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Gendo

Age/Gender: 16, Female
Location: Nerima-ku,Tokyo, Japan
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Gendo

WHAT THE FUCK?!

Posted by Gendo May. 19, 2008 @ 8:07 PM EDT

Apparently there's some vague timeline in Ranma 1/2.

The end of season four is (according to dialogue) two years after the beginning of the series, which conceivably means each season is about six months or so going by mathematical average.

SO WHY DO THEY NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AFTER SEVEN FUCKING SEASONS?

Fuck you, long-running animated series and your disrespect for continuity.

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May. 19, 2008 | 8:10 PM knightsofthecircle says:

It's like Dave's RAB, he's stated that they're in a continuous loop and no matter what they do, they'll be the as ever at the beginning of each episode.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:14 PM Gendo responds:

Damn you, time-hating fictional universes.


May. 19, 2008 | 8:16 PM Dejanus says:

Sliding Timescale, wiki it.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:23 PM Gendo responds:

That's the cheapest device in the book.

At least most instances never bother specifying ages and dates, while this case does (the average character age is 16, the supposed beginning date according to the English manga is 1993, at least two years have passed as backed up by holiday episodes and explicitly verified in dialogue).

I'd take generic "present day" bullshit over being slapped in the face with silly retconning.


May. 19, 2008 | 8:22 PM Dekathos says:

Considering Kuno being 17 would graduate Furinken in a year I would tell you that they stay the same and don't age. I can't deny that Takahashi changed the way she drew them over time and they did start to look older. Anyway, it was just convenient story telling like in The Simpsons. Ranma turned into filler shit in the last few seasons, You would be better off reading the comic.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:24 PM Gendo responds:

lol, talking to me about my favourite series like I don't know how flawed it is.


May. 19, 2008 | 8:22 PM supyohos123 says:

It's the same thing with the Simpsons.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:24 PM Gendo responds:

At least The Simpsons never bothers to specify a year, and gleefully mocks the sliding timescale.


May. 19, 2008 | 8:28 PM Dekathos says:

Really? Did you know it's a cartoon?

May. 19, 2008 | 8:29 PM Gendo responds:

WHOA WHAT?

DUDE FUUUUUUUUCK, SPOILER TAGS ON THAT SHIT


May. 19, 2008 | 8:29 PM Dejanus says:

Shit Genny, everyone uses it.

But Ranma really shouldn't have to, they could always age the characters and it wouldn't lose relevance.

I see where you are coming from, I guess, but remember they are far from the first or worst offender of this particular transgression.

Fuck, Spiderman should be an octogenarian by now.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:31 PM Gendo responds:

Not everyone. Kaiji, Akagi and Black Lagoon progress properly (and that's just off the top of my head).

But yeah, my beef is the endless loop thing cheapens the plot here really badly.

Supremely agreed on Spiderman, though, but its very core has been shat all over by Marvel's incessant retconning.


May. 19, 2008 | 8:39 PM Dekathos says:

I didn't get what the snotty reply was for so you get sarcasm in return.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:41 PM Gendo responds:

The snotty reply was for pointing out the goddamned obvious.

Plus, if you knew a damn thing about me, you'd know I read the manga before starting the anime.

tl;dr I'm an ass about shit like this.

Updated: May. 19, 2008, 8:42 PM

May. 19, 2008 | 8:46 PM supyohos123 says:

Dekathos, Gendo always makes snotty replies. He doesn't really mean anything by it.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:51 PM Gendo responds:

YOU SHUT UP BITCH I'LL FUCKING SHOOT YOUR CAR'S TIRES OUT


May. 19, 2008 | 8:47 PM Yghrulez says:

After having re-watched Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, I found that they progress properly.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:50 PM Gendo responds:

Well they have to, what with their sagas and all.


May. 19, 2008 | 8:48 PM Dekathos says:

I am sorry I don't know anything about you random internet person! Sorry I mention Ranam in a stupid news post about Ranma. This is the dumbest reason to complain about this series I have ever heard. There is no reason to discuss it at all. I was being kind by doing so.

May. 19, 2008 | 8:51 PM Gendo responds:

If you think it's dumb, why waste your time commenting on it?


May. 19, 2008 | 9:00 PM Dekathos says:

If I thought you were going to reply like that I wouldn't of. I didn't really expect it or see a reason for it. I guess maybe I was supposed to be impressed or something.

May. 19, 2008 | 9:08 PM Gendo responds:

No, that's just the way in post in relation to things like that.

I'm pretty much an encyclopedia of worthless anime knowledge, with OCD no less, so I'm quite prone to random douchebaggery.


May. 19, 2008 | 9:03 PM ibhenowflee says:

Yotsuba wants to kill it with fire.

May. 19, 2008 | 9:09 PM Gendo responds:

Yotsuba has to kill Yanda first.

Fucking dick, prank-calling five-year-olds.


May. 19, 2008 | 9:08 PM Mendou says:

GARY, LETS DO IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR, ALL, NIGHT, LONG!

May. 19, 2008 | 9:09 PM Gendo responds:

As long as good music is playing, I'm game.


May. 19, 2008 | 9:13 PM supyohos123 says:

I want to rape Yotsuba, and I want to force you and Kuro to watch just so hilarity could ensue. Of course, I don't think she would get the joke. That could cause more harm than good.

BUT NOT FOR ME!

May. 19, 2008 | 9:15 PM Gendo responds:

You're pure evil.

PURE evil.

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