XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: fisheye@deadmoon.circus   
      
   Phil Yff wrote:   
      
   > My recommendation:  Spiral - Suiri no Kizuna (The bonds of mystery)   
   > No spoiler discussion.   
   > Although Tokyo Pop seems to have run into some licensing delays,   
   > they are supposed to release it.  On the Tokyo Pop web site,   
   > somebody posted a URL where you can preorder the first volume.  It   
   >  meets your criteria. It's new and not mainstream.   
   > If you've seen the anime, you can judge for yourself whether or not   
   > the manga might appeal to you.  If you haven't, I recommend it.  It   
   > is primarily a mystery series.   
      
   I got to about the 3rd DVD and I can't find the energy to rent anymore...   
   I got tired of:   
   Character #1:  "Aha!  I see through your clever scheme and have found a way   
   to counter it!"   
   Characfter #2: "Aha!  I knew you would, so I came up with a cleverer scheme   
   to couter your coutering of my scheme!"   
   Character #1:  "AHA!  I knew *you* would!  So I came up with an even MORE   
   cleverer scheme to counter your countering  of my scheme to--"   
   ARGH!!  Look, just whip 'em out and let us measure 'em, so we can get on   
   with our lives already!  Jesus!   
      
   Catherine Johnson, who points out that there's a live-action Japanese   
   movie, _Uzuamki_ (_Spiral_), which has no relation to this series.   
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