On 6 xxx -1, Richard Robinson wrote:

4. if a cursed person drowned in a Jhusenkyo pool 

would the

person who fell in get the original body or the curse 

of

the drowned person  or a two stage curse. E.G. Ranma
drowns. Ryoga falls in does he become Ranma or 

Ranma-chan

or Ranma and if hit with cold water again then 

Ranma-chan.

No.  Someone who falls into a Jusenkyo pool changes 

shape as if he/she

were born in that body.  For example:  When Ranma fell 

into Nyannichuan

his new body was the body he would have if he was born a 

girl.  This is

less obvious with animal than it is with people.  The 

evidence from this

comes from the Herb seris where Herb falls into the 

Nyannichuan and his

new body is _totally_ different from Ranma's (besides 

being female of

course).  I think if someone cursed were to drown in a 

Jusenkyo pool the

curse would bestow what ever body they were in at the 

time to the next

victim.  (if Ryoga were to fall into the Spring of 

Drowned Ranma he would

be cursed with turning into a female when splashed with 

cold water (I'm

assuming Ranma drowned in cold water).  The question 

whether the Jusenkyo

pools can counteract each other hasn't been answered yet 

(ie could the

Nannichuan really cure Ranma?).

The Herb story also suggests that the pools ARE 

specific... the monkey that

Herb tossed into the damned spring came out looking 

exactly like Ranma's

female side.  You can make a pretty good case for it 

either way, really.

After all, it'd be hard to say that P-chan is what Ryouga 

would look like

if he had been born a pig.

The bottom line is that there is NO consistent data upon 

which one can base

any firm predictions about Jyusenkyou curses... Tarou 

"proves" that the

curses are additive - in that exposure to the waters of 

another pool gave

him BOTH curses...

If Zen were in Ranma's shoes, and Zen knew about Tarou 

what Ranma knows,

Zen sure as hell would never go *near* Jyusenkyou again.

Hope that helps.

thanx for listening to me rant and rave

AJ

Zen no Itan-sha

RIck here:
 I agree the data is contradictory but that probably is 
because each pool is different with different effects, 
after all some pools affect the mind while  other pools 
apparently don't. I haven't seen the manga with Herb. Is it 
certain that he fell in the same pool as Ranma? After all 
there is more than one male pool (drowned man and virtuous 
priest) so there is probably more than one female pool as 
well. Also I keep hearing refences to a pool of Drowned 
Akane? Is this from the manga or a fan addition to the 
continuity?

Rick
rik@cfanet.com