SKJAM!:  This is just a little more violent than Akane's usual 

reaction.  

Normally she'd just snap at him a little.

Admittedly, I have a rather shameful reasoning behind the slightly 
off characterization of Akane in this scene. The reason also applies 
to the untranslated Japanese chapter titles...

I'm trying to fit as many bad puns and in-jokes into this story as 
possible, just to see how well I can do it and if anyone can catch 
them all. In the author's notes at the end of the story, I'll give a 
total count of how many there were. To give you a little freebie 
right now: almost all the untranslated titles are hidden jokes, and 
the bit with Akane and the mallet in this chapter should be a 
giveaway...

Kira:  Go back, Ryouga!  Find Akari instead!

SKJAM!:  This may take place before they met.  Not enough clues to 
establish the timeframe yet.

<piku> Gomen...I knew there was SOMETHING missing from the preamble 
besides spoiler warnings for RayEarth (which I have included in the 
second revision which will be released when about ten chapters or so 
are finished, or as soon as Prodigy adds the file-export capacity to 
its mail program.) "Onna: Red Side" takes place in the ANIME 
continuum of Ranma 1/2.
Incidentally, "Yellow Side" will probably occur in the manga 
continuum, and will have no relation whatsoever to "Red Side".

Kira:  Oh my.

SKJAM!:  If the new person is who I think, she shouldn't be that 
vulnerable against a bokken...

Well, as I've told a couple of pre-readers, consider: at this point, 
she is completely and totally confused, not yet completely herself, 
and reacting on instinct. (Not to mention the fact that she's sort of 
without sword at this point...)

SKJAM!:  Toufuu's clinic is several blocks from Fuurinkan.  Nabiki 

would 

have someone help her drag Kunou.  

Ack! Good call. Oh well...easily fixed. This *is* the anime continuum,
 so I'll just write Sasuke into this scene when I go back for the 
absolute final revision.

SKJAM!:  Knew the crone was going to get in on this.

When it comes to unusual trouble (unusual for Nerima at any rate), 
Cologne is like an old mutt: if there's shit, she has to stop in and 
smell it. (Ouch...I'd better run like hell when the revenge wars come 
around for making that comment...)

SKJAM!:  Okay, I can see him saying that to Happosai, and maybe 

Akane if 

he were in a Zen fic, but Ukyou!?

<piku> I think she was speaking to Happousai? Maybe I need to have 
Happousai actually glomp her, then it'll be more obvious.

SKJAM!:  Two new attacks, a new personality...Possession seems 

pretty 

darn likely...

Badly dubbed Japanese accent: "Oh no! We are all doomed! It is the 
soul of the drowned girl!"

Other badly dubbed accent: "And it is that time of the month!"

<an anvil falls on both badly dubbed accents>

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