Jeram's Ridiculous RAAC Reviews - Biased Opinion

[Jeram]

My latest fanfic project has happened in the background: The reading of the RAAC (or TROTRAC for short).
As the months and years go by, I have read the RAAC Ranma archives backwards, and written down favorites and almost-favorites as I went. Here is the DEFINITIVE list:




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While we're waiting, let's all watch this week's episode of "Jeram's Ranma½ Fanfic Pet Peeves"!


Here's a few cliches I don't care for:
Let's All Go On A Trip:   For some reason, many fics have this theme.
   Soun cried with happiness as he exclaimed.  "Let's all go the North Pole!"
   Ranma pumped his fist.  "Training!"
   Akane smiled.  "Fun!"
   Kasumi beamed.  "Cooking!"
   Nabiki grinned.  "Money!"
   Ukyo, Shampoo, Cologne, Mousse, Happosai, Ryouga, Kuno, Kodachi, Hinako, Konatsu, Tsubasa: What about us?
   Nabiki smirked.  "Kuno will pay for all of us to go."
   Kuno nods.  "Verily.  For I love Akane Tendo and the Pig-tailed girl!"

Instant Expertise Beats All:   So Ryouga or Kuno or some annoying new character learns the mysterious power of a specific martial arts style (Drunken Fighting, Judo, Boxing, etc), and they are suddenly instantly able to take on anyone and beat them handily.  Gee, I wonder if the author likes or takes a class in that style?
   Ranma frowns as Ryouga walks in, dressed like Daniel-san from Karate Kid.  "What the heck are ya doing, P-chan?" he asks confusedly.
   Ryouga chortles and gets into the classic Karate Kid crane stance, with his hands out and one leg up.  "With my new style, The Miyagi School, I can take on all comers!"
   "We'll see about that!" Ranma scowls and charges at Ryouga, ready to flay him with a MOTOKO KABABISHI or a TENSHU KANCHU AMARUGIKEN.  Ranma does a reverse kendo flip, matriculating nastily as he goes, bared foot heading straight unerringly for Ryouga's hard head.
   Ryouga crane kicks him with a quick motion, knocking Ranma instantly unconscious.
   Mr. Miyagi appears and bows to Ryouga.  "You have done well, Ryouga-san."

"It was a normal day":      Hmm, is it just me or does it seem like every fic these days starts with it being a "normal" day in Nerima, complete with mallets, fights, poisoned cooking, money counting, and multiple water hits?

Nabiki the Mob Boss:      So it appears that Nabiki has gone beyond her bets and selling pictures to Kuno, to becoming a full-blown ringleader of a criminal gang in Furinkan with cronies, money-laundering, etc.  We all know Nabiki's smart - but come on.
Soun's Countable Wails:      Apparently Soun has so many wails, they each have their own number.
Bike on Head:         Every day Ranma gets hit on the head with Shampoo's bike.  Right?
"Mallet-sama", Extra-Dimensional Hammer:   Boy, Akane sure does love her hammer.  But although you'd think it was nothing special (as everyone in Ranma ½ uses mallets), apparently Akane loves hers so much it's "stored in another dimension" or is possibly called "sama"...
Kasumi's Two Word Vocabulary:   Surprisingly, Kasumi does occasionally say more that "Oh my" - but you wouldn't know it from reading most fics.
Shampoo's Wall Breaking:   Shampoo seems to smash through walls regularly in fics, although she only did a bit in the beginning (when hunting Ranma) in canon.
Soun Happily Takes On a New Student:   Although Soun seems content to bemoan any new people coming in to study at the dojo, he seems all too willing to do so in ficdom.
Ranma Picks Up Odd Colloqualisms:   Ranma probably wouldn't use words like "Dope", "Cowabunga", or any slang after 1996 or so.  Just saying.
Akane Training Against Ranma "Dummy":   I don't think I've ever seen this dummy in the series - but I'm sure it was there at least once.  You'd think there was a store selling them by reading some fics.
Low Earth Orbit (LEO):   Another fanon cliche; this phrase/acronym is never mentioned in any way in the series (although people are often hit skyward, it's not quite LEO, where they would surely plummet to their death), and I have seen it CONSTANTLY in fics.
Suddenly Slappy (Kasumi and Nabiki suddenly get mad and/or slap Akane):   When Akane is portrayed in extremely negative ways in fics, being inconsiderate, cruel for no reason, or just plain ridiculously violent, it seems like many fics (at least the ones who want to pair up Ranma with someone other than Akane) have Nabiki or Kasumi "snapping" and giving Akane a good old fashioned slapperoo.
Famous Blue Battle Aura: Akane's aura is recognizable even from space apparently.
Suddenly Eloquent:   Eventually, Ranma can only take so much before he snaps...  into coherence.
   "Dang it, Ryouga! Why do ya gotta... every damn time." Ranma shakes his head and sighs.  He pulls out a pipe and begins blowing bubbles.  "Ryouga, old bean, apparently your perspicacity knowns no boundaries, whilst your proclivities towards pugilistic resolutions leave much to be desired.  I envision a future where our mutual tendencies require no tumultuous acquiescence nor unconscious realigned rendering of retroactive retributions.  That's alliteration, you know."
Understatement of the Year/Decade/Century/Millenium Award: I've seen this "award" (one iteration or another) several times - it's a lazy and unfunny joke.
Ranma Explodes: Probably the most common cliche of them all.  Ranma has "had enough" and "explodes" in anger at those who have wronged him.

