Arnold:
>Different enough, I'd think.  How long does it take someone to realize they 
>like someone else?  How much exposure?  
 Depends on the person.. I'd say it would, regardless of circumstances,
take Ranma at least a week, due to his already-considerable
psychological trauma.. (Hell, he was dragged all over as a kid,
he turns into a girl, gender/identity crisis!) Akane, harder
to judge.. (Fairly, anyway) Anywhere from a few (3-4) days to a week or two.
It depends on how deeply Kuno's crap has scarred her.. And how much
trauma the two inflict on each other in the beginning, as well.

>Yeah, Hotnit could write whatever he wants since he's the author, 
>but does that in any way make what he writes a realistic vision of what 
>would have happened in the manga?  Especially in a manga where 
>Takahashi says characters kind of took things in their own direction?
 It could go either way.. It all depends on how the writer interprets
the characters, interprets the depth of their situation, and how
insane they are at the time they write it.. Delusions of grandeur
can help.. :p

>B'sides, it's not like our active presence on the ML is _that_ big, is it?
 A small community of ya, very vocal when the need arises..
It's like that for most factions around here.

-- Yoru-Hikage
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