Ranma ½ Is it any good

Drunken_Loli

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shioran toushin said:
changing a little the dinamic of the thread: at what level of Fail <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1041573/1/The_Return' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The Return</a> is? ecause i have heard/read that Sunshine is a fanwankey et al, but this story came up in a conversation, so anyone have braved this Temple's 'shit'?
Burn it in fire, toss the ashes in a black hole, then destroy it along with what galaxy its in. Ranma gets replaced by a damn OC with the same name right after the change :sick3: .
 
Croaker said:
That said if Ranma-chan succubus is your thing go for it.
this made it to my 'Not even if im being coerced by an Old One' list.
i'm not a fan of female/locked Ranma and personally Dislike Ranma-chan stories and absolutely LOATHE Ranko (most likely to become a cum dumpster/slut/woobie) stories.
because for me even if Ranma changes physical gender with the temperature of water he is still at least an asexual male or more likely an heterosexual male.
 

PCHeintz72

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I liked that story... Turbanator generally writes good fan fiction, but is slow to update.


EDIT: 2nd attempt at making this post... Invision seems to be having issues, I've been getting problems here and on BYTM for the last several hours, but only on these two sites.
 

EspyLacopa

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Lawra said:
shioran toushin said:
changing a little the dinamic of the thread: at what level of Fail <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1041573/1/The_Return' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The Return</a> is? ecause i have heard/read that Sunshine is a fanwankey et al, but this story came up in a conversation, so anyone have braved this Temple's 'shit'?
It gets pretty bad and I still think what he did to Kuno is just brutal and the entire situation around Nabiki showed that the super scary human organization is managed by retards. He also purposely writes it so that as many characters become sappy succubae as possible. Which I think is the real detriment to the story because all the plotting and side stories are reasonably interesting.

I've ended up poking fun at it a fair amount in my story Cliched Fantasy.
Everything in The Return is slowly turning into various eldritch abominations.

And since thats what they're supposed to be protecting humanity from. . .yea, the story is flying face first towards Bad End.
 

goldenarms

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Drunken_Loli said:
<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3388913/1/Ranma_and_The_Doctor' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Ranma and The Doctor</a> is it any good? I like Dr. Who, so I was surprised to find this fic today.
So far, it's all right.

Writing itself could use some fleshing out. The beginning is jarring with its choppy pacing and descriptions. I'd argue some characters are a little understaffed. Lockfic for the time being -- first place Ranma asks to go is someplace in time where they break curses. Not nearly bizarre enough, though sometimes, the characterization for David Tennant's iteration is good. He's just not manic enough for me here.

Oh, and they accidentally sucked up Kuno and Ryoga in the process.

As I said, it's all right. Nothing to indicate Ranma-chan the cum dumpster, but then again, I don't read those.

EDIT: Correction; I didn't notice the first time, but yeah, Ranma hasn't told the Doctor that he's really male, and just interrupted the curse-breaker when she was about to call him a guy instead of girl.

And again, we're dealing with David Tennant's iteration of the Doctor.

Yeah... red flag. I don't like where this is going, Jim...
 

Dumbledork

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If it's the one I'm thinking it is it's alright, except that Kuno and Ryoga get ridiculous power ups while Ranma got a sort of a power down... unless that one will be converted into a power up later on.
 

CatOnFire

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FlinFlon said:
Dreamingfox said:
PCHeintz72 said:
Tenmu said:
Drunken_Loli said:
X-Com/Ranma crossover
Holy shit, do want.
I did not care for this one way back when I attempted to read it, got a few chapters in, and had to stop.


For Ranma XCOM crossovers, I prefered '1 War - 3 Sisters' by A Brown aka Nighthawke, and the multi arc saga by Ar-Kaos.
Link please.
Check this post:

<a href='http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Fanfiction_Forum/index.php?showtopic=19268&view=findpost&p=1142777' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Fanfiction...dpost&p=1142777</a>
Better link: <a href='http://web.archive.org/web/20031217205138/members.shaw.ca/a.brown10/OneWarThreeSisters.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://web.archive.org/web/20031217205138/...reeSisters.html</a>
 

Drunken_Loli

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Started to read the fic and I'm pleasantly surprised to see a badass Kuno for once. Reading more atm.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
CatOnFire said:
FlinFlon said:
Dreamingfox said:
PCHeintz72 said:
Tenmu said:
Drunken_Loli said:
X-Com/Ranma crossover
Holy shit, do want.
I did not care for this one way back when I attempted to read it, got a few chapters in, and had to stop.


