>What, were you never a child? Or have you forgotten how hateful
>children can be to one another over any difference, real or imagined?
>I haven't. I wish I could, but I haven't. I wouldn't go back to
>grade school for anything, not even the extra 20 years of life.
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>It isn't about any particular group. It's just about how much life
>can suck if you're an unusual child.

Well...I could give you that. It's just that it's such a common theme! And it has little to do with UF--I mean, you could write a non anime related fiction peice that portrayed the same thing. You didn't really point out anything that hasn't been done with other stories, after school specials, etc. Okay, the being magically rescued by a transformer thing was kind of a new angle, but still, even that isn't all that new--the story of Cinderella has been around for quite awhile. I never liked that fairy tale. I need an element of realism tragedy to sympathize with characters.

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>>My opinion on this classification stuff: UF=happy happy funfun anime
>>time. YAY!
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>I'm glad you enjoy it, but I dislike being pigeonholed that way; it's
>an uncomfortable feeling, like being typecast as an actor.

I think you misunderstood me. You thought I meant...well, I'm not entirely sure what you thought I meant. I meant that I liked Undocumented Features for the wacky, geeky, up-and-down adventure that it was, and I felt no need to spend time pondering its classification into a genre. Especially when I have so many other things to do with my time. Like play video games! YAY! And debate social commentary! YAY!

And also, it was a reference solely to the sf/fantasy thing, not the social commentary thing.