Reid Carson wrote:

        As I think about it, in fact, nearly everyone in these
stories lets Ranma down very badly. If we take the OOC behavior of
Ranma and Akane in stride, I don't much blame Ranma for choosing
Kentaro over this Akane. Indeed, the thing I find more dubious is
that he would want anything to do with any of these people again.

Reid Carson
rcarson@mnsinc.com

Thank you Reid, 

Although I enjoyed the stories and thought them well crafted, I heartily
agree with you that Akane's love for Ranma is woefully cut down to
accomodate the story line. While I see that a certain distancing from
the rest of the cast is required for Ranma to interact in her new and
troubling circumstances, (and to allow Kentaro an in-road) perhaps there
could have been a little more detail concerning the break-up of R&A.
That's for Mister Lawson to decide, but I felt compelled to respond to
this post, and to post it back to the FFML to see if anyone cared to
debate this point.

J. Austin Wilde