At 20:27 1/17/97, The Reb wrote:

At 11:27 PM 16/01/97 -0900, you wrote:

Hello everyone,

I had a question about Ranma.  Since I am in the USA I havnt seen as much
into the Ranma episodes/manga as others, but I've heard about Pans-taro<sp>
He was curesed as a bull/yeti/crane  quite a curse in itself..but then he
fell into another spring?  An eel or octpus?  and gained tentacles...If he
was changed into a new curse instead of just the eel/octopus...wouldnt
something like this happen to Ranma as well?  Wouldnt his cursed form
become some sort of she/male if he did end up getting some N<y>aunichuan (i
forget which is which)

Just had to ask heh
Warr

This SHOULDN'T be the case as it is established in Takahashi Ranmaverse
that spring of drowned man will 'cure' Ranma's curse (refer: the
instant drowned man spring that he gets from shampoo has this effect
in the manga, ie Ranma&Genma sit in cold water as males)

The Reb
sorry just had to say it :)

Anou...  MAYBE.  Y'see, it was never established that Shampoo's instant
Nanniichuan was from Jyusenkyou...  Could be an entirely different
mechanism.

However, the additive properties of *Jyusenkyou* springs ARE positively
established, as evidenced by the aforementioned Pansuto Tarou...

The assertion that the Nannichuan at Jyusenkyou would cure any of the Ranma
characters is an assumption made by the characters, and is never
established either way.  Which is possibly for the best.

Zen can see it now -

Hibiki Ryouga - aquatic were-pig...

Zen the Heretic-