On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Scott Jamison wrote:
: GENMA SAOTOME
: Occupation: Martial artist (semi-retired), handyman
Not *very* handy, though... :)
: Important People: Nodoka, wife; Ranma, son; Soun Tendou, best friend;
Err, romanization. I can accept either romanization scheme and
even some mixtures, but please don't mix them *too* strongly.
It's either "Souun Tendou" or "Soun Tendo"
: Equipment: Genma is able to pull signs out of thin air with writing on
: them. (This may actually be a power...)
He was shown actually writing one, once, although that was just
for a gag (When he tried to tell a longer story in panda form and
Ranma told him to turn human for that).
: While Genma was able to teach Ranma to fight, and very well, he
: also sowed the seeds for many of Ranma's other problems. Even his
: proudest achievement, a set of special martial arts techniques based on
: thievery, proved disastrous enough that he discarded them.
Wasn't he more worried about the danger because they were so
powerful, rather than something inherently wrong with them. We
are talking about the secret techniques form the Ranma Imposter
storyline, right?
: he and his son both fell into magic pools. Genma was cursed to turn into
: a panda in cold water, with hot water reversing the effect. Ranma became
: a girl under the same conditions.
Hmm, you mention Ranma's curse under Genma's file, but not vice
versa. On the other hand, Ranma *is* the main character of the
series, so that's probably okay.
: Eventually, Nodoka caught up with them, and decided to spare
: Genma and Ranma (for now) based on Ranma's "manly" behavior in girl
: form.
Err, that sounds a little misleading, as if she wasn't interested
in his behavior while male. I'd say "*even* in girl form"
Besides, wouldn't this belong more into Ranma's and Nodoka's
files?
Sebastian