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The Bad Cut; I live. Again.
Topic Started: Aug 1 2012, 03:53 PM (24,794 Views)
biigoh
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Doesn't matter what bashing, the story is still compelling and a reasonable!Kodachi is still cool. Especially since she has no male Ranma to latch on to with her obsession as a 'husband', but that there is a friend there.
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Amaretto
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It's a fun start. I'm partial to fics were you kick out a few pieces of the plot and see where everything else lands. Simply going around and parroting the length and breadth of cannon doesn't bring anything new or fun to the table.
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I hate rehashing canon personally. We've alread it, several times, so tell it differntly or change it up. Hild is probably the closest I'll come and even that was from a different POV/angle.
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T.L
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Whilst not being a Kodachi fan, I have enjoyed what has been posted so far.
A different take on a stale universe is refreshing. :thumbup:

pokes Ozz for an update for Causality.
Out of everything that you have on the go this is what I am hanging out for.
Thanks for the return.
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violetshadows
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Hate to say it, but even with context and stress to consider Ranma comes off a bit of a bitch at the start. It gets better as it goes, so I'd really need to see another chapter to get a better feel for the pacing, but as is Kodachi is actually a far more sympathetic and intriguing character then Ranma himself.
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deathgeonous
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Huh, it's like a 'For want of a nail' meets 'Ran-chan's fed up and not taking it anymore'. Still, I think it's worth attempting to continue it.
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Chikubi2.0
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This story is amazingly amazing. I'd definitely like to see it continued.
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axelrajr
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Congrats. Its very good.

I am curious as to where you will go with this. You have the benefit of a number of fixed events in the series, but this Ranma is probably going to deal far more decisively with the bulk of them.

While it probably means much shorter story arcs, several of them will probably be significantly changed.

The cat's tongue is the classic example. Even if Ranma gets the hair situation eased, the amount continuous time spent as a girl will probably leave lasting changes.

I hope that this fic formally joins the rest of your fics soon.
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axelrajr
Aug 12 2012, 04:44 PM
Congrats. Its very good.

I am curious as to where you will go with this. You have the benefit of a number of fixed events in the series, but this Ranma is probably going to deal far more decisively with the bulk of them.

While it probably means much shorter story arcs, several of them will probably be significantly changed.

The cat's tongue is the classic example. Even if Ranma gets the hair situation eased, the amount continuous time spent as a girl will probably leave lasting changes.

I hope that this fic formally joins the rest of your fics soon.
Being perfectly honest, I'm not sure. For example, the only reason the Cat Tongue arc even took place was for Cologne to convince Ranma to marry Shampoo. That particular series of events is blown all to hell, especially with the decisive defeat of Shampoo. You're absolutely correct that the fixed events will help things along, but so many of them revolve around some sort of Ranma/Akane relationship. You may have notice I've completely omited the Ice Skating challenge. No love lost between the pair, no P-Chan as a catalyst, no reason to even initiate the encounter with the Golden Pair.

I've got 26kw under my belt for this fic and only have a vague idea of an end destination. Right now its leaning toward Ranma/Kodachi bff. Beyond that and a few other zingers... Not rightly sure :p
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Sebazu
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It's been a while since i've read the manga so i dont remember, how long ago where Ranma and Ryoga going to the same school? because the way i remember it was a few years before the start of the series and if Ryoga went searching for Ranma to China at that point then by that logic Ranma and Genma where there for a few years.
Plus i dont think Ryoga could manage to find the right continent in less that 6 months.
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Thats good. I think way to many fanfic writers like to rehash the main plot of the story way too much.

I don't believe the time frame was ever really mentioned in any of the flash backs. Its also kind of hard to judge how old they were when they met since Takahashi made Ranma look the same age when he was in China eating the dragon whisker soup as when Genma taking the okonomiyaki while leaving Ukyo behind. That is if I remember the manga correctly.
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Ellf
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I do hope that at the least, Akane grows as a character in this fic.

While I like Akane, at the beginning of the manga she's..... well, not the greatest person when it comes to dealing with Ranma.

She's still a kind person, but damn her temper's bad. Of course, with how Ranma's feeling right now, that's not going to b ea good thing.

Either way, interesting read Ozz, and don't forget about your new section here on the forum.
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New stuff up on FFnet, for those who don't have alerts there.
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Kodachi Kuno didn’t believe in magic.

As the second child of a largely broken family, the aspiring gymnast could say with certainty that she had never seen anything that could properly termed as magic in her life, whether it be in the world around her or through her close associations.her domestic life was undoubtably a contributing factor. Her father had taken a mental break from reality. Her brother had insulated himself in a world of mideivle samurai. With the sanity around her being such a rare commodity, Kodachi likewise retreated into her own hobbies of gymnastics and horticulture. Living alone with more money than God hadn’t helped matters either.

The pessimist would say that any magic in Kodachi’s life had gone or fled, having been sucked away by the very circumstances around her, but magic apparently hadn’t given up the fight just yet. It was, for all intents and purposes standing before her in the form of a wet redhead girl wrapped in the white towel she had been loaned; dripping hair draped down to the small of her back. It was so hard to believe that Kodachi had insisted on seeing it twice; It being the magical transformation that turned her friend from a girl slightly shorter than her to a boy taller than her.

And then there was the hair.

It grew. Each time it grew and Ranma scrambled for the cold water to control it. Only when the redhead reappeared did her... his... hair cease lengthening. Kodachi shook her head as her friend explained the curse. An impossible trip. Chinese assassins. Two curses. Her friend was actually a boy.

“Please leave.” Kodachi Kuno blurted thoughtlessly, interrupting Ranma as she related something in her history concerning boy’s school and a bread feud. The redhead’s eyes widened, her head snapping back to bear fully on the black haired gymnast. Ranma’s mouth hung open with the last syllable that she had managed as the damning request hung between them. The magic. The curse. The story. It was too much, too fast and the Kuno sibling reiterated her request with averted eyes. “Please... Now. Aerial will show you out.”

Ranma seemed frozen in time until her mouth closed. Ranma’s gaze fell to the luxiourous cream carpet at her feet. “I... I’ll just get my clothes then.”

The disappointment in her voice was readily apparent, but Kodachi steeled herself; refusing the urge to comfort...

...Her friend?

Kodachi turned back. Ranma was gone.
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T.L
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Ohh,
That has certainly throw a spanner in the works.
Makes for good reading. Lets see how much colder and frustrated Ranma can get.
T.L
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