From: lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx   
      
   On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Sunnie wrote:   
      
   > I've noticed its use in a few different anime, and I know I've heard they're   
   > a lot more prevelant over there.  Don't most singles come in mini-disc form?   
   > I know quite a few of the Japanese CDs I've purchased come with additional   
   > mini-discs in addition to the CDs.   
      
   I've seen mini-CDs, but never minidiscs, though my knowledge of Japanese   
   CDs is minimal.   
      
   Singles come on mini-CDs, afaik.   
      
   > There was one thing that really stood out to me in this episode, and that was   
   > when the instructor of the seminar asked Ami why she wanted to be a doctor,   
   > and she basically said it was her mother's idea, and she just wanted to make   
   > her mom happy.  It makes her life seem even colder, especially when she goes   
   > on to say she's just good at studying (wait, was that at that moment, or   
   > another moment...regardless, she said it). It was kind of in contrast to what   
   > at least seemed to be an actual desire (of her own) to become a doctor in the   
   > anime.  Hopefully, though, this was just a knee jerk reaction after having a   
   > bad day at school (with the I'm only good at school type comment having   
   > reference to the fact that she can't make real friends) and that she truly   
   > wants to be a doctor for her own sake too, not just her mother's.   
      
   In PGSM, I don't think she really knew *what* she wanted to do, she was   
   just going along with what her mother wanted (until she made friends at   
   middle school...)   
      
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