*click* Washu mode on....
Anyway, without further ado, and for the education/horror of the newbies and vets alike, I present to you..
The Nabiki Chest Theory:
(compiled and studied by Frank Sanchez for a PhD in Nabikiology)
Many of you (and I know you are, even if you don't mention it) must be wondering about the chest sizes of many of the female characters in Ranma 1/2. Now, on the Ranma ML, this topic has been brought up multiple times, and I'm sure bringing it up again won't hurt as much as bringing, ohhhh, say, the Shampoo Hair Color Thread up again....
*Frank gets bopped by a fluffy pillow as he writes on the board. He picks it up, looks at it curiously, looks around suspiciously, and poofs it back to where it came*
Who threw that? ^_^ Anyway, general discussion of the breasts topic has garnered a general opinion that the ladies get a little "inflate" from the OAV series onward. This enhancement serves not only as a blatant example of fan service, but also to tell the girls apart with regards to top-heaviness. In several studies of rankings of chest size, we find a consistency in that Nabiki is always the one who seems to be among the top ranked individuals for being more stacked, or even, dare I postulate, the most stacked, of all the female characters.
One wants to have a viable reason for this, of course. No one just wants an answer of "oh, that's the way they drew her." No, I, who am of unswerving loyalty to the CoN, desire a better answer, and I'm sure my associates will agree with me when I say that we want to know as much about our dear Nabiki-sama as possible.
So how does she have this top-heaviness? Let us explore one habit of hers that we can use as a jumping off point.
In numerous times in the manga, and somewhat in the anime, we see Nabiki eating. And we're not talking about the old health food stuff, or thoe "Slim-Fast" shakes. We're talking about straight junk food. Chips, snack treats, and other things seem to constantly be in her hands, and this isn't even counting family meals, either, or those certain scenes when the entire family is eating. She seems to have something supposedly fattening and unhealthy in her possession most of the time, and is most certainly eating it.
Now, one asks the question, where does all this food actually go? She certainly doesn't gain any noticeable weight over it, and as studies have shown about certain types of junk food, she should be gaining some pounds. But she doesn't. Again, do I settle for the answer of "that's the way she was drawn"? No. There has to be a logical (and somewhat silly, Ranma 1/2-esque ^_^) explanation for this.
And this is the explanation by which we can return to our original topic of Nabiki's chest size. For you see, the calories and the fat from all this food certainly goes somewhere. Junk food is not so easily defeated in its fattening abilities, not even in the Ranma-verse. So where could the fat and weight go? Very simple - to her chest.
This would explain why she is the most top-heavy of all the female characters of her age. Her snacking inflates not her waistline, but her bust size. Whether Nabiki is aware of this or not is an irrelevant point. The important thing to remember is that Nabiki can indeed gain something from the snacks she is eating, just not in a bad way.
Thus is my story/theory, and I'm sticking to it. ^_^
*click* Washu mode off...
^_^,
Frank