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I’m curious what past brainwashing Kasumi could have had. Maybe she was actually super smart and intelligent but was hypnotized into giving up her educational pursuits and turned into a housewife stereotype.
Heh, I love how you set up a reason for Nabiki's behavior. She was the only sister to dress appropriately for an Omiai. It'd be pretty entertaining if Akane's belief that she was the better martial artist between her and Nabiki was delusion, and the aid to get Nabiki back in shape sparks Ranma into wanting both younger Tendos ala Kuno-sempai... xD
Hmm... you seem to have a pretty low opinion of Ukyo's martial arts abilities. Sure she can only able to deflect one blow from Shampoo? Can't defend against a half-hearted thrown knife attack and has to have someone who hasn't practiced martial arts in a year block it for her?
Ukyo does the least fighting of any of the main female cast members and is thus the hardest to get a read on her ability relative to the rest of the cast.
But regardless of Ukyo's skill level Shampoo is pretty consistently shown to be incredibly dangerous and skilled. So I'd always place her well above Ukyo.
And I literally said in the narrative that Ukyo could handle that thrown knife easily. It was why she was surprised when somebody who she had no idea had any ability at all (Nabiki) stepped in.
Don't ask me to name episodes, but on more then one occasion, it was shown that Ukyo and Shampoo fight each other off-screen. A Lot. Ukyo has a lot more fighting experience and skill then most would expect.
That Said, Shampoo likely isn't going full out against Ukyo in those fights; after all, just like with getting caught killing Akane, killing Ranma's oldest friend would not help her bid for gaining Ranma's affections.....
Well I won't ask you to name episodes because "episodes" means you're talking about the anime adaptation. Which did give Ukyo more fights.
I, however, do not use the anime adaptation in any Ranma fanfic stuff I write. :P
In the original Manga Ukyo hardly gets into fights and her relative position on the whole skill ranking thing is thus very vague.