Sure. Let me go sprinkle in a bunch of vampire dicks. Apparently that's the secret.
My audience would fit on a bus.
I understand frustration. I've been there myself. In a former life, I wrote clean, LotR-style fantasy (no smut, not romance, just adventure and action and a splash of comedy) and got MAYBE 2-3 views. 1-2 reads. 0 comments. I spent 5 years working on that daily. That is to say, 5 whole years dedicted every available moment to working on it. you have any idea how frustrating it is to spend literally every waking moment working on a single project and have nothing to show for it? And I do mean every waking moment. at work, I'd think and plan. on break, write down notes, at lunch, eat and type, go home and type some more.
So yeah, I get your frustration. but as has been said, you need to consider how many people like ranma 1/2, how many people like fanfics, and how many people like your writing style. make a venn diagram and that little section in the middle? That's your audience. and I'm not saying your writing style is bad. I don't know. I haven't read it. but each author has a style, just like each painter does. not everyone likes van gogh or da vinci, or rembrandt.
I know it sucks. I know it's frustrating. and I know it hurts. But the reality is that you limit yourself by calling it a ranma 1/2 fanfic. I LOVE ranma but i'm not a fan of fanfics. that said, if your story were original, I'd likely be more willing to read it, if it were "inspired by" ranma rather than a straight up fanfic.
You say you left canon behind in chapter 2. so why keep the fanfic tag? Why suffer under that banner? do you not have faith that your story could succeed without riding on the coattails of an existing title?
Finally, your uploading. Take advantage of the scheduled uploads SH offers. schedule maybe 2-3 a week, rather than a large dump that people have to slog through. My main stories aren't the most popular, but they are getting noticed. my key is that I planthe uploads carefully (if maybe a little playing dirty). My main uploads are AWLAYS on the same days at the same times. if I have an important announcement, I post it at any other time (helps increase exposure to a crowd that isn't on at my usual times). but most importantly, I plan each chapter to "take as long as a standard poop". the idea is that they can sit down and do their business while they read, then be done when they're ready to leave the toilet.
but in the end, you just sound bitter. you come here asking for advice then effectively shoot down and mock anyone that gives advice because it's not what you wanted to hear. so my advice? Take a step back. step back and consider if it's really worth it. consider what you want specifically. do you want to be noticed by more people? Then drop the fanfic tag and instead make it "inspired by" ranma 1/2. if you want a ranma fanfic, then give up your notion of being famed for your fanfic, because fanfic authors rarely if ever get major audiences.
