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   Ranma Saotome 1989 Anime 2024 Anime (Male) 2024 Anime (Female) 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 早乙女さおとめ 乱馬らんま Saotome Ranma Nickname(s) Boy (by Genma) Fool (by Genma) Ranko (by Nodoka) Pigtailed Girl (by Tatewaki) Baka (Japanese for "Dummy" or "Jerk"; by Akane) Clueless and insensitive (by Akane) Pervert (by Akane) You Stupid Boy-Girl (by Akane) Boy (by Soun) Son (by Soun) Buddy Boy (by Nabiki) Clueless Coward (by Nabiki) "Darling" (by Nabiki) Idiot (by Nabiki) Sucker (by Nabiki) Ranma "Tits Out" Saotome (by Nabiki) Jerk Insensible (by Ryoga) Two-timing Lout (by Ryoga) Moron (by Ryoga) Yoiko (by Ryoga) Kew (by Ryoga) Casanova (by Ryoga) Ran-chan ("Ranma-honey"; by Ukyo) Stupid Jerk (by Ukyo) Jackass (by Ukyo) Vile Sorcerer (by Tatewaki) Svengali (by Tatewaki) Beautiful Woman (by Tatewaki) Ranma-sama ("Ranma Darling"; by Kodachi) Servant (by Kodachi) You hateful hateful girl (by Kodachi) Pigtailed Freak (by Kodachi) Muko-dono ("Son-in-Law"; by Cologne) Groom (by Cologne) Sonny Boy (by Cologne) Bastard (by Mousse) Casanova (by Mousse) You enemy of women (by Mousse) Pudding Oaf (by Mousse) Airen ("My love" in Mandarin Chinese; by Shampoo) Girl Ranma (by Shampoo) Onna-teki Ranma or Girl Type Ranma (by Shampoo) Otoko-teki Ranma or Man Type Ranma/Boy Type Ranma (by Shampoo) Insect (by Herb) Insolent Wretch (by Kiema) Okama (by Pantyhose Taro) Transgender Bitch (by Pantyhose Taro) Femboy (by Pantyhose Taro) Cross Dresser (by Pantyhose Taro) Girly Man (by Pantyhose Taro) Landling scum (by Saffron) Mortal (by Saffron) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Ranma Saotome (早乙女さおとめ 乱馬らんま, Saotome Ranma) is the main protagonist of Ranma ½. He is the sixteen year old heir to the Saotome Branch of Anything Goes Martial Arts, the only child of Genma Saotome and Nodoka Saotome and the reluctant fiancé of Akane Tendo, Shampoo, Ukyo Kuonji and numerous others.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Ranma's Fears 6 Love Life 7 Sexuality 8 Rivals 9 Relationships 10 Quotes 11 Etymology 12 Trivia 13 Gallery 14 Outfits 15 References 16 External links Biography History Ranma22 44 young Ranma Genma with a young Ranma just before they began their training trip

   Ranma was born approximately sixteen years before the start of the series as the first and only child of Genma Saotome and Nodoka Saotome. Ranma was taken from his home by his father when approximately 2 years old to begin a 13-14-year training trip to perfect his skills in the martial arts. Genma was only able to convince his wife to let them go by promising him to raise his son as a "man among men", with the promise of Nodoka inflicting seppuku upon the two of them should he fail in any way. He signed a pledge and had his infant son sign it via hand print. However Ranma remained ignorant of his pledge for years and did not learn of it until his mother resurfaced in his life and Genma prevented them from meeting face to face due to his curse[1].

   While he was still a child, he befriended Ukyo Kuonji, the daughter of a traveling okonomiyaki chef and martial artist, although he was unaware that she was a girl. Genma engaged Ranma to Ukyo in exchange for her father's food cart, but he abandoned Ukyo and ran off with the cart without ever telling Ranma about the engagement or correcting him about Ukyo's real gender.[2]

   At age 6, Ranma was put into a risky training regimen by his father for a technique known as Nekoken (Cat Fist) which involved wrapping Gyoniku soseji (Fish Sausage) around the body and throw him into a pit of starving cats. As a result, Ranma had been afflicted with a severe case of Ailurophobia (a fear of cats). After several attempts of repeating the process with other meat products, Ranma soon becomes afflicted with Galeanthropy, to which only a senior lady was able to bring him back from the brink.

   Later, near the end of the trip, Genma took Ranma to a training ground in China named Jusenkyo that few people used due to the springs being cursed. Falling into them would transform a person into whatever first fell into it and drowned. Not knowing this, and not having the patience to listen to a warning from the local guide, Genma attempted to train with Ranma atop the bamboo poles which jutted up out of the pools. When Ranma knocked Genma into Shonmaoniichuan (Xióngmāonìquán 熊猫溺泉)/"Spring of 'Drowned' Panda", he was surprised to watch a panda emerge from the pond and leap onto one of the poles. Genma, now cursed, was able to hit Ranma into Nyannichuan (Niángnìquán 娘溺泉), or the "Spring of 'Drowned' Girl". Thus he turns into a female version of his original form when splashed with cold water, which is only (temporarily) reversible through contact with hot water. Directly after this, Ranma and Genma, still in their cursed forms, went looking for food and found the Chinese Amazon Tribe holding a tournament. They then ate the food that was supposed to be the first prize reward, causing Shampoo to challenge Ranma to a fight. Ranma wins, but Shampoo gives her the Kiss of Death and had since hunted her and Genma down all over China. Nearing the end of Ranma's time training in China, Ranma stole and ate a large bowl of porridge, without knowing it was made from Dragon's Whisker. This whisker causes him to have uncontrollable hair growth when in his true form. This does not happen while in his female form. In order to seal off the growth, the cook of the porridge gave him a sliver of Dragon's Whisker, meaning the hair growth is not present until the Dragon's Whisker arc of the main story. This leads to Ranma constantly keeping his hair as a braided pigtail and never taking it out. Even after the effect wore off, Ranma continued to keep his hair in his signature pigtail style. (before the incident he tied his hair back in a simple, loose ponytail).

   Before this incident, Genma had made an arrangement with his best friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of the latter's daughters and carry on the Tendo Dojo.

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   Advertisement Plot After learning of Ranma's condition, Soun's daughters Kasumi and Nabiki began to insist that Ranma choose their younger sister Akane, and rationalized that a tomboy would be a more appropriate fiancée for a man who transforms into a woman. Although Akane and Ranma were initially unwilling to be engaged, they develop feelings for each other which they generally deny and attempt to hide throughout the series.

   Ranma and Genma moved in as house guests of the Tendos. Since then, Ranma has endured a series of challenges from his various rivals, new adversaries, and picking up two new suitors and renewing his relationship with a former one. Female Ranma has also received a few male suitors, the most persistent of which is Tatewaki Kuno.

   After receiving a letter from his wife, Genma revealed that he had promised that Ranma would return "a man among men", and that if she were to discover the truth about Ranma's transformation into a girl, they would be forced to commit seppuku. Therefore, to visit with his mother, Ranma would change into a girl during her visit, and presented himself as "Akane's cousin Ranko," accompanied by her pet, "Mr. Panda."

   Ranma made several attempts to talk to his mother without revealing his curse to prove his manliness, but was generally thwarted by Genma or circumstances from doing so. However he eventually had enough of hiding from her and was able to save her from falling into the sea, proving his manhood. Nodoka soon after discovered that he and Ranko were the same person, but accepted his curse.

   Appearance Ranma can be considered of about "average" height compared to his fellow characters who are of the same age, as most of them are also around the same height, although Akane Tendo and several of the other females are slightly shorter than him, while Tatewaki Kuno is taller. His female form is shorter than his male form and half a head shorter than Akane.

   Ranma has a strong, athletic body forged from constant training since childhood. Ranma's female form is diminished in pure strength, but is much more agile. His female form is also depicted to be very attractive, which he discreetly takes pride in and often uses to his advantage. According to Dr. Tofu's mother, girl-Ranma has the ideal female form and was her top candidate to marry her son.[3] Ranma's female form also notably possesses or gains purple eyeliner, most likely to bring out her physical beauty. It has been revealed more than once that the female form has a larger bust size and smaller waist size than Akane, which has infuriated the latter whenever Ranma has pointed it out.[4] Later in the manga it is revealed that both their bust sizes increased, with female Ranma's breasts still staying larger.[5]

   Ranma's most recognizable physical trait is his trademark pigtail, although before he was cursed he wore it instead as a ponytail.[6] In the anime, male Ranma has black hair while his female form has red hair. In order to help distinguish between Ranma's forms in the manga, Takahashi always drew Ranma's female form with a shiny spot in her hair. However when the first chapter of the manga when published in Shonen Sunday was printed in color, it portrayed Ranma's female form as having the same black hair as her male form. In the remake version, Ranma's hair remains black due to digital color graphics and gains a white hair clip being adorned to his trademark pigtail and his eyes are grey. His female form however, her hair is either pink or light red and her eyes are light pink. Her eyeliner is shown to be salmon pink instead of purple.

   Ranma favors Chinese-style clothing in the form of long-sleeved or sleeveless shirts in red colors while the other being a yellow gold short-sleeved shirt with a single slash design in each sleeve and a red single Chinese button on the collar, black pants (also dark blue or blue-green in the anime), and slip on shoes. This has served him well when changing into his cursed form or back. Ranma has his own gi which he will occasionally don specifically for learning a new technique. Before he and his father Genma fell into the cursed springs at Jusenkyo, he wore a white karate gi but loses his karate pants when he transformed into a girl after falling into the spring. When Ranma wears his main Chinese-style clothing in his female form, the sleeves from her button shirt is loose and while he wore sleeveless, it was loosened into mini short sleeves. It was later altered in the remake version where the sleeves became sleeveless. In Episode 2 at the remake version where Ramna dries his pants while in her female form, he wore yellow boxer shorts underneath and his red Chinese button shirt finally shows more buttons when it was loose. On her female form, his yellow boxer shorts are loosened to resemble loose cotton shorts. Ramna later wears a another red sleeveless Chinese-button shirt without a collar and was tucked into a white belt.

   In his childhood, he wore a gakuran at his former school that he attended with Ryoga Hibiki, but is able to get away with not wearing the one required for boys at Furinkan High School. He also wears a tank top, either as a undershirt or not, and when he "dresses up", will usually put on a Mao suit, including the signature cap with a star in front. However he has also dressed in Western formal wear on a few occasions.[7] Ranma has worn a wider variety of outfits in his female form than in his male form. She will dress in women's clothing voluntarily depending on the circumstances, usually in order to get something she wants, but also when she has to. In several instances however Ranma has involuntarily transformed back into a male while dressed as a woman.[8] When he sleeps at their home, he wore a white tank top and yellow shorts with a dark blue trim.

   Ranma in the 2024 anime. Ranma in the 2024 anime. Female Ranma in the 2024 anime. Female Ranma in the 2024 anime. Advertisement Personality Ranma-Chan Ranma's female form, is increasing her powers.

   Rumiko Takahashi herself has described Ranma's personality as a mixture of nice, clean-cut, frank, energetic, indecisive, stubborn, picky, stingy, rude, aggressive and sly,[9] and has stated that she finds flawless characters rather boring.[10] Under normal circumstances, he is fairly carefree and generally friendly to those around him. However, he also lacks experience in social situations and frequently speaks and acts without considering the consequences, or the feelings of others. He sometimes insults people by gloating about inflated perceptions of his prowess, or taunting them about their perceived flaws. For instance, he once boasted that his female form had a larger bust than Akane, despite that she was happy about her own growing bosom. He frequently insults the areas his fiancée has complexes about, by calling her an over-muscled, overweight, un-cute, clumsy, macho jock tomboy with poisonous cooking skills. Ranma has also given other people insulting nicknames, with shifting degrees of justification, for example calling Cologne "old hag" or "old ghoul", Happosai "old freak" or "old lech", Ryoga "clueless moron" or "sucker", Nabiki "heartless bitch", or Pantyhose Taro "pantyhose guy".

   For this same reason, it is relatively easy to embarrass him. When faced with such a situation, he can freeze up or verbally lash out when found in highly incriminating 'amorous' positions. Nabiki has sometimes taken advantage of Ranma's lack of finesse and weak defenses against crying or emotional girls, manipulating him and various situations to her own advantage. While he occasionally blames others for his problems, Ranma has sporadically taken responsibility for matters not mainly his fault, such as when Akane's hair was accidentally chopped off during his first fight with Ryoga, or trying to soothe Ukyo's rage at being left behind.

   Ranma the gung-ho adventurer Male Ranma in the manga, together with his adventuring allies, Ryoga and Mousse.

   He takes great pride in his prowess as a martial artist and occasionally brags about it. Although he frequently has the skills to back it up, his overconfidence can also lead to trouble. Ranma tends to rely on direct tactics and planning, but he is adept at learning from his mistakes in a fight and generally takes advantage of an opponent's weaknesses during a later encounter. He will not back down from a challenge during very serious situations, or when his pride has been wounded, even if he is completely outmatched and unsure of how to overcome an opponent. Despite this, he will apparently refuse a match if he considers the opponent to be too ridiculous, given that female Ranma tried to withdraw when set up to fight the monkey Sanae in "martial arts tea ceremony". Apparently Ranma takes pride in his strength, skills and basically being a man, while in female form she takes pride in her beauty, but still takes her pride as a martial artist seriously.

   His pride recurrently results in him being unable to accept defeat, and becoming preoccupied with trying to win the next skirmish against his foe. He also has a prominent petty side to his character which manifests itself in these situations. If he's repeatedly defeated, humbled or otherwise feels humiliated, he takes it personally, howling statements of revenge at the moon or even crying on the floor. He will frequently stoop to trickery or cheating in the rematch. Among many examples, he couldn't stand seeing Akane become more powerful through the use of super-strength soba. Nabiki and Kasumi both observed that he held a big grudge after she turned back to normal, which he satisfied through gloating while repeatedly defeating her in arm-wrestling. He was also willing to 'feign' love for her strictly to get rid of a similarly enhancing sentient battle-dougi, in part because he couldn't stand the thought of her being more skilled than him, and also because it was a severe nuisance that was literally coming between them between them.

   He frequently uses insults, violence, or harebrained schemes when dealing with those who upset him, usually worsening the problem instead of solving it. But while his cunning generally lacks finesse, he generally makes an effort to try to avoid conflict through the use of disguises, trickery, and theatrics. Sometimes, he has attempted to use reasoning and diplomacy, to no avail. On one occasion, Ranma even set up a play in an effort to convince Happosai to change Taro's name. He has also attempted to haggle with Nabiki, clumsily tried to make her lose her eternal self-control by sifting through her room for potentially embarrassing letters, or feigned love for her, Shampoo, Ryoga, Tsubasa, and Akane under certain odd or extreme circumstances. However, his straightforward schemes and sleight-of-hand are usually effortlessly countered by more devious characters such as Nabiki, Cologne, Shampoo or Taro. Perhaps most prominently, he routinely uses his shapely female form, combined with a fabricated innocent persona, to convince hormonal boys to treat him to food, or buy something he is attempting to sell. Ranma also does this to set up simple traps for Happosai or as part of schemes to fool, make fun of.

   On several occasions, he has stated that he sees it as a martial artist’s duty to protect normal people from monsters, the supernatural and similar threats, and has saved bystanders in danger of getting hurt. He has protected all of his friends and rivals. He's even rescued enemies, such as Herb, who was trying to kill him.

   Ranma apparently has limited respect for suspicious or obnoxious authority figures, such as his father, his teacher Hinako Ninomiya, or Principal Kuno. He is rather irresponsible, and usually doesn't display much interest in academics. He often skips school, flouts the regulations when he does attend, and otherwise dodges situations that don't involve martial arts or his personal interests. Other examples include juggling his various paramours and fighting tooth and nail against Hinako's attempts to give him private tutoring in English. His willingness to fight back against the Principal seems to have gained him some respect from his schoolmates, but they have also stated a certain contempt due to his shamelessness and weird condition.

   He also a low tolerance for people who try to steal from him, manipulate him, or otherwise treat him very badly, such as Nabiki or Happosai. He generally considers Kuno, Shampoo and Kodachi to be annoying pests. At the same time, he can also be very forgiving and usually doesn't seem to stay mad for very long. For instance, despite that Herb severely tormented him out of sheer malevolence, he still opted to save Herb's life. Ranma has also made efforts to help out Kuno or Mousse, and refrained from seeking revenge against the Phoenix people after his conflict with Saffron. While his father frequently stole his food when he was small, and subjected him to the Cat-Fist technique, he usually just seems mildly irritated, but he has also been vengeful at times, repeatedly beating up Genma upon learning that he had become superior to his father in general hand-to-hand sparring. He has reacted in a similarly harsh manner whenever Genma interfered with the reunion of Ranma and his mother.

   Another exception to this rule would be Happosai, whom Ranma has been stated to truly hate, and apparently considers a personal archenemy according to The art of Ranma ½ relationship chart. He never misses an opportunity to trick or torment the ancient pervert, and once explicitly attempted to kill the grandmaster by punting him and a 5m diameter Happo Fire Burst over a cliff, even before he almost turned Ranma powerless for life thanks to a weakness moxibustion point. Even Happosai, however, has been a recipient of Ranma's compassion. Most notably, Ranma permitted him to come back to stay at the Tendo Dojo after finding him marauding a tourist resort disguised as an octopus jar (for thievery and peeping in the manga, and to help a starving young girl in the anime), when he became very sad from loneliness. Ranma also helped to save the sprightly senior's life by eventually deciding to assist in creating a rejuvenation potion, and together with Akane freed him from a death curse cast by a matronly ghost.

   One of Ranma's worst habits is that when preoccupied with his own thoughts or training with his father, he is generally oblivious to his surroundings. The most notable consequence of this is when he accidentally kicked Ryoga into the "Spring of the Drowned Pig" while pursuing his father at the cursed springs of Jusenkyo, effectively ruining Ryoga's life even further than before. He's accidentally mowed down child Hinako when late for school, but Kuno's head is his most frequent "stepping stone," which appears to be intentional since the two despise each other. Another victim of his carelessness is the Frog Hermit, who was knocked into the "Spring of the Drowned Frog" when Ranma accidentally kicked out his bamboo pole from under him.

   Ranma has often professed his wish to become all male again. However, this has not stopped him from using his girl identity to his advantage. He has often used his female form to conceal his true identity from others, most notably Ryoga and his mother, Nodoka. Other times he has used it to obtain favors from Kuno, or other situations when being female would benefit him. Sometimes, he's even taken pride in that his girl form is more attractive than Akane. In the anime, he enjoys ice cream Parfait, although he is always female when she eats them because he considers it somewhat embarrassing for men to consume.

   Ranma's speech is casual and unrefined, using a coarse form of Japanese (English in the case of the American-translated anime and manga). He rarely uses -san, -kun, -chan or any other traditional Japanese honorifics. He does use -sempai (elder student) for Kuno, but that is more for sarcasm. Others he uses honorifics for include his benefactor Soun (Ojisan or "Uncle"), his childhood friend Ukyo (Ucchan), the considerate Kasumi (usually -san), and even Ojiisan and Obaasan for Happosai and Cologne when he's not mad at them. And while Akane usually uses honorifics for other people, she rarely addresses him with one. This is amusing since it would denote that the two are particularly intimate with each other.

   Advertisement Abilities Trained from the time he was about two years old (when their training trip began) by his father in the ways of the Saotome style of Anything Goes Martial Arts, Ranma is a master of several styles of martial arts, utilizing a blend of Chinese and Japanese techniques. The other branch, the Tendo School, is practiced by Soun and Akane. Ranma is seen as the school's primary heir.

   Ranma - Speed Ranma using the Tenshin Amaguriken.

   A practitioner of the Anything Goes Martial Arts is expected to be prepared to do almost anything to triumph, regardless of the challenges, humiliations, or cheating involved. This versatile combat style can produce a warrior who is strong in virtually every aspect of battle, both mentally and physically, with limited weaknesses. In most fights, neither form has a discernible advantage, as they both perform equally well. Ranma is, however, stronger with a longer reach in his male form, and possibly more agile as a female in either canon, with the anime stating that he gains an increase in speed in female form. His training has made him a very balanced fighter, though he can still be surprised by opponents whom he has never fought before.

   His impressive physical abilities include incredible strength, and outstanding speed. He also has superhuman endurance, enabling him to continue fighting even after he has taken many powerful blows or fallen from a great height.

   As a gauge of the extent of his speed, he has been able to land 518 blows in a few seconds, during a brief ice-skating skirmish with Mikado Sanzenin, even before undergoing Cologne's speed training.[11] Afterwards, he was able to land hundreds of punches on Ryoga so swiftly that it looked like a single strike,[12] or catch over a hundred pebbles from the latter's Bakusai Tenketsu rock explosion within at most a few seconds. Thus he is able to move at supersonic speeds, but generally only uses it in combat situations.

   Durability He is durable enough to withstand the full power of Ryu Kumon's large iron Buddha-statue splitting, "demon god assault bomb" vacuum blade-barrage, and immediately continue to fight afterwards,[13] (which, at the very least, would qualify him as bulletproof), managed to withstand exposure to Rouge's and Saffron's firestorms,[14][15] and has fallen hundreds of meters into solid stone with only minor bruisings.[16] Regarding his limits, when in a state of surprise, a single strike from Taro in his cursed form almost rendered female Ranma unconscious after crashing into a stone palisade.[17] Although later, during their aerial battle against Rouge, he was only momentarily stunned.[18]

   Ryoga's regular Shi-shi Hokodan (a technique created to clear out cave-ins, or to help blow tunnels through the earth) can either knock him out in one blow,[19] or require a few to several shots,[20][21] depending on the latter's focus. This version even managed to stun Ranma for a few seconds when Ryoga was turned into a small child.[22] Simply being grazed by the outermost limit of the ultimate version was enough to instantly knock him out, despite attempting to lessen the impact with his weakened Mōko Takabisha.[23] Although a later, apparently vastly diminished/worn out (no change was noticeable in the size of the crater) attempt, during the second round of their fight, only stunned him for a minute at most, and he was able to handle them much better by distracting Ryoga into absorbing most of the impact.[24]

   Happosai's smaller Happo-daikarin are also shown as capable of downing him in one strike,[25][26] which is understandable, given that they have proved able to repeatedly do the same to Taro's cursed 'monster' form,[27] but he's withstood them on other occasions, so it apparently depends on the force his grand master puts into them.

   Ranma - Strength Ranma blocks the mouth of the Orochi with a boulder.

   Ranma's strength seems to be portrayed somewhat inconsistently. He broke his legs from the impact of a considerable fall while carrying four girls,[28] but was likely still severely weakened from poison at the time, so his peak effort should be multiplied. Male Ranma proved unable to get out when stuck under an 90-100 ton large iron bell, but wasn't significantly motivated.[29] Female Ranma almost effortlessly pushed a boulder several times her size, weighing at least 40-tonnes, into the mouth of the Yamata-Orochi while swimming underwater, when supremely determined to save Akane from being eaten,[30] and also managed to support the pressure Ryoga exerted on two enormous floating slabs of ice, several stories tall, when the latter was standing on her head.[31] Thus, he would presumably have succeeded with better leverage and motivation.

   Ranma - Hitting Power Ranma destroys a boulder to protect Akane.

   Given his ability to contend with Ryoga, who by all appearances could exert force equivalent to lifting a few dozen thousand tons under optimal circumstances,[32] he must be at least a fourth as strong himself, and possibly even up to half as strong. Although comparatively weaker, Ranma seems to have superior conscious control of his abilities, and can more easily dial it back during basic social interactions, while Ryoga occasionally breaks anything he touches. That said, he has stated outright that he generally honors his opponents' pride by fighting seriously, and refuses to give up both for himself and because he thinks a hollow victory would never be satisfying in a battle between honorable men. This is most noted in battles with Mousse and Gosunkugi, but he has also occasionally restrained himself, as in battles with Akane, Shampoo, or (initially) Ukyo and Konatsu. As a gauge of female Ranma's hitting power, a few minutes of focusing her energies proved sufficient to split a 3m diameter boulder (stated and shown to be impervious to the conventional efforts of the island resort owner), with a single strike,[33] while male Ranma managed to immediately shatter a 2m-2.5m ordinary boulder that had been thrown at him by Pantyhose Taro.[34]

   His naivete or overconfidence have been taken advantage of by new foes. Unless he cannot possibly win without extensive cheating, whether through trickery, severe distraction or sucker-punch combinations, (like in battles against Happosai, Herb, Ryoga or Taro-monster) he tends to fight fairly while expecting them to follow the same conduct. Craftier opponents have sometimes used this assumption to their advantage against him. An example of this is when Cologne held back her true power, allowing Ranma to believe that he had the edge. With this she was able to trick him into a deal: If he lost, he would marry Shampoo immediately. Flushed with his success so far, he recklessly accepted. Afterwards, Cologne unleashed her true power, surprising and nearly defeating him. Taro has also managed to goad him into repeated sucker-punch attacks.

   It often seems like Ranma cannot, or will not, accept the possibility of defeat, regardless of how outmatched he is, although his confidence can be shaken enough to not be able to use the Moko Takabisha. He generally takes every opportunity to brag about his inflated sense of skill, arrogant in the face of hurt feelings or possible payback, a mistake he has sometimes made after temporarily tricking and trapping/sucker-attacking the overwhelmingly superior Happosai.

   As the story progresses, Ranma learns and uses numerous martial art styles, several of them ridiculous or virtually useless, such as Martial Arts Figure Skating, Martial Arts Tea Ceremony, Martial Arts Dining, and Martial Arts Cheerleading. Although he's never been seen to have use for them outside of the original environment, he commonly purports himself to be able to win any competition in which martial arts are involved, but frequently has to use unorthodox methods against superior foes. Regardless, his confidence and unwillingness to ever accept defeat has so far enabled him to in some manner, handle most challenges in his path.

   Advertisement Ranma's Fears Ranma is generally fearless, or so he would have others believe. However, he does suffer from one weakness that leaves him paralyzed in its presence: ailurophobia, the fear of cats.[35]

   Ranma05 47 cat fear Ranma paralyzed by his fear of cats.

   When Ranma was young, his father tried to teach him the "Nekoken" ("Cat Fist") technique. The training technique described the trainee being covered in fish sausage and thrown into a pit of starving cats, but that only made him afraid of them. Only then did Genma read the final page of the training book, which stated that it was "...just another technique that would only be used by a total idiot. Anyone who would teach it should have his head examined", but has stated that he fell for it completely. Genma then tried to desensitize his son by repeating the training, covering the boy in sardines, salted sardines, or fish cakes instead. His efforts only aggravated the phobia. Ranma became permanently afraid of cats; he couldn't even get near one and would usually faint if one surprised him.

   The Nekoken turned out not to be a "technique" at all, but an induced psychosis. If Ranma's fear reaches a critical point (the result of being surrounded by cats and/or unable to get away from them for an extended period of time) his mind retreats into a condition of galeanthropy, the delusion that he is a cat. This state manifests by fighting like an unrestrained wild animal, using his power more efficiently, as well as the ability to attack his surroundings with air pressure swipes powerful enough to shred trees, floorboards or water blasts. He once willingly entered the Nekoken in order to aid him in a beach side (Snow Mountain winter resort in the anime) fight with Cologne (for a "Phoenix Pill" that would allow him to tolerate hot water again). To do so, he tied Shampoo to his back and ran back into the surf, turning her into a cat.

   However he lacks the ability to strategize or use signature moves, as his galeanthropy is so strong his mentality also becomes that of a cat. So long as he is not being directly threatened, Ranma is content to simply climb trees, chew catnip, scratch on bark, lounge in the sun and generally act like any cat would. He can easily be outsmarted, having only the mental capability of an animal. So long as the opponent can keep their calm and appear nonthreatening, he can be swiftly mollified. Most notably, when he first enters the Nekoken, Kuno immediately realized how to avoid being attacked by Ranma and sent him running off by throwing a stick and shouting "fetch!", after which Ranma decided to climb a tree - in the anime, this was changed to Sasuke throwing a fish sausage, which caused Ranma to cease mauling Kuno and go chasing after it; upon snatching it, he leapt out of the window and up into a tree, where he remained until Akane tried to calm him down with catnip.

   His 'cat' mentality is territorial, playful, sleepy, and has an extremely limited attention span, easily losing interest or being distracted by a thrown stick/plaything or being drugged by catnip. However, he comes out of it after calming down/taking a nap in the lap of someone he trusts or landing in water. These have included an old woman who lived in his neighborhood as a child, as well as Akane, much to her embarrassment. Dousing him with water can also work. Ranma remembers almost nothing of what goes on while he is in Nekoken mode, which can cause great problems if his behavior was unacceptable by human standards.

   While Ranma's phobia seems to have turned slightly less drastic over the course of the manga, it does not help that Shampoo, who is obsessed with him, is cursed to turn into a cat when hit with water, or that Maomolin the 'monster cat' is counted among his adversaries.

   A less obvious, but possibly greater fear that Ranma has is that of defeat. If he suffers a loss that he knows he cannot do anything about, he becomes despondent. Extremely proud of his abilities, he feels humiliated by even one setback. When this happens, he becomes obsessed with avenging his defeat in another battle. He fears only the possibility that he might not be able to do so, even with sufficient training, under these circumstances. But that has not yet prevented him from trying.

   Love Life Ranma leads one of the most bizarre love lives in anime and manga thanks to his father's foolishness and some bad luck. He has multiple fiancées, none of whom seem willing to give up on him, and who all have a legitimate engagement with him. Despite this, the only engagement he has agreed to is the one he had with Akane Tendo, the girl he is secretly in love with and the only one he had shown an interest in.

   The first fiancée featured in the manga is Akane Tendo, to whom he has apparently been promised from a young age thanks to a deal made between his father, Genma and his father's oldest friend, Soun Tendo. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start thanks to Ranma's curse, Akane's short temper, and his smart mouth, but they do end up caring for each other quite deeply; though they rarely acknowledge it openly. They constantly bicker, but recurrently in a non-serious, almost comradely, manner. They are almost always willing to help each other out of tight spots, and will risk their life in an instant to ensure the other's safety.

   When they first met, Ranma was a girl and seemed to feel a shy friendship with her. When Akane thought he was a pervert after she first encountered his male form as a naked stranger awaiting her in the Tendo bath, he retaliated through insults. He did, however, retain a fondness for her, as shown in several awkward moments. Even though they often argue with each other, he has never caused Akane any actual physical harm, and has sometimes taken damage (in one case severe damage) for her. During the two times they've seriously fought (super-soba and living battle-dougi) he mostly limited himself to attempts to either restrain or talk her down, though he didn't seem so concerned during their initial dougi-battles. Ranma did however beat Shampoo twice in a fight, defeated Ukyo in a fight (before he found out she was a girl), and beat Kodachi in martial arts rhythmic gymnastics.

   The next fiancée to show up was Shampoo, a Chinese Amazon, who went from trying to kill Ranma in his female form, courtesy of some extremely strict tribal laws, to wanting to marry him after Ranma accidentally knocked her unconscious in his male form to stop her from attacking Akane. He temporarily drove her off by using his curse to confuse her, but she soon returned, now cursed to turn into a cat with cold water, making her aware of his situation as a male cursed to become female. Shampoo has stated variations on "obstacle is for killing" as a personal philosophy, and made occasional failed attempts to kill Akane, Ukyo and even Nabiki or Hinako, to prevent them from getting close to Ranma, whom she considers to be her husband. She hasn't been above attempting to permanently enslaving Ranma into loving her through the use of a magic pills or imprinting eggs. When angered at him, she has been known to take advantage of Ranma's fear of cats and torment him with her cursed form. However, while he has stated outright that he views her as a pest, and has occasionally shown outrage at her cruel or completely ruthless moments, Ranma usually treats her in a comradely manner.

   Ranma Paramours Ranma's paramours.

   The third and final fiancee to appear was Ukyo Kuonji, a childhood friend of Ranma's. He did not know about the arrangement Genma had made with her father and believed Ukyo was male at first. She initially wanted revenge, thanks to Genma's abandoning her and stealing her dowry, leading her to be considered a social pariah, and believing Ranma was an accessory. During the subsequent fight, Ranma finally learned she was a girl by accidentally grabbing her breasts, then pouring hot water on her to confirm she did not have a Jusenkyo curse. Ukyo was still upset, and he offered to let her beat him up in restitution, but turned extremely unwilling when she took the offer. Ranma told Ukyo that she was cute, to give her faith in her femininity, and let go of the grudge, turning her heavily embarrassed. When he then explicitly presented his fiancée Akane and they didn't seem to get along, Ukyo immediately forgave him and, to his surprise, handed over an okonomiyaki with a heart on it to indicate the restoration of their friendship. She has since treated their engagement very seriously and often has romantic visions of their future together. She helped him recover his strength from Happosai's moxibustion, but was willing to marry him even if he remained weak for life. She also offered her restaurant as collateral to help him win against the Gambling King and was willing to give up her work and greatest passion to be a proper wife for Ranma.

