I think the flaw here is that you can't have a powerless 'heart' of the team... or they die quickly. That or everyone, non ubers, around them
dies off quickly. At least in the serious combat animes...
Also, Kasumi is a random sister who is more subtile that Nabiki, but not nearly as openly evil... but she did more to damage Ranma and Akane's starting
interactions than anyone else. Lets just say that foisting Akane off on Ranma, then insert the famous, 'a violent maniac, but a nice girl' line then
add in she set them up for an uncomfortable joint bath... in episode one. But we aren't dicusing Kasui specifically. Want an exercise is a single event
altering a series? Have Kasumi ot for the first day and see how that minor change alters the series. Make sure to watch the relivant episode/read the
relivant manga chapter(s) first.
The Heart of Ranma 1/2 is Ranma. The Heart of Naruto is Naruto. The Heart is the character that is the social linch pin or team... which brings up what is
the base plotline of the writing exercise that your writing. Without that we can't tell effectively how the charicters would interact with the
world/setting in which they interact... without the situation we don't know what they have to deal with... without knowing what they have to deal with, we
can't determine what filters their interaction are perseived through.
For instance... 2 or 3 charicters are missing limbs, Winry is going to be the Heart. Without her doing the limb replacement the story is completely different.
Just as a charicter with +900 bajillion ranks in diplomacy is still eaten by near mindless zombies during the zombie apocolypse, however during a peace treaty
those ranks are uber.
In other words, you can't pick a charicter for the heart, because they don't have a situation for them to be the heart of. Naruto isn't Naruto,
because of the nine tais specifically (making him of 'unclean' parentage and replacing the ninja and chakra things with a Westside Story setting and
dance fights), won't change who Naruto is as a person all that much. Its his ability to change peoples outlooks on life. Powers are a vehical for the
charicter to accomplish the character's goals... A charicter mostly defined by their powers needs to be smacked upside their head (emo is a power)... or be
an expendable monster of the week.
As it stands (here is 4 random people add a Heart to the team), I could make a hat full of settings... have people, all with the same exact understanding of
the characters involved, and writing temperament... and each setting and that new character will make as many different stories as there are different
settings. So yeah, your problem is that your channeling the underwear gnomes here and attempting to get profit without bothering with step two: the setting.
Deadpan... he said no Xander as his only qualifier.
dies off quickly. At least in the serious combat animes...
Also, Kasumi is a random sister who is more subtile that Nabiki, but not nearly as openly evil... but she did more to damage Ranma and Akane's starting
interactions than anyone else. Lets just say that foisting Akane off on Ranma, then insert the famous, 'a violent maniac, but a nice girl' line then
add in she set them up for an uncomfortable joint bath... in episode one. But we aren't dicusing Kasui specifically. Want an exercise is a single event
altering a series? Have Kasumi ot for the first day and see how that minor change alters the series. Make sure to watch the relivant episode/read the
relivant manga chapter(s) first.
The Heart of Ranma 1/2 is Ranma. The Heart of Naruto is Naruto. The Heart is the character that is the social linch pin or team... which brings up what is
the base plotline of the writing exercise that your writing. Without that we can't tell effectively how the charicters would interact with the
world/setting in which they interact... without the situation we don't know what they have to deal with... without knowing what they have to deal with, we
can't determine what filters their interaction are perseived through.
For instance... 2 or 3 charicters are missing limbs, Winry is going to be the Heart. Without her doing the limb replacement the story is completely different.
Just as a charicter with +900 bajillion ranks in diplomacy is still eaten by near mindless zombies during the zombie apocolypse, however during a peace treaty
those ranks are uber.
In other words, you can't pick a charicter for the heart, because they don't have a situation for them to be the heart of. Naruto isn't Naruto,
because of the nine tais specifically (making him of 'unclean' parentage and replacing the ninja and chakra things with a Westside Story setting and
dance fights), won't change who Naruto is as a person all that much. Its his ability to change peoples outlooks on life. Powers are a vehical for the
charicter to accomplish the character's goals... A charicter mostly defined by their powers needs to be smacked upside their head (emo is a power)... or be
an expendable monster of the week.
As it stands (here is 4 random people add a Heart to the team), I could make a hat full of settings... have people, all with the same exact understanding of
the characters involved, and writing temperament... and each setting and that new character will make as many different stories as there are different
settings. So yeah, your problem is that your channeling the underwear gnomes here and attempting to get profit without bothering with step two: the setting.
Deadpan... he said no Xander as his only qualifier.