"Zatoichi" <zatoichi@zatoichi.zatoichi> wrote in message
news:3e294284.47003061@news.la.sbcglobal.net...
> On 17 Jan 2003 16:43:07 -0800, phobos2@hotmail.com (phobos) wrote:
> >Finding out the pilot was still alive was a bit of a let-down, IMO. I
> >couldn't help but get the feeling that it had been written in because
> >someone thought things were getting a little _too_ nasty. Toji should
> >have been found dead in the ruined plug - I can't seriously believe
> >he'd survive.
>
> Yeah, thats exactly how I felt.. Maybe it's wrong, but I think they
> should have let toji die at that part, it just seemed a cop-out to me.
> Such a highly emotional point in the series and it lost some of its
> impact.. The scene is still one of my favorites, but it would have
> meant more if he had died (heh, damn that sounds screwed up). When Rei
> died and they found out she was 'alive', I was like 'what the damn
> hell, I guess they won't leave anyone dead in this series'..
>
> -Chris
>

The point being as I got it that that Rei was actually dead and was replaced
by a clane that was slightly different