Ranma ½ Night Shift 6

Lawra

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#1
Sitting near the bottom of the steps leading up to the second floor, Sailor Pluto idly drummed her fingers along the Time Keys shaft. Of course she had noticed that Ranma had vanished from their discussion on how to deal with a monster knowing his identity. This wasn’t the first time that one of them had been directly targeted by an enemy. With all they had been through, plans were now in place on how to handle the risk to their teammate once their identity became known.



She and Hotaru were already going to be moving nearby. Haruka and Michiru were likely planning to join them and with Chibi-Usa living with the Tendos, that put six Senshi in a very small area. It wasn’t a sure thing, but that should be an immensely good start in providing coverage against any monster attacks. The Guardian Senshi would have a more difficult time since they lived farther apart, so until this was cleared up they would be pairing up to watch each others back.


Out of the corner of her eye, Pluto noticed the youngest Tendo approaching her, and immediately sat up straighter upon seeing how apprehensive the girl was. Memories of her solitary vigil protecting the time gates always came back when interacting with non-Senshi by herself. Her fingers tightened against the Garnet Rod for only an instant in preparation to eliminate the intruder before relaxing.


‘Old habits? I must be more stressed than I realized.’ She softly chuckled to herself and delicately laid the Garnet Rod on the steps.


“Excuse me-- Sailor Pluto-san.” Akane hesitantly started while wringing her hands nervously and clearly eyeing the staff at her side with trepidation. “But did Ranma come this way?”


“He should be down soon.” She scooted herself over to the side and patted the step. “Sit with me.”


Akane complied with her suggestion so quickly that the step gave off an audible creak. Sitting with her knees pressed tightly together and her hands clasped together on them, the girl practically bouncing with nervous energy.


“I’m sorry about your friend.” She said with genuine sadness for the loss. They currently lacked the ability to take an active approach to dealing with the monsters, indirectly allowing people to be killed, and now worse yet, be twisted into a monster themselves.


“Why? Ranma will find a cure like he always does and Ryoga will be fine. Then everything will go back to normal.” Akane spoke with complete certainty and with a curt nod of her head.


‘I suppose if she has to be in denial, she’s at least expecting a miracle from one of the few people capable of creating one.’ She smiled weakly in response to such a firm declaration. “I know Ranma would appreciate it immensely if you told him that you believed in him so much.”


“Him? He’d do it just to spite me because Ryoga has always been nicer to me than him.” The short haired girl grumbled before pausing. “How is it you know him so well?” Akane asked, her voice practically dripping with jealous suspicion.


“I’ve known no one longer.” She answered enigmatically, not feeling the least bit sorry if Akane felt slighted over sharing a history with her fellow Senshi.


“Puu! Stop it! You’re making me feel so old!” Ranma protested dramatically as he slid down the railing to land gracefully at the base of the steps.


She stared at her fellow Senshi in annoyance. “You’re so childish in this incarnation. Have you taken too many blows to the head?” She asked, her voice full of sarcasm.


“Well now that you mention it, ever since I came to Nerima, I’ve had to deal with this angry tomboy with the temper of a rabid gorilla.”


“Ranma!” Akane screeched and immediately began to chase Ranma back into the home.


Setsuna smirked, watching as Ranma manipulated Akane into chasing him. ‘Guess his chat with Chibi-Usa didn’t go so well.’ She reasoned and slowly rose up from her sitting position to follow at a more leisurely pace.


zx

The Next Morning

Genma stood with his hands on his hips surveying the living room and picking up on the subdued atmosphere of his wife and Kasumi. Chibi-Usagi looked the least happy and was quietly crushing the kitten, Diana in her arms. Akane seemed to be in a better mood while Nabiki seemed quite composed and happy with herself. Soun was similarly confused by the tonal shift caused by whatever had happened while they were gone last night.

“Wife, have you seen the boy?” He asked, having noticed the distinct lack of his only child’s presence. As much fun as it was to be training his niece, he had to make sure Ranma wasn’t slacking off in his absence. Even though he did hope his son had been lazy so he could put him in his place without resorting to the Hell’s Cradle Technique.

