Having found the ML archive and read the post of wliia I am now prepared to
offer a slightly more informed opinion of Akane's new ki powers :).

Overall they are a lot more in balance then I had thought, there are indeed some
downturns to them and they aren't quite as powerful as the pure description of
them would imply.  I do still think they are more powerful than most of the
Ranma-verse characters, but in context of the story they aren't quite so out of
place.  Continuing the discussion of them is probably a good idea though, since
at the very least it'll get Andrew a more defined mental picture of how they
work, and what drawbacks/advantages they have.  

Now a few more questions based on my reading:

Obviously Akane is still using them in a very instinctive manner, will they get
more powerful as she learns from Cologne?  Or just become easier to do on a more
intentional level?

Is her running in the opening chapter a byproduct of her new abilities (ie will
she be able to perform this again), or was that more motivated by her concern
for Ranma?

At this point (upto chapter 7)  how much ki does Akane have to use on her
powers?  (i.e. how long could she go approximately before she runs out of
willforce to power the useful abilities?)  And how long will it take under
normal circumstances to regenerate that ki back? 

A side effect is she doesn't really need to eat for metabolic energy.  Does she
need to eat at all or would water and vitamins do the trick?  (Hey, sounds like
my diet :)  Would she be able to draw heat energy from the surroundings and convert
it into useful physical energy during/after a fight?

That's all I can think of for the powers now.

Overall I was actually very impressed with the writing... hurry up and finish it
;)

	-DaR
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Dan Root - dar@andrew.cmu.edu