Kun-chan writes:

Well... hrm ... that's very shoujo to say the least.

you make that sound like a bad thing.

Somehow, I don't think it's possible for a person to change preferences
just like that ... I would *never* go for a girl, even if I had the
body of a guy ... It's not a thing you learn, nor a thing that someone
can teach you ... It's just something that is ... Although some people
change preferances, I don't think that it would happen like that.

Some people can't change their orientation.  Doesn't mean that they don't
try it on occasion.  A friend of mine's ex-husband attempted it, married
my friend because they thought they could make it work.  It turned out
that they couldn't.

Personally, I'd be turned off by a girl, however good a friend she was,
or however close she was to me ... It just seems really wrong for Ranma,
too ... He HATES being thought of as a homosexual - and now he's just
thrown himself into BEING one ... 

Um Hm, and at the moment if he goes chasing girls, that is exactly what he
will be thought of as.

Outside looks don't change the inside person. Someone of the same sex
liking you/lusting after you won't make you change, either, however
nice they are towards you ... It's just not something that happens,
in anything that I've encountered or heard of.

Social presures added into the mix can really warp things, however.  This
`experiment' of Ranma's may well fail, but making the attempt is a very
human reaction.

So, basically, I think that the whole story is OOC... for the reactions
of Akane and Genma, too ... It's just not something that they'd do,
just as turning gay, just because he's locked into a girl body, isn't
something that Ranma'd do ...

He's not turning gay, he just let the guy kiss him, which is a goodly way
from anything permanent.

And you forgot the last option that Ranma could have - have a sex change
operation.

I don't think so.  Very possibly he could/would have looked into it, but I
doubt he is willing to go through the whole mess just to end up chemically
dependent for the rest of his life.

It's easier to change your body than to change your preferences.

I agree with that, but I think it's most likely that Ranma will just end
up chasing girls, or being chased.

ja ne,
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