[FFML] Correct copy of 'Point Total"

[DB Sommer]

David McMillan wrote:

> DB Sommer wrote:
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>     Never saw any of Gantz, except the first ep, which turned me right 
> off.


% Anime follows the manga well, until they ran out of manga and had to 
come up with an end to the series for the anime, which meant putting 
together a sloppy ending that answered nothing and was not internally 
consistant with the way the story was told. But since the manga is only 
entering it's second 'Apocolypse' arc now, it has a ways to go before 
they answer any real questions.

>  However, DB has a way of making a reader interested.


% My thanks. Actually reading other people's fics was what turned me 
into giving Azumanga a chance, and look what happened there. :)

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>> Second disclaimer: I don’t own any of the Dragonball characters or 
>> concepts either.
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>     Kato looked thoughtful.  "Let's try something different this 
> time...."
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>     Goku-san scratched his head slowly, face screwed up in thought.  
> "So... what you're telling me is, the only way for your friends to be 
> brought back to life is for you to kill me?"
>     Kato nodded sadly.  "I'm afraid so.  But we haven't got a chance 
> against you.  On the other hand, you have a reputation as a really 
> good guy, and you seem to come back from the dead pretty easily, so I 
> was hoping that you might see your way clear to, um, well you 
> know...." Kato trailed off significantly.
>     Goku looked blank.  Kei groaned and shoved Kato aside.  "Let me 
> try -- I think I can put this in terms he can understand."
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>     Ending 1:  "Waddaya MEAN, we get no points for a target that 
> agrees to die!?!?!"


% Heh. Actually Gantz does seem to play within the rules it lays down. 
However it doesn't explain a whole lot, and is willing to label humans 
as aliens if it wants them dead (ie Tae).

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>     Ending 2:  "Okay -- letting Goku talk us into going on a hunt for 
> the Dragon Balls so we could wish our friends back, wish away all the 
> (bad) aliens, and get out of the game *sounded* like a good idea at 
> the time.  How was *I* to know each fight scene lasts a month and a 
> half?!?"


% Heh. Actually the anime was almost as bad at times in how long it took 
to get things done.

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>     Sorry, DB -- your droll, tongue-in-cheek narration made me do it.  
> This one was definitely snickerworthy, and even for someone totally 
> ignorant of the canon material, explained enough of Gantz on the fly 
> that it wasn't hard to get a picture of what was going on.


% Thanks. I thought it was a nice, jaded way of using Kei's internal 
monlogue to sound natural while bringing readers up to speed in a 
limited time.

>     I give this three LOLs and a giggle out of five.  :)


% Thanks. That is all a spamfic is intended for. Nice to see it worked.

DB Sommer

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