On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Harold C.Hayes wrote:
Here are a bunch .... lets begin...
1. All about Chi. ... attacks (or defenses)
can be created with it?
Of course, you can't really train enough to throw a blast.. but that's how it is in the fictional world. Anyway, Chi is the
mysterious life force tha...
"KI" and "CHI" are the same. If you want to know more about KI, I
recommend the "KI Homepage". There is a link to this in Rei's Manga
Summaries. Ki is also explored in "STAR WARS" as "the force". In both
"Ranma 1/2" and "Star Wars", Ki is eggsagerated, for good reason. It is
something that must be FELT, not just by the skin, but by the mind.
Portraying it in pictures or words or movies falls flat. It must be
eggsagerated to keep its awsome effect.
As far as I know (martial artists are secretive about this stuff), The
Haduoken IS a real technique. It only travels, say, an inch, and the
blast is invisible, but its there. NEVER underestimate the power of KI!
Actually, I think it's just a form of opposed double hand palm strike
that is reinforced by chi energy.
Ki, is the same thing as Chi. Chi is the Chinese word for it, and ki is the Japanese and the Korean word for it.
3. Special attacks in Ranma.... who uses it, and a short
description of what it does.
Let's see... only Ranma, Ryouga Cologne and Happousai use chi blasts on a
regular basis. Of course, Saffuron and Herb have also used them. It
seems that Akane, who exudes more chi than the rest put together, cannot
do it, which is a pity, cause she might be able to give Songouku a run for
his money in the raw chi power department! ;}
Moko Takabisa(sp?) it's Ranma's ki blast using confidence.
Can be spelt Mouko Takabisha. or Takabishiya... or whatever... People know
what you mean in any case...
Breaking point attack used by Ryouga to shatter inanimate objects striking a certain point on that object.
You mean Bakusai Ten Ketsu.
Ultimate Shishihokodan: A pillar of chi is balsted upwards from Ryouga, and it comes back down, on Ryouga, sourrounding him a
certian radius.
Taka Zume Ken: Mousse's attack. Mousse jumps in the air, then flys down to his opponent with eagle claws sticking out of his shoe.
He's only done this once or twice... It hardly counts...
Hiryu Shoten Ha: Ranma's dragon uppercut that brings a tornado from the punch.
It's not an uppercut punch per se. He never actually hits them with it.
What it does is gather the chi energies and turns them into a wind
spiral, which is used to attack not unlike a chi blast. It seems to have
many variations, however... (If V38 is anything to go on)
Tenshin Amaguri Ken: Rapid punches by Ranma. So fast you can't see them. Sometimes, it appears as one punch, which it's actually
hundreds.
It's _Kacchu_ Tenshin Amiguri Ken, isn't it? Does anyone know how this is
really spelt?
Happo 5 yen Satsu: Hinako Ninomiya's chi sucking tech. It sucks your fighting energy away. and leave you almost life less.
It sucks out your battle aura if your ready to fight. Ie. exuding it.
Happo 50 yen Satsu: Same thing as the 5 yen, but it can suck even when your standing still.
Actually, it sucks your aura out even if you are perfectly calm. Just a
more powerful 5 en really.
Happo 5 yen return: The energy Hinako absorbed is realsed into a blast.
Standard garden variety chi blast affair.
In the dubbed OAV, that last one was "Happo -no yen coin- return".
4. Crossover magical abilities. .... never have the joy of throwing fireballs?
See "Final Fanatsy 3" for this. There is a martial arts character in
there that uses KI attack, but they are axagerated to a point of being
equal to or greater than magic spells. I beleive this is the best way to
go.
Hell, you could go totally off the rails and have them throwing those
rediculous DBZ things around!
--HAYES
There's also a few other...
Happousai does the Happou Dai Karin or Happousai grenades.
Ranma does dozens of other moves at various times.
Kunou's got his good old pattern attack.
Genma can do the big aura things like Happi.
Argh! Go check the Ranma FAQ page! I can't remember any more!
P-word.