Adyen wrote:Ranma + Shin Megami Tensei: While I would LOVE to see this, I do not think there is anyone, and no offense is meant, here that can write it out because it would take full-time attention. I don't think you'll give the story enough credit if you just write it as a 'fanfic', but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
No offense taken. I've written about 10k of what is shaping up to be Chapter 1. I don't have much time, or patience, for writing but I can give this a shot. It is, afterall, an interesting premise. I don't know about having the skill to do it justice but I'm definitely going to give it a shot. I, however, need to replay the game and take notes. It's been quite a long time since I last plowed through SMT:N.
Adyen again wrote:Ranma + Rozen Maiden: I don't think it will work. If Ranma goes into a pact with any of the dolls, they have nearly complete control over the flow of energies and could literally force Ranma or kill him if it strikes their fancy, especially with early Hina-Ichigo and Suigintou.
Now, if it was the second season... That might be interesting.
If it were Hina-Ichigo it'd have to be First Season. If it were Suigintou it'd have to be Traumend. Still, I think it'd work. Ranma is not an idiot when it comes to survival. If the doll gets extremely angry he'd definitely try to mollify her, this would work well with early Hina-Ichigo. Suigintou... not so well.
ZoMG, Adyen!! wrote:Ranma + Mai HiME: I don't mean to sound rude, but I don't think this idea will work. This idea will not work simply because there's no way to 'fit' Ranma in. It's not that type of world, and generally speaking, most of the HiMEs will over-power Ranma very quickly.
I remember often reading that 'Ranma can be crossed with anything!' While that might not be entirely true it definitely makes for some interesting premises. All it requires is some imagination. Fitting Ranma in as an artificial HiME seems to work just fine. If you rewatch the fake movie trailer you'd notice that Arika is superior to Alyssa in one respect: despite being an artificial HiME she has her own Element (The Blue Sky Sapphire Spear from Otome) and her own child (the pink Artemis). If the premise is that Ranma is the new artificial HiME instead of Arika it stands to reason that she'd also have those things. Add to that Ranma's own martial prowess and battle ingenuity, and you have him/her on even footing with just about any HiME+Child combo.
Ayden?? wrote:Ranma + Fate/Stay Night: This... has potential. Though I have to admit I remember reading about someone having Ranma has Caster's master...
I'm glad at least two of the ideas meet your approval XD Care to point me towards this other fic? I'd be interested in reading it to avoid similarities, should I ever get around to writing this.
Raleigh wrote:Also, Frog, its the conception not the inception. Personally I would also like to recommend if we are crossing SMT with Ranma perhaps any of the Persona story lines or even Digital Devil Saga where humans have alternate demon forms. Actually I can see that one working out quite well.
I really need to replay SMT:N... I even get the name of the end of the world wrong. Oh, the shame. I have Persona 2: Eternal Punishment but I never completed it so, sadly, my knowledge of the Persona Series is lacking. I own both DDS games though. I haven't completed 2 yet, but it wouldn't be so tough to make a short story replacing the Embryon with the Ranma cast. A full story might be quite challenging though.
Toaste Pine wrote:I vote for Hina Ichigo just because she complements canon Ranma a bit better the Suigintou. Her dialogue is also harderto write without sounding cheesy and annoying.
Liddo-kun uses the same main characters as your fate/Ranma cross, but with a different premise.
Your idea sounds okay on the whole except Ranma might not meet the requirements to become a hero. I'm not sure about it since I try not to spoil the story for myself before being able to watch.
Whose dialogue is harder to write? If you mean Suigintou, then I agree. Suigintou would be quite a challenge to write. Hina would be much easier.
Link to this R/FSN story?
Ranma definitely meets the requirements to become a 'hero'. Some of the 'heroic spirits' that the Throne of Heroes chooses to become Servants are quite... uh... unique, so I don't see Ranma having any problem becoming one. The only problems he might have are: 1) no magical abilities places him at a disadvantage. 2) no Noble Phantasm. However, these are easily worked around. Number 1 isn't that important as the Assassin from F/SN doesn't have any magical abilities so it makes sense that Ranma wouldn't have any either as an Assassin. Number 2, well, not all Noble Phatansms are weapons. Some are skills associated with the heroic myth, while others are pretty far out there and have only a passing connection with the heroes myth. I'm certain I could cook up something to become Ranma's NP.
So how far along are you in F/SN, ToastedPine? I haven't played the game myself so some of my ideas might be a bit out there, but I'm religiously following the anime and lurking the Beasts Lair to gleam as many bits of F/SN knowledge as I can.
Edit: You know? I got to thinking about the R/Azu cross that people have been throwing around. The one with Ranma as Sakaki-sans father? It played something like this in my mind:
The girls are talking normally in class when Chiyo-chan calls for Sakaki-san to join them. Upon calling her name she suddenly realizes something: she doesn't know if Sakaki is her given name or her family name! So speculation begins about what Sakaki's other name might be. Chiyo giving off cute sounding names, Osaka giving weird names, and Tomo giving out 'awesome' names, all to Sakaki-sans increasing embarassment. Finally, after the girls have finished their discussion Sakaki-san finally manages to get a word in and whisper out that her family name is 'Saotome'... to her chagrin, not a cute name at all. So they all go down to visit Sakaki at her house and meet her parents. Sadly they only get to meet her Father. Her mother is out of the house. Hijinks ensue.