It was good, until Ranma got into a fight with Moka. He's strong, yes, but he never beat Cologne (okay, there was a few times when he won a fight, but he never beat her up like he did with, say, Ryoga), never beat Happosai, and his fight with the phoenix king was a very close shave. Moka was supposed to be near the very top in terms of strength, so there's no way he'd beat her that easily. Or, if there is a way, the author failed to convince me. I stopped reading after that chapter.
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
If there's anything that I hold in high regards regarding Big Human On Campus, it's the OC creation/treatment. I've legitimately had to double-check the Rosario To Vampire wiki to make sure X character was an OC and not some D-list Ascended Extra like Chopper. I've even started taking a couple notes on how it handles OCs in order to try to apply it to my own.
Ranma vs. Happosai is tricky because 90% of the time Happy jumps in for comedic hijinks and is treated thusly. The old bastard becomes a very different beast if he's actually put in a straight-up showdown.
edited 26th Jun '14 7:08:47 AM by Watchtower
The point is, Happosai is a high-tier character that Ranma can hardly win against; and even then, using tricks and psychological weaknesses. Moka is supposed to be a much more powerful fighter, and yet, Ranma is somehow supposed to overcome her in a straight power contest. I'm not buying it.
And yes, the OCs are very finely done.
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
Here's chapter 41 of Wait, Did That Happen Before?.
It was quiet. Too quiet, considering there was a gigantic cat stomping around a horde of screaming shadow clones a few seconds ago. A horrible suspicion came to mind, and Ryouga skidded to a stop. With a leap, Ryouga sent himself at the top of the nearest tree and began scanning his surroundings.
“No!” Ryouga exclaimed at the sight before him. Nothing. An empty forest of trees. As opposed to... a forest of something other than trees. No giant cats were in sight, no screams could be heard, and he was pretty sure these weren't the same types of trees that had been around him before. “No, no, no, no, no!” He had gotten lost. And Negi was probably going to die for it. All he could do was hope that Negi thought to use the kunai to summon him before Tora killed him. But just in case he doesn't... Ryouga quickly began running through the handseals for the Hiraishin, attempting to clamp down on his rising urge to panic.
Naruto was running as fast as he could while dragging a reluctant Sakura behind him. With swiftness born of a childhood spent evading angry citizens after his latest prank, he tore through the woods toward the gigantic monster in feline form that was trying to eat his other teammate. Well, not directly toward it. Both Negi and Tora were too quick for him to catch in a straight-out sprint. However, if he ran toward the direction they were heading in themselves, he might be able to cut them off. He had to be fast. He had to be swift. He... was probably going to be eaten by a giant cat if he couldn't get the Kyuubi to help out this time.
Hey. Have you been keeping track of- Naruto was abruptly snapped out of his attempt to contact the Kyuubi as his arm was suddenly jerked hard. Naruto became aware that he was being dragged along the forest floor at a rather high speed.
“Jeez, Naruto! If you're going to run while pulling someone by the arm, at least have the decency to let go of them if you trip!” scolded Sakura as she yanked him to his feet, not bothering to stop.
“Sorry, Sakura,” Naruto replied as he started running again. I'd better wait on contacting the Kyuubi.
It was at that point that the giant cat suddenly doubled its speed as it tore a swath through the forest before them.
Negi was screaming. From his shoulder, Chamo was screaming. And a house-sized house cat was chasing them through a forest.
“BRO, HE'S CATCHING UP!”
Negi dodged between another tree, then looked back. Sure enough, despite the heavy foliage and trees it had to weave around in order to pursue them, the gargantuan monster that was once the Fire Daimyo's cat Tora was steadily gaining on them.
“DO SOMETHING!”
Noting that he wasn't seeing any more of Naruto's shadow clones around, Negi grabbed his staff and took to the air. Ignoring his initial instinct to rise above the trees, Negi began flying low, intentionally weaving between trees to try to slow Tora down. Loud crashing from behind him told him that the cat was smashing through them.
“IT'S GETTING BIGGER!”
