On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Spiffy wrote:

Another thing? Why does most everybody use the Anime versions of these 
type of things? No one ever seems to use the manga. Hardly ever do I find 
a fic where the female Ranma doesn't have red hair. Do more people watch 
the anime than the manga, or what? I frankly do not understand. But there 
is a lot about fanfic authors I don't understand. :)

Who says the manga onna-Ranma doesn't HAVE red hair?  Frankly, I don't buy
that because manga are black and white. So it's hard to have color; if I
worked strictly off the manga, I'd probably picture everyone wearing
various solid/patterned black clothing or white clothing or grey clothing.
Also, in at least 2 pictures I can think of (but can't reference
immediately; one of them is the large portrait from the back of the last
manga) where onna-Ranma features red/pink hair. Of course, the eyes are a
bit off in that one, but.

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