   There are others who have tried to win Ranma over - both male and female, depending on the form he was in at the time. Although he does not return their affections, he's not above using them to get what he wants either. Two of his more determined suitors are Tatewaki Kuno and his sister, Kodachi. The anime introduces other suitors as well, though they are mostly for laughs and not meant to be taken very seriously.

   Despite his protests and his pride, he does have strong feelings for Akane. By the end of the manga, he has admitted to himself that he loves her, even if it was left unclear if he mustered the courage to admit it out loud.

   In the original manga version of the "Reversal Jewel" story being he needs to "win" any type of confrontation. He here went out of his way to ensure that Shampoo didn't give him up and demanded an expression of love from Ukyo purely for ego gratification, being satisfied when she conceded. The plot of this chapter focused on the trap that Cologne and Shampoo set for Ranma by manipulating her mind, emotions and self-esteem so that his personal honor would force him to act and say things he doesn't really feel about Shampoo just to make her says to him "I love you" so he can wins his "battle" and restore his damaged self esteem. Being said, he didn't like it be rejected like that without any reason, since he believed he isn't attractive anymore making him feels insecurity. At the end of this arc, he realizes that love is not a prize, suggesting that he changed his perspective on the subject. After Akane said to him that "she loves him" (she was cursed by the jewel), he showed reciprocity feelings by asking her he wants to eat her lunches since then. The only girl he showed reciprocity feelings was to Akane. But then in the hospital, he discover it was the cursed jewel that made the whole thing. The preceding story arc also introduced Ranma's mother and the "man among men" pledge, which, more speculatively, may have factored into it. He has been shown as extremely enthusiastic to get rid of the curse in several instances, so further loose speculation could make a case that his 'masculine pride' is more easily wounded than it used to be.

   However, Ranma was also unwilling to hurt Shampoo's feelings during the onsen race, or Ukyo's during the "secret sauce" arc, so his feelings on the subject seem torn between selfishness and consideration. He has chided Mousse for his failures in winning Shampoo, to "make her stop pestering him", and he was happy for Ryoga and Ukyo when he misinterpreted their intentions to split him and Akane up in the "Tunnel of Lost Love," assuming them to be in a relationship. He gets very angry and jealous when Akane has shown any evidence of interest in another man, more specifically Ryoga or Shinnosuke, has either driven him to paranoia, depression or outrageous schemes. He also gets jealous when another man touches or flirts with Akane.

   Ranma can occasionally be somewhat romantic, but he has a difficult time expressing his feelings for Akane as her for him. He becomes nervous when confronted with romance. Even in the beginning of the series he complimented her haircut, when they were alone on a bridge. His softer side more prominently started to emerge in the latter half of the series. He accepted a hug after coming home alive from his confrontation with Herb, and on their way back to Nerima after the Yamata Orochi arc, he take the initiative to hold her hand. Ranma was also relieved after accidentally proclaiming his true feelings during the battle dougi debacle and held her in his lap at the end. Such moments have generally been interrupted by spying, or otherwise interfering, family members, turning the pair very embarrassed.

   Although even near the end, during the "love leaf" Tanabata chapter, they remained extremely tense about taking the first step in expressing it, while attempting to tauntingly goad the other into confessing, but in the end they had a quickly interrupted romantic moment. Even during the final chapter, after the concluding battle with Saffron, Ranma was unwilling to admit outright, but this time Akane implicitly knew it for a fact anyway. The end of the manga strongly suggests that Ranma and Akane will marry in the future.

   Advertisement Sexuality Although Ranma turns into an attractive woman, he has a very strong heterosexual male gender identity, such that even while female himself, he still feels uncomfortable in the presence of naked women. His masculinity is so strong that he prefers to wear boxer shorts under his clothes even when he dons feminine garments such as dresses. During the moxibustion story arc, however, he learned how to use the emotion dampening aspect of his Soul of Ice training to suppress his pride and posed for pictures in lingerie as part an effort to defeat Happosai, and later did the same to appease Nabiki when accidentally destroying her concert tickets. Men who try to get grabby (even accidentally), such as Kuno or Happosai--who especially disgusts him--generally get pummeled.

   But since Ranma is a man, he has little feminine modesty. He sometimes removes his shirt in public, as he is generally unaware of the effect that the sight of his unclothed female body has on others. The guys at school appreciate this side of Ranma as it offers them a free glimpse of his exposed chest, and they openly wish there were more girls like him. His worst nightmare is being kissed by a man, and he even has two hideous dreams: one in which he was a girl and married Kuno, spawning several children and in the first season when he had a dream about Kuno asking him to marry him in both forms. Ranma does however receive his first kiss, excluding Shampoo's kiss of death, while a female from Mikado Sanzenin of the Golden Pair of Martial Arts Skating, an occurrence that, by Ranma's own admission, made him truly angry for the first time. Even sending him to the point of crying.

   A running gag through the series is that Ranma is sometimes accused of doing perverted things but rarely actually committed the accused act. During P-Chan's (Ryoga's cursed form) first appearance, Ranma tried to threaten him to get out of Akane's room, but was maneuvered into falling on top of Akane's sleeping body. In an attempt to find the Japanese 'Spring of drowned man' he also disguised himself to gain entrance to the girls' locker room while they were still changing clothes, and accidentally tipped Happosai's stash of stolen underwear over himself in front of his classmates. Other examples include when Shampoo has turned up naked and hugged him in the Tendo bath, crept into his bed without his knowledge or when they both ended up in the Kuno bathtub. Usually right before Akane sees him through the open doorway. Another double misunderstanding happened when Kodachi once doctored a photograph to show them kissing, and Ranma tried to get the negative from Tatewaki by offering to bathe with him.

   In reality, however, he's a bit prudish, though not close to Ryoga's level. The concept of kissing Akane, even as part of a school play, is enough to fluster him. So was simply receiving a heartfelt hug from her because he survived the battle against Herb. His defenses have occasionally been shaken, for example, when Kiima or a spirit doll assumed Akane's form and made sexual advances toward him, or when Akane hid with him in a closet, and he mistakenly believed that she wanted sex. Also notable is when Nabiki assumed a cute face and declared her deep love for him (actually just sadistic play-acting), and Shampoo's soothing and cuddling him during her first appearance. But beyond these few exceptions, Ranma's reaction to such situations is generally one of fear and confusion, possibly because any admission of love on his part will force him into a wedding for which he is not yet emotionally prepared.

   Rivals Ranma Rivals From left to right: Happosai, Kodachi Kuno, Ryoga Hibiki, Mousse, Tatewaki Kuno

   Ranma has several rivals. However, his main opponents are:

   Ranma had other rivals throughout the series, although most of them only appeared in a single story arc, such as Mariko Konjo, Ryu Kumon, Herb and Saffron. They all tried to kill and/or tormented Ranma for various reasons. In the first case for love, in the second for legacy and fulfillment, and in the final two for petty pride, sadistic vengeance and conflicting interests. But unlike his primary foes, none of them have apparently had motivation to keep their rivalry, alternately visit the Nerima area, after the conclusion of their conflict.

   Relationships Akane Tendo To be added

   Genma Saotome To be added

   Ryoga Hibiki He is Ranma's primary rival in the martial arts, and Ranma has stated outright that he is the only one that he truly considers as such.[36] If shorter battles are included he has beaten Ranma roughly twice as many times as the reverse, despite being almost entirely self-taught, occasionally in seconds when sufficiently upset. He has a non-existent sense of direction, and used to hold a grudge because Ranma accidentally cursed him to turn into a piglet, which makes his constant lost wandering through the wilderness even more dangerous. Their later rivalry circled around simultaneously competing to exceed each other, general annoyance and, most importantly, fighting for Akane's affection. Ranma frequently put on a disguise to fool Ryoga, when he needed something, wanted to make fun of him, or the latter somehow risked to get 'too close' to Akane despite his extreme prudish shyness. This continued until near the end of the series, when Ryoga got a girlfriend of his own. Although they constantly fight or banter, Ranma eventually comes to regard Ryoga as a friend and helps him out on various occasions, most notably hiding his curse from Akane, who keeps his piglet form as a pet. In addition to at least thrice having a crucial part in preventing Akane from being killed, Ryoga has also repeatedly risked himself to assist or save Ranma's life during serious conflicts, including rescuing female Ranma from drowning even in piglet form, entering a closing chasm to unlock his curse, or preventing male Ranma from being eaten alive. Having done so several more times than the opposite. Despite sometimes shouting out "shine"/"die", he's actually always been content to beat Ranma up during the many confrontations when he's prevailed. As time passed in the series, their rivalry has turned mostly friendly; as the two will sometimes talk in a civil conversation, and recurrently help each other out, although they are still easily brought to frenetically compete with each other if a problem arises, such as in the mushroom story, and Ranma sometimes still finds it amusing to make fun of Ryoga through zany minor schemes, which Ryoga in turn finds quite annoying.

   Mousse He is angry at Ranma for taking Shampoo away from him, even though she has found him severely annoying since they were children and even stated outright that she hates him. Since Shampoo only likes extremely strong men, Mousse tries to prove his worth by beating her declared groom, but she has been enthusiastic in sabotaging his prospects if she suspects that he may succeed. In three of his fights with Ranma he has come very close to prevailing, despite handicaps in each of them. That said, he is more interested in winning Shampoo than beating Ranma and was enthusiastic at the prospect of a wedding between the latter and Akane.

   Tatewaki Kuno He is Ranma's rival at school and conversely his suitor for his female counterpart, who he knows as the "pigtailed girl". He is the only student at Furinkan High School who does not know that Ranma can change into a girl, disgusting Ranma by his repeated silly attempts at intimacy. When Nabiki told him that the "pigtailed girl" belongs to Ranma, body and soul, he reached the conclusion that Ranma has enslaved her, but after this incident the rivalry returned to its previous level. He also pursues Akane's affection, and has tried to convince Ranma to hook up with his sister or Nabiki instead.

   Happosai He is the perverted founder and grand master of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts, and is mainly interested in stealing food or female underwear, peeping, or being a general nuisance. He occasionally attempts to force female Ranma to model lingerie for him, or male Ranma to acknowledge his superiority as a humble student to a teacher, but Ranma continues to refuse his requests. As previously mentioned he was willing to turn Ranma powerless for life, when the latter sufficiently displeased him. He is technically far too dangerous to be considered a rival, rather than an irritant and antagonist.

   Kodachi Kuno She is a master of Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics, is Tatewaki's eccentric, exhibitionistic and aristocratic sister. She has viewed Ranma as her chivalrous knight ever since he rescued her from a fall from the Tendo Dojo's roof. She regularly tries to paralyze him and so and have her way with him. She has stated that she desires him as an overwhelmingly enamored servant. Like her brother, she is oblivious to Ranma's curse and sees his female half as a rival to gain the affection of the male half. Kodachi and her brother share a strong sibling rivalry, in part because they are each in love with the other's object of hatred.

   Shampoo To be added

   Ukyo Kuonji To be added

   Pantyhose Taro He is one of Ranma's few almost completely evil recurrent adversaries. Ranma has consistently helped him out to change his name and saved his life, but despite this Taro is willing to betray and kill him without a second thought, and remains completely unrepentant about his behavior no matter how charitably others treat him. Rather than training to improve, his focus seems to lie in finding shortcuts to enhance his very powerful monster form, through bathing in the Spring of Drowned Octopus, or seeking to claim the 'power-source' of Rouge/'Asura'. He has even harbored plans to take over the world some day, but is apparently quite clueless in this endeavor.

   Advertisement Quotes "And I’m better built to boot" Etymology The name Ranma means "chaotic or reckless" (乱) (ran) and "horse" (馬) (ma). The name Saotome means "rice-planting" (早) (sa) and "girl" (乙女) (otome). Trivia In most of Ranma's official artwork he is shown in both forms as if they are separate beings. In the anime crossover special called "It's a Rumic World!" which most of the characters from different manga series created by Rumiko Takahashi appear during the 50th Anniversary Weekly Shonen Sunday, it was the first time Ranma meets Inuyasha and he thought Inuyasha had fell into the Jusenkyo cursed hot springs like they were and it was his first time to see a man with animal ears much to Inuyasha's confusion when he referred to him as being half-cursed. In the English and Japanese versions, Ranma is voiced by Richard Ian Cox and Kappei Yamaguchi who are also known for voicing Inuyasha from Inuyasha, Takahashi's next manga series after Ranma ½. The two characters are similar in terms of personality and behavior. Also, Inuyasha remarks at Ranma that his voice are identical to his ("Hey, your voice sounds a lot like mine."), referencing both being voiced by their Japanese voice actor, Kappei Yamaguchi. Both Ranma's Seiyūs (Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara) would provide their voices together on another work of Rumiko Takahashi: the parents of Kyōkai no Rinne's protagonist (Sabato Rokudō and Otome Rokudō). Interestingly, the protagonist Rinne Rokudō and Ranma share some similar traits: They don't appreciate their father. They were separated from their mother when they were babies and got to meet them around 15 years later. They are unable to skate. Ranma makes a cameo in episode 4 of Kyokai no Rinne as a doll in a claw machine, along with Akane, P-chan, Genma's panda form, and Lum from Urusei Yatsura. However, his hair is brown instead of black. Ranma's female form in the anime bears a strong resemblance to Suzuki Linn/Kotetsu from the anime and manga, Adventures of Kotetsu. Ranma-Kyosuke comparison Ranma & Kyosuke.

   Ranma's male form bears a slight resemblance to Kensei Ma in his teenaged years from the anime and manga, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi. Ranma appearance in the first season also bears a resemblance to Kyosuke Kasuga from Kimagure Orange Road. This is because Masako Goto, the character designer for KOR, was the art director for the first season. Female Ranma's third English voice actress previously voiced Oharu in Hanyō no Yashahime. Gallery Main article: Ranma Saotome/Image Gallery

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   Akane Tendo 4 Sign in to edit Akane Tendo 1989 Anime 2024 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 天道てんどう あかね Tendō Akane Nickname(s) Violent Tomboy (by Ranma) Idiot (by Ranma) Uncute (by Ranma) Overweight (by Ranma) Bucket waist (by Ranma) Macho Jock/Chick (by Ranma) Alley Cat (by Ranma) Lame Gross Girl (by Ranma) Beautiful Blue (by Ryoga) Violent Girl (by Shampoo) Pervert Girl (by Shampoo) Sis (by Nabiki) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Akane Tendo (天道てんどう あかね, Tendō Akane) is the female protagonist of Ranma ½. She is the sixteen year old youngest daughter of Soun Tendo, the younger sister of Kasumi Tendo and Nabiki Tendo, the reluctant fiance of Ranma Saotome, and one of the heirs to the Tendo Branch of Anything Goes Martial Arts.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early Life 2 History 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Tatewaki Kuno Intro 2.3 Dr. Tofu Intro 2.4 Ryoga Hibiki Intro 2.5 Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics 2.6 Martial Arts Figure Skating 2.7 Shampoo Intro 2.8 Neko-Ken 2.9 Full Body Cat's Tongue 2.10 Breaking Point 2.11 Martial Arts Tea Ceremony 2.12 Martial Arts Takeout 2.13 Happosai Intro 2.14 Dojo Destroyer 2.15 Romeo and Juliet 2.16 Japanese Nannīchuan 2.17 Akane vs Kodachi - Cookie Battle 3 Appearance 4 Personality 5 Abilities 6 Relationships 6.1 Ranma Saotome 6.2 Ryoga Hibiki 6.3 Shinnosuke 6.4 Platonic 6.4.1 Yuka, Sayuri, Asami and Hiroko 6.4.2 Hikaru Gosunkugi 6.4.3 Tatewaki Kuno 6.4.4 Mousse 6.4.5 Shampoo 6.4.6 Ukyo 7 Quotes 8 Non-Canon Appearances 9 Etymology 10 Trivia 11 Gallery 12 References 13 External links Play VideoBrand logo Biography Early Life Akane as a child Akane was born sixteen years before the start of the series as the third and youngest daughter of Soun Tendo and his wife. Akane's mother died when she was very young. Perhaps because of this, she appears not to have learned many traditionally feminine skills, and her terrible cooking is a running joke during the series as nearly everything she cooks ends up making people sick, except for her curry. Akane may see Kasumi Tendo (Akane's older sister) as a surrogate mother figure, since she helps her with more traditionally feminine chores.

   Akane as Romeo Akane grows up as a tomboy, getting into fights, acting tough, and improving her martial arts. While on a holiday with the rest of her family (presumably before she went to School), Akane got lost in the forests of Ryugenzawa, where she encountered a young Shinnosuke who saved her from a giant Platypus (at the cost of his personal health). In elementary school, her classmates thought she was so much like a boy that she was cast to play Romeo in their production of Romeo and Juliet: Akane accepts the role and plays a very cute Romeo, though deep down she always wanted to be cast as Juliet, a wish that she'll have fulfilled only years later (though she would have four different Romeos fighting for her).

   Some point about this time, Akane develops a crush on Dr. Tofu who patches her up after one of her many fights. However, Akane notices that Dr. Tofu appears to be more interested in Kasumi than her, so begins to grow her hair so as she can appear to be "more feminine" and hopefully get affection from Dr. Tofu. This could have led to Akane having Kausmi teach her Japanese tea ceremony, although Akane is unable to maintain the clam and patient personality required for tea ceremony and so can't perform it correctly.

   Akane remembers childhood Because of her unrequited crush on Dr. Tofu, she initially claims to hate boys.[1] It turned out that because her original 'suitor', Tatewaki Kuno, declared that only someone who defeated her in battle would be allowed to date her, many of the strongest male athletes at Furinkan High School began to violently attack her en masse every morning. Akane always beat them all without being late for class.

   Advertisement History Introduction After Soun had received news of his old friend, Genma Saotome, bringing his son Ranma for a visit he gathers his daughters to explain the situation to them. At first Akane isn't present due to her being out running, but is soon found by Nabiki and the two and Kasumi learn that Ranma is going to become the fiancé of one of them, so as the School of Anything Goes Martial Arts can continue on.

   The three sisters obvious has reservations about becoming engaged to a man whom they've met before. A girl and panda then arrive (who are actually Ranma and Genma in their respective cursed forms) and the girl introduces herself as "Ranma". This initially causes confusion amongst the Tendos, but Akane accepts this female Ranma and asks if she'd like to spar with her.

   Bathroom Surprise - Manga Akane sees the male Ranma for the first time.

   Ranma manages to defeat Akane. Akane then confides in Ranma that she's glad she's (Ranma) isn't a boy. Ranma goes off to the bathroom to have a wash. A bit later Akane decides to do the same. However, when she enters (with nothing but a towel), Akane is faced with a naked man who she doesn't know and campy closes the door to the bathroom. She then goes downstairs and screams and explains the situation of the unknown male to her sisters. The male, fully dressed, introduces as "Ranma" as well. A bit of time passes and Akane along with her sisters learn of the events leading up to the current situation, with Ranma and Genma having fallen into the Cursed Springs of Jusenkyo and now change form when splashed with cold water along with Genma's reasoning to going somewhere so dangerous. Akane is then chosen by Nabiki and Kasumi to be Ranma's fiancé since Ranma's perfect as she hates boys and he's half girl.

   Bathroom Surprise take two Akane and Ranma see each other naked yet again.

   Akane and Ranma fall into an argument over what happened in the bathroom, which ultimately results in Akane knocking Ranma unconscious with a table. While Ranma's unconscious, Akane goes to have a bath herself. Everything's uneventful until Akane tries to go out of the bathroom and is met face-to-face with a naked female Ranma and so she slaps Ranma for seeing her naked again. Nabiki then chats with Akane about this, but Akane disagrees with Nabiki's reasoning that it was okay since they were both girls at the time.

   Tatewaki Kuno Intro Ranma notices something different Ranma notices Akane's change in behaviour around Dr. Tofu.

   Ranma learns he'll be attending Furinkan High School with Akane and Nabiki, so Akane ends up escorting Ranma there. On the way Genma ends up making Ranma fall into the flood drains, so the pair have to go to Dr. Tofu's Clinic so Akane can get Ranma some hot water (and turn her back to her male form). When she returns, Dr. Tofu is talking to Ranma and Akane forces Ranma to bow as she says hello to him. Ranma just looks at Akane and wonders about this odd change in behaviour.

   After discussing a bit about Dr. Tofu with Ranma the pair arrive to what is a usual sight for Akane; a large group of male students all trying to defeat her. Once the other male students have been defeated, Tatewaki Kuno arrives and after a quick conversation with Ranma ends up fighting him as Akane watches.

   Kuno is eventually defeated by Ranma, however, the fight caused both Akane and Ranma to be late, so are forced to stand outside holding water buckets. Kuno soon reappears and challenges Ranma again. During this time the other students learn of Ranma and Akane's engagement. Akane and the other students chase after Ranma and Kuno as they go somewhere more suitable for a rematch.

   Kuno grabs Ranma Akane watches as Kuno gropes the now female Ranma.

   Unfortunately this causes Ranma and Kuno to end up in the School pool and, when Kuno gropes Ranma, Akane thinks this could mean that Ranma's secret has been revealed. Luckily, Kuno thinks Ranma just pulled a trick and replaced himself with a young girl. A little bit later Akane has gotten some hot water for Ranma and decides to fight Kuno as a distraction while Ranma changes back. This doesn't go to plan as Kuno destroys the kettle and so Ranma just defeats him as she is.

   At the Tendo Dojo after school, Akane talks to Nabiki about the day's events and her comments (heard unknowingly by Ranma outside her door) causes Ranma to decide not to thanks her for what she did.

   The next day things seem to be as they usually are, with Akane and Ranma defeating the daily hoard of male students. Later that day, Akane observes the fight between Kuno and Ranma as well as being the ultimate reason why Ranma was able to succeed. Despite seeming unharmed, Ranma is actually hurt (suffering serve pain when touched) so Akane takes him to see Dr. Tofu.

   Ranma falls Ranma is made temporarily unable to walk thanks to Dr. Tofu.

   While there Ranma is treated for his injuries (despite how many more Akane tried to cause when he insulted her), however, Dr. Tofu touches a part of Ranma's back which causes him to be temporarily unable to walk after a few minutes. Once Akane has turned Ranma into a girl so he won't be embarrassed, she gives Ranma a piggyback home (Ranma thinks about what Dr. Tofu said earlier regarding Akane actually being a really sweet girl).

   Advertisement Dr. Tofu Intro The next day, after Akane has scrutinised Ranma for his "lack of female modesty", Akane is faced with the male students again. Oddly though, they declare that they've accepted her engagement to Ranma and won't fight her in the morning anymore; albeit all of them except Kuno. Akane can't stand Kuno talking to Ranma (who Kuno dubs as his "pigtailed girl" since he doesn't know it's actually Ranma), so she leaves.

   Ranma hit by Baseball Akane accidentally hits Ranma with the Baseball.

   Later that day, while playing Baseball as part of her P.E. lesson, Akane inadvertently hits Ranma with the ball when is flies in his direction after she'd hit it. Subsequently, Ranma has to go and see Dr. Tofu after School so he can get patched up again. Once at the clinic, Akane ends up answering a call for Genma (who's become Dr. Tofu's assistant but can't talk in his panda form). However, after she's finished Akane tries to leave as quickly as possible but is questioned by Ranma who wants to know what's going on. Akane reveals to Ranma that Dr. Tofu loves her sister, Kasumi.

   Ranma finds Akane smiling Ranma comments on Akane smiling at herself in the mirror.

   When Kasumi appears and at the clinic, Dr. Tofu goes into his usual odd state around her. Akane soon decides she's had enough and abruptly leaves to go back to the Dojo. Some time passes and Akane breaks concrete blocks to distract herself from Dr. Tofu and Kasumi. Ranma, however, tries to cheer her up and the pair end up sparring with each other.

   During the fight, Ranma tells Akane she's cute when she smiles which throws her off completely and Ranma touches her forehead, declaring himself the winner. That evening Akane thinks about what Ranma said and so looks at herself smiling in a mirror. This doesn't last long as Ranma soon appears outside her window asking if she always smiles at herself, which angers Akane and so she causes Ranma's neck to get stuck at a right angle again (it had previously been stuck by Dr. Tofu and accidentally fixed by Akane later on).

   Ryoga Hibiki Intro Involuntary, Akane is made to have Ranma (in his female form) try her clothes while all his are being washed. Eventually Ranma seems to have an outfit which fits, although Ranma says that chest is too tight and the hips are too big and is quickly attacked by Akane.

   One week later, Akane meets Ryoga Hibiki for the first time where she observes Ranma explaining about his history with Ryoga. After Ryoga challenges Ranma to fight, that evening she helps Ranma remember about a feud over some bread the two had during middle School. When the time of the fight arrives, Akane watches the pair fight but is still in support of Ranma when she reveals that Ryoga's umbrella is extremely heavy so must be ridiculously strong.

   As the fight goes on, Ranma turns into his female form out of sight to the other students. When Akane learns of this she tries to get some hot water for Ranma, but trips and is about to get hit by Ryoga's bandanas and umbrella until Ranma steps in manages to stop both. Ranma then takes Akane away from the fight and the pair end up having an awkward moment of silence, until being interrupted by Ryoga.

   Akane with cut hair - manga Akane shortly after having her hair cut by Ryoga.

   A bit later into the fight, Akane begins to argue with Ranma. When Ranma tries to talk to her, he has to kick Ryoga's arm, unfortunately, this causes it so spin uncontrollably and ultimately cuts Akane's hair when she turns to shout at Ranma. This obviously upsets Akane for the reasons why she grew it long, so leaves Ryoga and Ranma by slapping them both hard on the face.

   Back at the Tendo Dojo, Akane thinks back to why she grew her and hair and early crush on Dr. Tofu (Ranma tries to cheer her up, but to no avail). She then has Kasumi (who's shocked at Akane's new look) clean up her hair. Akane leaves to get her ankle looked at by Dr. Tofu, and ends up being escorted there by Ranma after he learns of this. Once there, Dr. Tofu quickly fixes Akane's ankle. Suddenly, Akane starts crying on Dr. Tofu's chest and says that she can't stop.

   Some time passes and Akane is walking back to the Dojo with Ranma silently. The pair begin talking again (during this time Akane reveals she's gotten over her crush on Dr. Tofu), resulting in Akane thanking Ranma for him saying he thinks her new hairstyle is cute. Of course with Ranma off guard, Akane uses the opportunity to jokingly poke his forehead and make him fall into the storm drain.

   Akane finds a piglet Akane finds the piglet in her bedroom.

   On a stormy night, Akane is awoken by Kasumi who believes she can hear a burglar. The pair head downstairs where they see a shadowed Ryoga who they believe to be the burglar. Akane eventually returns to her room, where she discovers a small black piglet (which is actually Ryoga's cursed form) and decides to make it her pet. After Ranma returns with a neighbours dog, Bess, she notices Ranma is about to take a bath and asks her to take the piglet as well since it's freezing from being in the rain. Ranma reluctantly agrees (while there Ranma learns that piglet is actually Ryoga).

   Akane hears a lot of noise and when she looks to see what's going on, she sees Ranma chasing after her piglet. This causes Akane to protect her piglet from Ranma and kisses it so it won't cry anymore. She then proceeds take the piglet to bed with her. However, Akane doesn't get a very peaceful sleep as she is awoken by Ranma (who was pushed into Akane by the still-in-pig-form Ryoga) so, in anger, she throws Ranma out of the window. Next morning Akane wonders about how her family can have such varying opinions on this event.

   Advertisement Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Some days later, Akane is asked by the members of the Furinkan High Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics team to take their place in the upcoming match and avenge the defeat they were handed at the hands of Kodachi Kuno. Despite being sceptical at first, Akane agrees and begins to train for the match. During the training Akane also reveals she's named her piglet "P-chan", being short for "pig cute".

   Unfortunately, Akane is hopeless at Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics, so Ryoga decides to turn back into his human form in order to help train her. Late into the evening, Ryoga decides to call it a night and so Akane decides to go to bed. Akane doesn't get chance to get some sleep however, as Kodachi was hiding in her room waiting for a chance to attack her.

   Akane's room after petal storm Akane's room after Kodachi leaves.

   A fight soon ensues between the pair, where Kodachi introduces herself to Akane. This doesn't last long, as Ranma (while chasing P-chan) slams Kodachi between the door and wall. Akane then takes the upper hand and so Kodachi quickly makes her exit, leaving Akane's room in a complete mess in the process.

   A few minutes later, Akane tries to get some sleep, but can't due to Kodachi trying to have her way with Ranma over her portion of the roof. So to get some peace, Akane goes up to the roof and deals with the situation. Once Kodachi has finally left, she leaves the paralysed Ranma atop the cold roof all night.

   The next day Akane is attacked by Kodachi again. Luckily, Kodachi gets distracted by Ranma's presence and begins to chase after him. After Kuno has allowed Kodachi to go steady with Ranma, Kodachi suggests they wager Ranma in the match. At first Akane couldn't careless, but after some more provoking by Kodachi she agrees.

   Akane slips Akane slips on the ball, twisting her ankle and unable to compete against Kodachi.

   The night before the match soon arrives and Akane continues to train for it. Unfortunately, while practising with Ranma she slips on a ball and so twists her ankle and is unable to compete. Ryoga then does some emergency training with Ranma's female form being the substitute for Akane.

   After finding Ranma and Ryoga having been fighting each other all night, Akane worries if Ranma will be ready for the fight in her state. When they arrive at St. Hebereke's School for Girls, Akane helps Ranma avoid Kodachi's traps to make her unable to fight until the time of the match arrives.

   When the match does finally begin, Akane watches as Ranma desperately tries to get Kodachi out of the ring. Akane also gives Ranma items like batons etc for her to use in the fight as well as giving general support. Most prominently, Akane produces a hosepipe which she uses to turn Ranma back into her female form before anyone notices. Once Kodachi is defeated, Akane watches as she sobs for losing her passion for Ranma and subsequent new passion for him (causing Ranma to collapse out of shock).

   Martial Arts Figure Skating Some days later, Akane goes to the local Skating Rink with her friends, Yuka and Sayuri. She also brings P-chan with her, but loses him when she forgets about him when Yuka and Sayuri call her over to take a break.

   Akane enters restaurant Akane finds Ranma and explains about her losing P-chan.

   Realising that she's lost P-chan, Akane goes into a panic and finds Ranma in a restaurant. After explaining the situation, Ranma points out that a girl is carrying P-chan has just walked in while she was talking. Akane questions the girl, who claims that P-chan is her "Charlotte", and eventually learns that the girl is Azusa Shiratori and along with her Skating partner, Mikado Sanzenin, form the "Golden Pair of Kolhotz High School".

   This meeting with the Golden Pair results in Akane and Ranma agreeing to have a Skating match over the ownership of P-chan/Charlotte. After leaving the restaurant and returning to the Tendo Dojo, Akane is asked by Ryoga if he can be her skating partner instead of Ranma. Ranma and Ryoga decide to have a one-to-one skate off, but neither is able to stand on the ice, let alone skate.

   Some time passes and Ranma turns into his female form so as not to be as embarrassed with his lack of skating skills. Thinks seem to be going okay, until Azusa arrives and knocks Akane to the floor and sends Ranma shouting across the rink. After Ranma is caught by Mikado, Akane and Ranma watch as the Golden Pair defeat 100 foes dressed in Hokey Gear in 9 seconds flat.

   Ranma breaks Rink Akane watches as Ranma fights Mikado.

   P-chan suddenly reappears and is being chased by a group of females. Akane tries to get him, but is ultimately cut off at the last second by Azusa, who then places a collar on P-chan which won't come off unless Akane wins the match. Ranma, meanwhile, has gone shouting across the skating rink again but is caught by Mikado who then kisses Ranma as Akane and Azusa look on. Akane watches as an angered male Ranma (who'd fled in tears before changing form in the male bathing room) fight against Mikado, which results in a draw as Mikado is unconscious and Ranma is severely injured by the end of the fight. The two return to the Tendo Dojo, where Kasumi and Nabiki learn of Ranma's kiss with Mikado.

   Ranma and Akane prevented kiss - Lips at a Loss Ranma and Akane about to kiss, until being disrupted by the rest of the Dojo residents.

   Ranma goes off the mope on his own, but Akane follows and treats his wounds. The two then have a conversation about what happened at the skating rink and the romantic tension between them builds. The two are about to kiss, until Soun, Genma, Kasumi and Nabiki appear and tell them to hurry up with it as they haven't got all day.

   The day of the match soon arrives and as Akane gets changed in the female changing room of Kolhotz High, she sneezes believing that someone must be talking about her (this being as Ranma and Mikado are doing so in the male changing room). After a less than impressive entrance to the skating rink, Akane and Ranma begin to fight the Golden Pair. At first the pairs seem rather evenly matched, however, after numerous attempts from Mikado to kiss Akane, Ranma finally tells Mikado that he lays a lip on his fiancé he'll kill him.

