It's very difficult for me to imagine Ranma and Akane as parents for some reason. I'm not sure why, exactly. I guess they seem so irresponsible. Of
course they are just kids, so it's difficult to envision them any other way.
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Genma Saotome, a bad father or a good father?
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Posts: 5043 (04/21/08 12:28 AM) Anything-Goes Martial Artist |
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Panty Thief
Posts: 43 (04/23/08 10:42 AM) |
Anyway, one way or another, they're going to be a parent, eventually. I agree with Hinako about him treating his son better that Genma, one thing that is
different with Ranma is that he wouldn't pull his son from Akane and train him to be as strong as he is. However due to Ranma and Akane's present
attitudes and immaturity, I doubt that the family won't have any feuds. Specialy on food (I don't think Ranma has the value of sharing, or does he?).
Well about Genma, I think he is a good parent(and a smart one) he actually calls his actions(stealing Ranma's food, not sharing his food for him, making
them swim to China, and going in dangerous places like Jusenkyo<these are examples of bad parenting, right?>) as training, And Genma's actions are
therefore pardoned, due to his reason that they were training (my dad does this sometimes, making me lift heavy objects that he can lift by himself, but he
says that it is training to make me stronger). But of all this he has done was for his son. overall Genma is a good parent eventhough he was harsh in training,
but it was for Ranma, right?
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Drunken Fan Dancer
Posts: 531 (04/23/08 08:32 PM) |
Well, I guess the question would be did Genma really do those things as training, or did he have selfish reasons behind his actions. I do think he really loves
his son, but he is a fallable human who can be capable of selfishness.
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 232 (04/24/08 04:48 AM) |
You have to admit, though, that some of that training is... well... come on, the guy had his son traumatized by throwing him into a pit of hungry cats when he
was still a little boy! Not to mention that promise he made to his wife of seppuku (for both him and his son, who was just a child at the time) if Ranma
didn't grow up to be a man among men.
Yes, Genma does love his son, but he's a complete lunatic. Loving his son, in his own weird little way, doesn't mean he's a good father. I know he may mean well, but I really don't think that he can be considered a good father in any way, shape, or form. I believe the old saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" was never more fitting than here.    
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Drunken Fan Dancer
Posts: 539 (04/25/08 09:11 PM) |
Yes, Genma does love his son, but he's a complete lunatic. Loving his son, in his own weird little way, doesn't mean he's a good father. I know he may mean well, but I really don't think that he can be considered a good father in any way, shape, or form. I believe the old saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" was never more fitting than here.I have to agree that the question wasn't 'Did Genma love his son?', it was 'Was Genma a good father?'. There's a big difference between the two. Yeah, Genma did love his son, but, as you said, he was a 'complete lunatic' while trying to be a good father. Lunatics, loving or not, don't make good parents. |
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Panty Thief
Posts: 44 (04/27/08 01:16 AM) |
I see your point... A parent throwing his son to a pit of cats while the child is wrapped with cat food, is a complete act of lunacy. But is Genma a total
loon(well I doubt that he is a complete loon, he must have some little order remaining in his brain) . But I have a question in mind, what is more worst. A
lunatic parent that is loving? or a lunatic parent that is not loving. Im not sure of the validity of my answer, which is the loving one. cause the loving
gives more attention to his child which subjects the child to more acts of lunacy rather than the other one that does not care about the child.
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Drunken Fan Dancer
Posts: 549 (04/27/08 08:40 AM) |
Whether a lunatic loves his kid or not, they could still end up dead as Genma has demonstrated with Ranma's close calls. Sure, the training made him a
strong martial artist. I suppose what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as they say. Though, it doesn't mean you should cheat death as a training
exersize.
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 65 (04/27/08 07:49 PM) |
Hm I see how that last statement does seem valuable.
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Panty Thief
Posts: 45 (04/28/08 08:04 AM) |
Well Genma is a martial artist, there is surely a crucial difference between lucatic parents that are martial artist and lunatic parents that are not. I did
not say that they have to be martial artists that would subject their child through extreme training exercises or some things that might harm them.
I suppose what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as they say. Though, it doesn't mean you should cheat death as a training exersize.No arguements here... I think everyone would agree here. |
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Cat Cafe Patron
Posts: 458 (04/28/08 08:53 PM) |
well look at all the near death experiences that ranma had later on. if ranma dident go through that training, would he live through herb? or that phoenix
guy?
"to be or not to be" ...
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