I tried to avoid contributing to all of this "challenge" spam, really I
did, but the temptation was too great. ^_^;;;

On Fri, 17 May 2002 13:07:43 -0700 (PDT), Thryth <thrythlind@yahoo.com>
wrote:

I think Takahashi beats us all since the storyline in
general is very much The Taming of the Shrew

Ummmmmm... really?


TAMING: None of the local males is interested in Katharine, the "Shrew";
all of them hope instead to marry her gentle sister.

RANMA: The local males fight every morning for a chance at dating Akane.
Only one male is ever known to be interested in her gentle sister, one
who is unable to express himself around her and vanishes quietly about a
third of the way through the series.


TAMING: Petruchio travels to Katharine's home with the intention of
winning her for his wife.

RANMA: Ranma is dragged to Akane's home by his father, and has no
interest in marrying her.


TAMING: Petruchio has a gift for charming people with his wit and good
humor.

RANMA: Ranma has a gift for putting his foot in his mouth.


RANMA: The local doctor tells Ranma that Akane is really a very sweet
girl; he doesn't believe it at first.

TAMING: The local music teacher tells Petruchio that Katharine is not at
all sweet; he doesn't believe it at all.


TAMING: Petruchio woos Katharine by complimenting her beauty and taking
pleasantly anything she says or does.

RANMA: Ranma calls Akane a tomboy with no sex appeal.


RANMA: Ranma shows no real interest in sorting out his relationships
with Akane and other women.

TAMING: Petruchio plans a thoughtful and detailed strategy to improve
his relationship with Katharine.


TAMING: Petruchio asks Kate (Katharine) to kiss him.

RANMA: Ranma can't bring himself to kiss Akane even when it means a
possible cure for his curse.


TAMING: Kate and Petruchio get married.

RANMA: Akane and Ranma don't get married.


TAMING: Kate eventually convinces everyone that she is a completely
changed person.

RANMA: Though Akane has a better relationship with Ranma, she is clearly
the same person at the end of the manga that she was at the beginning.


[FYI, there's a synopsis for Taming of the Shrew at
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LTSHREW.HTM . There are partial
synopses for Ranma 1/2 at
http://web3162.servers.instant-web.co.uk/RanmaFAQ/vols/index.html .]
Gary Kleppe
http://www.akane.org/gary/comics.html
Writing from work; please reply to gary@garykleppe.org

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