   This comment sends Akane aback and after some more threats between Ranma and Mikado the two pairs return to fighting each other. Shortly into this bout, Mikado and Azusa manage to perform the "Good-Bye Whirl" on Ranma and Akane, which is meant to split the pair up, but instead results in Ranma getting rather badly hurt when he hits a wall to protect Akane. Ranma is still able to fight, but, due to the intervention of Ryoga, Ranma is turned into his female form causing the audience to assume this pair (of the now female Ranma and Ryoga) is a substitute. Because of this Akane is left watching the fight from the sidelines.

   Shampoo manga intro - v2 Akane is confused by the sudden appearance of the Chinese girl.

   Akane watches the fight unfold, with Ryoga becoming more and more violent. After the Golden Pair has been declared defeated, Ryoga continues to fight Ranma. This causes Akane to decide to intervene and she desperately climbs across several ice flows in order to reach the pair. Unfortunately, Akane falls into the water and when Ranma and Ryoga realise she can't swim they jump in after her. Despite Ryoga turning into P-chan he still desperately tries to save Akane, but both get saved by Ranma.

   Now unconscious, Akane is taken to another room to recover. When she awakens, Ranma throws the soaked P-chan at Akane and explains the events that occurred while she was unconscious. Just as Ranma decides that the match between him and Ryoga was a draw, the wall behind her bulges and a girl wearing Chinese clothing appears declaring that she's going to kill Ranma. Akane looks on confused at this situation as Ranma panics.

   Advertisement Shampoo Intro Ranma manages to hide in a locker, so Akane lies to the girl (identified as Shampoo) goes on a wild-goose-chase for Ranma. Confused about what's going on, Akane asks for an explanation from Ranma. Ranma tells Akane about, when he was in China, he beat Shampoo, but as he was a girl at the time, Shampoo had to follow the rules of her tribe (the Joketsuzoku) so gave Ranma the Kiss of Death, thus devoting herself to hunting Ranma down and killing her.

   Shampoo love Ranma kiss Shampoo kisses Ranma, much to Akane's confusion and anger.

   When they return, Ranma is horrified to find Shampoo followed Genma back to the Dojo. After Shampoo demands Akane tell her where Ranma is, Ranma accidentally knocks Shampoo out. This causes more panic in Ranma as now he thinks Shampoo will be after both of his forms. However, when Shampoo awakes she suddenly declares she loves Ranma and kisses him, leaving Akane angered and confused.

   The two girls start a fierce hatred of the other over who Ranma will love. Eventually Akane tells Ranma as far as she's concerned their engagement never happened and she leaves. After doing so, Akane goes to the Dojo's garden and (once she's broken the training dummy in a way of venting her frustration) thinks back to what Ranma said when they faced Mikado. She then finds Ranma trying unsuccessfully trying to change Shampoo's mind. After listening to Nabiki's translation of what Shampoo's saying (as Shampoo is speaking Chinese), Akane is prepared to hit Ranma only for Genma to get there first.

   That evening, Akane finds Ranma (now in his female form), who asks her if she's jealous. Akane gives Ranma a smile, saying that she's not jealous and slaps Ranma while telling her to go and get to know Shampoo better. Akane then heads to her room to lift some dumbbells while Ranma is chased around the Dojo by Shampoo.

   Next morning, Akane is reluctantly forced to wake up Ranma so he won't be late for School. However, when Akane goes into his room she is horrified to see Shampoo sleeping on Ranma's chest. So to break up this scene, Akane throws some cold water onto the pair leading to Shampoo yet again chasing after Ranma in order to kill her.

   Akane kiss of Death Shampoo gives Akane the Kiss of Death.

   When the two eventually get to Furinkan High, Shampoo comes and visits Ranma in order to give him lunch. Shampoo reveals that the lunch is actually P-chan who she found while she was out. Horrified, Akane grabs P-chan off the platter, but Shampoo takes it back and tries to feed P-chan to Ranma. Luckily, P-chan comes round so Akane defensively takes him back again. Having had enough of Akane's interfering, Shampoo gives Akane the Kiss of Death as well. Accepting the challenge, Akane (after she's out Ranma from the classroom) goes with Shampoo to the sports fields.

   As Ranma tries to get back to the classroom, Akane faces Shampoo. Despite her initial confidence, Shampoo uses the Xi Fa Xiang Gao (washing Akane's hair with special shampoo while touching specific points on the scalp) in order to erase Akane's memories of Ranma. When Ranma finally manages to catch up Akane, she is told by the other students that he's her fiancé much to her shock. Ranma takes P-chan from Akane to ask him something, which Akane protests against, but is unable to hit Ranma in time.

   With help from Genma (who witnessed the fight) and Dr. Tofu, they are able to figure out just what Shampoo did. Dr. Tofu also explains there is a way to return Akane's memory, so Ranma takes Akane to try and find Shampoo (who happened to arrive at the Clinic moments later they leave).

   Shampoo learns that Akane remembers Shampoo prepares to kill Akane after her memories return.

   Akane returns to the Dojo, where Nabiki and Kasumi have learned of her memory lose. Shampoo soon arrives at the Dojo as well. Suddenly, when Shampoo hugs Ranma, Akane hits Ranma on the head. Nabiki and Kasumi decide this must be a built in reflex of Akane's, so she must remember Ranma somewhere deep down. To secure her plan works, Shampoo tries using the Xi Fa Xiang Gao on Akane again, but is stopped by Ranma grabbing her wrist. Ranma takes the shampoo from Shampoo and tries to restore Akane's memory, only to be told by Dr. Tofu he needs Formula #911, not the Formula #411 which Ranma just took. Once Dr. Tofu rips up the instructions for Formula #911, Ranma decides to go to China in order to get the shampoo himself. This odd behaviour causes Akane to wonder why this boy if going through all this trouble.

   Later that evening, Akane finds Ranma being beaten up by Soun and Genma (in an attempt to nearly kill Ranma so he can get the shampoo). Soon after her intervention, Ranma begins to insult Akane, this causes a reaction in Akane that (after Ranma throws some more insults) restores her memory of Ranma. Soon afterwards, Shampoo walks in a realises Akane's memories have returned and she prepares to kill Akane again. Ranma, however, steps in and reveals his curse to Shampoo, but lies by telling her the male form is his cursed form and not the other way around. Distraught by this news, Shampoo leaves crying as Ranma and Akane stand in silence.

   Neko-Ken Some days afterwards, Akane is having a Gym class at School, while being watched through a small window by the shy Hikaru Gosunkugi. As Ranma talks to Gosunkugi he begins to insult Akane, she seems to hear this and hits him for it. Later that day, Ranma is heard giving out a loud, terrified, scream so Akane and some other students go to investigate. However, when they arrive all they find is a petrified Ranma lying on the ground. This scene makes Akane wonder what could've caused this.

   Ranma and Genma fight - Weak Spot - Found! Akane questions Ranma about what scared him so much.

   Still curious about what happened, Akane goes to see Ranma while he's training with Genma to ask what terrified him. Genma nearly reveals what Ranma's weakness is, but is stopped by Ranma. Slightly annoyed by this, Akane prepares to leave, but Ranma shows the reason why he won't say and punches a hole in the floorboards of the training hall, exposing Gosunkugi hiding underneath. After she leaves the training hall, Akane finds Nabiki and Kasumi searching for Hanachiyo who's the cat of one of Kasumi's friends.

   As they search, Ranma is heard screaming again, so everyone rushes to see what's going on. When they arrive the group see Hanachiyo sat on Ranma. It is then revealed that Ranma developed ailurophobia when Genma tried to teach him a fake technique "The Cat-fist". Later, Akane tells Ranma she thinks it's cute to have a little weak spot. Akane also hears a cat yowling outside, which, unbeknownst to her is Gosunkugi being attacked by Hanachiyo.

   The next day, Ranma receives a letter saying that Akane's been kidnapped and he's to come to the gym in order to save her. Akane, however, hasn't been kidnapped so the pair go to see what's going on. When they arrive the two are met with the sight of Gosunkugi dressed as Akane (which obviously infuriates her). The pair go up to the stage, but this is actually an elaborate trap by Gosunkugi who opens the trapdoor to cause Ranma and Akane to fall into the basement beneath the stage, which he's filled with cats!

   All of the cats surrounding him soon becomes too much Ranma, who is reduced to hysterics. Akane tries to get out, but actually opens a door which happens to have a Tiger behind. With all of the other cats piled on top of him in terror from the Tiger, Ranma's fear eventually reaches it's peak and he begins to act like a cat.

   Ranma-nyah kisses Akane Ranma, still in his cat mindset, kisses Akane.

   With his mind now complete immersed, Ranma quickly deals with the cats as well as the Tiger and begins to run rampant around the School grounds. Genma is unable to stop Ranma, so Akane decides to shot and arrow carrying a large bag of catnip in Ranma's direction. Ranma falls for it and ends up rolling around in the catnip. He then launches himself at Akane, only to sit on her lap. While sat there, Ranma puts his head up and kisses Akane, much to the shock of her and the other students. Embarrassed by such a public display, Akane punches Ranma skyward (where he fortunately lands in the swimming pool).

   Akane finds Ranma with Shampoo Akane finds Ranma in the bath with Shampoo.

   Akane decides to go and see Dr. Tofu, but just sighs continuously from the point she enters his treatment room. Eventually, Dr. Tofu asks her if there's something bothering her, but Akane decides she can just beat up Ranma so goes towards the door. As she is about to leave, Ranma appears (having learned of the events while in his cat state) and the two just stand silently until Dr. Tofu leaves to get a delivery. Ranma apologises for kissing Akane, as he would've kissed anybody in that state. This comment angers Akane so the pair begin arguing. Akane ends up pouring cold water over Ranma before sending Ranma flying through the Clinic roof. Akane returns to the Dojo, still thinking about what Ranma said, and heads to the bathroom. However, when she gets there, Akane is met with the sight of Ranma being held by a recently returned Shampoo.

   Advertisement Full Body Cat's Tongue The next day, Ranma confronts Akane about the incident with Shampoo. At first Akane seems to have no qualms about it, but soon shows her true feelings when she throws cold water over Ranma and kicking her into the air. Later on when Shampoo returns with some noodles from her new restaurant, Akane is told by Nabiki to try some, but she refuses. Akane continues to sit and look out at the garden while Ranma talks with Shampoo and her Great-Grandmother about Ranma's engagement to Shampoo. Despite not seeming to be listening, Akane does perk some interest when Ranma notes that he has no intentions in marrying Shampoo.

   Mousse arrives Akane watches with Ranma and Shampoo as Mousse arrives to challenge Ranma.

   At school the following day Akane hears Shampoo and subsequently sees her chasing him on her bike. Akane then watches as Mousse arrives and is even hugged by him when he mistakes her for Shampoo. Mousse's agenda is soon revealed as he wants Shampoo with him instead of Ranma, but when he's told by Shampoo's Great-Grandmother that he can't have Shampoo, Mousse settles for taking Akane away from Ranma (much to Akane's distaste). That evening Akane talks to Kasumi about the events with Mousse when they hear Ranma screaming. The go to investigate and learn from Shampoo's Great-Grandmother that she's hit a pressure point on Ranma's body which now makes even lukewarm water will feel scolding to him. Akane ends up asking Ranma what he intends to do with his "pledge as a man" to Mousse earlier if he can't turn back into his male form, leaving Ranma in a stunned silence.

   Before the fight with Mousse, Akane observes Ranma making a disguise so nobody will know that Ranma's in his female form. Akane initially doesn't think this "plan" will work, but Ranma's disguise and subsequent faux magic show seems to be enough to convince the spectators that Ranma is disguised as a woman rather than actually being one. Akane watches as the fight processes and only intervenes when Ranma's outfit is cut to ribbons by Mousse's hidden weapons as she quickly places a new pair of trousers over Ranma's torso, much to the disappointment of the perverted male spectators.

   After Dr. Tofu uses the Tokyo Grandpa Point on Ranma so he'll be immune to the to Full-Body Cat's Tongue, Akane prepares a boiled kettle and throws the water over Ranma, giving him the edge to defeat Mousse. As the rain turns Ranma back into his female form (thus rendering the one-time-only Tokyo Grandpa Point inoperable), Mousse grabs Akane's waist and calls Shampoo's name, this causes Akane to hit Mousse and inform him she's not Shampoo.

   Shampoo reveals about the pill Akane and Ranma learn about the Phoenix Pill.

   As Ranma has no over choice, she begins attending school in her cursed form resulting in students asking Akane when Ranma will be "back to normal". After about a week of this, Shampoo comes to the school and explains about the Phoenix Pill, an item which is able to undo the Full Body Cat's Tongue. At first Akane is suspicious of this too-good-to-be-true news, but Shampoo quickly diffuses the suspicious by suggesting that Akane is a "pervert girl" for seemingly not wanting Ranma to return to being male. Ranma spends the next week working at the Cat Café by which point Akane goes in to suggest to Ranma that she just give up, but Ranma disagrees with Akane. Just then Akane, Ranma and Shampoo go out the back of the restaurant where they observe Shampoo's Great-Grandmother perform the "Kachū Tenshin Amaguriken" technique which Ranma needs to master is she stands any chance of getting the Phoenix Pill. As Akane watches the demonstration, she notes how she couldn't even see Shampoo's Great-Grandmother's hands move. When Ranma accidentally stands in the fire and nearly sets herself a light, Akane suggests that Ranma doesn't start practicing today.

   Ranma goes to the Fair Ranma goes with Akane to the fair.

   When the Tendos decide to go to the fair, Akane watches as Ranma (who initially didn't want to come) ends up enjoying herself on the multitude of stalls. Akane comes across a fish catching game and decides to try it. However, due to her heavy-handedness, Akane doesn't manage to catch a single fish. Ranma then tries and catches ever fish with ease. When the store owner panics and adds that Ranma also has to catch a tank of Piranhas as well Akane protests at how unfair that is given the stall's advertisement not mentioning anything about it. Despite this Ranma manages to catch the Piranha as well, meaning Akane does get to keep all of the fish. Later that night when Ranma accidentally falls into a hot spring (which thanks to the Full-Body Cat's-Tongue feels even hotter), Akane throws the cold water from the Piranha tank over Ranma and notes how fortunate it was that they had it. Akane goes with the rest of the Tendo Dojo residents to a beach when the Cat Café relocates for the summer, so Ranma can still have a chance of getting the Phoenix Pill. After learning about the Melon Race and that the winner gets Shampoo and the Phoenix Pill, Akane enters to help Ranma as well as for the chance of facing Shampoo. Unfortunately for Akane her hopes are short lived as just as she's about to fight Shampoo, Ranma destroys both of their Melons meaning both are knocked out of the race. Ranma is then forced by Soun to choose between Akane and Shampoo, to which Ranma eventually walks towards Akane. After being reminded that they're both girls by Akane, Ranma notes that she did it only as a joke, this angers Akane who kicks Ranma into the air (coincidentally also towards the finishing line).

   Ranma goes to Akane - Kitten of the Sea Akane calls Ranma over to her, before Ranma can do anymore damage.

   While Ranma fights with Shampoo's Great-Grandmother, Akane watches with the other spectators. However, when a shark appears (by which time Ranma is in the ocean), Akane jumps into the water to save Ranma, but ends up being saved by Ranma herself since she never learned to swim. After being saved Akane continues to observe the fight as Ranma resorts to using the Nekoken to defeat Shampoo's Great-Grandmother. As Ranma recovers on Akane's lap, she receives the Phoenix Pill from Shampoo's Great-Grandmother in Ranma's place. Once Ranma's used the Phoenix Pill he ends up unconscious when Shampoo suddenly appears naked next to him in the bathtub. As Ranma recovers yet again, Akane breaks some Melons in half while stating that she refuses to accept any apologises from Ranma (which was something Ranma had been practicing in the bathtub earlier).

   Advertisement Breaking Point While out for a walk, Akane comes across Ranma and Ryoga fighting each other. She bids Ryoga hello, just before he's about to fall into a nearby fountain. This causes Ranma to grab Ryoga by the nose so his curse won't be revealed to Akane. Ranma, still holding Ryoga, starts talking to Akane about P-chan not being around recently as he talks to Akane, Ranma continuously nearly drops Ryoga into the fountain before catching him again. Eventually Akane kicks Ranma into the air and tells him to stop picking on Ryoga. As Akane unsuccessfully tries to unravel Ryoga's body she tells him not to challenge Ranma as he's gotten better thanks to Shampoo's Great-Grandmother. Ryoga sees the pity in Akane's eyes and can't take it, so scampers away while screaming that he won't have it.

   By the next day, Akane has travelled with Ranma and Genma to the forests of Japan so she can do the cooking while they train (although Akane is against the idea, Soun and Kasumi convince her to go as a sort of "bridal training").

   Horrible curry reaction Ranma and Genma learn of Akane's inability to cook.

   Towards the end of the day, Ranma and Genma decide to try some of the curry which Akane has made them. However, when they try it the pair only have one spoonful before resuming training. Wondering if there's something wrong with the food, Akane tries some herself and realises how horrible it tastes, she later decides that it must be because she accidentally used Vinegar instead of Wine. Akane then becomes angered with how the Saotomes ran out on her just because of the food, so she throws a medium-sized boulder into some woodland, but ends up hitting Ryoga with it. As way of apology, Akane gives Ryoga some of her curry. Ryoga in initially in tears of joy at being able to taste Akane's cooking, but soon starts following tears of pain at the horrible food. Not wanting to upset Akane, however, Ryoga lies and says her food is wonderful, cheering up Akane immensely. After an argument ensues between Akane and Ranma (who happened to see the whole scene with Ryoga trying Akane's food), Ryoga attempts to fight Ranma then-and-there, but is stopped when Shampoo's Great-Grandmother (who's training Ryoga) appears and quickly renders Ryoga unconscious. Akane decides to go with Ryoga as she feels a need to help him, as well as him liking her cooking.

   Akane watches Tenketsu training - manga Akane watches Ryoga training and what it would mean for Ranma should Ryoga master his new technique.

   Akane prepares some more food for Ryoga as he trains to try and master a new technique from Shampoo's Great-Grandmother. When she spots Ranma trying her food again and still finding it disgusting she starts to beat him up, but soon changes her attention when she sees the state of Ryoga. When Ranma begins to leave, Shampoo's Great-Grandmother asks him if he didn't come her to try and win his fiancé back, to which Ranma says he was just worried. Ranma and Akane then look at each other, until Ranma destroys the atmosphere by telling Akane not to poison Ryoga with her food as they have a fight coming up, causing Akane to angrily kick Ranma into the air. Just then Ryoga regains consciousness and declares his mind is only set on defeating Ranma. That night as Akane sleeps, Ryoga continues to train with Shampoo's Great-Grandmother. The day of the fight, and Akane is tied up to a nearby tree by Shampoo's Great-Grandmother (although greatly to Akane's protest). Shampoo's Great-Grandmother explains that she thought it would be more exciting if there was a "prize" for the fight. Akane watches the fight and is initially confused as to why Ryoga was taught the Bakusai Tenketsu since he takes more damage than Ranma, but soon realises that because of this technique Ryoga's body has become more resilient to kicks and punches. Once Shampoo's Great-Grandmother has cut down Akane from the tree in an attempt to make Ranma return to his fight, Akane continues to watch the fight from the sidelines with Genma.

   Fast Break - last panels After Ryoga leaves, Akane tells Ranma not to be mean to P-chan as he's just returned home.

   After Ranma uses his "Fast Break" technique against to Ryoga to basically run away from him, Akane discusses the "technique" with Genma and ends up shouting at him for it not really being a technique at all. Akane and Genma then head into the forest to watch the rest of the fight between Ranma and Ryoga, where Akane notices that Ranma has started to use his Kachū Tenshin Amaguriken to hit Ryoga in one spot in multiple times in order to increase the damage Ryoga feels. Akane continues to watch the fight until Ranma and the defeated Ryoga fall off the cliff edge.

   When Ranma and Akane return to the Tendo Dojo, Ranma asks P-chan if he was meant to be going somewhere (since Ryoga told Ranma to say goodbye to Akane for him). Akane tells Ranma she won't have him making P-chan feel unwelcome as he just came home.

   Martial Arts Tea Ceremony Akane sees Ranma - Way of Tea Akane sees Ranma unconscious and being taken away on a horse.

   While walking the streets of Furinkan, shortly after a rainstorm had finished, Akane sees a horse as it gallops past her. As the horse passes her, Akane notices that Ranma (in his female form) in unconscious on the back of the back of the horse. This prompts Akane to throw her umbrella at the rider, but they use a Tea ceremony spoon to not only cut Akane's umbrella in half, but also pin the hood of her raincoat to a nearby lamppost. When the horse, it's rider and Ranma disappear, Akane takes out the spoon from her raincoat and wonders the rider was. At this moment Shampoo arrives (in her cat form), meowing frantically as she chased after Ranma when she was initially kidnapped.

   By the next day Akane attempts to find Ranma by looking at a local temple for Tea ceremony, where sure enough she finds Ranma with his kidnapper, Sentaro Daimonji. Initially Sentaro is very grateful for Akane returning the spoon which he "carelessly dropped" so hugs Akane as way of thanks, but get's hit by both Ranma and Akane.

   Some time later Akane suggests her taking the place of Ranma in the Martial Arts Tea Ceremony which Ranma has been dragged into by Sentaro's Grandmother. However, after Sentaro and Ranma see how hopeless Akane is at Tea ceremony they agree to continue with Ranma being the one to partake in the match. Akane then watches Ranma's training, and is initially surprised by the speed which Sentaro can move despite being in the Seiza position, but her interest begins to wain as Ranma's training goes on into the wee hours.

   Once Ranma has mastered all the techniques Sentaro has taught her of Martial Arts Tea ceremony, Akane, Sentaro and Ranma head over to the building which'll host the match. On the way there they ask Sentaro about Miss Satsuki who Sentaro's been engaged to and is the reason for the whole Tea ceremony match. Sentaro describes her as beautiful as well as bright and very sociable, causing questions as to why Sentaro doesn't want to be engaged to her. This mystery is soon solved, as "Miss Satsuki" turns out to be a monkey.

   Sentaro wants to marry Akane Sentaro tells Akane that he'll fatally wound Ranma and Miss Satsuki so he can marry her instead.

   Initially Ranma refuses to fight a monkey, but soon ends up doing so after an unprovoked attack from the monkey. As the pair fight, Sentaro takes Akane outside where Akane asks him why he's engaged to a monkey. Sentaro quickly puts Akane's question to one side and reveals he now intends to marry Akane by fatally wounding Ranma and "Miss Satsuki", although Akane can't believe that Sentaro is being serious about this. Sentaro is then mowed down by Ranma and "Miss Satsuki", leaving Akane to continue watching the fight until Sentaro attempts to stab Ranma, resulting in Akane kicking Sentaro into the air given her complete demur to his ideology.

   Coincidentally, Akane's kicked causes Sentaro to meet the real Miss Satsuki, who'd sent her monkey Sanae instead going herself as she became shy at the last minute. Sentaro and Satsuki are happy to be engaged to each other, and set off on their honeymoon. However, they seemingly become lost and end up at the Tendo Dojo just as Ranma is reading the letter they sent him.

   Advertisement Martial Arts Takeout Through her father's greed, Akane is entered into the "Miss Martial Arts Takeout" Contest. The next day, Akane enters the race alongside Ranma (disguised in his female form) and Shampoo. Ranma and Shampoo soon begin a fierce competition with each other and knockout everyone else in the contest apart from Akane. After falling behind the pair, Akane eventually finds Shampoo in her cat form attached to Ranma's face and terrifying her. Akane quickly takes Shampoo off Ranma and throws her away.

   Akane slaps Ranma - Eyes on the Prize After getting rid of Shampoo, Akane slaps Ranma to bring her back round.

   After slapping Ranma a few times to bring her back round, Ranma remembers about her Ramen and rushes off to retrieve it, with Akane following in hot pursuit on a Skateboard. Unfortunately, Akane, Ranma and Shampoo arrive at the designated location at the exact same time (which turns out to be the Kuno Estate), causing the race to go into overtime where the first to have Kuno eat their delivery will be declared the winner. Despite her best efforts, Akane is far outclasses by Ranma and Shampoo so struggles to get Kuno to eat her delivery. Shortly after the trio end up in the Kuno family's secret underground training facility, Shampoo manages to make Ranma eat the eel in Akane's delivery, disqualifying her. In a fit of rage, Akane takes a hosepipe and attempts to spray Shampoo with the cold water. However, Ranma (who doesn't want Shampoo to turn into a cat again) begins to protect Shampoo from the water, although Akane is too angry to understand why Ranma's doing this.

   Hosepipe explodes - I Won't Eat It! Akane is knocked unconscious when the hosepipe explodes.

   Ranma soon tires of Akane and stands on the hosepipe so they can try to talk to each other. Unfortunately, before the conversation comes to a conclusion, the hosepipe swells and explodes, knocking out Akane temporarily and disqualifying Shampoo from the contest as well. Akane later recovers and goes with Kuno to the bathroom, where they find Ranma in his male from with a now naked Shampoo clinging onto him. Akane then watches as Ranma tries to get to eat his now very watery delivery. Eventually a large water spout of water launches Ranma and Kuno into a pond, where Kuno decides to eat the delivery from his beautiful pigtailed girl.

   Happosai Intro Akane meets Happosai Akane meets Happosai for the first time.

   Whilst out walking the streets of Furinkan, Akane comes across a group of girls being groped by an old lecherous man. After Ranma arrives to stop the old lecher from groping Akane as well, the pair learn that the old lecher is called Happosai and is the master of Anything Goes Martial Arts and taught Soun and Genma several years ago. Akane later gets to observe the strength of Happosai back at the Tendo Dojo, where he throws Ranma through the roof of the Dojo and even manages to make Ranma throw his back out (although Ranma refuses to admit it).

   The next day, Happosai begins to cause a great deal of trouble for Ranma by asking him to wear a luxury bra for him and even goes to Furinkan High School where he stages the first of what will become regular panty raids. Akane manages to put a stop to Happosai's antics by grabbing him by the scruff of his shirt and after hearing what started the whole situation tells Ranma to just wear the bra as it's "no big deal". Ranma refuses, but does agree he'll wear it if he loses to Happosai in a fight.

   Akane watches the fight, but when Happosai begins to project his Battle Aura onto Ranma she begins to worry that Ranma will soon lose. When Happosai is about to finish Ranma off, Akane covers her eyes in dread, however, Happosai forfeits the fight so he can sneak off to the girls' Locker Room and spy on the girls as they get changed. Unfortunately for Happosai, however, the girls soon find him and begins to attack him whilst demanding he leave.

   Akane and Nabiki in swimsuits - Bathhouse Battle Akane and Nabiki fool Happosai's perverted tactics by wearing swimsuits.

   A few days later and the bathtub at the Tendo Dojo springs a leak, meaning that everyone will have to use the local Sentō for now. Akane goes with Nabiki and is horrified to learn that Ranma and Happosai are there as well. Akane asks Nabiki why they couldn't come later, but Nabiki simply notes that that wouldn't be as fun. Akane and Nabiki then look on as Ranma continues to struggle with Happosai. Eventually, the pair decide to intervene, but only when they've gotten some swimsuits on so as not to fuel Happosai's perverted tendencies. Once Happosai's been sent back to male side of the bath, Akane and Nabiki look on as Ranma yet again has to try to stop Happosai from sneaking over to the female side. Akane decides to help Ranma by falsely shouting she's going to take her swimsuit off, causing Happosai to blow his cover and giving Ranma the chance to hit him. Happosai does eventually manage to get over to the female side again, but is shocked when, other than Nabiki and Akane, there are only old woman left. He then spots a young girl and rushes towards her, but soon suffers when it turns out to be Ranma's female form who finally manages to stop Happosai by punching him into the ground.

   Happosai beaten by sleeping Akane - Moonlight Serenade Ranma and Ryoga look on as Happosai is beaten up by the sleeping Akane.

   Some days later, Akane receives a letter from Ryoga. She then goes up to her room, where she finds P-chan fighting Happosai. After learning that P-chan sleeps with Akane, Happosai becomes determined to do the same and disguises himself as P-chan to try and fool Akane. After multiple attempts from Ranma to try and stop the old lecher, Akane is eventually rendered unconscious by Happosai when he hits her Shiatsu sleep-point. Happosai then carries Akane over several rooftops and is soon attacked by both Ranma and Ryoga, but both are easily defeated by the old lecher. With all the obstacles dealt with, Happosai prepares to go to sleep next to Akane, but soon suffers the consequences when Akane begins to violently toss and turn in her sleep and hit Happosai continuously (although Ryoga notes that this is a lot calmer than usual).

   Akane's flashback - Scent of a Woman Akane helps Ranma by sowing the Woman Repellent into Happosai's clothes.

   When Ranma invokes Happosai's wrath, who in turn makes life a living hell for everyone at the Dojo, everyone agrees that Ranma be outcast from the Dojo until further notice. Akane goes to see Ranma and together the pair devise a plan to get the ultimate revenge on Happosai. The next morning, Akane begins to plan by sowing a packet of "Woman Repellant" into Happosai's clothes (disguise as a cute animal which Akane stitches in), which will produce a horrible smell only noticeable to women when heated by the human body.

   After Ranma gets turned into his female form and begins to suffer the effects of the repellent herself, Akane arrives in a gas mask and helps Ranma overcome the smell and get rid of Happosai long enough for him to turn back into his male form. Akane then looks on as Soun protects them from Happosai's Battle Aura (only because he wasn't fast enough to get out of the way himself), whilst Genma projects his own aura against Happosai's and both use up all their energy doing so. She later watches the news report of the incident with Happosai and the other younger Dojo residents.

   Advertisement Dojo Destroyer Akane notices missing Dojo sign Akane notices that the Dojo sign has disappeared.

   After returning from one of her usual early morning jogs, Akane is shocked to see that the sign for the Dojo has disappeared. She immediately goes to find out what's going on and learns from her father that the sign was stolen by the Dojo Destroyer (who Soun and Genma had made up at this point) and in order to retrieve it her and Ranma will need to defeat him together. Despite being convinced that she can defeat the Destroyer herself, Akane soon agrees to Soun's request when he begins projecting his Battle Aura on them. Later that day during P.E., Soun rushes in and declares the Dojo Destroyer has taken their sign. Shampoo then arrives and demonstrates the Instant Nannīchuan Powder which she recently purchased. Unsurprisingly, Ranma and Genma go in frenzy about getting rid of their curses, but Akane can see through Shampoo's guise and makes her reveal the catch in order for her to give the powder to Ranma. Shampoo simply tells Ranma that to get the powder he'll have to date her on Saturday, the same day the Dojo Destroyer will return for his rematch. Once Shampoo leaves, Ranma arrogantly reassures Akane that her brute strength should be enough to defeat the Destroyer. Angered by this comment, Akane throws Ranma through the Gym's roof and decides she'll beat the Destroyer on her own.

   Akane punches Destroyer Akane accidentally ends up punching the Destroyer just before the hour needed for her hand to recover is over.

   Next Saturday, Akane sees Soun trying to convince Ranma to give up on his date with Shampoo and help instead. Akane tells Ranma not to bother coming as she'll defeat the Destroyer with her left arm alone and subsequently destroys the wall Ranma was stood on. Unfortunately, this servilely damages Akane's left hand, forcing her to go to Dr. Tofu's Clinic in order to have it looked at. Dr. Tofu bandages Akane's hand and instructs her not to hit anything with it for the next hour. When the hour is nearly over, Akane sees Ranma cycle past whilst on his date with Shampoo. Akane reiterates to herself that she'll defeat the Destroyer herself and punches the air with her left hand. However, just as Akane does this an extremely large man appears, causing Akane to punch him instead and damage her hand again. Ranma then comes back to see what's wrong, but Akane just sends him and Shampoo flying in a fit of rage. Nevertheless, Akane decides to still face the Destroyer herself. Akane initially puts up a good offensive against the Destroyer, but can't break through his multitude of Dojo signs, and her injured hand isn't making things easier. She then proceeds to break through anything the Destroyer puts in her way, this plan soon falls through, however, when the Destroyer puts up the Tendo's sign. The Destroyer then seizes his chance to pin Akane to the wall with multiple Dojo signs in an attempt to finish her off. Luckily Ranma arrives at the last moment and blocks the attack, she then decides to finish off the fight for Akane, but Shampoo places several Instant Nannīchuan Powder packets over the Destroyer and explains that the fake packets will explode on contact.

   Ranma blocks Destroyer attack Ranma blocks the Destroyers attack.

   Akane watches the fight with Kasumi and Soun from the sidelines. After the Destroyer is taken down by Ranma, Shampoo tells him she'll hand over the Instant Nannīchuan Powder... for one more kiss. This information leaves Akane in a state of shock and asks Ranma if he really kissed Shampoo. After trying to figure out who-kissed-whom, Ranma shows Akane he wouldn't toy with a girl's emotions and rips up the last Instant Nannīchuan Powder packet which he took from Shampoo. Immediately Akane begins apologising to Ranma for not believing her and asks him if there's she can do to make it up. Ranma quickly gives Akane a list of things she can do, fortunately the Destroyer steps in and reveals that Ranma was hiding the real packet of Instant Nannīchuan in his hair. This prompts Akane to calmly tell Ranma she was going to thank him, but she continues by violently slapping him for lying.

