At 12:07 -0400 5/10/98, Rain Song wrote:

The way I understand it, she made the wish, then she realised *what* she
wished, but the wish hasn't yet been granted. right?

No.  The wish let her remember the previous timeline.

Pretty cruel, if you ask me...

Yes... it probably is... but at the same time, if Akane does not know what
her wish has brought her, how can she know if she wished wisely or not?  If
she forgot Ranma too, there would be no story.

Rain Song

Zen no Itan-sha
Apprentice to the Angels of the Apocalypse