For those that don't know, Ranma Factor(tm) is the ability
to use and improve upon any martial arts technique after seeing it in use
one or two times.  THAT is the main source of Ranma's power.

Oddly enough, that's also the source of Ifurita's (of El-Hazard) power...
kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it?  <grin>

	Yes, and her power is Key (Ki) based as well...go fig!

Argh.

Still, I've been having this vision of someone showing up at the Tendo
household, power key staff in hand, and starting to order Ranma around
like a puppet...  Much to his extreme displeasure, of course...

Complications suggest themselves immediately -- Kodachi and Shampoo trying
desperately to steal the staff (not to mention Cologne), Akane and Ukyou
teaming up to rescue him, Genma having to answer some very probing
questions about why his son is actually an androidal weapons system and
not a human being, maybe even a female Makoto-analogue searching for
him...

Hmmm.  Might be fun to write...

-- Bob