Nodoka stopped reading a thick leather bound novel to quickly check the time before answering. “He’s-- out. Said that he had to-- do something last night. But that he would be back for breakfast.”

“Hmm-- breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” He nodded to himself and quickly took his usual position at the table to await his child. Of course if Ranma missed out then it would be an important lesson not to stay out all night. ‘I’m such a wise and caring teacher.’


“So what were you ladies up to last night?” Soun asked casually as he picked up his chopsticks. “Seems like you had some visitors over.” The mustached man added, both of them having noticed the extra plates, and glasses that had been left out when they had returned.


“It was a surprise get together we threw at the last minute.” Akane quickly supplied an answer.


“For what?” Soun asked his youngest daughter.


“No reason, just some of Ranma’s old girlfriends showing up.”  Nabiki answered with a big toothy grin that was cut off by Akane giving her an elbow in the side.


“What she meant to say--.” Nodoka broke in. “Is that several of Ranma’s friends, who happen to be girls, were here for a little party.” She explained with authority.


Genma gave his wife a sideways glance while Soun seemed to accept her explanation. Prior to being asked to leave yesterday and enjoy themselves, he had picked up that something was happening with his son. Why were they all trying to hide this? And why did they think he wouldn’t find out what was going on?


“The boy knows girls who are just friends?” He asked as he sat down in his usual spot. “I didn’t think that was possible. He’s so manly after all!” He loudly laughed, hoping that his wife would agree.


“I’m sure there are plenty of things that you don’t know.” Nodoka cuttingly answered and he immediately shut up, realizing that she was still upset about his mistaken suggestion that she was unfaithful.


“Yes-- well-- this looks like a wonderful breakfast.” He hastily tried to change the subject. ‘Where is that cat who knew about a flower place? Nodoka always did like tulips. Such a generous and expensive gift should make her happy again.’


“Touch my food old man and you’ll find out where Happosai went.” Ranma’s voice warned as the tired and bedraggled girl trudged into the room with a giant yawn.


“Do you think so little of me, boy?” He hastily looked away from his child’s plate, more fearful of seeing the dread master once again than Ranma’s new power to make people vanish.


“Yes.” The cursed girl answered, dropping lifelessly into her place at the table. Still wearing the same clothing as yesterday, her button up shirt was completely open exposing the thin white tank top Ranma always wore beneath.


“Ranma, button up your top.” Nodoka gently chided after a quick glance at Soun revealed his eyes riveted to Ranma’s thinly covered bust. The Tendo patriarch realized that he had been caught and hastily buried his face in a newspaper.


“Hmm?” Ranma looked down cluelessly.


“Do as your mother says, boy.” Genma quickly added with a dark look at his old training partner. Not needing a reminder of the time Soun had offered to be engaged to Ranma if he wasn’t able to undo the lock on his curse.


“Alright.” She shrugged and buttoned her shirt up halfway while giving him a dubious look.


“Father, should you really be staring like that?” Kasumi asked with a sweet condescending voice, causing Soun to laugh nervously, and raise his paper even higher.


Akane gave a disgusted snort before addressing Ranma, who had already begun to eat. “So did you figure out how to fix Ryoga, yet?” She asked expectantly.


“Wasn’t working on that.” Ranma paused her eating to answer.


“You were gone all night on some mission, what were you doing if not that?!” The youngest Tendo girl demanded, her chopsticks snapping in two.


The redhead set her chopsticks down and took a deep breath. “He’s dead, Akane. There’s nothing I can do to fix that.”


“Dead? Boy, what happened?” Genma broke in to ask.


“He was attacked by a monster-- it was an infection-- and he didn’t make it.” Ranma answered slowly while staring at her food.


“So what do you expect him to do?” Genma asked Akane in confusion.


Akane froze up at the unexpected question. “Uh-- I just thought-- he’s always coming up with stuff to fix things. Some kind of magic-- or something.”


“Hmm, is there going to be a funeral? You should probably attend, boy. He was a good sparring partner.” He instructed and crossed his arms over his chest.


