b) Ranma has a romantic relation with one of the Senshi. (Mercury, Jupiter,
Mars)
You forgot about Venus and Pluto. There are stories where Ranma has
romantic relation with them also.
I've never seen a relationship with Venus (except for, uh, All Things
Chaotic(?) in which he seems to have a relationship with all the Senshi,
not that he knows about it. I might have stories mixed up, though)
Children of Fire is the only place I've seen a relationship with Pluto.
One story doth not a pattern make, IMO. Are there any I'm missing?
I've seen one with Slr.Moon, and several with Jupiter. [a common (read: almost clicheed) theme is that Ranma was Lita/Makoto's old
Boyfriend/Sempai, i.e. the guy she compares everyone to]
c) Ranma is related to Sailor Mercury
Ranma has also been related to Sailor Mars in some stories.
Oops. Definite omission. Thanks. I might include Sailor Moon in that, too.
Right.
d) Ranma moves to Juuban after the death of Akane or Genma.
This doesn't happen in every crossover, just 50% of them I think though.
That seems awfully like a pattern to me. I suppose I could increase the
number of stories it encompasses by saying:
Ranma moves to Juuban after, being married, finding out he is a Senshi, or
the death of Akane or Genma.
(The moving to Juuban being the interesting part of that pattern)
Don't forget after being cursed... well, i suppose in that fic it was really more connected to Genma drowning... [two guesses what
fic i'm talking about]
You'd cover about 70% of all SM/Ranma fics by changing it to "Nodoka lives in Juuban," as that's always the reason it's Juuban in
particular that he moves to as opposed to somewhere else
e) The transformational magic gives a small degree of control over his
curse.
Except in the Paragon I haven't readed a story where Ranma gets any
kind of control over his curse.
I was counting being able to turn straight into his female form by
transforming into a Senshi. I guess that is sort of iffy, though.
More not being able to change -back- to a guy while transformed, and you'd cover more. in a bunch of fics like this, his/her
transformation sequence from a guy into senshi form involves being splashed with cold water, therefore it's not caused by the
transformation itself.
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