Ranma ½ Is it any good
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so I read the sequel one, Magical Girl Ranko vs. Z Fighter Ryoga.
Eh.
The early portion is pretty good, with the Ranma bits being especially awesome.
Then the middle to late part of the story really drags out. Ranko vs. Ryoga is an epic battle, but the battle after that could've concluded about 15,000 words earlier, which killed the story for me after that point.
The ending is sheer genius though and fanfiction!troll!Kasumi would be pleased.
Eh.
The early portion is pretty good, with the Ranma bits being especially awesome.
Then the middle to late part of the story really drags out. Ranko vs. Ryoga is an epic battle, but the battle after that could've concluded about 15,000 words earlier, which killed the story for me after that point.
The ending is sheer genius though and fanfiction!troll!Kasumi would be pleased.
If that is the one that was on the addventure, then it's basically a Ranma-chan/Kuno lemon.
Basically, the Kunos are filthy rich, and somehow have a contract to get a Tendo girl as a sex slave. Cue them getting Ranma to agree to go instead of Akane. Ranma is setting up a plot to destroy the Kunos but somehow ends up falling in love with him after much sex.
Could be different though, but I doubt it.
Basically, the Kunos are filthy rich, and somehow have a contract to get a Tendo girl as a sex slave. Cue them getting Ranma to agree to go instead of Akane. Ranma is setting up a plot to destroy the Kunos but somehow ends up falling in love with him after much sex.
Could be different though, but I doubt it.
It's nice to know the basic outline. But is it any good? You can make a decent fic out of pretty much anything, in my experience, so what I'm interested in is execution.
After all, you can sum up "Seven Village Stomp" as "Ranma and Genma getting lost and running into ninja", and would it do that great fic any justice?
After all, you can sum up "Seven Village Stomp" as "Ranma and Genma getting lost and running into ninja", and would it do that great fic any justice?
After looking at the first oage and seeing Ranma become super strong and getting wished back in the first paragraph. I.e. the summary is what should be the first chapter or two, but is just the summary.
And then seeing Ranma hit on Galaxia Pharaoh 99 who looks like she now tsundere for Ranma or something.
I'm going to say no. This story is a piece of shit.
And then seeing Ranma hit on Galaxia Pharaoh 99 who looks like she now tsundere for Ranma or something.
I'm going to say no. This story is a piece of shit.
I think 'Mahou Gakusei Ranma' is okay. I especially like the fact that a younger Ranma who has been without Genma's guidance for 4 years does not immediately pwn everyone, which we see when he gets beaten pretty easily by Eva at full power.
And I agree with Lawra on 'Ranma from Hell'. It's just as crappy as all of his other fics.
And I agree with Lawra on 'Ranma from Hell'. It's just as crappy as all of his other fics.
Mahou Gakusei Ranma is basically one of the new versions of Magic Within by Ryoga's best friend, along with Mahoranma and Lux Aeterna. The main difference being that Ranma sticks much closer to his manga characterization than the other two fics. The author seems to do a pretty good job with keeping ppl in character and having them grow slowly. And he's pretty good with pacing too.
So if you like any of the 3 other fics I mentioned there's a high chance you'll like this.
I'm afraid I already know the answer to this, but here we go. At least as a warning before it hits restricted forum status.
Gods and Devils and Wild Horses, Oh My by Vimesenthusiast.
Is it as bad as I think it's going to be, or is it worse? I expect it to be pretty bad, considering the author bitched about the crossover series in a different fic of his. So his crossing over his version of Ranma doesn't make sense already.
Gods and Devils and Wild Horses, Oh My by Vimesenthusiast.
Is it as bad as I think it's going to be, or is it worse? I expect it to be pretty bad, considering the author bitched about the crossover series in a different fic of his. So his crossing over his version of Ranma doesn't make sense already.
He's a good technical writer, but he has an obsession with harems that unfortunately a lot of writers have these days. I blame the shift in harem animes protagonists being indecisive about relationships to being full on harem hunters.
