Here are some interesting tidbits....

'The least one can do' was started a while back, during the 
days of RAAS (rec.arts.anime.stories), before it became 
RAAC (rec.arts.anime.creative), somewhere around 1996 if 
not earlier. This fic is VERY VERY old. If you look at all 
the fics on my page, you'll notive I've written quite a few 
over the years. 

How old is this fic? The first chapter to 'The least one 
can do' was the third fic I ever wrote. The previous two 
fics were 'A day to remember' and 'Too Late'. It was never 
meant to turn in to the fic that it eventually became. I 
had NEVER intended to write anything past the first 
chapter. I had only continued because I got so many 
requests to continue it. This was probably because when 
this fic came out, it was probably one of the first Ranma 
fanfic where a new character was introduced that had no 
relation to any of the characters already in the 
manga/anime and would become Ranma's love interest.

Did I plan this fic out? No. There was not one single scene 
in here that I had planned out. Everything was written on 
the fly. Everyone tends to believe that the course of this 
fic had to be planned out for things to fall in to place 
the way they did....they're wrong ;) I did not plan out 
anything.

At around the halfway point in this fic, the story changed 
dramatically. Why? Because between the first half and 
second half, I've gotten a lot better at writing since I 
spent a couple of years away from working on 'The least one 
can do' to start and almost conclude my 'Just Won't Die' 
series. Working on 'Just Won't Die' is where I believe I 
learned to weave very intricate plotlines as well as very 
interesting situations. At the halfway point, the fic takes 
on a 'Just Won't Die' feel to it. Power levels drastically 
changed. This was because I was used to working with 
writing about higher power levels of 'Just Won't Die' 
because I came back to 'The least one can do' after working 
on 'Just Won't Die' series. Bascially, when I was working 
on this fic, I was in 'Just Won't Die'-mode ^_^

I had been away from 'The least one can do' for so long 
that I forgot the whole first half of the fic. I just 
continued writing pretending I did and hoping there are no 
huge plot holes. On occasion, I would go back in the fic to 
see if there are any scene that can be tied in with what I 
am currently like.


'The least one can do' is tied in with my 'Just Won't Die' 
series. Anyone who reads 'Just Won't Die' before/after 
reading 'The least one can do' will find many easter eggs. 
HOWEVER, I have yet to conclude my 'Just Won't Die' series 
so the two stories aren't perfectly interwoven together. At 
the moment, only characters have been ported over from both 
series, all of whom actually fit the timelines very nicely. 

Points of interest: Boon shows up in 'Just Won't Die Final' 
but only shortly. The little girl, Lisa Kurinagi, plays a 
vital role in 'Just Won't Die 1'.

'The least one can do' and 'Just Won't Die' are rivals. 
What I mean is that to anyone who've read both series, the 
favor for a particular fic/series could go either way. 
However, I believe 'Just Won't Die' is the more favored 
series because it's twice as large and spans worlds as well 
as timelines.

Do I know my ships? No. I've never been on a ship before. 
All the information used on it I found either by asking 
around or looking it up. The reason I wrote the way I did 
was to give the impression that I actually knew what the 
heck I was talking about. Basically, I shovelled a whole 
lotta Bovine Manure, that also goes with a buncha 
explanations I wrote. The idea was to mix facts with 
fiction and making it indiscerable. For instance, fake 
stuff: Explanation of power/strength, touching a hot stove 
and muscle spasms during sleep. True stuff: Great Wall of 
China NOT being seen from moon, tattoos representing 
something, pranks played on ships, the haymaker. That's 
only a few. There are tons of fact/fiction throughout fic. 
Can you tell what's real?

Ranma becoming a boxer is not my tribute to 'Hajime no 
Ippo' an anime favorite of mine. It just so happens that it 
seems like so. However, I have given it some thought to 
actually throwing in characters from that series. Why 
didn't I? Ranma would never face the boxers from that 
series because Ranma fought as a super heavyweight and his 
weigthclass was higher than Ippo's, who is a featherweight, 
and Takamura, who is a middleweight. I could have easily 
have had Ranma walk in to the 'Kamokawa gym' where said 
characters train but I didn't. That would make this fic an 
x-over ;)

Why is Boon so powerful? He isn't. At the end of this fic, 
was at the same powerlevel as Ranma was at the beginning of 
'Just Won't Die'. Boon at the end of this series is 
bascially what Ranma becomes for the 'Just Won't Die' 
series. Basically, the powerlevels aren't offscale if you 
compare this to the 'Just Won't Die' universe. 
Unfortunately, if you haven't read 'Just Won't Die' then 
you might feel otherwise.

Gee, I wonder how many people forgot about the 'Martial 
arts or Bust' t-shirt that was never given or the fact that 
Ranma had borrowed money for Kuno ;)

Please send comments if you have any

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