On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:37:29 -0500 (EST) Zen said:
: Granted, Herb came out of the pool not looking like Ranma-chan.
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: But the *monkey* looked a LOT like Ranma-chan, but with her hair down.
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: Herb's lineage is from a dragon. Strong magic.
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: Might that have something to do with it?
You mean, like, his dragon heritage prevented the spring from
changing his features, but not his gender? Sounds rather
unlikely.
Also, this doesn't explain why Ranma-onna looks *very* much like
Ranma-otoko and is practically a carbon copy of his mom. No, the
spring changes the gender (and species in the case of the ape),
but not the distinct features. The ape just looked like Ranma as
a *joke*. Besides, IIRC that was a flashback told by Herb, who's
taunting Ranma at the time, so I would take it with a grain of
salt.
Oh, remember the one-shot Jusenkyou mix that Shampoo tried out on
the dog? It still looked a lot like it had before, just human,
while Ranma simply stopped changing, when he used it. Thus it
seems that the springs truly do only change what their name
implies (i.e. only gender and species in these cases).
Sebastian (and it would be *so* totally uncool, too)