On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Luigi Mattera wrote:

  However, in Ranma-land, the above effects are ignored.  You don't
actually see any injuries, so they get shuffled off into never never land
like they don't happen.

  How does this apply to Mousse?  Simple.  Mousse will NEVER hit with a
bladed weapon because to do so requires that DAMAGE be shown.  Someone has
to get injured in this scenario, or it looks like total B.S. even for
Ranma-land.
This is why you rarely see a sword used, and why Kunou uses a bokken.

	Well, in the Ranma manga, Mousse does indeed use a fish-hook style
blade against female Ranma...and while the blade never cuts Ranma
directly, it *does* slice off Ranma-chan's costume one piece at a time. So
I think bladed weapons work when there's something *ELSE* to cut instead
of raw flesh (note, Ranma caught all the open flesh shots :)


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