Singular Derivation - Kirpal Sukumar wrote:

At 8:33 AM 10/27/96, rsalva1@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU wrote:

It is fairly well written.  Details are quite good.  But I don't think
you grasp Ranma's personality.  Moreover I don't think the whole family
could just stood there and do nothing.  Suicide is suicide, there is
nothing honorable about it.  His mother did not even know
his curse and therefore did not have a reason to force to commit sepukku.

        I'll agree that Ranma is more than slightly OOC in this 'fic, but I
think you do not have an accurate idea of the Japanese view of suicide.  To
the traditional Japanese mindset, suicide is often viewed as the untimate
apology.  I'm not going to make any comments as to the wisdom of this
viewpoint, but it is a reality.

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Dude, this is the nineties.  Anyone caught commiting suicide is put in a straight 
jacket.

Anyway, does the Japanese still hold this sacred cultural family value?

-Ramon