Ranma ½ Which One Would You Marry?
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...shouldn't this be a poll?
Well, considering I know fuck all about Natsumi and Kurumi, except that Natsumi is supposedly serious, and Kurumi is light-hearted and eats a lot, and that they attack with ice and heat, respectively, using a carpet beater and a ribbon, respectively...
Kasumi. Nabiki may amuse me, but I want nothing to do with her on a personal level for obvious reasons. Not only do I dislike Akane on a personal level, I probably wouldn't survive living in close proximity to her. Besides which, I consider Kasumi to be attractive, she's an excellent cook and housewife, and while she's not as pure-hearted and nice as some like to portray her as being, she's still leagues ahead of the other two. :mellow:
Well, considering I know fuck all about Natsumi and Kurumi, except that Natsumi is supposedly serious, and Kurumi is light-hearted and eats a lot, and that they attack with ice and heat, respectively, using a carpet beater and a ribbon, respectively...
Kasumi. Nabiki may amuse me, but I want nothing to do with her on a personal level for obvious reasons. Not only do I dislike Akane on a personal level, I probably wouldn't survive living in close proximity to her. Besides which, I consider Kasumi to be attractive, she's an excellent cook and housewife, and while she's not as pure-hearted and nice as some like to portray her as being, she's still leagues ahead of the other two. :mellow:
Kasumi.
I'd make damn sure we moved to a place of our own.
I might decide to go over to their home for the occasional get together, but unless I can get a home reinforced with Kevlar, Ranma and Akane aren't allowed into mine unless they grow up.
A LOT...
I don't need my insurance premiums skyrocketing like that. Never mind the possible devaluing of the neighbourhood.
I'd make damn sure we moved to a place of our own.
I might decide to go over to their home for the occasional get together, but unless I can get a home reinforced with Kevlar, Ranma and Akane aren't allowed into mine unless they grow up.
A LOT...
I don't need my insurance premiums skyrocketing like that. Never mind the possible devaluing of the neighbourhood.
Kasumi this and Kasumi That: read THIS
I'll never pick Kasumi, unless its the one from Dad or Alive and even then I'll pick Ayane over her any day.
If I had to pick a Tenou I'd be..... Akane surprisingly, she'd be the easiest to control.
I don't trust Kasumi and I know nothing about their mother.
I'll never pick Kasumi, unless its the one from Dad or Alive and even then I'll pick Ayane over her any day.
If I had to pick a Tenou I'd be..... Akane surprisingly, she'd be the easiest to control.
I don't trust Kasumi and I know nothing about their mother.
Ehhh... Why bring fannon into it. If you don't like a character, that is fine, and I really don't care, but if you desire to base it on story examples... we could argue for the rest of our days pulling good and bad examples of Tendo actions, motivations, and personality quirks.
As for myself, while I personally like Nabiki, my own views on Nabiki and Kasumi are:
KASUMI
Fannon would have one believe she is a goddess in disguise, can do no wrong, with her remaining clueless to the goings on around her in an almost bimbo like way. A polar opposite of Nabiki.
In canon, another fairly flat less developed character than some of the others.
I'm not convinced anyone ever told her about Tofu. On the other hand, I think her smart enough to know the truth. No clue why she would hide it though unless she just did not want to have a confrontation perhaps due to unreturned feelings.
She clearly has emotions, we have seen her happy, angry, and other such things. She clearly is not nice to place a bunch of cats on a person she was told has a fear of them.
NABIKI
In fannon considered by many to be the most truly irredeemable character in the series as a money grubbing junior future member of the yakuza, and yet also a genius and the breadwinner of the family.
Neither really true if going strictly by canon. This character is almost a flat character, not nearly was well developed as others. Money grubbing, yep. More grounded in modern times, yep. Looking for a guy, yep. We do not know truly what turned her off in canon to Ranma (probably Takahashi's whim), but she was looking forward to the engagement until meeting him by her eagerness, and in the anime only this was shown by her going to the trouble to put on a kimono.
I'd put her as the smartest person outside Tofu or Cologne, but considering the rest of the regular cast, that really is not saying as much as would think.
She does not practice the art per se, but we see her exercising often enough, we know she keeps in shape.
Her worst moment in manga is the money match against the martial artist. Personally, I think she just got carried away and was not thinking.
As for myself, while I personally like Nabiki, my own views on Nabiki and Kasumi are:
KASUMI
Fannon would have one believe she is a goddess in disguise, can do no wrong, with her remaining clueless to the goings on around her in an almost bimbo like way. A polar opposite of Nabiki.
