I doubt that just marrying Akane would give him a "normal" life in the 
Ranma-verse.  Also, in order for him to marry Akane, he'd have to admit 
that he loved her and that would also be a "loss" in a sense.

Why'd that be a loss? He does finally admit that he loves her, to himself.
He would probably have said it aloud, too, if she hadn't have come back
the way she did...

I dunno, but from the way Ranma acts is some of the OAVs, it's kinda 
obvious that's the way he thinks.  I didn't say it was correct, but that 
seems to be the way his mind works.

You mean that he thinks he'd lose? *shrug* I don't bother to go on the
OVAs, usually. The manga's fine for me... (I'll never be able to collect
all of the stuff on video, anyway...) I think if he admitted it to Akane
he probably just thinks she'd reject him, so he doesn't... He's just too
shy, the poor boy. ^_^

Kun-chan...