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   From: usenet-2009@planetcobalt.net   
      
   Captain Nerd  wrote:   
   > They were extremely faithful to the manga, at least for this episode,   
   > which was called "Prologue" and was based on the very first chapter of   
   > the manga.  According to the author's notes in the manga, she wrote   
   > the story as a one-off, not really intending to make it a series, but   
   > she ended up doing so anyway.  I don't know how long the manga is,   
   > I've only seen two volumes in the stores (and need to get volume 2   
   > right away, volume 1 ended on a terrible cliff-hanger), but I have to   
   > hope it's long enough to tell the story to a satisfying conclusion.   
   > It's trending right, that's for sure.   
      
   According to Wikipedia the manga has 8 volumes in Japan and is still   
   ongoing. The second volume has just been released in the US (third is   
   announced for January next year).   
      
   cu   
   59cobalt, who has yet to read volume 1, and probably won't get around to   
   that until vol. 2 arrives. Which seems to be a good thing. ^_^;   
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