A glance back confirmed Chamo's warning. The cat was now roughly five stories tall and still growing. “Acceleratio!” Negi cried, zipping forward at ever increasing speed.
“FASTER! GO FASTER!”
Negi gave a quick, panicked glance behind him, then started making handseals. “Bunshin no Jutsu! Mobiliter!” Five more Negis burst into existence and abruptly launched themselves in different directions. Meanwhile, the real Negi made a sharp left turn between two trees, then landed in (read: crashed into) a large shrub.
“Ow,” Chamo groaned from the rock he'd landed on, only to quickly climb to his feet. From a nearby bush, Negi mirrored Chamo's sentiment. In an instant, Tora crashed past them, tearing a path through the increasingly dense trees of the forest. Negi and Chamo let out a sigh of relief, only to stiffen as the noise of Tora crashing through the came to a sudden halt. The sudden sound of loud sniffing abruptly filled the area, and Chamo and Negi exchanged a panicked glance.
“How good is a cat's sense of smell?” Negi whispered to Chamo, scanning the area for his staff. The ermine immediately took on a panicked look and began waving his paws in front of him in a 'cease and desist' gesture, one that Negi missed as he spotted the magical focus device half a dozen feet away sticking out of the same shrub he had just crashed into.
“Pretty damn good, but my hearing's even better,” Tora replied. Negi's eyes widened, and Chamo looked like he could cry.
For a second, Negi started to reach for his equipment pouch. If I can just get that kunai to summon Ryouga... A flashback to the Red Ranger getting her butt thoroughly kicked by the giant cat and a grotesque daydream involving a rather horribly maimed Ryouga flashed through Negi's mind, and he quickly pulled his hand away from the pouch. Instead, he looked around. Other than him, Chamo, and Tora, nobody was around. Negi took a deep breath. “Mea Virga!” he cried, his left hand extended. As the staff returned to his hand with a loud clack, Negi spun to face Tora. "Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister! Vertatur Tempestas-” Negi abruptly cut off as the air was blasted from his lungs via an impact from a gigantic paw.
“Now now, none of that,” said Tora mockingly. “I've been polite enough to speak to you in human, you ought to at least show me the same courtesy.”
Having barely managed to evade Tora's paw himself, Chamo began panicking. At this rate, bro's done for! I've gotta do something! Anything! Suddenly, an idea came to mind. Maybe I can convince him to shrink down! “Hey you!” Chamo cried, startling the cat. “Yeah, you! What the heck do you think you're doing? As big as you are, eating us wouldn't even be a mouthful! Why the heck are you so eager to get us, huh?”
Tora looked amused. “Well, now I've seen everything. A talking mouse.”
Chamo suddenly felt very, very nervous. “Later!” he cried, as he bolted behind a tree, whipping out a lighter and a small explosive the instant he was out of sight. Almost immediately, the tree was ripped away behind him by the monster cat, but it was too late. Throwing the bomb to the ground, Chamo leapt away, his eyes closed tightly. “Ermine Flash!”
And the flash bang detonated.
“WHAT WAS THAT?” yelled Naruto, blinking his eyes to clear the spots from them.
“WHAT?” Sakura yelled back, digging a finger into each of her ears in a futile attempt to stop the loud ringing noises that now assaulted them.
“WHAT?” Naruto replied. Instead of responding verbally, Sakura gave Naruto the hand signal for 'I can't hear you.' “WHAT?” Naruto replied again. Sakura gave Naruto the hand signal again. Naruto squinted, but still couldn't identify the hand signal. “I DON'T UNDERSTAND!” Sakura made a gesture he did understand. “HEY! THAT'S NOT VERY NICE!”
It was at that point Negi flew by on his staff.
“Uh-oh,” said Chamo, as he and Negi passed Naruto and Sakura. “Don't look now, bro, but I think Sakura and Naruto just saw us flying.”
“WHAT?” Negi yelled back.
