At 03:41 PM 5/14/97 -0700, Brendan O'Donnell wrote:

3 A different Ranma idea:  Ranma manages to save the life of one of the

mythical 

shapechanging animals, I'll assume a fox for now.  Soon afterward a

beautiful 

redhaired girl named Kitsune starts hanging around him.  This is of course

the 

fox he saved who's trying to find something she can do to help him.

Naturally 

Akane, Ukyo, Shampoo, and Kodachi get upset about her presence.

Eventually she 

decides that if she teaches him the art of Shapechanging he'll be able to

gain a 

degree of control over his Jusenkyo curse.

Great Idea there are a lot of shapechangers it seems in Japanese folklore
I don't think I've seen a fic that uses them and it seems like such a logical
step.
I wonder if there is any connection between the mythic shapeshifters and
the realitiy[so to speak] of jusenkyo.
T.H.