I am very skilled at the nasty cliffhanger myself (ain't that right, Steffikins?)
I think that's partly why I'm liking the novels to Slayers so much. The anime is good in its own right, but the novels really expose the flaws in all of the characters - even the ones that come off as being super-squeaky good in the anime such as Amelia and Gourry. The fourth novel exposes the darkness in Amelia's past more and the Gourry short story reveals the darkness in his and overall both characters aren't as well...clean, I guess you can say. Zel has an even darker past than in the anime. So, everyone is really flawed and it's so nice.
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Date: 2006-09-07 12:56 am (UTC)I think that's partly why I'm liking the novels to Slayers so much. The anime is good in its own right, but the novels really expose the flaws in all of the characters - even the ones that come off as being super-squeaky good in the anime such as Amelia and Gourry. The fourth novel exposes the darkness in Amelia's past more and the Gourry short story reveals the darkness in his and overall both characters aren't as well...clean, I guess you can say. Zel has an even darker past than in the anime. So, everyone is really flawed and it's so nice.