There were, after all, wolf-boys and cat-girls and fox-people and raccoon-folk and so on.
There weren't many of the gorilla-men, barely 100 on Earth. Lucky Genma had just found all of them.
Each of them stood around seven feet in height, had layers of hard muscle, long arms, short legs, and a nasty temper. Which was sort of thrown into contrast by their usually mild manner and desire for peace and tranquility. Despite their imposing size, some people insisted on making fun of them. Hence retreating to a mostly inhospitable area.
Genma remembered a phrase as he was being manhandled. "Keep your paws off me, you filthy ape."
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"Urk," said Genma realizing he was staring at his own butt-cheeks. "Ouch."
Ranma ducked beneath the kick, then rolled to avoid the followup strikes.
He was having to take this fight seriously, not only because there was an audience, but because Meia was pretty darn good. She was a Tribal who'd grown up as a fighter and trained most of her life in fighting techniques. It showed.
He tried flipping behind her to tap the back of her head, but she'd dodged and spun and Ranma found himself twisting away from another kick.
Ranma finished analyzing what he'd seen of her fighting so far. Her style seemed to have an equal number of punches and kicks, but it wasn't as fast as it could be. Probably relied on strength and endurance in a fight.
Finally he spotted an opening and took it, when she planted herself in order to try a grab. He went in and aimed a punch that stopped a bare finger's width from smashing her nose.
At first he'd thought he'd misjudged. She didn't look happy at all but visibly calmed herself.
"Next time, fight for real," said Meia in a voice calculated just to reach him.
The mutters of the crowd became:
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