Fanfiction – “The Three Saotomes”

Title: The Three Saotomes
URL: RAAC Mirror, archived at megspace, on Fanfiction.net, at Studio Asynjor, and hosted by Phu.
Author: Carrot Glace
Source: Ranma 1/2
Rating: 5/6
Type: Self-Insert
Length: 32 Parts (18 in RAAC Archive)(Unfinished)

What if Ranma wasn’t Ranma. What if the real Ranma was Genryu Saotome, Ranma’s little brother, and Ranma was a self-insert? I know what you’re thinking but this story is amazingly good. You’d barely even think it’s a self-insert. It’s also very original with it’s plot elements. Especially the hilarious “Kuno vs. The Paperwork” part. It gets bonus points for managing to keep almost the entire original plot and characters without it being stale and boring. Heck, regardless of how original it is, it feels more original than anything I’ve read in a long time.

I’ll also give the author a nod for making sure it’s available through multiple channels although I wish the whole thing was available on the RAAC archive rather than just over half of it. It’s nice to see that others share the desire to keep it available too. I’ve seen cases where people who run archives and simply forgot to ask permission have received severe tongue lashings from antisocial authors. In my opinion, such people are [censored to protect the spineless].

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