Mike Loader <mike@thekeep.org> wrote:

* I liked how we didn't know whether Ranma was good ove evil, and that got
spoiled in Chapter 13 - We've said all along that we'd answer all
questions by the final epilogue. It would be rather unfair, after keeping
people in suspence over questions for 13 chapters, to just leave them
unanswered. Uncertainty and suspence is fine for the body of a story, but
endings require closure and answers.

I agree with this. I would've been quite unhappy if the series had ended
without us being given any answer to some of the big mysteries.

I do think the timing of the way in which things were revealed could've
been better, though. As far as I remember, we had a few clues as to what
the deal with Ranma was in the very early chapters... then, unless I
missed something, there was basically nothing revealed until the ending,
where it all came out in one big lump. I think mysteries work best when
you reveal clues bit by bit, starting small and building up until the
climax.

Anyway, overall this was a great work, and one of the classics of
fanfiction.


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