OK, I have a problem here. Sort of a fundamental one, actually.
There's no good reason for Akane to be the heir to the Commonwealth.
What kind of rule of primogeniture makes the youngest daughter the heir?
In the original series, Akane is the heir because she is the only
martial artist, because it's a martial arts dojo, and because she's
engaged to Ranma who has a claim on the dojo.
Here none of that reasoning applies to who inherits the government.
Kasumi is the eldest and is already administering. Obviously she should
inherit, all other things being equal. So why wouldn't she?
One possibility is that Kasumi and Akane have different mothers and that
Soun's claim to the throne derived from his marriage to Akane's mother
(she presumably being the last of the previous royal line). That would
make sense in terms of her marriage handing over the kingdom to Kuno or
Gosunkugi. Another is that the Saotomes actually have a claim to the
throne in their own right which combines with Akane's to bump her up to
First Daughter. Lastly you could just write in a law saying that the
best mechwarriour in the ruling family automatically inherits. That
would probably mean that dynastic disputes get settled with mech duels
but is appropriate for a very rough and ready feudal system.
The pervert thing bothers me. Ranma just hasn't done anything
perverted. Maybe Akane should call him a mutant instead.
He looked up from the rostrum to face the delegations, satisfied
with
this preliminary solution to the problem of his middle daugther. He
touched
"daughter"
Tetsuo should have applauded the choice of Ranma as Akane's fiancee. It
has derailed the Combine's takeover of the Commonwealth and thereby
saved the butts of the League.
It seems unlikely to me that Tsubasa would be a mechwarriour. After all
his counterpart wasn't a martial artist and he does just fine as a spy.
"That might be a bit hasty," Genma hedged. "After all, we can't
prove
anything yet." He looked down at Ranma. "Well, boy, who do you think
was
I'd leave out the "yet". It might be a good idea for Genma to point out
that they are actually the least likely suspect since it is the other
diplomatic delegations that still have a ship on planet which could move
her off world. But how did Tetsuo plan to get away with it? Unless
Tsubasa was supposed to stay behind and impersonate Akane...would have
been funny, with three Akanes running around at the same time.
Wow. Being Happosai's reward. An Amazon would have to screw up big to
get that assignment.
completely beyond my understanding. I hesistate to add that I fear for
his
mental stability." She said this last with a penetrating look, to make
"hesitate"