Author's Note: I just ordered a CD off of E-Bay for $5 that has all the Ranma Mangas Vols. 1-38 in English! This should help me out a little with accuracy, at least to the Manga version (I may have said before, but I only have the first one on paperback). I'm also in the process of downloading the first seven, which seem to be the only ones available on KaZaA, so that'll be some stuff I can read at least until I get the CD in the mail.
Critique Corner:
Goku90504:
other than the the marry guys who win and kill girls who win the amazon laws are kept in the dark in cannon rnother than if mouse can beat ranma shampoo then has to marry mouse there is nothing beyond the first two laws in the cannon and that third one is mainly sugguested at not said stright out
Response: Well, having him try to convince Ranma to let him beat him would just be too easy. Ranma would do it in a flash probably to get Shampoo off his back, but I like the whole "training" idea better.
Christine:
Good job i really luv your story! Keep up the good work and i hope to read more chapters soon!
Response: I'm just going to have to accept that some people will just rave about my story, and some will simply have concerns about the characters. lol
At least so far no one's complaining about Chapter 8, that's a good sign.
So there you have it, a three chapter update and only two reviews on it. Well, I'm gonna update with one or two new chapters now, although I'm not in a particularly good mood right now…
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None, the chapter's not half bad, really.
June 1st, 2003: We should've known from the start our parents were just setting us up. Well, at least it helped me get some sleep. I'm not sure if I would've been able to if it weren't for what Soun and my old man were trying to pull. I'm scared half to death of thunder storms at night, but not during the day time, which is weird, I guess. I suppose that at night they're just a little scarier, enough to make me afraid of them as opposed to the daytime when I'm just fine. It's like one extreme to another, not at all during the day and as hell at night. I think it just came from all the trips I had with Pop, where we were very much exposed to the elements. During the day we were always traveling, but during the night, of course, we were sleeping, or trying to, anyway. My old man never was the kind of guy I could go to and say "the rainstorm's scaring me, I need some comfort!", as in definitely not the "crawl-into-bed-and-hold-onto-him" type of dad. My mom might have been that way, if she was ever with us. I guess it may have just been a lack of anything to make me feel safe when I was young and actually being out in it that carried over to the present. Now I have Akane, but I can quote her on saying she'd never do it again, plus the morning after wasn't exactly peaceful. She, by reflex, I guess…tossed me off the bed calling me a pervert before fully coming to her senses and remembering she's the one who asked me to sleep in her bed instead of on the coach. I probably should've picked the coach, but that would've been double the things preventing me from getting any sleep: The storm, the lack of blankets, and the fact that coaches weren't actually built for sleeping comfort. At least I'm rested, anyway, Akane apologized immediately after doing what she did, and Dr. Tofu was able to fix me up real quick and get me back in my guy form. The dance was alright, we apparently got voted as King and Queen by write-in, thanks to Nabiki's efforts. Ryouga was on a date with Ukyo, so that's good, Kasumi was with Kuno, and Kuno asked me to meet with him on the upcoming Saturday, for a "man to man" talk regarding Akane (oh, I can't wait for that!). The only bad part was that Shampoo was apparently using Mouse to make me jealous, and Akane was getting really pissed because of it. Still, we got to dance a lot and I don't know there might be something going on between us. Nah, I wouldn't call it love yet, just some kind of connection.
Dear Diary,
Apparently, Cats aren't the only thing Ranma's dreadfully afraid of. He's also afraid of thunderstorms, at night, anyway, and despite how much I think last night probably shouldn't have happened, it was probably for the best, all things considered. Just thinking about it, Ranma lying on a couch, in a place he's not used to sleeping in, and with a thunderstorm going on, he'd never get any sleep. The only question is: Why the hell am I suddenly caring for him so much?! The whole "I'm afraid of thunderstorms! Please hold me!" thing could've just been an act for all I knew! Why am I trusting this guy? Why am I trusting A GUY?! Okay…okay…I've gotta calm down…nothing happened, although it might've just been that he was too tired to pull anything. Then again, why the act if he couldn't pull anything? Maybe he was just being stupid…maybe I'm just overreacting. I AM OVERREACTING! Hell, I can't control the way I think about boys anymore…I have to remember that I'm giving Ranma a chance…he's giving me a chance too, we're giving each other a chance. Why should I think he'd even have any interest in doing anything like that, before this whole thing he gave every indication he didn't. That could change, since things are indeed changing for us, but I doubt that thing in particular would change so quickly. There was the dance, my memory's all screwed up, it was a wonderful evening, we had a good time, Ranma turned out to be a pretty good dancer and even taught me a couple moves. Why am I getting so suspicious about him all of the sudden-it just must be my nature, it seems to be getting the better of me right now, like Ranma's fear of thunderstorms, I have a fear of boys trying to take advantage of me, and I just can't seem to help it.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
That Night:
Akane couldn't sleep…another thunderstorm was happening.