   Later that day Akane watches as Ranma and Genma use the powder to final rid themselves of their curse, until it starts raining and they turn back into their cursed forms yet again.

   Romeo and Juliet Whilst cleaning up the classroom, Akane is asked by The Drama Club's Director and Assistant to play the lead in Romeo & Juliet. Initially believing the pair to want her to play Romeo, Akane outright refuses to take part and offers Ranma (in his female form) take her place. However, when Akane learns that they're asking her to play Juliet, Akane does a complete 3-60 and agrees to be in the play. Unfortunately before Akane realises it Kuno, Gosunkugi and Happosai all begin fighting over who will get to play the role of Romeo.

   Akane remembers Elementary School Akane thinks to the last time she was in Romeo & Juliet.

   That evening, Akane begins remembering to when she was cast as Romeo. She proudly declares that she'll finally get to put on a pretty dress and play the role of the most beautiful girl in... At that moment Ranma taunts Akane by declaring "Oh, Romeo!" to her, prompting Akane to send Ranma flying. The next day at rehearsals, Akane prepares for her role while Ranma hears that if the play wins there's a prize to see China. Inevitably Ranma's interest in the play increases ten-fold and decides to try for the part of Romeo too. Akane doesn't share Ranma's enthusiasm, however, and tells him he's turning the play into a massacre by challenging the other would-be Romeos to see who's the last one standing on the stage. She then runs off crying, only to find out later on that Ranma has no idea who Romeo is. The day of the play soon arrives, but Akane can't find Ranma anywhere. She decides to go to the changing room for Romeo, but can't him there either. Fortunately, Ranma arrives, having been encased in concrete and buried by Happosai earlier. After Ranma deals with the other Romeos attempts to get rid of him, Akane follows him outside and asks him if he can handle the play. Ranma reassures Akane that he can handle it and tells her to become Juliet just as he'll become Romeo. Curious, Akane asks Ranma if he knows what Romeo & Juliet are to each other, to which Ranma responds by asking if their father and daughter. This prompts Akane to hit Ranma with a large copy of the script and tell him to at least learn the story before the curtain opens.

   Start of Romeo & Juliet play - manga The play begins, with Happosai being the first Romeo to emerge.

   By the time of Furinkan High's performance, Akane is dressed and begins acting her role as the Romeos rush over to her. Once Ranma has dealt with the other Romeos they attempt to continue the play, but Ranma never learned his lines so the pair stare at each other in silence. Soun (dressed as a Kuroko) appears and "helps" Ranma with his lines before he and Genma attempt to force their children to kiss. However, Ranma refuses to kiss Akane, much to Akane's annoyance and the audience's anger. After Ranma leaves the stage, Akane has all but given up on the performance. Luckily Kasumi shouts out from the audience to give Akane some words of encouragement which give Akane the will to continue, but she still can't bring herself to kiss Kuno. Happosai quickly steps in and kidnaps Akane by tying her up in a fish net. As Happosai argues over the Director's description of him, Ranma (now in his female form) takes Akane backstage and ties her up so that she can deal with the Romeos. Once Happosai is dealt with, Ranma moves onto Kuno, however, through her accidentally consuming some alcohol, Ranma is quickly outmatched by Kuno causing Akane to step in while Ranma sobers up. Unfortunately Akane is no match for Kuno's superior swordsmanship and has to rely on Ranma to stop him. Ranma then continues by kissing Kuno (with tape over his mouth) so that she'll win the prize to see China. But by the time Ranma returns to his male form to finish the play, Akane has had enough of his antics and decides to slap him before stomping off stage.

   Ranma and Akane kiss - Kiss to the Victor Romeo and Juliet kiss (with Akane having secretly put tape over Ranma's mouth).

   Ranma and Akane begins arguing with each other over their actions, giving Gosunkugi a chance to use some Chloroform in order to render Akane unconscious and mount an unsuccessful kidnapping. This causes the Director to improvise and have Juliet suffer from poison, with only a kiss from Romeo being able to awake her. Ranma eventually to go through with the scene as the Guest Judge tells him if he kisses Akane then he'll be the winner. Despite this Ranma struggles to bring himself to kiss Akane. After trying to put off the kiss for as long as possible, Akane wakes up and quietly tells Ranma she'll help him. Seeing how cute Akane looks Ranma finally kisses Akane, but after their declared the winners Akane sticks out her tongue at Ranma who'd she had placed tape over his mouth like Ranma did to Kuno earlier.

   As they walk home, Akane playfully notes how she wishes she could've done the kiss without the tape, taking Ranma by complete surprise. When they arrive home, however, the pair learn that the prize to "see China" was to meet Mr. China, a foreign actor. This leaves Ranma devastated and after the party finishes, Nabiki suggests Akane kisses Ranma awake, but Akane thinks it's better just to let Ranma sleep.

   Advertisement Japanese Nannīchuan Ryoga panics - Hidden Spring Akane accepts her gift from Ryoga.

   Some time after this Happosai returns to preforming his usual panty raids. After one of these raids Akane and the other Furinkan students give pursuit through the streets of Furinkan until they finally loose sight of the old lecher and regroup to formulate a plan to final catch him. However, before any plan can be made, Akane notices that she's stood on Ryoga who's recently found his way back to Furinkan.

   A little while later Ryoga, who is now alone with Akane, tries to ask Akane if she'll go out with a date with him when he returns from his training journey, unfortunately, his nervousness gets the better of him and he can only give Akane a gift he bought her before she heads off home.

   By the next day, Akane reassures the other girls that they won't have to worry about Happosai peeping on them as she's set various traps to catch him. Instead of Happosai, however, the traps are set off by Ryoga and Ranma in their search for the Japanese Nannīchuan who narrowly avoid being caught themselves. The girls then proceeds to get changed when Ranma stumbles in disguised in his female form (setting off another trap in the process). Akane immediately sees through the disguise, but it isn't until after managing to cover Ranma with hot water do the other horrified students realise that it was Ranma.

   Akane defends locker room - Springs a Message Akane and the other female students prepare to defend the locker room from Ranma and Happosai.

   Once Ranma retreats, the girls return to getting changed when suddenly P-chan comes flying through the window. Hearing that her pet is here, Akane wastes no time is going to see him, but the sight of Akane in her underwear is too much for P-chan who gets a noise bleed before losing consciousness. At that moment, Ranma walks in and slaps P-chan repeatedly before he realises what he's done and gets beaten up by the female students.

   After she finishes changing Akane goes out to find Ranma, but finds Ryoga instead so tells him about (what she believes) was Ranma's attempts to peep on her and the other students. The pair then devise a plan where Ryoga will wait in the changing room whilst the girls hide in the lockers. Once Ranma falls for the trap, Akane is surprised to see that Ranma is seemingly in cahoots with Happosai to steal their panties.

   Angered, Akane and other students beat up the pair before preparing to defend the locker to the death. Despite their best efforts, however, Ranma manages to get past the barricade, whilst Happosai gets sent flying by Akane.

   Water Main burst - Springs a Message Akane is surprised to see the Japanese Nannīchuan (although it was just a burst water main).

   When Akane returns to the changing room she finds Ranma yet again disguised in his female form and seducing Ryoga. Seeing that there's nothing else she can do, Akane gives in to Ranma's seeming desire for female underwear and hands him a large pile of it, but as she runs away in tears, Ranma finally gets the chance to tell her about the Japanese Nannīchuan underneath the changing room. Akane, however, doesn't believe the story at all until Ryoga and Ranma are sent flying by an eruption of water after punching the floor (which turns out to just be the now-burst water main).

   That evening, Akane notices how downhearted P-chan is and asks him what's wrong, whilst Ranma looks on and comments that she's beginning to think that he (P-chan) likes things better this way.

   Akane vs Kodachi - Cookie Battle Appearance Akane is the shortest of the main characters, being shorter than Ranma Saotome in his male form, but a little taller than Ranma's height as his female form. She has short black hair (blue highlighted in the anime) and brown eyes. At the beginning of the series she had long hair, but after it was cut off during a fight between Ryoga Hibiki and Ranma, she kept it short for the rest of the series[2]. In the remake version, the color of her hair is now bluish-black and her eyes are light brown. In the beginning of the series, her hair ribbon is now dark pink instead of yellow.

   She usually wears the girls' uniform for Furinkan High School, but has a wide variety of outfits. For training or anticipated combat, Akane wears a light yellow gi and is barefoot. In the remake version, her school uniform dress is light blue instead of sky blue.

   Akane in her gi. Akane in her gi. Akane in the 2024 anime. Akane in the 2024 anime.

   Advertisement Personality Akane While Akane is generally shown as compassionate and helpful towards anyone in trouble, she's also a vulnerable, stubborn, relentless and very short-tempered girl. She frequently becomes angry and jealous, and is apt to hit Ranma when this happens, often a reaction to Ranma's own bad traits like his smart mouth and insensitivity, but also due to rampant paranoia and willingness to generally believe the worst of the situations she finds him in. Despite her temper, Akane has a more prominent gentle side. She has come to the aid of her rivals, even consistently feeling compassion towards or helping people who try to make her life miserable (or in the first case even kill her), like Shampoo, Happosai or Kuno. She has repeatedly expressed extreme disapproval in attacking or hurting anyone unable to defend him or herself, and refrained from striking Ranma when he was turned into a small child despite being insulted[citation needed]. She has also apologized for her behavior, once she has had time to cool down or learn the facts, and consistently risked her own life trying to help Ranma without a second thought, showing extreme courage in this regard given her own comparatively limited skills/increased danger. For example, she chose to use a magic paper doll to take the damage for Ranma rather than herself, when both were bitten by lethally poisonous snake-herbs/wines, effectively consciously trading her life for his, and entered the Orochi's mouth in an effort to save him from being eaten.

   Akane Tendo Ranma Saotome Most of her flaws can be attributed to insecurities about her own attractiveness, skill, or lack of traditionally feminine talents. Despite this, she seems to have an appeal to the opposite gender. Ryoga, Shinnosuke, Kuno and Gosunkugi have all been in love with her and she's considered attractive by her schoolmates, but given that she seems generally, but not consistently, oblivious to the first case and the others have largely been of a highly negative nature (constant assaults from Kuno and sports club members, general stalking from Gosunkugi) this has not served to build up her self-esteem. Her insecurity often leads her to overreact upon finding Ranma in compromising positions and to punt, repeatedly whack, stomp, or attack him with bokken, shinai, mallets, arrows, stones, tables or any other available blunt object. Ranma seldom seems injured in the following panels (whether due to differences in strength, or restraint on her part), but in the Reversal Jewel story, she punched him so hard into the horizon that he was in a full body cast. Although in the anime this was also due to sustaining a follow-up beating from Kuno and Ryoga. She's also seemed to be concious about her appearance and bust size to an noticable degree, which Ranma seems to not fully grasp and accidentally presses a button more sore than he's aware of.

   She's also once stated a remarkable double-standard in this regard as she was burning with outrage and vowed to never forgive him if he deigned to strike her even once during her relentless assault while wearing a 'battle dougi' that greatly enhanced her fighting power. During the 'Nabiki's fiancé' arc she got upset just from overhearing an affirmation that a dejected Ranma found this treatment very taxing (though she only clobbered him after he derisively insulted her as well), so while she's remorseful about specific instances, and has gradually strengthened her restraint as the series progresses, she doesn't stop the pattern as a whole.

   Akane has difficulty trying to sort out her feelings for Ranma. There are times when she is on the verge of telling him how she really feels, but this is almost always interrupted by comedic circumstances, and they return to their usual barbs and antics, but she is consistently worried when he is endangered and overjoyed when he turns up safe.

   Akane does have a need for being comforted when sad or scared, but they are both usually too uncomfortable to interact in this manner. Unlike most other main female characters, she's expressed great, traditionally 'feminine', fears of ghosts or reptiles and can be extremely frightened simply from a scary story, being in a casino, or imagining Kuno drugging girl Ranma.

   Despite not being as technically skilled as several other characters in martial arts, she takes pride in her legacy and position as the scion of her father's Tendo-Ryu, and never backs off from a fight or rejects a challenge.

   Akane seems to get along well with people who are technically her rivals, like Ukyo and Cologne. She tends to be naive in often wishing to believe the best of everyone even when repeatedly proven to the contrary, as with Nabiki or Shampoo. The two most notable exceptions are Ranma and Kuno. In the former case attributed to her own insecurities being fueled by regular insults and the very awkward and chaotic semi-relationship, and in the latter due to intense harassment.

   Ranma easily owes Akane his life several times over (though the opposite holds true as well). She is kind, helpful, self-sacrificing, forgiving and somewhat naive towards people in general, even technical enemies, being the only character in the series who can almost match Kasumi in her ordinary mood. She's also very appreciative if Ranma treats her with consideration, and is consistently worrying about, cheering him on, or going to extremes to assist him. When severely upset however, she undergoes a bipolar shift into a state of arrogant derogatory insults, unreasonable paranoia and self-righteous violence, on average treating Ranma worse than his arrogant and extremely insensitive behavior justifies, but she can just as swiftly switch back to being very kind again and make a shamefaced apology whenever she realizes a mistake. Kasumi’s initial assessment that "She's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac." has consistently held true, if usually only in Ranma's case. That said, Ranma has also been beaten up several times by his other paramours, Akane is simply around him more often. It is also more evident in the anime than in the manga.

   Despite being short-tempered and even occasionally speaking in a rude tone similar to Ranma, Akane seems to remain respectful towards her seniors, as she always refers to Kuno as "Upperclassman Kuno" and Happosai as "Grandfather Happosai", despite the former's constant attempts to date her and his annoying lack of awareness, and the latter's general and unabashed perverted antics. She even tends to refer to Genma as "Mr. Saotome", even while criticizing him for being lazy, a coward, or just a poor parent.

   Advertisement Abilities Anything Goes Martial Arts School Nikholo As one of the heirs of the Anything Goes Martial Arts School, Akane is in good fighting form, and has excellent physical strength and agility, although she doesn't know enough to use her style as efficiently as Ranma. She is also proficient in the use of several samurai weaponry, including bokken, shinai, bō, and yumi. Among other feats, she has managed to hold her own against Tatewaki Kuno in an official kendo match while disguised as a boy, deflected Mariko Konjo's "Airborne Cutter" 'razor-batons', and used a staff to block arrows fired at her by the Phoenix People. She seemingly possesses greater skill in armed than unarmed combat.

   While sometimes considered weak due to the much more incredible physical feats various other characters have performed, Akane is very clearly a strong and very gifted martial artist in her own right. During Nabiki's stint as Ranma's fiancée, she was able to instantly defeat nine of her school's strongest fighters. She has repeatedly successfully defended herself against ambushes from Kodachi Kuno, even stopping her attacks single handed or without significant effort.

   She fought, while previously injured, against the Dojo Destroyer and managed to stand her ground for an extended time, but was eventually overcome. She has held her own against Kiima, avoiding the latter's "Thousand Wings of a Seabird" signature attack, and immediately barraged her foe with several sharp bamboo projectiles, despite waking up disoriented and in Jusenkyo.

   Akane has also shown great agility when avoiding throngs of projectile attacks, for example from the Dojo Destroyer, Kodachi, Kiima and Mousse, and effortlessly maneuvered between the heads of the Eight Headed Orochi to seek out the moss growing on its main head.

   Her most prominent achievement in the anime continuity is likely in the OVA "The One To Carry On". Here Nabiki stated that Akane had begun to mostly use martial arts as a mere exercise. However, after being defeated by Natsume and Kurumi, she trains with Ryoga's help, and later gains an advantage in her 1-on-1 fight with the somewhat unwilling Kurumi, before it is interrupted by the more intense Natsume and she is forced on the defensive again. By collaborating with the timely returning Ranma, she manages to defeat the sisters by allowing Ranma to use a revision of the Hiryu Shoten Ha to nullify the Ring of Dragon Fire while simultaneously propelling her at them as a human projectile. With this surprise attack and her own strength, she knocks both sisters out.

   Screen Shot 2018-02-17 at 12.45 Akane has the potential to be a much more formidable martial artist than she presently is. While she has most likely received consistent, intense (by normal standards), training by her ever-present father, who would like her to become a very powerful martial artist, as he expresses great pride whenever she takes up martial arts challenges on her own- several other characters have seemingly trained more extensively, and she is currently only explicitly seen training alone and devotes a relatively small amount of time to it. While she does practice quite often, she does so only when not preoccupied with schoolwork, other leisure activities, or her healthy social life, and her shown training is rather formulaic and repetitive: breaking cinder blocks, jogging and basic katas against practice dummies. Ukyo, Ryoga, and possibly Pantyhose Taro, are apparently almost completely self-taught while wandering the country, but the former apparently used to be, and the second is currently shown as, extremely dedicated. Ranma has been on intense training journeys with his extraordinarily proficient father since he was at most 2 years old, implicitly spending much time away from more normal activities such as school work. Shampoo has been immersed in a warrior culture, while being tutored by the greatest martial arts teacher in the series since she was small. Mousse lacks that instruction, but is a fellow product of this environment, and has apparently managed to vastly exceed Shampoo in terms of defensive capabilities spite of this. Thus, Akane's displayed skills are quite remarkable given the circumstances.

   Like most other regular cast members Akane possesses considerable superhuman physical strength, enabling her to, even early in the series, shatter thick stone walls with one blow, or punt Ranma out of sight. Her regular level was shown as less than that of Shampoo during the "Super-Soba" story, and far less than that of Ranma in the same story, but she seems to occasionally undergo a great boost when enormously maddened, though given the oft-comedic nature of the series and the frequent bouts of slapstick violence, it is hard to say whether any given one of these moments should be taken seriously. During the two times he's angered her most, at the end of the "Reversal Jewel" story, and during the "Battle Dougi" arc (here without the dougi), she even managed to knock out, and in the first case seriously injure Ranma by single barehanded attacks, but partially by taking him unprepared. It is at very least possible she may have the potential to become at least as physically strong as Ranma or Ryoga, but it is unknown if she will ever achieve that potential.

   Beyond her fighting prowess, she is highly athletic, but - particularly early in the series - something of a klutz, which is most prominently displayed when she agrees to compete for Furinkan High in a Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics match. She practices and excels in regular aerobics, and appears to be the captain of her school’s volleyball team. She is also moderately adept at tennis and ice skating. Akane had trouble learning rhythmic gymnastics as preparation for a duel with Kodachi, but this may be more due to the complexity of the sport, the aforementioned clumsiness, and a possible lack of prior training in aerial combat rather than any real deficiency on her part. She developed a considerable amount of skill after a week of training, enough that she was able to use and juggle clubs proficiently, make graceful leaps, and use the ribbon like a whip, even though she began her training unable to catch the clubs, awkward in the air, and more likely to tangle herself in the ribbon than make it twirl.

   Another display of her athletic ability is in the anime episode Gimme That Pigtail: she completely cleared the long jump and landed flat on her feet at the opposite end, even though her attention was on other matters entirely and she wasn't focused on what she was doing at all.

   However, she has no aptitude whatsoever for swimming due to a number of factors, like erroneous preconceptions of the skill, ill-conceived alternate methods, outrageously unsuitable instructors, and a stated misconception that she was supposed to somehow breathe the water. The net result is that she sinks like a stone if she gets into the water, earning her the nickname "hammer-girl" (which may also be a reference to her potent musculature). In fact, her ineptitude goes beyond mere lack of practice -- she cannot even swim with the use of a rubber ring, and when she tried she in fact managed to land in the impossible position of being trapped upside down in it, with her head stuck underwater and her legs thrashing wildly in the air. Like Ryoga's issues with navigation, her lack of swimming skills almost seems more like a curse than a natural flaw in her skills.

   Outside of her considerable physical skills, Akane is quite inept with just about any traditionally female task. Her notoriously horrendous cooking skills seem to stem from ill perceived natural talent, throwing in whatever is available at the time or her ill conceived ideas of what would be good in a recipe, as well as a lack of patience and finesse. In addition to this, Akane has a displayed tendency to both refuse to follow instructions (verbal or written) as to what to include, and to try and bull her way through whatever is required -- during the Mother's Recipes story, she is shown one-handedly hacking at carrots with a cleaver as fast as she can, producing oddly-cut lumps of vegetable, and also so strongly that she carves and splinters the wooden cutting board she is using, resulting in an array of wood-chips also being put into the frying pan. Similarly, in the anime version of the Martial Arts Tea Ceremony story, she is shown mixing the tea with frantic stirs, splashing it everywhere, when she offers to help Sentaro face down his grandmother. So far the only thing she has been shown to make that at least does not cause stomach pain is curry, which in itself is a very difficult meal to ruin in the first place, and even then it took much of the series for her to learn to do so (in fact, her first revelation of her terrible cooking skills was when she ruined a batch of curry she was making for Ranma, Genma and herself). Her attempts at knitting result in creating clothing with extra arms, and her first aid skills are questionable as her attempts to put Taro's arm in a sling was not successful.

   While Akane is admittedly not injured as much as many of the other characters, most notably Ranma, Ryoga and Mousse, she seems to be less resilient against damage than them and to also have a slower rate of recovery. While angrily proving her strength to Ranma in the Dojo Destroyer arc, she destroys a wall but hurts her hand to the extent she is told to avoid using it by Dr. Tofu and then renders it all but useless with pain when she forgets this and strikes the Dojo Destroyer, and during the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics story she badly twists or sprains her ankle by misstep-ping on a discarded ball and is told that she will not be recovered in time to compete in the tournament the next day. By comparison, Ranma has taken far greater damage and recovered in incredible amounts of time: for example, in the Martial Arts Figure Skating arc, he takes an impact that Mikado declares must have cracked every bone in his body, only to be fighting at full fitness several minutes later. (Actually "just" shown to have several joints out of place, so she hardly healed multiple major fractures in minutes, but even so...) However, in the Pink and Link arc, he actually does break both legs due to combination of poisoning and absorbing a massive fall while carrying four girls, and it is stated that it will just take about a week for him to recover, so this is a decent gauge.

   Advertisement Relationships Ranma Saotome Unknown See also: Ranma-Akane Relationship As the youngest daughter of the Anything-Goes School of Martial Arts, and the closest in age to Ranma of the Tendo girls, she automatically gets picked to be his fiancee, which is much to her dislike because of her distrust of boys. When the two first meet, she offers Ranma (who was in his female form at the time) to be friends, to which he agrees. Just for fun, she suggests a sparring match to him, which Ranma easily wins, leaving Akane in shock, though she is relieved she hasn't lost to a boy. Of course, when she finds out that Ranma is in fact truly male, she is furious, realizing that a boy actually beat her instead of a girl and also because they unwillingly saw each other naked in the bathroom, thus she calls him a pervert. Before the two completely settle their differences, they are made to go to school together, where the news of their engagement is spread throughout the student body. Akane claims to "hate boys," largely due to unwanted "affection" from Tatewaki Kuno and his horde. However, when it comes to Ranma, this line seems blurred. Even from the beginning, she could be seen in fits of jealousy over Ranma and his other fiancées, risking her own well-being (sometimes even her life) to help/save Ranma, or simply displaying a contented, albeit surprised, emotion when she finds herself being held by Ranma.

   Due to their passionate natures and mutual desires to not appear "weak," Ranma and Akane suffer many misunderstandings and, thus, fight a lot. However, when they are not fighting, it can be noted that Ranma and Akane, though shy about it, can talk to each other about things they don't speak of with others (such as their true views on the various engagement arcs throughout the series) and that they value the other's opinion, whether it be in combat strategies or their personal appearances.

   Near the end of the manga, Akane and Ranma almost got married, but the ceremony is interrupted by Kuno, Ryoga, Moose, Ukyo and Shampoo. So the wedding was postponed, but is said they both will get married eventually very soon.

   Ryoga Hibiki 625b23b2413f4576fbca08857160c269 See also: Akane-Ryoga Relationship It is very unclear as to what extent Akane is aware of Ryoga's highly visible infatuation with her. He regularly brings her gifts from the widespread locations he visits during his travels. He becomes extremely flustered at even talking to her, outright affirming that he's overjoyed from even innocent "dates" between them. Even more significantly, he becomes furious and comes to her defense the very notion of anyone (especially Ranma) disrespecting or hurting her, and has helped to save her life on multiple occasions. Ryoga has also made a few embarrassed, and highly transparent, attempts to confess his love to her.

   Despite all the evidence, Akane seems almost completely oblivious to his affection. During Ukyo's prolonged introduction story, she witnessed Ryoga's very emotional reaction when Ranma made him think she was holding his hand, but drew no conclusions. She adamantly protested out of genuine confusion when Nabiki suggested that the latter was actively pursuing her, in the "Fishing-Rod of Love" arc, stating that he was simply a good friend. However, she has mentioned that she considers him as kind, pure and gentle, in the "Sakura-Mochi" arc, and as much more reliable than Ranma, in the "Tunnel of Lost Love" arc, where she also wanted him to hold her hand in order to comfort and protect her from the ghosts in the cave. Given the above she generally seems to view him as a younger brother.

   There have, however, been a few exceptions. Early in the manga, even Akane noticed his feelings when Shampoo's attempt to reclaim her "water proof soap (from Jusenkyo Products!)" from him had him thinking it was Akane pawing him all over(they were inside a darkened fun-house room at the time), making Ryoga overjoyed and relentlessly persistent. This terrified Akane when she realized that his overwhelming casual power might kill her through a simple hug. Afterwards she stated that whoever became his girlfriend had to be a lot sturdier than herself.

   During the "Sakura Mochi" story she also, for once, actively considered him as a potential boyfriend upon noticing several "petal marks" on Ryoga's face after he ate a "true love predicting" cookie. Even then, Akane was visibly relieved when Ranma's face showed more of them, though the "petal marks" she saw were actually P-chan's hoof prints. She has also consistently been very happy for Ryoga whenever she thinks that he has managed to find a girlfriend, admitting that she has been worried about him due to his overwhelming loneliness.

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   Platonic Yuka, Sayuri, Asami and Hiroko Akane possesses a close circle of four friends, who are usually, but not always, seen grouped into two distinct pairs. These girls are Yuka and Sayuri, and Asami and Hiroko. They are in her class and are always seen in her company when they show up. They are all very supportive of Akane, trying to cheer her up every time Ranma is being chased by other girls. They're not as interested in gossiping as Hiroshi and Daisuke, and they mostly just try to get Ranma and Akane together by dropping subtle hints in the direction of both parties.

   Yuka and Sayuri are among the regular characters of who have no extraordinary physical abilities, although they do chase after Happosai along with the rest of the female students in Furinkan any time he tries to steal their underwear. In the anime, they seem to know the theme song of the show's first season, as they are shown singing it during a party held in the episode Akane Goes to the Hospital!.

   Asami and Hiroko are seen less frequently than Yuka and Sayuri, and each girl is as likely to replace Yuka or Sayuri as she is to appear alongside her counterpart. Despite this, they are identical to Yuka and Sayuri in their basic contribution to the plot, serving mostly as a cheering squad for Akane and padding out her social life with normal, day to day activities to engage in. They are primarily associated with the anime continuity.

   Advertisement Hikaru Gosunkugi See also: Akane-Hikaru Relationship While Gosunkugi is deeply in love with Akane, Akane is completely oblivious to his feelings. While he often dreams of becoming Akane's significant other, she only sees him as a classmate.

   Tatewaki Kuno See also: Akane-Tatewaki Relationship Tatewaki Kuno is rather open about his affection for Akane, but Akane is very open about her distaste for a romantic relationship with Tatewaki. In the beginning of the series, Kuno caused Akane a lot of grief by proclaiming that only one who defeated Akane in combat could get the right to date her, leading a bunch of boys in the school to challenge her to fights at the beginning of each school day.

   Akane has openly told Kuno her disinterest in dating him and often kicks him into the sky when he annoys her too much, though this does little to dissuade Kuno. Despite this, Akane does try to be respectful to Kuno and addresses him as her upperclassman/senpai.

   Akane can sympathize with Kuno sometimes. When the Principal claimed he would reveal the location of a rule pardon only if Kuno's head was shaved, while the rest of the class hurriedly tried to forcibly shave Tatewaki's hair, Akane was the only one in the class to go against this notion, saying he shouldn't be forced to do something he doesn't want to. Similarly in Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi!, Akane feels bad for Kuno when finding out about him planning to move out of his house and convinces Ranma to try to help Tatewaki.

   At times, Akane views Kuno as a friend, so long as he remains polite.

   Mousse Akane's relationship with Mousse started at negative, yet she came to feel bad for him after finding about how much he loved Shampoo. Since then, she usually tries to help Mousse when he is feeling depressed about Shampoo's rejecting his affection.

   Shampoo Akane seem to view Shampoo as her greatest romantic rival and often gets jealous when Shampoo gets close to Ranma.

   The two also have a martial arts rivalry with Akane seeking to match Shampoo's strength in stories like Akane's Power-Up!.

   However Akane is capable of sympathizing with Shampoo and treating her as a friend as well. On Shampoo's part, while she typically tries to kill Akane, the two are able to eat at dinners together, and Akane can be let into Shampoo's room without much protest on Shampoo's part. While Shampoo sees her as an obstacle to Ranma's affections, she seems to be okay with Akane as a person.

   Ukyo Akane's relationship with Ukyo is similar to her relationship with Shampoo, though less heated. If anything, the two seem to be good friends for the most part, as she'll often go to Ucchan's, either to grab a bite to eat or even ask her for advice when dealing with Ranma. More often than not, Ukyo will give genuine advice when it comes to Ranma, but she'll also intentionally give bad advice in hopes of driving a wedge between them or try and sabotage their relationship for her own benefit.

   Quotes "Ranma no baka": To Ranma. That's right, I hate BOYS. Hate boys, hate boys, hate boys. I REALLY HATE BOYS! I'll drown him in the bathtub! I like being angry. Ranma, thank you. Even if you don't mean it. GOTCHA! So what, who cares if I'm not cute? Dry up and... DIE! "So it says but his hand on the teachers chest?! WHY YOU PERVERT!!" To Ranma as she cracks her knuckles. Non-Canon Appearances See also: Akane Tendo (live-action) Akane appears in all of the video games for the franchise, and has been referenced in many books about manga and anime.

   In the video games, Akane has several named techniques, often based on unnamed attacks she did on the manga.

   Akane is playable in most fighting games and has a wide selection of moves.

   Nidan Mawashi Geri (2 step whip kick): On the ground, Akane performs a double roundhouse kick, also moving her forward slightly. (Ranma ½: Hard Battle): In Hard battle, Shippu Bakuretsuken (Rolling Gust Punch): Akane spins her fist and then charges forward for a megaton punch. tsukami appa (Catch Upper): (Ranma ½: Hard Battle, Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen, Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance): In Hard battle, the technique simply consists of Akane jumping up to perform a strong uppercut, the opponent is usually dizzy after the attack. In its other appearances, Akane grabs her opponent and then delivers a strong uppercut to send the recipient flying. The grab can be done even the opponent is engaged in special moves like the Hiryū Shōten Ha. kaban daisharin (Bag Giant Swing): Akane grabs her schoolbag and swings it around very fast, damaging opponent close by.(Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen) dasshu kidzuchi (Dash Wooden Hammer): Akane pulls a mallet out of nowhere and charges the opponent. (Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen) mou shou gekitsui (Fierce Flying Shooting Down): Angry Akane jumps into the air, grabs the opponent, regardless of their move and slams them to the ground. (Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen) dasshu tsukioshi (Dash Sumo Shove Technique): Akane's desperation technique in the game consists of her charging forward and shoving the opponent like a sumo wrestler. (Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen) Kawarakudaki (): Akane angrily punches the ground, shaking it and causing a small tremor around her that can knock the opponent down. The strength of the punch determines the length of the tremor.(Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance) Raimei Kyakugeri ():A jumping spinkick that moves towards opponents.(Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance) 'Shin Raimei Kyakugeri ():A more powerful version of the Raimei Kyakugeri technique. (Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance) Burning Mad ( ): A vitality desperation move where Akane's anger reaches its heating point, creating a shield of fire around her. Angry Smash (): Akane stomps toward opponents and delivers a singular megaton punch that sends them flying. Akane's moves in the RPGs often focus on healing.

