Fanfiction – “The Things We Wish For”

Title: The Things We Wish For
URL: (Fanfiction.net) (Hosted by AngCobra) (Chapters 1-12 at Florestica)
Author: D.B. Sommer
Source: Ranma 1/2
Rating: 6/6
Type: Continuation, Semi-AU
Length: 15 Chapters, 2 Interludes, Epilogue

I started reading this expecting quality, and I was not disappointed. As with Shampoo 1/2 (which I intend to give 6/6 when I can find time to review it properly), The Things We Wish for is a well-written story with believable characters, lots of humor, and a deep back story. They also share a tendency to extend the Nerima craziness either spatially or temporally but I don’t think any worse of them for it.

The plot is essentially this, “What if Akane ended up getting a wish and wishing that her mother was still alive, only to find a 17-year-old version of her mother sucked into the present?” What follows ends up revealing a deep and believable story of the previous generation, crushed dreams, and lessons learned. (God, that sounds cliche.)

I’d recommend it any day. Heck, I’d give it a lot of bonus points, but it’s too uniformly well-written to single out anything right now. I especially like the ending which employs a unique (in a “Why didn’t I think of that? Oh yeah, because I can’t write well enough.” kind of way) method of making a wide variety of readers happy.

Update: Re-read it. 6/6 rating bump.

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