Ranma works to fix a weakness in social skills

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Ranma works to fix a weakness in social skills

Postby slickrcbd » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:39 pm

Does anybody recall a fic where Ranma did overcome his foot-in-mouth with something akin to "martial arts socialization" (that was from The Grum's "Finding an Anchor", different fic) when it was pointed out that it was a weakness even greater than his fear of cats and that people would take advantage of it and defeat him through finance, social skills, and spin when they couldn't defeat him in a straight fight, using Nabiki as an example? Ranma then trained to fix the weakness.
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Re: Ranma works to fix a weakness in social skills

Postby PCHeintz72 » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:29 pm

One to immediately come to mind is:

RANMA 'The Plan' by Tonbo - [Dld Date=07/26/2007] - [Dld Size=423kb] - [Dld File Cnt=3] - [Dld Status=Complete]
Make sure to read the portion titled Plan B for a interesting alternate ending...

Not quite the same, but close.

In a different mindset, there is also:

RANMA 'One Trick Pony' by beartooth - [Dld Date=11/03/2006] - [Dld Size=389kb] - [Dld File Cnt=21] - [Dld Status=Complete]
  • - [MD Source=FF.NET] - [MD Rating=T] - [MD Word Cnt=74968]
  • - [MD Summary= Ranma realizes that being the best there is may not be all there is. His journey starts in Nerima but eventually takes him to a place where he can finally come to terms with what he would like to be. Ranma x Kasumi...Completed!]
  • - [Direct URL] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2971071/1/
  • - [Author1 URL] https://www.fanfiction.net/u/794133/
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Re: Ranma works to fix a weakness in social skills

Postby slickrcbd » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:38 am

I think it was "Just a Plan", something evidently from the old FFML. Thank you.
The "One Trick Pony" story looks interesting, I'm going to be reading it today, so thanks for the recommendation.
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Re: Ranma works to fix a weakness in social skills

Postby PCHeintz72 » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:05 am

slickrcbd wrote:I think it was "Just a Plan", something evidently from the old FFML. Thank you.
The "One Trick Pony" story looks interesting, I'm going to be reading it today, so thanks for the recommendation.

If it is a matter of Nabiki training him in various things several matchups have her reforming him or expanding his knowledge.

For an example, she eventually does that sort of thing in the following:

RANMA 'A Tale of Two Wallets' by Shiva-kun - [Dld Date=03/13/2005] - [Dld Size=6553kb] - [Dld File Cnt=128] - [Dld Status=Complete]
  • - [MD Source=MM.ORG] - [MD Rating=Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16] - [MD Word Cnt=1211845]
  • - [MD Summary= Nabiki is often considered no more than a background character a money grubbing mercenary with no appreciable martial arts ability to compete with her younger sister or keep up with Ranma and the martial artists of Nerima but what if through a slight wrinkle in fate it was Nabiki who became engaged to Ranma? What if instead of being shocked by his transformation she saw a chance to not only make a buck but also end her loneliness and grab the attention for herself for once? And how will a non-combatant fianc�e be able to handle the many varied and violent forces trying to tear Ranma away from her?...]
  • - [Direct URL] http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_c ... 4868/64365
  • - [Author1 URL] http://www.mediaminer.org/user_info.php/61268

I think she did that in the below as well...

RANMA 'Lonely Match' by Cloud-Dreamer - [Dld Date=06/23/2004] - [Dld Size=314kb] - [Dld File Cnt=8] - [Dld Status=Complete]
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Re: Ranma works to fix a weakness in social skills

Postby slickrcbd » Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:47 pm

PCHeintz72 wrote:RANMA 'A Tale of Two Wallets' by Shiva-kun - [Dld Date=03/13/2005] - [Dld Size=6553kb] - [Dld File Cnt=128] - [Dld Status=Complete]
  • - [MD Source=MM.ORG] - [MD Rating=Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16] - [MD Word Cnt=1211845]
  • - [MD Summary= Nabiki is often considered no more than a background character a money grubbing mercenary with no appreciable martial arts ability to compete with her younger sister or keep up with Ranma and the martial artists of Nerima but what if through a slight wrinkle in fate it was Nabiki who became engaged to Ranma? What if instead of being shocked by his transformation she saw a chance to not only make a buck but also end her loneliness and grab the attention for herself for once? And how will a non-combatant fianc�e be able to handle the many varied and violent forces trying to tear Ranma away from her?...]
  • - [Direct URL] http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_c ... 4868/64365
  • - [Author1 URL] http://www.mediaminer.org/user_info.php/61268

I didn't know about the Mediaminer link, I only knew about the defunct AngCobra website that hadn't been updated since 2004 and later somebody told me about his Yahoo Group that has the completed Nabiki 1/2 in the files section.


https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/jimbader/info

Warning, the below link is NSFW due to adult ads
https://web.archive.org/web/20130320093 ... bader.html


I should add that most of Jim Bader's stories are REALLY good, and the stories "A Tale of Two Wallets" and "Nibiki 1/2" are his masterpieces. The latter of the two is his magnum opus and one of the longest stories I've read. It is at least as long as "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy. Just be warned, the latter has bisexual girls, promiscuity, and group marriages.
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