On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Isabel Arantes wrote:

As far as I can tell Akane has never said *ANYTHING* to Ranma to make him

think that she likes him.

Hmmm...I was reading manga #34 chapter 2 over dinner and I noticed Akane 
give Ranma give a Valentine's day present, when throughout the chapter 
they made it clear you gave Valentine's Day presents to your sweetie.  

However, Ranma does have much more overt examples.  Perhaps the reason that 
anime and fanfics seem to be placing the fault for their failures as a 
couple on Ranma is that culturally, males are expected to initiate 
relationships.  Why they always get along afterwards?  It's a 
typical storytelling convention that if a couple is in love they have 
initial complications and then live happily ever after.  I guess their 
refusal to admit love for each other is seen as THE initial complication, 
they've shown that they're in love with each other, so naturally living  
happily ever after is the next step.  

My opinion anyway,

Jeff

****jdrutsch@ucdavis.edu***********************Jeff Rutsch************* 
"Ranma's not a boy...he's a girl!"
"Akane is MY fiancee!  You TOUCH her, and I'll KILL you!"
"Ranma, change back into a boy while I buy you some time."
"But if I seem to act unkind/it's only me, it's not my mind."
"Ranma [sic],/give your heart to Akane [sic]. /Soon,/right away."
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