In a message dated 9/8/98 8:07:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
MetroAnime@aol.com writes:

<< Skating match is manga. This is anime. Am i going too fast here?
 Why threaten Ranma's mother? Why threaten Akane? Oooh. Just
 MAYBE Ranma's mother acts protective of a "Ranma Saotome" 
 drawing the exact same set of circumstances that occur in the "canon"
 around herself.  >>
correction, that should read "around Akane." Except that Nodoka is 
a lot more calm and controlled than Akane.