Chamo, having known what he was about to do, had covered his ears and closed his eyes before the bomb went off, but Negi had had no such foreknowledge. So now Negi was as deafened by the bomb as the cat. It had only been through good fortune that Negi had been looking away when the blinding flash filled the aread. Speaking of which... Chamo looked back at Tora, who was even now thrashing around, howling about how everyone went for the damn eyes. ...Hmm... Maybe the blast blinded Naruto and Sakura too? Chamo's eyes narrowed as Tora once more began sniffing. ...In retrospect, I really need to add some sort of scent component to my bombs. ...Wait, if Bro's teammates are as blind and deaf as the cat, they'll be helpless once Tora notices them! “Bro, turn around!”
“WHAT?” Negi yelled back. Instead of answering, Chamo began making frantic gestures behind them. Negi looked back. Spotting his teammates, Negi immediately pulled a 180. But Tora had already begun moving toward them with purpose.
“HE'S NOTICED THEM!”
And suddenly there was movement from next to Negi.
Naruto was still trying to decipher Sakura's strange hand-signal language when Sakura suddenly stiffened and began pointing behind him. Turning, he found himself faced with Tora. Who was much, much bigger than he'd been a few minutes ago. And seemed much angrier than before as well. And then Tora's paw came down, claws visibly extended. Naruto had all of an eighth of a second to contemplate this before he was engulfed in a sudden pulling sensation. And then he was on the ground next to Negi. Looking up, he had just enough time to see Ryouga where he had just been before Tora's claws crashed down on him.
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Found this
, and would like to share it.
@ Hyperblade: I'm all hyped up to see some real Ryoga awesomeness!
@ Unit-kun: That was a nice find.
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
I know there's at least one person on this thread who knows what I'm talking about, so: Nerima Wrecking Crew in Inaba. What are the chances, possibilities and consequences?
EDIT: For those who don't: crossover with Persona 4.
edited 18th Aug '14 12:27:48 PM by TheNobody
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
Does Big Human On Campus use the manga RV setting, or the anime's? If it's the latter, yeah, that's under the upper Ranmaverse level, I'd say.
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I'm actually not sure whether it uses the manga or anime version... but it also is still mostly on the first season.
Chapter 42 of Wait, Did That Happen Before? is now finished. Sorry about the wait. I forgot to save the first time I wrote it, and ended up having to rewrite the whole thing almost from scratch.
As Ryouga finished the final handseal for the Hiriashin no Jutsu, he felt the teleportation take effect. And suddenly he could see Tora, claws extended, lashing out toward an unaware Naruto. Ryouga whipped his hands together into the first handseal for the Kawarimi no Jutsu before realizing there wouldn't be time to use the handseals for the technique. Clenching his hands into fists, Ryouga drew them back, even as he forced his chakra through the replacement technique through sheer force of will. And then, with a loud poof and a large burst of smoke, Naruto was safely deposited where Ryouga had initially landed and Ryouga was the one beneath Tora's descending claws.
CRACK!
With a vicious uppercut to the monstrous cat's center toe, Ryouga brought the slash to a halt. Not giving the cat any time to react, he rushed toward the next closest limb, lashing out with a haymaker. And then to the next limb. And then to the next.
Having located his prey, despite still not being able to see or hear thanks to Chamo's flash bang, a very much enraged Tora spread his claws on his left foreleg and swiped. But instead of the sensation of his claws sinking into a small child that he'd expected, a sudden pain spiked through his foot. With a yelp of surprise, Tora withdrew his paw, now sporting a broken toe.
The scent before him had abruptly changed. Before the massive cat had time to make sense of what that meant, a second pain stabbed its way into his right foreleg just behind the paw, and Tora jerked it from the ground in pain as well. Raising himself to his hind legs, Tora made an awkward hop backwards, blinking furiously in a futile attempt to accelerate the recovery of his vision. Despite his efforts, Tora still wasn't able to spot more than a blur of motion before one of his hind legs was kicked out from under him. The cat suddenly found himself precariously balanced on one leg before that too was bashed aside. With a crash, Tora landed in a heap. Right on top of his attacker.
