On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 06:40:38 -0400, you wrote:

	Is this story set up after Vol. 38 of the manga? [That's the last
one if you don't know.] If it is then Ranma's mother already knows about
his curse and has found him to be manly.  

	Is it before vol. 20? I haven't seen anything about Ranma using
his Moukou Takabishi attack, or any mention of it for that matter. [He
would have used it in the first fight if it had gone as badly as you
say.]

The reason he doesn't use a lot of his more powerful moves is because
right now, these are not "deathmatches". He's learning to depend on
form and thought, not a Special attack that would leave him wide open
if his opponent countered it.

	It's a good story but you don't seem to know much about street
fighting itself. That and the fact that some of the characters act pretty
OOC. Work on caracterization a little and you'd do better. [Ranma and
Akane warm up far to easily and Nabiki is a little to nice, all this is
forgivable though since the story is pretty interesting.]

This is my reasoning: Ranma and Akane warm up to each other during
their time on the circuit, because as I have stated in ch.6, they only
have each other. They at least have SOME common experiences together,
they probably don't have much if anything in common with the rest of
the team. They still snipe, it's just that I haven't written about it.

Also, Nabiki was being nice because this was for her sister mostly,
(it was her request) you can be SURE that if Ranma had made the same
request she would have gotten a hold of some of that money Ranma's
been saving up. <G>

	You seemed to have modled the circut after the professional
boxing or various martial arts tournaments. A good idea but a bit
realistic. Street fighting is illegal in almost every country in the
world. It would also be not so well organised,fighters would most likely
travel alone or in very small groups, [i.e. Ranma and Akane would stay
together.] They would fight in seedy back streets and bars, places like
that and not in rings. There would also be no refs or rules. Dirty
fighting and deathblows would not be uncommon. [Shin shouryu ken and
Sheng long's  Electric Dragon punch from SF3 are both death blows.] The
quality of people would not be so...good. They would fight mostly thugs
and brutes occasionally running into a skilled or honorable martial
artist along the way. [note the use of 'or' in that sentence.]

At the highest level, yes it's deadly. However, as for source material
I used the Street Fighter: The Stroytelling Game and the various extra
books. There is a whole fighting sub-culture in that game, and it is
the inspiration for the world I use in this series.

A lot of the Street Fighter circuit depends on the wealthy and jaded.
Their bets on "their" fighters provides a lot of the prize money, and
when they get the bug, to sponsor a fighter or a team. Also, the
protection of the wealthy and powerful means that the police will
leave the Street Fighters alone.... Mostly.

There is a version of this happening today in the real world. You see
more and more "mixed martial arts" events, such as Shootfighting, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the like. It's just that it's
three times as popular, and not as legal or controlled

	The idea of the final tournament is good, Bison himself called
for it in Tailand in the game with first prize being a match with
himself. [Street fighting is mostly ignored in this country. Mui Tai
originated here which was developed in Street fighting matches. Hense the
tie in with Sagat. It is the SF capitol of the world.] Bison would most
likely ignore the SF circut and wait until he defeated the champion in
Tai land. This would be the person [and possibly the runners up] most
useful to his organisation. I realize that this conflicts with most
stories and Manga but that is how the original game plot goes. Actually
he only wanted to participate in the tornament to enhance his Psyco power
and it wasn't a recruiting drive. Just a search for skilled opponents to
raise his own power levels in combat.

While there WILL be a final tournament eventually, it won't be for a
while. The events I refer to in the "Poison Haze" subset will be at
his command, but he won't do it himself. He's still probing Ranma,
wondering if he's strong enough (physically and mentally) to provide a
worthy opponent for Bison.

Call it a destruction test.

Thanks for the words of praise, I hope you understand my reasonings
and I hope you look forward to the next part

David M Yellope

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