I love the seriousness of Ranma here. I really want to see how he'd react to Happousai. This is one of my fave works of yours, keep coming with the updates!

A very powerful story so far.
About constructive criticism, I'll go a bit into the plot: better have Nabiki learn something about Hittokiri Ranma before she really agrees to help him. He truly appears to be blast from the past: is he a XVII century Samurai who got kicked into the XX century, Ranma with a curse or perhaps something else?

About him trying to preserve the Kuno legacy, it might be a better idea if Nabiki came up with an idea that would keep him alive: contract a surrogate mother who could have either Tatewaki or Kodachi's child, freeze some additional eggs and sperm and, as soon as you have a heir, kill them all and raise the new generation to be a bastion of honour. After all, it wouldn't be so hard for Ranma to make Tetewaki sign some papers recognizing his own son (just covering them as some government papers in need for his signature), and the whole troop of the ninjas of Kuno would be cooperative.
But then, would Ranma agree to kill off the entire living clan, to then be alive for long enough to raise the next generation? Would he agree to be the lord over a troop of ninjas for the next eighteen years or so? Who knows, but I'm placing some bets that he will as soon as he meets Hawaii-Man.

This has good potential. Update soon.

ooh now demons, and I like it. Though of course once Ranma realizes that the Elder Kuno is also insane, well, his first plan may have to go out the window.

This is a wonderful story, I do hope to see more of it soon, and of course I say that without having read chapter two but I'll be on it in moments.

My, you make me want Ranma more than ever when you paint him like Kenshin. I've seen no evidence either way of a curse or not, though... hm...

Interesting take, Ranma with Red Hair?...haven't seen any mention of curse, although the tea house and warm sake should have triggered something if he were in female cursed form. Obviously modeled on Kenshin...but how did Ranma get red hair?...when a universe is fundementally altered from its original form, the new setting must be established and explained. Did this Ranma actually have a brother, with black hair, who practiced anything goes?...what happened to Genma, and when?...

I love the story but you MUST go in and establish a better "setting" and background, you placed this in the Ranma universe but changed a few too many things without explaining them and tried to jump directly into the story, it doesn't work that way, you need to tell the readers why, not just how, your Ranma Universe is different from canon.

Very very refreshing idea. I am loving it so far. Keep up the good work

Wow... this is absolutely exquisite, and a truly unique idea. I most eagerly look forward to reading more.

I can't tell you how happy I am to find out this fic isn't dead. I read this a while ago and like the idea. I've always liked Ranma/ Nabiki pairings. I also enjoy fic that feature heavy traditional japanese. Keep it up!

I'm wondering about Ranma. What's his history. Has he come from the past or spent time there? And who's this 'brother'? Well I hope to find out soon. If you able to keep the action going while giving some of Ranma's backstory that would be great.

I'd be slight tempted to go for Ranma's plan of saving the Kuno name but Nabiki might just come up with something better! Stranger things have happened!

Keep writing!

New and unique, thought it was going to be a Kenshin cross, but it seems different from that.

Looking forward to more.

Yep great

Nice, please continue

one of the most interesting stories I've read in a long time.
I would appreciate further updates :)

I like it. It's clever, and it shows a real understanding of the Japanese viewpoint of samurai, not the modern bastardisation of the same.

I sincerely hope that it won't be another four years before your next chapter, though.