Biting pain in his side quickly informed the gargantuan cat that this was not somewhere he wanted to be, and he promptly rolled away, swiping blindly at where he'd just been laying with his tail. A painful pinch at the end informed him that something had just grabbed it. Or perhaps bitten down on it. Deciding to repay the favor, Tora spun around and pinned whatever it was that was on his tail with his right paw, before sinking his teeth into... his own tail and a log. Recoiling in pain, Tora landed back on his feet before letting out a yowl of pain and jerking his left foreleg from the ground as the nerves in his foot reminded him that he had a broken toe. It was at this point that Tora began to consider fleeing from the scene like a terrified kitten.
...Er, I mean tactically retreating until he could see again. Don't look at me like that. I'm the narrator, you can't interact with me. Seriously, stop it, you're ruining the story. Okay, fine, be that way, Tora. Let's see how you like this.
Suddenly, Tora's world exploded into pain, and the gigantic cat let out a howl of agony. Dimly, he felt himself landing on something, but it was muted, a vague sensation hidden behind the veil of pain that had suddenly engulfed his torso. Something told Tora he should be trying to run, and the cat attempted to struggle to his feet, only for a second burst of pain to spike through him. Again, the cat tried to rise to his feet. Unfortunately, his limbs apparently no longer felt the need to listen to him, and Tora could do little more than lie senseless on the ground as spasms of agony ran through him. Suddenly, the pain in his side spiked again, and his senses began to return to him. Slowly, he became aware of someone talking to him, and his vision began to clear. Wait... “You... look familiar...”
Sakura watched in horror as Naruto failed to comprehend her warning. And then Ryouga was there, a large, loud burst of smoke signifying that he'd just performed a rather chakra excessive replacement with Naruto. And Sakura watched as her sensei furiously tore into the monster cat that had once been Tora.
At one point, Tora fell on him, and Sakura momentarily thought that the fight had been brought to an end, but the cat abruptly rolled away like it had landed on a massive tack, and Ryouga continued attacking it unhindered.
And then a massive blast of green light sent the gargantuan cat sprawling.
“Whoa,” yelped Ryouga, having just barely avoided being caught in the blast himself. Taking a step back, he suddenly looked off to his side. Following his gaze, Sakura's eyes widened in horror.
From where the blast had originated stood the green ranger, clutching a short black and green dagger with yellow runes running along the blade. Judging by the way he was holding it, the blast had originated from the dagger, or perhaps been channeled through it. Lowering the blade to his side, the Green Ranger began walking toward the downed monster cat. “Hello Tora,” he said in his distorted voice.
Instead of responding, the cat began struggling to his feet. Faster than Sakura's eyes could track, the Green Ranger whipped the dagger toward the cat, and a second blast of green light sent the cat crashing back to the ground. This time, he didn't get back up.
“Now now, none of that.” Once more lowering the dagger, the Green Ranger continued walking towards the cat, fastening his weapon to his belt as he walked. Ignoring the confused Ryouga, the evil power ranger gestured toward the downed monster cat. “You know, my master tells me it's been quite some time since anyone was stupid enough to try feeding on her magical energy. And then you come along. Not only do you flee in battle against her direct orders, but instead of leaving things be, you start tapping into her powers whenever you feel like killing something.” The ranger's hands abruptly clenched into fists, and he slammed a kick into the injured monster-cat's side. “Not a smart move, kitty.”
From the corner of her eye, Sakura could see Naruto and Negi watching the whole thing as Negi hovered on his staff. Initially, the small boy had looked overjoyed, but now he mostly looked conflicted. What's the matter? Finally realizing he's not one of the Power Rangers you were sent to spy on? However, that line of thought was interrupted as Tora began to stir once more.
“You... You look familiar...” grunted the cat.
“I rather expect I should,” replied the Green Ranger. “After all, I'm wearing the same style costume as the people you were supposed to eliminate. Instead of running away like a cowardly mouse.”
“Why...” Tora cut off to groan, then tried again. “Why are you here?”