'Dammit! Ranma's probably fine! He's been alone in his room through thunderstorms before! He can handle it!'
Why one half of her brain was saying that, the other half was saying:
'But Ranma's probably even worse now because he knows he could go to you, but also knows it's dangerous.'
'Damn right it's dangerous! We'll kill him if he does!'
'Killing is wrong, comforting him in this time of need is good!'
"STOP ARGUING CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!!"
'So is Ranma, but he won't be able to until you at least lay on the floor or something in his room so you can reassure him that everything's okay.'
With that, Akane, got up, almost ripping her door off the wall, and Ranma's when she came in.
"DAMMIT RANMA! WHY'D YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW YOU WERE AFRAID OF THESE THINGS! NOW I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP KNOWING THAT YOU'RE IN HERE CLUTCHING TIGHTLY ON YOUR BLANKET, TRYING TO MAKE THE DAMN THING GO AWAY! NOW I CAN'T SLEEP WITH THAT ON MY CONCIENCE!"
"A-Akane, pl-please leave, I don't w-want to go through th-this morning again…"
"YOU LOOK SO PATHETIC I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! NOW I'M GOING TO AT LEAST SLEEP IN HERE SO THAT I CAN BE SURE YOU'RE ALRIGHT! I'LL SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IF I HAVE TO!"
'NOW THAT'S THE SPIRIT!'
"SHUT THE HELL UP VOICE IN MY HEAD!"
'She's totally lost it!' Ranma observed.
"Yeah, just do that, okay, just please stop shouting, you're gonna wake…everyone up…"
Akane was already lying unconscious on the floor.
The only reason Ranma was able to sleep now was because his the whole ordeal was making his head hurt too much when he was awake.
Author's conclusion: Well, I think I vented a few of my own frustrations into this chapter. You wanted Akane to have mood swings, how about these ones, huh? Yeah, I went a little crazy, I might have to change some things for 2.0 here, but then again perhaps you guys liked this little journey into Akane's insanity. Just tell me in the reviews, okay?
Critique Corner:
Goku90504:
other than the the marry guys who win and kill girls who win the amazon laws are kept in the dark in cannon rnother than if mouse can beat ranma shampoo then has to marry mouse there is nothing beyond the first two laws in the cannon and that third one is mainly sugguested at not said stright out
Response: Well, having him try to convince Ranma to let him beat him would just be too easy. Ranma would do it in a flash probably to get Shampoo off his back, but I like the whole "training" idea better.
Christine:
Good job i really luv your story! Keep up the good work and i hope to read more chapters soon!
Response: I'm just going to have to accept that some people will just rave about my story, and some will simply have concerns about the characters. lol
At least so far no one's complaining about Chapter 8, that's a good sign.
So there you have it, a three chapter update and only two reviews on it. Well, I'm gonna update with one or two new chapters now, although I'm not in a particularly good mood right now…
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None, the chapter's not half bad, really.
June 1st, 2003: We should've known from the start our parents were just setting us up. Well, at least it helped me get some sleep. I'm not sure if I would've been able to if it weren't for what Soun and my old man were trying to pull. I'm scared half to death of thunder storms at night, but not during the day time, which is weird, I guess. I suppose that at night they're just a little scarier, enough to make me afraid of them as opposed to the daytime when I'm just fine. It's like one extreme to another, not at all during the day and as hell at night. I think it just came from all the trips I had with Pop, where we were very much exposed to the elements. During the day we were always traveling, but during the night, of course, we were sleeping, or trying to, anyway. My old man never was the kind of guy I could go to and say "the rainstorm's scaring me, I need some comfort!", as in definitely not the "crawl-into-bed-and-hold-onto-him" type of dad. My mom might have been that way, if she was ever with us. I guess it may have just been a lack of anything to make me feel safe when I was young and actually being out in it that carried over to the present. Now I have Akane, but I can quote her on saying she'd never do it again, plus the morning after wasn't exactly peaceful. She, by reflex, I guess…tossed me off the bed calling me a pervert before fully coming to her senses and remembering she's the one who asked me to sleep in her bed instead of on the coach. I probably should've picked the coach, but that would've been double the things preventing me from getting any sleep: The storm, the lack of blankets, and the fact that coaches weren't actually built for sleeping comfort. At least I'm rested, anyway, Akane apologized immediately after doing what she did, and Dr. Tofu was able to fix me up real quick and get me back in my guy form. The dance was alright, we apparently got voted as King and Queen by write-in, thanks to Nabiki's efforts. Ryouga was on a date with Ukyo, so that's good, Kasumi was with Kuno, and Kuno asked me to meet with him on the upcoming Saturday, for a "man to man" talk regarding Akane (oh, I can't wait for that!). The only bad part was that Shampoo was apparently using Mouse to make me jealous, and Akane was getting really pissed because of it. Still, we got to dance a lot and I don't know there might be something going on between us. Nah, I wouldn't call it love yet, just some kind of connection.