“Yea, you’re right. I’ll go leave a note, his folks are never around so they won’t hear about it otherwise.” Ranma answered with a long sigh.


“You’d owe him that-- since you’re not going to do anything else.” Akane snapped and stood up suddenly to stomp out of the room, leaving everyone to watch her go.


“Ranma, you should go talk to her.” Nodoka suggested, breaking the brief silence.


“Later, I have to get cleaned up for school.” Ranma answered irritably while trying to eat once again.


“It’s become so dangerous, you’ll be protecting my girls, right, son!?” Soun desperately launched himself over the table to paw Ranma’s shoulders.


“Ugh! Get offa me!” Ranma disgustedly shoved Soun to the side trying to dislodge the barnacle like man. “And you don’t have to ask me to protect anybody, that’s my job!” She emphasized her statement by knocking the Tendo patriarch on his rear and turning a quick dark look at Chibi-Usa. “Honestly!” The girl scoffed as she straightened out her clothing.


“Ranma, please try not to insult your host so openly.” Nodoka gently chided while covering her mouth with a hand and looking down. “Soun, is surely manly enough to protect his family when he is around, and he’s merely hoping you’ll assist when he isn’t.”


“I think father would be able to protect us ablely.” Kasumi supplied supportively.


“Ranma, please never leave my side.” Nabiki pleaded hopefully but with a hint of snark.


“My daughters.” Soun whined with mixed tears of happiness at Kasumi’s support and sadness for Nabiki’s dismissal.


“This is going to be such a long day.” Ranma groaned and slammed her forehead into the table.


“Cheer up, boy! You still get to go make Akane feel better.” Genma clapped his child on the back and laughed.


zx


Ranma edged himself a half foot to his right to gain a small measure of space from Nabiki as he walked to school. A fair distance in front of them, Akane stormed ahead still upset over his earlier response and completely oblivious to his own feelings on the matter. It wasn’t like she had missed the signs that something was wrong and allowed a weakened Ryoga to wander off alone to die. Why did she insist on throwing his failure in his face?


“So-- Theia-chan.” Nabiki drawled in a clearly amused tone. “Do you mind answering a couple questions?”


“Like?” He answered tiredly, more interested in catching up on sleep than attending Furinkan than anything else. “And don’t call me that.”


“Of course. So how long have you been doing the magical girl thing? I had absolutely no idea you could keep such a secret.” Nabiki continued on, legitimately sounding impressed.


“Just a week or so before someone took a picture of me to shove in the newspapers.” He answered with a shrug.


“Kasumi was helping you out the whole time, wasn’t she?”

He just nodded in response.


“Makes sense--. Next, what’s up with the whole planet theme you have going on? Who decided on that? Why? Merchandising?”


Ranma waited until they had passed by a small group of elderly men talking next to a gate before he answered. “We didn’t decide on it, it’s just where we get our powers.”


“From planets?” She asked incredulously.


“Where did you think? Candles?” (1)


“That’d make an equal amount of sense.”


“It’s complicated, so just take my word for it.” He really didn’t want to try and explain the whole Sailor Crystal concept to someone who didn’t possess one. Chosen by the stars themselves, the implication that he was above others that always followed after revealing this fact felt wrong. Even if being singled out carried with it an immense responsibility. ‘Maybe I’ll look into that prospective thing again.’


“So which planet are you supposed to be then?”


“No planet, I’m the Sun.” He answered proudly.


“But all your attack names are Earth and Moon stuff.” Nabiki pointed out flatly.


“No, they’re all something the Sun’s light causes.” He corrected as they neared the school gates crowded with students entering. Hotaru had arrived early and was waiting to the left side keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.


“It’s so obvious.” Nabiki gasped in realization, her eyes widening. “The forums will go crazy with this new info.” She whispered.


“You know you can’t just sell this info out, right?” He asked in worry that Nabiki would be unable to resist selling him out.


“There are dangerous monsters who have already tried to kill me once. So trust me a little not to piss off someone who can protect me.” She answered, sounding hurt by his insinuation.


