On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Barry Cadwgan wrote:

Just like stories.  This one for example.

^_^

Trading places.. very reminicent of _Ranma_ in the first episode.

Yep!

Only a little more violent...

Describes a housekeeper rather than soulmate.. 

Exactly his thoughts, which is why he is so against a 'traditional'
Japanese girl as a possible wife.

That would be confusing.. now, he'll probably have an interesting array
of blind spots in the areas where these attitudes meet and conflict. 

A _lot_ of blind spots...

I tend to the opinion that 'adventures' are someone else a long way away
in _deep_ shark infested custard...  He'll learn.  If you have got to go
out looking for trouble, do it for more of a reason than adrenelin
tripping.

Hey!

He's young, and his head has been filled with glorious stories of Samurai
that have neglected to point out all the pains of that life.

Like dysentry, diarea, sleeping on the cold, hard ground, etc.

The Akane factor..

Well, I did say that Akane was a lot calmer than him...

A _strong_ sense of duty..

_VERY_ strong.

Lucky he fell over _in_ _the_ _hall_ he would have dropped the umbrella
outside. 

Um...

_Ranko_ was holding the umbrella...

        Three:  Having her here was going to be trouble.  For him.

Hooboy yes!

Everyone seems to like that statement...

        Kaneda, for his part, was stunned.  Up until this point, she had
been the perfect Japanese woman; a quiet, monotone voice without much
emotion, not touching him unless he was injured in some way, always
keeping a proper attitude and letting him virtually dictate her every
move.  To have her suddenly touching him, and pulling him towards the dojo
was unexpected!  "Well...uh...I...I've been practicing the Art since I
could stand.  Why?"

Finally, a spark shows through the mask of duty.

Yep!

And that is going to become a real point in the stories...

A useful tactic ^_^  Keep the bloke confused and off balance ^_^

Confused and off balance?

This is just the begining... ^_-

Hitomi

Ichinohei Hitomi
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"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask questions."