On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Adam Brown wrote:

The question I have is, where did Patricia possibly get the training to

equal 

Akane in skill?  I didn't get the impression there were any eastern type 
martial artists on Avalon.  You have to realize that Akane is certainly a 
several degree black belt when it comes to pure skill.  How would Patrica

have 

time to get that level of training while studying magic at the same time?

Question on this.  Are we certain that Akane is a several degree
blackbelt?  When the series began, she was wearing a red belt (at least
in the anime.  I can't recall if it was a red or black in the manga).
Granted that she could have increased her rank as the series began, but by
several levels?

1. Ranked by strength

a) Ryoga
b) Patricia
c) Ranma
d) Shampoo
e) Ukyo   
f) Genma
g) Mousse
h) Kuno
i) Akane
j) Kodachi

Do you have anything to base these ratings?  Personally, I would put Akane
as stronger than at least Kuno.  Possibly even Ukyo.  Remember, Akane's
primary strength _is_ her strength.  While not as strong as Ranma or
Shampoo, she is something to be reckoned with.

2. Ranked by speed

a) Ranma
b) Patricia
c) Ryoga
d) Ukyo
e) Shampoo
f) Mousse
g) Genma
h) Kuno
i) Kodachi
j) Akane

Again, how did you rank this?  I would think that Shampoo, at least, would
be faster than Ryoga.


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