On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Ross McKenzie wrote:

 So what you guys are saying it that my character is too powerful? YOU 
HAVEN SEEN ANYTHING YET!! But seriously Ranma and Ryouga never had a real 
teacher so there skill is not that what it should be(notice they only 
have 3 major special moves).

	Uh, the reason Ranma is such a Kewl fighter is because he doesn't 
need to be taught.  He has the amazing mutant power to analyze and 
synthesize any fighting style he's exposed to, and to make up new 
techniques on the fly.  Lack of a "real" teacher has never been an issue 
for him.
	And as for "real" teachers, Genma is no slouch.  He is lazy, and a 
coward, but he did come up with a pair of incredibly powerful martial 
arts techniques (one of which even involved Chi-blasts).
	The moral of the story is: Beware of inflating the power of your 
characters.  It violates the spirit of the Ranmaverse, and it makes 
readers unhappy.
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rmckenzi@euclid.ucsd.edu : the White-Robed Mathematician

 Ranma is like you said a kewl fighter, but he could be better. Most of 
his training from Genma is more of show then training. The only times 
Ranma ever improves is when he has an unbeatable opponent. After this he 
just stay the same until the next challenge comes along. The famous 
"UNDERDOG" syndrome.