with Mousse.  And when he was hurt, she acted like she really cared.
 That's my two cents.

Does anybody know Why Akari wasn't in the movies? - Did the movies come out
before her introduction in the Anime/Manga?

	Frankly...Akari wouldn't be too interesting in those settings.

You're evading the question, Andrew!!  No, she wasn't in the manga at the

	Well, that's 'cos I didn't know...

time of the movies.  Frankly, considering how two-dimensional and repetitive

	...until now.

the anime got towards the end, I'm rather relieved.  I agree that Akari might
not have worked in the later anime's style, where Akane is hyper-tempered
and Ranma is *incredibly* rude.  In the manga, where everyone is much more 
reasonable, she works much better.

	Perhaps she does.

Sorry, but I finally got a hold of Volumes 30 and 31, and it just restored
my faith.  Ain't Akari great?  <grin>

	I might like her more, if Takahashi had put in the amount of
characterization necessary into Akari to be able to write a storyline
about Akari...without Ryouga in it. At the moment (and since the manga
*ist jetzt fertig*--for all time...at least, "canonically"), she seems to
be as much of a character as Kasumi is. And before you get any wrong
ideas, I _do_ like Kasumi.
	Oh yeah, that does mean that I do like Akari as well. :) Just not
as much as you do. In fact, I doubt many people approach your level of
admiration for the lass....

--Sean Gaffney
--oh, and Andrew:  ttttttthhhpppttt!! :-)

	BEEEEEDA! :P :) You know, I could have been much crueler in my
response...but I'm a nice guy, and I do think Akari's a nice girl.

>From Andrew Huang, Taiwanese-American-German-Scot Harvard Student :P
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