James Bateman wrote:

	Since Kun-chan's leaving soon, I'll claim to take in charge of the bashing 
Shampoo and defending Ryouga and Akane.  
 

What do you mean when they learn it wasn't Ranma's fault?
It is always Ranma's fault!  He's responsible for having so many
fiancees and also for knocking Ryouga into the SOD pig.
Personally I would want to kill Ranma too if I found out he did
that to me!  I'm surprised Ryouga didn't try to kill Ranma more often!

NANI?!!?  Zen means it's NOT Ranma's Fault!  The things that you mention
are GENMA's fault!  GENMA engaged Ranma to Akane, GENMA engaged Ranma to
Ukyou, GENMA engaged Ranma to Kaori (sp?), GENMA hauled Ranma off to
Jhyusenkyou, even though he couldn't read a *word* of Chinese... 

	It's Ranma's fault that he didn't get rid of them.  Who is Kaori, anyway?  
Is that the girl of the martial arts tea training?  Genma sets up the problems, but it 
was Ranma's indecisiveness and lack of responsibilty that cause them to get worse.

RANMA thought Shampoo was trying to kill him/her, certainly not marriage
minded!  For the love of the Ghoddess, man, he was *defending* Akane!
Sheesh!  It's no wonder poor Ranma has a persecution complex!

	Ranma surely didn't do anything to prevent Shampoo from trying to marry him.  If 
he would have been quick and flatly reject Shampoo, there might be some hope in getting 
Shampoo out of the way.  Instead, he wants to keep all of them to himself.

As for Ryouga and the SOD Pig, the Sodding Pig was too stupid to find the
lot behind his own house in less than three days, and that's Ranma's fault?
Ryouga does ALL of these things to himself. 

	I've heard that before.  Ryouga is held responsible for not finding the lot, 
that's true.  However, his lack of direction is supposed to be inhuman.  Also, it is 
Ranma who knocked him into the SOD pig.  That shows how inconsiderate and rude he was.  
Ranma knocked Ryouga down and didn't even stop to check.  Even Ranma said it was his 
fault:  "If you want to blame someone, blame the panda and the girl", and of course we 
know Ranma is the girl.  So Ranma's basically trapped himself and it is all his fault.

And why should they be? 

	Just pointing that out so you don't say Akane is not the only non-tolerant 
fiancee.  It shows how non-tolerant all of Ranma's fiancees are.

You are right here... nothing except defend her honour, rescue her every
time some halfwit tries to kidnap her, protect her from all of the crazies,
and what does he get for it?  Not a thank you, not an apology, just a swift
trip to Tofuu-sensei's clinic courtesy of Tendou Air. 

	First of all, it is Ranma's duty to protect Akane being her fiancee.  If you 
notice, the people who kidnapped Akane only use her to lure Ranma.  Akane's life is 
usually never at stake.  Even Mousse, for example, wouldn't have waste his precious SOD 
duck on Akane.  Akane is reasonable enough to say a thank you when Ranma actually 
deserves one.  Herb story, for example, shows her nice side.  If Akane beats up Ranma, 
Ranma is always responsible for it.  Akane is not going to beat Ranma up for no reason. 
 She fight and punches him probably regularly, but that is never serious.  The only 
times where Akane really seriously hurt Ranma would be in cases where Ranma's clearly at 
fault.  For example, in the onsens race, Akane asked Ranma to go to the race with 
him but Ranma was a complete idiot and didn't even let her finish.  Instead, he went 
with Shampoo.  Of course she wants to hit Ranma.  Look at the time where Ranma actually 
defended Akane's honor during the martial arts cheerleading competition.  Akane 
understands Ranma was helping him, and never hit or slap him in the entire story.  It 
was only when Ranma makes insensitive and rude remarks that he get what he deserves.

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"RANMA NO BAKA!" Akane Tendo, Ranma 1/2

"Power only breeds war ... I wish I'd never been born." Celes Chere, Final Fantasy 3

Don Wang <dwang@sprynet.com>
RPG, strategy game, and Ranma 1/2 fan.