Gary wrote:

 >>	Yet another question for the fic I'm plotting out.  Hikaru
 >>Gosunkugi -- does he actually, at any point in the manga, exhibit any
 >>magical powers?
 >Nope. The answer is wiener. :)
 
 >He's used magical items in the manga, but they were the kind that
 >anybody could use. All evidence suggests that he knows nothing about how
 >to conjure up any actual magical effects.


It's a little ironic that fanfic authors have chosen almost universally to
portray Gosunkugi as a promising magician-in-training when he has less
personal experience with real magic than do many of the other Ranma 1/2
characters.  As with Ukyou and Mousse, the John Biles interpretation of
Gosunkugi (from Putting Your Heart in the Right Place) seems to hold greater
sway in fanfic than does Takahashi's.

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