In canon, another fairly flat less developed character than some of the others.
I'm not convinced anyone ever told her about Tofu. On the other hand, I think her smart enough to know the truth. No clue why she would hide it though unless she just did not want to have a confrontation perhaps due to unreturned feelings.
She clearly has emotions, we have seen her happy, angry, and other such things. She clearly is not nice to place a bunch of cats on a person she was told has a fear of them.
NABIKI
In fannon considered by many to be the most truly irredeemable character in the series as a money grubbing junior future member of the yakuza, and yet also a genius and the breadwinner of the family.
Neither really true if going strictly by canon. This character is almost a flat character, not nearly was well developed as others. Money grubbing, yep. More grounded in modern times, yep. Looking for a guy, yep. We do not know truly what turned her off in canon to Ranma (probably Takahashi's whim), but she was looking forward to the engagement until meeting him by her eagerness, and in the anime only this was shown by her going to the trouble to put on a kimono.
I'd put her as the smartest person outside Tofu or Cologne, but considering the rest of the regular cast, that really is not saying as much as would think.
She does not practice the art per se, but we see her exercising often enough, we know she keeps in shape.
Her worst moment in manga is the money match against the martial artist. Personally, I think she just got carried away and was not thinking.
I'm perfectly aware that Kasumi isn't as nice and angelic as people like to portray her as being. I still view her as being better than either Nabiki or Akane, and like I said, I have never seen much of the anime, and from what I've heard, that is a happy state of affairs for me, so Natsume and Kurumi are complete unknowns to me.
Despite what people say about Nabiki, the fact remains...she choose to blackmail Ranma, threatening to expose him to his mother, despite the fact that she knew his life was at stake. She didn't hesitate to rent out Ranma to the highest bidder when she was his fiancee. Five seconds after meeting poor orphan children, she was conning money out of them. She did not hesitate in the slightest to risk putting her entire family into permanent debt, and the only regret she expressed afterwards was she hadn't tried for more money...and if she had just been carried away, I would have expected her to have worried about it either sometime during or after, yet the thought that what she did was wrong never seems to have crossed her mind, or if it did, she didn't seem to care. She's perfectly willing to resort to emotional blackmail, as she demonstrated both during her engagement with Ranma, as well as during the whole incident with her lost ticket, and will happily wring as much advantage as possible out of your emotional turmoil. All in all, while I view her as being an amusing character, there's no way I would want anything to do with her as an individual.
Akane, on the other hand, annoys me because she lies to herself about her feelings, and violently strikes out, not to mention her general tendency to jump to conclusions, pounding first and asking questions later...frankly, I rarely like the tsundere archetype, and I certainly don't like Akane. While her lack of abilities in the domestic arts are somewhat troubling, if she wasn't so defensive about her lack of her ability in the domestic arts, or determined to keep on trying anyways...she's not as bad as some people like to portray her as being, but I still don't want to be married to her.
Kasumi, as I said, seems to be, to me at least, the most palatable choice of those choices presented. Though, as noted by others, I'd rather move out of Nerima with her and avoid the in-laws. Still, this is only on the assumption that I have to marry one...since, personally, at least in this particular stage in my life (I suppose it's plausible that at some time or another, I'll change my mind), I have little interest in marriage...much less to any of them. :mellow:
Despite what people say about Nabiki, the fact remains...she choose to blackmail Ranma, threatening to expose him to his mother, despite the fact that she knew his life was at stake. She didn't hesitate to rent out Ranma to the highest bidder when she was his fiancee. Five seconds after meeting poor orphan children, she was conning money out of them. She did not hesitate in the slightest to risk putting her entire family into permanent debt, and the only regret she expressed afterwards was she hadn't tried for more money...and if she had just been carried away, I would have expected her to have worried about it either sometime during or after, yet the thought that what she did was wrong never seems to have crossed her mind, or if it did, she didn't seem to care. She's perfectly willing to resort to emotional blackmail, as she demonstrated both during her engagement with Ranma, as well as during the whole incident with her lost ticket, and will happily wring as much advantage as possible out of your emotional turmoil. All in all, while I view her as being an amusing character, there's no way I would want anything to do with her as an individual.
Akane, on the other hand, annoys me because she lies to herself about her feelings, and violently strikes out, not to mention her general tendency to jump to conclusions, pounding first and asking questions later...frankly, I rarely like the tsundere archetype, and I certainly don't like Akane. While her lack of abilities in the domestic arts are somewhat troubling, if she wasn't so defensive about her lack of her ability in the domestic arts, or determined to keep on trying anyways...she's not as bad as some people like to portray her as being, but I still don't want to be married to her.
