>On Mon, 1 Apr 1996 Thomas_Schauer@ITA.DOC.GOV wrote:
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>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> 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?
>I think you just hit it on the head. First of all, he's someone like 
>Ukyou. i.e. Past relationship, even thuogh he doesn't remember it. This 


Shinnosuke and Ukyou... now THAT might be a really cute couple, come
to think of it...


>makes him more of a threat. Second, he appealed to Akane's honor. This 
>made it impossible for her to say that she loved Ranma when she *really* 
>should have.  Third, he's come the closest to actually taking Akane away 
>from Ranma--Ryouga just really isn't in the running, Kuno? yaright, etc. 
>etc. etc.  But Akane nearly let herself get trapped by words.  
>
>  I personally have no beef with Shin-boy there, if we didn't have him, 
>we wouldn't have the great story. But those are the reasons I dislike him.
> 
>Kevin Eav--First Deacon of the Church of Ryouga, Keeper of the Compass, 
>                          Member of C.A.S.K.E.T.
>email:geist@holly.colostate.edu --  IRC:Ishido at #ranma! -- Ishido@RanmaMUCK
>"The world...is a dark and lonely place...beyond hope, beyond care..."-Ryouga
>                 Member of Okonomiyaki Addicts Anonymous
>"C'mon kiddo.  You've got to *find* Akane.  You really are a pain in the 
>                  fanny sometimes, ya know Ryouga?"-Ukyo
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