From: UnderF4331@aol.com

In a message dated 2/5/99 5:06:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 

dje@progress.com

writes:

<< > 7.Is Ryouga ever shown anywhere outside of Japan and China? my 

opinion is

that he always get's lost in the zoo...

Definitely not.  That is fanfic legend and just plain stupid (to show
Ryouga in the USA, or on Dune, or whatever.  Of course, for comedic
effect such a scene could be useful and it has been used in a number
of early fanfics for exactly that purpose, but along the way it's
become accepted as the norm. >>
	Um, to me it is a reasonable idea: he has no sense of direction, 

correct?

	So how the H@ll could he manage to keep himself to only two countries?
	My guess is that the reason we only see him in China and Japan is 

because

he's not relevant to the story when he's elsewhere, and for all his 

ability to

get lost he can only travel so fast...  (So remember folks, don't put 

him in

the US a day after he turned up at the Tendo Dojo.)
	And please, private replies.


		--Ryo Hoshi

I know you asked for private replies, but this could actually settle the 
blasted argument, so I'm posting it to the list as well.

There's a scene in the anime (from Ryouga's flashback of his attempts to 
find the vacant lot where he was to fight Ranma) that shows him having 
no clue where he is and the Eiffel Tower in the background....  And, of 
course, he did make it there, to lots of places in Japan, and back to 
his starting point in four days.  So much for a limited travel rate.  
Yes it's ridiculous.  But, it's also apparently cannon.  Other planets?  
I doubt it.  But, without that scene, I would have doubted his ability 
to cross oceans without knowing it, and agreed with the person saying 
it's just a stupid fanfic legend.

--
Erik (who just recharged the power reserve for his fire protection 
spell)

"What's more dangerous than a mage out to rule the entire world?  Why, a 
mage at play, of course...."

        -Ed Greenwood, "Elminster at the Magefair"

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