At 03:45 PM 7/17/97 -0600, Jorge A. Pratt wrote:

H. Torrance Griffin wrote:

        Not Bad At All.

        Concerning the 'No Killing' stance both Ranma and Hikaru stick
with so firmly, you should remember that the former had (IIRC) every
intention of killing Saffron during their final battle and the latter slew
many demons in her battles as a Magic Knight.  While they respect life,
the evidence is against them holding it absolutely sacrosanct.

To be fair here, keep in mind that this is pre-vol. 36 Ranma (since
Nodoka still doesn't know about him.) So, not only has he never heard of
Saffron, but the thought of terminating a life has probably hasn't even
crossed his mind.

Hasn't he had Happi at his mercy before this point?  And he's certainly
been in combat where others were trying to kill him, so it's probably
at least crossed his mind.

As for Hikaru... well, to begin with, the three girls thought of the
whole "rescue the Princess" deal as a real-life video game (and Fuu
often makes that comment,)

Well, what about Alcione?  Hikaru thought their fight in the first
episode was deadly earnest, and in later fights as she got used to
her magic had to have assumed it was potentially lethal force.

so they probably didn't see the monsters as
living creatures, but rather like "enemies that give off experience when
defeated".

Definately not true when Hikaru fought that dog like creature, which I
believe would be before she got returned to Earth in this continuity.

In Ranma 1/2, there
*are* many characters that could bring themselves to [murder] (Herb,
Saffron, and Tarou come to mind... and possibly Ryuu as well.)

I would have to add: probably Mousse (who is utterly ruthless, at least
early on), and definitely Ryouga (remember the whole Breaking Point story?)

					- Harold