"Mysterious Pig-tailed Crimefighter"
-Henry J. Cobb
$Id: mptcf.txt,v 1.2 1996/11/30 03:16:38 hcobb Exp $

<Begin Ranma voiceover>
As far as I can remember, I had a normal childhood, until my 13th
birthday then suddenly cold water would turn me into a red-headed girl,
who I called Ranko.  (Fortunately, hot water reversed the process).

Ranko is not only a major babe, but she also has amazing martial arts
skills and a personality that is far wilder than mine.  Even though we
are the same person, on many occasions my first reaction after changing
back is to wonder why I did the things I did as Ranko.

My parents, Genma and Nodoka admitted that I was an orphan they had
adopted, but they didn't know the secrets of my origins.  They did
convince me to use my special abilities to fight crime.

But I could only fight crime if I could find it.  And so I began my
first day at the Tokyo bureau of the Daily Planet.
<End voiceover>

Cast:

Ranma Saotome: Rookie mild-mannered reporter for the Tokyo bureau of the
    Daily Planet.

Ranko: Mysterious Pig-tailed Crimefighter.

Soun Tendou: Bureau chief.

Kasumi: Soun's daughter and secretary, she makes the bureau seem like a
    second home to the staff.

Nabiki: Soun's daughter and financial reporter.

Akane: Soun's daughter and star crime reporter.  She's annoyed that her
    father has asked her to show the ropes to Ranma.

Hikaru Gosunkugi: Photojournalist, most of his pictures have Akane in
    them. (grilling the suspect or whatever)

Tatewaki Kunou: Police detective, more interested in catching the
    Mysterious Pig-tailed girl than the criminals.

	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb@slip.net          http://www.io.com/~hcobb