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Another thing that pisses me off is the “abuse victim argument”. To me it’s a really low move or ignorant move to pull. A real domestic abuse victim will not try to provoke their abuser and when they do get abuse, they (the victim) will blame themselves or live in fear because of their partner, ultimately when it comes domestic abuse or any other abuse the main goal for the abuse is to control their partner. That doesn’t fit Ranma in the least bit. Not only does he intentionally goads Akane knowing what’s going to happen, he is not living in fear or being controlled by her; in fact Akane is the only fiancee who consistently demonstrate that she’ll let Ranma go if he wants to leave her. Comparing Ranma’s situation to a real suffer is ignorant and demeaning, since one is living in fear while the other doesn’t. And once again, if you’re going to look at Akane and judge her then you might as well put all the characters on the same boat, since they’re all guilty of this (except Kasumi and Akari).

So another argument I encountered multiple times is how people dislike the combative relationship between Ranma and Akane or how the other fiancee’s role and treatment throughout the series. I always found it weird because you do know if you take away the combative relationship between or if the role of the suitors changes, you’re basically changing the whole story. I’m not talking about the people who never seen the series or read the manga, but the ones who do. 

I’m not trying to come off as one of those militant and disagreeable fans that defend the creator all the time, but complaining about something like this is pointless and kind of silly. The series from beginning to end have always been that way and that is because that’s how Takahashi wanted the story to be, without the the combative relationship or the role of the other suitors it wouldn’t be Ranma 1/2 and the characters would most likely wouldn’t be the characters we enjoy.