H. Torrance Griffin wrote:

        Not Bad At All.

        Concerning the 'No Killing' stance both Ranma and Hikaru stick
with so firmly, you should remember that the former had (IIRC) every
intention of killing Saffron during their final battle and the latter slew
many demons in her battles as a Magic Knight.  While they respect life,
the evidence is against them holding it absolutely sacrosanct.

To be fair here, keep in mind that this is pre-vol. 36 Ranma (since
Nodoka still doesn't know about him.) So, not only has he never heard of
Saffron, but the thought of terminating a life has probably hasn't even
crossed his mind.

As for Hikaru... well, to begin with, the three girls thought of the
whole "rescue the Princess" deal as a real-life video game (and Fuu
often makes that comment,) so they probably didn't see the monsters as
living creatures, but rather like "enemies that give off experience when
defeated". Also, since the majority of such creatures was created either
by the Dark Rock inside the Forest of Silence or by the negative
emotions of Cephiro's people, they weren't exactly born either. That's
why, in MKR2, the Knights don't go all-out when fighting human opponents
(i.e. Hikaru Vs. Eagle, Umi Vs. Tarta/Tatra, and Fuu Vs. Asuka.)

        Now to murder in cold blood... that's a different story.

Out of the entire MKR universe (including the anime) only Nova and
Debonair seem capable of going through with murder. In Ranma 1/2, there
*are* many characters that could bring themselves to that (Herb,
Saffron, and Tarou come to mind... and possibly Ryuu as well.)
 
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