>It's pretty hard to describe the power that inflection and situation have over Japanese

Heheh... I was thinking, it would amusing to have a full episode of Ah_My_Goddess using only two sentences:
"Keiichi-san?"
"Belldandy?"
"Keiichi-san..."
"Belldandy!"
"Keiichi-san...!"
"Belldandy...?!?"
"Keiichi-san!!!"
"Belldandy!!!"