"Philip C. Mak" <pmak@cs.dal.ca> wrote:

In previous parts of the fanfic ("Sibling Rivalry" by Liz Donovan), Ranma
caught Akane having sex with Ryouga in her bedroom. He was really
saddened/hurt/enraged by this, which lead to him later dumping Akane and
his current attitude towards her.

OK, I didn't know that... still, I really didn't find the Ranma in this
story at all believable. The swearing is just the tip of the iceberg.

Looking back though, I'm not completely
sure if that would explain all the excessive swearing from Ranma in this
paragraph though (and he hasn't swore this badly before). I suppose
perhaps I should tone down the swear words a bit? Then again, there's a
first time to everything, and he's never caught Akane making love to
Ryouga before... argg, characterization experts, help? :)

The closest example in the canon is when Ranma thought Akane was dumping
him for Shinnosuke (vol. 26). He was hurt, but not really angry; he
didn't cuss out Shin-boy or beat him up. (Of course, you could argue
that Ryoga is more of a known quantity than Shin-chan was, and Ranma
already had some hostility toward him.)

He also didn't harbor any thoughts of jumping into the arms of one of
the second-string fiancees (though that could have happened later on if
he hadn't realized his mistake). The translation I have has him planning
to go on a training trip, and he actually ended up staying with Akane
and fighting the eight-headed serpent.

The Ranma in this story didn't seem hurt at all. It's more like, "Akane
dumped me? Hah! Never liked her anyway! I'll just move on to good old
number two!" I don't see Ranma as a deep guy by any standards, but
c'mon, he can't be THAT shallow, can he?


Gary Kleppe
http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics