On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Gary Kleppe wrote:

I can't see Ranma beating him up for this. Mousse has said essentially
the same thing, and yet it is Mousse who always started the fights
between the two. Ranma rarely if ever seems to pick fights, maybe
because he has a constant supply of people who want to fight him
already.

And I doubt Ranma would ever actually try to fight a non-martial artist -
hard to know for sure, since they seem to be an endangered species in
Nerima at times, but I'd say it's a fair bet.  He might get so provoked
that he *wants* to just clobber him and make him shut up, but what sense
of honor he has would probably stop him.

If he is as shy as you say above, he probably wouldn't initiate the
relationship himself. He might have a crush on one of the women, but
he would probably get as far as Gosunkugi. It seems more likely that
any relationship would be initiated by the woman. That could be
anybody depending on the circumstances of the story, maybe not someone
he would like. (It's hard to say no to Kodachi when you are not a
martial artist and are not used to her tricks.)

And he *is* a gymnast... giving him a perfect excuse to meet Kodachi...

:-)  Failing that, several of the members of the St. Hebereke's Rythmic

Gymnastic Martial Arts team were given names and hints at personalities in
the Ranma vs. Kodachi episodes... an interested writer might be able to
spin something off from there.

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