And hey, let's all sit down to a Traditional Japanese breakfast of eggs, bacon, orange juice, pancakes and toast.  Mmm, authentic!

I'd also like to mention the following quick "PLEASE SPELLCHECK THESE" words (meaning they are mispelled too dang often):
It's Pervert, not Prevert.
It's Nerima, not Nermia, Nerma, or Nermai.
It's Canon, not Cannon.
It's MARTIAL arts, not Marital arts (although Metroanime did once use that joke to great effect).
And finally, those of us who know pinyin, Chinese, or Japanese cannot help but wince at the following:
It's Shan Pu (based on the characters shown in the manga), not:
   Xian Pu, Xianpu, Xianpuh, Xian Puh, Sham Pu, Shampu, Shampo, Shamp, Xian Phu, Shan Puh, or Shapoo (you'd be surprised how frequent this one is)
It's Mu Si (again, based on characters shown), not:
   Moose, Moouse, Mouse, Moo So, Moo Su, Mo Su, Mo So, or Mu So
It's Koh Lon, not:
   Ko Lun, Ku Lon, Kuh Lon, or Co Lon (I can forgive Ko Lon)
It's Ni hao or possibly Nihao (depending on your chinese to english standard), not:
   Ne ho (which oddly enough, is Cantonese and the least understandable mistake for non-speakers), Ni ho, Nihau, or Neho.
It's Airen or Ai ren, not Ailen (which is understandable) or Arien (which is just sloppy) or Ainen (clearly a typo).

Let's try this again:

My latest fanfic project has happened in the background: The reading of the RAAC (or TROTRAC for short).
As the months and years go by, I have read the RAAC Ranma archives backwards, and written down favorites and almost-favorites as I went.  
Here is the DEFINITIVE list.

Prepare yourself.
You have never seen anything like this before:
   pure biased opinion.

2255 archived stories (50.7 MB)

96 archived directories with 2064 indidivual files (48.7 MB)

Including XOvers & Fusions such as:
Yu Yu Hakusho, Evil Dead, The Faculty, Card Captor Sakura, Wizard of Oz, Nightmare on Elm Street, My Little Pony, Justice League, Law and Order, Macross, Metal Gear, Tenchi Muyo, Sailor Moon, Devil Hunter Yokho, X-Men, X_Files, Wheel of Time, Warhammer 40K, VGAI, Urusei Yatsura, Mega Man, Utena, Star Trek, Star Wars, Princess Bride, Monty Python, Winnie The Pooh, The Tick, Those Who Hunt Elves, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, RIFTS, DragonLance, Forgotten Realms, Friday the 13th, The Brady Bunch, Tekken, Spawn, Sonic the Hedgehog, Coneheads, Jerry Springer, Slayers, Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, Robotech, RK, Inu-Yasha, Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting, Xena, Reboot, Power Puff Girls, Pokemon, Planescape, Peter Pan, One Pound Gospel, Nuku Nuku, MST3K, Magic Knight Rayearth, Maxx, Matrix, Men in Black, Ah Megami-sama, Lupin, Looney Tunes, Lobo, American Psycho, Iron Chef, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Iczer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hansel and Gretel, Grit, Gundam Wing, Godzilla, Godfather, Gen X, Gold Digger, Gargoyles, Kingdom Hearts, Fushigi Yuugi, Fist of the North Star, Final Fantasy 3, Final Fantasy 7, Evangelion, El Hazard, Elf Quest, Dr. Who, Digimon, DragonBall Z, The Crow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Riftwar Saga, Cowboy Bebop, Bastard, Babylon 5, Project A-Ko, Akira, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ace Ventura, WWE/WWF/WCW/ECW (Pro Wrestling), Highlander, Mortal Kombat, King of Fighters, Back to the Future, MacGyver, Guyver, James Bond, Gilligan's Island, Bubblegum Crisis, Call of Cthulu, Resident Evil, Nightmare on Elm Street, X-Com, StarCraft, Judge Dredd, Magnum PI, The Weakest Link, The Shadow, Yogi Bear, Batman, Marvel Universe, DC Universe, Every Mythological Figure and Pantheon Possible.
Note: This is only a somewhat comprehensive list.  There are more.

