On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Mike Loader <mike@thekeep.org> wrote:

    Akane fixed Shampoo with a flat look.  "Oh?  Like, say,
trying to make someone love you by magic?  Is that wrong?"

    "Yes!" Shampoo said before she could stop herself.  The
impact of Akane's words and her own reply struck her a moment
later, and she glared at the other girl and turned her head away
to intently examine the detail on a creeping vine that had wound
its way up some of the porch railings from the garden.

But that's something Shamps only tried in fanfics, not for real...
though she probably would have if she had had the means.

Well, the three love pills were an attempt by Shampoo to force someone to
love her... I believe that they were supposed to be magical. Whether they
were or not, the principle is similar.

The stimulus-responce food definitely was magical, and Shamps used it to
try to get Ranma to get physical with her.

All in all, there are enough instances of Shamps using magical or
semi-magical items in an attempt to win Ranma's love to make the comment
hit home.

	You forgot the magic red string.

-ML