Hmmm... couple more thoughts hit after I sent off my last note:

Are the Tendo sisters the same, personality-wise?  I would think that 

being

male part of the time would have an influence on them.  How big of a 

change

tho...

Most parsonality elements that predate puberty will remain intact, 
although there will be some differences. Kasumi will be a bit less 
oblivious, and Akane will be jealous of normal girls (because they can 
have relationships with normal boys and she can't). I don't know how to 
alter Nabiki, though.

You might want Soun to be female for most of the intro.  Given how 

excited

he gets over just about anything, it seems unlikely that he would be 

Male.

Unless he's male because he *is* excited.

If you've read the story in which Misaki finds out about the change, 
you' have seen that a Shimeru can snap back to base form if the tension 
is overwhelming. Also, I wanted everyone's first appearance (to the 
reader) to be in base form.

How does Futaba know what he knows?  You said (in a reply I think) that 

he

was raised by the Tendos because his father was actively pursuing an 

idol

singer career and his mother was dead.  When did this happen?  Ie. if 

it was

early on he shouldn't know Misaki (at least, not that well), have 

attended

his old school, or use a martial art other than anything goes.  If it 

was

reciently, as in part way through/post FKC, why did he move in with the
Tendos instead of just living at home?

In the Japanese, Futaba is 14 years old and attends 8th grade at 
Komatane *Middle* School. Thus, if Futaba is now in 10th grade with 
Akane, it is about two years since the start of FKC, and more than a 
year since the series' end. Everything prior to Kurin's arrival had 
already happened before his mother's death. Futaba went to live with his 
uncle because he was still in middle school. Futana was old enough to 
survive on savings until she could go away to college.

A little more support as to why Nabiki pawns Ranma off on Akane would 

be

nice.  In the original, she was the most open-minded and enthusiastic 

about

the arrangement, and then was the most vocally disapointed when Ranma 

turned

out to be a 'girl'.  Here, finding out that Ranma is either a girl or 

like

them would be a plus rather than a minus.  Given that the house and 

dojo

will still (probably) go to whoever marries Ranma, he certainly has 

enough

'wealth' to attract her attention.  And she does think he's cute...

Even if Nabiki is the one he starts off as being engaged to, that 

doesn't

mean that he'll end up with her.  So it won't (necessarily) screw up 

you

desire for an Akane-Ranma matchup.

Okay. I'll put off the decision, but have Soun and Genma push Ranma and 
Akane together starting around the Ryouga story.


Phil

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