This has now turned a bit more to the history section of fanon. I can say that Ranma 1/2 the anime was not a direct adaptation... It is an adaptation of a
manga that took in several pieces of fanfition the writers read and incorporated them into the anime. So its not manga > anime> fanfiction > American
adaptation, instead it goes Japanese Manga > Japanese manga fanfiction > Japanese manga > the weird a block of (foreign fanfiction, fantranslations)
> then the English translations of that anime/manga. The Japanese manga was written and the a fanfic was written and they lifted the Kuno family ninja,
Sasuke, is directly from the a fanfiction. Permission was gotten from the fanfic writer to incorporate the charicter into the anime. Great for Random Q.
Fanboy... one more level of adaption decay for Ranma 1/2.
I have to agree that Ranma 1/2 is a series where the anime and manga are alternate timelines. You can't reconsile to the two fully and shouldn't rally
try. Like Slayers Try with the written works... trying will cause Fanboys to declare war on each other. Some series, like Martian Successor Nadesico, people
deny the existance of the manga (people are baffled on how that good an anime came out of that bad a manga, from the little description I've heard of it
(people won't speak of it much)). Some, like Neon Genesis Evangelion, the manga was written after the anime (in that case because of the end of the series
never worked for fans... to the point a decade later they are still trying to resolve the ending in new movies). Yes, in rare cases, notablely the English
version of Those Who Hunt Elves, adaption decay can improve the series... but most don't.
This gets into what I was talking about with adaption decay and derivatives, each step losing some of the last step's qualities. In Ranma 1/2 the
qualities it loses are largely those of charicter developemnt. With each step from the manga a bit more is lost, though the better fanfiction brings it back.
Mousse goes from a guy, post series, that would be one of Ranma's best fiends/rivals... one who attacks Ranma saying that he knows this isn't
Ranma's fault, but he'll have to take him down to get Shampoo... to bad fanon Mousse, who attacks Ranma (usually) blindly screaming about Death and
Ranma being the enemy of all women. Mousse is the forgotten victim of the adaption decay. A character that gains spiffiness between Manga and bad fanon
fanfiction is Kasumi.
One of Ranma and Akane's larger obsticle in their relationship is that everyone is stalking them. If Ranma and Akane get a quiet moment its ruined
anywhere near their family members. Never mind the other suitors, Nabik, Soun, Genma, and Kasumi are always listening at the wall/door, usually with glasses
as sound amplifiers. Its not just the fathers that screw up their relationship. It's not just Nabiki screwing with them. Its Also Kasumi. Who is there
whenever this kind of thing happens... none of this magic, fight stopping, mind altering frown of doom thing from the fanon. Kasumi sits bad and gets front
row tickets. She may not actively screw up the relationship herself, much (like a certain episode one comment), but she doesn't stop it and happily
watches the show rather than stop it. Seriously, Ranma and Akane are trying for their first serious relationship... and if they even try to talk to each other
alone people come in scream and demanding it descend into lime teritory if not lemon... while the peanut gallery records it on video tape and photographs...
for later resale. Leave them alone and they're relationship actually advances... they both may not be ready for marrage, but in the manga canon, give them
a few years (they're 16-17 manga lets say 22-25 they'll be ready). Remember we are talking about mid to late teenagers here... its amazing how often
the bad fanon shippers manage to decide that if they aren't married by 18 they're relationship is doomed. Curious that a goodly large portion of the
bad fanon talks about how stupid Soun and Genma are for pushing them together and then get mad they aren't together... ignoring the extrememly badly
decayed one dimensional, berserker Akane thing.
Anyway, I agree that most manga are written larger by one person, any level of major other person gets a co-writer statis or a thank you in the dedication.
Other people help out, they have to sound it out against someone else for editing and coherence reasons, but its one persons work on the whole. If you
don't think that written work is mostly better with less people... look at the US Congress. The more people that get involved with writing a bill, the
more time a military spending bill ends up with farm subsities, Transportation infrastructure bills end up with a bail out for some energy company that
operates in a state on the otherside of country from where the rest of the bill is effecting, or something even more nonsensical happens....
You do realize we are talking about someone that oni won't possess, because he is so warped it does want to be in his head? Instead they go to California
together and play Godzila. Someone who was gotten completely plastered, tied up in chains, stuck in a barrel with dynamite in large ammounts of dynamite
around him, the dynamite was set off in a cave, the cave sealed with a large rock and spirit wards... and he was left alone in there for around a decade.
