"I mean, sort of," Akane says. "There's Yuka and Sayuri, my classmates, even if... there's a lot they don't understand. Ryouga's my friend. Ukyo... could have been my friend if she didn't want to marry--" She cuts herself off. "And, I guess Ranma's my friend."

He was more than that, a lot more, but most of that wasn't something she was comfortable talking about.