This story simply blows me away. I wonder if this is what Icha Icha in Naruto is like. lol.

There are 'hot scenes' but the storyline is so nice...

I personally love your Tatewaki. Best portrayal I've ever read.

You are an inspiration. ;)

This story will always have a spot in my childhood. Wow. Such a classic. ;3

I so love this chapter.

Someone suggested this story to me a while back and I kind of spaced it. Now I'm SO glad I came back across the message and read it.

This story is funny, sexy, intense, and sweet. A real rollercoaster of emotion, in a very good way. It's very much worth the time to read. I love how Ranma learned not only to cope with but accept his girl form as part of himself through the story, and the old injury affecting his development makes SO much sense! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and I'll have to look at more of your work and find out what other great stuff is in there...

Keep bringing stuff like this to us please!
--Angie

great storry

I enjoyed this story a good deal. I thought it dealt with its subject matter in a serious fashion for some parts but also dealt with the fan-service aspects quite well too. I liked how you wrote Ranma's dealing with his sexuality, it was an interesting character and psychological study especially in regards to his curse. Interestingly, it seems like you wrote a much deeper story then you at first intended :P, but you did it very well.

The only problems I had with the story was the growing femininity that you had Ranma experiencing...You had at points him acting quite feminine but then quite suddenly threw him back to being entirely male except seemingly having a feminine sexual drive to other girls. That part was hard to come to terms with, I thought that at least you would have him come to accept both aspects of his curse, but this was pulled out in only the last few chapters and I find that disappointing. Regardless however it was a very interesting story, thanks for writing it :).

I never realized this story was archived on FFN. I'm glad it is, as it is one of the best Ranma stories out there. This is the "Ranma stuck as a girl" story by which all others are judged.

Chris, I hope you bring your site back some day. The Internet Archive does not do it justice.

Thanks for the great story!

Wow amazing story all the way through. I think one of the finer parts is that quite unlike a most of the other stories Ive read it doesn't spin into some crazy ** plot out of nowhere. I look forward to reading more by you.

Man, this is intense. As a person who prefers WAFF to tension, it's not my cup of tea.
I'm almost at the end, so I'll keep reading. Curious to see where it goes.
MIke

*Everyone knew that there was no such thing as magic.*

What about Kuno's oft-repeated cry of "foul sorcerer"? Never mind, its still a good fic.

Mike

*"Not letting you tease me," Ranma said. *

Now that's more like it! Well done, and in-character.
I'm glad I kept reading.
Mike

Okay, here you're starting to loose me. My instincts keep shouting "improbable, improbable, out-of-character..."

It's still well written, so I'm going to keep reading to see where this is going.

This is a very sad, moving episode. Your analysis of the principal's behavior sounds valid.

The earlier chapters also had the stamp of verisimilitude - it is easy to believe that things could have happend exactly that way. I'm not enough of a doctor to know how accurate your medical descriptions were, but they are believable.

It is common in fanfix to credit Ranma with accelerated healing by use of his ki. That trope was overlooked or omitted here - no loss.

Good work.
MIke

The plot is unique
the form standard fare
the tone good, but nothing particularly unique or potent
Characterization is unique, realistic, creative, and executed with a level of skill approaching professional level
Overall an excellent story that I'm suprised isn't as recognized as it is

Advice?
Work on your form, while there is nothing intrisically wrong with it, there is nothing that allows it to stand out, my best suggestion is to pick up a few novels from England's modernist period (Woolf and maybe Joyce) they should be decent reference sources for unusual narrative styles

While focusing on anything too much is usually a poor decision, next time you write an introverted piece with a such a broad cast, try to lend them a little more dimention, a little bit of contradiction in a persons character is a good thing, for while a caring Kasumi is quite enjoyable a unconsciously cruel one is more emotionally stimulating for the reason that we're likely to be mad at her without justification.

Also try to tighten up the plot, you write a lot per chapter, but most of it seems to be filler, that is to say that there is no true character development. Switching a characters perspective, or portraying someone in a new light, is a good way to add definition and length to a story without hyperaccelerating your plot line.

Yo! I know you won't read this review, but I want to write it and I will write it whether you want it or not. lol

First, I have a confession to make: I'm underage. Very underage. Way to underage if I was in USA, but just the right age to be havin' sex in Canada, where I happen to live right now. So this fic was for me like a slap in the face. Made me realize a lot of things 'bout myself. Specially the part about 'Kane. I identified myself with the situations. I'm going through something similar enough right now. 'Cept for the «You're a freak and I'll kill you» attitude. I actually LAUGHED when you said this wasn't supossed to be serious, 'cause this story made me cry. The part about 'Kane's outburst and kickin' Ranma out. Really hurt me. Don't ask why. But I was really moved by this story, OK? I just thought I'd let you know that.

Anyway, thanks for the story. It was one of the cutest, most tragic stories I've ever read. I'm glad you ignored all the comments 'cause your story was just perfect. I would've preffered if you didn't wrote an homophobic Akane, but you did what had to be done.

Congratulations.

Yo.

I read NewRanma a couple years ago, but I wasn't an author then, and didn't particularely understand how much a review can lift someone's day.

I reread the fic recently and recalled that I never threw my two cents in, so here they are. I hope they don't hit you when they land. :D

Firstly, I'm normally not a fan of explicit lemon content... and to tell the truth I skipped most of it in this story, reading 'around' it, as it were. I know that eliminatees about half the fic, :D, but what was left was still very good.

Authors who strive for perfect realism will often fail. Authors who are just going to tell a story that they like will occasionally blunder accross it through sheer accident, and this is what happened in your case. The Neurosurgery was ineed pretty sketchy, but hell, Ranma 1/2 depends on magic curses that shift someone's mass and proportions within seconds... who needs accuracy?

Some of the couples scared me, and the nurse accademy thing... Scary, but at the same time I was laughing my head off occasionally.

Anyways, I know I'm rambling, but I just wanted to say I quite liked this story... THX for posting it on FFN, as the Penultimate Ranma Fanfic Index link, where I originally read it, is now busted.