On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Dave Eddy <dje@progress.com> wrote:

IMBS 9 was a great installment, by the way.  But:

Thomas Schmidt wrote:

      My questions about Ranma's true motivations remain unanswered even
now... but they are probably moot as this death is _very_ unlikely to be
the last.

My strongest reaction to Nabiki's death is that Ranma now cannot
ever, ever be redeemed.

The problem is, as far as I'm concerned, Nabiki Isn't Quite Dead Yet.  I
think you guys are making unwarranted assumptions here.  Yeah, she's
very severely injured, almost unto death, but timely action *might* save
her.

	Hell, if Ranma provided that timely action he'd benefit immensely.  
Nabiki would be in the hospital for weeks, and Akane would see him as the 
person who saved her life.  And if he did need to kill her later there 
wouldn't be any of the doubts about him that would filter through everyone's 
mind now.  Of course if Ranma rushed her to the hospital, she might 
"accidentally" end up partially or fully paralysed.

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