<a Ryouga who he has to resort to shoddy tactics to beat, and so 
forth...>

Nononono... It's, "a Ryoga who resorts to shoddy tactics to try to 
beat him and when he can't, he turns into P-Chan and lets Akane do it,
 instead of being strangly honorable."

My proof: The Face of The Battling God arc (which he was only upset 
with when he feared Akane might think it stupid and reject him, 
instead of any sense of fair play), his team ups with Moose and Kuno, 
attacking Ranma after he was weakened by the (arrgh... they just 
finished translating this part of the manga... the thing Happosai 
does to him to take away his strength and he has to learn the Hiryu-
Shotan Ha) and the thousands of times he's... snuggled up to Akane's 
chest.

(Note: I don't count the Breaking Point and Shi-Shi Hakodan/Moko 
Takabishia arcs because in the first one, he still lost and in both 
of them, they were techniques he learned instead of using a shortcut.
)

Just want to make sure that if a person did take this story idea, 
they did it right. ^_^  I don't want this turning into a character 
debate.

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