---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ryka"To: Subject: Re: Spoiler alert (skip if you haven't seen end of 1st season) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:07:07 +0700 I beg to differ...I don't think he is obsessed with 'the' hair / is it in anyway fetish...but it's really act as a very strong reminder and comfort to have felt as if he (Kircheis) is there, I don't felt it to be weird. Actually wot confuses me is that keeping a lock of someone hair is more of an Asian tradition, whilst seeing Reinhard background is Western, I don't know do Western culture have such custom??? :)p Rgds, Ryka -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Yen To: logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU Date: Thursday, 06 April, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: Spoiler alert (skip if you haven't seen end of 1st season) >From: Bernice Chow >hm..Did Annerose ever cried at that very moment? I don't think so. In the >novel when Reinhard asked if she ever loved Kircheis, she chose to keep >silent. In the animation, she just closed her eyes without saying a word. > >I think it's ok for that episode to be a little bit over-emotional. >Afterall, Kircheis is a lot more than just a best friend of Reinhard. >Reinhard has been relying on him for the past 10 years or so, and nowit's >because of his ignorance that he loses someone really important forever. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >IMO, Reinhard was either in shock, or simply too manly to cry. Though I >think his obsession with his dead friend's hair was quite unhealthy, like a >fetish of some sort. > >______________________________________________ >FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com >Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > >