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   David Watson to scott34494@yahoo.com   
   Re: The Negima! Manga report   
   25 Oct 05 15:03:31   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: aj153@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   "scott34494@yahoo.com" (scott34494@yahoo.com) writes:   
   > As for accusations of Peter David not *respeting* the source material,   
   > he was hired to adapt it, and that's exactly what he did.  I'm sure   
   > that some people would prefer literal translations, but it's hardly   
   > Peter David's fault that he was hired to do a job.   
      
   No, it isn't.  It's his fault that he made such a wretchedly stupid hash of   
   the first four volumes of Negima.   
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