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He had stopped stealing when he began to understand what he was doing,

and

here he had women throwing themselves at him and he did nothing.

         This portrayal of Genma is not uncommon, but it doesn't really

jibe

with the manga. A Genma that felt this way would never have sealed away
the Yamasenken and Umisenken - using them would enable him to be the
greatest thief in the world. Aside from Happosai, the only time we see

any

stealing in the manga that I can recall is Ranma stealing food from

Ukyo,

and that was with the consent of her father. I don't remember Genma
ever stealing anything, except for the supposed treasure of the Saotome
family, and hey, it is his family treasure; judging from how poor they
seem to have been during their travels neither Genma nor Ranma

apparently

stole much if at all.

I have to disagree; check Vol. 37 on the Ranmascan Project for an example.
Genma ambushes his wife with a gas grenade and puts her in mortal danger

for

the sake of a tournament medal worth �2000, about $20.  It's only poetic
justice when he ends up with an old pawn ticket.  :)

    That's the treasure of the Saotome family.  The only actual example of
Genma ever trying to steal something.

Genma stole the Kuonji family's yatai and abandoned Ukyo.  He is obsessed
with stealing scrolls.  He has also sold Ranma at least once for a bowl of
rice and two pickles.  The Tendo girls are unanimous in their disregard of
Genma.  They don't trust him, they don't particularly *like* him, and if

he

wasn't their father's old friend, they'd boot him out the door in a very
short minute.  Or sell him to the zoo.....

    Genma accepted the Kuonji Yatai as a bribe, but then welched on his part
of the deal by leaving Ukyo behind.
    Scrolls?  When?
    The rice and pickles appeared in the first episode of the Second TV
season, and was never referred to again in anywhere except fanfiction.  It's
quite clearly a early parody of Ukyo, mixed with a modified Takeout race
without Shampoo.
    And your definately overstating the girls feelings about Genma.  Nabiki
and Kasumi prety much don't assocaite with Genma, and Akane only gets angry
at him when he does something that creates problems for her and Ranma.
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