   Teate (Recovery): Akane uses comforting words raising the health of one ally unit. (Ranma ½: Akanekodan Teki Hihou) Jigoku Guruma (地獄車) Akane grapples and tosses a single enemy.(Ranma ½: Akanekodan Teki Hihou) Mina Teate (Help everyone): Akane gives a warm hug to the party, healing everyone's HP by 150.(Ranma ½: Akanekodan Teki Hihou) Yama Arashi (Mountain Storm): Akane grapples and tosses each of the enemies, one by one. Mina Chiryou (Nurse everyone): Akane gives a comforting embrace to the party, restoring 500 HP to everyone. Zenkai Teate (Complete Recovery): Akane gives a deep hug to one character in the party, restoring their HP to max and reviving fainted units. Moeru Kobushi (Burning Fist): A furious Akane delivers a single megaton punch to a single enemy dealing an enormous amount of damage. This move isn't available until Akane is level 99, however gaining it makes Akane an offensive powerhouse. Advertisement Etymology If written in Japanese, the name Akane can mean "deep red, dye from the rubia plant" (茜). Akane is a common Japanese female name and the Japanese word for madder, as well as the crimson dye obtained from it. Akane's surname Tendo means "sun, heaven, providence, way of heaven, destiny, divine justice/divine guidance/divine intervention, fate, fortune, chance, predetermination, lot" (天道), which literally means "the laws of heaven and nature" altogether. Trivia Despite popularity with many of the male characters in the series, Akane initially claims to hate boys, possibly due to her initial views on them as being chauvinistic, arrogant, genderist, egotistical, perverted, deceiving etc. Some of these regards to Ranma Saotome, Tatewaki Kuno and Happosai and a few possible exceptions to these are Ryoga and Dr. Tofu. The Spring of Drowned Akane at Jusenkyo was not a pre-existing cursed spring, but was created by Kiima in order to impersonate Akane to seduce Ranma and recover the Kinjakan. As such, it does not have a Chinese name. It is unknown if the spring was sealed/destroyed afterwards, or if anyone could potentially use it. In the English dubbed version of the anime, Kasumi Tendo's "violent maniac" quote in reference to Akane's nature is replaced with "she's a very sweet girl, she's just a little high-spirited". Noriko Hidaka (Akane's Japanese voice actress) would voice Kikyo in Rumiko Takahashi's subsequent series Inuyasha. In Takahashi's subsequent manga series Inuyasha, one of Kagome Higurashi's best friends at school is also named Yuka in the anime. Akane shares similar traits with Kagome Higurashi from Takahashi's subsequent series Inuyasha such as their violent tendencies towards the main protagonists as well as punishing said protagonists in one way or another should they anger them. In one of Akane's dreams in Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep, it is revealed that she has a slight fear of Kodachi, Ukyo, and Shampoo, but this might be because of the side effects of the incense. Akane's hair has gotten shorter in The Ova's. Akane makes a cameo in episode 4 of Kyokai no Rinne, another work of Takahashi, as a doll in a claw machine, along with Ranma, P-chan, Genma's panda form and Lum from Urusei Yatsura. Gallery

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   Name Nihongo Romaji ムース Mūsu Nickname(s) Mu-Tsu (by Shampoo) Mu Mu-chan the duck (by Shampoo) Stupid Duck-boy (by Shampoo) Mister Part-time (by Cologne) Moron (by Ranma) Insect (by Ranma) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Mousse (ムース, Mūsu?) is a male Chinese Amazon who seeks the heart of his childhood friend, Shampoo. He is one of Ranma Saotome's persistent rivals.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Trivia 8 Media Appearances 8.1 Manga 8.2 Anime 9 References 10 External links Biography History Mousse is desperately in love with Shampoo, and has been since they were both three.

   He was cursed at Jusenkyo to turn into a duck, having accidentally walked into the Spring of Drowned Duck due to his poor eyesight. According to the Jusenkyo Guide, he is the first person to ever fall into a spring after taking only one step. Even in the form of a duck Mousse can still make use of many of his projectile weapons, such as knives and bombs. Somehow he manages to hide the weapons in his feathers while in his duck form, making him one of the very few cursed characters who is not completely defenseless while in his cursed form.

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   Appearance Ranma-1-2-Mousse-shampoo-and-mousse-28258341-2560-1876 Mousse in the anime.

   Mousse has long, black hair which is either past shoulder length in the manga or waist length in the anime and teal eyes. He wears a long, white robe with a diamond pattern on the chest with black cuffs and voluminous sleeves from which he produces his arsenal of hidden weapons. Underneath this he wears black or dark blue pants.

   Characterized by his extremely bad eyesight, Mousse has to wear Coke-bottle glasses that are so thick that his eyes cannot be seen when he puts them on. He tends to have them propped up on his forehead or concealed in his robes, leading him to commonly mistake other things or people for the person he is trying to talk to (e.g. Ranma or Shampoo) or grab onto (Shampoo), even when the subject he is looking for is close by.

   Mousse's vision appears to improve greatly while he is a duck, but this may be because when he is in his cursed form, he has to always wear his glasses, with which he can actually see well enough in both forms. However when a jizou statue blatantly disguised itself as either Shampoo or Ranma, Mousse failed to see any difference from the originals even while wearing them, (however lack of sleep could have contributed to this). Unfortunately for him - either on reflex or to appear cooler when making an important statement - he tends to take off his glasses and thus embarrasses himself when he talks to the wrong addressee.

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   Personality Despite his obsessive behavior, Mousse truly cares for Shampoo's well-being. In the last story arc of the manga, Shampoo is enslaved through the use of a magic egg that exaggerates a hatchling's imprinting instinct. This occurs a second time later in the arc, and Mousse is offered the chance to make her his slave. Instead, he uses a mirror to imprint her on herself, granting her free will. Unfortunately for Mousse, she immediately resumes her pursuit of Ranma without even thanking him, and he remarks that he will be kicking himself over this decision for years.

   This should be seen in relation to that Shampoo repeatedly attempted to enslave Ranma through a permanent love-inducing pill, and later casually confessed to him (during Akari's introduction story) that she would have used any similar magic long ago if she possessed any.

   He hasn't been above occasionally using dirty tricks or traps to succeed, and in an early appearance he thoughtlessly almost skewered Kasumi when attempting to snare and kidnap Akane, as well as some children when aiming for Ranma, but he turns more considerate towards the end.

   He's shocked at the prospect of 'just' running into some kids with his bike, although after he noticed that they looked exactly like Ranma and Ryoga, he reflexively bumped their heads together. He has apparently refrained from using dishonorable methods after they almost caused Shampoo to lose what little respect she had for him (his superior skill and enormous resolve to never give up), and Ranma embraced the practice to even sillier extremes.

   He has also displayed nearly limitless tenacity and dedication when fighting for the chance of 'winning' her affection, even if she callously sabotages his prospects, or Amazon law apparently doesn't grant him any automatic rights through overcoming either her 'groom' or herself. It seems more like a case of proving his worth.

   Mousse dislikes Ranma with a great intensity, but at the same time seems to be developing a more relaxed rivalry with him, much like Ryoga did. He has gone as far as to help him on a few occasions, like during the fight with Pantyhose Taro, the confrontation with the Musk Dynasty warriors, and the final battle with Saffron.

   However during the first two occasions he initially planned to betray him, and the third time he was largely motivated by the draining Jusenkyo springs and (later) to free Shampoo from their slavery. Regardless, he did help to save Ranma's life in the latter two instances.

   Towards the end of the manga, when both Ranma and Ryoga were turned to kids by a magic mushroom, simply seeing their likeness maddened him enough to reflexively slam their heads together, so he apparently holds an antipathy towards Ryoga as well, perhaps due to his constant defeats at his hands. However, they initially collaborated to get a cure for themselves only during the initial Musk chapters, and he was briefly upset when he and Ranma thought Ryoga had died in a fissure caused by Herb. Here he also saved Ranma from one of Herb's killing strikes to repay his debt for Ranma's assistance to unlock his duck curse. During the Saffron arc he Ranma & Ryoga also all watched each other's backs through collaborative teamwork.

   His first objective remains to win Shampoo, but not necessarily by going through Ranma. Mousse was enthusiastic at the prospect of seeing Ranma and Akane get married. In the final season of the anime ("Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple"), he pitted himself against both Kuno and Ryoga to prevent them persuading Ranma & Akane to take the antidote to the love-inducing mushrooms they had eaten. He also attempts to get Ranma and Akane to marry faster at the very end of the manga, knowing Shampoo was up to something.

   He hasn't interacted with Kuno in the manga, but they accidentally allied against Ranma during the Hiryu Shoten Ha story. In the separate anime continuity he and Ryoga teamed up against Ranma once, although this was mostly Mousse's idea. Here, he also trained together with Ranma, Ryoga and Kuno to beat copycat Ken, and initially allied with Ranma and Ryoga in the episode "Back to the Way We Were... Please!". However, even here Mousse apparently isn't a good acquaintance of either Ryoga or Kuno, and the episode "Back to the Way We Were ... Please!" noted that Mousse is too occupied with training to have made any friends.

   Abilities Fighting Style: Mousse is an extremely proficient martial artist and is skilled in several systems, presumably including the acrobatic and flexible Joketsuzoku style used by the other two Amazons, Shampoo and Cologne. He is a master with practically any weapon, and is very agile. Mousse fights using hidden weapons (Anki 暗器), which includes roped hooks, rope darts, iron balls, handcuffs, hidden knives, bombs, and even training toilets, and all hidden in his long sleeves and robe. The reasoning for this is supposedly dark magic which in the Ranmaverse is hiding things where it is dark. Mousse has been shown though to not have an infinite supply of weapons in his cloak. Additionally, he's quite crafty, and is able to make complex fireworks or actually plan traps to defeat Ranma.

   Although he is a highly talented hand-to-hand fighter, Mousse prefers to use his mastery of the hidden weapons style to fight at a distance, where his naturally expert marksmanship can be put to better use. By using his full arsenal in combination with his considerable speed, he has managed to compete even with Mint, who may be the swiftest character in the entire series, although he had to use trickery to actually prevail.

   Physical Power: Towards the end of the manga, he also received a remarkable strength boost through constantly dragging around a heavy sentient jizou statue, and afterwards managed to split a large iron bell with a single barehanded blow, which was enough for Ranma to apparently view him as considerably physically stronger, but it likely still doesn't compare to Ryoga, who can throw a few hundred tonnes with ease. It is unclear if this strength remained afterwards, but given that similar power-ups for Ranma and Ryoga did, it seems very likely. Stamina: He has also displayed impressive endurance. As mentioned above, he continued to fight until his last breath, despite being caught in numerous explosions, to the point of being immersed in a smoking crater. Like Ranma and Genma he also just caught minor bruisings from falling many hundred meters into solid stone (Ryoga apparently received none whatsoever), and he's been stated to possess a much stronger tolerance to blunt impacts than Saffron, since the latter had been pampered all of his life, while Mousse has honed his stamina through constant sparring. In the anime, during his fight with Torristan, he was able to expand his muscles to remove many steel knife-like feathers from his body and defeated his opponent with a single punch, despite being so exhausted that he collapsed immediately afterwards. In the episode "Mousse Goes Home to the Country" he beat Tatewaki Kuno barehanded in 2 seconds, while Ranma and Ryoga usually take a few minutes to prevail in this continuity. Limitations: His greatest weakness, despite his remarkable abilities, may be his own eyesight. Even with his glasses he was unable to discern the blatant disguises of the sentient statue. Despite this, his aim has proved sufficient to intentionally hit female Ranma's entire outline, when the latter was tied up in a circus, and even without them he managed to snare the Kinjakan in mid-flight. Through the use of his unique fighting style, combined with the ability of flight, his duck form remains quite formidable in combat as long as he keeps his distance, and attacks with blades, chains or bombs from afar. Strictly speaking of their comparative mettle in serious battles with Ranma, he appears vastly more dangerous than Shampoo herself. When sufficiently motivated, he has displayed highly dangerous prowess. In his first battle with (female) Ranma he had the upper hand despite severely limiting the use of his arsenal. In his second major battle with (male) Ranma he came extremely close to prevailing, despite the handicap of being assaulted by Shampoo's explosives from the sidelines, and barraged his nemesis with an arsenal of weapons, to the point of making the latter fear for his life. He also reached a draw in staff fighting during the onsen race, and seemed to have the upper hand despite being exhausted during the referred jizou story.

   Mousse also is clearly skilled with his weapons individually, as he manages to not only tie people up with ropes on extremely numerous occasions, he is also accurate with throwing bombs even when he does not have his glasses on. During his battle with Torristan, Mousse was able to easily use his claws to parry with Torristan's sword.

   However, he does not seem to be quite as swift or skilled in unarmed combat as either Ranma or Ryoga, and has been consistently beaten despite the advantage of using a barrage of bladed weaponry against mostly bare-handed fighters. He has repeatedly been overcome by the former, and when confronting the latter during the onsen race, Ryoga easily waded through his barrage of weaponry, and swiftly prevailed. When Mousse was teamed up with Tatewaki and Kocho Kuno, Ryoga also effortlessly simultaneously parried their attacks, disarmed and defeated them all in 1-2 seconds, but in this instance it could easily be argued that Mousse was taken by surprise, although Ranma later boots them all away after having his strength restored.

   That said, he came extremely close to beating Ranma on three separate occasions, despite handicaps in each of them (No weapons arsenal in the first major fight; Shampoo threw bombs at him or handed him defect weaponry in the second; and he was extremely tired after carrying around the dougi, although that wasn't really much of a fight), and one hit from a sufficiently strong sword might be all it would take to win permanently (at least in Ranma's case), and he has not been truly tested since apparently turning physically stronger than Ranma himself.

   Mousse's hidden weapons techniques allow him to occasionally overwhelm opponents with the sheer number of items he can produce, and barrage them from a certain distance.

   See also: Hidden Weapons Style Hidden Weapons: Mousse is a self-proclaimed practitioner of "dark magic," which is actually just hiding things up his oversized sleeves where it is dark. Mousse is able to keep almost any item imaginable in his sleeves and never seems to run out of room. This likewise holds true in his much smaller duck form, which has been seen swiftly dispatching throngs of projectiles cumulatively greatly surpassing its' own volume. This recurrent manga and anime phenomenon has commonly been labelled hammerspace. Mousse's attack of choice is a discharged throng of cutting or bludgeoning weaponry fastened in entangling ropes and chains, with a few silly items, like yo-yos, thrown in for good measure. Smoke Bomb: A great fog, which simultaneously works as tear gas, as sneezing powder, and hides his whereabouts. It has set up the following attack. Exploding Chicken Eggs (雞蛋拳 - Keiran Ken): Mousse pulls a chicken out of his sleeves and it quickly lays eggs into his hand. When thrown, they become similar to grenades, exploding when they hit their target. Fuse Bomb Barrage: His duck form has also thrown a throng of small regular explosives, without any time delay involved. Scythes of Sorrow: Used in Mousse's second fight with Ranma. It involves wildly slashing at his opponent with scythe-like blades from his robes. Additionally they can be used as projectile weapons. Hawk's Talon (鹰爪拳 - Takazume Ken): Large, sharp claws appear on the tips of Mousse's shoes as he jumps far into the sky and then plummets toward his opponent. He stated that it is taught to a single student per generation. Fist of the White Swan (白鳥拳 - Hakucho Ken): This technique is similar to his others. Mousse removes the "White Swan", in this case a swan-shaped child's training potty, from his sleeves and hits his opponent with it. He usually draws it out, swings it, and then quickly hides it again so the potty cannot be seen by his foe, representing the swan's graceful but unseen swimming. Fire breathing: Likely the technique used in real life. Mousse never made use of this move in combat, but has nonetheless mastered it. Relationships Shampoo Main article: Mousse-Shampoo Relationship Cologne Mousse generally gets along with Cologne, although he tends to annoy her by mistaking her for Shampoo. Cologne, on the other hand, does not attempt to restrain Mousse from his pursuit of Shampoo, but clearly favors Ranma as a more favorable match for her.

   Ranma Saotome He thus sees Ranma Saotome as the rival he needs to either defeat, surpass, or kill in order to win Shampoo's affection.

   Ranma and Mousse are rivals for Shampoo's affection, although Ranma really doesn't want her attention. Mousse was one of those who eagerly took advantage of Ranma's weakened state after the latter was afflicted with the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion but was stopped by Ryoga. After he obtained the Lens of Invincibility, Ranma was the only person he deliberately used it on after accidentally discovering its powers by using it against Cologne. After learning that it was the lens however that forced Ranma to grovel before him and not his own abilities, Mousse was about to stop using them until he overheard Ranma call him a hopeless cheater. He then used the lens two more times before deciding to fight fairly and preserve his honor. Despite Ranma's stooping to use various Joketsuzoku items designed to enable weaklings to fight stronger opponents, Mousse swallowed his pride and used the lens on himself to force himself to apologize before Ranma and allow himself to be defeated in a fair fight.

   Nonetheless Mousse and Ranma normally get along well enough to treat each other civilly. It is suggested that despite his attempts to kill him, Mousse does see Ranma as a friend as he helped him rescue Akane Tendo when she was kidnapped by Pantyhose Taro, and prevented him from transforming into his cursed form, although this may have been simply because Mousse wants to be the one to beat up Ranma himself. Mousse also joined Ranma to recover the Water Pot of Liberation from Horai Moutain, although he and Ryoga at first planned to eliminate Ranma on the way to get rid of their greatest love rival. He later teamed up again to help rescue Shampoo from the Phoenix People.

   Since the Frog Hermit have kidnapped Ranma's father, Ryoga, and Shampoo, Mousse joined forces with Ranma and Akane as he takes them to a place where they've been taken: the Frog Temple.

   Akane Tendo Mousse originally kidnapped Akane in order to get to Ranma so he could finally defeat him but ultimately failed. The two don't interact with each other much throughout the series, but they seem to get along and are able to agree on certain points. Akane was also the only person Mousse told about the Reversal Jewel when Shampoo was under its effects, showing that he has some trust in her.

   Ryoga Hibiki While Mousse and Ryoga don't interact very often throughout the series, they do tend to get along whenever they're together as they have trained alongside each other and hung out (as a group) with the others. Though it should be noted that in Mushrooms of Time Arc he claims to hate Ryoga just as much as he detests Ranma.

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   Trivia As with his fellow Joketsuzoku, Shampoo and Cologne, the gag in Mousse's name is that the characters sounds like a beauty product in English. Despite the fact that Mousse's parents are never mentioned in the manga, in the anime his mother once sent him a letter asking how his progress with Shampoo was going. Mousse speaks with a Tōhoku accent in Japanese. He is called "Muso" in some foreign language dubs. Mousse is the only one of the main teenage male leads not to be in love with Akane Tendo. His seiyū provided the voice of Garamaru from Takahashi's subsequent series Inuyasha. His English voice actor provide the voices of Yūsaku Godai of the Maison Ikkoku and Nobunaga of the Inuyasha. Brad Swaile also voices Sentaro Daimonji. Media Appearances Manga 42-51. Full Body Cat's Tongue Arc 43. Attack of the Wild Mousse 44. The Martial Arts Magic Show 45. Cat's Tongue Got You? 95-99. Mousse Returns Arc 95. The Abduction of...Akane? 96. Duck, Ranma, Duck! 97. Akane Becomes a Duck 98. Fowl Play 99. The Happiest Mousse 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 125. The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil 126. The World's Weakest Man 127. Weak for Life?! 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 158-164. Hot Springs Obstacle Course Race Arc 158. Let's Go to the Hot 159. Screamin' at the Hot Springs! 160. Three-Leg Scramble 161. Hot Bath! 162. Ranma Gives Up?! 163. The Final Choice 164. A Goal Too Far 180-190. Pantyhose Taro Intro Arc 180. Spring Demon 182. Find Akane! 183. S.W.A.T. (Save Widdle Akane Team) 184. The Watery Grave 185. The Geyser Traps 186. Boiling Retaliation 187. The Snap of Elastic 188. What's in a Name? 189. Back to the Freak-ture! 190. And Back and Back and Back… 208-209. New Year's Cat Spirit Arc 208. New Year's Curse 209. Ring Proposal 230-233. Reversal Jewel Arc 230. Sudden Hate!! 231. Say You Love Me!! 232. Love's Counterstrike 233. Who Loves Who? 246-258. Musk Dynasty Arc 246. The Guest at the Cat Café 247. The Animal Kingdom 248. The Lost Treasure 249. Battle of the Hot Springs Women! 250. Race to Treasure Mountain 251. Death on Treasure Mountain 252. The Tragedy of the Pail 253. The Waterfall of Secret Treasure Revealed! 254. An Ever-Elusive Treasure 255. The Confession of Rage! 256. Rise Up, Ranma! 257. A Man Again! 258. Welcome Home, Ranma! 282-284. Lens of Invincibility Arc 282. The Unbeatable Lens 283. Tearful Apology!! 284. The Lowliest Jerk 330. Cold Summer Noodles 347-349. Mushrooms of Time Arc 348. To the Mushroom Forest! 350-351. Jizo Statue Arc 350. The Two Shampoos 351. Payback's a Saint 366. The Three-Year Smile of Death 389-407. Jusendo Arc 389. Messenger from Jusenkyo 390. Battle for the Map! 391. Egg Shampoo 392. China Bound!! 393. The Prince of Ho'o Peak 394. The Labyrinth Beneath 395. Dogfight Above the Peak 396. Akane in the Spring 397. Bad News at Jusenkyo 398. Akane Breaks Out! 399. The Phoenix and the Dragon 400. The Saffron Egg 401. The Spout of the Dragon 402. A Last, Sweet Memory 403. Saffron Reborn 404. Ranma Battles Saffron!! 405. The Power of the Gekkaja 406. Akane's Smile 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 2 Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan The Abduction of Akane! Ranma vs. Mousse! To Lose Is To Win Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out Goodbye Girl-Type Season 3 The Killer From Jusenkyo The Ultimate Team-up!? The Ryoga/Mousse Alliance Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race Season 4 Ranma Gets Weak! Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Here Comes Ranma's Mom! Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Season 5 Hot Springs Battle Royale! The Frogman's Curse! Season 6 Back to the Way We Were... Please! Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park! The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part I The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part II A Xmas Without Ranma Season 7 Nihao! Jusenkyo Guide Shampoo's Curséd Kiss Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple The Battle for Miss Beachside OVAs Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine References

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   Keys: Shampoo

   Shampoo 1989 Anime 2024 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji シャンプー Shanpū Nickname(s) 珊撲 (ShanPu) Sweet Tootsie (by Mousse) Purple Fur Ball (by Kodachi) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Shampoo (シャンプー, Shanpū?) is a Chinese Amazon from Joketsuzoku. She is one of the main three fiancées of Ranma Saotome and a rival of both Akane Tendo and Ukyo Kuonji.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 5.1 Akane Tendo 5.2 Mousse 5.3 Ukyo Kuonji 5.4 Ryoga Hibiki 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 Gallery 11 References 12 External links Biography History ShampooDefeat Shampoo is defeated by Ranma, sparking her thirst for revenge.

   Soon after getting cursed at Jusenkyo, Ranma (as a girl) and Genma (as a panda) drop into a contest in a village of the Joketsuzoku "tribe of women heroes" ("Chinese Amazons" in English versions). Half-starved, they feed on the next available food-stuff - the feast that was to be the first prize for the contest - and are instantly challenged by Shampoo, the village champion. He swiftly defeats her, but this was a bad move. According to Chinese Amazon tribal laws, if a female Amazon is defeated by a female outsider, she must give the outsider the "Kiss of Death", hunt her down to the ends of the Earth, and kill her (as Ranma tells Akane, "and when they say 'to the ends of Earth', they mean it"). Ranma and Genma manage to elude her and settle down in Nerima, thinking that they've lost her.

   However, Shampoo eventually tracks female Ranma down and resumes her attempts at murder. She finds Ranma, this time a male, in the Tendo household—where she managed to enter courtesy of Kasumi, who thought Genma had invited her, when she was actually stalking him—and declares her intent to kill Akane for hiding female Ranma from her. Ranma stops her attack by kicking the head off of her chúi, which knocked her cold when it landed on her head, accidentally defeating her a second time. However, instead of receiving a "Kiss of Death," Ranma gets a kiss on the lips; it turns out that if a female Amazon is defeated by a male outsider, she has to marry him. She continues on the path of trying to marry male Ranma and kill female Ranma, until Ranma tricks her into thinking that the male side is a disguise for the female side.

   Heartbroken, Shampoo returns to China, where she undergoes re-training at the hands of her great-grandmother Cologne and finally receives a cat curse at Jusenkyo, which causes her to become concerned. Realizing that Ranma had been cursed as well, she goes back to Japan with Cologne to try to marry Ranma once more, learning in the process that he is actually male. Unfortunately, this revelation came at a price: Ranma has been completely "phobic" about cats (ailurophobic) since childhood.

   Shampoo has managed to gain at least two strong rivals in the herbalists Pink and Link, a pair of twin sisters who live in Yakusai, a village near Joketsuzoku. The twins and Shampoo have held a grudge against each other since they were very little girls, and there’s no sign of it ending anytime soon. In their latest attempt at getting back at Shampoo, Pink and Link declared to Joketsuzoku’s local newspaper that Shampoo’s husband Ranma was ugly and weak; Shampoo had previously lied to the newspaper, stating that she was already married and living with Ranma.

   Even if she has been chased by the Ghost Cat Maomolin a couple of times, Shampoo really has only one strong suitor, her childhood friend Mousse, whom she rejected when they were both three. Cologne has stated that this holds true by Amazon law, regardless if he manages to beat Ranma, but he remains stubborn despite her multiple rejections and frequent cruel and derisive treatment. In Shampoo's defense Mousse is very clingy, often trying to glomp her and will not take no for an answer. Then again she behaves exactly the same way towards Ranma, to an even more severe degree, and has been repeatedly shown as far more inconsiderate towards him than Mousse is to her. As is standard for the series, either behavior is frequently used in a comical manner. Shampoo generally seems annoyed and contemptuous towards Mousse, but occasionally shows some concern when he drives himself too far. Late in the series, when her love has been turned to hate by a magic jewel, and Mousse decides to take advantage to approach her, she rejects him in the normal manner, which may hint that her feelings towards him contain elements of both derision and appreciation.

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   Appearance Shampoo's battle outfit - anime Shampoo's battle outfit.

   Shampoo has knee-length dark hair (blue/purple in the anime) with a fringe and two strands hanging in front that are secured with ties and dark pink eyes. She dresses in various forms of Chinese clothing, usually a matching blouse and pants, over which she may wear an apron while working. Her combat outfit consists of a light colored long-sleeved blouse and pants with the addition of a dark breastplate and a pair of metal arm-guards, making her one of the few characters to wear any form of armor. For formal occasions she favors sleeveless cheongsam. In the remake version, her hair is now bright purple with a white shine and her pink eyes are no longer darkened.

   Shampoo Cat Shampoo in her cursed form

   Her cat form is light colored with dark ears and paws, a characteristic fringe, and similar strands that frame its face. In the anime, it has light pink fur with darker pink paws and ears.

   Several characters like Ranma and the Jusenkyo Guide has commented that Shampoo is cute. During the Phoenix Pill arc, a date with her as the prize was enough to motivate dozens of onlookers to participate in the Snowman Race. Her cat form is also considered adorable by Kasumi.

   Personality Shampoo shows elements of the tsundere character, given her initially hostile temperament towards Ranma Saotome[1][2] before slowly becoming more attracted to him until she finally stops her plans for revenge in favor of ensuring her marriage to Ranma.[3][4]

   She is manipulative. She has repeatedly shown as devious[5][6] and strategic[7] as well as not being above scheming,[citation needed] play-acting[citation needed] or completely ruthless behavior to advance her position towards the object of her attention.[8] However, Shampoo does seem to enjoy having fun from the trouble she causes,[9] particularly if it means she can get close to Ranma as a result.[6][10][11][12]

   Smitten Shampoo - Ep Shampoo being smitten with Ranma.

   Given Shampoo's violent and protective behaviour, she views anyone who attempts to get between her and Ranma as an "obstacle" which must be killed.[13][14] However, she has also resorted to other methods to remove an "obstacle", such as when she used the "Xi Fa Xiang Gao" to wipe Akane's memories of Ranma;[15][16][17] until they return at which time she decides to resort to her usual violent techniques.[18][19]

   With her knowledge of pressure points and moxibustion,[15][16] Shampoo is open to the idea of manipulating other's will to her advantage, whether that be to eliminate Akane[20] or increasing the likelihood of Ranma returning her feelings for him.[21]

   Of all the fiancées, Shampoo is the most sexually uninhibited and the most sensual, possibly due to her upbringing in a society including extensive warrior training for both males and females. Nudity is also not a problem for her, as she rather enjoys being naked and has attempted to seduce Ranma many times, even in dangerous places like under a giant bell. Early in the series, Kasumi Tendo had a talk with her about modesty. Although she did cease her faint-inducing habit of popping out of the tub naked anytime Ranma tried to take a bath, the conversation has apparently had little effect on her behavior other than that.

   Abilities Shampoo 珊璞 Shampu Nikholo Ranma Having been trained in the martial art techniques of the Joketsuzoku since birth, with Cologne as her personal instructor and the young female village champion, Shampoo is an excellent armed or unarmed fighter, is very swift and acrobatic, and strong enough to casually walk right through reinforced stone walls on a regular basis. She uses a pair of chúi as her primary weapons, but is also shown using other weapons. These include a dao, spear, a bow, and a variety of polearms, including a Monk's Spade. She's noted to be a competent fighter by many other characters, and she seemed to scare Ranma while she was still attempting to kill her in her female form.

   Shampoo is outclassed by Ranma however, and was swiftly overpowered the first few times she has seriously faced him in combat. She suffered a 1-hit loss during her village's martial arts competition, where the goal was to knock the opponent off the log they were standing on, and an accidental identical result when focused on killing Akane, both times before she was powered-up by Cologne. After Ranma lied to Shampoo that she was a girl all along, Shampoo made a strike at female Ranma, but Ranma's hand was positioned to block it, and Shampoo stopped herself before delivering it. In the anime continuity she actually seemed to overpower Ranma, Shampoo attacked more aggressively using her chúi, and Ranma tripped while dodging Shampoo's attacks and was left on the ground seemingly helpless. Fortunately Shampoo was unwilling to land the blow and stopped her attack. During the "Reversal Jewel" arc, Shampoo was again outmatched in unarmed combat, despite his holding back by only using restraining tactics, and her 'programming' to truly hate him.

   It's noteworthy that Shampoo did manage better when armed with her signature weapons in the final arc, but female Ranma also held back by sticking to defensive/restraining regular fighting, due to Shampoo being brainwashed. We don't even see them fight one on one for very long, as Mousse in duck form ambushed her with weapons, and she eventually uses an imprinting egg on Genma after recovering.

   Notably Mousse has displayed vastly superior mettle in several of his battles with Ranma, although this has gained him very limited respect. Though mettle in part could be a factor, it’s likely that Shampoo was simply less durable than Mousse earlier on, akin to a glass cannon (albeit still more resilient than characters like Akane), rather than being weaker in other aspects. Furthermore, Mousse seems to push himself hard in matters concerning Shampoo, as he views himself as vying for her attention against his rival Ranma. The Shonen Sunday Wide-ban edition of the manga shows Shampoo noticeably higher in the listed categories Mousse isn't almost at or equal in, which likely explains her apparent lack of interest in him. It could also be boiled down as being for the sake of storytelling, as Mousse is a reoccuring rival, and Shampoo is not. There's also the possibility of Shampoo typically not fighting all out, though she wouldn't have reason to against female Ranma, she does seem a much more brutal fighter when she's asleep and can't hold back at all.

   Shampoo has been shown to join Ranma against Taro and the Phoenix tribe in the manga and fights against other opponents in the anime, The only main character Shampoo has been explicitly shown as stronger and faster than was Akane early in the series. During their first duel, Shampoo effortlessly dodged Akane's kick and knocked her out with the Hissatsu Shiatsuken attack. Later on, Shampoo managed to stand up to Akane's strength to an extent even after she had eaten Super Soba, despite not being aware of this fact. When Shampoo ate some Super Soba of her own, the two seemed more evenly matched, but it is unknown if Super Soba raises the eater's strength to a preset level or if it builds on the user's own strength, and Shampoo did not have much time to challenge Akane in either case before Ranma tricked her into eating the antidote. In the early manga, at the start of the Martial Arts Takeout race, Shampoo casually deflects a flurry of daggers thrown at her back while she is serving customers by flinging the bowl of ramen straight into the air and using her serving tray to reflect the daggers back and pin the customers that Cologne is trying to impress to the wall without hurting them. She does this without looking back or moving anything other than her arms, catches the thrown bowl of ramen without spilling a drop, and seems neither surprised nor strained by this exertion. By comparison, Akane would not receive a similar feat, deflecting/dodging a barrage of arrows fired from the front, until the second-last story of the manga.

   Shampoo's most impressive moment in the manga came when she was freed from Kiema's enslavement, and was intent to let her captor "suffer a thousand deaths". She managed to hold her own against the Phoenix tribe captain, although, in the one full page dedicated to their battle, Kiima was shown as mostly interested in freeing the Kinjakan to assist her lord Saffron in his confrontation with Ranma. They are later shown as completely focused on watching the fight, with Kiima caught in Shampoo's headlock. It can be assumed that both were at least partially distracted at some point, and while one could assure Shampoo had an edge, it’s ultimately unclear.

   In the anime, a similar fight occurred with Mon Lon in the movie "Big Trouble in Nekonron, China". Shortly afterwards Mon Lon is incapacitated in Mousse's arms (who believes her to be Shampoo) while Shampoo is shown to be okay.

