I'll be brief.
  In spite of risking being branded a bigoted loser again (I'm sure 60% of 
you remember why that was so, but for those who don't I won't elaborate), 
I'll say that I wanted to throw this one out the window. I didn't get 
through a third of the story before miasmal boredom overcame me, and I 
started skipping sections at a time until I hit something potentially 
interesting; scenes such as Kodachi's shower (zap that perverts) and Ranma 
sneaking into Kodachi's tent to get a 'good look at her chest' (snicker; I 
know that wasn't what it was, but still....) were interesting enough, but 
sometimes the text seems to drone on between such scenes. Then again, 
perhaps I'm not all-for the long-winded thoughtful paragraphs.
  I thought the part where Ranma switched his conversation point to the game 
with the 'hundred levels' seemed silly-- reminds me of the one fic where 
Ranma and Ryoga play Street Fighter 2, which I thought was only good for 
cheap laughs, but not much more.
  I'm not liking these bad guys, but then again, they're probably not 
supposed to be likable, either-- more and more they're sounding like a 
terrorist regime that has nothing to terrorize (okay, so they are 
terrorizing, but nothing unexpected).
  The more I read the parts about the 'switching bodies in an instant,' the 
more I want to kill the cursed characters; sure, this'll probably have nasty 
consequences later (they always do with good writers), but it reeks of plot 
convenience at this point.
  I'm wondering how long Ukyo and Sanzenin are going to play chicken with 
their lives. To me it's starting to turn into something of a weird doomsday 
bomb, something that'll probably blow or diffuse by the second-to-last story 
or so. Of course, at this point I don't see how it's going to matter much in 
the grand scheme of things, other than a fancy subplot for filler (which it 
is not; no writer in their right mind would put in 'filler' subplots like 
that unless they deliberately want red herrings in their story, and I, 
again, suspect that this is not).
  Okay, at this point, I think Kasumi is going to die. This is based on the 
power-with-price idea-- so far she's thrown some tremendous power (if 
subtle) and hasn't paid up yet (I mean REALLY paid-up). Or, at the very 
least, if not death, then lose her soul to the big bad monster at the end of 
the road. Theory subject to change with each chapter release.

  Brief? Sure....


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This has been yet another exercise in interpretation.
"Decepticons FOREVER!!" --Ravage, former Decepticon
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die." --Kosh, Babylon 5

"[Y]ou're lamer than your signature and screen name indicate."--Chris Davies
"The FFML exists to judge the writing, not the writers."--Richard Lawson
"There was a recent case where a fanfic author put together his work with 
only another fanfic serving as his primary resource.  *I* started writing 
fanfiction that way, and consequently I never grew attached to this whole 
idea of remaining true to the original.  I call it "correction."--Reverend 
Prez

--Razorclaw X
Author: "Wheel of Fire", "The World's Worst Ranma Fanfic!", "The Geometry of 
Shattered Souls", "The Balance of Power".
"I sold my soul to buy a copy of the dubbed 'Ukyo Can Cook'"
"Pathetic authors beg for flames. Wait, that's me."


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