"Razorclaw X" <spiceoflife@hotmail.com> wrote:

Maybe you could clarify this a bit. I'm not sure where you're expecting
these things to go. Part of the reason for them is to show that it's 

not

clear who the group can trust and who they can't. 

 Funny, I'd think Ranma'd never trust most of them (except maybe just 
Akane and Ryoga). That's just me. 

Ranma can be quite trusting... he trusted Ryoga and Mousse to back him
up in the Herb storyline, for example.

 Kodachi helps Kodachi, and Mousse helps Mousse. It's that simple. If 
either of them saw it fit to help someone else, it'd only be in their 
own best interests (then again, that's what usually drives most 
characters, circumstances barred, but since this event came up....). The 
only variable is circumstance. 
 Oops, did I ruin it? Don't say 'yes' if I did. 

No you didn't, and of *course* the characters will act in what they see
as their best interests. While true, this really doesn't tell you
anything because you still don't know specifically what they're gonna
do.

 (But then, they're starting to kill each other. Cooperation and 
friendship is for the birds when this event comes around.) 

Kill each other? Maybe. But there is a big middle ground between
cooperation and homicide....

thing, but that's barely more likely than Shampoo dying. I could easily 
see Kuno dying-- more of that ego going for him to the point of madness, 
maybe, or a certain, unexpected drive pops open within him ('he wasn't 
such a bad guy after all' kind of thing, even if this is already showing 
up). Ukyo could easily die, too, but maybe the super-hell she went 
through might get her more points for the living position (that was 
wicked, Gary). 

Not sure which thing you're referring to, but thanks anyway. :)

 Barring unpredictable events (due to author's whims and diabolical 
plans...), and against my better judgement, I'll say that Ukyo will die. 
Sure, makes her look even more pathetic, but still... 
 (Or maybe I'm completely wrong and Sanzenin will die-- simply because 
Ukyo finally builds up enough nerve to kill the punk :P)

Heh. She's certainly contemplating that at this point....

 I probably forgot to consider a few someones. Heck, the theory is 
probably flawed, basing this more on preludes (well, duh). Theory may 
very well unfold much better as more info is released (that is, more 
chapters). 
 Don't tell me if I'm right, k? 

Well, what happens is that at the end of part 10, after all the problems
have been solved, a sack of flower falls on....

Oops! Secret! Secret! :-)

Seriously, we'll just have to wait and see. Anyway, thanks for the
commentary.


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