Pierre:
> You wouldn't believe the time I spend correcting and modifying the
> japanese flying around there... I used to include the corrections in the
C&C
> I send, but it seems it's only getting on one's nerves, so I have my own
> versions for the really annoying ones...

    Well, consider most of the time people use them to show off their
Japanese skills, I'm not too surprised.

> Akane scoring a clean mallet hit on Ranma is ONLY used for comic relief.
> Whenever it's serious, a hurt look or, at worst, a slap does the job very
> nicely.  (see Ryouga intro, among others)

    I think this is one part of Ranma 1/2 that it's very hard to actually
write about.  The fighting nature is very comedic in nature, but fanfics
aren't usually as comedic.  How do you seriously write about something
that's not meant to be taken seriously?

> You never fail to scare me, you know? I don't even *remember* Kelvena
> from Xenogears... Awesome game though.

    Well, if you play the Japanese version, you'd know her as Cherubina.
She's the girl whose eyes are perpetually closed, and pilots the  Dolphin
Mech (yeah it had some other name, Watersomething I believe).  She's of the
water attribute, supposedly the brains behind the Elements (not to be
confused with Tolone, who is super smart but doesn't seem to have any
decision making ability).

    The sketch of her wearing an apron, serving food, beginning a sentence
with "Ala, ala..." is really scary.

Don