As always, I'm misunderstood.

Both Pig and Duck have also fallen into "Spring that makes you think
you're really a boy", the same as (onna-)Ranma.

So "Ryouga" is a shared delusion of Ranma's and P-chan's.

Therefore P-chan is a pig who's ashamed of being a pig.

Shampoo, from her first appearance on, has a permanent Cat-fist and has
adopted Ranma, in typical cat-fashion.  (Therefore Ranma really doesn't
have cat phobia, but Akane catches Shamp sleeping curled up on Ranma's bed
all the time.)

To spell the curses out:

Ranma: Girl who thinks she's really a boy.
Genma: Old man who thinks he's a panda, but plays Shogi anyway.
P-chan: Pig who thinks he's really a human boy trapped as a pig.
    Blames Ranma.
Mu-Mu: Duck who thinks he's really a human boy trapped as a duck.
    Blames Ranma.  Throws knives and chains.
Shampoo: Girl with permanent Cat-fist.  Loves tender-vittles.
Pantyhose: Boy who thinks he's a monster.

etc...

	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb@slip.net          http://www.io.com/~hcobb
    "Did I just fall from your arms, down into your hands?"  -Tom Petty