On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Shuichi Minamino wrote:

Another simple question.  Who is your favorite character in Ranma 1/2?  Why?

Let's see. For me it's a close race between Mousse and Cologne. Mousse is
the clasic tragic hero, he's able to win, he should win, he deserves to
win, but he just can't win.

Cologne is Evil, but a good evil, sorta like Washu or Pearl Forester. In
fact she really hasn't been leaning on Ranma as much as she could. She
plays with him, trains him, but never actually tears into him. It's really
complecated and I try to stay off the topic of "How Evil is Cologne" most
of the time.