This is going pretty well so far... just one minor suggestion:
The Sebastians <sebast5228@earthlink.net> wrote:
I got mad. "Listen, sempai, that pig-tailed girl isn't a girl.
It's really Sao--"
"Enough." He leaped off the pile and stood in front of me.
"I will not have you sullying her name. To even suggest that she is
the same creature as that villainous Saotome....." He drifted off into
This strikes me as a little too rational for Kuno. I always thought that
the possibility that Ranma = the PTG never penetrated his mind. The way
this sounds is that he's considered the possibility and decided against
it. He even knows what this guy is going to tell him before he says it.
I'd suggest having him not get at all what's being said here -- deflect
it into something else. For example:
"Listen, sempai, that pig-tailed girl isn't a girl."
"Of course she isn't a girl. She is a woman. A most delightful
woman, with all the charms of--"
"No! Don't you get it? It's Ranma Saotome! Ranma Saotome is the
pig-tailed girl"
"Fool! Do you not think I am aware of that? Yes, Ranma Saotome
has the pig-tailed girl. And the Blue Thunder has pledged himself to
liberate her from his evil power." (etc.)
Gary Kleppe
http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics