You may be correct in what you say. I'm not familiar enough with
Evangelion to express an opinion on how Asuka would react to Ranma,
especially the Ranma in this story. My point is just that I don't
see any reason, in the story, for Ranma to have any interest at all
in Asuka - the only possible explanation I could come up with is
that she unconsciously reminds him of Akane, and I just can't see
it on the basis of what we've seen so far.

    Let me ask those of you who are Ranma fans - even if you're not
a proponent of the Ranma-Akane relationship, do you agree that the
reason Ranma cares for Akane is NOT because of those times she acts
like Asuka in this story, but because of the times she doesn't?

Reid Carson
rcarson@mnsinc.com