I've got an even better suggestion; try to place
Ranma characters *within*
the Xenogears storyline, but keep their
personalities intact AND avoid the
same old thing thing we've read about in TOS Ranma,
such as Genma and Soun
engaging Ranma and Akane, finacee problem, etc. You
may try and keep them,
but try to give them a twist.
Like in Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Ranma? Yeah, but
it will be quite a challenge.
You could cast Akane as a some sort of inexperienced
freedom fighter, not
affliated with either sides. She tries to steal a
top-secret Gear, but
crash-lands it in some distant region, due to her
infamiliarity with most of
its system.
Ranma, considered as one of the best Gear pilots in
the world, outside of
Solaris, stumbles upon her and the Gear, well not as
much as 'stumbled upon'
rather than being a poor target by Akane's AWOL
Gear. ^_- ("Hey why don't ya
watch where you're drivin' that thing?! Look at what
you've done to my
custom-built Gear!")
A while later, Solaris pops out of where and grabs
Akane, due to her
'exceptional skills.' As it later turned out, she
has an innate ability that
she can subconsicously call upon (i.e., her mallet
if you want) without usage
of the Drive drug.
Good one. As for me, I came up with the idea of
switching the roles around. How about Akane in place
of Fei? Wrong gender, I know, but it might work. She
would be living in Nerima (Lacan) peacefully but with
amnesia and a secret power. I could imagine Ranma in
either Elly's or Citan's place: an elite-bred prodigy
Gear pilot of Solaris who, after meeting Akane,
discovers that so-called lambs (non-Solarians) are no
different from him; or an all-knowing, powerful
guardian of Akane, though then he probably can't be
paired up with her. Ryoga could work as Bart, but
how about Billy, or maybe even in Maria's place? Ukyo
could be the crossdressing princess of Aveh, also the
desert pirateress. Mousse? NOT Chu-chu, surely, but
there has to be something for him.
Hope this helps.
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