... and it occurs to me that I would have liked it much better if Nabiki, the middle sister who made oodles of money from naked pictures of female Ranma, would have been humiliated even remotely in the series. Rumiko Takahashi has created one of the most evil characters I have ever witnessed, especially considering that she gets away with pretty much every rotten thing she does.

It gets to the point that in almost every episode she has an important part in, and many that she barely shows up for she renders it actually unpleasant to watch. Her actions are reprehensible to the point of making these episodes unwatchable. The only other character who can possibly compete with her is Happosai, but at least he gets his butt reamed out every so often.

I have seen many detestable characters in movies, plays books and TV shows, but they usually get what they deserve at the end. Richard the III dies a rather inglorious death on the battle field, Aizen gets buried for many lifetimes underground, the Evil Darkness in the Ephemeral series gets sent to its own world where it finally learns fear and is therefore tormented forever,  but unless Takahashi ever revisits this series and shows her dying a sad, lonely death, she will not have gotten her comeuppance.

I don't know who Rumiko Takahashi was pissed off at when she created this character, but she unleashed a darkness nearly unmatched in entertainment.

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