ok i know i'm way late to this argument but i'm gonna throw into the ring anyway cause i just found this wonderful piece of art.
imagine thinking shampoo and ukyo, the outright most manipulative of ranma's main suitors, are better than akane. lmaoooo. don't get me wrong, I love ukyo and she's my favorite character, but she and shampoo both manipulate every other character in the entire series to try and win ranma over. akane just wants to live her life and try to get along with ranma, and everyone else for that matter. she's easily the best of his suitors by a goddamn long shot.