Edit: Hm. I just read it, and I have mixed feelings on it. On the one hand, how he writes Ranma and Asia is something new and original and something I've yet to see in a dxd story. There's also the token listed Rias pairing, which I can see several ways the story could go progress to make that happen.
On the other hand, he randomly threw in Saeko from High School of the Dead and the other person in his listed pairing is fucking Gabriel. If you aren't familiar with how DxD works, angels 'fall' by lusting after humans, and the only mentioned way for them to even be intimate with a person involves a lengthy ritual that would need to be performed pre sex each time (like multiple hours) and there could be no possessive feelings whatsoever between the two angels screwin- I say angel there, because it's pretty much impossible for a human to love someone and not feel any sort of possessive feeling over them.
The story has potential, but he needs to write out Saeko, and he needs to replot out how Gabriel is involved, if at all. Otherwise, having Saffron be a member of the Phenex clan who Ranma has just defeated is workable. Then because reasons (dumb ones here, heading off elsewhere to find a cure cuz akane is being bitchy for no real reason) he meets Asia and ends up rescuing her from the Fallen Angels after her right after she gets excommunicated and brings her back to Japan after 'adopting' her as his little sister/guarding her from the angels is something I haven't seen before, and I can easily see how this could lead him right smack into the Kuoh peerage groups.
Given his past history though, chances are he won't change his bizarre harem matchup and the story will suffer severely because of it.
Edit: Hm. I just read it, and I have mixed feelings on it. On the one hand, how he writes Ranma and Asia is something new and original and something I've yet to see in a dxd story. There's also the token listed Rias pairing, which I can see several ways the story could go progress to make that happen.
On the other hand, he randomly threw in Saeko from High School of the Dead and the other person in his listed pairing is fucking Gabriel. If you aren't familiar with how DxD works, angels 'fall' by lusting after humans, and the only mentioned way for them to even be intimate with a person involves a lengthy ritual that would need to be performed pre sex each time (like multiple hours) and there could be no possessive feelings whatsoever between the two angels screwin- I say angel there, because it's pretty much impossible for a human to love someone and not feel any sort of possessive feeling over them.
The story has potential, but he needs to write out Saeko, and he needs to replot out how Gabriel is involved, if at all. Otherwise, having Saffron be a member of the Phenex clan who Ranma has just defeated is workable. Then because reasons (dumb ones here, heading off elsewhere to find a cure cuz akane is being bitchy for no real reason) he meets Asia and ends up rescuing her from the Fallen Angels after her right after she gets excommunicated and brings her back to Japan after 'adopting' her as his little sister/guarding her from the angels is something I haven't seen before, and I can easily see how this could lead him right smack into the Kuoh peerage groups.
Given his past history though, chances are he won't change his bizarre harem matchup and the story will suffer severely because of it.
No, that's not it. He has more of an obsession with making his protagonist a badass for the sake of being a badass. It turns out to be more of a sadist crossed over with a nympho in most cases. I already have issues with the "x for x's sake" brand of character or story creation. They turn into a mess more often than not.
I knew from a note he had in one of the "Horse of the Dead" chapters that he openly despised High School DxD, and the hero of that series in particular. So the idea of him mixing Ranma with it immediately sent up red flags. Bad enough that the average fic in that fandom either outright replaces Issei or drastically alters him to remove what made him unique and fun. And bad enough that the average crossover fic tends to replace characters outright with another series' protagonist/side character. But we're looking at a writer who will likely use both ideas to horrible effect.
I knew from a note he had in one of the "Horse of the Dead" chapters that he openly despised High School DxD, and the hero of that series in particular. So the idea of him mixing Ranma with it immediately sent up red flags. Bad enough that the average fic in that fandom either outright replaces Issei or drastically alters him to remove what made him unique and fun. And bad enough that the average crossover fic tends to replace characters outright with another series' protagonist/side character. But we're looking at a writer who will likely use both ideas to horrible effect.