I'm finding this story to be very interesting so far. It's always fun to
see Ranma pretending to be a girl---and enjoying it, more or less. There
was one glaring point that bothered me though; it is of my opinion (and
also of many Shampoo fans, among others) that Shampoo genuinely loves
Ranma, and would not kill him even if he got stuck as a girl permanently.
She doesn't just want to marry him because the law said so; it may have
just been that back in the first season, but over time, she has grown to
truely love him. Even in the first season when Ranma tricked her into
believing that he was a real girl, she couldn't bring herself to kill him
even when she probably could have (when Ranma had tripped over the rock
and fell in the ground into a vulnerable position). I'm thinking at the
very most, if Ranma did become a girl forever Shampoo would stop trying to
marry him, but would not kill him if she could help it.
If you're going to turn this into a lime or lemon eventually, may I
suggest Ukyou 'helping' Ranma with her um...female sexual urges? For one
thing, Ukyou has had first-hand experience with the "gender disorder"
thing (having lived as a boy for about ten years), and would probably be
more comfortable with Ranma's state than all of the other fiancees.
(Personally, I think Ukyou would have little or no reservation about
Ranma's female form. She has said that she liked Ranma better as a guy in
the anime, but she could like Ranma as a girl too.) Akane's freaked
out/zombied over the whole thing. Shampoo's trying to kill Ranma. Kodachi
doesn't even know Ranma-kun = Ranma-chan. I could also see Nabiki helping,
though.
-Philip Mak (pmak@cs.dal.ca)