapt to the air. She's
flying way out of Yuu's range. He looks up.]
Akane: (blushes) Ehehehe... sorry. I guess I anticipated... (trails
off into incoherent mumble)
YUU: ...aa...
[Over by Invader, who is watching the action,
Yui starts to get annoyed.]
INVADER: Hm? Why isn't he trying to fly after her?
[Yui gets more cross.]
All: o/~ Why do we... crucify ourselves... every day...?
YUI: Because humans can't fly!!!
[Invader looks stunned.]
INVADER: They can't?
YUI: Of course we can't! Why didn't you tell us you
could fly?!!?
INVADER: [Sniff!] You never asked.
YUI: But how were we supposed to know?!
Arimi: (Invader) You should have read further in the book.
INVADER: How were we supposed to know you couldn't?
[Yui just falls quiet, grumbling but defeated.
Yuu continues to look up at the sky.]
YUU: Oh boy...
[Cut to:]
Akane: Frozen, dissolved, and now cut. This fic is having a lousy
day.
Arimi: This joke is wearing thin, too.
7. HIGH STREET.
[A different day. Now we're into quick cuts, and
Akane: All right, then I guess I won't say anything here.
Scott: You just did.
the jaunty look-what-mess-they're-in-this-week
music from Urusei Yatsura plays over the scenes.
We see Yuu twirling a lasso, and tossing it. Up
in the air, the loop goes around Lum, but as
soon as Yuu tries to pull it, she's flown out
again...]
Arimi: Good thing, too. She'd probably lift him off the ground, and
then he wouldn't be able to do anything but hang onto the rope or
fall.
8. TOP OF BUILDING.
[A different day again. Yuu stands towards the
edge of a roof of a high building, and tries to
Scott: Yuu must have lost.
Arimi: I've never seen him this depressed before...
Akane: And yet, he's still not crying.
Arimi: He only does that when Miki's involved.
tag Lum as she goes past, but she's out of
reach. He hangs his head, and she floats just
out of range sticking her tongue out.]
Scott: Oh. Never mind.
9. HIGH STREET.
[Another day. Yuu runs up to a mini-tramp and
bounces off it. He has altitude, and he's aiming
for Lum...unfortunately, he ends up slamming his
head into her back, which sends her spinning off
course, and him to an undignified landing on the
ground.]
Akane: (Lum) Ow! Whiplash!
Scott: (narrator tone) Matsuura Yuu saved the earth, but the courts
awarded Lum $7 million for injury and mental trauma.
Arimi: Shouldn't that be in yen?
Scott: I know, but that kind of court-system thing is so American...
10. YUU'S BEDROOM.
[The montage music fades out as Yuu comes in and
flops down onto his bed, bushed. After a moment,
the phone rings and he picks up the extension by
his bed.]
YUU: Moshimoshi?
[Wipe to:]
11A. YUU'S BEDROOM. SPLIT-SCREEN.
11B. YUI'S STUDY. SPLIT-SCREEN.
[The study, surprisingly enough, contains Yui
talking on the phone.]
YUI: Yuu-kun?
YUU: Yui-kun!
Arimi: "-kun?" That's a little unusual.
Akane: So is Yuu.
Arimi: (sighs) Point.
YUI: So, have you beat that alien girl yet?
YUU: No...
YUI: Yuu! You've still got a day left, and you almost
sound like you're ready to give up!
YUU: Yui - I've tried everything to catch her. Ropes,
high places...even dropping coins to pick up.
That one always used to work on Rokutanda...none
of it worked. [Sighs at himself.] She can fly.
It doesn't matter how fit I am, I can't do that.
YUI: Yuu. You're not just fit, you're smart. I think
you can do this! I know you can do this!
YUU: You do?
Scott: (Yui) Well, no, but I'm trying to cheer you up, here...
YUI: Yuu, I've even been keeping up the work on that
assignment we've got for school.
[Yuu's eyes widen slightly in the just-
remembered style.]
YUU: The shukudai...
Arimi: (Yuu) ...If I lose, I won't have to hand it in!
YUI: I've even found a book I think we should look at
for it! Now, would I have spent all day in the
library doing that if I thought we were about to
get taken over by aliens?
Akane: (Yuu) Yes. You go to the library all the time.
Arimi: (Yui) True. But I would have done something more interesting,
like check out the Important Documents reference room...
[She's smiling despite herself: she does believe
in him, and she wants him to too.]
YUU: A book?
[Cut to:]
12. YUU'S BEDROOM.
YUI [VO]: Yes, it's at the national library...
[Yuu only appears to be half-there. He's looking
at his own bookcase.]
YUI [Distort]: Yuu?
YUU: Aa. Yui-kun...can you come out tomorrow?
Arimi: Hmph. He never asked -me- out like that...
[Dissolve.]
13. HIGH STREET.
[Lum and Yuu are in the ready positions again.
Yuu, however, is fully dressed, not in his
athletic gear (which is probably a relief after
he's been wearing it for nine days). His parents
eye this from the crowd.]
YOUJI: Maybe he finds this more comfortable...
[Chiyako shrugs. Lum also looks at Yuu, slightly
curious, but Yuu's returned to the Matsuura Yuu
we all know. He stands there, cool and unfazed.
Nothing worries him.]
INVADER [PA]:Ready...set...go!!
[Lum looks curious for a moment more, but Yuu
hardly moves, just scratching the back of his
head. She makes to approach him, but thinks
better of it and takes off...]
