And the thing is, it had to be lost; I'm just always that guy fighting the urge to blurt out "But in the book it's different because X." For the most part, I have to say, putting all the exes into the context of an extended battle of the bands was pretty clever; I just thought that the Katayanagi twins got the short end of the stick, there--we didn't even get the flashback explaining Ramona's history with them.

I agree with you: I still love it.