On Tue, 12 May 1998, Maercutio wrote:

And before somebody says, it's NOT Kimiko. That is, as far as I can tell, a
fanfic invention that has creeped into the pool of common knowledge, rather
like passion spice and Ryoga's exageratted habit of getting-lost.

I don't know about the passion spice. But I dissagree with your assessment
of Ryoga's habit of getting lost as a "fanfic invention" it is clearly
present in *both* the manga I have read and the anime I have viewed (most
of the anime though second OAV season - viz release)

If it is a fanfic invention why was I aware of it long before I started
reading fanfics? Durring the training for the rhythmic gymnastics comp.

EX.
Ranma refers to P-Chan as having a bad sense of direction. Akane retorts
that he's not Ryoga. 

Need I say more?

Lathrop L Preston                     LP0027@DRAKE.EDU
Drake Anime Club President            ANIME@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU
Assistant On-Line Editor for the Times Delphic
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