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-Z- (z@gundam.com)
Mon, 4 Dec 2000 00:55:58 -0800


> >Tomino seems to go out of his way to avoid established religions, although he
> >tackles religious questions in a secular humanist way. Newtype, as
> >explained by
> >Tomino, sounds remarkably similar to the Buddhist notion of enlightenment.
>
> Judging by the way most of these NewTypes behaved (irresponsible, moody,
> lusty, stubborn, short-tempered), I'd say they're far from the Buddhist
> notion of being enlightened.

I dunno -- throw in drunken and irritating and you've got a lot of the Buddhist
monks I've seen in anime....

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