Jonathan Ng <jonathan@worldy.com> wrote:

You like blahs don't you? :)  oh and why didn't you put blahs after your
website?

My website is exciting enough to chase away the blahs. :-P

I've hated traditions all my life, I tend towards the latter.  Anyone who
tends to the former?

I agree with you, for the most part.

	Perhaps he should not have come here, he thought. Being in the
place posed the kind of danger that a drink did to a reformed alcoholic.

If that happened, then the alcoholic might not be as "reformed" as we would
like him to be.

Maybe, but ya gotta give the guy credit for trying.

"My name's Kuno, and I'm a rantaholic."

"HI, KUNO!!!"

But do those different ways of thinking help or hinder herself and everyone
around her?  Serial killers think in a different way than societal people.
Einstein thinks in a different way than most people, but he helps society,
not ruining it.

IMO, it depends, largely, on whether or not someone is locked into their
way of thinking.

	It mattered not what tasks needed to be done; Kuno Kodachi, the
Black Rose, would complete them. She would get what she wanted, as she
always did, one way or another. All she had to do was to think along a
different dimension.

Oh, and what about Ranma?  You know, he's a person, albeit a not-so-smart
one. :)

I don't think it's his mind that Kodachi's interested in....

	"Very well. And to the winner will belong darling Ranma!" Before

belong to.

No, she's saying that Ranma will belong to the winner; you're thinking
the other way around.

 And *darling Ranma*?

	Ms. Hinako stood in front of the classroom as she delivered the
day's English lesson. Akane sat in her seat, not hearing much of what
her teacher was saying -- something about conjugal verbs. The scene

Conjugal verbs?  (Conjugal also means marriage)  I don't think I've heard
of _conjugate_ verbs, much less conjugal verbs.

It was actually about verb conjugation. Akane wasn't listening all that
well....

Oh, and you use Hinako as if it were a last name.  It isn't her last name.
(Something in the translation)

The students call her Hinako-sensei, but in English, they would actually
call her Miss Ninomiya.

Hmmm... didn't think about that. I'll have the students address her as
"Ma'am."

Hiroshi Chapatsu.  Very interesting :)

The name refers to his hair color; similar to the guy in UY being named
Megane because of his glasses.

 And Hinako's character is well
handled (easily distracted in child form by child things, etc.)

How about a Hinako-Azusa team-up? The kawaii team!

What's wahine?

Dat's one o' dem Havai'ian words dat de Principal-kahuna uses. Means
woman, as I understand it.

And the judge would be, well, Ranma, right? :)

Nope.

 Oh great.  Poisoned food
versus plain bad food :)

So whichever one leaves him awake is the winner! Nah, Kodachi has enough
sense not to drug her food under these circumstances.

	"Hey, that's not dishonorable, it's just plain sensible." He
wondered if he could have handled it if it had been him. The thought of
losing at anything always made him a little crazy.

No.  He just shrugs off the fact that he lost and asks for a rematch :)

Nah, he gets upset about it and DEMANDS a rematch. :p

	The next morning, Kasumi woke an hour before breakfast, as she
always did.

Since she *prepares* the breakfast, I would assume so. :)

"Oh my! Tomorrow I'll just serve donuts so I can sleep later!"

Great.  First Ukyou, then Kasumi.  Whose life will you wreck next?  Ranma's?

Um... nope, Shampoo's. (I can't really count Ryoga, since his life isn't
exactly all that great to begin with. ^_^)

Do; or do not.  There is no try :)

@bap! Sure there is! :P

They have also been
	dating those who are far from suitable for their status, in
	terms of both status and appearance.

Kodachi tried to date someone other than Ranma?

Years before she met Ranma, yeah.

	"Pathetic, boy!" Genma blocked Ranma's arm as it was about to
strike. "Concentrate! Your attacks have no power behind them! It's like
being hit by a little girl!"

I bet Genma says that even if Ranma hit like Ryouga.  Which is not a good
thing (or a good thing, depending on who you talk to :) )

If Ranma hit like Ryoga, Genma wouldn't be saying much at all.
(Especially since Ranma tends to knock him into the pond.)

Ucchan's didn't participate?  It would be *very* good sales, especially
since Ukyou needs it right now.

This was before Ukyo's major troubles started, and she's quite pissed
off at Ranma and Akane at the moment.

	Then she noticed the piece of paper next to Akane. Looking
closer, she saw that it had some sort of instructions on it. A written
recipe! That *cheater*!!

When was a written recipe cheating?  Kodachi's fault for not stating you
couldn't use them.

Just Kodachi's opinion.

So *that's* why Ms. Hinako is so hyperactive.  She gets sugar fixes every
day :)

You figured it out! :-)

	Kodachi exited silently. She was nearly sick to her stomach. The
moment she had just watched had been far more nauseatingly saccharine
than the cookies.

Wait.  I thought "saccharine" was a fake sugar.

And your point? :)

Jason: Kuno may have strength and power, but Kendo's a pretty predictable
art.  
And who says Kodachi's stuff is *just* gymnastics?  (Still, Gary, that's
pretty hard to believe)  And besides, this is Kodachi's POV.  She knocked
him down when he wasn't thinking, and so she thinks she's won.

No, she beat him quite decisively. Just wait 'til HaM part 1, where she
does the same to Ranma. <insert Kodachi-type laugh here>

Thanks for the comments!


Gary Kleppe
http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics