Indice
1.
Volume 1 (Red
Cover)
2. Volume 2 (Yellow
Cover)
4. Volume 4 (Dark Green
Cover)
5. Volume 5 (Magenta
Cover)
6. Volume 6 (Light Orange
Cover)
7. Volume 7 (Light Green
Cover)
8. Volume 8 (Dark Turquoise
Cover)
9. Volume 9 (Yellow-Green
Cover)
10. Volume 10 (Light Red
Cover)
11. Volume 11 (Light Purple
Cover)
1. Volume 1 (Red Cover)
Here's Ranma: The Tendo dojo gets plenty of surprises in
one day when a panda and a girl show up instead of Soun Tendo's
old friend Genma and his son Ranma. There's more to this panda
and the girl than they think, though, as Akane finds out when she
walks in on the "girl", who somehow changed to a boy, in the
shower! Is this really Ranma Saotome, the guy that she's
supposedly engaged to? It's certainly not Akane's idea of a
fiancee….
Ranma's Secret: Genma explains his and Ranma's strange curse to
the surprised Tendo family. It appears that on a training trip to
China, Genma
and Ranma traveled to an alleged training ground called Jusenkyo.
While there, they were both hit into cursed springs, whcih make
them change into a panda and a girl, respectively, when wet! Soun
decides to go through with the engagement anyway, and when Akane
is picked as Ranma's fiancee, it's going to be difficult for the
two to get along..especially if Ranma walks in again on Akane
(this time as a female)…
I Hate Men!: Ranma and Akane go off to their first day together
at Furinkan High school, and on the way Ranma gets splashed,
causing the two to take a detour to Dr. Tofu's office to get
some hot water. Ranma suspects Akane of liking the good doctor,
but has no time to think about it as Ranma's going to find out
that Furinkan's not exactly your normal school – especially when
bokken-wielding, poetry-spouting Tatewaki Kunou is the voice of
influence. A chance speech by him at the beginning of the
semester has Akane having to literally fight off the advances of
the boys at the school. Kunou challenges Ranma to a fight, and
Ranma gladly accepts, despite Akane's protests…
Never, Never, Never:Ranma and Kunou's fight ends in a draw as the
rain almost reveals Ranma's curse to the whole school. later,
Kunou finds out about the engagement of his "dear Akane" and
Ranma and challenges Ranma again, this time in the middle of
school! Ranma accepts once again, but a foolish jump into a pool
of cold water reveals Ranma's female form to the angry
Kunou…
To the Tree-Borne Kettle-Girl: Despite glomping onto her, Kunou
hasn't made the connection between the female and male Ranmas and
thinks that they are two separate people. Akane tries to get
Onna-Ranma a kettle of hot water, but the kettle goes unused as
Kunou challenges the female Ranma to combat. Onna-Ranma defeats
Kunou easily, but if you thought it was bad enough for the male
Ranma dealing with Tatewaki Kunou, just wait until he sends a
note asking the female Ranma to meet him somewhere alone…
Body and Soul: Ranma's still having nightmares over Kunou's
confession of love for his girl-side, and things get worse when
at first Nabiki sells pictures of Onna-Ranma to Kunou and then
when even an obvious change still does not show Kunou that his
beloved "pig-tailed girl" and male Ranma are one and the same.
Yet another fight breaks out, and this time a distracted Ranma
may lose, as seeing the pictures Kunou was sold may prove fatal
for Ranma…
You'll Understand Soon Enough: Ranma gets greviously wounded by
Kunou, but still manages to defeat him with a swift multiple kick
to his vital spots. The wound doesn't seem bad at first, but upon
further inspection (and much pain from Ranma), Akane decides to
take Ranma to Dr. Tofu's office. All of these fights with Kuno
(and sometimes Akane) has Ranma exhausted and being treated at
the local chiropractic clinic run by Dr. Tofu is a welcome
release from all the tension. As he treats her, Tofu tries to
steer Ranma to a better understanding of Akane, and uses a
special pressure point which makes Ranma's legs weak. Akane
offers to piggy-back Ranma home, leaving Ranma to wonder about
Tofu's reasons for his actions and about Akane…
Because There's a Girl He Likes: The male population at school
has found out about Kunou's defeat, and all give up their attacks
on Akane to acknowledge Ranma as her true fiance – all except
Kunou, who, bandaged and all, swears to keep after both Akane and
his pig-tailed goddess. A chance hit by a baseball hit by Akane
lands Ranma back in Dr. Tofu's office, and Ranma confirms Akane's
feelings for the doctor. But as Akane is well aware of, Dr. Tofu
is head-over-heels in love with someone else, who just happens to
be on her way to the clinic…
You're Cute When You Smile: Ranma is about to find out the hard
way that love can make even the best doctors act like total fools
when Dr. Tofu's love interest turns out to be none other than
Akane's older sister Kasumi. Dr. Tofu is so lovestruck that he
bends Ranma's head the wrong way, much to Ranma's discomfort.
Meanwhile, a devastated Akane goes home, and though she still has
feelings for Dr. Tofu, manages to feel a little better after a
sparring match with Ranma, who calls her "cute when she
smiles"…
The Hunter: Things actually seem to be settling down a bit in
Nerima. The hordes of boys have stopped chasing Akane, Kuno isn't
attacking male Ranma all that often, and believe it or not, Akane
and Ranma seem to be getting along. However, the peace doesn't
last long as an old rival of Ranma's shows up to settle the
score. Ryoga Hibiki's horrible sense of direction may make him
seem like he's an idiot, but his brute strength and skill are
easily equal to Ranma's…Ryoga challenges Ranma to a duel, and
Rnama is left to ponder the determination of his mysterious
rival..
Bread Feud: Ranma remembers Ryoga's reason for his grudge against
him. It seems that when Ryoga and Ranma went to the same junior
high school Ranma was able to outsmart Ryoga for the last piece
of the "Bread of the Day" every time, causing Ryoga to challenge
Ranma to a duel. Unfortunately, Ryoga's horrid sense of direction
makes him late for the duel by three days, and Ranma leaves,
making Ryoga think Ranma a coward. Now, Ryoga's finally caught up
to Ranma, and despite Rnama's attempts to make peace, Ryoga
attacks. Ryoga draws first blood, and Ranma begins to think he
has to get serious to defeat his enemy…
Showdown: Ranma has to defend himself against the enraged Eternal
Lost Boy, even if Ranma's "secret" becomes known to him in the
process. Ranma tries to draw pity from Ryoga, but Ryoga only gets
more enraged at finding out Ranma's curse as he furiously attacks
Ranma. Meanwhile, Akane tries to find Ranma some hot water,
risking her own life to do so. An alarmed
Ranma tries to help a helpless Akane up as Ryoga throws his
umbrella straight at Ranma's back…
A Bad Cut: Ranma manages to avoid the fatal umbrella blow and
jumps with Akane to safety. A worried Ranma then angrily
reprimands Akane for her foolishness, enraging Akane to the point
of calling Ranma non-existent to her. Ryoga meanwhile, tries to
finish the fight by tossing his cutting bandannas at Ranma.
Unfortunately, the only loser of this battle happens to be Akane,
who is robbed of something very important to her…
Who Says You're Cute: Akane's loss finally gets her to accept the
fact that Dr. Tofu loves someone else, and a new day seems to
have begun for her. Ranma, on the other hand, secretly realizes
that this new Akane, both physically and spiritually, might
actually be cute…
The Transformation of Ryoga: Ryoga finally finds his way
to the Tendo dojo, where he attacks Ranma in the middle of the
night! As Ranma's about to find out, though, a cold and rainy
night was definitely not the best night for Ryoga to fight
Ranma…
He's Got a Beef: Ryoga tells Ranma the story of how he was
cursed. Apparently he followed Ranma to China, and more
specifically, Jusenkyo. But before he can catch up with Ranma, he
gets knocked into a cursed spring by a panda and a pig-tailed
girl. Cursed to become a black piglet, he is caught and almost
eaten. Ryoga blames Ranma, and Ranma denies all charges until
Ryoga finds out that the girl who knocked him into the pool was
Ranma. The ensuing fight brings Akane into the picture, and when
she sees her new pet (Ryoga) getting picked on by Ranma, Ranma's
in trouble. Now Ranma has to resort to sneaking to Akane's room
to expose Ryoga for what he really is…
Kodachi, the Black Rose: Enter Kodachi, the Black Rose of rival
school St. Bacchus, who's ambushed all the martial Rhythmic
Gymnastics team members of Furinkan high so she can win by
default! It's up to Akane to step up to the challenge of
defending Furinkan High's honor against Kodachi. In training,
however, she's absolutely clueless until Ryoga, of all people,
shows up to train her. Meanwhile, Kodachi is on her way to the
Tendo dojo, to make sure Akane never even gets to the
competition…
The Love of the Black Rose: Akane's training is finished for the
night, and she's loooking forward to a good night's rest – too
bad she isn't going to get it. Kodachi attempts to cripple her,
and Akane has to defend herself. Ranma and Ryoga/P-chan get mixed
up in the pre-fight duel as well, and Kodachi ends up making a
temporary retreat. Her near fall off the rooftops causes Ranma to
rescue her, however, and to make matters worse, Kodachi's ends up
falling hard for the male Ranma. An attempted kiss then leaves
Ranma paralyzed on the roof, and Kodachi running from an enraged
Akane…
Take Care of My Sister: Kodachi tries to ambush Akane at school,
and then decides to have their match determine who can have
Ranma, after finding out he's Akane's fiancee. Ranma and Akane
also find out that Kodachi just happens to be Kuno's sister.
However, despite avoiding being ambushed herself by the Black
Rose, Akane ends up hurting herself before the match, and now
female Ranma (with Ryoga's suspect "help") has to take Akane's
place…
I'll See That You Lose: Ryoga attempts to cripple Ranma in
training him/her, and the two end up fighting all night, leaving
a very tired female Ranma in the morning. Upon finding out about
a substitute, Kodachi attempts several times to cripple her
before the match, but fails. Now the fight begins – but femlae
Rnama ends up with a handicap – being chained to a very angry
P-chan…
Hot Competition: The fight is on and Ranma had better win it, or
else he'll be dating the psychotic Kodachi. Kodachi pulls out
every underhanded trick in the book to try and defeat her
opponent. Ranma-chan's doing pretty well – all she has to do is
avoid that kettle of boiling hot water Kodachi has and he/she'll
be fine…
I Give Up: Onna-Ranma and P-chan are hit with the hot water, and
for a while it looks like they're both abut to face the biggest
embarassment of their lives. Akane, however, saves them with a
quick blast of cold water. AFter Kodachi cheats again by having
the ring move, only the ring posts and ropes remain to stand on,
and Onna-Ranma has to make sure that she's the last one left
standing…
Darling Charlotte: With the Kodachi situation settled (sort of),
life can somewhat return to normal in Nerima. Akane and
Ranma-chan, along with P-chan, go to a skating rink to relax from
all the fighting. However, the fighting is far from over as a
girl by the name of Azusa Shiratori "finds"s P-chan and claims
her for her own. Now Akane has to challenge Azusa to a martial
skating match to get P-chan back, and now Ranma's involved too.
Of course, Ryoga wants to fight at Akane's side instead of
Ranma..all the two need to do is learn how to skate…
A Kiss in the Rink: To Ranma, it's embarrassing to be slipping
and sliding around the ice as a guy, so Akane has to teach him as
a girl. Ranma's going to learn to regret doing that, though, as
he just happens to get his first kiss in girl form. The problem
is – the kisser is Mikado Sanzenin! As the day of the match draws
near, a very angry male Ranma tries to gain revenge on the
unaware Sanzenin for the most grevious insult he's taken….
Lips at a Loss: Male Ranma's furious, and in a "pre-match" tot he
real fight he angrily attacks Mikado in a rage. The two end up
fighting, and despite Mikado's "Dance of Death" attack the match
ends in a draw. Later on, Akane is tending to Rnam's wounds and
the two share a tender moment..unfortunately before it can get
any closer the two realize it's being videotaped…meanwhile, and
enraged Mikado seeks revenge on Ranma…
Lips at War: Before the match, Mikado promises he'll
take the lips of Akane Tendo sometime during the match, and Ranma
now has to watch out for his repeated attempts to kiss Akane as
well as concentrate on the match. The two pairs clash as the
match begins (with ryoga/P-chan as the prize), and Ranma seems to
be doing well (he somehow learned how to skate in that period
before the match). However, after a particularly brazen attempt
by Mikado to kiss Akane, Ranma angrily vows to finish off Mikado,
reavealing he's Akane's fiancee in the process…
I'll Never Let Go: Akane and Ranma have to avoid the Golden
Pair's deadly Couple Cleaver attack, and do so, at Ranma's
expense. An seriously injured Ranma struggles to get up while
Akane tries to stop him. However, "Charlotte" has his own way of
interfering, and when his plan to pair with
Akane fails, he ends up being paired with Onna-Ranma, of all
people! Now Ryoga and Onna-Ranma have to team up, and the real
battle begins – and not just between the two teams…
Burning the Bridges: The match continues (after a brief change of
costume) for Ryoga and Onna-Ranma. The "Golden Pair" executes
their deadly "Couple Cleaver" again, and it almost succeeds – but
both Ryoga and Onna-Ranma get up from it mainly unbruised. And
then, in the middle of the match, of all times, Ryoga challenges
Onna-Ranma to a duel…
Ryoga Explodes!: Ryoga and Onna-Ranma are now fighting each
other, to the surprise of Akane and the rest of the people in the
arena. In the process of the duel, however, the rink breaks open,
revealing a pool of icy water underneath. Ryoga has to prevent
himself from falling in the water as well as fight Ranma, and
when Mikado almost knocks him in, Ryoga somehow summons the
strength to totally knock out Mikado and keep himself above the
water. The resulting avalanche buries Onna-Ranma, and Ryoga
thinks he's won….until Ranma somehow claws himself out of the
icy mass….
The Waters of Love: Thanks to Ryoga (and Azusa, for that matter)
Furinkan high has won the match witht he "Golden Par", but Ryoga
and Onna-Ranma are still fighting it out viciously over the pool
of ice and water. The match only ends when a swimming-impaired
Akane falls into the water, prompting Ryoga (as P-chan) and Ranma
to dive in and save her. Now, thankfully, the grueling Martial
Skating Match is over, but Onna-Ranma's got no time to relax
because he/she's got a new enemy – Shampoo, a female Chinese
Amazon who's out to kill Onna-Ranma…
Kiss of Death: Onna-Ranma is barely able to avoid Shampoo's
attack in the locker room by hiding in one of the lockers, and
later Ranma is able to tell Akane why Shampoo is after him/her.
It appears that Shampoo is after Ranma because Ranma (in girl
form at the time) defeated her in a fight. According to Chinese
Amazon law, an Amazon must not stop chasing an outsider who
defeats her until she's dead, and that spells trouble for the
female Ranma. If Ranma thought this predicament was bad enough,
though, just wait until he finds out what the Amazon law says
about being defeated by male outsiders…especially when Ranma
does just that upon finding out Shampoo is in the Tendo
Dojo…
You I Love: Ever since Shampoo gave a certain show of affection
to her supposed future husband Ranma, Akane's been bitten by the
green-eyed monster of jealousy. Meanwhile, though, since Shampoo
is unaware that the female Ranma and the male Ranma are one and
the same, Shampoo always seems to be glomping onto "him" half the
time and trying to kill "her" the other half, making for a really
difficult situation for poor Ranma…
Akane Gets Shampooed: When Shampoo tries to make sweet and sour
pork out of a certain little black pig for her "husband" Ranma to
eat, it's the last straw for Akane. Akane ends up fighting
Shampoo, but the Chinese girl ends up taking something very
important to Akane…
Shampoo Cleans Up: Now that Akane's suffered Shampoo's memory
loss attack, she doesn't remember anything about Ranma! According
to Dr. Tofu, Shampoo has used the Xi Fa Xiang Gao technique, a
deadly shiatsu technique which combines a certain herbal shampoo
and the pushing of pressure points on the head to manipulate
memory! With Akane (forcibly) in tow, Ranma frantically looks for
the herbal shampoo that can cure Akane's selective amnesia…
it's too bad that Ranma doesn't know that Shampoo's a temporary
nurse at Tofu's clincic…
Formula #911: Akane still can't remember anything about Ranma,
even when, to her surprise, she finds out he lives with her. But
when Shampoo attempts to take advantage of Akane's malady by
showing up and trying to glomp onto Ranma, Akane somehow
miraculously produces a conditioned reflex to her fiancee being
hugged (i.e. hitting him), causing Shampoo to nearly use the
technique on her again. Ranma finds out later from Dr. Tofu that
the counter-shampoo formula for the herbal shampoo Shampoo used
is #911, and when Ranma finds out that Shampoo has the shampoo,
Ranma tries to make a "bargain" with Shampooo – one that might
end up hurting him more than helping him….
Bie Liao (Goodbye): Ranma's willing to do almost anything to get
the antidote shampoo to Shampoo's memory loss technique – even if
it means that Ranma has to ask Ryoga to "almost kill" him to
fulfill the bargain he made (he had agreed to get the shampoo in
exchange for Onna-Ranma's supposed "near death"). Despite failing
to get "almost killed" by Ryoga, Soun, and Genma, however, Ranma
manages to bring Akane's memory back, and just in time,
too, because Shampoo shows up to make another attempt on the
newly-cured Akane's life! It seems the only way for Ranma to stop
all of this is to reveal to Shampoo the secret curse he holds.
But what effect will it have on the Chinese Amazon, when she
finds out the man she is supposed to marry is also the one she is
bound by law to kill…?
4. Volume 4 (Dark Green
Cover)
Looking for a Weak Spot: Hikaru "Voodoo Spike" Gosunkugi
was content to love Akane from afar, through his picture taking,
but then "that fool Ranma Saotome" had shown up to crash the
party. Gosunkugi knows, though, that every person has a weak
point, even the near-invincible Ranma, and Gosunkugi will stop at
nothing to know what it is, even if he has to team with Tatewaki
Kuno to succeed!
Weak Spot – Found!: In an attempt to find out Ranma's weak spot,
gosunkugi spies on Ranma at the Tendo dojo, but fails to see what
frightens Ranma when he hears his scream. genma tells the story
of how a young Ranma acquired his extreme fear of cats through
the rigourous training of a technique called the "Cast-fist", in
which the trainee is thrown into a pit of hungry cats (too bad
the technique, unbeknwest to Genma, wasn't supposed to be taught
anymore). Gosunkugi finds out the hard way what Ranma's fear is,
and sets a deadly trap for the pig-tailed martial artist…
Cat Hell: Gosunkugi sets a deadly trap for Ranma to catch him,
but the plan backfires and all three end up in the pit below the
stage instead. however, Ranma finds himself trapped as Gosunkugi
reveals his knowledge of Ranma's weak spot and looses a bunch of
felines, including a wild tiger, at the fear-stricken Ranma.
Ranma's really in a pickle now, trapped in a pit with his biggest
fear all around him. And it only gets worse from there. You see,
when Ranma's fear of cats reaches a certain point, he starts
acting like one…
Cat-Fu: Ranma has become like a cat, and not even the tiger,
Kunou, or even Genma can stop the feline-like Ranma from tearing
up the gym and anyone who comes near him. Now Akane must try to
bring her fiancee back from the edge, but not before Ranma
actually shows his affection for the short-haired girl, (albeit
while a cat)…
You'd Have Kissed Anyone?: Everyone's heard about Ranma's show of
affection to Akane, and it's trouble for Ranma when Kunou,
Gosunkugi, and Ryouga team up on him in retribution for his
unknowing act. At Dr. Tofu's, Akane plans to beat up Ranma
because he "kissed" her in public, but when Ranma happens to show
at Tofu's office at the saem time as her, the two are too
embarassed to say anything. Ranma eventually hurts Akane's
feelings by saying he didn't remember the kiss, and is quickly
booted out of sight. Meanwhile, a Chinese cat finds its way into
the bath with Ranma, and a certain Chinese Amazon makes her
return…
Shampoo Rides Again: Well, it appears that Shampoo is back, after
acquiring a Jusenkyo curse of her own from China in the form of
turning into a cat with cold water. As Ranma's going to find out,
that's not all Shampoo brought with her….Ranma runs into
Cologne, Shampoo's great grandmother and a person of many tricks,
including one that makes Ranma unable to stand hot water, and
therefore, not be able to change back into a man..
Attack of the Wild Mousse: The myopic Mousse, an "old friend" of
Shampoo's, makes his appearance and challenges the male Ranma to
a man-to-man fight. What a twist of fate that Ranma should be
inhibited by Cologne's "full-body cat tongue" that prevents his
changing back from his cursed form, after making this kind of
promise with Mousse, to fight for Shampoo's (and Akane's) hand!
Ranma's pretty good as a girl, but she's going to have to think
up of something quick to mask his change from the "Master of
Hidden Weapons"…
The Martial Arts Magic Show: The fight between Ranma and Mousse
is on as Mousse pulls out a variety of tricks from his sleeves –
literally – to try and defeat Ranma. Ranma, cleverly concealed in
a robe like Mousse's which conceals her current gender, is barely
able to hold of the various attacks Mousse can throw at her. Only
by pretending to "change into a girl" through magic can Ranma
shed her heavy disguise – but even then it appears that Ranma's
at a disadvantage because of the limits of her cursed body.
mousse begins to press his advantage as the now defensive Ranma
must find a way to beat Mousse and also keep all of her clothes
on at the same time…
Cat's Tongue Got You?: Mousse continues to attack Ranma, pressing
her to the point of defeat as Mousse's longer legs and bigger
body appear to be an insurmountable advantage for female Ranma.
Dr. Tofu is able to temporarily cure Ranma's "full-body cat
tongue" status just in time to turn into a male and defeat the
persistent Mousse…
The Phoenix Pill: Ranma barely survived the fight with Mousse,
but she still can't change back into a guy because of the
"Full-Body Cat Tongue" Cologne put on her. However, there is a
cure – the legendary Phoenix Pill, which is currently in the
possession of "the old ghoul". Now Ranma-chan has to resort to
working for Cologne at their new restaurant in order to try and
get that pill. Unfortunately, Ranma-chan's way too slow for the
ancient Amazon, and so Ranma-chan's got to learn the ancient
Chinese Amazon technique of the "Kachu Tenshin Amaguuriken" or
"Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire" technique to get up enough
speed to catch Cologne off guard. If she could only find another
way to master the technique besides trying to pull chestnuts out
of a fire with her heat-sensitive hands…
All's Fair at the Fair: To try and get Ranma's mind off of her
predicament, Soun and the rest of the household decide to take a
trip to the local fair in town. it is there among the games of
the fair that Ranma is able to temporarily forget her problems –
as well as finally learn the "Chestnut Fist" at the iranha booth.
However, the troubles soon return to mind as she finds out that
Cologne and Shampoo are running a haunted house in the fair.
Seeking to get to Cologne and the Phoenix Pill, Ranma enters the
house, holding off spirits, traps, and even a giant hot-water
spring to get to Cologne, and it looks like the only way to wrest
the precious pill from her grasp is to use her newly mastered
technique…
War of the Melons: Ranma's managed to master the "Chestnut Fist"
technique, but was still tricked into taking a bogus Phoenix Pill
by Cologne. Now Ranma, along with the entire Tendo household,
trails Cologne to the beach to try and get the real Phoenix Pill.
Ranma's got to win a watermelon-splitting race and keep his melon
intact until he can cross the finish line and win the prize,
which just happens to be the Phoenix Pill. However, a last fight
with Cologne is waiting at the finish line…
Naval Engagement: Cologne and Ranma engage in a fight to
determine who gets the Phoenix Pill, and even though they manage
to split each other's melons they keep fighting. Cologne tricks
an overconfident Ranma, who manages to disarm her, into agreeing
to a duel to settle the issue once and for all, and then easily
gains the upper hand against a befuddled Ranma. It looks like
this time Cologne's not holding back, even for an innocent Akane
who just happens to be in the way when Cologne unleashes her
deadly "Shark-Fist" attack at Onna-Ranma….
Kitten of the Sea: The Battle at the Beach continues as
Cologne continuously attacks Ranma with her deadly "Shark Fist".
It seems that Ranma-chan can't get even one hit in, especially
with Akane in the way. Things look bleak for Ranma until she
finally figures out that with Shhampoo's help, Ranma-chan can
finally counter the old Amazon's technique with one of her
own…
Will You Join Me?: Ryoga returns from a long training session in
the mountains only to be easily beaten by Ranma – ironically
right after rejecting an offer from Cologne to train him. Seems
as if all those battles with the "old ghoul" has strengthened
Ranma's speed and skill, to the point where fighting Ryoga is
nothing to him. Ryoga decides after all to enlist the help of
Cologne in order to be on par with the newly improved
Ranma…
Training Meals: Ranma, Genma, and Akane go to the mountains on a
training trip, trailed by Ryoga and Cologne Akane comes along
mostly to practice her cooking, and a failure to satisfy Genma
and Ranma's hunger with good cooking forces Genma and Ranma to
flee in horror. Later, Ryoga is able to stomach Akane's cooking,
and though Akane is happy, she is angry at Ranma for implying
that it's bad. Ryoga and Ranma almost begin their duel eraly, but
Cologne intervenes, ominously warning Ranma that he will have a
very formidable opponent in Ryoga on the day of the duel…
The Breaking Point: In order to even up the odds with Ranma,
Ryoga is trying to learn the Breaking Point – a deadly technique
which shatters rock at a single
touch of a finger. Genma informs Ranma, and Ranma struggles to
learn a counterattack to the supposedly deadly technique.
Meanwhile, Akane has moved over to Ryoga's camp after being angry
with Ranma, but ends up being the prize of the duel on the day of
the fight..
The Immortal Man: The day of the fight is at hand, and Ryoga
shows he has mastered the deadly Breaking Point technique. Who
knows what will happen if he touches Ranma? Ranma must use his
skill to counter Ryoga's already incredible strength, all while
not getting touched! It might even take the "Saotome Secret
Technique" to beat this opponent…
Fast Break: Ranma's discovered that not only can Ryoga shatter
rocks with the Breaking Point technique, but that Ryoga is
stronger against impacts as a result. Now Ranma has to use his
"Saotome Secret Technique" (i.e. running away to buy time) in
order to find a way to beat Ryoga. A quick series of punches by
Ranma shows that he will have to use his speed to counter Ryoga's
endurance. A tired Ranma must use his recently acquired speed
quickly to defeat Ryoga, before the bandanna-wearing martial
artist can defeat him with sheer power…
The Way of Tea: Onna-Ranma just happens to save a man riding a
horse from being injured, but the man ends up kidnapping
Onna-Ranma and trying to make her his bride! Meet Sentaro, a man
destined to marry Miss Satsuki, a martial arts Tea ceremony
master. Onna-Ranma finds out that the reason Sentaro had
kidnapped her was to defeat Miss Satsuki in combat, and though
Onna-Ranma is quick to say she won't lose, she's still in a
double bind, forced to either lose and admit defeat or win and
marry Sentaro…
Meet Miss Satsuki: To Sentaro's surprise and horror, Onna-Ranma
reveals her curse to him when Sentaro again reiterates his desire
to marry her after her duel. When Akane shows up following
Onna-Ranma's trail, though, the battle really begins. Onna-Ranma
has to master the techniques of the martial arts Tea Ceremony so
that in the upcoming match with Miss Satsuki, she doesn't mess
up! And Ranma and Akane find out that the problem that Sentaro
has, however, is that Miss Satsuki is not exactly the bride he's
been dreaming of!
Proposal Accepted!: At first Onna-Rnama is reluctant to fight,
but when "Miss Satsuki" attacks her she can't take the insult
without retaliating. Using all the techniques she learned over a
small amount of time, Onna-Rnama looks to be onthe verge of
winning – until Sentaro attempts to off both her and Miss Satsuki
in order to marry Akane. Fortunately, the real Miss Satsuki
appears, and maybe Sentaro and the others can finally find out
why a monkey was supposedly sent in her place…
It's Fast or It's Free: A martial arts Takeout Delivery race has
Akane and Onna-Ranma competing for a year's worth of food. The
problem is that Shampoo's in the race too, and she's going to
stop at nothing to win the race and impress Onna-Ranma. Throw in
the fact that Kuno's house happens to be the randomly selected
finish line of the race, and you've got a free-for-all to see who
can get the free food to Kuno's house first and make him eat it!
Funny how Kuno told Akane and his "pig-tailed goddess" that day
that whoever reaches his house first gets to date with him…
Eyes On the Prize: The race is on, and Shampoo attempts to put
both Onna-Ranma and Akane out of the race by using a technique
that blows up people's delivery boxes and damaging the food
inside. The field is quickly narrowed to the three of them, and a
three-way tie at Kuno's house makes the three girls enter into an
every-person-for themselves fight where the object is to make
Kuno eat their food…
Noodles, Anyone?: The fight to make Kuno eat takeout continues,
and Shampoo attempts to make Kuno eat it with yet another one of
her moves – a noodle noose which wraps itself around the person's
head like a vice and forces them to eat their way through it to
breathe. Fortunately, Onna-Ranma is caught in it instead and
Shampoo is forced to withdraw the technique. In the meantime,
Kuno thinks that all three of these girls are out to date him,
and an attempt to make a Kuno "harem" out of the three, Akane's
food is accidentally knocked out and eaten by Shampoo and then
Onna-Ranma…
I Won't Eat It!: The fight gets taken up to the Kuno family
baths, where Onna-Ranma happens to change back into a guy, also
disqualifying Shampoo by ruining her food. There can only be a
winner if someone eats the food, hwoever, and unfortunately as a
guy, Ranma is not as able to convince Kuno to eat his takeout as
much as he would be if he was a girl. An angry Kuno duels Ranma
while Ranma is desperately trying to get Kuno to eat the food
he's taken to him..and it may take some form of cold water in
order to really convince Kuno to eat Ranma's already damaged
food…
6. Volume 6 (Light Orange
Cover)
The Evil Wakes: Who should show up but Soun and Genma's
old martial arts master – Happosai, the founder of the
Anything-Goes school of martial arts. It seems that a long time
ago, Soun and Genma were suffering, i.e. "training", under
Happosai's tutelage and that the two martial artists had gotten
so sick of their abuse that they tricked Happosai and buried him
in a mountain cave. However, now Happosai has escaped – but
instead of taking revenge on Genma and Soun, he decides to
"train" Ranma, the supposed next heir to the Tendo dojo and the
Anything-Goes style. Ranma has to find a way not to get into
trouble with a martial arts master that turns out to be the
biggesst pervert in all of Japan…
He's Something Else: Unfortunately, Happosai has turned out to be
a really big pervert, and Ranma is saddled with being "trained"
by the old panty thief. It's even worse for Ranma when Happosai
finds out about his curse, because Happi's always trying to get
Onna-Ranma into a certain piece of female clothing! Ranma has to
win a duel against Happosai, or else he's going to find himself
wearing a bra to school the next day!
Bathhouse Battle: Happosai's been nothing but a pain in the
behind for Ranma ever since he's shown up, and this instance is
no exception. Happosai decides to "train" Ranma by trying to get
him/her to stop him from peeking at the girls' side at the public
baths. Unfortunately Ranma turns out to be the pervert in the
girls' eyes, and especially in Akane's, who just happens to have
shown up with Nabiki because of the Tendos' broken bathtub. It
looks like the only way Ranma's going to be able to combat
Happosai and his dreaded "Bathhouse Fu" is to turn into a girl
and fight him on the girls' side. All Ranma has to do is stay
away from the hot water…
Moonlight Serenade: Ranma's got to stop Happosai from dressing up
like P-chan and going to bed with Akane, after Happi finds out
that the little black pig gets to sleep in Akane's bed every
night. Little do both of them know that the real P-chan's (A.K.A.
Ryoga) not too happy about being replaced, and despite Ranma's
efforts, he and Ryoga have to team up in order to take on the old
martial artist and stop him from excercising his perverted
tendancies on the object of both their love and affection…
The Wrath of Happosai: A rash of panty thefts have hit the Nerima
neighborhood, and Ranma knows exactly who's the culprit. When
Ranma cleans out Happosai's new collection of "silky darlings",
he actually gets the martial arts master mad, and as Ranma's
going to find out, the master's wrath is worse than death at
times! Ordering outrageous amounts of takeout food and sending
panty "ransom" notes to all the girls (all in Ranma's name) is
just the beginning of Hapoosai's ire. Ranma, however, has got a
plan to beat the perverted old man in his upcoming fight with
him…
The Scent of a Woman: Ranma's plan goes into action as Akane sews
on a special patch onto Happosai's back. It seems that this patch
produces a scent which is like a kind of tear gas to women, and
when Happosai goes on his usual outings to rub up against pretty
girls, he is puzzled, worried, and then angry at the fact that he
seems to make the girls run away before he can even touch them.
Ranma takes advantage of the situation and attacks Happosai,
revealing his plan to him in the process, and an angry Happosai
prepares to teach Ranma a lesson – until Happi appears to suffer
from a case of "women withdrawal" and is too weak to even stand!
Soun and Genma try to jump at the opportunity my trying to get
rid of him, but a sympathetic Ranma rescues him and takes pity on
the old man. This, however, proves to be Ranma's undoing, as a
short cold rain and a glomping later, happosai has the advantage
and Onna-Ranma is reeling back from her own trickery, her eyes
tearing over because of the "woman repellent" on Happi's
back…
Fathers Know Best: Happosai attacks the weakened Onna-Ranma, and
she desperately tries to find a way to beat him while attempting
to ward off the "woman repellant" smell. Finally, witht he help
of Akane, Ranma is able to get Happosai and lock him up in a tea
kettle, and Soun and Genma show up to finish the job. However,
Happosai's battle aura attack proves too much for almost
everyone, and against all odds, Ranma has to beat him…until
Genma-panda steps in to try and equal the mighty aura of
Happosai…for a few seconds, anyway…
Instant Spring: Soun and Genma think up of a scheme to get Ranma
and Akane to work together – make up a character called the "Dojo
Destroyer", who'll try to defeat the dojo's fighters and take
their sign. Realizing the threat, Ranma and Akane will have to
work together, right? It's a perfect plan until a real Dojo
Destroyer shows up and challenges the Tendo dojo for the sign!
Meanwhile, Shampoo presents a possible cure to Ranma – "Instant
Nannichuan", a powder which turns any tub of water into a "Spring
of Drowned Man". It's the perfect cure for Ranma, at last! All
Ranma has to do is go on a date with Shampoo and the powder is
his. Unfortunately for Akane and Ranma, the day of the date just
happens to be the day of the fight with the Dojo Destroyer! Now
Akane must face the Destroyer alone, but even she may be no match
for someone such as this…
No Need for Ranma: The day of the battle with the Dojo Destroyer
is at hand, and Akane stands alone against him while Ranma's off
on his date with Shampoo to get the "Instant Nannichuan". All
Ranma has to do is end the date and he can get to Akane with the
powder tucked away for later! But Shampoo will only end the date
after receiving a "goodbye kiss" from her future husband! Ranma
has to figure out a way to get out of this mess and help Akane
(not to mention get the powder) before Akane is defeated by the
deadly Dojo Destroyer…
The Destroyer Strikes: Akane's got her hands full with the Dojo
destroyer, and with her injured hand, she doesn't stand a chance
of beating the huge sign-wielder. Ranma desperately tries to
trick Shampoo into giving him the powder, and ends up having to
trick her into giving him her bike so he can make it back to the
dojo on time (genma ends up giving Ranma a "speed boost" by
accidentally turning him into a girl and Shampoo into a cat,
whcih makes Onna-Ranma pedal a _lot_ faster). Ranma ends up
making it back in time to stop a fatal blow struck to Akane, and
now he has to take on the Dojo Destroyer himself – all he has to
do is not hit any of the Instant Nannichuan powder packets
shampoo's placed on the Dojo Destroyer and he'll do just
fine…
Just One More Kiss: Onna-Ranma engages the Dojo Destroyer, but
ends up hitting all the packets, at the same time, which were
glued to all of the Dojo Destroyer's vital spots by Shampoo –
vital spots that she was sure Ranma would instinctively go for!
Now Ranma's at a loss, but Shampoo has one more – and she lies,
telling everyone that she wants "one more kiss" from Rnama even
though he never kissed her. Akane and Ranma end up fighting over
the last packet and the supposed kiss, and Ranma angrily tears it
up to show he is telling the truth. Akane apologizes at first to
the supposedly hurt Ranma, but then ends up hitting him after a
last packet is found in the Dojo Destroyer's clutches. Ranma and
Genam eagerly try out the powder, at at fist it looks like it's
working…until a cold rain just happens to fall the two
supposedly cured martial artists…
7. Volume 7 (Light Green
Cover)
Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?: Akane is apparently tired of
being in plays. She hates playing the role of the tomboy and when
the Furinkan High Theatre club tells her they want her to play
the lead in their play, she flatly turns them down at first. But
when the play happens to be "Romeo and Juliet", she's quick to
take the part, to Ranma's surprise. It seems that as a kid, Akane
starred in Romeo and Juliet – but as Romeo! This time, Akane gets
to fulfill her dream of being Juliet. But it could be ruined by
Happosai, Kunou, Gosunkugi, and Ranma (who's in it to wint he
first prize trip to China), all of whom want Romeo's part and who
have decided to have it out on the stage to find out who the
_real_ Romeo is….
Romeo? Romeo? Romeo!?: It's the dayof the contest,a nd everything
seems to be in place for "Romeo and Juliet". Happosai attempts to
prevent Ranma from showing by burying him in the yard, but Ranma
manages to escape (cement block and all) to and get there on
time. The play starts, and in the battle royal, Ranma comes out
on top. Unfortunately for Akane and him both, he hasn't taken the
time to memorize any lines..it's gonna take Soun and Genma to
help Ranma through the love scene, but Ranma's adamantly refuses
to kiss Akane in public..
Not Your Typical Juliet: Ranma's unwilling to kiss Akane, drawing
boos from the crowd. Happosai boots him away – but Ranma's set on
earning that free trip to China..even if that means using a
little cold water and turning himself into another Juliet!
Meanwhile, a hurt Akane storms off the stage…
A Kiss to the Victor: All Ranma has to do to win the contest and
a chance to get to a cure, is finish a kissing scene with
Akane/Juliet. But even though a cure for his curse is on the
line, Ranma's just a little bit reluctant to do something like
that in public with a person he might actually care about…
Quest for the Hidden Spring: Ryoga just happens to find a map
that leads to a "Japanese Nannichuan" – a sure-fire way to be
cured without having to go all the way to China! Ranma teams with
Ryoga, and together they set out, following the map to the
"Spring of Drowned Man"'s location. But Ranma and Ryoga didn't
count on the spring's location, which happens to be underneath
the Furinkan High school's girls' locker room! Now Ranma and
Ryoga have to team up and find a way to get into the room without
getting kicked out for being total perverts…
The Trouble With Girls' Locker Rooms: Ranma and Ryoga have agreed
to try to get through a bunch of girls led by Akane, sworn to
defend the locker room to the death against the two, even if the
cure is right beneath their feet…Ranma and Ryoga try all sorts
of schemes to get into the locker room, including Onna-Ranma
sneaking in, Ryoga (as P-chan) trying to sneak in, and other
things. But when Ryoga betrays Ranma and switches sides, Ranma
has to try and disguise himself and get into the room again – but
little does he know that a certain old pervert may become an
unlikely (and unexpected) ally..
From the Spring, Springs a Message: Ranma attempts to use scary
creatures (snakes, frogs, and the like) to scare away the females
gathered in front of the locker room. Managing to evade Akane and
the others, Onna-Ranma finally gets into the room – only to be
mistakenly attacked by Ryoga, who doesn't see through her
disguise. Ranma has to use some trickery to get around Ryoga, and
eventually has to explain to an angry Akane why she's going to
all this trouble. The spring is finally found, but Ranma and
Ryoga are going to find out that this particular spring has had
some "technical problems"…
The Way the Cookie Crumbles: Ranma's in a bad situation when he
has to try Akane's new batch of cookies, but all of all people,
Kodachi the Black Rose saves him by taking the cookies away.
Ranma chases Kodachi, only to accidentally get trampled and fall
into a very incriminating position on top of Kodachi! Gosunkugi
happened to take a picture of the moment, and now Kodachi has
copies of the pic and is spreading them all over town. Ranma has
to get rid of them all and rushes out to stop the Black Rose from
humiliating him and possibly getting ihm into trouble with
Akane..
Negative Feelings: Ranma at first tries to eat all the photos
Kodahci is spreading around, but then realizes that the only way
to get rid of the incriminating photo of him and Kodachi is to go
to the Kuno estate and destroy the negative. The negative happens
to be in Kodachi's pet alligator's collar, of all places, and
Ranma has to get the collar off and avoid being electrocuted by
it to get the negative. Meanwhile, Akane's followed Ranma to the
Kuno house, and she's going to find more there than just her
missing cookies…
Take me Out to the Bathtub: Akane's sneaking around the Kuno
estate, trying to find out what exactly has Ranma all nervous. In
the process she acquires a copy of the photo from Kodachi…but
unbeknowest to her it's been subtly doctored to show Ranma
_kissing_ Kodachi! Meanwhile Onna-Ranma attempts to get the belt
off of Kuno by pretending to seduce him. He succeeds in getting
the negatives, but they make no difference to an angry Akane, who
thinks they were in a more compromising position than he thinks
they were in…
..I Ate the whole Thing: Akane's been trapped by Kodachi and now
Ranma has to outsmart both Kuno and Kodachi to get to her. Ranma
may even have to eat some of Kodachi's "treated" food in order to
get the key to the negative and free Akane. Ranma may end up
being forced to make the infamous photo a reality, though, and
Akane could be the only one that can save him…
8. Volume 8 (Dark
Turquoise Cover)
"Okonomiyaki" Means "I Love You": Meet Ukyou Kuonji, a
new student at Furinkan High. Where did Ukyou come from, and why
is Ukyou after Genma and Ranma with a vengeance? Ukyou beats up
Genma, and then goes after Ranma with a grudge that goes all the
way back to Ranma's early childhood, when Ukyou was robbed of
honor by the unknowing Ranma. Ranma's totally clueless as to why
Ukyou would be so mad at him, and the frustration on Ukyou's part
causes her to challenge Ranma to a fight after school…
Saucy Reply:A match on a giant hotplate is only the beginning of
Ranma's troubles, as Ukyou furiously attacks Ranma with all the
pent-up fury that has resided within for ten years. Ranma takes
all that he can before lauching an angry counterattack on the
surprised Ukyou, and when Ukyou flees, Ranma follows. However,
Ranma's about to find that there's definitely more to Ukyo Kuonji
than he thinks!
Ukyo's Secret: It turns out, according to Genma, that Ukyou is
really a girl, and that she was to be Ranma's fiancee, even
though Genma had already made an arrangement with the Tendos.
However, Genma had no intention of going through with the deal,
and made off with the okonomiyaki cart that was the dowry. Ukyou
had thus promised revenge. After a severe beating from most of
the female Furinkan High population, a guilty Ranma tries to make
up with Ukyou, and ends up making an offhand remark about her
being cute, much to the embarassment of Ukyou and the jealousy of
Akane. Ukyou ends up making up with Ranma, and now it appears
Ranma has yet another fiancee to deal with…
Ryoga vs. Ukyo: It's the next day after the Ukyou incident and
everyone has heard about Ranma's new fiancee, including a very
angry Ryouga, who attacks him. After a double team by Ukyou and
Ranma, however, Ryouga ends up in the school hospital. Ukyou
happens to see Ryouga depressed about his feelings for Akane and
promises to set Ryouga and Akane up for a date to help him…
Love Letters in the Sauce: Ukyou writes a love letter on an
okonomiyaki to deliver to Akane, supposedly from Ryouga, in the
hopes that the two will hit it off and she can have "Ran-chan"
all to herself. A random ocurence which ruins part of the letter,
however, has Akane thinking the meeting is a challenge from
Ukyou! Akane shows up for a supposed duel, but is surprised to
find out that she's on a date with Ryouga instead. Meanwhile, a
jealous Ranma finds out about Ukyou's plan and makes preparations
to foil it himself..
Ryoga's What?!: As everyone's about to find out, Ukyou's plot to
set up Ryouga and Akane doesn't necessarily go as planned, and
things get worse when a jealous Ranma disguises him/herself as
Ryoga's fiancee. Ryouga's unsure of what to do, and an argument
between Akane and Ranma causes Akane to go on a date with Ryouga
to spite Ranma…
At Long Last…the Date!:It's a dream situation for Ryouga as he
finally gets to go on a date with Akane. However, neither of them
are aware of Ranma and Ukyou observing in the shadows…and on
top of all that, a lake of cold water isn't the best place for
Ryoga to be in a situation like this…especially when Ryouga's
"fiancee" decides to make a re-appearance…
Happosai Days are Here Again: Ranma and co. decide to go take a
vacation on the beach and just relax for awhile, and in all good
fun Ranma and Shampoo attempt to set up Shampoo's
great-grandmother Cologne and the old perverted Happosai.
However, this proves to be a mistake when it's shown that
Happosai stole an heirloom from Cologne a long time ago – a
treasure that has three magic pills on it. As Happosai escapes,
Cologne ominously warns Ranma, Shampoo, and Akane about the
deadly treasure…
One Moment to Love: After Cologne explains the effect of the
treasure Happosai has stolen, it's clear that the whole female
cast had better watch out. You see, each of the three pills, when
taken, causes the user to fall in love with the first person of
the opposite sex they see. One pill's effect lasts a few minutes,
another a day, and the last, a lifetime. Because Ranma actually
happens to fall in love with Cologne, of all people, after
accidentally taking one of the pills, the pills' effects are
proven to be true. It'a race to see who can take advantage of the
pills as Happosai, Shampoo and Ranma all try to get the precious
treasure for themselves…
I Won't Fall in Love!: Akane's accidentally swallowed one of the
pills, and without knowing which pill it is, yet! Ranma's got to
keep Akane from looking at any men until a cure can be found.
Fate seems to almost work against Ranma, though, when practically
the entire major male cast come looking for Akane. Ranma better
find a way to cure Akane, even if it means getting her to fall in
love with him…
Abduction of…Akane?: Akane's new stuffed pig gets kidnapped by
a returning Mousse, and at the same time, Ranma, Akane, and
Shampoo are mysteriously invited to the circus. The three decide
to go to the circus in order to get Akane's stuffed pig back, and
Onna-Ranma becomes the unwilling subject of a crcus trick
involving a very familiar-looking duck and some knives…
Duck, Ranma, Duck!: It turns out that Mousse has acquired his own
Jusenkyo curse, and has brought back some of the cursed water in
order to get Ranma with it. After an unsuccessful attempt to
splash Ranma with the waters, Mousse kidnaps Akane instead, and
is threatening to use the cursed waters on her unless Ranma comes
in time to save her…
9. Volume 9 (Yellow-Green
Cover)
Akane Becomes a Duck: Ranma has to save Akane before
Mousse can turn her into a duck with the "Yazuniichuan" cursed
spring water. Little does Ranma know that Mousse has set a trap
for Ranma to splash him, instead! And when Akane supposedly gets
hit with the water and turns into a duck, Ranma's really going to
be in trouble…
Fowl Play: Ranma, thinking that the duck lying in the tent is
Akane, guiltily attempts to change her back at home, without much
success. Luckily, Akane gets home before the wedding between
Ranma and "Akane" the duck can take place. Meanwhile, Mousse is
in tears over his failure to get Ranma out of the way. Akane,
pitying Mousse, tells Mousse to challenge Ranma again, and
guarantees a win for him. And when Shampoo agrees to date with
Mousse if he beats Ranma, Akane's plan goes into action. All
Ranma has to do is lose on purpose…
The Happiest Mousse: Akane's planning to have Rnama lose on
purpose for Mousse's sake, but little do they know that Shampoo
has her own plans for the fight. In an attempt to make him lose,
Shampoo sabotages the weapons she hands to Mousse. However,
despite all this an enraged Mousse is able to give Ranma a run
for his money with multiple weapon attacks. Ranma eventually
wins, and Mousse may have actually won some sympathy from
Shampoo…
Tsubasa Kurenai Busts Loose!: There's a new person in town –
Tsubasa Kurenai, the master of camouflage and the one who was
after Ukyou's heart when she was posing as a boy back at her old
school. Tsubasa has finally caught up with the okonomiyaki chef,
but when Tsubasa finds out that Ukyou is "engaged" to the female
Ranma, she calls her ugly, much to the chagrin of Onna-Ranma
herself. And despite being shown that Ukyou is actually a girl,
Tsubasa still declares intent to pursue Ukyou until she is
Tsubasa's…
Lunchtime Lunacy: At school, Tsubasa challenges female Ranma to a
cuteness contest to see who gets to have Ukyou. A tie in the
contest (after much self-degradation on Onna-Ranma's) has Ranma
win by default, and a hurt Tsubasa leaves to be alone. After a
friendly comforting by a sympathethic Onna-Ranma, however,
Tsubasa has a new target for love..Ranma!
The Perfect Match: Tsubasa's really after the female Ranma, and
just to prove how fickle he is, he even attempts to go after
Akane, too. Ranma attempts to get rid of Tsubasa by trying to
charm Tsubasa while a male. However, as both Ranma and Akane are
about to find out, there's more to this new suitor of Ukyou's
than meets the eye!
Ryoga, Come Home: When Ryouga finds out that his dog Checkers has
had puppies, he has the sudden need to find his way home right
away, especially since Akane asked to come over to see them!
Ryouga has to enlist the help of Ranma, who took him home a lot
when they were in junior high, in order to get himself home so he
can finally be alone with Akane. But when Ranma finds out what
Ryouga's true intent was in bringing him home, he makes plans to
make sure Ryouga's plan to get Akane doesn't work…
Oh, Brother!: Ranma's determined to keep Ryouga from confessing
his feelings for Akane, even if it means masquerading as the Lost
Boy's supposed long-lost sister! Ranma subtly thwarts Ryouga's
attempts to get to flirt with Akane, as Akane herself is getting
suspicious about this sister of Ryouga's who calls herself
"Yoiko"…
Get Lost, Yoiko!: Onna-Ranma's starting to regret disguising
himself as Ryouga's sister as the overprotective and caring
Ryouga tries to keep his "sister" out of trouble, and Akane's
suspicion increases with each moment. Onna-Ranma almost ditches
Ryouga completely, but a stray puppy of Ryouga's dog Checkers
makes her go back. Unfortunately, this causes Ryouga to
eventually find out about Ranma's disguise himself…
The Ultimate Technique: Happosai gets angry at Soun, Genma, and
Ranma, and decides to unearth a long-buried scroll containing one
of his ultimate techniques – the "Happo Daikarin", or "Happo
Fire-Burst". With it, he can finally take his revenge on his
three disciples. Soun, Genma, and Ranma, though, plan to team up
and get the scroll out of the place where it is hidden. However,
the scroll just happens to be buried near a women's hot
spring…
Get the Secret Scroll!: The bumps and bruises gotten from the
women at the hot spring where the Happo Daikarin scroll is
located cause Ranma, Genma, and Soun to try and think of other
ways to acquire it. After a few failed attempts, Happosai
successfully infiltrates the spring. Not to be outdone, Ranma, in
female form, does the same. Things are even made more difficult
by the fact that Akane is at the spring, too. Now it's a race
between Happosai and the team of Soun, Genma, and Ranma to get
the scroll. Let's just hope, however, that they'll be able to
read the master's horrible handwriting….
The Fire-Burst of Terror: Ranma, Soun, and Genma devise a plan to
capture Happosai so he can read the near illegible Happo Daikarin
scroll to them. In a fit of frustration, however, Happosai
destroys the scroll, and now it seems that the technique will
never be learned. But a chance hit on the head causes Happosai to
finally remember the technique, and after Soun and Genma go down
from a surprise attack from Happosai, Ranma has to defeat
Happosai before the Happo Daikarin can down him as well…even if
it is just a homemade firework…
10. Volume 10 (Light Red
Cover)
Embraceable You: A chance mistake in the Cat Cafe's orders
is the origin of Shampoo's latest scheme to get Ranma. It so
happens that the magic mushrooms she now possesses can, when
consumed by someone, force them to follow a certain command at a
hypnotic signal from the user. Shampoo uses the mushrooms on
Ranma, but Kunou sneezes at a vital moment and messes up the
spell. Now whenever someone sneezes, Ranma glomps onto the
nearest person…and with no one home and Akane coming down with
a case of the sniffles, it's a disaster waiting to happen…
Hold Me Close: Chaos reigns at the Tendo dojo, where Ranma and
Akane are alone..but not for long! Shampoo and Kunou show up in
an attempt to use Ranma's (and later, Akane's) hypnotic problem
for their own ends. Ranma and Akane have to hold them both off,
but the biggest challenge may come when they're back alone…
Akane's Power-Up!: Akane's been pretty strong as of late, but
she's still not strong enough to take Shampoo on. So when Akane
accidentally devours a bowl of soba noodles that boost strength,
she's more than a match for Shampoo in the upcoming Anything-Goes
Badminton Tournament. Even Ranma doesn't believe it – until he
gets beaten about a hundred times in arm wrestling Akane…
Super Badminton: Akane and Shampoo duke it out, and Ranma finds
out from Soun that the Super Soba has strange side effects to
whoever uses it. Now Ranma has to get past Shampoo, and then give
Akane the antidote, and when Shampoo makes things equal by eating
Super Soba of her own, Ranma's caught int eh middle of a
strongwoman's battle royale…
Serious Side Effects: Akane won't take the Super Soab antidote,
so Ranma has to enter the tournament as a female to force her to
do so. Akane's pretty tough all powered up, however, and Ranma is
working against not only a powerful Akane, but against time as
well…because the side effects of the Soba could take place at
any time…
The Return of the Principal: The Principal of Furinkan has
returned to from Hawaii to stir up some big trouble for his
"keiki". It seems that the Principal has ordered a new "hair
code" policy – one that has the boys and girls of Furinkan in an
uproar, especially Ranma – who is supposed to be one of its first
victims. Now the students have to find the cocnut with the pardon
from the new rules inside, or face the horror of bowl and buzz
cuts…
Journey into the Principal's Office: The army of students,
including Kunou, Akane,a dn Ranma, amke their way into the
Principal's "office" – a jungle of Hawaiian atmosphere. The
student have to hold off repeated attempts to cut their hair and
find the cocnut with the pardon in it. Meanwhile, Ranma, in
female form, has disguised herself in an attempt to get the
pardon from the Principal by tricking him into helping her…
The Principal of the Thing: The Principal has forgotten where he
hid the pardon to the rules, infuriating Ranma. Meanwhile, Akane
and the others have broken every coconut in the place, but have
come up empty-handed. The principal tells his students that he
will help them find the pardon only if they find his long lost
son whom he hasn't seen in three years. And when Kunou turns out
to be the son, there's a tearful reunion – followed by a vicious
duel between father and son. The Principal had shaved his son's
hair three years ago, and Kunou has been thinking of revenge ever
since. Later, as Kunou has been botoed away from Ranma, the
Principal reveals that he drew the map to the pardon on Kunou's
head with special permanent ink three years ago. Now the students
have to find Kunou, and shave his head to get the pardon…
One Hairy Day: The students find Kunou, but fail to shave his
head. Ranma desperately tries to seduce him in female form, but
also fails when Kunou goes too far in accepting Ranma's
"advances". The Principal attacks as a giant hair-clipping
lobster, and Ranma fends him off, chasing him back to his
hideout. Unfortunately, Ranma is captured when the cocnut
containing the pardon is used by the Principal to knock him
out..
Shear Folly: Ranma is tied upside-down, an intended first victim
of the Principal's new hair rules. The students and Akane come to
rescue Ranma, and Ranma narrowly misses getting his hair cut as a
duel ensues again between Kunou and his father. Ranma finally
defeats the Principal, and gets the pardon, but is it really the
end of the Principal's new hair rules?
Gonna Make you Tardy: Principal Kunou's made another new rule –
whoever is tardy this week spends time cleaning the toilets. To
get revenge for defeating him earlier, the Principal intends to
target Ranma with this rule and make him scrub the
bathrooms…
11. Volume 11 (Light
Purple Cover)
The Soap of Happiness: Ryouga returns to Nerima once
again, still dejected over not being able to confess his true
feelings for Akane, and writes a letter to Akane in green ink in
order to impress her (green ink was said to inspire love in the
recipient). At the bathouse, Ryouga tries to bring the letter to
Akane, who is there, but is promptly beaten up by Ranma, who also
happens to be there. Meanwhile, on the girls' side, a confident
Shampoo shows up to talk to Akane, holding a magical soap that's
guaranteed not to change you if you're Jusenkyo cursed. Ryouga,
however, accidentally gets a hold of the soap, and after
unknowingly using it, is surprised to find out he doesn't change
when he happens to be splashed by cold water in front of Akane.
Now Ryouga is finally jubilant to be rid of his curse, and Ranma
is left to wonder exactly how Ryouga's managed a permanent
cure…
Cupids, Draw Back Your Bow: Confident in his ability to ask out
Akane now that he's supposedly permanently cured, Ryouga resolves
to ask out Akane when he sees her next, while beating up a
suddenly friendly Ranma who wants to know the secret of his cure.
Akane does happen to show up, but Ryouga ends up being too scared
to tell her how he truly feels. Ranma then finds out from Shampoo
about Ryouga's "cure" (the magic soap), and resolves to
temporarily team with Shampoo in order to get the soap back. As
"Kew" and "Pid", the Twins of Love, Onna-Ranma and Shampoo try to
trick Ryouga (who's easily fooled by their horrible disguises)
into giving them the soap, and almost succeed, but when
Onna-Ranma is fighting Shampoo for the soap, it is accidentally
put into the hands of Ryouga yet again, who finally learns of the
soap's properties and resolves "never to let the soap go", much
to Ranma's frustration…
Don't Follow Me: Ranma manages to sneak attack Ryouga while he's
deep in thought about the soap, but then finds out Ryouga has
tricked him into taking a decoy soap which doesn't work at all.
Onna-Ranma regroups, and with Shampoo (masquerading once again as
Kew and Pid) tricks Ryouga into thinking Akane has asked him out
on a date, giving him a meeting place to meet her. Meanwhile,
Akane is puzzled over a letter she got, supposedly from Ryouga,
that said to meether in a certain place – and then Ryouga shows
up, claiming to have heard that Akane asked her out! Onna-Ranma
and Shampoo, as Kew and Pid, ambush Ryouga at the meeting palce
and attempt to take the soap, but Ryouga manages to uncover their
disguises at last. Akane is hurt because she thinks Ranma's being
mean to Ryouga, and decides to take out Ryouga on a real date,
much to Ranma's jealousy. Now Ranma and Shampoo have one more
attempt to get the soap from Ryouga, but first they have to trick
the two into getting separated in a haunted house…
Who Do You Love?: Unsuccessful in their attempts to get the soap,
Ranma and Shampoo try yet again to get the soap from Ryouga, but
are quickly foiled yet again. Becoming more and more confident by
the minute that he's on a real date with Akane, Ryouga decides to
try and confess his real feelings to Akane, but is stopped just
short by a jealous Ranma. Akane is later hit by Shampoo's special
"puppet acupuncture" technique and unwillingly hugs Ryouga,
getting the soap from him, much to Ranma's anger and Ryouga's
extreme happiness. Unfortunately, just as Shampoo speeds past
Akane and Ryouga, Ranma just happens to be standing in the way,
and Shampoo unknowingly stuffs the soap down Ranma's
throat…
Give Me a Little Hug: Ranma now has to attempt to disguise
himself as "Ryouga's girlfriend" in order to get Akane back from
him, but is promtpy foiled by both Shampoo and Akane, who want
hijm to cough up the soap. A hugely confident Ryouga then
suddenly becomes more bold, chasing Akane around declaring his
love for her, much to Akane's horror, seeing as Ryouga's
destroying everything in his way to get to Akane! Now only Ranma
can save Akane from Ryouga's rather unintentional rough love, and
disguises himself in female form as Akane. But can even a
disguised Onna-Ranma stand the loving hug of a passionate
Ryouga?
The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil: Ranma just happens to foil one
of Happosai's recent panty raids, angering Happosai and forcing
him to attack Ranma with a special moxibustion which makes the
victim as weak as a baby, able to be beaten up by anyone! An
ineffective attack on Ranma's part proves this, as he is easily
beaten up by Kunou and even a little kid. Now Ranma must try to
find the cure, and try to stop a vengeful Happosai, who's been
spreading rumors and letters about Ranma's weakness – a surefire
way to get the attention of Ranma's many rivals, who have all
been holding grudges against him…
The World's Weakest Man: Ranma is still weak, and not even
Happosai knows the cure to the moxibustion technique he placed on
Ranma. Later at school, nearly all of Ranma's rivals finally come
calling to collect their revenge, and Ranma is promptly beaten
up. At the height of defeat, however, Ranma is saved by a piteous
Ryouga, who hits him away in sadness for his rival's fall.
Meanwhile, Akane has found a possible cure for Ranma's weakness,
but now she must tell Ranma before Ukyou happens to convince
Ranma off the futility of his supposedly helpless
situation…
Weak For Life?!: As Cologne finds out about Ranma's weakness,
Akane, Ranma and Ukyou all go to the supposed place for the cure
for the weakness moxibustion – an ancient temple of scrolls and
charts. However, much to their disappointment, the cure (a chart
which shows how to cure the moxbustion) was stolen by a certain
evil martial artist a long time ago. Now Ranma, though weak, has
to confront Happosai to get the chart..but he'll have to defeat
the evil master when he's not even willing to hold back…
The Valley of Moxibustion: Ranma and Genma have left the Tendo
Dojo permanently for the mountains, unwilling to return until a
cure is found for Ranma's weakness. Ukyou comes with them in
order to help train Ranma, and when Akane finds out their
location, sets off to find him. Meanwhile, all of Genma's
attempts have failed and even his supposed "ultimate technique"
turns out to be a stupidly contrived technique with a fancy name.
Now Ranma's only hope appears to be Cologne's secret technique,
the Hiryu Shoten Ha, and after one demonstration, Rnama resolves
to learn the technique in three days. Meanwhile, Akane has
finally found a rejuvenated Ranma who is promptly hit for
commenting on Akane's cooking…
Training in the Spiral of Hell: Ranma is involved in intense
study with Cologne about the Hiryu Shoten Ha, and discovers the
first step of the technique – that it follows the pattern of a
spiral. Unfortunately, Ranma's attempts to master the second
step, trying to step in a spiral, all fail as Ranma fails to keep
his cool. Ranma masters the steps in another day's time, but now
a roadblock is reached – without an opponent who won't fight back
with all their strength and with no mercy, Ranma has no chance of
learning the technique. However, salvation may come in the form
of a certain martial artist with a yellow and black bandanna and
an umbrella…
The Inflammable Man: Ryouga's training with Ranma quickly becomes
pointless – even he cannot fight with all his strength against
Ranma because he pities him. Akane tries to help Ranma by using
flaming gloves to attack Ranma (thereby replacing the "hot"
battle aura needed for the Hiryu Shoten Ha), but only ends up
burning the top of her gi off, much to Ranma's annoyance. An
argument ensues, an in the middle of it walks the Eternally Lost
Boy Ryouga, who misinterprets Akane's torn clothing, tears, and
Ranma's apologies as something much more than they should be.
Ryouga's hot battle aura finally flares up as he challenges
Ranma, and Ranma ponders whether or not this is the aura needed
to learn his deadly technique…
Autor:
Iván Escalona M.
Ocupación: Estudiante
Materia:
Literatura
Mexicana
Estudios de Preparatoria: Centro Escolar Atoyac (Incorporado a la
U.N.A.M.)
Estudios Universitarios: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de
Ingeniería y Ciencias
sociales y Administrativas (UPIICSA) del Instituto
Politécnico Nacional (I.P.N.)
Ciudad de Origen: México,
Distrito Federal
Fecha de elaboración e investigación: Noviembre de 1998
Profesor que revisó trabajo: Leoncio Carrillo (Profesor de
Literatura del Atoyac)