On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, ramon salvania wrote:

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Philip Mak wrote:

You know, if Nabiki wasn't a girl, Ranma might decide to pound her into a 
bloody pulp (ok maybe I'm exaggerating, but still :) for blackmailing him 
like that. Here he is, Ranma, a very powerful martial artist who defeated 
Kirin, and Toma, and Saffron, etc. and he can't stand up to Nabiki. *sigh*

Nabiki exploits Ranma's weaknesses and Akane's jealousy quite effectively.

You know I wonder what will happen to Nabiki if she went ahead and
vandalized Ucchan's.  I think this will be the point of pounding Nabiki.  
But who knows, Nabiki in this story seems very shrewd. More like she
is the head of a gang.  Reminds me of a story called The Godfather.

Oh well, maybe it will mellow out or there will be some bloodshed.

One thing about Nabiki in the Anime/Manga - she exploits and takes 
advantage of Ranma & Kuno regularly, but with virtually everyone else she 
appears to be on a more businesslike footing.  She takes their money and 
then gives them what they paid for - all her dealings with Ranma's other 
iinazuke have fallen apart because they started fighting one another, not 
because NAbiki failed in her part of the deal.  The Nabiki who blackmails 
*everybody* is a creation of the fanfiction world.

To put it another way, Nabiki has never really tired to "take on" Ukyou 
SHampoo or Kodachi in any fashion.  And while Nabiki may be somewhat smarter 
than any of them, they would not buckle the way Kuno and Ranma do when 
Nabiki manipulates them.  And I have no doubts that any one them would 
resort to violence if NAbiki provoked them far enough.

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