“Were you not listening?” asked the Green Ranger incredulously. “I'm here because you, a simple house cat gifted with power for the sake of defeating the Power Rangers, decided instead to steal magical power from Rita Repulsa, the greatest conqueror this planet has seen in ten thousand years!”
At that, Negi looked downright alarmed. Ryouga and Naruto continued to look confused.
“So you're here to kill me?” asked the monster cat.
“Actually,” said the Green Ranger, as he raised his empty hand, “I'm here to take back that which was never yours to begin with.” Abruptly, a small clay pot materialized in the evil Power Ranger's hand. “After I've gotten that, you can go back to your life as the Fire Daimyo's pet for all I care.” Tora's eyes widened in desperation. And the giant cat MOVED.
For all of a few feet before collapsing back to the ground and letting out a strangled squeaking noise.
“You aren't going anywhere in your condition,” muttered the Green Ranger as he lifted the lid off the pot. “Why do you think I blasted you before I started talking?”
The monstrous cat suddenly started convulsing, and something came out of him, leaving the original Tora twitching on the ground. As the thing flew into the pot, the Green Ranger replaced the lid, and the pot vanished just as suddenly as it had appeared.
Ryouga looked down at Tora, then back at the Green Ranger. “So, uh, thanks for the help?” said Ryouga, though he made it sound like a question than a legitimate expression of gratitude.
“Don't thank me,” replied the Green Ranger casually. “I wasn't here to save you, I was here to stop a thief at the request of my master. And at the request of my master, I'm also about to kill one of your genin.”
Before he'd even finished the word genin, the Green Ranger had already started rushing her. By the time Sakura had comprehended what happened, the green-clad villain had closed over half the distance between them. Then, just before he reached her, the Green Ranger jerked, as if struck by an invisible blow, and he slid to the side. This was just enough of a delay for Ryouga to reach him, and the jounin tackled him to the ground from behind.
Naruto gaped in surprise, eyes locked on Negi's outstretched hand, and Negi inwardly cursed. But not outwardly. Gentlemen had to hold themselves to certain standards, after all.
Before Naruto could ask how he'd attacked the assassin from that distance, or how he was hovering in midair, or what 'flans exarmatio' meant, Negi dropped to the ground and turned to his orange-clad teammate. “Quick, make a bunch of shadow clones and transform one into Sakura, then replace her with it!”
“Uh, right!” Naruto said, and put word to deed. Before the smoke from the shadow clones had cleared, one of the dozen shadow clones was already going through the handseals for the transformation technique.
Hopefully that will distract Naruto enough that by the time this is over, he'll have forgotten about me flying or casting spells. I hate to admit it, but it's times like these that I'm glad Naruto's not the sharpest kunai in the set.
“Henge no Jutsu!” yelled Naruto, and in a second puff of smoke, it turned into Sakura.
And it's times like these that I wish Naruto didn't yell out every technique he performs as he does them, thought Negi. Hopefully the Green Power Ranger was too occupied to notice. However, the deed was done, and Naruto was already going through the handseals for the replacement technique.
“Kawarimi no Jutsu!”
And Sakura was back.
“Quick, transform into Naruto,” commanded Negi.
“Uh, right,” said Sakura. “Henge no Jutsu!”
Negi didn't facepalm, as that would not be the gentlemanly thing to do. “Okay Narutos, make a defensive circle around us. Sakura, stay close. We'll keep that fake Power Ranger from catching you.”
“Wait!” said Chamo. “Naruto, keep one of the clones in the circle. Sakura, Naruto, join the clones, but keep to the back of the circle. If that green guy comes after us, pretend to be part of the guard, but try to slip away when you get the chance. Bro, get a delayed sp-... uh... get ready to swap with one of the clones?”
Negi promptly transformed into Naruto.
Ryouga stifled a grunt of pain as his green-clad opponent slipped another blow through his defenses. The jounin had quickly discovered that the Green Ranger could strike with enough force to hurt him, despite his iron-like constitution. Furthermore, trying to hit his opponent was like trying to hit Ranma. The guy moved with a speed he hadn't seen from anyone else since arriving in the elemental nations and could casually dodge attacks even while staying close enough to land his own.
