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Liam-don said:
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Hell is a martial artist's turn.
Not bad, but the part with Urd did not feel right. She was surprisingly easy to derail and did not actually say anything convincing before leaving. You'd think a Goddess trying to save an immortal soul would put more effort into it than that, even if it's Urd and even if the mortal is supremely irritating. A Goddess got to have a high professional standard, after all.
Personally, I think Urd is interpreting her orders and rules as more restrictive than Hild. She has really done little to warn or help him, certainly nowhere near as much interaction as Hild. She has been painted in a bad light here.
On the other hand, Urd *had* to know, a warning to Ranma right out about someone who has been helping him coming from someone who has gotten on his bad side, would not work.
Hild herself is not likely to be viewing her daughter in a good light, especially now. Ranma, a person she had thought of as a 'toy', a 'distraction', has given her more sympathy, compassion, and care than even her own daughter, a point that simple letter probably drove home to her.
The only actions in this I saw as unneeded was:
1. Hild blowing away the clone twins. I grant, they were in fact not Ranma, but they were close enough that she could have had fun with them for a week.
2. Up until now, it was always *Urd* referring to Ranma as a 'toy' to her mother, this chapter had Hild herself referring to him that way.
One thing I've liked about this story, despite seeming to be centering on Ranma, I think this story is really more about Hild than Ranma, one of the very few stories I've seen done in this manner.
I can actually believe two things in this as possibly coming to be.
1. Despite how their relationship came to be, and the initial thoughts behind it, I truly think Hild can come to genuinely like Ranma as more than a plaything, but as a friend or student.
2. The other thing is even if Ranma did learn of her true nature, I do not believe it would change overly much Ranma's personal views of Hild. He strikes as being far more judgemental of deeds toward him rather than anything else. To him, her getting something out of this likely would not phase him as much as would be thought. If he knew just how she could be, how she could of approached this, of the contract she had destroyed, and the mere fact every descision has been presented to him with valid arguments and reason and his to make, I don't think he would take her in a bad light when compared to those in his life that force it all down his throat.
That's funny really, I've been looking for this guy.
Could have just asked, I've been reading his stuff I think since 2002.