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Ranma the raging feminist?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:44 am
by Tuisto
I know that there are a great many Ranma-chan fics out there(because I think I've read them all :wink: ), and a great many where Ranma-kun is sorta' okay with the change.
But I was rereading a portion of Michael Fetter's "The Juuban Incident" and his comment at the first chapter intrigued me, about Ranma being a feminist. In his fic, it's true, Ranma-chan is quite a feminist, For the Cause... and whatnot.

But see, then it occurred to me that naturally, if Ranma wasn't plagued by so many gender identity issues, would most likely, yes be a raging feminist. Simply because he as a she would be a living witness to how gender roles and rights are different for the "Fairer half", and as the anime shows us finds a great many traditionally female oriented things demeaning.

Now with all this supposition, logic would pose to us, that it would only take a small action to reorient onna-Ranma's world view into one of radical feminism...
The idea of Ranma at a bra-burning rally amuses me greatly.

Well... now that I've rambled enough, I pose a question if any one here knows of such a fic where onna-Ranma // otoko-Ranma are involved with a sort of Japanese feminist movement?

I know, it's a longshot that even the fic-search Maestro PCHeinz72 will have a trouble with.

So... ?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:25 am
by PCHeintz72
Welll... I can say I've never bothered tracking it... but...

Akane *beleves* Ranma's female form is a feminist in:
R-DNKM 'Ranma Saotome The Atomic Kid' by Carrotglace - [Status=Not Complete] - [Last Dld=01/26/2004] - [Size=256kb]
Asked to be a male feminist in:
R-NUKU 'PROJECT NK-RANMA' by Celeste Byrd - [Status=Not Complete] - [Last Dld=10/26/2000] - [Size=188kb]
I suppose, the following might count:
RANMA 'Bits of China' by Ozzallos-TeflonBooger - [Status=Not Complete] - [Last Dld=09/12/2005] - [Size=102kb]
And might be considered such but not really explored in:
RANMA 'Fear' by deathgeonous - [Status=Not Complete] - [Last Dld=07/20/2006] - [Size=37kb]

Finally... these was an incident in a story I read once, I *think* it was Girl Days... accused the principal of molesting her, but it was a misunderstanding, yet due to it getting out of hand, there was public uprising, and the principal decided to flee back to Hawaii.

EDIT: Finally got this post to go through... forum kept crashing on me.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:01 am
by frice2000
Not really what you were looking for but the closest I can think of is this one: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2320986/1/D ... Soul_Mates where he/she actually discusses the equality of women briefly...Though its not really that explored in depth.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:14 am
by TerraEpon
I think it starts to head in that direction in Girl Days.


Genma's Daughter might count too, but of course Ranma IS a girl in that one, after the fact.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:54 pm
by Knight of L-sama
PCHeintz72 wrote:Finally... these was an incident in a story I read once, I *think* it was Girl Days... accused the principal of molesting her, but it was a misunderstanding, yet due to it getting out of hand, there was public uprising, and the principal decided to flee back to Hawaii.


Actually that sounds more like newRanma by C. Jones (formerly of Furinkan.net) to me, which I think is still up on the author's FF.N page.

The worst that the Principal Kuno has gotten up to in Girl Days is announcing a free dress day and it wasn't really his fault that Happosai intervened.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:01 pm
by PCHeintz72
I stand corrected then. Been years since I've read either.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:36 pm
by TerraEpon
In Girl Days, Ranma leads a band of girls against Happosai, IIRC.