> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 11:40:29 -0700
> From: "Becky Richards" <agluna@mailexcite.com>
> Subject: Shampoo-cat's color
>
> Jim Lazar:
>
> My opinion of Shampoo the cat? She's Siamese! Look at
> her! She's got magenta points (ears, feet, tail)! She
> just lacks a mask! She a Siamese, I tell you! Who ever
> started calling her "white"? Hardly!

Well, I know the cats not white now, but if we accept the fact that
Shamppo dyes her hair purple then purple dye on black hair makes the dark
purple/blue hair we see when she's human. Purple dye on a white cat gives
us a pink cat with purple highlights. The cat in the anime is definitly
pink with purple highlights. These are not normal colors for cats, of
course.

In the manga she's white on black, so it's hard to be sure from the
original work. I've seen colored versions by RT using various colors for
the cat on the covers, so it's hard to use that as a reference
(onna-Ranma's hair also goes through the spectrum on the covers). :)

The breed could be siamese, but my point (in my opinion) is that the
purple highlights and pink hair is most likely due to purple dye from
Shampoo's human hair on a normally white cat.

> <two men in white coats appear and grab an arm each>
> Hey! Where are you guys taking me? I'm just stating my
> opinion! HELP! I'M BEING OPRESSED!!!!!!

Don't worry, I'd be dragged away before you would :)
 

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     Later, Kasumi found her father cradling her mother in his arms. He
had run out of tears to shed long ago, but the expression on his face
told the story. Kasumi calmly slid the door closed and knelt down
facing her father and mother. Tears flowed from her eyes, but she just
waited until her father spoke.

     After several minutes of silence, Soun asked with a scratchy
voice, "Kasumi dear. Will you please say goodbye to your mother and
then go get Mr. Saotome?" He didn't look up at his daughter once.

     "Of course, Father," Kasumi said. She stood up, took one of her
mother's hands in her's, and said a soft, "Goodbye, Mother. I'll keep
my promise." Wiping the tears out of her eyes, she left to go find Mr.
Saotome.

Ranma-ototo: Please Save My Family - Part 2
3rd place, Aug 1998 Mini-Series, Best of Ranma Fanfiction Awards