An Alphabetical version, for ease of use:
2001: A Space Odyssey, Ace Ventura, Ah Megami-sama, Akira, Alice in Wonderland, American Psycho, Babylon 5, Back to the Future, Bastard, Batman, Bubblegum Crisis, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Call of Cthulu, Card Captor Sakura, Coneheads, Cowboy Bebop, Devil Hunter Yokho, Digimon, Dr. Who, DragonBall Z, DragonLance, El Hazard, Elf Quest, Evangelion, Evil Dead, Fatal Fury, Final Fantasy 3, Final Fantasy 7, Fist of the North Star, Forgotten Realms, Friday the 13th, Fushigi Yuugi, Gargoyles, Gen X, Gilligan's Island, Godfather, Godzilla, Gold Digger, Grit, Gundam Wing, Guyver, Hansel and Gretel, Harry Potter, Highlander, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Iczer, Inu-Yasha, Iron Chef, James Bond, Jerry Springer, Judge Dredd, Justice League, King of Fighters, Kingdom Hearts, Law and Order, Lobo, Looney Tunes, Lupin, MacGyver, Macross, Magic Knight Rayearth, Magnum PI, Matrix, Maxx, Mega Man, Men in Black, Metal Gear, Monty Python, Mortal Kombat, MST3K, My Little Pony, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nuku Nuku, One Pound Gospel, Peter Pan, Planescape, Pokemon, Power Puff Girls, Princess Bride, Project A-Ko, Reboot, Reservoir Dogs, Resident Evil, RIFTS, Riftwar Saga, Rurouni Kenshin, Robotech, Sailor Moon, Slayers, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spawn, Star Trek, Star Wars, StarCraft, Street Fighter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tekken, Tenchi Muyo, The Brady Bunch, The Crow, The Faculty, The Shadow, The Tick, The Weakest Link, Those Who Hunt Elves, Trainspotting, Urusei Yatsura, Utena, VGAI, Warhammer 40K, Wheel of Time, Winnie The Pooh, Wizard of Oz, WWE/WWF/WCW/ECW (Pro Wrestling), X-Files, X-Com, X-Men, Xena, Yogi Bear, Yu Yu Hakusho

The TOP TEN stories in pure length (I've read all these - but I don't remember all of them):
1)  Ranma and Tenchi: Together Forever   by T. H. Tiger
2)  Insertion            by CarrotGlace
   Probably one of the greatest self-insertion stories ever written - but it's not for everyone (personally, I like Gaijin better).
3)  NewRanma            by C. Jones
4)  Relentless            by Grayson Towler
5)  A Feather in the Wind      by Atarukun
6)  The Journey            by Daniel Ruth
7)  Memories            by Nikholas F. Toledo Zu
8)  Ill Met by Starlight      by Susan Doenime and Mike Loader
   Seriously problematic formatting issues, but truly haunting and moving prose.
9)  Choices            by Mike Noakes
10) Let the Curtain Fall      by Mike Noakes

