Mousse Lee wrote:

        Seriously though, Ranma is a 16 year old boy with beautiful girls
throwing themselves at him constantly.  At this point he's already been
immasculated once so even for him his prowess with women is a shaky matter.
You can see him starting to fall for Shampoo's charms in her first
appearance, if Akane didn't stop him he would have ended up dating
Shampoo.(oo fic idea)

	Have to disagree here.  Ranma only wished Akane could be as open as
Shampoo.  Never said anything about wanting to date her or anything.  As
for when Ranma was getting nervous, he naturally gets nervous when any
girl is close to him like Shampoo was.

        He gets the peer pressure from his two friends at school, and
really the only thing holding him back (besides Akane) is all the
engagements since he fears commitment.  Ranma is not of the strongest mind
or will, and he is obviously attracted to Shampoo partially.  She's
probably the first girl he's seen naked besides himself and she's also
given him his first real kiss.

	Akane's the first one.





Don Wang <dwang@sprynet.com>, Vice President of AFSS, member of RPGA and
COR, Self-appointed Protector/Defender/Guardian of Akane Tendo, a
faithful Square and Ranma 1/2 fan