On Thu, 8 May 1997, Mike wrote:

At 03:37 AM 5/8/97 -0400, you wrote:

I thought memory loss is always temporary except for severe brain damage.
Also why would Ranma not change gender even for the memory loss?  Correct
me if I am wrong here but except for the body temperature nothing can null
the curse of Jusenkyou.  I forgot magic could null it but we are not
dealing with magic here.

        Oh oh!!  I bet I know what it is!  It's that ring that's keeping him
from changing!!!  You know, the one that Ranma was getting for Akane's birthday!

Damn, I missed that small detail.  I figured it is just a simple ring.  
But the ending of chapter 3 seems to be a closure though.  

But I guess, anything can happen in Ranmaverse.  

-Ramon