Kasumi, as I said, seems to be, to me at least, the most palatable choice of those choices presented. Though, as noted by others, I'd rather move out of Nerima with her and avoid the in-laws. Still, this is only on the assumption that I have to marry one...since, personally, at least in this particular stage in my life (I suppose it's plausible that at some time or another, I'll change my mind), I have little interest in marriage...much less to any of them. :mellow:
I think that was one of those japanese cultural ideosyncrasies popping up in anime and manga.
Her being the most traditional in character type if the Tendo girls she cannot confront Tofu or actively seek him out.
Just an indication of what I'm talking about:
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comment..._its_a_world_of
Incidentally, when you look at Naruto you can see how Hinata is quite strongly flirting with him by the guidelines pointed out in the post linked above.
Her being the most traditional in character type if the Tendo girls she cannot confront Tofu or actively seek him out.
Just an indication of what I'm talking about:
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comment..._its_a_world_of
Incidentally, when you look at Naruto you can see how Hinata is quite strongly flirting with him by the guidelines pointed out in the post linked above.
Nabiki. And then we'd double-scheme or double-blackmail each other until we were either divorced, one of us was dead, or it lead to us getting closer. Then of course I'd introduce myself to Ranma and ask that he teaches me a bit of martial arts "so that I can protect my poor defenseless wife who sticks her nose where it doesn't belong and could end up getting killed."
Since he's a nice guy who probably wouldn't like to even see her dead, he might offer to do it for free. It doesn't matter if he demands payment or not, I'll be learning shit that can kill people pretty damn easily.
I admit that all the guys who'd marry Kasumi would get off easier but I'd like my wife to be a little less domesticated.
To be honest... Akane, Akane would be preferable to a lot of the bitches we have in real life. Akane. And though I'm saying this not as someone who hates her, but someone who knows she has an evil temper and a tendency to make people sick with her cooking (lol fanon exaggerations), even if I hated her, I'd still be saying this.
For one, as even her detractors admit (or point out) she's nice to everyone but Ranma. I'm not Ranma, so... if I don't act stupid, I can get her to be nice to me. And from there it'll just be an uphill battle trying to get her to see her own faults (not impossible, despite what some believe...)
Since he's a nice guy who probably wouldn't like to even see her dead, he might offer to do it for free. It doesn't matter if he demands payment or not, I'll be learning shit that can kill people pretty damn easily.
I admit that all the guys who'd marry Kasumi would get off easier but I'd like my wife to be a little less domesticated.
To be honest... Akane, Akane would be preferable to a lot of the bitches we have in real life. Akane. And though I'm saying this not as someone who hates her, but someone who knows she has an evil temper and a tendency to make people sick with her cooking (lol fanon exaggerations), even if I hated her, I'd still be saying this.
For one, as even her detractors admit (or point out) she's nice to everyone but Ranma. I'm not Ranma, so... if I don't act stupid, I can get her to be nice to me. And from there it'll just be an uphill battle trying to get her to see her own faults (not impossible, despite what some believe...)
Kasumi... definitely.
And bringing out the naughty side of a domesticated woman like her is half the fun. It's always the quiet ones...
As I remember, Akane's bad cooking making people sick is not fanon, it's anime canon. The training trip where they brought Akane along, she made curry that made both Ranma and Genma sick, but was delicious to pork-butt Hibiki. Even then I think pork-butt said he loved it just to get one up on Ranma.
Ironically, Akane is preferable to many women I've met IRL, as scary as that is. *shudder*
And bringing out the naughty side of a domesticated woman like her is half the fun. It's always the quiet ones...
As I remember, Akane's bad cooking making people sick is not fanon, it's anime canon. The training trip where they brought Akane along, she made curry that made both Ranma and Genma sick, but was delicious to pork-butt Hibiki. Even then I think pork-butt said he loved it just to get one up on Ranma.
Ironically, Akane is preferable to many women I've met IRL, as scary as that is. *shudder*
Ditto. Originally, when I first got interested in Ranma, I would have said Kasumi. . . but now, I think all the characters are full of shit in some manner or other, it's a wonder that I still like Ranma fics in general. I know without a doubt, because of how Takahashi generally does her long running series, that I'd likely hate it with a passion should I ever read it from start to finish.