JS / Shogo / whatever:
>In the first movie, the one with
>Kirin, how did Ranma do the hiryu Shoten Ha without the whole hot aura,
>cold aura spiral.  It just looked like Ranma just fired a ki blast, and
>then, instant tornado.

Good point.  Maybe Ranma kept a cold aura, and it conflicted with Kirin's
panicky aura.  Kirin knew he was in some kind of danger, and since Ranma
actually figured out a way to punch him, his aura could've been hot enough.

Also, this is the anime.  There are tons of little discrepancies like this --
like the horizontal HSH in the Kurumi and Natsume OAV.  If you've seen Slayers -
sometimes Lina, or Amelia, or Zel will chant a spell, and sometimes they just
fire it off.  Why?  Beats the hell out of me.

~Kitiara
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