Wiz says:

> I was talking about Kenpo. It is an eactual martial art as 
> compared to the sword art of Kendo. I am not very familiar 
> with either of the Kenpo styles of the Japanese or chinese, 
> but considering the martial arts of the two countries I would

> assume the Chinese kenpo would be more fluid and perhaps 
> more acrobatic (like that hiroshen-ken person was saying) 
> compared tto the japanese style which would probably be more 
> like karate with the force on force belief. Im sure you can 
> find some sites online that tell you about it. 
> 
> Now if you are talking about Kendo, then I have no idea 
> because its just a sword art, not a martial art.

Odd... I know many kendo-ka in Japan who would take grave
offense at that remark....

Any form of weapon study (hands and feed _are_ weapons) can be
termed a martial art.  Sword study is just as much a martial
art as is any of the open-hand arts.  It is only the weapon
involved that changes.


Doc. Facer asks:

> Have you ever wondered (considering the huge amount of people
> who support the 
> Ryoga and Ukyo pairing) how many fans reacted when Akari and
> later Konatsu 
> entered the series? 

Well, I can speak of my own personal experiences... I got into
Ranma not aware of Akari and Konatsu, and indeed, only found
out about them after I had already formed some preconcieved
notions about Takahashi's pairings.... in that Ryouga and
Ukyou, since they were the only ones without pairs, should be a
couple.

Then came out Akari and Konatsu, and my cheerily held beliefs
went to pot.

I wasn't happy.  I didn't really speak out against them then,
and still do not, simply because, well, I'm not the author and
the author can do whatever they damn well please with the
characters.  I _do_ think that both are simply cop-out
characters, introduced because Takahashi was thinking of the
end, and saw loose ends that needed some sort of resolution. 
So no, I'm not now and never have been overly fond of the two
of them.

Of course, people can go on and on about how wrong Ryouga and
Ukyou are together, and to be honest, I have to agree with
them.  However, I still remember thinking back when I was first
into the series that you know, these two lonely hearts deserve
each other.... 

But that's just my thoughts.  That and two bits won't get you
squat in today's economy....




>  
> 
> I have to admit that Akari is a nice character, but somehow;
> I can't picture 
> her with Ryoga; Must be all the anime I watched before I
> decided to read all 
> the manga, though.
>  
> 
> Same goes with Konatsu, he's nice, and his crazy antics made
> me laugh when I 
> read some of the stories he appears in; But somehow; I can't
> picture him with 
> Ukyo that easily; Once again, the anime is to blame. 
>  
> 
> I think it's just because they were introduced too late in
> the series; but I 
> would like to see if some of the vets around here who was
> around by the time 
> Ranma was at its peak have something to say; like reactions
> of the different 
> factions that were devoted to Ryoga or Ukyo.
>  
> 
> Facer.
> 
> Who has nothing much to do right now.
> 
> 
> 
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