   In the arc with Pink and Link, despite letting her guard down a few times and landing herself in trouble, when she’s focused on the pair she makes a muchquicker work of them than Ranma. This results in Pink and Link being genuinely terrified of her, but rather relatively indifferent to Ranma to the point of not respecting him as a figher. WIth Pink and Link she seems to take a similar brute force approach she took on earlier with Ranma, suggesting that part of her issues with fighting Ranma may be in approach, though he still seems a superior fighter overall. Interestingly she seems to be a much more brutal fighter while unconcious and unable to hold back, implying Shampoo tends to not go all out in a typical fight.

   Shampoo's desire for a man who can sweep her off her feet suggests that she might downplay her own strength either subconsciously or intentionally, perhaps to indulge in the fantasy of being rescued. This inclination is evident in her attempt to coerce Pink and Link into creating a scenario for Ranma to come to her rescue, though the outcome is far from successful. Furthermore, her apparent disinterest in Mousse may not solely be attributed to his submissiveness or underhandedness but could also stem from his inability to fully match her combat abilities.

   If not for the The Shonen Sunday Wide-ban edition, Kodachi Kuno would seem of comparative, abielt lower, ability outside of tournaments, while Mariko may be stronger than all of them. It can be difficult to compare her with Tatewaki Kuno, as the latter can either pose a challenge for Ranma, with powerful air-pressure swipes, be treated as a 1-hit joke, an even match for his sister, or even as vastly superior to his nemesis.

   Her only shown skirmish with Ukyo (beyond a couple of brief, or off-screen free-for-all gang-ups against Ranma, Hinako, or Genma), happened during the onsen race, and consisted of Shampoo being kept busy deflecting Ukyo mini-spatulas, while their feet were tied to Ranma and Ryoga's respectively, but Ukyo didn't use her more powerful special techniques, and also managed to hold her own against Ranma for a much longer time during their initial conflict. Ukyo's better performance is at least partially due to being surrounded by a hot grill and that Ranma initially held back, but she also managed to avoid two of his attacks and strike him with a flour bomb when this was no longer the case, as well as fight and parry with Ryoga for a brief time before being overcome. In the end there has been no clear-cut contest of relative skill between the two in the manga. In the anime continuity their comparative ability is more clearly displayed. In "Ranma the Lady-Killer" they are both exhausted after a duel that has gone on for hours. Shampoo was not shown using her chui, and Ukyo not shown employing her superior range of special techniques. While Ukyo is distracted by talking to Ranma just as the fight resumes, Shampoo uses the moment to sucker-attack Ukyo with a barrage of thrown forks, pinning her to a tree.

   In the Shonen Sunday Wide-ban edition of the manga, Shampoo's end-of-series stats are shown to be lower than Ranma, comparable to Ryoga and above Mousse, Ukyo, Akane and Kodachi. Her top stats are heart and technique, and she's shown being faster than Mousse.

   Beyond her fighting abilities, Shampoo has displayed knowledge of ventriloquism/voice imitation, shiatsu-induced unconsciousness, mind-control or memory loss, sleep-fighting, intuitive multi-step strategy, defense against enchanted herbs, Chinese cooking, and incredible tracking skills enabling her to hunt Ranma from rural China to the east of Japan. She also has access to minor magic equipment, and is capable of using her bike to literally bounce across the city. Her greatest strength may lie in sheer versatility.

   'Hissatsu Shiatsuken' (必殺指圧拳, Xi Fa Xiang Gao?): An attack using a specially devised herbal shampoo in conjunction with a shiatsu massage technique involving pressure points on the head to erase her opponent's memories. The process takes at most 6 seconds. Dumpling Bombs: Similar to Ukyo's okonomiyaki bombs, but smaller. Only used in the final wedding story. Fork Darts (Anime): Similar to Ukyo's spatula shuriken. Kakato Otoshi: A jumps on someone's head to get a boost, used on Akane. Named in Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle Remote Control Acupressure: Activated by pressing both fingers against an unprepared target's temples. Used to turn a distracted Akane unconscious during the 'waterproof soap' story. Afterwards the victim is susceptible to a brief mind-control effect, and made Akane put herself in harm's way by standing in front of a roller coaster, then affectionately hug Ryoga and finally urge him to give back Shampoo's waterproof soap. Sleep fighting: Used against Pink and Link after being bitten by the Poisonous-Snake Plant. Although someone bitten by the plan will fall into a deep sleep which needs an antidote to awaken from, Shampoo's hatred of the twins was so strong that she nearly killed the two even while asleep before eventually succumbing to the plant's poison. Less combat orientated moves:

   Voice Imitation/Ventriloquism: Another 'secret soap' technique. Shampoo perfectly imitated Akane's tone of voice, but it is unclear if she used ventriloquism or not given that she crouched behind her rival. Chow Mein Strike: The user turns a bowl-full of ramen noodles into a whip, forcing the intended food recipient to eat his way out during take-out competitions. Given its limited tensile strength it's likely not useful beyond this function. Delivery Box Blow-out (also known as the Box-Blower Blow): A move from the school of 'Martial Arts Takeout,' a style in which Cologne has stated that she's 'not half bad.' This allows Shampoo to instantly 'overcook' the food contained within a delivery box with a finger or pointed hand strike. It may have had a similar effect when she accidentally struck a water tower instead, although more likely it simply burst after being slightly cracked. This technique only appears in Shampoo's arsenal in the manga; in the anime it is the property of Kaori Daikoku. Advertisement Relationships Ranma Saotome Main article: Ranma-Shampoo Relationship Because of her traditions and Ranma defeating her (accidentally) in his male form, it is law that she marry him,[22][23] and she tries everything possible to accomplish that. Frequently, she glomps Ranma on sight and asks for a date, much to his chagrin. She is not above using trickery and magic to get Ranma to fall in love with her. Because of this, Ranma generally sees her as a nuisance, but tolerates her and seems to have a good degree of friendship with her, going to the Cat Cafe for free bowls of ramen and helping Mousse to rescue her when she's held captive by Maomolin.[24][25][26] When he was first hugged by her, he blushed and thought to himself that she was cute

   Unlike Ukyo, who he at least apparently considers as a regular, non-romantic old friend, Ranma has stated outright that he views Shampoo as a pest. Regardless, his attitude towards both of them seems conflicted between consideration for their feelings. He was moved by Shampoo's tears when she believed that he rejected her during the onsen race, and had a similar problem with Ukyo during the 'Secret Sauce' arc. His pride took it as a direct challenge to win back Shampoo's affections during the 'Reversal Jewel' storyline,[27] where he also forces a confession out of Ukyo to feel desirable again. His only attempt to directly get rid of Shampoo (beyond encouraging Mousse in his efforts) happened during her first appearance. Ranma is also noticably put off by Mousse considering using the imprinting eggs to make Shampoo his girlfriend as shown in Chapter 398. Like most cute girls in the series, she can usually manipulate him by feigning tears. If that fails, Shampoo can sometimes get Ranma to bend to her will by transforming into her cat form and taking advantage of his fear - she usually performs this stunt when he makes her angry.

   Akane Tendo Shampoo first saw Akane as an obstacle for Ranma's affection, and has tried to kill or do away with her on more then one occasion, but after relocating permanently to Furinkan, changes her view on Akane. In a sense, they have a similar relationship to Ranma's and Ryoga's, being fierce rivals and battling on occasion, yet considering each other close friends, and saving each other on a basis, such as when Akane helped Mousse and Ranma free Shampoo from Maomolin, or when Shampoo helped to rescue Akane when she was kidnapped by Kirin of the Seven Lucky Gods.[28] This doesn't stop Akane from being irritated when Shampoo tackle glomps Ranma, nor does it stop Shampoo in the pursuit of her airen.

   Mousse Main article: Mousse-Shampoo Relationship Possibly Shampoo's most prominent relationship, she has known Mousse since childhood. Shampoo has claimed to completely hate Mousse and generally acts cold towards him, but does have her moments where she's nicer to him. Mousse on the other hand is in love with Shampoo and desperately seeks her attention, despite her being after Ranma. Shampoo has tried to sabotage Mousse's efforts, and encouraged him and initially didn't care when he was to leave for China, but was glad when he returned, and even had a feast prepared for him.[29] (though this is possibly cause her and Cologne needed to go away and have someone watch the restaurant.)

   Early in the manga Shampoo indifferently stated outright that she hates Mousse, and in the closing chapter, that he makes her sick, and that that she'd like to personally kill him for his "foolish behavior" and "ruining her happiness". However there have been a few hints that her feelings for her childhood 'friend'/nuisance are not restricted to contempt, loathing and annoyance. She beat him up in the regular manner while wearing the Reversal Jewel, which turns love to hatred, incorrectly (although turning hatred to love, was never explicitly implied). Cologne commented that "It seems as if Shampoo does not hate you as much as before".[30] Shampoo also agreed to go on a date with him, after he eventually abstained from using magic apology-inducing glasses during his duels with Ranma, while the latter retaliated by using any petty cheats available. However the goodwill Mousse earned by appearing in a better light than his rival, was eradicated when he took Shampoo to a zombie-demon show, which she found disgusting and not romantic in the least. Later, when Mousse was almost drained of life while enchanted into dating a magic Jizo statue he believed was Shampoo, she initially didn't care at all, and stayed home to play video games instead. Eventually, she reluctantly gave him a scarf she was making for Ranma to wake him from the trance.[31]

   Nevertheless, it always takes extreme circumstances for her to give him any leeway whatsoever since she generally harshly rejects, and treats him in a very cold manner. For example, she cheerfully repeatedly threw bombs at him (which are non lethal by Ranmaverse standards) during a duel with Ranma, since she didn't wish to give him a promised date if he either managed to prevail, or Ranma lost on purpose.[32] While she temporarily felt bad about it and cradled his beaten duck form afterward, she quickly got over it, tying him with a chain to the neck, and taunted him by holding his food out of reach.[33] When she found his duck form beaten (by Taro) on the street she didn't bother to brake and casually ran over him, but seemed somewhat concerned or at least curious afterwords. After Ranma pinned Mousse's duck form to a wall and said 'If you weren't such a moron I wouldn't have Shampoo pestering me all the time,' she did turn into a cat and began to chase Ranma, but not to save Mousse, but because she was maddened by the statement. After Mousse decided to free Shampoo from Kiima's slavery instead of taking advantage, she didn't feel the least inclination of gratitude, or even spared him a moment's thought, but rather immediately took the opportunity to hug Ranma instead.

   By the end of the manga, there are hints she may be softening her stance towards Mousse. When he points out that his heart has been true to her all this time and there's nothing more she can do about Ranma since he's marrying Akane soon, Shampoo begrudgingly agrees with him. She then asks Mousse to make celebratory meat buns with her for Ranma's and Akane's wedding. However, she soon succumbs to her old habit of trying to break Ranma and Akane up again

   In the separate anime continuity there are occasional hints that Shampoo actually does hold some love for him, despite vehemently professing the contrary. In the later part of the series Shampoo was the one who convinced him to stay in Japan rather than go back to China, and she cradled him in her arms when he saved her life but was almost killed in the 'Nihao, My Concubine' movie.[34] In the first example, though, she and Cologne explicitly did so because they decided to go to a hot springs and wanted somebody to watch the shop, and knew that Mousse was still available and would do it for free. In the second example, Shampoo is shown relaxing while Mousse is being forced to do heavy labor in the background in the ending credits.

   Advertisement Ukyo Kuonji Shampoo and Ukyo have a complex relationship. While the two are rivals for Ranma's affections, and rivals in the food business, they can occasionally get along. Other times, they usually trade snide remarks. Their rivalry can be displayed not just in their fighting but in their cooking, when Ukyo accidentally ruined Shampoo's ramen by getting okonomiyaki sauce in it, but only sarcastically apologized, which led to Shampoo pouring it onto Ukyo's cooking.

   Ryoga Hibiki Shampoo initially did not acknowledge Ryoga as anyone significant, as at the time, she was hellbent on killing Ranma's female side. Ryoga didn't seem to think much of her either initially. He soon came to fear her after she attempted to serve him (in his pig form) as a dish to Ranma and kicked him in the head during her fight with Akane.[35] Of course, Shampoo didn't know of his Jusenkyo curse at the time. After her relocation, she tends to hang out with Ryoga (along with Mousse, Ranma, and the others) and is shown to have a degree of friendship. This didn't stop her from trying to steal back her waterproof soap when it ended up in his hands.

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   Non-canon appearances Shampoo has been a staple character in the most of the video games and a playable character in the fighting games. She made several cameos in Kappa Mikey in crowd scenes, usually dancing, and also appears briefly in the opening theme.

   Trivia Mimi and Nene Mimi and Nene.

   As with her fellow Joketsuzoku, Cologne and Mousse, the gag in Shampoo's name is that the romanization of her name - Shān Pú or Shānpú - sounds like a beauty product in English. Uniquely amongst the Joketsuzoku, Shampoo's name can be written with either of two pairings of kanji/hanzi that share the same pronunciation. The first set of kanji/hanzi that can be used to write Shān Pú are the characters for "Coral" (Shān) and "Uncut Gem" (Pú). The second set uses the characters "Mountain(-like)" (Shān) and "Chest" (Pú). A fundamental quirk of Shampoo's character is that she does not have a native speaker's affinity for Japanese, and how this is portrayed varies depending on the language into which the series has been dubbed. In the original Japanese, and in its Chinese translation, Shampoo speaks in an archaically formal manner. In the English, she uses a form of "broken English", referring to herself in the third person and utilizing a minimalistic dialogue that emphasizes nouns and verbs whilst omitting prepositions, indefinite articles and definite articles. Shampoo seems to have been designed as a reference to the female protagonist Lum Invader from Takahashi's earlier comedy series Urusei Yatsura. Both characters are exotic "foreigner" girls characterized as being highly loving and affectionate, but also temperamental, violent, scheming and jealously possessive, with an imperfect understanding of proper Japanese behaviors. The manga has a running gag of Shampoo making her entrance by running over people, mainly Ranma, with her bicycle. This also appears on a few occasions in the anime, but is usually directed against other people and only appears roughly half a dozen times in all of the anime episodes and specials. Fans of the series often mistakenly refer to Shampoo's weapons as bonbori, which is incorrect: bonbori are a spherical shaped paper lantern that are hung outside in Japan, which her weapons do resemble. The english manual for Ranma ½: Hard Battle mistakenly refers to them as "Lanterns." Her weapons are actually a pair of Chuí. Chui are maces with a large spherical head made out of solid iron or bronze, as such they are extremely heavy and cannot be used by most people.[36] Her seiyū also provided the voice of Masato's Mother of the Rumiko Takahashi Theater: Mermaid's Forest. Her English voice actress would provide the voices of the Mama Higurashi and Urasue on Inuyasha. Shampoo's mother is never shown during the series. Her father appears several times in cameos in the manga but never in the anime.* Two characters in other anime series seem to have been inspired by Shampoo. Shampoo's hair color in the anime adaptation can vary depending on episode. The vast majority of her episodes depict her with dark blue hair, but the OAVs and Movies, as well as certain episodes, show her with dark purple hair. Oddly, Shampoo is depicted with green hair in the first opening of the series. Shampoo seems to be the inspiration for several female characters who have appeared in other anime. One episode of Slayers NEXT features the traveling twin martial artists Mimi and Nene, aspiring idol singers whom Lina encounters during a search for a magical ritual whose origins she has misunderstood. The twins are clearly based on Shampoo in terms of their designs, sharing her odango hairstyle, wearing qipao, and having purple colored hair similar to Shampoo, as well as having her affinity for martial arts in a series where swordplay and sorcery are the normal means of combat. Renka Ma from History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi is another apparent homage to Shampoo; like Shampoo, she is a very beautiful female martial artist from China with exotic purple hair and superhuman physical abilities who acts as a rival to the female protagonist Miu Fūrinji for the love of the male protagonist, Kenichi Shirahama. Renka's tendency to act with feline mannerisms, and her cat-themed hairstyle, acts as an homage to Shampoo's transforming into a cat due to her Jusenkyo curse. Media Appearances Manga 23-30. Martial Arts Figure Skating Arc 30. The Waters of Love 31-36. Shampoo Intro Arc 31. Kiss of Death 32. You I Love 33. Akane Gets Shampooed 34. Shampoo Cleans Up 35. Formula 911 36. Bie Liao (Goodbye) 37-41. Neko-Ken Arc 41. You'd Have Kissed Anybody? 42-51. Full Body Cat's Tongue Arc 42. Shampoo Rides Again 43. Attack of the Wild Mousse 44. The Martial Arts Magic Show 45. Cat's Tongue Got You? 46. The Phoenix Pill 47. All's Fair at the Fair 48. War of the Melons 49. Naval Engagement 50. Kitten of the Sea 51. Care to Join Me? 56-58. Martial Arts Tea Ceremony Arc 56. The Way of Tea 59-62. Martial Arts Takeout Arc 59. It's Fast or It's Free 60. Eyes on the Prize 61. Noodles, Anyone? 62. I Won't Eat It! 70-73. Dojo Destroyer Arc 70. Instant Spring 71. No Need For Ranma 72. The Destroyer Strikes 73. Just One More Kiss 92-94. Amazon Love Pills Arc 92. Happosai Days Are Here Again 93. One Moment to Love 94. I Won't Fall in Love! 95-99. Mousse Returns Arc 95. The Abduction of...Akane? 96. Duck, Ranma, Duck! 97. Akane Becomes a Duck 98. Fowl Play 99. The Happiest Mousse 109-110. Kairaishi Mushroom Arc 109. Embraceable You 110. Hold Me Close 111-113. Super Soba Arc 111. Akane's Power-Up! 112. Super Badminton 113-119. Principal Kuno Intro Arc 119. Gonna Make You Tardy! 120-124 Waterproof Soap Arc 120. The Soap of Happiness 121. Cupids, Draw Back Your Bow 122. Don't Follow Me 123. Who Do You Love? 124. Give Me a Little Hug 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 127. Weak for Life?! 137-138. Ghost Cat Arc 137. Who Will Bell the Cat? 138. Kitty Takes a Bride 154-157. Dragon's Whisker Arc 157. Hair Raising 158-164. Hot Springs Obstacle Course Race Arc 158. Let's Go to the Hot 159. Screamin' at the Hot Springs! 160. Three-Leg Scramble 161. Hot Bath! 162. Ranma Gives Up?! 163. The Final Choice 164. A Goal Too Far 173-178. Ranma Engaged to Nabiki Arc 174. The Terrible Truth 180-190. Pantyhose Taro Intro Arc 180. Spring Demon 182. Find Akane! 183. S.W.A.T. (Save Widdle Akane Team) 184. The Watery Grave 185. The Geyser Traps 186. Boiling Retaliation 187. The Snap of Elastic 188. What's in a Name? 189. Back to the Freak-ture! 190. And Back and Back and Back… 208-209. New Year's Cat Spirit Arc 208. New Year's Curse 209. Ring Proposal 230-233. Reversal Jewel Arc 230. Sudden Hate!! 231. Say You Love Me!! 232. Love's Counterstrike 233. Who Loves Who? 246-258. Musk Dynasty Arc 246. The Guest at the Cat Café 247. The Animal Kingdom 248. The Lost Treasure 259-265. Hinako Ninomiya Intro Arc 260. The Eight Mysterious Treasures 261. The World's Most Powerful Woman 262. Go for the Pressure Points! 263. The Formation from Hell 264. The Eight Treasures Change Return 265. The Ultimate Health Regimen 282-284. Lens of Invincibility Arc 282. The Unbeatable Lens 283. Tearful Apology!! 284. The Lowliest Jerk 303-307. Pink and Link Arc 303. The Seeds of Tragedy 304. Motherhood Flower, Please 305. Shampoo - Captive! 306. The Forest of Poisonous Plants 307. The Ultimate Medicine 330. Cold Summer Noodles 347-349. Mushrooms of Time Arc 348. To the Mushroom Forest! 350-351. Jizo Statue Arc 350. The Two Shampoos 351. Payback's a Saint 357. The Little Heart 365. Incense of Spring Sleep 366. The Three-Year Smile of Death 385. Goodbye Ranma?! 386-387. Pill Box Arc 387. Bet on the Ring!! 389-407. Jusendo Arc 389. Messenger from Jusenkyo 390. Battle for the Map! 391. Egg Shampoo 392. China Bound!! 395. Dogfight Above the Peak 397. Bad News at Jusenkyo 398. Akane Breaks Out! 401. The Spout of the Dragon 402. A Last, Sweet Memory 403. Saffron Reborn 404. Ranma Battles Saffron!! 405. The Power of the Gekkaja 406. Akane's Smile 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 1 Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!? Season 2 You Really Do Hate Cats! This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! Behold! The "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" Technique Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan Cool Runnings! The Race of the Snowmen Ranma Trains on Mt. Terror Danger at the Tendo Dojo! The Abduction of Akane! Ranma vs. Mousse! To Lose Is To Win Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher! Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out Goodbye Girl-Type Season 3 Sneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe For Disaster Transform! Akane the Super-Duper Girl The Killer From Jusenkyo The Ultimate Team-up!? The Ryoga/Mousse Alliance All It Takes is One! The Kiss of Love is the Kiss of Death Back to the Happosai! Two, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Ranma and the Evil Within Ryoga's Miracle Cure! Hand Over That Soap Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race Season 4 Ranma Gets Weak! (mentioned) Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit Here Comes Ranma's Mom! My Fiancé, the Cat Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Season 5 When a Guy's Pride and Joy is Gone Hot Springs Battle Royale! The Frogman's Curse! Ranma the Lady-Killer Season 6 Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge Back to the Way We Were... Please! Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park! The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part I The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part II A Xmas Without Ranma Akane Goes to the Hospital! Akane's Unfathomable Heart Season 7 Nihao! Jusenkyo Guide Shampoo's Curséd Kiss Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple (mentioned) The Horrible Happo Mold-Burst! The Battle for Miss Beachside OVAs Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble The One to Carry On Part One The One to Carry On Part Two Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever The Two Akanes! "Ranma, Look at Me!" Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine Gallery Main article: Shampoo/Image Gallery

   References Shampoo Intro Arc Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands Full Body Cat's Tongue Arc This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! Just One More Kiss Danger at the Tendo Dojo! War of the Melons Noodles, Anyone? Eyes on the Prize Dojo Destroyer Arc Ryoga's Miracle Cure! Hand Over That Soap Hold Me Close You I Love The World's Most Powerful Woman Akane Gets Shampooed Shampoo Cleans Up Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul Bie Liao (Goodbye) I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye Who Do You Love? Amazon Love Pills Arc You I Love Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands New Year's Curse Ring Proposal Shampoo's Curséd Kiss Reversal Jewel Arc Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Say You Love Me!! Payback's a Saint Fowl Play The Happiest Mousse Nihao, My Concubine Akane Gets Shampooed

5. #5Hibiki Ryōga

   Keys: Ryōga, Hibiki Ryōga · Secondary: Hibiki, Ryōga

   Ryoga Hibiki 1989 Anime 2024 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 響 良牙 Hibiki Ryōga Nickname(s) P-chan (by Ranma and Akane) Moron (by Ranma) Jerk (by Ranma) Pork butt (by Ranma) Pig-Boy (by Ranma) Fiancé (by Ranma) Brother (by Ranma) Young Master (by Ranma) Pork Chop Dope (by Ranma) Boar Sludge (by Ranma) Charlotte, by Azusa Shiratori Ryoga-chan (by Akari) Joe (by Anna) Stupid Piggy (by Taro) Jackass (by Ukyo) Idiot (by Ukyo) Sugar (by Ukyo) Spud (by Ukyo) Wiener (by Ukyo) Galoot (by Ukyo) Mud Rowdy (by Ukyo) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Ryoga Hibiki (響 良牙, Hibiki Ryōga?) is Ranma Saotome's eternal rival and a friend to him, the only one he has outright stated to truly consider as such, and one of the most powerful fighters in the series.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Trivia 8 Media Appearances 8.1 Manga 8.2 Anime 9 Gallery 10 References 11 External links Biography History A few years prior to the events of the series Ryoga meet Ranma at his junior high school where the pair soon became rivals as Ranma continually got the last pieces of bread during lunch, usually knocking down Ryoga in the process as he attempted to do the same.[1] This eventually lead Ryoga to challenge Ranma at the vacant lot behind his home. Ranma, however, left after waiting for three days, with Ryoga finally arriving on the fourth; deepening his anger towards Ranma.[1]

   Ryoga Ranma Shortly after this Ranma left for China, prompting Ryoga to follow him there. Some time after heading to China Ryoga found himself helplessly lost in Jusenkyo where he was knocked off a cliff by a recently-cursed Ranma, resulting in him falling into the Heitowennīchuan spring and acquiring his own curse.[1][2] Following a narrow escape from nearly being eaten by Genma and the Jusenkyo Guide, Ryoga began his return journey to Japan.

   Plot After finally returning to Japan, Ryoga started to try and track down Ranma. Despite getting lost several times,[1] Ryoga eventually finds himself outside Furinkan High School where he soon finds Ranma to get his revenge. Ranma, however, doesn't remember Ryoga, much to his annoyance. Once Ranma finally does recall Ryoga's name the pair begin fighting until Ryoga loses sight of Ranma and storms through the school looking for him, before getting lost in the streets of Furinkan once more.[1]

   Helplessly lost yet again Ryoga sends Ranma a challenge letter, but takes several days before he finally returns to Furinkan in order to fulfill it. With Ryoga finally back, the pair quickly begin their rematch. Ranma and Ryoga finds themselves evenly matched, despite Ryoga chaining himself Ranma so that he can't "run away" again.[3] The fight soon leaves the school grounds and heads over to a local park, during which time Ryoga learns of Ranma's curse. Unfortunately for the pair their fight is brought to an abrupt end once Akane's hair is cut by one of Ryoga's bandanas.[3] Several days later Ryoga finds the Tendo Dojo during a dark and stormy night and attempts to face Ranma once more, but has to flee prematurely when Akane (mistaking him for a burglar) knocks his umbrella out of his hand.[4] Ranma soon deduces that Ryoga must have a curse too, but initially mistakes Ryoga for a neighbours dog before discovering that Ryoga's cursed form is actually that of a piglet (which Akane has adopted as her pet).[2]

   RyogaTriesOn Ryoga trains Ranma in Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics.

   With Ranma aware of his curse, Ryoga continues to be loggerheads with his rival,[2][5] especially when he begins sharing a bed with Akane whilst in his pig form.[2]

   Shortly after Akane's challenge to Kodachi, Ryoga, upon seeing how poorly her training was going, decides to help Akane practice Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics before ultimately doing the same with Ranma when Akane is unable to participate.[2][6] Unfortunately Ryoga himself is dragged into the match between Ranma and Kodachi as the latter decided to use him (shortly after being turned into his cursed form) as a way to handicap Ranma, but with little success.[6][7]

   Upon learning of Shampoo and her hatred towards Ranma, Ryoga wastes no time in threatening to change Ranma into his female from right in front of Shampoo. That same evening Ryoga also threw cold water over the male-Ranma so that Shampoo would continue her pursuit until ultimately falling into the Tendo's Koi pond himself.[8] The next day, however, Ryoga himself is subjected to Shampoo's whim as she uses him as the main ingredient in the lunch she prepares especially for Ranma. Following Shampoo giving Akane the "Kiss of Death" as well, Ryoga watched the start of the fight between the pair, until being rendered unconscious by Shampoo.[9] Ryoga is later asked by Ranma to "nearly" kill him so that he (Ranma) can get the shampoo that will restore Akane's memory, but Ryoga refuses in favour of him becoming Akane's fiancé instead. He then watches with the others as Ranma reveals his curse to Shampoo and she subsequently returns to China.[10] Ryoga later joined Kuno, Kodachi and the Tendos in stopping Ranma from returning to China so that he could (seemingly) elope with Shampoo.[11]

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   Advertisement Appearance P-Chan As P-chan

   Ryoga's usual outfit consists of a yellow and black speckled bandana around his head, a yellow long sleeve tunic with pale yellow collar and the folded sleeves, black trousers with yellow leg bands around the ankles and a black sash-like belt and black Tai Chi shoes and pale yellow socks. He is sometimes shown wearing a pale yellow sleeveless shirt and his trousers are now dark blue. His black hair, particularly the front fringe, is quite long, obscuring his bandana at the front. Quite often, Ryoga carries around a black backpack and a red bamboo umbrella either tucked into straps on top of his backpack or in his hand. In the remake version, he remains unchanged except for his facial features to make him more mature than his rival, Ranma.

   Before he was cursed into his P-chan form, he was seen wearing an indigo sleeveless shirt in matching pants, and his bandana is pale yellow.

   In his P-chan form, Ryoga's clothes can be seen falling off when he got washed up by cold water in various occasions in every episode. He appears as a small black pig as his yellow and speckled bandanna on his head becomes his collar.

   Personality Ryoga's most notable characteristic is that, like his parents (and even his entire family),[12] he has no sense of direction whatsoever. He is unable to go the right way, often sticking to the letter of any directions given to him, regardless of whether the path eventually turns.[1] He has an inability to understand even the simplest of directions or draw any legible maps,[13] once running the wrong way at the start of a three-legged race[14][15] or getting lost in Shampoo's house for hours; looking for the exit.[16][17] He cannot even follow someone pointing in the correct direction.

   In the anime, this condition is worsened by Ryoga's ability to traverse obscene distances in surprisingly little time on foot. This, combined with Ryoga's complete lack of direction, results in him having essentially no idea where he is at any given time, which allows him to miss his destinations by insane margins.[18]

   Inversely, the manga depicts Ryoga needing much longer travel times, and has not explicitly been seen to swiftly and randomly traverse continents under his own power. However, in his first appearance he quickly overshot Tokyo by 500 kilometres twice in a row,[19] apparently within the span of a few days. Through the aid of the Gekkaja, he also quickly made it all the way from Jusenkyo to Moscow and back while out to get some dumplings in Peking.[20] His map was also once shown to contain a forest, a café, a road with a red car, the Tendo dojo, some Oni, China, and France,[13] and he once sent Akane a postcard in which the photograph displayed that he had unwittingly traversed to Hong Kong. Ryoga's family house is within sight of Mount Fuji, where his dog Shirokuro and her puppies live.[21]

   Ryoga moping - Ep Ryoga thinking about his relationship with Akane.

   Ryoga generally leads a nomadic lifestyle, and only occasionally manages to find his home.[22] His poor sense of direction and his curse have regularly subjected him to imminent misery, constantly placing him lonely and lost in the wilderness, at the mercy of hungry predators.[1][17] When first introduced, he is a very angry and seemingly unapproachable individual.[1] Ryoga is very emotional, often following his heart rather than his head. However he has shown capability of using strategy when he is focused or lacking distractions.[citation needed] He is emotionally fragile, straightforward and naive. He regularly feels depressed, which thus far has served as the source for his chi projection.[23] He is generally shy, humble and polite, especially around women. He is often easily tricked and used by some of the more manipulative characters, particularly Ranma,[24][25] and turns extremely grateful, loyal and self-sacrificing for any kindness offered to him, and his compassion is just as overemotional as the rest of him, even bringing him to tears after realising that he is incapable of even trying to harm Ranma when the latter was weakened by Happosai.[26][27] That said, while he is often used by Ranma, he's not above manipulating himself, albeit somewhat unknowingly. This is usually done in his P-Chan form. In addition, like many other characters in the series, Ryoga is always willing to blame others, mainly Ranma, for his misfortunes, regardless of how involved the other party was in them (for example blaming Ranma for not meeting him to fight, despite missing the fight being his own fault). Sometimes he cares for what happens to him, which makes him a friend of Ranma.

   Abilities Ryoga is an exceptionally proficient martial artist, roughly comparable to Ranma, whom he has defeated or fought to a draw on many occasions. Unlike most cast members, Ryoga seems to be mostly self-taught, with only some of his special techniques passed on to him by others.[28][29] When staying focused and keeping his emotions in control he proved efficient enough to simultaneously parry, disarm, and effortlessly overwhelm Kuno, Mousse, Principal Kuno and Gosunkugi in around a second.[26]

   CounterKick Ryoga going toe-to-toe with Ranma.

   Due to his harsh hiking[12] Ryoga has great physical strength,[30] which appears to heighten when he becomes overly emotional.[29][31] This has led Ryoga to unintentionally destroy walls,[32] lampposts[3] and even large portions of buildings.[1] Along with his strength, Ryoga is also shown to be very durable during battle.[33][34]

   Although significantly slower than Ranma after the latter had received training from Cologne,[16] Ryoga eventually managed to improve himself to a point where he could easily outmatch Mousse,[35] or Genma. (During the final Saffron story).

   Despite his competent fighting skills, Ryoga does suffer from several limitations, most severely his Jusenkyo curse which typical causes any fight he's partaking where he transforms to end in his defeat.[citation needed] He is also easily distracted, creating openings for his opponents.[36][14] Ryoga also suffers from being easily embarrassed at the sight of a woman's breasts,[37][38] along his own sense of decency whereby which he refuses to fight anyone who he sees as weaker than himself.[26]

   It is noted that Ryoga is much tougher and stronger than Ranma, especially as Ryoga was able to effortlessly overpower and almost render female Ranma unconscious with a single finger during the "Yoiko" story, however Ranma is more agile and quicker than Ryoga.