“Sorry-- I guess.” He apologized, having assumed the worst based on her propensity to sell him out for pocket change.


“At least not for a lot of money.” Nabiki added to herself.


“Maybe I could make it worth your while.” He said enigmatically, leaving her hanging as too many students closed in around them to be able to talk on the matter. “Morning, Hotaru.” He greeted quickly jogging away from Nabiki.


zx


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zx


“Setsuna-- skipping class doesn’t have any appeal when it’s just for lunch.” Ranma casually remarked, sitting with his fellow Senshi on a park bench. He had thought she had wanted to go be proactive about the situation with Ryoga but instead it seemed she wanted to do nothing more than enjoy the nice day and watch some kids out on a field trip as they played with a kickball.


He noticed the dark skinned woman next to him was picking at the dress she had made herself, clearly unhappy with how it had bunched up when sitting down. Far more important was the glittery silver chain laying in the woman’s lap and the old fashioned keys clipped onto it.


“Puu-- why do you have the keys?” He asked suspiciously, knowing how immensely precious each one of them was.


“Oh-- reasons.” She avoided answering looking off into the distance at nothing before turning to regard him. “You’ve gotten taller.”


“I have?” He asked distractedly and sat up straighter, trying to compare himself to his green haired companion. “Nobody else has noticed anything-- except that little bastard, Happosai.” He added, remembering the evil master’s remarks about his female forms posterior getting fat. Which was a complete and utter lie.


‘Where did I send the old pervert anyways?’ He idly mused until a flash of red made him look down.


His head rocked back and there was a loud bwonk noise as a rubber kickball bounced off his face. Cursing as the ball had struck him straight in the nose, he watched the red rubber ball wobble as it reached its apex straight up into the air before falling back down to land in Setsuna’s waiting hand.


“I’m sorry!” A young girl cried out in distress.


Ranma rubbed at his nose irritably and finally looked down at the trio of preteen girls that stopped in front of them. All three looked to be around eleven years old, two were quite average but the third who was rapidly bowing and uttering apologies had short spiky green hair with a darker skin tone.


“Way ta go Sets, you bopped that guy right in the nose!” One of the other little girls teased.


“Bam! Ouch!” The other animatedly grabbed the ball from Setsuna to act out him getting hit in the face.


“It’s alright, he’s much tougher than he looks.” Setsuna slid forward on the bench and patted the girl on the shoulder. Ranma almost gaped at the sight before him, watching as the green haired woman pulled a key free from her belt, and placed it reverently in the smaller girl hands. “I was hoping to give this to you, today.”


“Me? For me?” The little short haired girl asked and looked up to stare at Setsuna excitedly. “Why? What does it open?” She asked as her two friends crowded next to her to see the ornate old fashioned key.


“It’s very special-- a magic key.” Setsuna whispered, trying to sound cryptic and mysterious. “If there’s ever a time where you are lost, it will guide you to the door it opens. And this door will let you find your way home. So I want you to promise me that you’ll always keep it with you, to keep it safe. You promise?”


“Uh huh!” The wide eyed little girl nodded enthusiastically. “I promise!”


“I’ll know if you didn’t. Now you three go and enjoy the day, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow.” Setsuna instructed the three preteens.


“Thank you very much, nice lady.” The little green haired girl quickly bowed before running off with her two friends in tow begging to get to hold the pretty key.


Ranma slumped back on the bench and stared at the retreating children. “That-- that was--.”


“My younger self, yes.” Setsuna clarified for his half formed question. “A day, maybe two, and she’ll awaken. Even with a key to assist, her powers will leave her lost in the chaotic void outside of time and space until she gains enough control to find herself in the past on Pluto. Alone-- until travelers from a long way away gave her a future.”


“Queen Serenity and Theia.” He added, halfway remembering Theia, only a year younger than he was now, finding a young child senshi. She was clutching at the garnet rod, barely able to hold it up, and utterly alone in a lifeless solar system.


