I totally agree on all counts - Mizuho certainly did seem rather a bit tacked on in the novel, didn't she? And I didn't even think of that explanation for her taking her clothes off - it just seemed totally fanboy-geared and random to me. ^^

I hope they actually bother to explain how the heck Kiriyama could do his little ki attack - it certainly wasn't an optical illusion and it just... I'm not sure I'm keen on the idea of them doing the supernatural. It was good and handled well, I thought, but still.

Glad you enjoyed them!