The Bitter End is written by James A. Bateman and was published online on April 4th, 1997.[1]
Description
“ Akane and Ranma finally get married. It should be the end of all the troubles, and indeed, after a little misunderstanding at the start, the honeymoon is wonderful. But after the return the fights resume, and although Ranma tries his best to avoid provoking Akane, the beatings get more and more serious.[2] ”
“ Ranma & Akane get married, but that's the beginning, not the end. Fighting has always been a big part of their relationship, and even with all the rivals and fiancees out of the way, can they just give it all up?[3] ”
“ Wedded bliss eludes Ranma as he desperately seeks the source of Akane's ever-intensifying anger.[4] ”
Plot
Notes
- Death is Not the End by Sean Gaffney is based on the story.
- The Better End? by Brad Angell was written in response to this story.
- A further nod to this story is in The Batter End by Crazyfic.
- Long Live Akane Tendo by Dark Alpha is something of an "unofficial" epilogue to this story.
- Parodied by Gary Kleppe in his story The Bittern End.
- A spam-fic based on it, "Alt-Bitter End" by Sean Gaffney, also exists.
- Just Like That by Scott K. Jamison features a TV show, The Last Drop, which parallels The Bitter End.
- The fanfic is crossed over with Richard D. Lawson's story Thy Inward Love in Lawson's own Goddess of My Harmful Deeds.
- MSTed by Raphael See: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
- The fan-character "Ranko Tendo" from Reality Bytes (and its subsequent sequels) is explicitly stated to have come from the dimension in which the events of The Bitter End took place.
Reaction
As can be seen by the list of stories above, The Bitter End provoked quite a reaction in the FFML community when it was originally posted. Most of this was over the portrayal of Akane.[5]
Awards
- TASS Awards Award for Annual 1997, 3rd place
FFML Posting History
See Also
Other External Links
- The Bitter End at Boy, did YOU take a wrong turn!
- The Bitter End at the Internet Archive record of Zen's Fanfiction Page
- The Bitter End at the Reocities Archive record of Blood Blade's Best of Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction
- The Bitter End at the Internet Archive record of Kuonji_Ranma's Home Page
- The Bitter End at the Internet Archive record of All About Ranma
- Zip file
References
- ↑ Post at FFML & Post at FFML
- ↑ Description from The Penultimate Ranma Fanfic Index
- ↑ Description from Reocities Archive record of Blood Blade's Best of Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction
- ↑ Description from Internet Archive record of All About Ranma
- ↑ Example post from FFML