“After so long-- I finally get to have closure of the loop.” Setsuna sighed as she slumped backwards against the park bench, her hands clutching at the chain and keys.


“But if you know what’s going to happen, why didn’t you give-- you some real advice?” He asked still in shock, feeling that Setsuna’s cryptic message wasn’t very good considering what would be happening to her younger self.


“Of all the things I thought I could say, not one of them were worth saying.” The green haired Senshi admitted with a sardonic chuckle.


“I guess-- in that case you said all the right things.” He told her and put a reassuring hand over Setsuna’s. It felt a little awkward to be touching her as a man but there was no immediate way to remedy that.


“Thank you for coming with me. I know you have a lot on your mind as well.”


He waved his hand dismissively. “It’s no problem. Besides I was able to get the sensor in place over the dojo so I’ll know if any monster comes within four blocks of it. Now that I got how figured out, I’ll be able to install one at Furinkan, and then I’ll work on one that’ll cover all of Nerima.”


“You’ll have some free time after school though?”


“Kind of, I have to escort someone home from school but that shouldn’t take too long. Why do you ask?”

“Oh-- I had a few plans.”
 

WarGiver

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#2
Hmm the last scene I had to reread the opening. The wording felt off since fannon and cannon warred there, especially since your prior in story 'cannon' shows Ranma as being very intelligent. Its mostly the precise wording. It felt like it was a typo or similar since it would make more sense that he is upset over missing lunch rather then skipping class for a 'Date' (lol had to say it)

Maybe change

“Setsuna-- skipping class doesn’t have any appeal when it’s just for lunch.”

to something like

"Setsuna -- I am not as bad as Ami can be, but I still rather not miss classes just for lunch."

Might want to add a comment (or thought) about his fiancées and the apparent 'date'
 

Lawra

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#3
WarGiver said:
Hmm the last scene I had to reread the opening.  The wording felt off since fannon and cannon warred there, especially since your prior in story 'cannon' shows Ranma as being very intelligent.  Its mostly the precise wording.  It felt like it was a typo or similar since it would make more sense that he is upset over missing lunch rather then skipping class for a 'Date' (lol had to say it)

Maybe change

“Setsuna-- skipping class doesn’t have any appeal when it’s just for lunch.”

to something like

"Setsuna -- I am not as bad as Ami can be, but I still rather not miss classes just for lunch."

Might want to add a comment (or thought) about his fiancées and the apparent 'date'
I suppose I could move it to missing out on lunch, or he could be eating it really fast and was upset that Setsuna dragged him somewhere on short notice. You're right that Ranma is very intelligent but that just makes him bored with the pace things go at and it is furinkan so it's not like it's a very good education. Haruka and Michiru had a good reason to be none too happy when Hotaru decided to transfer there. 

Would rather avoid a mention of a date as it wouldn't occur to Ranma to ever think about Setsuna in that context.
 

WarGiver

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#4
Its not about what Ranma would think or not think, its more about what others would, but I see your point.
 

Lawra

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#5
WarGiver said:
Its not about what Ranma would think or not think, its more about what others would, but I see your point.
 When it comes to the views of others I wasn't even going to have anyone else find out what went on. Both Ranma/Setsuna want to keep it a personal thing between the two of them. Akane is going to be on Ranma back at school about where he vanished off to since she's still upset and thinking that he is just leaving Ryoga to die.
 

balthanon

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#6
I suppose I could move it to missing out on lunch, or he could be eating it really fast and was upset that Setsuna dragged him somewhere on short notice. You're right that Ranma is very intelligent but that just makes him bored with the pace things go at and it is furinkan so it's not like it's a very good education.
This was what I assumed-- being intelligent doesn't necessarily mean being studious as well. In fact, it makes being not studious much easier-- you generally have the option of either skimming the textbook later or attending the lecture, both are usually unnecessary. 


“Do as your mother says, boy.” Genma quickly added with a dark look at his old training partner. Not needing a reminder of the time Soun had offered to be engaged to Ranma if he wasn’t able to undo the lock on his curse.
This reads a little awkwardly-- "partner.  He didn't need a reminder..." might work a little better.