The BOTTOM TEN stories in pure length (ignored: Side stories and poems):
1)  Reiji's Anime Joke Time Dai IchiBan by Rejiji Musket
   The name of the fic is a tenth of the entire size of the post.  Oh, and it's not funny.
2)  Ranma Commits Suicide      by Daniel Gibson
   Okay, this one is cute.
3)  Ryouga's Curse         by eslin123_99
   Awful.
4)  Non Reality 1/2         by KaraOhki
   Eh, just a oneshot.
5)  Trapped            by Skjam
   A challenge fic - not bad.
6)  What Happened?         by Jack Staik
   Stupid little spamfic.
7)  What If... : The Fight      by Jaelle
   Cute oneshot.
8)  Just a Test            by trunksette
   Silly spamfic.
9)  Regrets after it's too late      by Neil Reynolds
   Attempt at depressing oneshot - badly written.
10) The Blue Blunder of Furinkan High   by Mouse
   Silly oneshot.


And now the list:

First, the fantastic!
Smile by Angus MacSpon
Something's Fishy Here by Jack Staik
Squatter's Rights by defWood
The Bitter End by Zen
The Fanfic For You by Sebastian Weinberg
Typical Day Scenario 34 by Bill Morse


Next, the quite good:
A Day in the Life of Ranker Saitama by Taliesin
A Life Once Lived (Spam) by David Perin (Tyd Ripper)
A Wasted Wish by Taillinker
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Zen
Bliss by Mike Loader and Lara Bartram
Blue Kiss by Nikholas F. Toledo Zu
Childhood Mysteries by Thomas Scroggs
Clothes Make The by Nicholas Leifker & Ichinohei Hitomi
Credendo Vides by drew (eoff)
Curiousity of the Cat by Eternal Flame
Darkened Images by David Farr
Definitions of Hell by Richard Lawson
Double or Nothing by Jeremy Mullin (Stoner 3:17)
Education by Donny Cheng
Faces of the Stranger by Black Raven
Fall of Grace by VegetaX7
For Better or Worse by Donny Cheng
For the Sake of the Children by Anand Rao
Four Fiances and a Funeral by Shiaw Chi "Hokodan"
Genma's Journal by Thrythlind
Haunted by KaraOhki
Heart of the Immortal by Anand Rao
Heart-attacking Tragedy by VGAP
Hearts' Healing by DF Roeder
Hip-hop Streets by Jehtek
Hitchhiker's Guide to Reality by Eric Jones
How a Martial Artist Stops a Bullet by Desaix
I Like Ucchan by Donny Cheng
I Still Know What I Did Last Summer by Nik Sta. Maria
In the Line of Fire by Andrew Stephen Williams
Irresistible by Joseph Fenton
Islands Underwater by Prince Frog
Leap and a Half by Benares
Lessons of Mastery by Arthur Hansen
Let the Curtain Fall by Mike Noakes
Lies by Jeffrey Paul Hosmer (Rogue1)
Long & Winding Road by Zen
Making Kittens by DF Roeder
Man Among Men by Syithe
Meeting Later by Trent O'Do
Mirror Images by Hunter Kid (George M)
Misty by Mike Allen
Monogatari by Jamie & Bridget Wilde
Most Unlikely of Friends by Wade Tritschler
My So Called Half-Life by Geoff Tebbetts
newRanma by C Jones
Not a Dirty Word by Michael Fetter (Jehtek)
NuRanma by Chris Schumacher (Kensu)
On Your Knees by Orrin "Modaxy" Smith
One Month by Donny Cheng
Oneechan by Bill Morse
Ordinary by Donny Cheng
Pagliacci by Edward Becerra
Paint it Black by Paul Herring
Paradox by Luke Thrythlind Green
Parity by XStylus
Past and Future by Kachie
Path of the Wolf by Jeremy Harper
Peter's Journey by Jang Choe
Prince of Time by Kpjam
Proper Punishment by Tom Wrensch
Purple-Haired Destiny by Ryan Anderson
Ranma Dead by Nicholas Stone
Ranma Jijou by Dov Sherman
Ranma Meets ???? by Ed Hrzic III
Ranma the Vampire Slayer by Felix Webster
Ranma-chan Genie of the Ring by Tom Mathews (Disruptor)
Ranma's Horrible Secret by Jack Staik by
Reality 1/2 (or Again!?!) by John D Evans
Rekindling A Flame by Skywatcher
Relentless by Grayson Towler
Riders by Skjam
Robin 1/2 by Felix Webster
Roses of Shadow by Richard Lawson
Ruler of the Raging Main by J. Austin Wilde & Bridget Ellen Engman
Rumiko Takahashi's Quest for the Holy Grail by Bryan Hamilton
Ryouga & Ukyo by Mark Doherty
Ryouga: Crossover by Mark Latus
Sanctuary by Srirang Dattatreya
Shaping the Future by Deadly Nightshade (Frank O Wustner)
Smoke and Mirrors by Mike Loader
Standing in the Way by Ukyo Kwnji
Stigma by Jamie Wilde
Taking the Easy Way Out by Jack Staik
Tales of Ranma & Achika by Darwin Craz (Pug)
Tendou 2/3 by Ken Arrondee
Tendrils of the Abyss by Lara Batram
The Avatar by Jehtek
The Contest by David Johnston
The Death of Love by Stephen Pardue
The Destiny of Shadows by Jim Lazar
The Earth-Shattering Secret by Neil Robertson (New Najar)
The Game by Angela Jewell
The Heart of Ranma Trilogy by Lord Overon
The Journey by Daniel Ruth
The Kiss by John Biles
The Leper by Nikolas F Toledo Zu (NomaD)
The Missing Stories by PepsiBeth
The Mystery and The Reason Why by Jack Staik
The Only Two Who Fit by Desaix
The Phoenix Prince Saga by Linda Ward
The Plan by Touba
The Princess Bride by Josh Green (Pi)
The Sound of Silence by Donald McElreath
The Spice of Life by Cat Who
The Taming of the Horse by Vincent Seifert
The True Cat Fist by Jeff Groves (Scholar mage)
The Veils Placed Over Others Eyes by DB Sommer
Thy Flesh Consumed by Lara Bartram
Thyself Known by W Brad Robinson
Tiger Claw by Madam Hydra
Time and Time Again by Nicholas F Toledo Zu
To Die by Roy Rim
Training Trip by Michael Fetter (Jehtek)
Twilight Existence by Skjam
Two Sides of the Coin by Benares
Unbeatable by Ray "The Texas Ryoga"
Wild Horses & Rabbits Don't Mix by Joseph Fenton
Winner by Nikholas F. Toledo Zu


