All your points are valid.  The problem stems from the vast LACK of 
published Ranma material here.  There's FAR more fanfic material to read 
than actual Ranma stuff.  So when you look for a model to follow, which 
is it going to end up like?  And the problem is only getting worse.  The 
amount of new Ranma stuff released each month is one video and a few 
comic books, vs. a dozen fanfics.

On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Charles Lewis wrote:

	Someone pointed out that, in the series, Akane just doesn't bash
Ranma every three minutes.  Nevertheless, a convention of constant 
superdimensional malletwork seems to be an everpresent facet of Ranma 

I just checked.  In mine, Akane threatens him twice, but doesn't hit him 
with a hammer, and kicks him once.

fics.  Akane just doesn't cook all _that_ frequently in the course of 
Nettouhen (judging from those that I've seen, and the synopses I've read) 
... and yet one would be hard pressed to find a fic where Akane _wasn't_ 
feeling hurt after trying <unsucessfully> to ram something toxic down 

Well, she *is* learning to cook in mine...  so I have an excuse.

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