[Fedora]

Hee, I can almost sing all of Sobakasu. (Still having trouble with the opening).

Is that the Japanese name of the opening song? :)

Not sure whether or not I saw much Messianic imagery. Maybe a little. More just typical hero-archtype stuff. Er, I don't know the terms, my degree ain't in English.

I don't cotton ta that high-falutin' English stuff :) Tolkien did draw from a literary theorist named Lord Raglan who wrote on archetypal hero traits, according to one article I've read.

BTW you have mail.

[JenB]

Sobakasu = Freckles, yes. I use Sobakasu to refer to the Japanese version, and Freckles to refer to the translated version.

Omoi de wa itsumo kirei dakedo
Sore dake ja onaka ga suku wa...