No, this entry has nothing to do with my Haloween 2006 entry.

Image screencaptured from the Epilogue of Outlaw Star episode 26, "Return to Space"

I should mention I finished watching Outlaw Star last Friday, but I got so tied up with the model, and now that Huntwyck is back (Did it ever really go away?), I haven't had time to say as much.

Out of 26 episodes, only episode 19 "Law & Lawlessness" can be omitted from the storyline.

Which means episode 23 "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" is important to the storyline.

*heavy sigh*

I realize there's a difference in culture between the US and Japan, and what is scandalous here may not be so much so over there. But come on, ...Tenrei was gratuitous.

And I can see why Cartoon Network culled the episode entirely: there is too much to edit out.

Kids: just skip that episode. Or what's more, watch the prologue, and ONLY the prologue, PM me, and I'll tell you what you need to know.

More mature individuals: wait until your mind has been sufficiently corrupted.

It does make me sick to say it, though, that I've watched it.

By the way, "Law and Lawlessness" is the jump point for an spinoff series called Angel Links. Since I missed Ep. 19 when it was broadcast on Cartoon Network, I didn't even know Angel Links existed until I hit up the Wikipedia articles on Outlaw Star.

Going home this weekend. May the Force be with you all.

-KIE