I like stories where Ranma stiffs the canon crew. None of them are truely honorable and all deserve to suffer. I don't think it takes a village to raise a child but if said village does not stop someone from abusing a child then the village is guilty. No one in Nerima ever helped Ranma, not long term anyway. Someone should have put the police on Genma at least! A sniper rifle with animal tranquilizers would take him down. So yes I like this story. Thanks.

I think the previous reviews made valid points about how PHG's views are rather warped. But she is a warped and incomplete person (having sprung from the demise of Ranma Saotome like Athena from Zeus, fully formed in body perhaps, but hardly mature or healthy or stable in mind), so they rather should be. I find nothing that bends my suspension of disbelief overmuch in this fanfic. (Whereas in other fanfics your portrayal of Nodoka, Ranma, and Akane occasionally do break it for me)

I urge you to take their words as they are- a criticism of a viewpoint and not of your fanfic, which bears no blemish.

...interesting. I found a link to this story on a message board, claiming it was good. I have to disagree with him. Sure, it's well written, but that doesn't forgive the annoyingly cliche and simply wrong characterization. This is just another 'Ranma is a saint while everyone else in the cast is an evil bastard' story. They're a dime a dozen, and they are all disgustingly off the mark.

You've taken the worst qualities of every character, blown them completely out of proportion and misinterpreted the reasons behind the actions. This is written from the point of view of an angry curse, so I'm sure that's just her take on things, and it is reasonable for someone to actually have this outlook despite how incorrect it is. However, having the entire cast killed/tortured/done away with by an angry curse with a misinformed outlook just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

In conclusion: Excellently written, terribly characterized.

Compelling, but oh-so-onesided. Not to mention that, in the manga at least, Akane mellowed out, not worsened, as the series progressed, at least in regards to "blame Ranma syndrome".

In the Hinako story arc, immediately after Herb, when Ranma was taking Hinako on what looked an awful lot like a date in an attempt to get her aura-draining technique, Akane dismissed the paranoia of her classmates and Ukyo that he was after her romantically ("you've got to be kidding"), and was the ONLY fiancee NOT to attack Hinako after the date.

She didn't blow up until she walked in on him bending Hinako over a desk, with his hand cupping Hinako's breast, yelling, "Give it up!". Ranma's intentions were innocent, of course, but Akane blowing her stack at that point is hardly what I'd call "insanely jealous".

Dude, this is absolutely wicked. How come you didn't do anything to Cologne? Oh well, this is awesome.

On one side, I like Kasumi's character. I won't bother explaining it. However, I CAN explain why I don't like it, her ignorance and her choice to be opblivious is just plain annoying at times.

So Ranko decides to take revenge and kill everyone. Man, that is maximum destruction.

I have a question-is this Ranko a split personality created by Ranma's hellish childhood? Abuse/trauma tends to lead towards split personalties...This Ranma reminds me of Ranma in some of my stories...I like to sometimes create a Ranma, distrubingly similar to this Ranma, only less homicidal...

Wow. Certainly brings a different prespective on Ranma 1/2 rather than the usual lighthearted tone that usually comes with it. But very good and introspective nontheless. Wish I could think up something like that.

Genius. Pure *ing genius. Favorited.

That was so awesome. I loved the way you used only dialogue to tell the whole story. The only thing I don't like is how easy everyone got off. Nabiki only being 'offed'? I was hoping she got what she was forcing Ranma to do, 'whoring' him off remember? I liked the Mousse and Shampoo thing, though what happened to Mousse after that? What about Cologne? Still, I really liked the fic.

Awesome.
Keep writing.

brightest tool in the shed. yeah, you mean sharpest tool, right? not that i care, but it sounds kinda funny donit? brightest tool?, you might wanna fix that. its towards the lower half of the story.

an excellent character study, I'm highly impressed by your methodology and stuff :P
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You made me cry, and I'm a guy for crying out loud!
So sad and so good.

Well this is a well written if very dark fic. I don't think that you're exactly fair with everyone. While your descriptions were truthful they remove almost entirely Ramna's blame in the situations. While Shampoo and several of the others were thrust upon Ramna he did push a lot of buttons. And to be fair he didn't just say he was prettier when he first met Akane, his tone suggested an insult. You kind of paint Ranma as saintlike in this situation when he never hesitated to insult or gaod others into a fight for fun. While I agree Ramna gets a raw deal he is somewhat responsible for his situation. Still this is a well written story with excellent imagery. This almost turned me against every character in the series and that is hard to do. Though I think you should lighten up a little in your portrayal, I mean this is a comedy and they are just kids, it doesn't need to be that serious.

One twisted, well thought out story. I appreciate the (under-used) perspective.