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Mechatrill

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#3
I would suggest a few of the SI works of Carrotglace like Gajin, one of the very few good SI fics in existance.

Also, the works of Black Dragon as examples of good OCs.

That's all i got for now...
 

Liam-don

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#4

Steel

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#5
A little part of my faith in humanity is destroyed every time I see a Ranma-chan fic. Even more-so than Yaoi fics.
 

lokinishizaki

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#6
Steel said:
A little part of my faith in humanity is destroyed every time I see a Ranma-chan fic. Even more-so than Yaoi fics.
In a way, I kind of know what you mean. My manhood cries every time I see it, but my mind knows talent when it sees it.

And that talent tips the scales in Ozz's favor. He(She?) does, in fact, write good fics.

But there's no way Ozz comes close to yaoi fics. No way in hell.
 

Steel

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#7
Eh, I'm not saying it's as bad. However, I'm a highly empathatic person, and specifically with literature, I sort of...push myself behind the eyes of the character I emphasize with most. Which, of course, in these situations means Ranma. I literally get physically sick to my stomach if I stumble (accidentally) into reading Ranma-chan fics.
 

Liam-don

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#8
Steel said:
A little part of my faith in humanity is destroyed every time I see a Ranma-chan fic. Even more-so than Yaoi fics.
Honestly, I am pretty much the same. For a Ranma-chan fic to get my approval , you'd need a good story , a lot of comedy , and an extremely good reason. Ranma having a 2000 years old galactic empress crammed into his head is good enough , I'd think.

Notice that I didn't nominate any of the "ification " stories. They're well written too , but Ozz still has a long way to go before I'm convinced.
 

Lufio

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#9
Liam-don said:
Honestly, I am pretty much the same. For a Ranma-chan fic to get my approval , you'd need a good story , a lot of comedy , and an extremely good reason.
One of the funniest Ranma temporarily stuck as a girl stories, I've read is Kenko's Girl Days. Lots of fun with cliches. Kept the comedy feel of the original material. So no serious issues, no angst, just funny as hell.

Starts with Nodoka believing that it's her turn to train Ranma. And since she's already declared him to be a man amongst men, she now wants him to explore his feminine side. Several funny story arcs in the story that lasts two to three chapters. I wasn't a big fan of the Amulet of Impressions story arc where people's costumes became real.

Another hilarious Ranma focusing on his girl side is Ichinohei Hitomi's Sexual Endeavors. Uses the plot device of Ranma being smarter than he lets on and Ranma as a magical girl (he fakes it).

It's full of characters misunderstanding what's going on. First, Ranma is confused by people acting different to him (they're under the impression that he has a medical condition or something and can't think of sexual matters). He starts thinking that he's asleep and dreaming, so he stops pretending to be dumb. And it snowballs from there. All the way to Ranma testing out the plot of his computer game by acting it out in the real world, and people starting to think that he's a magical girl.
 

Steel

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#10
Oh, I accept that Heir to the Empire is one of the best Ranma stories out there. It's just that, in that situation, I would probably let everything be destroyed before saving a world where something that twisted was the only thing that would save it.

Just like I'll probably flip god off if I ever find out certain things about religion are true. Better hell than stupidity.
 

immolo

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#11
Liam-don said:
Anything by Tamojin would be a good beginning, I believe.

The best of times,Heir to the Empire and Tales of the Foxcat deserve to get in there too. You can dislike Ranma-chan stories,but you can't deny that those fics deliver.

Fate Ranma, Hild and their daughter ^_^ . Need I say more?

Honour and pride : The mantis sagaand its sequel The Eight Phases are really good too.

More to come.
Mantis saga was good but he uses British english too much in what is a Japanese anime where the character aren't british. I'd be fine with them if it was Negi Springfield but not Ranma or Akane.
 

zeebee1

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#12
And how is that any different from using American english in a story, or writing a story in french?
 

Fatuous One

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#13
Let me see...

Insertion [Ranma/SI/SM/Others] (by Carrotglace)

Ranmazoku [Ranma/Slayers/SM] (by RedMenace/PansutoTarou5925)

Trial and Error [Naruto] (by Sangelide)

At the Crack of Dawn [Love Hina] (by Boombubble)

Loss and Redemption, Aftermath: Loss and Redemption 2, Ships in the Night, and Face in the Mirror [Love Hina] (by hawker-748)

Right Moments [Ranma] (by Judah)

I Was A Teenage Dummy Plug [Eva/SI] (by Foxboy)

Lately [Eva] (by Chibi Fenrir)

Mastermind Hunting, and Voldemort's Last Spell [Harry Potter] (by Louis IX)

Bad Day [Haruhi] (by Mereo Flere)

Echoes [Naruto] (by Loki Nishizaki)

Aijou & Aitou [Ranma], and The Ice Princess of Konoha [Naruto] (by JohnnyG)

Help [Tsukihime] (by KChasm)

Bubbling Water Spiral, and Betrothal [Naruto] (by lackey H)

...and so many more. Things by WFROSE and Random1377 are also a must, but there's so many that it's hard to point out which ones.

More some other time.
 

immolo

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#14
zeebee1 said:
And how is that any different from using American english in a story, or writing a story in french?
Using english isn't the problem it is he is using terms that would not ever have been used in Japan. There is no way a japanese person would use a term that is culture specific and wanker is not like japanese insults. I higly doubt a janpanese person would use a word that means one who masturbates as an insult.
 

lokinishizaki

Well-Known Member
#15
immolo said:
zeebee1 said:
And how is that any different from using American english in a story, or writing a story in french?
Using english isn't the problem it is he is using terms that would not ever have been used in Japan. There is no way a japanese person would use a term that is culture specific and wanker is not like japanese insults. I higly doubt a janpanese person would use a word that means one who masturbates as an insult.
Well, can't blame you there. Seeing 'wanker' in a Ranma 1/2 fanfiction would be pretty awkward...

Edit: Well, thank you Fatuous One. I was waiting for someone to nominate me.
 

zeebee1

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#16
Unless the person was english. Calling someone a wanker would make more sense than telling them to fuck off in that case.
 

Fatuous One

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#17
Edit: Well, thank you Fatuous One. I was waiting for someone to nominate me.
Yes, it's rather awkward to try and nominate yourself, isn't it? Then again, self-plugging can be an art of sorts. :p

Unless the person was ungless. Calling someone a wanker would make more sense than telling them to fuck off in that case.
*nods*

Honestly? 'Damn', and 'fuck' both have no direct translation into Japanese. Or rather, they're awkward as insults. In terms of actual meaning, wanker is no more awkward than either of them 'in Japanese'.
 

lokinishizaki

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#18
From my experience, japanese usually stick with insults that damage honor. That's why fuck you doesn't work as well as bastard or coward.
 

Liam-don

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#19

Liam-don

Well-Known Member
#25
Done. I'll add the stories myself. If somebody has anything against the stories mentioned here, be sure to say it, it's the C2 of this whole forum after all.
 
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