Unlike Ranma, however, the Green Ranger seemed to like to keep the pressure on. The entire fight had been a furious exchange of blows, interspersed with the occasional grappling match, and Ryouga hadn't even had time to ditch his backpack. But that was fine. If nothing else, Hibiki Ryouga wouldn't back down from a slugging match. With a snarl, Ryouga surged forward, swinging a haymaker at his opponent's helmet. The Green Ranger dodged both the haymaker, and Ryouga reversed it into an elbow strike. However, the ranger spun out of the way, using his momentum to drive a hook to Ryouga's face. And then Ryouga saw his opening.
As the hook slammed home, the Green Ranger stopped, just for an instant. And Ryouga used that instant to slam his knee to the ranger's stomach. The blow seemed to stun the evil Power Ranger, and Ryouga was certain he heard a cry of pain. Not missing his chance, Ryouga swiftly grabbed him by the helmet and slammed that into his knee as well. Unfortunately, he'd forgotten to take account of the fact that the Green Ranger was, in fact, wearing a helmet, and the blow did little damage. Instead, it gave the ranger time to recover, and he slammed a palm strike into Ryouga's stomach. And suddenly, Ryouga felt like someone had filled his innards with fire.
Gasping in pain, Ryouga dropped to his knees and began dry-heaving. The Green Ranger immediately retreated backwards, sinking to his knees and clutching his stomach in pain. What the hell is this? thought the Green Ranger incredulously. The Power Rangers can't do crap against me, but some random ninja can bring me to my knees in one hit?! Unbeknownst to him, Ryouga was having rather similar thoughts.
What the hell is wrong with me? I'm so pathetic. I'm supposed to be a jounin of Konoha, the strongest of the hidden villages, and I can't even stop some random lunatic sent to kill a genin. And not just any genin, one of my genin. I'm failing them. Sakura is going to die. And probably Naruto and Negi, too. And there's nothing I can do to stop it. At this rate, I'm probably not even going to live long enough to see this asshole do it.
“Fuck this,” growled the Green Ranger, reaching for his dagger. Suddenly, Ryouga sat up, his hands cupped together, a green-blue glow burning in the center of them.
“SHISHI HOKODAN!”
“OH YOU PIECE OF SHI-” In a blast of viridian light, the Green Ranger was sent flying into the forest.
Sakura gasped in surprise. Holy crap! He did it! How the hell did that even happen? However, before the girl had time to celebrate not dying at the hands of what had formerly appeared to be an implacable foe, Ryouga collapsed to the ground, spasmed, and once again began dry-heaving. “SENSEI!”
“-IIIIIIIIT!” With a crash, the Green Ranger landed, deep in the woods, bouncing off the ground twice before coming to an abrupt stop as he slammed into a tree. “Ow,” said the Green Ranger flatly, before trying to sit up. “Damn rocks,” he muttered. “Can't even crash-land in the middle of a forest after being blasted by some sort of knockoff of my own attack without...” The Green Ranger paused as he took sight of what he'd landed on. “No way. It can't possibly be this easy.” But it was. And so, it was with great surprise that the Green Ranger picked up Sakura's morpher.
So, this effectively eliminates the... Uh, Red? Ranger without eliminating Sakura?
Also, wow. That was a great fight. I'm just a bit surprised that the Green's helmet didn't crack. I'd chalk it up to Ryoga getting sloppy without Ranma-scale opponents, but it's Konoha, there should be at least some.
Oh, and another one. I guess Green Ranger is also someone from Konoha. Does he know he's the Green Ranger? Does Green Ranger know who he is?
edited 31st Aug '14 1:51:40 AM by TheNobody
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
I'm not sure I understand your question. If you're asking if the Green Ranger knows what color he is, then yes.
Edit: Oh, you're asking if he knows he's an evil Power Ranger. Yes, he knows he's a Power Ranger working for Rita Repulsa.
edited 31st Aug '14 2:13:04 AM by Hyp3rB14d3
Even when he's not a Power Ranger?