   Ryoga has learned a number of techniques from a variety of sources, mixing and matching them freely in battle.

   Iron Cloth (Fanon, but: 鉄布 - Tetsu Nuno): Ryoga seems to have a never-ending supply of his trademark bandannas, using them as razor sharp missiles, and can even turn his belt into a blade capable of easily cutting through a tree, or a steel pole, with a single slash. These attacks are assumed to be possible by Ryoga channelling his Chi into them, vastly enforcing the tensile strength and cutting edge of the fabrics. His umbrella is unusually resistant, but Ryoga easily wields it with one hand to deadly effect and increased impact damage. However, female Ranma was also able to use this, and it's unclear if Ryoga strictly carries this dense version towards the end, as even the Jusenkyo Guide's small daughter Plum was able to effortlessly lift it at this point. Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics: For some unknown reason, Ryoga has a fair knowledge of this martial art. The only time he really uses it is early in the series, when he tries to teach it to Akane, then to Ranma, to prepare them for a fight against Kodachi. Given his proficient use of "iron cloth" ribbon technique whip attacks, it is possible that he studied it for this purpose. "Bakusai Tenketsu" (爆砕点穴 - Lit. Explosive-Breaking Point-Hole): or Breaking Point, is a technique taught to Ryoga by Cologne. Originally used by construction workers to clear away debris, this technique enables Ryoga to shatter rocks and similar substances with a finger. The training is gruelling, consisting of tying yourself and a boulder to a tree and repeatedly slamming yourself, finger first into the boulder until you figure out the "breaking point". The technique is useless on humans, but the training's side effects make the user nearly invulnerable to physical attacks. Also, this technique is what allows Ryoga to tunnel underground. At some point, Ryoga also develops a version which works on wood.[13] He is also seen using a "Rapid Fire" version at times, striking quickly and repeatedly to produce several small blasts in a row. Shishi Hokodan - Depths of Despair, Part I Ryoga using the Shishi Hōkōdan against Ranma.

   "Shishi Hōkōdan" (獅子咆哮弾 - Lit. Lion Roaring-Bullet): or more simply known as Lion's Roar Blast, is a technique was taught to him by an engineer during his wanderings. By concentrating his depression and anger into his chi, Ryoga is able to unleash a massive blast of energy from his palms. When he was first taught it, in its imperfect form, the attack was strong enough to either knock out/defeat Ranma in one blow, or require a few shots, depending on his focus.[39] The regular version proved enough to stun the latter noticeably, even when Ryoga was transformed into a small child.[13] He has occasionally been shown to use this to help blow tunnels through solid earth. "Shin Shishi Hōkōdan" (真獅子咆哮弾 - Lit. True Lion Roaring-Bullet): The secret to perfecting the technique lay in the use of the chi and the strength of the user's emotions. As chi generated by depression and anger is "heavy," by projecting it into the air, Ryoga creates a massive sphere of chi that has been shown capable of instantly creating an even larger smoking crater,[40] in what appeared to be a stone foundation,[40] and later crack the earth around it, reaching the onlookers at what had been considered a safe viewing distance away from the epicentre.[40][41] The more ki generated and used in this attack, the larger the resultant sphere of destruction; the greatest visual effect was shown when used to utterly vanquish Lime in a single blow.[42] Simply being grazed by the outermost boundary of one of its most powerful strikes was enough to immediately conquer Ranma, despite the latter's attempt to lessen the impact with his weakened Moko Takabisha.[40] But a full hit from a later (seemingly weaker, given the lack of increased crater size) attempt simply stunned the latter for roughly a minute,[41] quickly followed by a strike with even less impact.[41]

   "Dairokkan" (第六感 - Sixth Sense): Like several other martial artists in the series, Ryoga has displayed an extrasensory awareness, which warns him from incoming danger/attacks. However, at least once in the manga, during the Musk Dynasty arc, his Sixth Sense and poor directional sense combined, causing him to predict an incoming attack, but to expect it from entirely the wrong direction![24][38][43][44] In the video game Ranma ½: Akanekodan Teki Hihou, Ryoga is given several additional techniques, including:

   Sekiteki Kairin Gasa: Ryoga opens his umbrella horizontally and spins it rapidly, using this to hypnotize a foe and render them unable to move. A more potent variant that works on multiple opponents is the Shinteki Kairin Gasa. Chiri Metsuretsu: By twirling his umbrella in a flamboyant manner, Ryoga can baffle and confuse multiple foes at once. If he is in his piglet form, he can achieve the same effect with a bizarre, flamboyant dancing routine. Hisho Koryu Ha: An incredibly powerful energy blast technique. Advertisement Relationships Akane Tendo It is very unclear as to what extent Akane is aware of Ryoga's highly visible infatuation with her. He regularly brings her gifts from the widespread locations he visits during his travels. He becomes extremely flustered at even talking to her, outright affirming that he's overjoyed from even innocent "dates" between them. Even more significantly, he becomes furious and comes to her defense at the very notion of anyone, especially Ranma disrespecting or hurting her, and has helped to save her life on multiple occasions. Ryoga has also made a few embarrassed, and highly transparent, attempts to confess his love to her. Perhaps the most transparent of these attempts was during the "Miraculous Soap" short story, in which Ryoga finds the courage to confess his feelings after using a soap (which ended up in his hands after Shampoo lost it) which would nullify his Jusenkyo curse (as a matter of fact, the soap itself was a product from Jusenkyo). However, Ryoga only managed to scare Akane off with his lack of control, as he kept on destroying everything before him while chasing after her.

   His attempts at expressing his love often times fail either due to him losing courage at the last moment or Akane missing any hints and implications provided to her, if there are any signs that are apparent enough (such as Ryoga's love letters) they are usually destroyed or made illegible at the last moment.

   Despite all the evidence, Akane seems almost completely oblivious to his affection. During Ukyo's prolonged introduction story, she witnessed Ryoga's very emotional reaction when Ranma made him think she was holding his hand, but drew no conclusions. She adamantly protested out of genuine confusion when Nabiki suggested that the latter was actively pursuing her, in the "Fishing-Rod of Love" arc, stating that he was simply a good friend.

   However, she has mentioned that she considers him as kind, pure and gentle, in the "Sakura-Mochi" arc, and as more honest, sincere, and reliable than Ranma, in the "Tunnel of Lost Love" arc, where she also wanted him to hold her hand in order to comfort and protect her from the ghosts in the cave.

   Given the above she generally seems to view him as a younger brother. There have, however, been a few exceptions.

   Early in the manga, even Akane clearly noticed his feelings when Shampoo's "remote-control acupressure" made her charm Ryoga, making him overjoyed and relentlessly persistent. This ultimately terrified her when she realized that his overwhelming casual power might kill her through a simple hug. She afterwards stated that whoever became his girlfriend had to be a lot sturdier than herself. This suggests that in subsequent stories, Akane may be aware of Ryoga's continued feelings, but deliberately feigns ignorance, as she does not feel that way for him or wish for him to be encouraged to pursue her, given how scary he can be when romantically worked up.

   During the "Sakura Mochi" story she also, for once, actively considered him as a potential boyfriend upon noticing several "petal marks" on Ryoga's face after he ate a "true love predicting" cookie. Even then, Akane was visibly relieved when Ranma's face showed more of them, though the "petal marks" she saw were actually P-chan's hoofprints. She has also consistently been very happy for Ryoga whenever she thinks that he has managed to find a girlfriend, admitting that she has been worried about him due to his overwhelming loneliness.

   As P-chan, Ryoga is doted upon by Akane. She holds him in her lap, cuddles him, feeds him tidbits from her plate, talks to him about her private feelings and thoughts, and allows him to sleep in her bed. To her, P-chan is not a mere pet, but a true confidant, someone she can share her deepest thoughts with and always trust to be there to comfort her.

   This intimacy is why Ryoga allows himself to be treated as a mere pet. Having engendered his initial infatuation with Akane in the first place, it gives him a sense of comfort and assurance to be treated so warmly. It helps him to believe he and Akane can be together, someday, and lets him feel that someone truly loves him, giving him a spot of hope in his awful life.

   That said, Ryoga is aware that Akane would not react well to discovering the truth. The fact of the matter is, even though Ryoga canonically avoids trying to see Akane naked (if only because of how painfully shy he is about the female body), Akane only does the things she does with P-chan because she doesn't know that P-chan is really a human. If Akane found out, she would feel that Ryoga had violated her trust, deceiving her, and she would be furious, especially as she normally thinks of Ryoga as being morally superior to Ranma in many ways.

   This, then, is why Ryoga has never told Akane the truth about being P-chan, and actively does his best to keep her ignorant. He knows that being P-chan is wrong, but he's so addicted to the opportunities to be close to an especially affectionate Akane that he manages not to think about it until the consequences of her learning the truth are brought to mind. And then he tries to keep the masquerade going.

   Anna In the episode Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset, he fell in love with girl named Anna who loved him as well. During this episode, Ryoga was questioning whenever or not he should stay and be with Anna or return to Akane. While he thinks about this, he and Anna drift closer to each other and he saves her life when she was kidnapped. When he saved her Anna runs up to him and they hug. But, soon he realizes that he still loves Akane and returns to her.

   Akari Unryu Ryoga meets a girl named Akari Unryu whose family runs a dojo dedicated to training massive "sumo pigs". By accidentally defeating her strongest pig, Katsunishiki, Ryoga became Akari's betrothed by the decree of her grandfather.[45] Akari is a sweet girl who loves Ryoga, although she is initially unaware of his curse, and when she tries to compliment him through comparisons with pigs (which she cherishes above everything), he takes it as a grave insult. Ryoga despises his curse and thinks it makes him pathetic and inferior, which is one of the main reasons he has trouble sharing his feelings with Akane. In the end, Akari finds out about his condition, which only makes her adore him even more. This further complicates Ryoga's life, since he is initially indecisive about her and Akane and once tried to court both of them at the same time.[46] Towards the end of the series he seems mostly focused on dating Akari,[47][48] but during the Saffron arc, he adds Akane's photo (purchased from Nabiki) into a holder, which also has Akari's picture, it suggests he can't forget Akane and still loves her. After Ryoga accidentally loses them during one of their initial skirmishes with Saffron, he is desperate to reclaim them, to the point of falling into a deep fissure. Ryoga has said he will always love Akane even if she marries another man that isn't him. At the end of the manga, Ryoga decides not to attend Akane and Ranma's wedding because of her feelings towards her, and decides that the best thing for him is to make a long trip. He said that he acknowledges that their marriage was inevitable and that no technique he ever learned was powerful to fight fate. It suggest once again his inconditional and platonic love towards Akane.[49]

   In the German translation of the "Memorial Book", Ryoga and Akari are described as feeling reciprocal "great attraction" towards one another, while he feels "lingering affection" for Akane. In this respect Ryoga seems to have received a more conclusive ending than most of the main characters, since the others were still caught up in the usual romantic entanglements and complications. His rivalry for Akane is gone and he has met his seemingly perfect match, but his direction sense and remaining curse naturally still complicate matters.

   Ukyo Kuonji Ryoga and Ukyo as a couple are joked about in both continuities, but somewhat more so in the anime (likely due to the fact Akari was never introduced in this continuity). However, this pairing seems unlikely at best. She has bluntly and abrasively reiterated her derision towards his lack of judgement, direction sense and shyness/"cowardice", followed by hard whacks of her battle spatula. Ryoga also tends to be infatuated with girls who are consistently gentle with his feelings. They seemed even more antipathetic towards one another after being forcefully separated by the ghosts in the "Tunnel of Lost Love", possibly due to the previously referred "break-up curse", alternately simply due to blaming one another.

   Regardless, they never cooperate, or speak, again in the manga. In their one real interaction in the anime after the Tunnel of Love story (the "Nihao My Concubine" movie) they were both quite hostile towards each other. Ryoga was initially uninterested in helping Ukyo to vanquish her unwanted paramour Sarutoru, the monkey man, who was courting her at a dinner table, turning to leave until she pointed out that his lack of direction-sense meant that he needed her help to find Akane. It was only then that he was willing to fight Sarutoru, and defeats the latters with a Shi Shi Hokodan blast, whereupon Ukyo seems thankful and leads him away.

   Advertisement Quotes Where the heck am I now? I got here without getting lost my directional sense has never led me right. But now I came straight where I want to be! It's the power of love, Akane. No more pig! I gave myself a week to get here. I set off as soon as the poster came out. Trivia The name "Ryoga" can be broken down to read as "good fang," which refers to the fact that he possesses rather prominent canines. Hibiki is translated as "to echo" or "to resound." The precise level of Ranma's fault for Ryoga falling into the Heitowennīchuan varies between the mediums. In the manga, the art more directly suggests that Ranma knocked Ryoga clean off of the cliff-face and down into the spring. In the anime, Ryoga safely landed back on the cliff-face after being hit by Ranma in mid-air - but lost his balance when the edge where his hand was resting crumbled, causing him to fall to the side and tumble over the edge into the spring. A recurring joke throughout the franchise is that Ranma frequently refers to Ryoga's pig form as his actual name Ryoga while referring his human form as P-chan instead of the other way around. Ryoga is similar in appearance to Kōga from Inuyasha, who is also romantically interested in the female protagonist and has a similar name that in part means "fang". Given Takahashi's tendency to recycle character archetypes and outlines between series, it's clear that Kōga is the "Ryoga" of the Inuyasha series. Ranma, Genma and Soun Tendo are all aware of Ryoga's curse and that he is truly P-chan. On Tvtropes.org Ryoga is considered the undisputed "king of getting lost" and with good reason. Another interesting fact is that since his debut numerous other mangas and animes have featured characters with an almost identical sense of direction as Ryoga, also of note is that these characters also share similar attributes to Ryoga such as monstrous super-human strength and endurance, examples of such characters are Roronoa Zoro from One Piece, Sagara Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin and Kenpachi Zaraki from Bleach. In The Obstacle Course Swim Meet OVA episode of Urusei Yatsura he appears in his cursed form as one of the drown students. His P-chan form makes 2 cameo appearances as a tiny doll in episodes 4 and 39 of the anime version of Kyokai no Rinne, another work of Rumiko Takahashi. His seiyū provided the voice of Yuta of the Mermaid Saga, another work by Rumiko Takahashi. His seiyū also voices the Jusenkyo Guide. His English voice actor, Michael Donovan provided the voices of Zenzaburo Mitsukoshi of the Maison Ikkoku and Suikotsu of the InuYasha. Michael Donovan also voices Jusenkyo Guide (second voice) and Bess. Media Appearances Manga 10-16. Ryoga Hibiki Intro Arc 10. The Hunter 11. Bread Feud 12. Showdown! 13. A Bad Cut 14. Who Says You're Cute? 15. The Transformation of Ryoga 16. He's Got a Beef 17-22. Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Arc 17. Kodachi, the Black Rose 18. The Love of the Black Rose 19. Take Care of My Sister 20. I'll See That You Lose 21. Hot Competition 22. I Give Up 23-30. Martial Arts Figure Skating Arc 23. Darling Charlotte 24. A Kiss in the Rink 25. Lips at a Loss 26. Lips at War 27. I'll Never Let Go 28. Burning the Bridges 29. Ryoga Explodes! 30. The Waters of Love 31-36. Shampoo Intro Arc 31. Kiss of Death 32. You I Love 33. Akane Gets Shampooed 34. Shampoo Cleans Up 35. Formula 911 36. Bie Liao (Goodbye) 37-41. Neko-Ken Arc 38. Weak Spot - Found! 41. You'd Have Kissed Anybody? 51-55. Breaking Point Arc 51. Care to Join Me? 52. Training Meals 53. The Breaking Point 54. The Immortal Man 55. Fast Break 59-62. Martial Arts Takeout Arc 59. It's Fast or It's Free 63-69. Happosai Intro Arc 66. Moonlight Serenade 78-80. Japanese Nanniichuan Arc 78. Quest for the Hidden Spring 79. The Trouble with Girls' Locker Rooms 80. From the Spring, Springs a Message 85-91. Ukyo Kuonji Intro Arc 88. Ryoga vs. Ukyo 89. Love Letters in the Sauce 90. Ryoga's What?! 91. At Long Last... the Date! 92-94. Amazon Love Pills Arc 94. I Won't Fall in Love! 103-105. Ryoga Goes Home Arc 103. Ryoga, Come Home 104. Oh, Brother! 105. Get Lost, Yoiko! 109-110. Kairaishi Mushroom Arc 110. Hold Me Close 120-124 Waterproof Soap Arc 120. The Soap of Happiness 121. Cupids, Draw Back Your Bow 122. Don't Follow Me 123. Who Do You Love? 124. Give Me a Little Hug 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 125. The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil 126. The World's Weakest Man 129. Training in the Spiral of Hell 130. The Inflammable Man 131. The Roar of Heaven 132. The Great Rematch 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 142-145. Mark of the Gods Arc 142. The Mark of the Gods 143. Face Off! 144. The Mark of the Pig 145. Akane Guesses the Secret! 158-164. Hot Springs Obstacle Course Race Arc 158. Let's Go to the Hot 159. Screamin' at the Hot Springs! 160. Three-Leg Scramble 161. Hot Bath! 162. Ranma Gives Up?! 163. The Final Choice 164. A Goal Too Far 180-190. Pantyhose Taro Intro Arc 180. Spring Demon 181. The Demon's Tale 182. Find Akane! 183. S.W.A.T. (Save Widdle Akane Team) 184. The Watery Grave 185. The Geyser Traps 186. Boiling Retaliation 187. The Snap of Elastic 188. What's in a Name? 189. Back to the Freak-ture! 190. And Back and Back and Back… 202-207. Shishi Hokodan vs Moko Takabisha Arc 202. The Lion's Roar 203. Prelude to Defeat 204. Unlucky Blow 205. Emotional Impact 206. Lion Versus Tiger! 207. The Weight of Victory 216-218. Sakura Mochi Arc 216. Mark of the Cherry Blossom 217. Akane's Feelings 218. Storm of Petals 242-244. Fishing Pole of Love Arc 242. The Carp of Misery 243. Carpy Deum 244. Quit Carping 246-258. Musk Dynasty Arc 246. The Guest at the Cat Café 247. The Animal Kingdom 248. The Lost Treasure 249. Battle of the Hot Springs Women! 250. Race to Treasure Mountain 251. Death on Treasure Mountain 252. The Tragedy of the Pail 253. The Waterfall of Secret Treasure Revealed! 254. An Ever-Elusive Treasure 255. The Confession of Rage! 256. Rise Up, Ranma! 257. A Man Again! 258. Welcome Home, Ranma! 266-278. Ryugenzawa Arc 270. In the Shade of the Forest 271. See Ya, Akane 272. The King of Beasts Emerges!! 273. The Orochi and Its Fury 274. The Eight Head 275. Take Care of Her 276. Blow Your Horn!! 277. Let's Go Home 278. These Words I Send to You 287-288. Curséd Cave of Broken Loves Arc 287. Curséd Cave of Broken Loves 288. Exit of Misery 308. Evil and the Bean 312-314. Akari Unryu Intro Arc 312. Spring Comes to Ryoga 313. LOVE the Pig! 314. The Perfect Couple 322. The Cursed Spatula 326-327. Ryoga's Lucky Day Arc 326. Lucky Day… My Family's Away! 327. Alone With Them Both 330. Cold Summer Noodles 347-349. Mushrooms of Time Arc 347. The Mushroom of Time 348. To the Mushroom Forest! 349. 16cm Short 367-370. Cursed Mirror Arc 367. The Two Ranmas 368. An Isosceles Love Triangle 379. Coming Soon 389-407. Jusendo Arc 389. Messenger from Jusenkyo 390. Battle for the Map! 391. Egg Shampoo 392. China Bound!! 393. The Prince of Ho'o Peak 394. The Labyrinth Beneath 395. Dogfight Above the Peak 396. Akane in the Spring 397. Bad News at Jusenkyo 398. Akane Breaks Out! 399. The Phoenix and the Dragon 400. The Saffron Egg 401. The Spout of the Dragon 402. A Last, Sweet Memory 403. Saffron Reborn 404. Ranma Battles Saffron!! 405. The Power of the Gekkaja 406. Akane's Smile 407. The Final Chapter Anime 1989 Enter Ryoga! The Eternal "Lost Boy" School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga True Confessions! A Girl's Hair is Her Life! P-P-P-Chan! He's Good For Nothin' Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast! A Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma is the No. One Bride in Japan Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!? This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! The Abduction of P-Chan Close Call! The Dance of Death... On Ice! P-Chan Explodes! The Icy Fountain of Love! Ranma Trains on Mt. Terror The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge Assault on the Girls' Locker Room Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out Goodbye Girl-Type Ryoga & Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever The Killer From Jusenkyo All It Takes is One! The Kiss of Love is the Kiss of Death The Ultimate Team-up!? The Ryoga/Mousse Alliance The Last Days of Happosai...? Two, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief Ryoga's Miracle Cure! Hand Over That Soap Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race Ranma Goes Back to Jusenkyo at Last Ranma Gets Weak! Eureka! The Desperate Move of Desperation Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit Here Comes Ranma's Mom! From Ryoga with Love A Formidable New Disciple Appears Ryoga's "Tendo Dojo Houseguest" Diary Ryoga the Strong... Too Strong Close Call! P-chan's Secret Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Ranma, You Are Such A Jerk! Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Strike Back! Ryoga's Proposal And the Challenger is... A Girl?! Hot Springs Battle Royale! The Mixed-Bath Horror! The Frogman's Curse! Shogi Showdown Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset Ranma Versus Shadow Ranma! Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge Back to the Way We Were... Please! Ryoga Inherits the Saotome School? Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park! The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part I The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part II A Xmas Without Ranma A Cold Day in Furinkan Akane Goes to the Hospital! Akane's Unfathomable Heart Nihao! Jusenkyo Guide Pick-a-Peck o' Happosai From the Depth of Despair, Part I From the Depth of Despair, Part II Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple Wretched Rice Cakes Of Love The Battle for Miss Beachside A Ninja's Dog is Black and White OVAs Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako The One to Carry On Part One The One to Carry On Part Two Reawakening Memories Part One Reawakening Memories Part Two The Evil Ogre! Hell Hath No Fury Like Kasumi Scorned Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever The Two Akanes! "Ranma, Look at Me!" Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine 2024 Anime Episode 4 (2024) Gallery Main article: Ryoga Hibiki/Image Gallery

   References Enter Ryoga! The Eternal "Lost Boy" P-P-P-Chan! He's Good For Nothin' School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga True Confessions! A Girl's Hair is Her Life! Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast! A Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!? Shonen Sunday interview - 1996 To the Mushroom Forest! Screamin' at the Hot Springs! Hot Springs Battle Royale! Care to Join Me? Ranma Trains on Mt. Terror Moonlight Serenade The Hunter Akane in the Spring Ryoga, Come Home Lucky Day… My Family's Away! From the Depth of Despair, Part I From the Spring, Springs a Message Ryoga's What?! The World's Weakest Man Ranma Gets Weak! Breaking Point Arc Shishi Hokodan vs Moko Takabisha Arc Ryoga Explodes! The Roar of Heaven Quest for the Hidden Spring Fast Break Boiling Retaliation Three-Leg Scramble Death on Treasure Mountain The Ultimate Team-up!? The Ryoga/Mousse Alliance Ryoga vs. Ukyo Prelude to Defeat Lion Versus Tiger! The Weight of Victory The Tragedy of the Pail Battle for the Map! Who Do You Love? 'Akari's introduction story'; Volume 30, chapter 1-3. ISBN 9789171342539 'The Akane & Akari double-date'; Volume 31, chapter 4-5. ISBN 9789171342546 Two Ranmas; Volume 35, chapter 1. ISBN 9789171343253 Ryoga's and Akari's date; Volume 36, chapter 2. ISBN 9789171343260 Ranma and Akane; Volume 38, chapter 9. ISBN 9789171343284

6. #6Kuonji Ukyō

   Keys: Kuonji Ukyō, Ukyō · Secondary: Kuonji, Ukyō

   Name Nihongo Romaji 久遠寺 右京 Kuonji Ukyō Nickname(s) Ucchan by Ranma Spatula Girl by Shampoo Darling Ukyo (by Tsubasa) Beautiful Martial Artist Ukyo (by herself) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Ukyo Kuonji (久遠寺 右京, Kuonji Ukyō?) is Ranma Saotome's childhood friend and one of his three fiancées.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 Gallery 11 References 12 External Links Biography History Young Ranma's promise to Ukyo Ranma and Ukyo as children.

   Raised as an okonomiyaki chef by her father, Ukyo first met Ranma age 6 who subsequently fought her every day, receiving free okonomiyaki as reward for his victory (although Ranma always assumed he was just given the okonomiyaki out of good will).[1] Despite her strong rivalry against Ranma, Ukyo did turn to him for assistance after losing to the Gambling King from which point the pair became more friendly towards each other;[2] so-much-so that Ranma agreed to look after Ukyo for the rest of his life if the Sauce of Ten Years she made turned out to be good.[3]

   Seeing how well their children where getting on, Ukyo's father suggested to Genma that they get them engaged. Although initially against the idea due to Ranma's engagement to one of Soun's children, Genma soon agreed once Ukyo's father offered to throw in his okonomiyaki cart as a dowry.[1]

   Unfortunately, Genma forgot to take Ukyo with him, leaving her to be mocked by the other local girls. Infuriated and devastated, Ukyo decides to throw away her femininity so that she may train to become the greatest okonomiyaki chef in the world.[1] Some years later Ukyo enrols in an all-male school where she meets Tsubasa Kurenai who soon falls in love with her, although Ukyo finds Tsubasa as nothing more than a nuisance.[4]

   Plot Having trained for ten years, Ukyo finally tracks down Genma in Furinkan who initially recognize the teenaged Ukyo; until her declaration as the "child he forgot". By the next day, the newly enrolled Ukyo prepares some okonomiyaki for the other students. Once Ranma finally remembers "Okonomiyaki Ucchan" from his childhood, Ukyo proceeds to write a challenge to Ranma using okonomiyaki sauce.[1]

   During lunch period of the same day Ranma and Ukyo prepare for their fight. Although she initially gets the upper-hand, Ukyo soon begins to struggle against Ranma and decides to flee, only for Ranma to follow and demand she finish the fight like a man. Enraged, Ukyo turns to face Ranma again, resulting in her giant Spatula being twisted by Ranma along with her shirt being sliced in half. Whilst Ranma continues regardless, Ukyo begs him to wait for a moment (all the while trying to keep her shirt closed).[1] Eventually Ranma slips, dragging Ukyo with him through the roof of the school supply shed, where Ranma accidentally grabs Ukyo's breast when she (presumably) tries to escape.[1]

   Ukyo smiling - Ranma Gains Another Suitor Ukyo forgives Ranma for what happened ten years ago.

   After Ranma confirms for himself that Ukyo hasn't become female from a Jusenkyo curse, Ukyo reminds him of what happened ten years ago when his father took her family's okonomiyaki cart; only to leave her behind.[1] Sorry for what his father did, Ranma untwists Ukyo's spatula, only for Ukyo to take advantage of this and begin attacking him again. However, upon seeing Ranma acting so coldly with his other fiancé, Akane, and his earlier comment on how cute she was, Ukyo decides to let bygones-be-bygones and leaves Ranma with a special heart-patterned okonomiyaki before running off happily.[1]

   The next day Ukyo encounters Ryoga, who she prepares to fight against upon seeing him attacking Ranma. Their fight is cut short, however, as Ranma opens up Ukyo's shirt (much to her embarrassment) to convince Ryoga of Ukyo's gender, immediately forcing Ryoga to stop himself immediately.[5] That afternoon, having learnt of Ryoga's feelings for Akane, Ukyo devices a plan where Ryoga will date Akane so that Ukyo herself is free to date Ranma and eventually become his only fiancé.[5]

   When Ukyo next sees Ranma she makes sure to explain her plan of setting up Ryoga & Akane together, but is surprised by Ranma's (exaggerated) description of how unfeminine Akane is. This leaves Ukyo hoping that Akane will still take the bait even if she (Ukyo) is the cuter fiancé.[5]

   Ryoga&Akane2-Gether,4-Ever11 Ukyo happily treats Ranma as a plaything after learning of his curse.

   Fortunately for Ukyo, Akane does show up, but believes the invite was a challenge okonomiyaki instead due to it getting damaged before she could read it.[5] Ukyo swiftly puts this idea of Akane's aside and assures her that this isn't the case before inviting her to sit down as they wait for Ryoga to arrive. Once Ryoga does arrive Ukyo observes how well the date is going and decides to quietly sneak away, only for Ryoga to demand to stay moments before Ranma storms in disguised at Ryoga's "fiancé".[5] When Ryoga and his "fiancé" leave her restaurant Ukyo quickly gives chase until she loses sight of the pair in the local park before eventually seeing a badly beaten Ranma later that afternoon.

   Seeing how irritated Ranma is at Akane dating Ryoga just to get at him, Ukyo offers to date him, an offer which Ranma accepts. The pair then head to the park where they see Akane and Ryoga and decide to continually pester the pair. Ukyo then watches as "Ryoga's fiancé" returns after Ranma is knocked into the park's pond before unintentionally removing her wig, thus revealing Ranma's disguise to Ryoga.[5] Ukyo then proceeds to help search for the fleeing Ryoga before moving on to ask just who this red-haired "Ranma" is. By that evening, Ukyo learns of Ranma's Jusenkyo curse and playfully changes Ranma from his male and female forms.[5]

   Some time after this Ukyo received a letter from her former admirer, Tsubasa Kurenai, forcing Ukyo to send a reply wherein she declares the female Ranma to be her fiancé given how Tsubasa believers her to be male.[4] Once she learns of Tsubasa's arrival in Furinkan, however, Ukyo immediately tries to get of him but to little avail.[4]

   After Tsubasa reveals that he knew of Ukyo's true gender all along, Ukyo decides to assist Ranma and Tsubasa in their contest to decide who's cuter by supplying them with a large amount of okonomiyaki to sell to the male students of Furinkan as it would help her own business.[4] Having watched the proceeding challenge between the pair, Ukyo finally intervenes by purchasing Ranma's last okonomiyaki, upsetting Tsubasa greatly.[4]

   S03-23-Ukyo's-Skirt!-The-Great-Girly-Girl-Gambit-Ukyo Ukyo wearing the female Furinkan High uniform.

   With Tsubasa's feelings for her well and truly finished, Ukyo spends the following days watching with Akane as Ranma tries to get Tsubasa to like men (believing him to be female based on how he dresses) only to finally mention Tsubasa's true gender to Akane moments after Ranma learns of it himself.[4]

   After heading an operation to track down the apparent ghost haunting Furinkan High,[6] Ukyo notices a brochure in her restaurant and attempts to use it to perk Ranma's interest, with poor results.[7] Once Ranma leaves, Ukyo heads upstairs where she decides to act more feminine in the hope of getting Ranma's attention.[7]

   The next day, Ukyo arrives at Furinkan High in the female uniform and immediately gets the attention of the male students, although Ranma still recognizes her due to her still carrying her large spatula on her back and continued to treat her simply as a friend.[7] Undeterred, Ukyo waits until after school to ask Ranma to go out with her. When Ukyo tries to confess her feelings, however, Ryoga arrives and begins attacking Ranma for (seemingly) cheating on Akane, much to Ukyo's annoyance.[7]

   With Ranma's other fiancés becoming irritated at Ukyo's attempts to become more serious with Ranma, a cooking contest is devised where the winner will be Ranma's sole fiancé.[7] But once Ukyo sees how much pain Ranma's been put in due to her wanting things to change, she decides to return to her usual attire and put her more feminine clothes back in her closet.[7]

   Several days after helping Ranma and Akane deal with Furinkan High's returning principal,[8] Ukyo prepares to open her restaurant when she finds a badly beaten Ranma in a trashcan. Seeing his current state Ukyo wastes no time in taking Ranma inside until her regains consciousness. Once Ranma wakes up, Ukyo comments of the rumors she's heard of Ranma becoming weak and decides that they must be true, leading her to imagine Ranma living with her as husband and wife; with Ranma playing with their children whilst Ukyo continues her okonomiyaki business.[9] She later travelled with Ranma and Akane to try and retrieve the Moxibustion Chart, only to learn it was stolen by Happosai during his youth.[9]

   Failed Spiral - Episode 68 Ukyo assists Ranma in his training.