[...then a whistle blows loudly. Confused, Lum
comes in to land. Yui emerges from the crowd,
wearing a baseball cap and jacket over her
uniform, looking for all the world like an
umpire of some sort. Carrying a book under one
arm, she points at Lum with the other.]
YUI: Foul.
Akane: That's not a very nice thing to say...
[Invader-san and Lum just stare at her.]
LUM & INVADER: Foul?
[Yui reads from the book.]
Scott: This surprises no one.
YUI: This dictionary defines tag as 'a children's
game in which one player runs after the others
until they touch one of them...'
[She closes the book and looks at Lum.]
YUI: 'Run'. Not 'fly'.
[Lum turns to Invader-san, who has got out a
mini-rulebook of his own.]
LUM: Is that right-cha?
Arimi: Everyone knows that the dictionary is the ultimate authority.
[Invader flips through the book.]
INVADER: Uhh...yeah. Looks like if we're playing on
Earth, we gotta play by their rules. And that
means no flying.
[He shrugs. Nothing he can do. Meanwhile, Yuu
has approached Lum from behind, and grabs her by
the horns.]
YUU: Tag.
[Lum sags, disappointed. Yui grabs Invader's
mike.]
YUI: Ladies and gentlemen - the new reigning champion
of interplanetary tag, Matsuura Yuu!
Akane: (Yui) How -did- you do it?
Scott: (Yuu) Practice. Lots of practice. And cheating.
Arimi: (shrugs) All's fair in love and war.
Akane: Which is this?
Arimi: Does it matter?
[Yuu modestly lets the applause go right past
Akane: ...injuring three in the crowd as it smashes into them.
Scott: (Yuu) Yes, I'd have to say that my best feature is my modesty.
I'm the most modest person I know.
Arimi: The worst part is, that's probably true.
him. Lum approaches him, big eyes. Yuu holds out
his hand to shake.]
YUU: Lum-san. Aa, no hard feelings?
[She takes the hand, but uses it to move closer
to him. She looks right into his eyes.]
LUM: Yuu-san - I've had my eye on you for the last
ten days. And, now that our planets aren't at
war-cha...
YUU: Un?
[Lum brightens into her usual bouncy self.]
LUM: Marry me-cha!!
Akane: And the winner for "Worst Marriage Proposal in a Side Story"
is...
[Looks as loveable as possible. Yuu considers.
There is a gorgeous, semi-clad alien beauty
before him, ready to pledge her life to him.
What else can he do?]
YUU: No, sorry.
Arimi: (nods) Typical.
Scott: I think we all saw that one coming.
Akane: It's still funny, though.
[Casually turns and walks off. Yui goes to catch
up with him.]
YUI: It worked! See, Yuu, didn't I tell you you could
do it?
YUU: And you were right.
[They stop walking a moment.]
YUI: It's nice to have someone else besides me do
that...
[Yui playfully hits him and they start walking
again.]
Scott: I can't help but notice that this universe's Lum gives up much
more easily. The original would probably have tackled him by now.
YUU: So tell me about this book you found...
YUI: I haven't read it yet, but it's in the old books
room. It's called...[thinks]...Four Gods' Sky
and Earth...
Arimi: Hmm... if the two of them read it together...
Akane: I wonder what kind of project they're doing.
Scott: They're working with Makoto Mizuhara on this dimensional
engine...
[Yuu nods and they move into the distance as we
return our attention to a downcast-looking Lum.
She sniffs. Chiyako comes up to her.]
CHIYAKO: Lum-san?
[Lum looks at her.]
LUM: What's the matter with your son? Doesn't he like
girls?
Akane: (Chiyako) Of his own species, yes.
[Chiyako shrugs.]
CHIYAKO: He had a girlfriend once, but that was quite a
while ago. I wouldn't worry about him too hard
if I were you...
[Lum's mood starts to clear as she realises it's
a Yuu thing. Chiyako puts an arm around her
shoulder.]
Arimi: "A Yuu thing." I wonder if I should be insulted.
Scott: Don't bother. It's not worth it.
Akane: Yeah, at least things worked out for -you-...
Scott: And for Yuu, too.
Akane: Are you kidding? I got stuck with a status-quo ending!
Scott: (facepalm)
CHIYAKO: Now, tell me, Lum...
[She starts to lead her away.]
CHIYAKO: ...have you ever thought about appearing in a
commercial?
Scott: Chiyako never changes...
Arimi: (Lum) No, but I did a music video once...
[Fade out.]
[Arimi fast-forwards through the credits and more notes.]
Scott: Okay. Overall comments?
Arimi: Well, the OOC was mentioned in the endnotes, but I don't think
it was that bad on the MB side. Lum seemed far more OOC. The
crossover was done fairly well, too. Nice way to get out of the
clothing-stealing trick that Ataru used to win the race in the
original.
Akane: It's really too short to say much more. A lot of the dialogue
was inconsequential, but that's more or less the point in UY. This is
a one-situation fic, too, so there's that.
Scott: Not a bad job. It doesn't have the same humor as the main
series, but I think that's mostly a result of Yuu being a more serious
character than most of those in the main series. Definitely more than
the original UY cast.
Akane: Anyway, it still works pretty well as an aside.
Scott: (nods) I'm looking forward to part 3 of Mustard Girl. (to
Arimi) I guess that wraps it up, then... thanks.
[Arimi just smiles. Pointing the remote at the camera, she presses a
button. All goes black.]
Scott Schimmel http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~schimmel/
Ex ignorantia ad sapientium; "You really aren't normal, are you?"
ex luce ad tenebras. -- Miki Koishikawa