11-24-2005, 11:07 PM
they only break it up in the american versions. actually, it's meant to be told by a storyteller, sort of like the mahabharata, and wasn't commited to a book until after it circulated for years. that's why the chapters all end with that 'want to know what happens next? you'll have to read the next chapter". that was really the 'same bat time, same bat channel' cliffhanger motif to get the audience back next week or whenever. think of it more like a continuing tv series, like lost or alias, which it actually is now.
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