Howdy! And welcome to Anand�s Tantric Fanfic Reviews.  What is Tantric?  
Well to put it -really- simply, Tantric is a Hindu philosophy that 
states that there is a unity in life.  That there is no yin without 
yang, no man without woman, etc.  So, what does this have to do with 
reviewing fanfics?  Absolutely nothing.  I just liked the word.  As for 
why I started doing this, well, as some of you may have noticed, I 
haven�t been writing much recently.  I just. . . don�t want to.  Been 
doing other things and the like.  So, I decided if I can�t join �em, I�d 
review �em! 

Oh, by the way, there is no rhyme, reason, or structure to these 
reviews.  I may review multiple fics, or only one.  I have no idea how 
often I�ll be posting these or for how long I plan to continue do this.  
And of course, every thing in the review is just my opinion.  ^_^

So! On with the first review. 

A Different Viewpoint : Pt 34 	by Pat Olsen
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First off, I�d like to say that I�d give any author kudos for continuing 
a fanfic for this long.  I often loose track of my works midway. ^_^;;  

ADV is a Ranma � fic of the ever-controversial �New Character� genre.  
The new character, Johnathon Dwire, is a new teacher at Furinkan. (I 
forget what subject he teaches.)    Although not labeled as such, the 
story reads a bit like a Self Insertion, which is not necessarily a bad 
thing.  

Anyway, Johnathon is cursed, twice over, married to Kasumi, and helps 
out the Sailor Senshi every once in a while.  That�s the gist of it, no 
way am I going to summarize the past 33 parts of this fic.  I have been 
enjoying the story overall, but the last few chapters have not really 
captured my interest.  The quality of the writing is fine, but the story 
line didn�t do much for me.  I was, however, quite pleased part 34. 

It was not an overly complex chapter, containing only three plot points, 
each one written very well.  The Kuno and Ranma conversation had me 
laughing pretty hard, and I liked the way Ranma finally realized how 
dishonorable he had been in using Kuno.  

The second part, between Nabs and Happosai, left me rather. . . angry.  
Any kind of sexual assault,  even in a story, leaves me in an irrational 
rage.  Nabs is one of my least favorite characters, but even I felt for 
her during this scene.  Nice bit of imagery there, Pat.  

The third and final plot point concerned Gosunkugi�s new relationship 
with Happosai.  Gosunkugi is a character that I more or less ignore in 
the manga and in fics, so any character development with him doesn�t 
really concern me.  I do hope that he comes out a loser in this story 
arc though, cause that seems to be his basic purpose in Ranma �.  He�s a 
loser.  

Well, good job, Pat,  I liked this chapter,  and looking forward to the 
next.  I hope the whole battle story arc doesn�t take to long, but hey, 
that�s just me.  


Jurai�s Debt: Part 2 by Douglas Whiddon
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Hey I�ve been waiting for this one!  Any Tenchi fic that progresses the 
OVA story line gets points in my book, and Jurai�s Debt certainly does a 
good job of it.  Douglas has also included a few plot points that I have 
read on the Tenchi Rumors page or on the Tenchi ML and they�ve 
integrated quite nicely, IMO.  

A short chapter with a clever cliffhanger-ish ending.  The only thing I 
am unsure of at this time is the relationship that is being presented 
between Tsunami and Tenchi.  Looking forward the next part, and the 
wedding chaos that will come with it. 

Nabiki: New Roles by Richard Lawson
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Not one of Richard�s better or longer works, but it provided an 
interesting alternative reality to the Ranma story line.  As the title 
suggests, Nabs is the center of the story and at first, I just thought 
of her as a cross between Akane and Kasumi, but then Richard�s gift for 
subtle characterization came through and I actually saw some depth to 
Nabs, and in a 13k fic, no less!  All I can say is, it would make an 
interesting series and I do hope someone, if not Richard, continues it.


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