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Annotations for Act 6

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" A super-deformed version of Childra ran up to Ryo.  "Oh,
 you've saved us from the Wicked Warlock," she said. "

A tip of the hat to "The Wizard of Oz".

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"Yes," answered her companion.  "I just transferred here a
few days ago.  My name's... Miki." 

Miki from "Marmalade Boy".  She has a thing for her
step-brother.

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"Did you use to live in Tomobiki?"

A tip of the hat to "Urusei Yatsura" by Rumiko Takahashi.

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" He swore he could hear a yawn.  "Since when does a cat
ever go anywhere it doesn't want to?" "

Ross McKenzie's tribute to Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire
Muhoshin Cat.

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"If that's the case, why didn't you wish yourself into
another world, where the villain wears your face?  You could
have a slam-bang action adventure, like the two-dee movies
you're always watching." 

Ross McKenzie's tip of the hat to John Woo's "Face Off"

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"It sounds like someone has been reading too much Zelazny."

Roger Zelazny, science fiction writer.  Among his works, the
Amber series.

This scene inspired by the scene between Corwin and the bird
in the book 'The Courts of Chaos'.

It is noted that Muhoshin shares many traits with the
Zelazny villain Brand, who is also a time/reality traveling
criminal.

This is entirely coincidence.

Rod M., Ryo Muhoshin's creator, has never read a Zelazny
book, and refused to do so until he's done writing 
"Converging Series".

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"Pin-pon, pin-pon."

English equivalent is 'bingo'

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"I've been thinking about this, you and me," said Saotome. 
"About what's going to happen to us in the end." 

Much of this scene comes from Alan Moore's "The Killing
Joke", one of the better Batman/Joker stories. 

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..."I'm Akari Unryuu." "Er, Ryo Muhoshin. Charmed."...

In "The Pursuit of Happiness", that world's Ryo Muhoshin
meets and becomes the boyfriend of Akari Unryuu.  The
Muhoshin here is experiencing cross-reality flashbacks.

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