In a message dated 03/01/2003 12:12:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
thermopyle@tds.net writes:

Actually, the part about 'the martial artist's duty...' is cannon.  Check 

out the >>first apperance of the ghost cat, what's his name, Mao Yon or 
something?  >>Genma says it pretty clearly... although I could be 
mistaken... 

--Hm.  I don't have the scans on this computer, otherwise I'd check.  I'll 

take your >word for it.  Regardless, I meant more along the lines of the 
common idea in >fanfics where Ranma gets frustrated at the people around 
him because they ruin >the 'purity' of the art he so dedicates to 
protecting the weak--that he studies for >the sole purpose of being 
Protecter of Innocents the World Over.  It's... well, it's >out there, as 
far as lines of reasoning go.

Good point.  It is rather cliched, isn't it? 

--And another point...you mention that Genma, of all people, says that it's 

a >martial artist's duty to protect the weak.  Well.  Genma isn't exactly 
known for >stating the truth.  Neither is Ranma, or Nabiki, or Cologne.  So 
I'd take what any >of them say with a huge canister of salt.  :)

Nor is Happi, for that matter, but you have a point.  But in this instance, I 
think Genma agrees with the setiment, even if he doesn't practice what he 
preaches...  Soun is really the only one who does seem to practice this; like 
when Happi returns from his intial run-in with Pantyhose Taro and terrorizes 
a local town from within an octopus jar.  Genma tends to go along with Soun, 
most likely to stay on his good side; after all, Ranma is the only one Soun 
really needs there...

The only time Genma or Ranma act on this 'duty' is when Happi goes berserk.

-Dave Fox



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