Lioconvoy wrote:I can see An goinging for a girl like Ranma, and Ten after Ranma's male form, but En.... En truly hates men, while Hinata sometimes dresses as a guy she's always a girl. Ranma on the otherhand is sometimes a man, and he just wouldn't accept that part of Ranma.
Lioconvoy wrote:Yes but in the of Hinata and her bother, En had been going out with Hinata a while before meeting Taiyou. He saw a lot of Hinata in Taiyou.
With Ranma, however. In his female for he's not likely to go out with a guy, and in male form there's no way he'd be interested in a crossdresser. Since En doesn't hide his gender you won't have the Tsubasa incident repeat itself.
There are two things that you're overlooking. One is the fact that En had trouble not being attracted with Hinata's brother even after he found out that he wasn't Hinata, but her brother. Basically: despite being a guy, even though he's always a guy, it did go through the "I hate men" defense. The other would be a matter of circumstance. The formula for relationships is hardly ever simple in fiction (especially in comedy); just look at Hinata's and En's relationship. Heck, look at Ranma's without even considering anyone beyond Akane. For instance, he may confess his feelings to Ranma while crossdressed instead, since Ranma and Hinata are different people. There's also how broad Ranma's behavior can be, whether a girl or not, and En will have a lot of strange or quirky things to like about Ranma when they come up while he's a girl. (Just think back on the subject of leg hair, and how En even found imperfections in that regard to be attractive. So long as it's a girl's body hardly anything isn't sacred; he probably likes girls so much (like most of his family) that he finds excuses to call something about them cute. Well, Ranma's got cute in spades, both in appearance and in how he acts differently from most girls.)
Crescent Pulsar R wrote:I still haven't read more than two volumes, but from what I read so far there is nothing that says En's interested in Hinata because she's normal. A few characters say that she's normal, or something to the effect that she's not all that appealing, but En (if he hears it) has never agreed with them in either case. In fact, when Naota tells En that Hinata looks absurdly normal, and gives off an average feeling, he's called both an idiot and a bastard. And what En then envisions what he considers to be average, since he's already very attracted to Hinata, it's something that sounds extraordinary, not normal. Another time when Naota calls her normal, En says: "no matter what anyone says, to me, Hinata is the cutest girl in the world." Which is both disagreeing with her being normal and giving an idea of his tastes (which have to be beyond normal and average since he holds girls in such high regard as a principle).
Crescent Pulsar R wrote:So I still say that both Ranma's appearance and behavior would be cute enough to get En's attention. (Though I think his high opinion of girls, to the point that they only need to exist to gain said opinion, would be enough to overcome the fact that Ranma's really a guy.) Also, En once said: "a girl with a trait no other girl has is so rare! And really romantic!" What about a girl that becomes a guy with hot water? Sure, they're really a guy, but the interest is focused on the girl side of the equation. Then that was followed up by: "because the one who can say 'I don't look feminine' is a girl!" Sounds very much like Ranma saying "I'm a guy" when he's a girl, to me. They'd make a good match.
Lioconvoy wrote:While his deffinition of normal is contradictory(sp) of everyone else, his definition of cute is as well. Given all the things he said to the girls who aproached him, it kind of make it out to be that he's more interested in the girls no one else is. The whole situation with Gotou only goes to further prove that fact, which is why Gotou wanted him as her boyfriend.
Given his reaction to his own reflection I do not see him accepting Ranma's male side. Your quote is about girls, but he's contantly said the world doesn't need guys; so long as Ranma's part guy En would not be interested in him.
I'm on to volume four now, have you read the Zero Volume? While the oneshot isn't continuity the other stories in it are.
Crescent Pulsar R wrote:So you're proving my point, then? If he's interested in girls no one else is, how does that make them normal? ;p
Crescent Pulsar R wrote:And yet En's a guy himself, but doesn't commit suicide to do the world a favor.
I mean, seriously. Despite his hatred of men he doesn't punch or treat all of them ill indiscriminately. There's Naota, his brothers and father, Taiyou, the guy he works for at the cafe, the twins... Heck, if I remember correctly, he only had nice things to say about that samurai otaku. And if his reason for not being bothered by Naota (because he doesn't treat En like the other guys do) is true (and there's no reason to think it isn't), then he'd have no real problem with Ranma even if he didn't turn into a girl. Turning into an attractive girl can only improve upon that.
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