What if we spit in your eye, stomp on your kidneys, and
steal your puppy?

Alas, I have no puppy.  I have two 17-year-old cats, however, that will be
very cross if you try to steal them.

Bleargh, ancient felines. Pass. :P

So they compromised: they decided to open the Anything
Goes Surgical Dojo and Martial Arts Hospital.

Heh.  I could see this becoming quite profitable.  =)  "Oh dear, did I

break

your wrist *again*?  Well, I'm certain my husband will give you a

Preferred

Customer discount."

Heh!

That filled him with a peace and happiness he had never known.

And then the Borg arrived.

Close.  A heavily Zen-influenced Akane.

I'm not sure which is worse, to be honest. o.o;

Japanese colleges, especially at the level Ranma is actually
probably qualified to enter, generally DO NOT HAVE on-campus
housing of ANY sort.

I did some very skimpy research years ago, and found a web site that
described some agricultural college in Japan and used that as my basis for
this unnamed college.  It had on-campus housing that looked quite similar

to

what you'd find at an American college.  I decided one example was good
enough to use as my setting; as long as such things existed, I didn't need
to worry too much about whether such a thing was typical or not.

Okay, fair enough :) Just thought I'd point out what my OWN research has
shown. ^_^

Mostly I did this because it allowed me to draw upon my own college
experience when writing these bits.

Makes sense.

As an aside, the image of Akane was taken from one of those DoCo "music
videos".  Man, I loved those things.

Oh yes. :)

"Tell me what you're feeling."

[Kentaro] "Well I'm NOT feeling YOU! You're a DUDE!"

[Aerosmith] "Dude looks like a lady!"

[Kentaro] "NOBODY ASKED YOU!"

Hehehe.  Had me chuckling out loud, that bit.

*bows*

Kasumi's voice, gentle and slightly wistful, was
like a breath of spring air warming the iciness of
the atmosphere around the table. "Perhaps we should
look at this from another angle. Rather than debate
these issues of duty and obligation, let us ask
Ranma-kun what he wants to do."

THANK YOU, Voice Of Reason!

=)  No matter how many different ways I characterize Ranma, my Kasumi's

are

always very "Heart of the Home" Kasumi's.

Yep yep. Any other Kasumi just isn't Kasumi, really.

"Because you think that in a few days I may be deprived
of your company? Because you think maybe I need a
going-away present?"

Okay, that's COMPLETELY uncalled for. :/

Heh.  That's what I get when I use a "Star Trek" episode as inspiration.

Haven't yet heard anyone like what Kentaro said here, and when I did my
rewrite, I considered removing it.  But then I decided to let it be

because

I needed Kentaro to be a bit of a jerk.

Oh, it works to that effect alright.

Ah, it was truly a joy to read that again after so many
years--and such a surprise that it's held up well to the
test of time. Kudos. ^_^

Thanks, Lurker.  And thanks very much for the funny C&C.  =)

Anytime. ^_^

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