On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Nick Leifker wrote:

So, he focuses on what's important - the things that death has no
dominion over.  He starts settling his affairs, and making sure that the
love he shares with his wife, his child, and his family and friends will
last far beyond his death.  Instead of trying to beat death with the
SuperAmulet 2000, he tries to beat death by embracing something eternal.    

You and I would do this--because Superamulet 2000s don't exist in our world,
so trying to find one would merely be a futile struggle against the
inevitable.  Ranma lives in a world full of magic; what would be futility for
us is quite reasonable for him.  Beating death by embracing something eternal
may be good, but there's a lot to say for beating death by not dying.

It's like that story where Kunou celebrates Veterans Day.  The Ranma
characters aren't generic people, and they don't live in a generic universe.
Sometimes their particular circumstances will prevent generic plots from
working, even though the series is just a frivolous piece of comedy and the
plot gives important insights into the human condition.


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