“Nobody else has noticed anything-- except that little bastard, Happosai.”
This should just be "little bastard Happosai" since you're not addressing Happosai.


“Way ta go Sets, you bopped that guy right in the nose!” One of the other little girls teased.

This one is the opposite and should be "Way ta go, Sets, you bopped..." :)


“But if you know what’s going to happen, why didn’t you give-- you some real advice?” He asked still in shock, feeling that Setsuna’s cryptic message wasn’t very good considering what would be happening to her younger self.

Awkward pauses in conversation are kind of a pain to write.  I'm never quite sure what works best myself, but I'm not sure if the dashes at the "give--" quite work for that here assuming he's fumbling for the proper subject to the clause.  Might even be worth interupting it with some text to that effect. 

"why didn't you give..." He paused for a moment as the temporal mechanics made his head spin.  "...you, yourself?  Some real advice?"


It's obviously not quite to full chapter status, but I liked quite a few of the scenes like Ranma wondering why Akane was pointing out his failures, Setsuna's comments about him being childish, and his discussion with Nabiki.  Could use a bit of polishing yet in places and I don't see the focus for the chapter yet, but looking good so far.
 

Lawra

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#7
This reads a little awkwardly-- "partner.  He didn't need a reminder..." might work a little better.
Revised into

“Do as your mother says, boy.” Genma quickly added with a dark look at his old training partner. He didn’t need to be reminded of how Soun had offered to be engaged to Ranma if he wasn’t able to undo the lock on his curse.




This should just be "little bastard Happosai" since you're not addressing Happosai.

This one is the opposite and should be "Way ta go, Sets, you bopped..." :)
Both edited





Awkward pauses in conversation are kind of a pain to write.  I'm never quite sure what works best myself, but I'm not sure if the dashes at the "give--" quite work for that here assuming he's fumbling for the proper subject to the clause.  Might even be worth interupting it with some text to that effect. 

"why didn't you give..." He paused for a moment as the temporal mechanics made his head spin.  "...you, yourself?  Some real advice?"
Changed to

“But if you know what’s going to happen, why didn’t you give you--.” He paused, fumbling over his wording. “Yourself? Some real advice?”




It's obviously not quite to full chapter status, but I liked quite a few of the scenes like Ranma wondering why Akane was pointing out his failures, Setsuna's comments about him being childish, and his discussion with Nabiki.  Could use a bit of polishing yet in places and I don't see the focus for the chapter yet, but looking good so far.
Honestly this chapter isn't going to have an obvious focus. If anyone is interested in the overall chapter, I have descriptions of the rest of the scenes in the google doc for it
 

balthanon

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#8
Hmm... for some reason, I never thought of using Google Docs or another online document format for getting commentary.  (Possibly because I still write in a basic text editor.)  Of course, I also don't have any actual beta-readers for my fics, so there isn't much call for it.  That looks like it works fairly well though.
 

Lawra

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#9
balthanon said:
Hmm... for some reason, I never thought of using Google Docs or another online document format for getting commentary.  (Possibly because I still write in a basic text editor.)  Of course, I also don't have any actual beta-readers for my fics, so there isn't much call for it.  That looks like it works fairly well though.
I've found it to be quite useful as a backup and way to share things. Can even specify people who can edit or make change suggestions. Comments are also nice for being able to note things without interrupting the text or needing an out of the way reference.
 
#10
Not looking over prior material I would say the biggest problem with the current chapter is that the tone and handling devices are firmly locked into "ANTICS!!" mode while a lot of what is going on currently is supposed to be serious. The result is tonal dissonance.

If this is supposed to be a serious fic I would suggest not using the "ANTICS!!" tone or devices at all. If this is supposed to be a platform for "ANTICS!!" then people getting put in body bags/body horror shouldn't be on the menu. You need to either pick one, or have an appropriate tonal shift when they crossover.

I suppose you could do things ED-209 scene style where the violence is just so over the top it becomes satire, but still if you did that you'd need to drop the "ANTICS!!" style.
 

