Susan Doenime wrote:
Here's chapter 8. ^_^ Hopefully 9 will be out in the next two months.
<groan> Why must the good things always take so long? After the furor
over the lack of comment on this last time, I thought I'd better say
something.
*Nice* introduction of Ukyou. I was certainly glad to see Genma getting
the beating he so richly deserves. I shudder to think at the results
if she'd come in swinging like in the regular series.
You know, I think there has to have been something more to Ranma's
accident than the ordinary Neko-ken training. You've been building up
the mystery way too much. If it turns out to be essenntially the same
(or with only minor differences) I for one will be disappointed.
After all the enemies Ranma's made, it makes sense for him to gain
another ally. Good as he is, there's no way he could have survived much
longer with only Akane's help. Speaking of which, I'm sort of
ambivalent about Akane's training. It sort of makes sense, but it falls
back onto the cliche of 'Ranma the super-trainer' (which I was ranting
about only a few days ago.) This is a series that usually avoids
cliche. On the other hand, Ranma's training through pain method is
certainly new.
I wonder, will he also offer to train Ukyou? From a purely cold-blooded
perspective, it makes sense to try and make your allies as strong as
possible. If she's as blindly loyal to him as she is in the regular
series, psycho-Ranma will be quick to pick up on it and take *full*
advantage. I hope she doesn't attempt to conceal her true gender, as
there's no reason for her to. I just shudder to think at the beating
Ranma will inflict on Genma once he finds out what his father did in
regards to Ukyou.
Time is running out for Nabiki. She's made an open attempt on Ranma's
life and he's got to at least suspect. It has her fingerprints all
over it. How long before he decides it's her or him?
My prediction: Ukyou will be the "secret weapon" that allows Ranma to
survive the soon-to-be-coming triple attack on his life. Whether Ukyou
herself survives...... that's another question.