> anyone other than me heard of the secret sauce series...where ukyo looses
her spirit? supposedly coming out in 2001...she moves in with the tendo's
and closes down the shop and everything...and gives kasumi a run for her
money when it comes to cooking...

    Yes I've heard of it, and although it's not bad, it's not one of the
best either.  I suppose they have to have some stories where Ukyou plays a
major role in it.  Then again, it's not like all the Akane & Ranma story
arcs are always that good, either.

    I think it's supposed to come out after whenever Viz is done with their
current story arc, the one with Nabiki becoming Ranma's fiancee.  If memory
serves correct secret sauce comes after that story arc, or at least it's
very close to it.

Don, who finds getting Flare Stared 4 times in one round to be rather cheap
in FF9.