A most interesting story indeed. I'm glad it did end the way it did, without
Ranma professing love for Shampoo.  It's too soon for that.

What I wanted a little more clarification on is the relationship between
Ryouga and Akane. You mentioned that she now knows of his curse, and she
considers him a friend now.  Then Nabiki says that he hadn't been around
lately, and that he and Ranma stopped fighting.  Is it because Akane is no
longer an object of rivalry or because he simply got lost again. It looks
like he still is in love with Akane, and he was ready to beat Ranma to a
bloody pulp when Akane was crying in her room.  Do the two consider each
other 'friends' of some sort?

As usual, Cologne is cast as a devious schemer...however, her schemes seem
to be not as heartless as they seem...

This story simply cannot resolve itself in one story. So I'm looking forward
to the sequel ;-)
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