Subject: Re: [FFML] [Fanfic][R1/2] Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?
From: kleppe@execpc.com (Gary Kleppe)
Date: 1/9/1999, 6:57 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

Mike Loader <mike@thekeep.org> wrote:

Answer to be posted in a day or two. Speculation welcome. ;)

'Kay. How about this:

Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed? None of the above.

First of all, a quick typo-spotting:

	"Yes. When I arrived home, I saw him across the street, 
watching then wrap Akane's body. He had a very strange look on 
          ^^^^
Now here's some spoiler space for anyone who doesn't want to see my
solution just yet:













Now then. What I think happened was: Ranma and Akane decided to run
away together, but they didn't want people to follow them. So they
asked Cologne to obtain for them some of the water from the
Akane-niquan created by Kima in vol. 38. This they used on Nabzy's pet
rabbit, which they killed, thereby faking Akane's death. Kuno-chan
overheard Ranma arranging for Nabs' help in this, and misunderstood.

As for Kodachi's note, at first I thought it was written to Akane and
indavertently got into Kodachi's hands later. But seeing that Ranma
actually asked Ryoga to give it to her, I'd guess that it's a sort of
red herring with which Ranma is trying to (further) mislead any
potential pursuers.

Whaddaya think, sirs?


Gary