Great reply. I couldn't have said better myself. (See, my reply is at the
top so if you don't want to read the quote that I like, then just hit 'd'
now, or whatever you do!)

Shampoo is dishonourable, claming that everything is to follow her 'laws'
which she ignores.

Ryouga is honourable, except when it comes to love... he becomes pretty
silly then, but not moreso than Akane does. He MAY sneak into her bed
under false pretenses, but that's just to be close to the one he loves.
And the way Akane sleeps, he probably gets squished/beated up EVERY NIGHT
just to be near her! And Ryouga at least risks his life to save Ranma on
numerous occasions. Never seen Shampoo risking her life for ANYONE, let
alone Akane.

Kun-chan...

Oh, Akane deserves Ryouga alright....  Beee dah!
They are two of a kind - impatient, unreasoning brutes who will not listen
to any of the evidence before jumping to an invariably inaccurate
conclusion, and pounding the stuffing out of some fool (usually Ranma)
whether the slight is his fault or not.  And when they *do* learn that it
wasn't Ranma's fault, do they apologize?  No!

At least Ukyou will listen to Ranma's side before thwacking him into the
stratosphere.  Who needs a wife that trusts you so little that she beats
you up before you even get a chance to explain?  Phooey.


Umm... Kun-chan?  If Ryouga gets squished and beated up every night just to
be near the woman he loves, how does that make him any different from
Mousse, who you blasted as a spineless wimp a few posts back, for just the
same thing.  It is perhaps that a different girl does the beating?

And, as it happens, Shampoo has risked her own neck to save Akane lots of
times - She *always* goes with Ranma to rescue her, and in the Phoenix OVA,
she actually catches her, and prevents her from breaking her neck.

Once Akane finds OUT about Ryouga's little alter-ego, then he is BACON.

Of course, there is not a character in this series that doesn't need major
level psychiatric help.

Zen-


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