At 02:25 PM 1/3/98 +0800, Kyo Kusanagi wrote:

Hmm, i thought that both Ranma and Ryoga knew the attack. Only Ranma created
the Mokou Takabisha because he knew there was no way in hell he could match
Ryoga's level of depression.

Yep, true.

And isn't the ShiShiHoKodan of 2 types? The one that Ryoga normally uses (ie
the energy beam shot) was the Incomplete ShiShiHoKodan. The completed
version (if i remember correctly) was the one where he releases a massive
pillar of energy into the air which then falls about him like a breaking

wave.

That's the Full or Perfect version (I forget how it translates) that shoots
the giant ball of ki into the air. It's important to note that if Ryouga
does it right the falling ball of ki *does not hurt him!* Something a lot
of fanfic writers seem to forget. The trick is though that he has to let go
of his anger and depression, his heavy ki, in order to remain unharmed by
the falling ball. After Ranma figured this little fact out, he simply
waited for Ryouga to throw the Full Shi Shi Hokodan and then distracted
Ryouga so that Ryouga took the full brunt of the blast as well. 

Another thing is that Ranma and Ryouga can through off their ki blasts very
quickly and easily and they can use them numerous times without being
drained. A lot of writers seem to take their inspiration for Ryouga's Shi
Shi Hokodan from the second Ranma movie where it appears that throwing the
ki blast wiped him out when actually it was the monkey-man's attack that
did it.

     K  u  s  a  n  a  g  i       K y o

Hope that helps,
Scott

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