For Ranma XCOM crossovers, I prefered '1 War - 3 Sisters' by A Brown aka Nighthawke, and the multi arc saga by Ar-Kaos.
Link please.
Check this post:

<a href='http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Fanfiction_Forum/index.php?showtopic=19268&view=findpost&p=1142777' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Fanfiction...dpost&p=1142777</a>
Better link: <a href='http://web.archive.org/web/20031217205138/members.shaw.ca/a.brown10/OneWarThreeSisters.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://web.archive.org/web/20031217205138/...reeSisters.html</a>
Actually... that is missing stuff...

First off... that is missing chapter 16 and chapter 17

Second off, he started a rewrite of the prologue

Third, there is a sidestory by a different author... '1 War - 3 Sisters Phoenix' by Kevin D Hammel
 

CatOnFire

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Dreamingfox said:
Drunken_Loli said:
Sorry for the thread necro.

<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2314624/1/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The Road to Cydonia</a> its a X-Com/Ranma crossover is it worth the read? Its at 500,000+ words and I'm looking for something to read. There isn't a summary about the fic on the page, instead a summary on the current chapter.
I actually enjoyed reading this one. It's long, has good character growth and development.
<a href='http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=183450' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Reflections Lost</a> was just posted by Cap'n Chryssalid on Space Battles Creative Writing Forum.

It is a crossover between Cap'n Chryssalid's "The Road to Cydonia" and Lathis' "Teen Titans and the Lost Boy" and the sequel "Dark Titans". Neither of which I have read yet, but someone here might find it interesting.
 
Does anyone follow new <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6765488/1/Contrast_Match' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Contrast Match</a> by Shinokaze? How different is it from Weebee's work? Is it worth it to re-read?
 

MTing

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Fellow Sufferer said:
Does anyone follow new <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6765488/1/Contrast_Match' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Contrast Match</a> by Shinokaze? How different is it from Weebee's work? Is it worth it to re-read?
I think he's just tightening up the 49? chapters that weebee wrote. Then I think he's writing what happens after.
 

Drunken_Loli

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<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5565118/19/Ranma_King_of_Fighters' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Ranma King of Fighters</a>.
Ranma Saotome is about to find out the world of martial arts is bigger than he could ever imagine. But if he can persevere, he might just learn more about fighting and life than he ever imagined. Crossover with the King of Fighters. Chap. 19 is up!
Ranma - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 19 - Words: 149,239 - Reviews: 124 - Updated: 9-17-10 - Published: 12-7-09 - Ranma

Has anyone read this? Ranma/KoF crossover.
 

cgobyd

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Drunken_Loli said:
<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5565118/19/Ranma_King_of_Fighters' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Ranma King of Fighters</a>.
Ranma Saotome is about to find out the world of martial arts is bigger than he could ever imagine. But if he can persevere, he might just learn more about fighting and life than he ever imagined. Crossover with the King of Fighters. Chap. 19 is up!
Ranma - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 19 - Words: 149,239 - Reviews: 124 - Updated: 9-17-10 - Published: 12-7-09 - Ranma

Has anyone read this? Ranma/KoF crossover.
IIRC not good.
 

Dreamingfox

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cgobyd said:
Drunken_Loli said:
<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5565118/19/Ranma_King_of_Fighters' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Ranma King of Fighters</a>.
Ranma Saotome is about to find out the world of martial arts is bigger than he could ever imagine. But if he can persevere, he might just learn more about fighting and life than he ever imagined. Crossover with the King of Fighters. Chap. 19 is up!
Ranma - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 19 - Words: 149,239 - Reviews: 124 - Updated: 9-17-10 - Published: 12-7-09 - Ranma

Has anyone read this? Ranma/KoF crossover.
IIRC not good.
I started reading it... It's very straight forward and assumes that you know cannon for both series.

It needs more detail and depth, lacks any real impact, and is very straight to the point.

I'd say no. I couldn't get past the first half of the chapter.
 
I can't get past the initial premise, that Ranma cares about giving his school legitimacy. I honestly don't think he gives a tinker's damn about that.
 

Deathwings

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Depend of HOW he does it. Is he going on and on about "honor" and all that fanon bullshit or is he getting "legitimacy" through the age old art of beating up peoples until they're forced to admit that his style is superior to their ?
 

Tonyloco

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Deathwings said:
Depend of HOW he does it. Is he going on and on about "honor" and all that fanon bullshit or is he getting "legitimacy" through the age old art of beating up peoples until they're forced to admit that his style is superior to their ?
He wants to be the best martial artist, I never heard him say that he wants to prove that Anything goes is the best martial art ever.
 

