thanx to matashi and Fr. Steve -- what first seemed only *unusual to me, now seems pellucid.

and regarding the Rain series, Eisler presents the hitman Rain in quite an evocative manner; the only fault I find with his writing is his excessive, clumsy (to me) use of Japanese paired with English-ization. if he's going to use the conceit of a Japanese/American protagonist/narrator, why not stick with English for an English audience? The crossover interest must be pretty shallow, I'd think.

Last edited by tsuwm; 11/09/2005 3:27 AM.