On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Chan Wei Lik wrote:

You said Ranko may not have been cursed at the cursed springs. Let's see:
Changes to male form with cold water
Returns to female form with hot water
Sounds like the cursed springs to me. Make it easy for yourself, 
leaving'em in bisness. Oh yeah, and who's running Nekohanten these days?

	Well, we do know about Japanese counterparts to the springs.  
Anyway, I decided to dodge the issue by having it rain in China the whole 
time Tachi and Shun are there.
	(It's not really a cop-out.  I do have plans that require lots of 
rain...)
	The Nekohanten is being run by a generic Chinese family.  I'll 
mention that later to help settle continuity.  Thanks.

Ross