Step into Ranma's life
(Note, if you already know about Ranma skip
to my others)
Ranma 1/2 is probably the 2nd most famous anime/manga in the United
States, it follows Robotech/Macross. Through Rumiko Takahashi's graphic
novels/ comics anime producers decided to turn it into a television series.
Up till recently Ranma 1/2 still had new comics coming out in Japan. "So
what makes it so popular?" you may be asking yourself (unless you've
already seen it, in which case why are you reading this?) Well first put
yourself in the shoes of this teenaged martial artist. All your life, you
have been trained in kempo(a mix of karate and judo), then you travel with
your father to the training grounds of the cursed springs. Well thanks
to pop, who can't read a word of Chinese, whenever your body comes in contact
with cold water you turn into a girl (imagine the possibilities with that!).
Well compared to your pop, who now turns into a panda, and a longtime rival,
which you unknowingly knocked into a spring, who turns into a pig, you
got off pretty lucky. Now to thicken the plot, you are named fiancee to
a tomboy, who hates men, her name is Akane Tendo. Her two older sisters
thought it was a perfect match, Akane doesn't like boys, and Ranma well
he's only half a man. However, becoming fiancee to Akane proves to be a
harder task than originally plaanned, first there's a cocky, but good kendo
fighter, who refuses your engagement to Akane because of his own lusts.
He too becomes a bigger problem when he sees your girlform, he has eyes
on both Akane and You! This is really just the start of your problems when
Ryouga, despite his poor sense of direction, finally reaches Tokyo. He
claims you made him see the darkest places of hell! The only thing you
can think of that made him so mad, was the bread wars back when you were
in an all guy school. After defeating this boy with monster strength, and
lots of unconventional weapons(a belt which turns razor sharp, bandanas
which are razor sharp, and an extremly heavy, sharp umbrella which he weilds
with one hand) the only one who offers him comfort is Akane. Now this Ryouga
and Kuno are out to kill you because of your engagement to Akane. This
plot thinkens even more with Kadachi Kuno, a raising star in gymnastics
martial arts, who now has a crush on you. She makes several attempts to
steal you from Akane and even tries killing Akane. If this isn't bad enough,
a chinese girl from your past attacks you in girl-form, a fight that you
win fairly easily, then she kisses you. This evidently is the Amazon way
of saying we are now mortal enemies. Later on you find out her name is
Shampoo. She eventually bumps into your boy-form, and again you win the
fight. Now she is another fiancee, bound by Chinese Amazon laws. Your refusal
to marry her leads to her grandmother, Colgne, interventions. She is extremely
old, and is rightfully named the beast from China. Had enough from these
people from China? Tough luck, says Mouse, who abducts Akane because for
his whole life he has wanted to marry Shampoo, and because you are now
engaged to her. Well if this isn't enough to make a great series, then
we should add in Ukyou, a fiancee which you abandoned when you were very
young. Now she has worked to become the best cook in the world, and now
seeks her revenge on you. You are unaware that Ukkyou really is a girl,
and so you fight this mysterious person which earlier beat p your pop.
Again this fight is won by you. Then you find out Ukkyou's past, and tell
her she's cute. To introduce Ukkyou, to Akane, you say "Cute fiancee
meet uncute fiancee." Well to recap you have 4 mortal enemies, and
3 fiancees 4 if you count Kadachi, and you still are against marrying Akane,
plus you have a father who turns into a panda. I hope that's not too much
for you to digest.
Images of Ranma 1/2
Ranma Boy & Girl Form This picture shows
both forms of Ranma. The black pig is P-chan.
Another Ranma Gif Another picture that shows
Ranma in both forms.
Ranma Holding a sword Boy form Ranma is posing
with a sword.
Ran-chan Holding a sword Girl form Ranma
posing with a sword.
Akane & Ranma in a steamy scene I only
put this on to see how much I can get away with. This appears in "The
Two Akanes RANMA LOOK AT ME!"
Nabiki posing What type of image book would
it be without a few poses from it's owner?
Nabiki kicking backWhat you think that she
put this together without some bribed help? Here she rested while the guys
did the work. This is from Ranma Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine(I guessed
on the spelling correct me if I'm wrong)
Ranma Super Logo?(I am unsure where this
came from.) This picture contains the central girls in Ranma 1/2 (including
ranma) in bathing suits.
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