On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 Toby_Kilbreath@markham.longview.ca wrote:

Evil thoughts may actually get to write this idea down but...
I was wondering and lack knowledge since I have not read all of the issues
etc.

Aside from receiving/reading letters of challenge do we have much proof
that Ranma can read/write on par with a normal Japanesse High school
student?

I don't recall Takahashi ever directly addressing the topic.

Circumstantial evidence - Ranma can do the class work, even if badly - 
tends to support the idea that his reading and writing is adequate.

In the anime there was an episode where Ranma's handwriting was shown to 
be awful, however there was no suggestion that he didn't know his kanji 
characters, just that the way he wrote them was almost illegible.

Hope this helps.

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