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Ukyo decides she has to take Ranma away from Akane for his own safety, and Ranma himself is finally willing to concede that maybe he and Akane shouldn't be married anymore. But Akane comes upon them at the moment of their decision and explodes in fury at what she interprets as final incontrovertible proof of Ranma's infidelity. In a fit of literally mindless rage she kills both Ranma and Ukyo with the Saotome family sword. When the fury leaves her, the realization of what she has done drives Akene completely over the edge. As the story ends, Akane remains committed in a mental asylum, leaving behind a saddened, fragmented group of survivors.
''The Bitter End'' is generally regarded as the ultimate ''Ranma'' Dark Fic, ruthlessly and relentlessly extrapolating the causes and results of comedic slapstick behavior into and through a far more realistic world than the anime depicts. It is a monumental presence in ''Ranma'' fic, and has spawned a number of both sequels and parodies. It's also singlehandedly responsible for the widespread awareness of rage disorder — also known as [[w:Intermittent explosive disorder|Intermittent explosive disorder]]
Upon its release, ''The Bitter End'' hit the ''Ranma'' fanfic community like a bomb, starting [[Flame War]]s and prompting several explicit sequels by other authors as well as numerous other responses ranging from [[Spamfic]]s to parodies to [[Fix Fic]]s attempting to soften the blow. The diagnosis for Rage Disorder behind the behavior of its [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] Akane became popular to the point of [[Fanon]] for several years.
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