After reading Half Truth, I found myself curious as to who is behind all 
of this.  I would guess Shampoo, as almost all of the characters attacked 
were out to keep her from marrying Ranma on her own terms, save Konatsu, 
whom I believe was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.  
Anywho, I found the fic to be an effective lead in to what has the 
potential to be an interesting story, although I believe that there were 
too many clues given out for the first part.  The fact that this is meant 
to be read in one sitting may make that criticism obsolete, however.  I'd 
need to know the pace of the final version to make a definite decision on 
that.  Also, the you handled Ranma beating the crap out of his father 
seems out of character to me.  I believe that Ranma would be more likely 
to either ignore his father or confront him emotionally.  I feel that if 
Ranma were mentally stable enough to realize that his father is the 
reason that he hadn't seen his mother in ten years, he would be calm 
enough to not beat his own father to a pulp.  On the other hand, if Ranma 
hed become angry enough, then he would probably lash out against pretty 
much everything he saw; his destruction would not be focused on one 
target.  Beyond those two petty points, I have found Half Truth to be an 
intense, spellbinding effort, and I am interested in seeing te completed 
version.
						-M