Dear Diary,
Apparently, Cats aren't the only thing Ranma's dreadfully afraid of. He's also afraid of thunderstorms, at night, anyway, and despite how much I think last night probably shouldn't have happened, it was probably for the best, all things considered. Just thinking about it, Ranma lying on a couch, in a place he's not used to sleeping in, and with a thunderstorm going on, he'd never get any sleep. The only question is: Why the hell am I suddenly caring for him so much?! The whole "I'm afraid of thunderstorms! Please hold me!" thing could've just been an act for all I knew! Why am I trusting this guy? Why am I trusting A GUY?! Okay…okay…I've gotta calm down…nothing happened, although it might've just been that he was too tired to pull anything. Then again, why the act if he couldn't pull anything? Maybe he was just being stupid…maybe I'm just overreacting. I AM OVERREACTING! Hell, I can't control the way I think about boys anymore…I have to remember that I'm giving Ranma a chance…he's giving me a chance too, we're giving each other a chance. Why should I think he'd even have any interest in doing anything like that, before this whole thing he gave every indication he didn't. That could change, since things are indeed changing for us, but I doubt that thing in particular would change so quickly. There was the dance, my memory's all screwed up, it was a wonderful evening, we had a good time, Ranma turned out to be a pretty good dancer and even taught me a couple moves. Why am I getting so suspicious about him all of the sudden-it just must be my nature, it seems to be getting the better of me right now, like Ranma's fear of thunderstorms, I have a fear of boys trying to take advantage of me, and I just can't seem to help it.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
That Night:
Akane couldn't sleep…another thunderstorm was happening.
'Dammit! Ranma's probably fine! He's been alone in his room through thunderstorms before! He can handle it!'
Why one half of her brain was saying that, the other half was saying:
'But Ranma's probably even worse now because he knows he could go to you, but also knows it's dangerous.'
'Damn right it's dangerous! We'll kill him if he does!'
'Killing is wrong, comforting him in this time of need is good!'
"STOP ARGUING CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!!"
'So is Ranma, but he won't be able to until you at least lay on the floor or something in his room so you can reassure him that everything's okay.'
With that, Akane, got up, almost ripping her door off the wall, and Ranma's when she came in.
"DAMMIT RANMA! WHY'D YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW YOU WERE AFRAID OF THESE THINGS! NOW I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP KNOWING THAT YOU'RE IN HERE CLUTCHING TIGHTLY ON YOUR BLANKET, TRYING TO MAKE THE DAMN THING GO AWAY! NOW I CAN'T SLEEP WITH THAT ON MY CONCIENCE!"
"A-Akane, pl-please leave, I don't w-want to go through th-this morning again…"
"YOU LOOK SO PATHETIC I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! NOW I'M GOING TO AT LEAST SLEEP IN HERE SO THAT I CAN BE SURE YOU'RE ALRIGHT! I'LL SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IF I HAVE TO!"
'NOW THAT'S THE SPIRIT!'
"SHUT THE HELL UP VOICE IN MY HEAD!"
'She's totally lost it!' Ranma observed.
"Yeah, just do that, okay, just please stop shouting, you're gonna wake…everyone up…"
Akane was already lying unconscious on the floor.
The only reason Ranma was able to sleep now was because his the whole ordeal was making his head hurt too much when he was awake.
Author's conclusion: Well, I think I vented a few of my own frustrations into this chapter. You wanted Akane to have mood swings, how about these ones, huh? Yeah, I went a little crazy, I might have to change some things for 2.0 here, but then again perhaps you guys liked this little journey into Akane's insanity. Just tell me in the reviews, okay?