On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Gary Kleppe wrote:

The Akane in this story is a lot more extreme and irrational than I
personally could ever see her becoming. True, she is often bashing Ranma
in the original series, and frequently for no good reason, but the kind
of violence that has no effect other than lumps on Ranma's head for the
following couple of panels. It's cartoon slapstick violence. Moreover,
she generally needs *something* to set her off, even if it is an utter
misunderstanding of the kind that she should have been able to see
through.

As far as I could tell, all the occasions in the story _were_ misunderstandings
(and usually of the kind she should have been able to see through).