In a message dated 3/4/99 3:26:23 PM, arromdee@inetnow.net writes:

The Ranma series includes plenty of instances where characters are thrown
into rocks and smash the rock with the character just being stunned, fall

>from great heights, withstand explosions, shrug off Breaking Point rock

shrapnel, etc.  A bullet is a small, powerful, impact, and characters that
can't be seriously hurt by impacts may very well be immune to bullets.

The difference is that most of those attacks are mostly _indirect_ (with
exception of chi attacks, which is not exactly solid projectiles and usually
dissipates after hitting its target). Bullets are different matter altogether.
They are very much solid and focused. So what if Ryoga's immune to rock
sharpnels (they're indirect and unfocused), bullets are focused and direct-
they can inflict substinal injuries even if the victims are wearing bullet-
proof vests (impacts hurts like hell), or so from what I've heard.
And what about anti-tank shells? ^_^

And this still assumes that it's _possible_ for someone with no training
to just sneak up on a martial artist, gun or no gun, if the martial artist
can sense other people's presence.

And you wouldn't have to sneak up to them. Just shoot them from distance and
the martial artists won't be able to detect bullets because they're inorganic
and don't have any chi. Until too late, that is. If they have excellent sense
of hearing, then better for them.

But even so, Robert- I don't recommend dealing with this matter. Things are
already complicated enough in Ranmaverse without including another variable
like guns and bullets into the equation. You might not like the way things
might turn out. It's up to you, though.


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