And now, the ALMOST good:
For the Love of Kuno by Jehtek
Soul of Ice by Matthew Lewis
Tenchi & Ranma, Together Forever by TH Tiger


And last, and nearly least, the just plain okay:

Actor in the Mirror (Time Slip) by Christain Gadeken
Burning Inside by Calum Wallace
Can't Let Go by Cass & GL
Dreams by DorianVal (Jeremy Harper)
Floating Soul by Ukyo Kwnji
For Every Action by David Johnston
Gaijin in Nerima by Caroline Ann Seawright
Iron Roses by RL Schell
Lessons by Tom Maddox
Life's Dulse Moments by Leslie Mills
Love and Marriage by Anand Rao
Love, Guild & the Mind's Eye by Jack Staik by
Memoirs by Chad Hutchings (Inu Ranma)
Milkshakes in Nerima by defwood
Mirror, Mirror by Alex Fong
Nekophobia by David Eddy
Nodoka's Daughter by James Lee
O Tendo by Rod M
Ooh-la-la by Albedo
Parting Gifts by Robert Sneddon
Pervert 1/2 by Ace Sanchez
Procrastination by Jeremy Parish
Putting Your Heart in the Right Place by John Biles by
Ranma's Secret by Jack Staik
Ryoga's Nemesis by Jack Staik
Scarlet Phoenix, Blue Dragon by Max-chan
Shadowlands by Midnight Sun
Shampoo 1/2 - Cat's Cradle by Benares
Strange Feats by David Turner (Darque)
Strange World by Ronald Gil/Chris Schumacher (Kensu)
The _Real_ Kasumi by icezer230 (Shu)
The Fiance Dilemma by Paradox
The Fujitive by Jack Staik
The Last Day by Greg Smith
The Virus by C Jones
Those Who Hunt Ninjas by DB Sommer
Thought of the Mongoose by Ton Wrensch
Three Souls, One Heart by Desaix (David A Tatum)
Timelines by Mark Latus
Travels, Training, & Trials by KaraOhki



Thanks for playing!

