HK:

> Yeah, right.  Then why can't he tell Akane his true feelings and tell Ukyou
> and Shampoo to leave him alone?  Because he's a *coward.*  He has a
> responsibility, and he *does not face up to it.*
 
	It's because the series would end.  The guy is only 16.  There is *no*
reason he has no make a decision yet.  Being shy to tell the ones in
love is not cowardice.  Love makes him that way.

	Sheesh... sounds like the Blade argument all over again... holding a
guy responsible because his actions are needed to propel the series.  He
has zero responsbilities to any of the other girls, really.  He doesn't
have to accept anyone or reject anyone, and he does not owe them
anything, either.

	Some people cannot admit their true feelings easily.  It's not
cowardice.  For a lack of better word, they're 'clumsy at love'.  I just
finished reading Jane Eyre.  Jane Eyre never admitted she loved Mr.
Rochester until the day before she thought he was going to be married. 
Does she owe Mr. Rochester the responsbility to tell him she loves him? 
Nope.  

> "Ryoga, I'm your fiance!"  Yeah, there's a hell of a lot of reasoning for
> that.  Ryoga wasn't doing anything other than trying to ask out the girl he
> loved, which is a hell of a lot more than Ranma can say.  All that was on
> Ranma mind was, "So they think they're gonna have a date, eh?  Not when I
> get through with 'em!"
 
	Jealousy.  That reason alone is enough for almost *any* action done in
Ranma 1/2.

> Or how about his broken promises to Ukyou?  What has she done to him to
> justify his lying to her?  Nothing.  Therefore, the man is being a lying
> piece of scum.  Having a girl like Ukyou care about him's a lot damn more
> than he deserves, but he doesn't care about that, either, because he's a
> thoughtless brat.
 
	If I don't know better, I'd assume Blade hacked into another account,
because this is exactly what he said, too.

	The guy lies because it's the only way for him to solve this situation
without hurting anyone.  Do you want to him to say:  "Go away, Ukyou.  I
never loved you to begin with so get out of my life?"  No, because
Ranma's a nice person.  He rather have Ukyou hate him for the wrong
reasons, that she'll think he's a bad husband, them to hurt her for
telling her the truth.  He's not a bright person.  He can't admit the
truth yet, and he doesn't have a lot of good plans, but he tries the one
that would hurt people least.

> He lies quite often, and he abuses Ukyou and Akane (and Shampoo, to a
> lesser extent) continually.  He's got a responsibility to both of them, and
> he shirks it.  Pathetic.
 
	Why does the guy have to answer to everyone who comes and said to have
a claim on him, especially if the claims are not even within his power? 
I suppose, them, that he owes Kaori an answer, too, because she
technically was a fiancee of his?

> Yeah, he's not more abusive than any of the other characters.  Right.
> Kasumi's an awful person, isn't she?  And how about the o-so-evil Soun
> Tendo, who's house Ranma continually wrecks?
 
	Ranma doesn't wreck houses.  It is considered 'unnormal' behavior for
Ranma to wreck the house in the Hiryu Shoten Ha story, suggesting that
his normal behavior doesn't do that.

> Gee, it couldn't be because he *is,* could it?  Probably not for you
> because you're just a Ranma fanboy who's intention is to excuse all Ranma's
> actions.

	Funny from you, Ukyou fanboy.

> How about the Secret Sauce story?  Were his actions with Ukyou acceptable?
> Or the HSH storyline, where he nearly killed Ryoga - and didn't give a damn
> whether Ryoga was alive or dead - after Ryoga had just saved his hide?  Or
> the Asuka of the White Lillies mess?  Or the Dougi story (yeah, I found out
> more about that storyline - it seems that Ranma was trying to seduce Akane
> to get rid of the suit)?  I guess you excuse him for those, too, because
> you're such a devoted Ranma fanboy, right?

	Your efforts never ceased to amaze me.  Everyone of these story you
haven't read, yet you cite them as if you know what is actually going
on.

	In the Secet Sauce story, he chose the best action he is capable of
that would hurt Ukyou as little as he hoped.

	In Ryouga's story, he was JOKING to bury Ryouga.  Ryouga himself didn't
even take it seriously.  He was mad because Ranma lied about what
happened between Akane and him.

	In Asuka the White Lily story, Ranma became Kodachi's friend because
Akane *asked* him to do it.  Akane was proud of him and believed that he
could beat whoever is the boyfriend of Asuka.  How is it his fault?

	In the dougi story, the reason is that Ranma's ego is better than
anyone else in the story and can't stand losing, even to Akane.  No, his
action are not necessarily excusable, but he received plenty of beating
from Akane, and Akane forgave him.  If Akane, the person who have a
right to hate him in that story, forgave him, I don't know why you need
to hold this against him.
 
> Pathetic. <snort>  And let off the caps.  They make you look like an idiot.

	No matter, because you already look like an idiot.


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