On Mon, 1 Apr 1996 Thomas_Schauer@ITA.DOC.GOV wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Am I the only one on this ML who likes Shinnosuke?  It seems like every
> other message someone is saying something like "I hate Shinnosuke"
> "Shinnosuke is a punk" "Shinnosuke should be put to death", etc.  (ok, I
> made up that last one).  I mean, why is he such a s***head for liking
> Akane?  I can see not liking his getting between Ranma and Akane, but
> can you really hold that against him?  Plus, yeah, he's a little arrogant, but
> no worse, IMO, than Ranma is...  
> 
> So what's the beef with Shinnosuke?
> 
	Well, I don't much like Ranma, either, but here's my problem with 
Shinnosuke:  he's just too damn squeaky-clean.  I know that's a crappy 
reason for not liking someone, but through the whole OAV I just wanted 
Ranma or Ryoga to stomp him into the ground.  It's kinda hard to explain, 
but people like that annoy the hell out of me.
	That, and he was also a threat to Ranma's eventually getting 
Akane.

                                      Nathan
                                Guard of the COR