Listed alphabetically, with rating following:
A Day in the Life of Ranker Saitama by Taliesin ****
A Life Once Lived (Spam) by David Perin (Tyd Ripper) ****
A Wasted Wish by Taillinker ****
Actor in the Mirror (Time Slip) by Christain Gadeken **
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Zen ****
Bliss by Mike Loader and Lara Bartram ****
Blue Kiss by Nikholas F. Toledo Zu ****
Burning Inside by Calum Wallace **
Can't Let Go by Cass & GL **
Childhood Mysteries by Thomas Scroggs ****
Clothes Make The by Nicholas Leifker & Ichinohei Hitomi ****
Credendo Vides by drew (eoff) ****
Curiousity of the Cat by Eternal Flame ****
Darkened Images by David Farr ****
Definitions of Hell by Richard Lawson ****
Double or Nothing by Jeremy Mullin (Stoner 3:17) ****
Dreams by DorianVal (Jeremy Harper) **
Education by Donny Cheng ****
Faces of the Stranger by Black Raven ****
Fall of Grace by VegetaX7 ****
Floating Soul by Ukyo Kwnji **
For Better or Worse by Donny Cheng ****
For Every Action by David Johnston **
For the Love of Kuno by Jehtek ***
For the Sake of the Children by Anand Rao ****
Four Fiances and a Funeral by Shiaw Chi "Hokodan" ****
Gaijin in Nerima by Caroline Ann Seawright **
Genma's Journal by Thrythlind ****
Haunted by KaraOhki ****
Heart of the Immortal by Anand Rao ****
Heart-attacking Tragedy by VGAP ****
Hearts' Healing by DF Roeder ****
Hip-hop Streets by Jehtek ****
Hitchhiker's Guide to Reality by Eric Jones ****
How a Martial Artist Stops a Bullet by Desaix ****
I Like Ucchan by Donny Cheng ****
I Still Know What I Did Last Summer by Nik Sta. Maria ****
In the Line of Fire by Andrew Stephen Williams ****
Iron Roses by RL Schell **
Irresistible by Joseph Fenton ****
Islands Underwater by Prince Frog ****
Leap and a Half by Benares ****
Lessons by Tom Maddox **
Lessons of Mastery by Arthur Hansen ****
Let the Curtain Fall by Mike Noakes ****
Lies by Jeffrey Paul Hosmer (Rogue1) ****
Life's Dulse Moments by Leslie Mills **
Long & Winding Road by Zen ****
Love and Marriage by Anand Rao **
Love, Guild & the Mind's Eye by Jack Staik **
Making Kittens by DF Roeder ****
Man Among Men by Syithe ****
Meeting Later by Trent O'Do ****
Memoirs by Chad Hutchings (Inu Ranma) **
Milkshakes in Nerima by defwood **
Mirror Images by Hunter Kid (George M ****
Mirror, Mirror by Alex Fong **
Misty by Mike Allen ****
Monogatari by Jamie & Bridget Wilde ****
Most Unlikely of Friends by Wade Tritschler ****
My So Called Half-Life by Geoff Tebbetts ****
Nekophobia by David Eddy **
newRanma by C Jones ****
Nodoka's Daughter by James Lee **
Not a Dirty Word by Michael Fetter (Jehtek) ****
NuRanma by Chris Schumacher (Kensu) ****
O Tendo by Rod M **
On Your Knees by Orrin "Modaxy" Smith ****
One Month by Donny Cheng ****
Oneechan by Bill Morse ****
Ooh-la-la by Albedo **
Ordinary by Donny Cheng ****
Pagliacci by Edward Becerra ****
Paint it Black by Paul Herring ****
Paradox by Luke Thrythlind Green ****
Parity by XStylus ****
Parting Gifts by Robert Sneddon **
Past and Future by Kachie ****
Path of the Wolf by Jeremy Harper ****
Pervert 1/2 by Ace Sanchez **
Peter's Journey by Jang Choe ****
Prince of Time by Kpjam ****
Procrastination by Jeremy Parish **
Proper Punishment by Tom Wrensch ****
Purple-Haired Destiny by Ryan Anderson ****
Putting Your Heart in the Right Place by John Biles **
