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                                                  March  4, 2010
                                                  May   12, 2012
Throughout "Macross 7", a fan
of Basara's repeately tries
to give him some flowers, but he         SEVEN_NOT_PLUS
rushes by, too busy to notice her.

She's a young woman in frilly
white "sweet lolita" dress, who I
began thinking of as "Little
Bo-Peep" (though she's called
"The Flower Girl" in the credits)

I developed a theory that she
was actually the angel of death.               Come to think of it,
If she ever succeeded in making                there's a short
contact with Basara, that would                Fellini film where
be the end.                                    death is portrayed
                                               as a young blond girl.
Basara is continually on the brink,
death almost swoops down on him, but              And Neil Gamain's
he's saved by chance, by his drive                take is worthy of
to keep going.                                    mention here, I
                                                  suppose: death as
   I was a little disappointed to                 a perky goth.
   realize that the flowers she carries
   aren't lillies; though they are
   typically white, which I suspect
   would work as a death symbol in       There's a hint or two
   Japanese culture.                     that Gamlin might land
                                         with bo-peep, but
                                         nothing is made of it.

                                            It might be significant
                                            that he has no ill
                                            effects from their
                                            chance encounters.









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