>amnesiack responds to: 
>> Heh heh...you know, every time i read ranma it occurs to me just how 
>much
>> more attractive every woman in the series is compared to Akane. 
>Compared
>> to Akane, Kodachi is the most beautiful woman on the face of the 
>planet.
>> Hell, even Tsubasa and Konatsu are attractive compared to Akane, and
>> theyre GUYS! Yikes!
>
>Somehow, just from the way this is worded and the fact that it has no
>factual basis, it seems to me as if this post is just intended to get 
>up
>the dander of the Akane lovers on the ML.  

Good observation! Thats exactly what i was doing.
>
>Be that as it may, I can't let this go without saying something.  
>Akane
>is one of the cutest girls not only in Ranma, but in anime/manga
>period.  Shampoo's cute for about 10 seconds before she gets annoying
>IMO (sorry 'Poo worshipers), Ukyou's ok, but she doesn't really stand
>out.  Kodachi would possibly be passable if she did something (what I

PASSABLE? what do you mean passable? she's 100% perfect the way she is!

>don't know) about her hair and wore some normal clothes for once. 
>Tsubasa isn't really that cute (cutesy is more like it) plus he's a 
>guy,
>so it doesn't matter. Konatsu...well I won't even go into that again. 
>This leaves only Nabs and Kasumi as being even remotely close in
>cuteness to Akane.  Not surprising, considering they come from the 
>same
>genetic stock.
>
>> Not only that, but akane is a horrible fighter, a
>> horrible cook, a horrible conversationalist (every time she talks it 
>ends
>> with the other person unconcious...). Actually, I can't see a single
>> reason Akane would be better than _any_ of the other fiancees, or 
>other
>> girls in the series, _period_...Ryouga apparently has a severe 
>mental
>> problem to be in love with akane...
>
>I bet she could beat you up.  For some stupid reason, everyone seems to

Heh...youre the second person to say that. ANYONE CAN BEAT ME UP! i have
no knowledge of martial arts! I have a little experience in wrestling,
but that doesnt help to much in a fight.

>think that Akane is a horrible fighter just because some of the other
>characters are better.  You know, this just might be because she has a
>life!  She hasn't dedicated her entire existance to training/revenge
>like just about every other character in the series.  Saying she's a
>horrible fighter is like saying that a 4th Dan black belt is crappy,
>just because a 9th Dan black belt is better.  She's actually one of 
>the
>few sane people in the series who can communicate (with the exception 
>of
>Shampoo, who needs some subtlty lessons, and maybe Ukyou).  Sure, she
>can't cook, but what makes that a reason not to marry her?  If she'd
>marry me, I'd gladly do_all_the cooking.

Kunou can communicate too, even if it is by using slightly inflated
words.

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Aoi Ikazuchi: Sole member of the KSBRWtHAURFAVA
and now a member of the KFC: "YAY KUNOU!" eh?
Kunou Tatewaki: God's gift to the anime universe!
"Hito yonde Furinkan Koukou no Aoi Ikazuchi!"
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"I was the warrior...with an anthem in my soul" (WASP)
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