After which he got out and decided to go find and heir... now considering that... what exactly are they going to do to the old freak? The problem with Happi
is he doesn't die, goes where he wants and ignores minor things like law and other peoples wants. Short of sealing every girl in a dozen miles of Tokyo in
male cursed form... was are they going to do to him? Genma and Soun fear him for a reason...
manga that took in several pieces of fanfition the writers read and incorporated them into the anime. So its not manga > anime> fanfiction > American
adaptation, instead it goes Japanese Manga > Japanese manga fanfiction > Japanese manga > the weird a block of (foreign fanfiction, fantranslations)
> then the English translations of that anime/manga. The Japanese manga was written and the a fanfic was written and they lifted the Kuno family ninja,
Sasuke, is directly from the a fanfiction. Permission was gotten from the fanfic writer to incorporate the charicter into the anime. Great for Random Q.
Fanboy... one more level of adaption decay for Ranma 1/2.
I have to agree that Ranma 1/2 is a series where the anime and manga are alternate timelines. You can't reconsile to the two fully and shouldn't rally
try. Like Slayers Try with the written works... trying will cause Fanboys to declare war on each other. Some series, like Martian Successor Nadesico, people
deny the existance of the manga (people are baffled on how that good an anime came out of that bad a manga, from the little description I've heard of it
(people won't speak of it much)). Some, like Neon Genesis Evangelion, the manga was written after the anime (in that case because of the end of the series
never worked for fans... to the point a decade later they are still trying to resolve the ending in new movies). Yes, in rare cases, notablely the English
version of Those Who Hunt Elves, adaption decay can improve the series... but most don't.
This gets into what I was talking about with adaption decay and derivatives, each step losing some of the last step's qualities. In Ranma 1/2 the
qualities it loses are largely those of charicter developemnt. With each step from the manga a bit more is lost, though the better fanfiction brings it back.
Mousse goes from a guy, post series, that would be one of Ranma's best fiends/rivals... one who attacks Ranma saying that he knows this isn't
Ranma's fault, but he'll have to take him down to get Shampoo... to bad fanon Mousse, who attacks Ranma (usually) blindly screaming about Death and
Ranma being the enemy of all women. Mousse is the forgotten victim of the adaption decay. A character that gains spiffiness between Manga and bad fanon
fanfiction is Kasumi.
One of Ranma and Akane's larger obsticle in their relationship is that everyone is stalking them. If Ranma and Akane get a quiet moment its ruined
anywhere near their family members. Never mind the other suitors, Nabik, Soun, Genma, and Kasumi are always listening at the wall/door, usually with glasses
as sound amplifiers. Its not just the fathers that screw up their relationship. It's not just Nabiki screwing with them. Its Also Kasumi. Who is there
whenever this kind of thing happens... none of this magic, fight stopping, mind altering frown of doom thing from the fanon. Kasumi sits bad and gets front
row tickets. She may not actively screw up the relationship herself, much (like a certain episode one comment), but she doesn't stop it and happily
watches the show rather than stop it. Seriously, Ranma and Akane are trying for their first serious relationship... and if they even try to talk to each other
alone people come in scream and demanding it descend into lime teritory if not lemon... while the peanut gallery records it on video tape and photographs...
for later resale. Leave them alone and they're relationship actually advances... they both may not be ready for marrage, but in the manga canon, give them
a few years (they're 16-17 manga lets say 22-25 they'll be ready). Remember we are talking about mid to late teenagers here... its amazing how often
the bad fanon shippers manage to decide that if they aren't married by 18 they're relationship is doomed. Curious that a goodly large portion of the
bad fanon talks about how stupid Soun and Genma are for pushing them together and then get mad they aren't together... ignoring the extrememly badly
decayed one dimensional, berserker Akane thing.
Anyway, I agree that most manga are written larger by one person, any level of major other person gets a co-writer statis or a thank you in the dedication.
Other people help out, they have to sound it out against someone else for editing and coherence reasons, but its one persons work on the whole. If you
don't think that written work is mostly better with less people... look at the US Congress. The more people that get involved with writing a bill, the
more time a military spending bill ends up with farm subsities, Transportation infrastructure bills end up with a bail out for some energy company that
operates in a state on the otherside of country from where the rest of the bill is effecting, or something even more nonsensical happens....
Quote: If Genma would work with his son he could possibly drive off the old nuisance for good.
You do realize we are talking about someone that oni won't possess, because he is so warped it does want to be in his head? Instead they go to California
together and play Godzila. Someone who was gotten completely plastered, tied up in chains, stuck in a barrel with dynamite in large ammounts of dynamite
around him, the dynamite was set off in a cave, the cave sealed with a large rock and spirit wards... and he was left alone in there for around a decade.
After which he got out and decided to go find and heir... now considering that... what exactly are they going to do to the old freak? The problem with Happi
is he doesn't die, goes where he wants and ignores minor things like law and other peoples wants. Short of sealing every girl in a dozen miles of Tokyo in
male cursed form... was are they going to do to him? Genma and Soun fear him for a reason...