In a message dated 11/17/98 12:11:32 AM, mattera@tiac.net wrote:

I thought Ranma-onna's height was same as Akane's?

 Takahashi draws them standing side by side on numerous occasions, so
Ranma's shrinkage in height is pretty blatant.

Interesting. I made a quick check, and it seems to me that you're right. Ranma
indeed starts out being three inches taller than Akane at start, and gradually
shrinks to Akane's height. However, I can't confirm being three inches shorter
than her because the latest manga I had was volume 34 and 36. The side by side
postions are not really dependable in them because one of them were usually
slightly behind other, which can disort the perception slightly. I can't be
sure then.

The question is: How to account for three-inch (or six if Onna's shorter than
Akane) shrinkage in less than a year? Perhaps it's curse that's still
'incomplete'? Maybe it needed some time for the cursed body to adjust to the
host's body. That could explain Ranma-onna's gradual height decline, as well
her bust growth (I loved that bust battle part- so hilarous!).

This could serve as nice story to use in a fanfic. Something about diffuclties
in adjusting to the new changes. Maybe Panda-Genma suddenly gains another 150
pounds and he becomes too fat to jump, so he becomes a practice-dummy for
Ranma. 

Wait, a thought just came to me: why hasn't anybody tried writing a fanfic
where Shampoo in her cat form, begins her puberty, thus attracting male cats
who mates her despite her protests? She becomes pregenant and trapped in her
cat form. She would have live through the pregancy for several months, and
this would complicate her life greatly.
If Ranma's cursed form had been impregnated before, then why not Shampoo's
cursed form? To my memory, I don't think that has been written.

 All other female measurements remain identical from the start. ;-)

Hard to tell unless you inspect EVERY character on every side-by side basis.
but I'll take your word on it. I'm just too lazy to do that at this moment.

I think this is getting off-topic, so this will be my last post. Any more from
me will be private mail.


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