Ranma Dead by Nicholas Stone ****
Ranma Jijou by Dov Sherman ****
Ranma Meets ???? by Ed Hrzic III ****
Ranma the Vampire Slayer by Felix Webster ****
Ranma-chan Genie of the Ring by Tom Mathews (Disruptor) ****
Ranma's Horrible Secret by Jack Staik ****
Ranma's Secret by Jack Staik **
Reality 1/2 (or Again!?!) by John D Evans ****
Rekindling A Flame by Skywatcher ****
Relentless by Grayson Towler ****
Riders by Skjam ****
Robin 1/2 by Felix Webster ****
Roses of Shadow by Richard Lawson ****
Ruler of the Raging Main by J. Austin Wilde & Bridget Ellen Engman ****
Rumiko Takahashi's Quest for the Holy Grail by Bryan Hamilton ****
Ryoga's Nemesis by Jack Staik **
Ryouga & Ukyo by Mark Doherty ****
Ryouga: Crossover by Mark Latus ****
Sanctuary by Srirang Dattatreya ****
Scarlet Phoenix, Blue Dragon by Max-chan **
Shadowlands by Midnight Sun **
Shampoo 1/2 - Cat's Cradle by Benares **
Shaping the Future by Deadly Nightshade (Frank O Wustner) ****
Smile by Angus MacSpon *****
Smoke and Mirrors by Mike Loader ****
Something's Fishy Here by Jack Staik *****
Soul of Ice by Matthew Lewis ***
Squatter's Rights by defWood *****
Standing in the Way by Ukyo Kwnji ****
Stigma by Jamie Wilde ****
Strange Feats by David Turner (Darque) **
Strange World by Ronald Gil/Chris Schumacher (Kensu) **
Taking the Easy Way Out by Jack Staik ****
Tales of Ranma & Achika by Darwin Craz (Pug) ****
Tenchi & Ranma, Together Forever by TH Tiger ***
Tendou 2/3 by Ken Arrondee ****
Tendrils of the Abyss by Lara Batram ****
The _Real_ Kasumi by icezer230 (Shu) **
The Avatar by Jehtek ****
The Bitter End by Zen *****
The Contest by David Johnston ****
The Death of Love by Stephen Pardue ****
The Destiny of Shadows by Jim Lazar ****
The Earth-Shattering Secret by Neil Robertson (New Najar) ****
The Fanfic For You by Sebastian Weinberg *****
The Fiance Dilemma by Paradox **
The Fujitive by Jack Staik **
The Game by Angela Jewell ****
The Heart of Ranma Trilogy by Lord Overon ****
The Journey by Daniel Ruth ****
The Kiss by John Biles ****
The Last Day by Greg Smith **
The Leper by Nikolas F Toledo Zu (NomaD) ****
The Missing Stories by PepsiBeth ****
The Mystery and The Reason Why by Jack Staik ****
The Only Two Who Fit by Desaix ****
The Phoenix Prince Saga by Linda Ward ****
The Plan by Touba ****
The Princess Bride by Josh Green (Pi) ****
The Sound of Silence by Donald McElreath ****
The Spice of Life by Cat Who ****
The Taming of the Horse by Vincent Seifert ****
The True Cat Fist by Jeff Groves (Scholar mage) ****
The Veils Placed Over Others Eyes by DB Sommer ****
The Virus by C Jones **
Those Who Hunt Ninjas by DB Sommer **
Thought of the Mongoose by Ton Wrensch **
Three Souls, One Heart by Desaix (David A Tatum) **
Thy Flesh Consumed by Lara Bartram ****
Thyself Known by W Brad Robinson ****
Tiger Claw by Madam Hydra ****
Time and Time Again by Nicholas F Toledo Zu ****
Timelines by Mark Latus **
To Die by Roy Rim ****
Training Trip by Michael Fetter (Jehtek) ****
Travels, Training, & Trials by KaraOhki **
Twilight Existence by Skjam ****
Two Sides of the Coin by Benares ****
Tyger, Tyger by Steven "Viking King" Attewell ***
Typical Day Scenario 34 by Bill Morse *****
Unbeatable by Ray "The Texas Ryoga" ****
Wild Horses & Rabbits Don't Mix by Joseph Fenton ****
Winner by Nikholas F. Toledo Zu ****



