At , you wrote:

I have a question, I noticed you didn't mention Oh My 
Goddess, why? This shoould fit you requirements interesting 
characters, a loose ending and the characters can be fit 
into many types of situations. Of course the fact that I 
really like the comic (american {english language} version 
of the manga) doesn't hurt any either.

Rick Robinson

rik@cfanet.com

I didn't mention it because it falls into the Ranma 1/2, Sailormoon,
Bubblegum Crisis, Dragonball category. I would say those four and
Oh My Goddess! (which is, btw, one of my favorite comics and series)
are the most commonly used fanfic topics. Don't believe me? Go check
out the fanfic archives. There are a LOT of OMG! fics there if you
want to catch up ^_^ I DID mention Tenchi Muyo on my list, and it
is starting to join up with the "Big Ones" but it hasn't become
"All the Rage" yet. Another two that have always pulled their own 
weight but never (or not recently) had a HUGE boom in fanfiction
are Kimagure Orange Road and Urusei Yatsura. Does that clarify
things? ^_^

take care!
misa