Zwzn wrote:If you read the manga closely you will see Akane scares her classmates with her behavior. It's not slapstick, but really happening in universe. Characters actually marvel at how fast Ranma heals from the beatings he gets from Akane, Kodachi, Shampoo, Ukyo, and so on..
It's suppose to be happening in-universe, and was that way since at least the martial arts ice skating arc which is the fourth story line.KonokoHasano wrote:It's SUPPOSED to be slapstick. It's just that people tend to view it differently and make more out of it than they should.
KonokoHasano wrote:I don't see Akane or any of the other cast members having brain damage. They just have random quirks that get flanderized to a degree as the series goes on
mondu_the_fat wrote:Kinda part an parcel of the "eternal summer" thing. Character growth would imply a change in status quo, something Takashi seemed dead set against even until the end.
by Wyrd » wrote: Half of the characters in the series become flanderized. Nabiki goes from a character with some depth who also likes money to being about nothing but money. Kasumi loses her occasionally perverse sense of humour and little ways of getting revenge to become just a Yamato Nadeshiko. Far from experiencing character growth, most of the characters in the series slowly lose anything that doesn't conform to a particular sterotype, with several of them becoming parodies of their starting characters.
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