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
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I found this. Only one chapter and the author doesn't write anymore, but nevertheless It Amused Me.
Okay, that was hilarious.![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
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Yes, and it Must. Be. Continued. Even if it has to be adopted by someone else! (Which the author has given his express permission to do so, incidentally.)
edited 17th Sep '14 2:51:22 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
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I wasn't pointing at you, if that wasn't obvious.
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I never said that you were. I merely stated outright that I had no intention of picking up the fic.
Maybe a collaborative effort? Anyways, since Ranma fell into a different spring, then he probably wouldn't have had the same encounter with Ryouga at Jusenkyo, meaning Ryouga would have either fallen into a different spring, or not been cursed. And since Ranma doesn't have the girl form excuse to drive Shampoo off, Shampoo probably wouldn't get cursed either. Mousse would probably still get cursed, though.
Personally, I think Rule of Funny practically demands that either Ryouga, Mousse, or both fall in the Spring of Drowned Girl. And probably try to keep the curse secret for some reason (I'm thinking either because whenever they're transformed they throw themselves at Ranma and so attempt to avoid being around him while female, or because they don't want Shampoo/Akane/Ranma/whoever-the-hell-ends-up-being-their-love-interest-in-this-fic to know that they're, to borrow a term from SMC, an aqua-transsexual).
Shampoo teaming up with Soap may or may not lead to her showing up earlier than in canon. Not really any way to bring Ukyou in any earlier, though.
With Ranma in "playboy mode," I can see the Tendo sisters getting in a fight over who gets him. I can also see Ranma getting himself in trouble with all of them before they know what's up. Not sure how Soun would react to his daughters' being affected by Ranma's curse, though. It would probably involve crying over them (the Tendo sisters) not getting along with each other at some point, though. Akane would almost certainly react badly when she found out about the curse, though. Or earlier, if she found him two-timing with her sisters before then. Nabiki would probably try to get a profit out of it somehow.
And there has to be an incident with either the cat's tongue or the locking ladle. The locking ladle could be especially funny with Herb, but I can also see the Cat's Tongue technique going epically badly.
edited 17th Sep '14 4:25:06 PM by Hyp3rB14d3
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You know what the scary thing is? Ranma's conscious thought processes are affected by Spring of Drowned Playboy. He didn't seem terribly concerned about changing back. Whereas under the Spring of Drowned Girl curse, Ran-chan still had a male-patterned brain.
So while normal!Ranma would do his damnedest to keep the curse from activating, once it inevitably does, it'll be up to everyone else to turn him back to normal.
Now, ponder for a moment: suppose someone decides they like playboy Ranma more than normal Ranma? Just how big of a monkey wrench does that throw into everything?
And then comes the Cat's Tongue technique. In which not only does Ranma not particularly care about changing back, he actively avoids it. And Shampoo and Soap, who are among the more likely candidates to want him not to change back, are also among the more likely candidates to get it introduced to the story. Just get Cologne to show up and Ranma to demonstrate his fighting prowess, and you've got a playboy Ranma who doesn't particularly care about changing back outside of maybe being annoyed at being stuck with cold showers for the rest of his life. Thus, it falls to Genma and Soun to save Ranma (assuming they actually want him to change back). And maybe Akane (again, assuming she wants him to change back). And Kuno, of course ("Saotome's lechery is due to foul sorcery, you say?"). And probably Mousse ("Don't worry, Shampoo, I'll save you!"). And Ryouga if he ends up with the girl curse ("Dammit, Ranma, do you have any idea what hell you're putting me through?!"). Actually, this could be pretty funny if it's played right. Ranma is trapped in his cursed form, his father and girlfriends don't care, and all his rivals struggle desperately to cure him.
But why would anybody use the Cat's Tongue technique on him?
Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.
Since I'm reasonably sure it hasn't come up in this thread yet, I want to recommend Big Human on Campus. It's a crossover where Ranma goes to Youkai Academy alongside Tsukune, sometime after his battle with Saffron.
The author is damn good at capturing the Comedic Sociopathy in classic Ranma's style.