Quote: Acyl wrote:
I'm curious - how many people have actually read the Ranma 1/2
manga? I certain't haven't. I've watched some of the anime - it was on cable a while back. I'd argue you'd need to be a really big
fan to track the manga down...beg, borrow, or purchase it. Most of the people reading (and writing) Ranma fanfiction probably haven't.
Can you blame folks for that?
I won't blame anybody for not reading the manga if their only goal is to read fanfiction. Go for it.
I won't even blame someone for only watching the anime if their goal is to write fanfiction, based on the anime. So long as they don't
start including manga only elements as if the continuties match in the slightest (this especially includes the wedding scenario and pheonix mountain).
I will blame people for not reading the whole manga if they plan on writing fanfictioin based on the manga. It's like writing a civil war novel based soley
off having watched Gone With The Wind and Glory. You are bound to get things incorrect and incomplete. Do your goddamn research. If you base
things off the anime watch the entire anime as well.
I managed to read all of Ranma 1/2 before it had all been officially released. This was by purchasing untranslated tankouban and using translations on the
internet. It wasn't that hard to do. And frankly, if you consider shelling out cash to purchase the Ranma 1/2 manga too much of an expense perhaps you
don't like Ranma 1/2 and thus shouldn't be writing fanfiction for it.
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