Adam Conover wrote:

On 1 Sep 98, at 11:22, The Major wrote:

Seriously, I'd take it for granted that the Shimeru's would make
some use of mood altering drugs to help them control their
condition, but on the available evidence only Futaba would *WANT*
a permanent cure.
[snip]
Given that Akane's male form is probably a better fighting body
(given Shimeru "enhancements") Akane is, on the whole, unlikely
to welcome such efforts if she finds out.

Akane would probably see accepting such a "cure" as a
betrayal of her families way of life and even if part of her
welcomes it, she is not going to tamely accept it.

I still think that you're forgetting something major, here: Akane and
the rest of the Tendo sisters would all begin changing around age 14,
just like Futaba. By that time, they would quite possibly have their
own crushes on "normals", and would think of themselves in that way,
assuming that they also didn't find out about the change until it
actually happened, again like Futaba. Therefore, at least Futaba and
Akane should both have the same attitudes about it, and wouldn't
really view it as "a betrayl of the family"... unless you think that
Futaba would too. There's no previously mentioned reason why Futaba
and Akane should be different in that respect.

Actually I really doubt that Futaba would want to give up his girl's 
body by the end of the series, except as a last resort to save his 
relationship with Misaki.  He's long since come to enjoy many things 
about his female identity.  

Adam-kohai

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