On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Shampoo wrote:

On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Martin Bennett wrote:

All of this leads to the question... Why does Ranma put up with it all?

Let's face it! WHO in their right mind would want to be Ranma? Sure... 
You get lotsa cute girls, a huge physique and martial arts skill, but you 
get three fiancees with attitude, a dozen psychotic enemies and heaps of 
people who either hate you, are jealous of you or just want to fight you 
cause your the best fighter around... Sound to me like a fairly 
unpleasant existance... I think I feel sorry for him...

But then there is the other side of this coin, the one that says Ranma is
a jerk, he's sexist, he's egotisical, he's a casanova, and he deserves
everything he gets most of the time because he doesn't know how to keep
his mouth shut and he doesn't have the guts to stand up to the others and
make his choice.
Not necessarily my opinion, but what could betaken from Ranma's
ever-bruised personality:)  
                                                  
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You're right, of course... Ranma is an egotystical, self centered, 
thoughtless, jerk and does often get what he deserves... But even allowing
for all the good stuff, it doesn't sound like a very pleasant lifestyle...
That said, who'd want to be him?! 

Man... It makes me wanna go and slap him about the head and tell him to
wake up to himself! (mutter) ...

P-word.