Lawra

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#11
Jebe said:
Not looking over prior material I would say the biggest problem with the current chapter is that the tone and handling devices are firmly locked into "ANTICS!!" mode while a lot of what is going on currently is supposed to be serious.  The result is tonal dissonance.

If this is supposed to be a serious fic I would suggest not using the "ANTICS!!" tone or devices at all.  If this is supposed to be a platform for "ANTICS!!" then people getting put in body bags/body horror shouldn't be on the menu.  You need to either pick one, or have an appropriate tonal shift when they crossover.

I suppose you could do things ED-209 scene style where the violence is just so over the top it becomes satire, but still if you did that you'd need to drop the "ANTICS!!" style.
Well looking over the prior material rather than jumping in at chapter 6 usually does help. Very little death/violence has been witnessed by the cast so they have no reason to be super serious all the time. Or in the case of Ranma is going back into old habits as he has issues with how quickly things are set to change. They haven't even seen the monster Ryoga so it is easy for it not to really sink in what happened to him and what she has already done to others.
 
#12
There's a continuity error, previous chapters seem to have indicated that the Outers have already moved, not are bout to.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Setsuna meeting her parents for the first time in several thousand years
 

Lawra

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#13
gemmaethanwhitaker said:
There's a continuity error, previous chapters seem to have indicated that the Outers have already moved, not are bout to.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Setsuna meeting her parents for the first time in several thousand years
Technically Setsuna and Hotaru have moved, but Michiru and Haruka had a scene where they decided to just move in rather than stay at their other home. 

Honestly hadn't planned on Setsuna meeting her parents. Since the child version is legitimately her first incarnation and the one in the story is the reincarnation NQS sent back after her death during the Black Moon arc, so she's not technically related to those parents and there's a LONG time between events.

Plus there's the whole problem of her dad supposedly being Chronos and how to handle that....
 
#14
I'll admit that it's been FAR TOO LONG sine I've read the SM manga and I haven't seen that part of the anime at all, but that doesn't sound right, for one thing I don't think Pluto died until the next arc.
 

Lawra

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gemmaethanwhitaker said:
I'll admit that it's been FAR TOO LONG sine I've read the SM manga and I haven't seen that part of the anime at all, but that doesn't sound right, for one thing I don't think Pluto died until the next arc.
Pluto was killed at the end of the black moon arc for violating the taboo against stopping time. NQS then ressed her in the past for the Infinity arc. Is then killed a second time for the Galaxia arc but Usagi at the point just resets everyone the way they were so it sort of never happened.
 

balthanon

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#16
I was actually just looking at this and it varied between the manga and anime from what I understand-- in the manga, she died at the end of the black moon arc and in the anime she dies during the mistress nine arc (helicopter explosion). I don't recall where Night Shift is actually set. I kind of got the impression it was after both, but it's been awhile.

At some point, I actually want to write a fic where Uranus and Neptune casually mention that and Usagi comes out of the Pharoah 90 fight holding two babies-- Hotaru and Setsuna. :) Chibi-Setsuna would just be amusing to play around with.
 

Lawra

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#17
balthanon said:
I was actually just looking at this and it varied between the manga and anime from what I understand-- in the manga, she died at the end of the black moon arc and in the anime she dies during the mistress nine arc (helicopter explosion).  I don't recall where Night Shift is actually set.  I kind of got the impression it was after both, but it's been awhile.

At some point, I actually want to write a fic where Uranus and Neptune casually mention that and Usagi comes out of the Pharoah 90 fight holding two babies-- Hotaru and Setsuna. :)  Chibi-Setsuna would just be amusing to play around with.
For events I'm firmly in the manga camp. I do however accept some characterization from the anime so long as it doesn't contradict since the manga had little time to develop a lot of the characters as fully. (The one good thing about the monster of the week format) Like Artemis using a tiny fork. Because he's a fancy cat.
 
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It is nice to see such a focus on friendships, rather than pairings. I really enjoyed all the interactions with the residents of the Tendo Dojo, as well.
 
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