On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Don Wang wrote:

You like the martial-arts part too?  I thought I was the only one in
this world that cared about them?  Well... I can see you like Ukyou and
Ranma... no comment on that.  I must remind you, however, that it is
considered generally consider OOC to pair Ukyou/Ranma over Akane unless
you have some really plot developments...
 

In all the debates about Ranma & Ukyou, no one has ever denied that they 
like one another - it's just that Ranma may (or may not) like someone 
else more.

Too level an accusation of being OOC at Ranma you would need to show that 
Ranma was being overtly romantic rather than showing concern for his 
best friend who had just been posessed, forced to attack Ranma and almost 
killed.  Under the circumstances of the story... I fail to see any 
grounds for your complaint.

The worst you could accuse the story of in this regard is that it offers 
a reasonable starting point from which the author could develop an Ukyou 
- Ranma relationship in later stories.  And by your own definition, that 
*IS* allowable.

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