On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Caroline Ann Seawright wrote:

Genma didn't treat Ranma like this when Cologne made him turn female,
and stay that way ... nor when Herb splashed Ranma with the ladle...

That didn't last as long.

That's because Ranma was looking for a cure - Ranma didn't want to stay
female. Genma may be many things, but he's not THAT bad. Besides, he'd
be too scared in case Nodoka found out that he'd disowned his child
rather than face seppuku like a man. (She'd probably kill him if he
said that Ranma died on the training trip, too... just for killing her
son.)

WEll, I think getting Ranma DEAD doesn't count as raising him to be 
manly, so I think she'd want him to do the seppuku thing if he tried to 
claim Ranma died unless he had a REALLY good excuse.
 

It seems to say that Akane would dump Ranma if he turned into a girl,
full time, because...? It doesn't really say why, just that it's "the
best"... I assume it's because Ranma's not the Ranma she knows. This,

I believe the insinuation is that 
1.  Akane can't marry a girl.
2.  Akane has no sexual interest in a full time girl, just like you 
assert Ranma would not take an interest in guys.  (If he can't adjust, 
then why could she?)

If Akane couldn't get past Ranma's body, she wouldn't have fallen in
love with him, and would have been disgusted each time she saw him
in his female form ... But that's not the case. She loves Ranma as he
is, and isn't insistent on making him turn into a full-time male...

Well, she reacted rather badly at first to his curse (for a variety of 
reasons)

So you think Akane could 'turn lesbian' easier than Ranma could 'turn 
homosexual' so to speak?  

Certainly I know I would freak out if someone I loved turned into a guy 
full time.  I'd like to hope I could overcome that, but I dunno...
 

Why would she suddenly grow cold just because Ranma's half changed?
Why would she fall out of love with him because of a tragedy? She'd

Cause Humans aren't perfect.  People have fallen out of love for less 
than than this.

most likely help him to find a cure, and I don't see Ranma stopping
looking for a cure, however long it takes.

I won't argue with that.
At least, Ranma would spend a VERY long time looking for it.
 

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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