Croaker

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Deathwings said:
Depend of HOW he does it. Is he going on and on about "honor" and all that fanon bullshit or is he getting "legitimacy" through the age old art of beating up peoples until they're forced to admit that his style is superior to their ?
So Ranma had that much planned out, but it was hardly comforting. The real question now was how he was going to define himself, and make his mark on the world. For all the pride he had in his power and skill as a fighter, Ranma had to admit he was an obscure teenager living on the good graces of the Tendo family in one of the most distant wards in Tokyo, known mostly for its cabbage and the anime production studios headquartered there. If Musabetsu Kakutou was going to thrive, it needed to become better exposed to society. Soun used to teach it, and he seemed to be a pretty good instructor, but after his wife died his spirit was broken, and his fighting skills began to disappear along with his students. Genma was still a formidable fighter, but he was useless as a teacher toward anyone besides Ranma. No, that was not quite the right way of putting it; rather it was fairer to say that Ranma was pretty much the only person on the planet who could survive Genma's teaching methods in relatively good shape, the magical curses and the pathological fear of cats notwithstanding. No parent was going to pay for their kids to be traumatized and screwed up the way Ranma had been by Genma. Then there was Happosai. Really, did anything else need to be said? Alright, Happosai was the founder of Musabetsu Kakutou and extremely powerful even in his old age, but he was a pervert and a criminal of the highest order.

No, Musabetsu Kakutou Ryu needed to be reintroduced into the world in a way that would wipe out any of the negative things associated with it. So getting back on point, just how was Ranma supposed to do that?
Third and fourth paragraphs. Apparently Anything Goes is populated by assholes, except Ranma who is magical sunshine and rainbows.

Although it's a legitimate point that it doesn't have any sane teachers.
 

ragnarok1337

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I get tired of any and all Ranma crossovers quickly. It just jugs me SO much how Ranma is the best there is at ANYTHING and can beat ANYONE without any trouble.

Powerful mages from Negima? Ranma curbstomps them all.

Sailor Moon? Ranma trounces all the Youma without effort and shows up everyone.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha? Apparently they're all filled with a bunch of incompetents.

DEMONS from Ah! My Goddess? He is able to manipulate demons and beat them in battle. Even Hild is easily trounced after a small training sequence. You know, the one nearly on par with the Almighty himself?

Dragonball Z, the KING of all shounen, whose protagonists are capable of blowing up the planet dozens of times over effortlessly? Apparently "superior technique" is capable of taking out threats that can make a planet go BOOM. And Ranma doesn't have all that better of a technique than the Z fighters in the first place.
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Yeah, Ranma is godmodded in all crossover fics starring him. It's like everyone else grasped the "loser ball" for no reason.
 

Deathwings

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...what ?

I don't think I can accurately remember the number of fics I've read where Ranma get his ass handed to him in crossovers. So really, what ? :huh:
 

ragnarok1337

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And he gets better after a small training sequence. And is then able to beat the crap out of the threat, or at least put up a good fight when by no circumstances he should do as well as he does. :headbanger:

Very few fics have Ranma not be some uber epic character who can beat everyone. Or at least, beat up so many of the stronger characters that it's only the truly unbeatable ones that he doesn't beat.
 

ar_ranma

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ragnarok1337 said:
And he gets better after a small training sequence.
So you're complaining about a fanfic using a staple of shounen, when it's starring the hero of a shounen series?
 

Lord Raa

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ar_ranma said:
ragnarok1337 said:
And he gets better after a small training sequence.
So you're complaining about a fanfic using a staple of shounen, when it's starring the hero of a shounen series?
Indeed.

Someone is visibly upset.

And that's terrible.

Not as terrible as the theft of forty cakes mind you, but still terrible.
 

Tonyloco

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ragnarok1337 said:
And he gets better after a small training sequence. And is then able to beat the crap out of the threat, or at least put up a good fight when by no circumstances he should do as well as he does. :headbanger:

Very few fics have Ranma not be some uber epic character who can beat everyone. Or at least, beat up so many of the stronger characters that it's only the truly unbeatable ones that he doesn't beat.
So, whats the point of said crossovers then ?

Most shouned crossovers are badly done because the power levels of the characters are really hard to balance.

They usually degenerate into my characters dick is bigger than your characters one, they put a lot of effort in showing how they favorite character can humiliate the cast of the other one since they are soo cool.

I have only seen very fed writters capabanle of pulling those in a good and interesting way, and lets not forget all those who love to stuck ranma as a female and then proceed to go Ranma chan over the rest of the crossover, so you complaints about his being overpowered in most crossovers is wrong IMHO at least half of them usually fuck him over worse.

Good crossovers are quite rare nowdays most of them are utter crap. :no:
 
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