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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5513459 Identity]'' is a [[Ranma ½]] [[fanfic]] by [[User:Muphrid]]. Just days [[Continuation|after the manga's ending]], matters in Nerima blow up spectacularly, and Ranma, nursing wounded pride, heads back to China to seek his cure. As always, fate doesn't seem to want Ranma to get rid of his girl side just yet, for walking Jusenkyo with him is a group of [[Ki Attacks|Ki Sorcerers]]--an ancient tribe who suppress their desires and emotions to keep their magic in check. The problem? The "Sieve" they use to keep their magic contained just failed...right on the day Ranma defeated Saffron, and tradition in the tribe holds that the person who sated the last Sieve should and must become the next.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Not overloaded with them, but a few.
** In chapter five, after Ranma broke into the Sorcerers' tower:
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'''Ranma''': [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Chambers of what did you say? Guf?]] }}
** Also, after the Sorcerer Wuya comes at Akane with a knife, Akane throws a chair at her. It gets blocked harmlessly.
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** All of the bird [[Theme Naming]] is an indirect reference to similar naming in [[Noein]].
** Said to Ryoga:
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*** And yes, this means that Ryoga's wandered all the way to England. He was actually the subject of some [[No Sense of Direction|scientific interest]].
** From chapter two:
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'''Ranma''': [[Luke, I Am Your Father|You're not my father, if that's what you're saying.]] }}
* [[The Evils of Free Will|The Evils of Free Love]]: The "Night of Magic's Coupling"? 12 men and 12 women go into a room. They sleep with the number they're assigned. Then they get out and make way for the next group, all in five minutes or less. Being able to freely engage in passionate acts? That's dangerous and will get your whole village turned to ash.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Ukyo calls out Akane hard when Akane berates Ranma as a coward and unmanly. No, she didn't give Ranma [[I Can Explain|a chance to explain]]. It wasn't [[Not What It Looks Like|what it looked like]]. And this time, Ukyo makes sure Akane knows it.
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* [[Theme Naming]]: all the Sorcerers have two names--a name for the body they were born in, which is a Chinese word for a bird (''Wuya'' is crow, ''Bailu'' is egret). Their other name, the one for the bodies they're cursed in, is invariably a cosmetic or a substance used in cosmetics (Kohl, [[wikipedia:Sindoor|Sindoor]], Tilaka).
* [[Title Drop]]: Not of the whole fic's title, but individual chapters or parts thereof get this a lot. The phrase "cold rain" is often used to refer to the end of chapter one, where Akane bitterly accuses Ranma of not being a man (which, in turn, propels him to China and starts the whole mess). "Monsters and Demons" (chapter three) does this the most, though: the chapter title is dropped in part II, and part VII's title ("To Slay the Monsters within Our Souls") makes up the bulk of the last lines of the chapter.
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