First of all, my condolences on your loss, however late they might be.

Second of all, this is shaping up quite nicely. Whether a story is happy or sad, chars OOC or not, for me, it does not matter at all, as long as the story is good. And seeing as I am actually writing a review here, this story meets my requirements for a good story. What are my requirements, you ask? Proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. As well as a good plot.

That said, I wish you the best of luck with your future projects.

Megatyrant out.

I noticed a bunch of other "divergences", but since they are so integral to your plot, I'll just pretend that they are intentional AUness.

As for the "curses don't mix" divergence, that's not a divergence. Rumiko Takahashi herself has confirmed that Nannichuan would cure Ranma and, all things considered, that means the curses don't mix. I'm fairly certain that Taro mixed his original spring water with the octopus water in a bucket before dousing himself in order to get his "new and improved" curse.

So far everything other than how shampoo feels about ranma and duck boy are rather cannon even the way the springs works for taro only spilled a little octa water on his back where ranma would have completely bathed in the spring and as we know from the same arc finding out about taros new limbs in curse form we know that you can curse only a part of your body because happosai got a drop of twin water on a big bump on his head and then had 2 big bumps on his head

well there is also the blantently different part that akane died at jensudo and the springs did not flood but thats on purpose from what i gather

shampoo loves ranma thats is undeniable cannon fact at least at one point in the serries

Nice story so far. Keep up the good work.

Best,
~JohnnyG

This is really well written. Usually I prefer lighter stories so it surprised me that I am enjoying this so much. You've handled the emotions very well, they are powerful but not over the top. Good job. I hope writing this is helping you heal.

While I am enjoying this fic, I have one little thing I must point out. Actually it's a pet peeve of mine so bear with me.

You mention that they hiked from jusenkyou to the China coast in one day. I realize Ranma and company are excellent martial artists and all but really, to travel from the Bayankala mountain range to the coast, a trip over a thousand miles, in a single day by hiking? Not believable.

Other than that one little thing, keep it up and I'll keep reading.

Great chapter, and with this, I'm wondering how things will work out with a Ranma with an Akane curse now. The Kuno's, well, they deserved all they got from him, and I hoe that they are able to be put away for awhile. I also hope that with this new curse, that somehow, things will return to a sense of normalcy,however, I've a feeling that the Akane curse will be enven more trouble than before.

Very beautiful, I love what you added at the end, and sorry I didn't get the one you sent to me back to you sooner.

Well done, and looking forward to more.

Innortal

Very touching, and with a great amount of detail. Looking forward to what occurs next.

Innortal