That's it!
-J

[Dracos]

Amusing.

Though choices is less interesting in context of the fact it's reallly just a Ranma bashfest.

Dracos

[Edward]

My latest fanfic project has happened in the background: The reading of the RAAC

The whole thing?  0_0  I apprectaite your sacrifice.  And that crossover list is...scary.

Thanks for rating the fics.  I did find it odd that you mentioned everything of Zen's except Bitter End, which is IMO his best work.

Here's a few cliches I don't care for:

And thanks for this as well.  I think you missed Akane's Cooking Comes To Life.

Let's All Go On A Trip:   For some reason, many fics have this theme.

This is because for some reason, some people decide to write fics after only having seen the second movie.  Far to many fics are based on minimal or even no knowledge of the actual series.

Instant Expertise Beats All:   

This is dire.  I've seen Ranma become able to effortlessly defeat Ryouga after learning Boxing – not Kick Boxing – Boxing.  Even in the world of Ranma ½ powerups don't guarantee instant wins. Typically, they don't guarantee wins at all.

"Mallet-sama", Extra-Dimensional Hammer:   Boy, Akane sure does love her hammer.  But although you'd think it was nothing special (as everyone in Ranma ½ uses mallets), apparently Akane loves hers so much it's "stored in another dimension" or is possibly called "sama"...

To be fair, Akane does use the hammer a lot.  But most of the time she uses other weapons – doors, stone lanterns, furniture, etc.

Kasumi's Two Word Vocabulary:   Surprisingly, Kasumi does occasionally say more that "Oh my" - but you wouldn't know it from reading most fics.

I'd say that's a subset of Annoying Taglines.  In those same fics, Ryouga's vocabulary seems to be reduced to "Ranma, prepare to die!" and Shampoo can only say "Aiyah!"

Akane Training Against Ranma "Dummy":   I don't think I've ever seen this dummy in the series - but I'm sure it was there at least once.  You'd think there was a store selling them by reading some fics.

Akane does beat up (and later hug) a dummy during Shampoo's intro, but that's the only time I recall.

Ranma Explodes: Probably the most common cliche of them all.  Ranma has "had enough" and "explodes" in anger at those who have wronged him.

This is the single most common and single worst way of getting Ranma matched up with a girl from another series.  Typically it involves every regular martial arts character and a few of the rarer ones all showing up at the same time, with 'poor, put-upon Ranma' caught in the crossfire.  Just like never happened in the original series.

Again, thanks for the work you put in.  How many Sanity Points did you lose?

[Jeram]

The whole thing?  0_0  I apprectaite your sacrifice.  And that crossover list is...scary.

Yup, the whole thing - since it's not like I just read it all at once, it took me about a year and a half to go through the whole thing.  The crossover list is only what I could reasonably retrieve - there must be more.

Thanks for rating the fics.  I did find it odd that you mentioned everything of Zen's except Bitter End, which is IMO his best work.

WHOOPS! You are, of course, right - I'll make the edit to "fantastic".
I also didn't mention a few of my favorite authors - I like quite a bit of Metroanime's fics.  I'll work on that addendum.

And thanks for this as well.  I think you missed Akane's Cooking Comes To Life.

Heh - that's true.

This is dire.  I've seen Ranma become able to effortlessly defeat Ryouga after learning Boxing – not Kick Boxing – Boxing.  Even in the world of Ranma ½ powerups don't guarantee instant wins. Typically, they don't guarantee wins at all.

Oh, I read that Boxing one too.  It was fairly ridiculous how easily he could win with it.

Again, thanks for the work you put in.  How many Sanity Points did you lose?

I'll estimate "Fiverty" or so.

Thanks for writing!
-J

[Jeram]

Based on ridiculous responses, here is my shortlist; my list of authors who's works I like more likely than not, and thus, did not include some of them in the above list:

Jack Staik
Rylan Hillman
KaraOhki
Gregg Sharpe
David A Tatum (Desaix)
Aondehafka
Skysaber
Metroanime
Anand Rao
Jehtek
WFROSE
DB Sommer
Carrotglace
Ammadeau
Nidoking
Shade


Toodles!
-J

[Jeram]

Based on ridiculous responses, here is my shortlist; my list of authors who's works I like more likely than not, and thus, did not include some of them in the above list:

Jack Staik
Rylan Hillman
KaraOhki
Gregg Sharpe
David A Tatum (Desaix)
Aondehafka
Skysaber
Metroanime
Anand Rao
Jehtek
WFROSE
DB Sommer
Carrotglace
Ammadeau
Nidoking
Shade


Toodles!
-J