Texhnolyze compared with it's collaboration predecessors

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This thread, so aptly named, is regarding the above...

The collaboration being the partnership between Ueda Yasuyuki and ABe Yoshitoshi (being the original character design/story and concept creator respectively). The previous projects being Serial Experiments Lain, and Haibane Renmei.

Interestingly enough, another integral part of the formula, Konaka Chiaki (series structure/screenplay) did not do Haibane Renmei's screenplay (Ueda-sama took a stab at it). Lain purists tend to flame Haibane Renmei from what I hear for it's change of pace as opposed to the darkness/bleakness of the current work and Lain. Simply adoring Lain, and excitedly trying to finish Texhnolyze, I wish to know what feelings abound.

This thread is meant to spur substantial discourse.
No counter-opinion blogging. Please...

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Ouch... Burned.

Oh, well, innumerable threads do this every week, fall into obscurity.
Did get some views though, perhaps throw Texhnolyze's name out there to those who would not have heard it otherwise.