All I'm saying is that he goes to Ukyou's every so often when he has
problems.  I'm not saying it's for a heart-to-heart.  He's probably just
trying to fill his stomach while brooding.  I'm not arguing about the 

best

friend for life argument for now, but I still think that they're friends.
He doesn't object to her presence.  Gambling King, the Sauce, and the
Moxibustion incidents are examples.  They don't show a great friendship, 

but

they do show friendship.  Do you really think Ranma would accept 

Shampoo's

continual presence, even in similar incidences?  If you can find an 

example

please tell me.

	Um, I haven't seen the Sauce series, but in the Moxibustion, he didn't
seek Ukyou out, he hid nearby and she found him and brought him in.  In the
Gambling King, he sought her out because they had a shaired history with GK
who Ranma wanted to beat up.  He doesn't go to Ucchan's because he has a
problem, he has a problem and winds up at Ucchan's as a side effect of 
dealing
with it.
	The difference between Shampoo and Ukyou is that Shampoo tends to be
more obvious in her attempts at geting Ranma, while Ukyou's scheeming is to
subtle for Ranma to spot.  If Shampoo were to tone down her attempts at
atracting Ranma's interest, he'd have no objections to her presence.
	Anyways, the question isn't whether or not Ukyou is Ranma friend,
since Ranma even considers Kodachi a friend, It's whether or not Ranma has
ever shown any signs of valuing his friendship to her more highly than any 
of
the others.  I can't think of one myself.

     Ranma considers KODACHI a friend?!?!  That's it.  I'm out of this of 
this debate.  We obviously see things from extraordinarily different points 
of views.  We also seem to have a different question in mind when making our 
arguments.  Don't worry.  This will eventually be brought up again and 
hopefully I'll have more evidence by then.  Can anyone give me more sites to 
get manga translations?  I'm gonna pick The Ranma 1/2 Project clean in a 
couple days.


Caine


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