On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, KaraOhki wrote:

One thing I've never seen answered. Is just a splash 
permanent, or does it require a whole dunking?

Good question.  I can't recall seeing anyone getting
splashed in the manga, but can tell you this:

Mousse brought Spring of Drowned Duck water to Nerima,
and attempted to curse Ranma/Akane with it.  Evidently,
he believed that the effects would be permanent.

We _do_ have a partial answer to this question...
Taro has his original cursed form that he got when Happosai dunked him 

in

the pool as a baby.  After Taro's initial introduction to the Ranma 

cast,

he went back and added octopus water to his back.  This gave him his
octopus tentacles that could squirt ink.

Just as a note...this is fanfic convention.  It is almost certainly NOT 
correct that Tarou only splashed his back with spring of drowned 
octopus...not only do we never see him do this, but his new cursed form 
not only has tentacles, but can shoot ink from it's -fingers-.

Also, there was the occation when Taro came by with what turned out to 

be

Water of Drowned Twins.  This water was accidentally dropped onto
Happosai.  Well, just a drop anyways.  The drop fell onto a bump on his
head and became two bumps.  In the same story, the water was dropped 

onto

a bird, which became two.

<nod>  It seems you need a reasonable amount of water for the curse to 
take full effect, but how much this is is not really known.  However, 
one can assume that all the animals Mousse turned into ducks have a 
permanent curse; thus you do not need to be completely immersed, but you 
do need more than just a couple of drops.

                                      Blade


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