At 08:58 AM 5/27/2004, LT MCHORNEY wrote:

Funny, I look at this and see a lot of build up for future problems.

*ding!*

The, as you put it, "Let's play dress-up with Ranko" scene can get the
Yamada's in the mindset that he'll always follow along with what he is
told, something that I doubt once Ranma starts getting a hold on
himself.

No plan survives contact with the Ranma. :)

Look at what has happened to him recently, he's been locked as
a girl and only just recently found out that it's not going to be
permanent.  He has been almost killed, in fact he would have died if he
hadn't been contacted by an external entity.  He has had the existence
of ancient civilizations, magical girls, alien races all simultaneously
proven to him.  He has found out that he has an extended, and wealthy
powerful skilled, family.  He has found out that his mother has divorced
his father, invalidated all of his relationships, and declared war on
the family of the girl that he did have feelings for, weather he would
admit it or not.  Now he finds out that his mother knows who he really
is and he's brought before the head of his country.  I'm not Ranma, but
I'd be lucky to be able to walk on my own, let alone still be able to
respond.

*Nods*

There is a *reason* why I put time & date markers at the beginning of each 
chapter. Right now, Ranma is in the middle of a *maelstrom* of events.

I think that Mark is doing a great job in showing an unstable
Ranma right now, but eventually he will be able to "get his feet under
him" so to speak, and that should be interesting to see.

The next major story arc starts in a few chapters.

While I did find what happened to the Tendo's excessive, think of what
Ranma would do if he found out about it.  He's not a vengeful person to
begin with, and if he found out of this it may create a permanent rift
between him and the government, and possibly the Yamada's due to their
governmental connections.  Other people here see deus ex machina.  I see
future conflicts.

Oh yea. The right and left hands of the government are definitely not both 
on the same page.

One other thing.  Does any one else see Ranma/ Guardian Chronos joining
some Australian version of the Justice League or was it just me?

It's just you.  The Aussie contingent is not based on any currently 
existing comic book or manga. Any similarities are purely coincidental. :)

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