Ya know...

...it would be a whole heck of a lot easier to stick to my plan of not rewatching Noir or Madlax for a while if...

I would just stop listening to the OSTs!

I suppose I can be forgiven for Madlax OST 2 (on my Denon 3910 right now!) et al because my order from CD-Japan showed up recently and I haven't had a chance to hear them in all their uncompressed glory yet.

And I suppose it's only natural that, because the R2 Madlax DVD #1 showed up in the same package, I had to test that out too. (verdict: OMFG that was gorgeous on my player!) And of course, because I tested those, it was only natural that I felt that I needed to seen that Ayu version of the finale. And of course, to set up properly for the finale, it was only natural to go back a few episodes. You know, get the mood built appropriately.

And it's only natural to start building that mood about when Vanessa meets up with Madlax, right?

*sigh*

But driving in my car this morning, Salva Nos popped up on my MP3 player. Salva Nos is not only threatening to break my resolve on a vacation from Noir, but it's going to get me a very hefty speeding ticket. That lil' Jag doesn't balk at pushing 3 digits on lonely back roads. Not even in the slightest. Heh.

Anyway, a point of trivia to look out for if you get the "Ayu leak". On the R2 DVD extras, there's a version of the opening animation for "the pilot". Ayu is using that one with this leak instead of the one that aired. See if you can spot the difference!