Colin:

>It lists it pronounced as "shamisen," though the 
>english translation is written both ways.

Hm. Perhaps it's a dialectical difference. Let's say 
both are correct. Eether, aither, you know?


Pat:

>I don't know if Mousse ever threatens to kill 
>Ranma, but if he does, then I'm sure he doesn't 
>mean that literally.  He wants to defeat Ranma to 
>prove to Shampoo that he is better for her, but 
>that's all.  The only person who ever really wants 
>to kill anybody is Shampoo, because of her amazon 
>laws.

Oh, yes, Mousse mentions killing with the same 
frequency as anyone else. And given that he is 
supposedly from the Amazon tribe as well, he 
probably means it as much as Shampoo does.


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