Ranma ½ Ranma canon questions
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There's no evidence that he never trained her that I can recall, although he probably doesn't currently train her anymore or the manga probably would have shown it at some point considering she is a main character and the protagonist lives in her house. And also she was super happy about having someone to spar with when Ranma first showed up.
My headcanon is that Soun trained all of his daughters until their mother died, after which he stopped partially due to depression and partially due to not having as much free since he now had to pay for her funeral and raise all three of his daughters and keep the dojo afloat by himself. (Pretty sure Soun was implied to have some kind of office job in one of Hinako's arcs.) And by the time he recovered emotionally and financially he had grown lazy and out of shape. Akane was the most talented of his daughters and the only one to continue training on her own initiative.
My headcanon is that Soun trained all of his daughters until their mother died, after which he stopped partially due to depression and partially due to not having as much free since he now had to pay for her funeral and raise all three of his daughters and keep the dojo afloat by himself. (Pretty sure Soun was implied to have some kind of office job in one of Hinako's arcs.) And by the time he recovered emotionally and financially he had grown lazy and out of shape. Akane was the most talented of his daughters and the only one to continue training on her own initiative.
I mostly agree with the first paragraph of that but not the second; I think Akane was the only one of the girls who was ever interested in being a martial artist. Nabiki frankly seems more contemptuous of martial arts skills than anything else and Kasumi doesn't seem to have any interest either.
But that's really just my impression of a back-story that is deliberately left ambiguous; the past is not important in the series for the most part, and that holds true for the Tendou family as much as anyone else. Hell, even the present is very ambiguous because the series has no definitive progression of time; it's a collection of stories, not a single one.
$0.02.
But that's really just my impression of a back-story that is deliberately left ambiguous; the past is not important in the series for the most part, and that holds true for the Tendou family as much as anyone else. Hell, even the present is very ambiguous because the series has no definitive progression of time; it's a collection of stories, not a single one.
$0.02.
This. I was under the impression that Nabiki only practiced enough to stay in shape, and to be able to protect herself should one of her shady deals (not that there were many really 'shady' deals in canon; I'm thinking the ecchi photos were the limit) go bad.
Kasumi was probably the same; she did seem to be in fairly good shape.
Just my opinion.
Kasumi was probably the same; she did seem to be in fairly good shape.
Just my opinion.
Well that's why I theorized that Nabiki and Kasumi gave up martial arts when Soun wasn't in any condition to teach them anymore, and Akane was the only daughter to keep training on her own.
I know there's no real evidence for it, it just seems logical to me that an elite martial artist who opened his own dojo would at least try to pass on his art to his own children.
I know there's no real evidence for it, it just seems logical to me that an elite martial artist who opened his own dojo would at least try to pass on his art to his own children.
Yup. That definitely happens, during that one with the kid that tries to keep Genma in panda form as a pet, which was in both the anime and the manga.
I don't get where the idea that Ranma is only interested in martial arts comes from. I mean, we see him do other things all the time. Like the other characters, it feels like there's a really flat understanding of what he's like that really inhibits anyone trying to write him.
I don't get where the idea that Ranma is only interested in martial arts comes from. I mean, we see him do other things all the time. Like the other characters, it feels like there's a really flat understanding of what he's like that really inhibits anyone trying to write him.
Eh, most of the Akanes running around are either angry troll fire breathing anger machine or some weird Deredere thing that is even farther from canon than even the crazy troll.
It's hilarious that most of the people who whinge about Nabiki's characterization generally have little to no clue how to write Ranma or Akane anywhere resembling Takahashi's originals.
As far as Ranma is concerned, the more aggressively clueless he is, the more people think he's relatable/understandable. This generally because they didn't actually bother watching the series at all and basically started off old fanfic (Rich Lawson or Bader).
It's hilarious that most of the people who whinge about Nabiki's characterization generally have little to no clue how to write Ranma or Akane anywhere resembling Takahashi's originals.
As far as Ranma is concerned, the more aggressively clueless he is, the more people think he's relatable/understandable. This generally because they didn't actually bother watching the series at all and basically started off old fanfic (Rich Lawson or Bader).
She's actually pretty involved with all the shows based off her manga, particularly when it comes to writing as I understand it. I think she's at least acted in the role of a producer or consultant in pretty much everything related to her work, even though she might not get a credit for it in the show. It's legit to say it's hers.
