>>Sure, it's all wrapped up in magical and
>>exotic and travelogue, and there's the plot thread of the
>>fire-throwing mafia simmering away in the background, but it's been a
>>while since we've had any Space Battles In Space and I kind of miss
>>those.
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>Well... sometimes they aren't what's happening.
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>(... the entire first two Symphonies, for example.)
>If you don't count Hunted Rose, which I would. Psi Cops swarming the school campus and Corwin blowing up a satellite is definitely Space Battles In Space. Also, there is an entire story (Fanfare for an Exiled Prince) that is all about Gryphon recruiting Utena for Space Adventures In Space.
On a quick overview I will grant you that Symphony 2 has no Space Battles In Space at all. (It has Magical Adventures In Magical Lands instead, and they are actual Adventures and not Magical Building A House And Getting To Know The Neighbors.)