On Sun, 11 Aug 1996 comex1@village.ios.com wrote:
On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Henry J. Cobb wrote:
comex1@village.ios.com thinks that Ranma will lose the first match, then
win fairly consistently thereafter.
I think that Ranma is more likely to win the first match (given their
native fighting styles) and that A-ko will take this as something of a
wakeup call to seriously study martial arts, and as her skill improves
she'll pull slightly ahead of him. From that point on, he'll win
whenever he's got an effective new trick that she hasn't caught onto
yet, but otherwise her physical advantage in speed, strength and
toughness will win out.
Note for instance that Ki-blasting A-ko is a very bad ideal, as she can
easily shrug off single massive attacks. (In A-ko #2 the giant robot
fist attack broke B-ko's bra but didn't even scratch A-ko's panties...)
For my opinion of A-ko, read my fanfic:
Henry J. Cobb hcobb@slip.net http://www.io.com/~hcobb
I disagree. You must remember Ranma will not fight a girl, so he will if
he actually fights he will be in girl form. Ranma being a girl will have
to Ki-blast her because normal atacks will do no more than tickle A-ko.
Given A-ko strength and temper, she will only be more persistant and
eventually Ranma will get tired. Ranma, sooner or later is going to get a
beating of a life time or use "Saotome's secret Technique" before it's
too late.
Note: When A-ko first fights B-ko, A-ko was losing because B-ko had
superior skill and weapons. But as the battle went on you can tell that
all of this was only annoying her and the tide of the battle was slowly
turning.
Hooboy... This is a can of worms if there ever was one... I think it's one
of those "Whose universe are we in?" questions, in that Ranma cannot be
beaten in the Ranmaverse... However, I think he might have a bit of a
difficult time in A-ko's universe....
Points for A-ko:
Sheer strength. A-ko is obviously waaay stronger than Ranma, but that
tends not to matter to much with Ranma, anyway...
Speed. A-ko's pretty quick on the draw when it comes to reflexes. (She
needs to be, to be able to run like she does.)
Endurance. A-ko can take a LOT of damage without too much ill effect.
Certainly she has the greater damage capactity.
Ranma's predudice towards fighting girls. This is going to make it a lot
easier for A-ko until Ranma wakes up and realises that he's gonna need
everything he's got to take her.
Overall, A-ko is clealry physically more powerful than Ranma in most areas.
The only area where Ranma might have a shot in is quickness...if he wakes
up and uses it.
Points for Ranma:
Skill. Ranma is the BEST martial artist you will find in any anime (not
counting anyone from DB/DBZ/DBGT, etc...). He has toasted some
pretty powerful opponents in convincing fashion!
Tenacity. Ranma NEVER gives up and his pride will never allow him to
admit defeat. You can never hope to beat Ranma short of killing him, and I
doubt if A-ko is up to that.
Creativity. Ranma can always think up a new method of fighting that will
allow him to turn the tide of any battle. Whatever A-ko does, Ranma will
come up with a counter for it.
Experience. Ranma has fought MANY WAY more powerful opponents than
A-ko. Ranma knows how to tough it out and find an opening in any
opponents defence. If there's a way, he'll find it. A-ko fights on raw
talent rather than anything else.
The Result:
A VERY tough call...
Ranma. Just...
Technique almost always beats brute strength. Even if A-ko can get him, and
Ranma is VERY quick in his own right, Ranma has way more special attacks
and other tricks up his sleeve than A-ko. If he is willing to pull out
all the stops and fight to his utmost, he'd win by sheer will and
tenacity. The fact is, Ranma NEVER loses... (not in the long run, anyway...)
Here's another odd little thought.... Is there anyone who could beat
Songouku?!
P-word.