Don:

>
>     The explosives used in Ranma 1/2 and most Anime are such that they
> actually aren't strong enough to blow off your body parts even though no
> matter how hard you train, your body is only as strong as the material it's
> made out of, and carbon-based flesh is simply not strong enough to withstand
> an explosion.

>
>     In real life, even if you somehow have Ranma's speed and power, you'll
> still get machine gunned to death pretty easily.  It's only in Ranma 1/2 and
> similar environments where you can have bullets bounce off people, and
> explosives somehow not strong enough to blow apart materials that should not
> be able to withstand it.
>

Still, there are techniques, which would allow Ranma & Co. to survive gunfire.
Take Cologne's Splitting Hairs (sp?) technique, for example. Bullets won't do
any damage if they can't hit you.

Oh, and Ryoga's skin is probably able to reflect at least regular bullets -
after all he survives the constant use of his Bakusai Tenketsu.

>
>     I suppose they'd make good assassins... though it seems like you're
> better off with the regular special forces, because it's easier to train
> someone so that they know how to use guns and whatnot, than whatever you're
> supposed to do to get someone of Ranma 1/2 power level.
>
> Don
> "Into the frigid darkness of the star, I spin my thread of prayers
> May it reach your distant sky"
> Kid, Radical Dreamers
>

Yeah, especially Mousse. Now that is prime assassin material  :)
He has more then enough tricks up his sleeve, and no one would suspect an
innocent looking duck until it's too late...

Corwin