On Sun, 31 May 1998, David Yellope wrote:

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	I know in the manga, Akane couldn't defeat Ranma if she had
the gi of ultimate talent on, and Ranma had his arms tied behind his
back. But I've always viewed Akane as lacking one thing, confidence.
Ranma was her first real test of her martial arts, and he
condescendingly refused to even spar with her. Akane is very
adjustable, I think she's dealing with the Street Fighter circuit
better then Ranma is.

I've always thought a big part of Akane's problem with Ranma is that her
ego is almost as large as his.  She _has_ repeatedly beaten Ranma when
magically enhanced, but she doesn't take being defeated (or being told
that she's out of her league) any better than Ranma does.

As far as adjusting to the Street Fighter circuit, one of Ranma's defining
characteristics IMO is his adaptability.  BTW, Akane giving pointers to
Ranma in an earlier chapter really seemed OOC (for both of them) to me.

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Lots of David's in this conversation.  :)