On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Jon K. Hayashi wrote:

Ranma:  "We tried.  But the guide said that only one curse from a 
    pool is permanent at a time.  One of us would have to die 
    before the other can be cured." 

Ahhh.
Of course, that would also mean Ranma and Genma could never be cured at 
same time either...

Or more interestingly, Ranma and Ryoga couldn't go for a cure at the same time
either......

People would be able to get cured only if someone isn't currently cursed by 
the pool.  If Ranko had not been hit into the pool of drowned man, both Ranma 
and Genma could have cured themselves.

Am I the only one who sees the obvious solution to this, or is there 
something horribly wrong with my thinking?

OK, follow please:

Ranko finds a spring that no-one's been cursed by yet (say, spring of 
drowned Flamingo) and jumps into it.  This frees the Spring of Drowned 
Man for Ranma who jumps into it, freeing the Spring of Drowned Girl for 
Ranko who jumps into it.

As for Genma - who cares... he seems happy as a panda most of the time 
anyway.  And all of the others don't seem *too* worried about their curse 
(except Ryoga - if it weren't for P-Chan's access to Akane)


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