Some know better.
For Tendo Akane, the facts of her life, although sometimes distorted, are easily verified, sorted, and filed within her mind. Some would consider her a violent maniac with lesbian tendencies who would be more likely to strike out in an uncontrolled rage than to think for herself. Some would consider her a misunderstood woman with old fashioned tendencies who is doing her duty to ensure that she remain chaste until her wedding night. Theories and hypothesis abound concerning this young woman who, for the most part, remains shroaded in mystery.
For instance, thanks to Kuno Tatewaki and the morning Horde of Hentai's, she is absolutely convinced that any male who looks at her chest will try to do something forcefully, whether she wants it or not. Take, for example, her second meeting with one Soatome Ranma. Walking into a bathroom nude is a normal reaction. Freezing with shock when meeting a nude male there is also a normal reaction. There has to be someone at fault for the situation, so who could it be?
Running through the options, Akane was forced to rapidly consider several facts. Fact number one states that the bathroom in question is in her house, therefore she has every right to nude within it. Fact number two states that there is only one male with the same right, and that's her father. Fact number three states that THAT was NOT her father. There might have been more, but for now, that will do.
Putting these facts and conclusions together, she couldn't help but question WHY a nude boy would be in her bathroom to see her naked. The only resolution to the dilemna got a helpful nudge from her many dealings with other males at school: a boy is in a sexual situation with a girl who didn't put herself there on purpose. Therefore, the boy is doing something perverted. Thus, the boy is a pervert.
This flavored Akane's future dealings with the young man in question, causing more heartache, pain, and suffering that was simply added to the pile in question.
Why review her views on the subject of Ranma and his perversions and the theory behind the spread of rumors? Simple, really. It would seem that the events in the lunch room had circulated through the rumor mill and reached the youngest Tendo's tender ears.
Girls looking to conquor boys and control them in a dating situation? Oh boy. Let's apply her logic to what she hears. A boy and girl in a sexual situation, one of which is doing it against her will. Obviously, this would be a perverted situation. Therefore, one of the two is being a pervert.
She was good to that point, but her normal logic was starting to break down. In this situation, the boy in the scenario was innocent while the girl was being the pervert. Applying personal experience to the problem at hand, she could only remember a girl doing something perverted if the girl in question was Ranma. So how had this come to be?
Okay, who started this? Kuno Kimi. Another female Kuno. The same Kuno who thrashed her twice while ordering her to release the pig-tailed boy from her evil clutches. Thus, we get the safe assumption that this Kuno, like the rest, is insane. Next is comparing Kimi to the other delusional female Kuno that Akane knows, Kadochi. Results? Kadochi wants Ranma and is often seen doing perverted things with the boy. Conclusion? If Ranma is leading on one female Kuno, then why not another? After all, her fiance has done absolutely nothing to resolve the fiance mess.
Nodding her head, Akane believes that Ranma could solve the entire situation is he wanted to. After all, how many fiance's have shown up only to be sent packing after a challenge? Therefore, Ranma must be behind Kimi's declaration in the lunch room.
Satisfied at the blinding flash of logic that was applied to the situation, Akane calmly and rationally says her first words since hearing of the entire crisis:
"RANMA, YOU PERVERT!"
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