   Upon her return to Furinkan, Ukyo watched with Akane and Kausmi as Ranma tries, and fails, to retrieve the Moxibustion Chart from Happosai.[9] Subsequently Ukyo went with Ranma and Genma to the Yomogi Valley so that she could prepare food for the pair.[10]

   Following the arrival of Cologne, Ukyo, along with Akane and Genma, help with Ranma's training to master the Hiryū Shōten Ha. Once Ranma prefects the necessary spiral, however, Cologne tells Ukyo and Akane they won't be of any further use as neither of them has any will to hurt Ranma, which is required for the Hiryū Shōten Ha. Despite initially refusing, Ukyo and Akane soon give in and watch as Ranma's training continues with Ryoga assisting him instead.[10]

   Having observed the devastation the Hiryū Shōten Ha caused Ryoga,[10] Ukyo and the others return to Furinkan where they watch as Ranma's initial attempt to get revenge fails before learning that Happosai already knew about the Hiryū Shōten Ha due to Cologne using it against him during their youth.[11]

   After watching Ranma try and fail to build up Happosai's Battle Aura for most the afternoon, Ukyo heads to Furinkan High where she provides okonomiyaki for the hungry audience who've also gathered to see Ranma fight Happosai once more. Once the fight finishes Ukyo looks on as Ranma leaves out of the belief he'll never be strong again due to the Moxibustion Chart being destroyed, prompting Ukyo beat up the already unconscious Happosai for all the trouble he's caused, until Ryoga points out the vital piece of the chart is stuck to Happosai's forehead.[11]

   Shortly after this Ukyo hears news of the apparent return of Ranma's mother and participates in Happosai's "bridal training" with Kodachi and Shampoo in the hope she'll be chosen as Ranma's future wife.[12] She later got caught up along with the rest of the Furinkan High students at the arrival of Higuma Torajiro, where she was subjected to a home visit by him; driving away all her customers for the day in the process.[13]

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   Advertisement Appearance Ukyo has long black hair (brown in the anime) that she will usually either secure with a headband or bow, or hair tie if she is in school. She normally wears the attire of okonomiyaki chef, which consists of a short-sleeved blouse with the sleeves tied back (blue with white trim in the anime) and form-fitting black pants. This outfit is equipped with a bandolier holding several small throwing spatulas, while her larger combat spatula is worn across her back. After she began attending Furinkan High School, instead of wearing the girls' uniform, Ukyo wears the gakuran from her former school. This is a medium color in the manga and a medium gray in the anime. She has also worn a variety of other outfits.

   Personality Overall, Ukyo is charming, determined and reliable, getting along with Akane most of the time, including spending time socially independent from Ranma.[citation needed] However, she is not above trying to hurt Akane or guilt-tripping Ranma into being with her if it suits her needs.[citation needed] She frequently attempts to indirectly break Akane and Ranma's engagement, but with little success. To assist her, Ukyo will often get Ryoga to help with her schemes, but usually becomes infuriated with him given his lack of judgment, abysmal sense of direction and general cowardice towards Akane.[14][15]

   Ukyo has shown charitability by temporarily hosting the Tendos (albeit unintentionally)[16] and permanently providing room and board for the male "kunoichi" Konatsu, due to feeling empathetic when hearing about his horrible background.[17] She generally seems dependable to her friends, as she turned very concerned and immediately ran to the aid of her fellow okonomiyaki cook Occhan, when she thought they had been hurt by the Cursed Spatula.[18]

   However, she's also been shown as being somewhat rude and having a harsh tongue. She can be quick to insult others and even had a tendency to refer to people as "Jackass", namely Ranma when they were younger.

   Ukyo's drawing - Drawn and Quartered Horse Ranma and Akane admire Ukyo's drawing of Shussemaru.

   She is extremely principled and proud of her work, to the degree she felt compelled to devour a batch of okonomiyaki as punishment for it failing to ferment correctly.[19] Ukyo is generally unconcerned about skipping school, since she learns more by visiting/eating at other restaurants.[citation needed] She appears very business-minded, being very excited at the opportunity to "make a killing",[20][21] and strictly manages her finances,[22] but occasionally feels the need to take a vacation from the "salt mines".[15] Beyond her regular occupation she has been shown to work extra as a miko, and is allegedly a very talented artist.[23]

   Mostly likely due to her training as a child after being abandoned by Genma,[14] Ukyo displays no fears in her hardworking personality, as shown by her being unfazed by the several ghosts which haunt the Tunnel of Lost Love.[15]

   Her style of fighting is a legacy style from her father based on their food preparation, and vaguely reminiscent of ninja patterns, but this status as an apparent "ninja-cook" is never expanded upon. It is somewhat noteworthy that the Iga clan of shinobi resided in Ukyo’s home area, Kansai.

   House guests - Goodbye Ranma Ukyo, Shampoo and Kodachi visiting Ranma shortly after his return home.

   Unlike her relationship with Akane, Ukyo shares a rivalry with both Shampoo and Kodachi over who'll become Ranma's fiancé with the three of them becoming very possessive when the other's are around, resulting in several skirmishes.[24][25][26][27] Despite this, Ukyo and her rivals also regularly team up against a mutual threat.[25][28]

   Despite finding it embarrassing to admit, Ukyo has admitted to having strong romantic feelings towards Ranma[29][30] and as such is willing to give up her business,[31] even her entire lifestyle,[32] for his sake.

   Though, while Ranma has shown concern about her feelings and considers her a good friend, he has also made it clear that he does not feel the same in return, and goes to extremes to get rid of her when she gets too close.[32] Unlike Shampoo and Kodachi however, Ranma does not consider or treat Ukyo as a pest.[citation needed] He usually calls her "Ucchan" and she calls him "Ran-chan" ("Ranma-honey" in the english dub), the nicknames they used for each other as children.[14]

   Even though she moved to Furinkan, Ukyo continues to wear the uniform from the all-male school she previously attended.[33][4] She does, however, choose to wear the female gym uniform.[34] In spite of her short-temper and initially appearing rather masculine, Ukyo often displays more of a feminine demeanour,[32][35] and becomes easily embarrassed when forced to talk about her affection for Ranma.[29][36][7] That said, she has shown highly amorous desires towards him, as shown by her urging Genma to remove his fingers covering the crotch of a photograph of a nude adult Ranma.[37] She also cheerfully entered the Tendo bathroom whilst Ranma was using it so that she may wash his back before offering they sleep in the same bed like they did during their childhood.[38]

   Ukyo appears to have some strict standards for masculine behaviour and has shown great derision towards Mousse for "disappearing" without her during the Hot Springs Obstacle race[24] and, repeatedly, towards Ryoga's extreme shyness.[39] Inversely, Ukyo found the discovery of Ranma's curse rather humorous and initially used him a play-thing after she first learnt of it.[40]

   Abilities Ukyo is a talented martial artist, with her art based on cooking okonomiyaki. She uses food-based techniques to stun, restrain or confuse opponents in somewhat archetypal 'ninja' reminiscent patterns (shuriken, confusing fog, blinding flash etc). She also uses a large spatula as a two handed weapon and has a bandolier of smaller spatulas she uses as thrown projectiles. She is strong, agile, and has a versatile range of attacks, making Ukyo a force to be reckoned with, and undoubtedly one of the most skilled female characters in the story. She has apparently received training in an inherited style, but also seems largely self-taught, through childhood wandering and "training by the sea".

   In the manga, exactly how she ranks is debatable. During her introduction, Ukyo gave Ranma more trouble than Shampoo ever managed, hitting him with two restraining attacks he was unable to break out of, despite his attempts to avoid them, and afterwards knocking him down on the ground, striking him with her explosive tempura flakes, making his body sizzle in considerable pain, but Ukyo's better performance is at least partially due to being surrounded by a hot grill and that Ranma initially held back. Although he's consistently restrained himself against Shampoo as well, with the latter's full prowess while unarmed once shown as completely helpless before him in spite of this.

   However, when he turned furious and highly motivated Ukyo too was shown as inferior in combat, not landing any offensive attacks beyond a flour bomb when they were falling together, and being easily disarmed, but she managed to avoid a spatula swipe and a kick. Ukyo also managed to fight and parry with Ryoga for a brief time before being overcome, but once again did not catch him with any attacks beyond a flour bomb, which proved ineffective. Of course she was also trying to cover her chest so this may apply to why she didn't fight back much. In this continuity Ukyo only had one visibly shown, very brief, skirmish with Shampoo, during the onsen race (beyond a couple of very brief or off-page team-ups/free-for-alls with her and Kodachi, assaulting Ranma or each other), but it was interrupted before it had time to start. The only shown interchange consisted of Shampoo being kept busy deflecting Ukyo mini-spatulas, while their feet were tied to Ranma and Ryoga's respectively, although Ukyo refrained from using her more powerful special techniques, and Shampoo didn't use her chúi. They have also been involved in some very rare, indistinct 'free-for-all dust-clouds' with Kodachi.

   In the anime continuity they fight each other quite frequently but mostly off-screen. However, in the Episode 'Ranma the Lady Killer' Shampoo and Ukyo fight for hours to the point of exhaustion, showing them to be equals. This battle occurs directly after Ukyo trained to fight Crepe King Joe, but it is unclear whether Shampoo used her chúi, or either used any signature moves.

   Though the Shonen Sunday Wide-ban edition of the manga shows Shampoo with drastically better stats, placing her in the upper echelons alongside Ranma and Ryoga. This suggests the possibility that Ukyo and Shampoo initially shared similar tiers of ability, with Shampoo later surpassing Ukyo in skill and prowess. Nevertheless, it's crucial to acknowledge Ukyo's formidable fighting capabilities. In her introductory story, she successfully took down Genma, who had previously sparred on equal terms with Ranma himself before Ranma surpassed him.

   While Ukyo is seldom seen fighting without her giant spatula, she has occasionally blocked projectile attacks unarmed without much effort, like casually snatching the Gambling King's cards out of the air with a single hand, deflecting Kodachi's clubs, or several shuriken using only a small bowl and towel, and has had enough force in her punches to cause Ranma pain at times when she's turned heavily embarrassed.

   Spatula Shuriken: Ukyo carries several smaller spatulas in a bandoleer and uses them as shuriken to attack from a distance, throwing them with great precision. On occasion they are shown to spin like buzz saws, or been fastened in entangling wire. Battle Spatula: She also carries a large spatula on her back that she uses as a sword or club. She is highly skilled with it, but Ranma has been able to bend it enough to become unusable. Flour Bomb: A bag of flour used for a smokescreen effect, to hide her movements or distract her opponents. It has a small range and can be overcome by jumping above. Tempura Flash: By mixing tempura flakes with gunpowder, she creates a cloud of explosives to blind and stun her opponents. It was potent enough to pain Ranma to the point of sizzling. Yakisoba Rope: Large ropes made of rubber Yakisoba (or fried noodles), used to tangle or restrain her opponents to make them easier to hit with her spatulas. Ranma proved unable to swiftly break free. Later in the manga, it is also used like a whip and a rope to swing across gaps. Adhesive Batter: A special batter made with rubber cement, used mainly to slow her opponents down to smack them with her spatula or other techniques. It takes a while to harden from fluid state, possibly requiring the heat of her grill, but once it did, it seemed to have similar tensile strength to her rubber noodle rope. Okonomiyaki Bombs: Okonomiyaki explosives. When Ranma was struck with one, together with Shampoo's dumpling bombs, in the final story this proved enough to momentarily stun him, though he was taken by surprise so his guard wasn't up. Super-sized Special Okonomiyaki: A 4m diameter giant version. Ukyo's final attack during her battle with Hayato Myojin, which she was able to create in (at most) a few seconds. Apparently simply a blunt force restraining manoevre. Batter Dragon: An anime only attack she used to defeat the Crepe King. In the attack, Ukyo creates a huge dragon made of batter, which fuses all of her attacks. It also traps her foe as an ingredient in a giant okonomiyaki. Dairokkan/Sixth Sense: Like several other martial artists in the series, Ukyo has displayed a certain extrasensory awareness, warning her for incoming danger. For example when sensing the Gambling King's ambush attack. Advertisement Relationships Ranma Saotome Main article: Ranma-Ukyo Relationship Ukyo and Ranma were friends during their childhood, despite the latter thinking she was actually a he. Their parents engaged them sometime after they met, but only so Genma Saotome could steal the Okonomiyaki Cart that was offered to him as a dowry. When they meet again in Furinkan, Ukyo tries to defeat Ranma in a fight, but loses to his superior skill. Ranma never figured out why she was mad until the end of the fight, where he accidently gropes one of her breasts, and gets slapped across the face for it, finally realizing she was a girl. Her attitude towards Ranma turns around after he tells her that she's cute and they reconcile and rekinlde their friendship. Ukyo then attempts to prove that she is the most worthy fiancee to marry Ranma. Nonetheless, he only sees Ukyo as more of a friend and doesn't seem to be as irritated whenever Ukyo tries to make a move like he does with Shampoo.

   Akane Tendo Despite both being fiancees of Ranma, Ukyo and Akane seem to get along on friendly terms, though they still share a rivalry much like Ranma and Ryoga do. Akane even stops by Ucchan's (usually with Ranma) to grab a bite of okonomiyaki, and Ukyo isn't hesitant to help Akane when the time comes. Often times, Ukyo will given honest advice when dealing with Ranma. Though she also tends to intentionally give bad advice.

   Shampoo Shampoo is Ukyo's fiercest rival due to also having her own restaurant and being another of Ranma's fiancees. Shampoo rarely gets along with Ukyo as they tend to fight over the smallest thing, no matter how trivial, and trade biting insults at times. Nonetheless Ukyo tends to team up with Shampoo and Kodachi when there is a joint threat to their chances of snagging Ranma.

   Ryoga Hibiki Main article: Ukyo-Ryoga Relationship Ukyo and Ryoga are friends to an extent, and are (in the anime continuity) joked about as far as being a couple. Ukyo often lacks patience with Ryoga's shyness and stupidity when it comes to girls (specifically Akane) but nevertheless helps him since they have a common goal, such as to split Ranma and Akane up.

   Quotes "Ukyo's the name, okonomiyaki's the game!" - Ukyo introducing herself. "Were you born stupid or did you grow that way?!" - Ukyo insulting Ryoga. Non-canon Appearances Ukyo is a playable character in Ranma ½: Hard Battle. Trivia Her name is derived from Ukyō-ku, the western side of Kyoto. The name Ukyo is composed of the kanji for "right" and "capital city". "Kuon" means "eternity" and "Ji" means "temple." It is never revealed why Ukyo never told Ranma she was a female in the first place despite dressing up as a male and having a male name as a kid. She calls him Ranchan in the manga and a few times in the anime. In the anime she calls him Ranma-Honey and at one point calls him Saotome[41]. Her Seiyū also provided the voices of Asuna Kujō of Maison Ikkoku, the Oni's Head of Inuyasha, Azusa Shiga of the The Laughing Target and Sister Angela of the One-Pound Gospel OVA (a;; made by Rumiko Takahashi). Ukyo bares somewhat of a resemblance to the character Sango from Takahashi's later work InuYasha. They even share the same English voice actress, Kelly Sheridan, as well as possessing and wielding abnormally large weapons (Ukyo wielding a giant spatula and Sango wielding a giant boomerang). Ukyo's character and backstory is also similar to Ryūnosuke from Takahashi's previous work, Urusei Yatsura such as their tendency to cross dress. Media Appearances Manga 85-91. Ukyo Kuonji Intro Arc 85. "Okonomiyaki" Means "I Love You" 86. Saucy Reply 87. Ukyo's Secret 88. Ryoga vs. Ukyo 89. Love Letters in the Sauce 90. Ryoga's What?! 91. At Long Last... the Date! 100-102 Tsubasa Kurenai Arc 100. Tsubasa Kurenai Busts Loose! 101. Lunchtime Lunacy 102. The Perfect Match 125-136 Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 126. The World's Weakest Man 127. Weak for Life?! 128. The Valley of Moxibustion 129. Training in the Spiral of Hell 130. The Inflammable Man 131. The Roar of Heaven 132. The Great Rematch 133. St. Happosai 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 150-153. Gambler King Arc 150. The King Is Wild 151. Never Bet Your Life 152. Put on a Poker Face 153. The Virtues of Training 158-164. Hot Springs Obstacle Course Race Arc 158. Let's Go to the Hot 159. Screamin' at the Hot Springs! 160. Three-Leg Scramble 161. Hot Bath! 162. Ranma Gives Up?! 163. The Final Choice 164. A Goal Too Far 173-177. Ranma Engaged to Nabiki Arc 174. The Terrible Truth 175. Nabiki's Feelings 194-198. Sauce of Ten Years Arc 194. The Sauce of Ten Years 195. For the Love of Sauce 196. The Truth About the Truth 197. The Honeymoon Period 198. Please Hate Me 230-233. Reversal Jewel Arc 232. Love's Counterstrike 233. Who Loves Who? 259-265. Hinako Ninomiya Intro Arc 259. The Ultimate Teacher! 260. The Eight Mysterious Treasures 261. The World's Most Powerful Woman 262. Go for the Pressure Points! 263. The Formation from Hell 264. The Eight Treasures Change Return 265. The Ultimate Health Regimen 287-288. Curséd Cave of Broken Loves Arc 287. Curséd Cave of Broken Loves 288. Exit of Misery 289. Give Back the Tests!! 322. The Cursed Spatula 328. The Umbrella of Love 333. Aloha School 347-349. Mushrooms of Time Arc 348. To the Mushroom Forest! 352. The Drawn and Quartered Horse 354-355. Hayato Arc 354. Stop That Octopus! 355. Masked Death Match! 357. The Little Heart 358-359. Repentance Room Arc 358. Whack the Principal! 359. Bow Down! 365. Incense of Spring Sleep 372-376. Konatsu Intro Arc 373. The Saddest Kunoichi 374. Runaway Ninja! 375. Ranma vs. Konatsu 376. Konatsu's Happiness 385. Goodbye Ranma?! 386-387 Pill Box Arc 387. Bet on the Ring!! 388. The Sales Force 389-407. Judendo Arc 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 3 Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor Ryoga & Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword Season 4 The Return of the Hawaiʻian Headmaster from Hell Ranma Gets Weak! Eureka! The Desperate Move of Desperation Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit Here Comes Ranma's Mom! Blow, Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Mousse Goes Home to the Country! The Dumbest Bet in History! Season 5 Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Strike Back! Hot Springs Battle Royale! Me is Kuno's Daddy, Me is Revenge! Raging Okonomiyaki...! Ranma the Lady-Killer Swimming with Psychos Season 6 Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge Ryoga Inherits the Saotome School? A Xmas Without Ranma Akane Goes to the Hospital! Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 1 Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 2 Master and Student... Forever!? Season 7 Tatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal The Battle for Miss Beachside OVA Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble The One to Carry On Part One The One to Carry On Part Two Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever The Two Akanes! "Ranma, Look at Me!" Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine Gallery Main article: Ukyo Kuonji/Image Gallery

   References Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor The Dumbest Bet in History! Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 1 I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo Ryoga & Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit The Return of the Hawaiian Headmaster from Hell Ranma Gets Weak! Eureka! The Desperate Move of Desperation Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Here Comes Ranma's Mom! Blow, Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho Ukyo Kuonji Intro Arc Curséd Cave of Broken Loves Arc Never Bet Your Life Konatsu's Happiness The Cursed Spatula Sauce of Ten Years Arc Lunchtime Lunacy Let's Go to the Hot The Sales Force The Drawn and Quartered Horse Three-Leg Scramble The Terrible Truth The Little Heart A Xmas Without Ranma The World's Most Powerful Woman Love's Counterstrike Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel The Virtues of Training The Truth About the Truth Tsubasa Kurenai Busts Loose! Ranma the Lady-Killer Aloha School Ukyo's Secret Training in the Spiral of Hell The Sauce of Ten Years Ryoga's What?! At Long Last... the Date! Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword

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   in: Characters, Cursed characters, Major characters, Males English Genma Saotome 1 Sign in to edit Genma Saotome 1989 Anime 2024 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 早乙女さおとめ 玄馬げんま Saotome Genma Nickname(s) Pop (by Ranma) Old dirty man (by Ranma) Old Man (by Ranma) Mr. Panda (by Nodoka) Kumahachi (by Yotaro) Uncle Saotome (by Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane) Saotome (by Soun) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Genma Saotome (早乙女さおとめ 玄馬げんま, Saotome Genma) is the father of Ranma Saotome. He is married to Nodoka Saotome and is a former fellow student of Happosai's along with his old friend and prospective in-law, Soun Tendo.[1][2]

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 5.1 Soun Tendo 5.2 Happosai 5.3 Nodoka Saotome 5.4 Ranma Saotome 5.5 Akane Tendo 5.6 Ukyo Kuonji 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 Gallery 11 References 12 External links Biography History Not much on Genma's past, other than having trained in the Anything-Goes Martial Arts school with Happosai at a young age. The closer of his past is when he and Soun was hungry and found a restaurant which is also a dojo by a man name Picolet Chardin I, who revealed that if they can eat more then him, then it's free but sadly they both lost, and with no money they made a promise that they would give one of their daughters to be the bride of his future son (Genma lucked out since he only had a son but Soun had three daughters and no son)

   Sometime later, Genma meet and married a woman name Nodoka and had a child name Ranma Saotome, However the moment Ranma was born, Genma wanted to take Ranma around the world and train him to be a great martial artist, but Nodoka didn't want to lose her baby. Genma then made the foolish mistake and making a deal with Nodoka, which state that if he doesn't make Ranma a man among men, then he and Ranma would have to perform senpukku with Nodoka wielding a blade.

   In Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race It was shown that during the early dates of Genma's youth and Baby Ranma, both were near death due to not eating and was about to die, until he discovered a smell from a man name Mr. Daikoku, who was making lunch while his baby girl was sleeping but before he could eat, Genma arrived and tried to plead with him to give him one of his fishes, but he refuses. As Genma continued to plead and hush baby ranma, Mr. Daikoku made him a deal, in exchanged for the food, Genma must give up Ranma as Mr. Daikoku revealed that despite him having a daughter, what he really wanted is a male heir to take up his martial art school and think Ranma would be the perfect voice to marry his daughter. At first Genma was hesitate with the offer (with Mr. Daikoku deciding to renounce the offer) until Genma gave Ranma and ate the food. While Mr. Daikoku was happy that he finally has a male heir, Genma came back and retrive Ranma and continued with their training.

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   Appearance As Panda (2024) As Panda (2024) 1/2 He is stocky, middle aged man, Genma wears glasses with a frame that wraps around his ears, a white bandanna that covers his head, and a white gi. He used to have hair, but is now completely bald.

   As a panda, he normally walks upright and will use signs to communicate. A common means for Genma to avoid answering embarrassing questions or temporarily dodge responsibility is to turn into his cursed form and play with a ball. He is much more comfortable with his cursed form than Ranma, and does not have as many issues and problems with it as Ranma does with his.

   Personality Genma follows his own interpretation of the Anything Goes Martial Arts code, which isn't exactly all that virtuous itself to begin with. Though he himself claims to be a model martial artist, and makes a point of telling Ranma about the right thing to do, it is evident that he does not practice what he preaches. He mostly concerns himself with food, generally looks out for himself, and is an occasional coward when it comes to confrontations with Happosai. When confronted with wrongdoings that he has committed, Genma typically either attempts to justify them through pleading or ridiculous logic, or else tries to either flee from or ignore the problems he has wrought.

   It is debatable as to whether Genma is so much "evil" as he is "stupid". While definately selfish and cowardly, he usually does not act with deliberate malice. His primary flaws seem to be a strange combination of impulsiveness and stubbornness; Genma can set his goals in a whimsical fashion, and then will immediately start trying to pursue them without further thought and long beyond the point when common sense would suggest he stop. This is exemplified by the matter of Ranma learning the Nekoken; it speaks depths about Genma's character that he would take one look a single page of a training method and immediately force his increasingly-traumatised son to undergo it four times before finally deigning to look at the next page, which warns he should never have started it in the first place.

   Despite Genma's usual state of poverty, he was shown as having gotten a job at Dr. Tofu's clinic at the start of the series; it's unclear how long he remained there, though, as Dr. Tofu Ono and his clinic vanished from the attention of the manga around the time that the Joketsuzoku entered the story on a permanent basis. Genma has helped Soun Tendo when the latter is called upon for help, though on occasions he has tried to just leave it to Soun. He has displayed a lack of shame in pawning family possessions, most notably when he made several determined attempts to steal the Saotome family treasure to pawn it despite its value of only about 2,000 yen.[3] He also pawned the coats that Nodoka had made for him and Ranma years ago, although he did buy them back.[4] Genma also developed a technique called the Tatami Flip that he used multiple times to beat up on debt collectors when Ranma was still young.[5]

   GEnmaGreets-Episode38 Genma in panda form using a sign to communicate

   Despite being cursed, Genma actually seems to like his panda form and freely goes about in public in it. He regularly uses it in attempts to circumvent attention when in danger of being taken to task by others by transforming into it and playing with a tire or ball. If he cannot avoid the problem, he often foists the obligation onto Ranma, which usually creates even more chaos. Although pandas cannot talk, Genma is able to communicate his thoughts while in this form by writing on wooden signs (more common in the manga), which he sometimes uses as weapons against Ranma when he is annoyed with his son. In the anime he was once shown as able to produce enough of them to construct an entire boat.

   When his wife Nodoka visits, he turns into a panda in an effort to hide his and Ranma's curses from her. In this situation, he is known as Mr. Panda and is Ranko's (Ranma's female form's alias to Nodoka) pet. Nodoka has seemed far more fond of Ranko than of Mr. Panda. When both of them were sick, she fussed over Ranko, while merely commenting that Mr. Panda had warm fur. Another time, when she was helping Ranko cook dinner, she fed the inedible foods cooked to Mr. Panda. Genma's panda form was also briefly given the nickname Kumahachi, when a young boy named Yotaro discovered him and took him in as an incredibly pampered pet.

   Genma consistently enjoyed being stronger than Ranma during their training trips, since it allowed him to claim most of the food, but was disturbed when Ranma recently passed his prowess in regular fighting (without special techniques), and the latter used the opportunity to repeatedly severely beat him up.

   However, beyond dedicating one and a half decade of his life to teaching Ranma, there have been a few occasions when Genma has been shown to care about his son. While they were both training separately in the mountain to fight each other in a week's time, Ranma fell asleep and was covered in a blanket by Genma, although he found out that his father had also stolen his food. While helping to teach Ranma the Soul of Ice necessary to perform the Hiryū Shōten Ha, Genma wept genuine tears of regret when he had to use Embarrassing Photo-Fu and show compromising photos of Ranma to Akane and Ukyo Kuonji.

   Genma is insecure about his baldness and misses the head of hair he formerly had. In the manga he is revealed to have tried out countless hair tonics to regrow his hair, none of which worked. He was overjoyed when an experimental tonic that he was trying out for Cologne had some success. However extreme growth was triggered by anger while laughter caused it to all fall out, ultimately rendering the tonic ineffective.[6]

   Genma's tendency to think both only in the short-term and in regards to himself alone is perhaps the primary sticking point in their relationship, with Ranma begrudging all of the trouble he is forced to endure because of Genma's mistakes.

   Advertisement Abilities As a former student of the grandmaster martial artist Happosai and the founder of the Saotome Style Anything Goes Martial Arts, Genma is an extremely proficient martial artist. He regularly trains with his son Ranma, who is even superior to Genma in regular combat, but he managed to spar on a roughly equal footing until the "Dragon's Whisker" and "Cradle of Hell" storylines. While Genma is usually too lazy or cowardly to show it, his full arsenal of special techniques would make him one of the most powerful fighters in the series if he ever used them in combination. This rings true especially counting the Umisenken, as detailed further below.

   However, perhaps owing to his laziness, he's eventually handily surpassed by both Ranma and Ukyo. Due to comparative to superior abilities, he finds himself outmatched by Ryoga and Shampoo as well. In Ukyo's introduction arc, she seems to effortlessly mop the floor with him, and his effectiveness in the final arc is questionable, though this could be attributed more to circumstances and cowardice rather than a lack of skill.

   Though he looks hefty, especially in his cursed form, Genma is actually in extremely good shape. Like his son, he has great physical strength, enabling him to punch others a great distance or easily shatter boulders. He possesses enough speed to have kept up with Ranma for some time even after the latter's supersonic Amaguriken training. Genma is also surprisingly agile, capable of powerful leaps. Despite his girth and age, he can withstand great impacts without damage, like falling hundreds of meters into solid stone. His panda form is stronger still (most likely because bears are naturally stronger than humans), and even seemed to make Ryoga Hibiki exert a certain degree of effort to restrain him during the final storyline.

   As the creator of the Umisenken and the Yamasenken styles Genma is the only one who is a master of both and is extremely proficient in them. While initially teaching Ranma the Umisenken he was effortlessly able to defeat his son. However, he has deemed them too violent, powerful, and evil to use and has sealed them away and has never used it again after demonstrating it to his son.

   Relationships Soun Tendo Genma and Soun are each other's best friends, and genuinely enjoy each other's friendship and company, so much so that they wanted to extend their friendship to the next generation and have their families be united by the marriage of their children. That is not to say that their friendship doesn't have its rough spots; Soun is, if only marginally sometimes, more moral and upstanding than Genma, and Genma's willingness to stoop to low levels offends and outrages Soun on some occasions. This is more prominent in the manga, where Soun finds himsef baffled by the depths Genma could sink to.

   Happosai Happosai's cruel tendencies and perverted antics often lead Soun and Genma to unite against him. Both martial artists harbor deep resentment toward their former master, to the extent that they exhibit little to no concern for his well-being. Genma, in particular, seizes every opportunity to trample Happosai, exploiting any chance to gain an advantage over him. Given Happosai's universally detested reputation, most others refrain from passing judgment on Genma's hatred.

   Nodoka Saotome Genma was able to convince Nodoka to allow him to take Ranma away from her at a young age by convincing her that this was for their son's benefit. He made the vow that they would both commit seppuku if he failed, with her agreeing to functioning as the kaishakunin by using the family katana to finish them off before using it to slit her own throat. Despite the extreme nature of this vow, Nodoka fully bought into it, which created enormous problems for Genma and Ranma after they were cursed. However after she began making occasional visits to the Tendos, it was revealed that she was much more concerned over Ranma than her husband, possibly due to subconscious resentment at him for taking Ranma away. She consistently demonstrated a lack of concern about whether Genma was alive, dead or present, in contrast to her extreme worry over her son. Despite his general unwillingness to expose himself to Nodoka, these incidents always exasperated Genma greatly, and Ranma had to restrain him from revealing himself. He was once so frustrated that he was willing to take petty revenge on Ranma by attempting to expose Ranma's curse to his wife.[7] When they met again face to face, the first thing that Nodoka asked her husband about was Ranma. Even when they were able to sit down and talk she quickly pulled the katana out before he could say anything about Ranma, although he quickly recovered and claimed that Ranma was after the Saotome family treasure. After learning about her family's curses, Nodoka accepted Genma's cursed form, continuing to pay attention to Ranma's manliness or lack thereof.

   Ranma Saotome Genma and his son have a somewhat rocky relationship. Ranma does love his father, deep down, but at the same time resents the many indignities and hurts that Genma has forced upon him - the Nekoken and the disasterous trip to Jusenkyo particularly rankle him - and is often exasperated by Genma's bungling or self-absorbed occurences. Genma, in turn, loves his son, but is inherently self-centered enough that he often puts his own desires and wants over Ranma's wants and even Ranma's safety, which only adds further wedges to their relationship. Genma has even known to become jealous of or angry at Ranma and undertake extremely petty plots for revenge. These have included threatening to expose Ranma's curse to Nodoka (both canons), learning his Cradle from Hell technique to make Ranma submit to him again (both canons), and pretending he was going to disown Ranma and make Ryoga Hibiki his heir instead (anime).

   Akane Tendo Genma favors Akane, and seriously believes she and his son are made for each other. He is always friendly and supportive towards his desired daughter-in-law, and is quick to take her side whenever she and Ranma fight. Akane, on the other hand, tries to be polite to her would-be father-in-law, but often finds him irritating and disreputable; she has no qualms about pointing out when Genma is doing something stupid or self-centered.

   Advertisement Ukyo Kuonji Genma strives to avoid Ukyo whenever possible, who likewise does the same, so it's difficult to say for certain how they really feel about each other. In all likelihood, Ukyo disdains and/or resents Genma, given that he "caused" her to pretend to be a boy for over ten years by agreeing to engage her to Ranma only to then break the deal and move on - whilst Genma claims that he did so after Ranma proclaimed he preferred okonomiyaki to Ukyo, there are multiple reasons why this would be invalid as an excuse... which, of course, presumes that Genma actually did talk to Ranma as he says he did; Genma is confirmed on multiple occasions as being willing to lie, wheedle and blame others to save his own skin, and Ranma officially remembers no such conversation. Genma's feelings for Ukyo are even more vague; on the one hand, he did originally try to avoid getting Ranma engaged to her because of the Tendo agreement, only agreeing in hopes of stealing Ukyo's dowry and then abandoning her. On the other hand, he did openly declare Ukyo to be Ranma's betrothed when she tracked them down, rather than lying and insisting that her claims of engagement were a falsehood - thus giving Ukyo some official ground to stand on in her insistence that she and Ranma are supposed to be a couple.

   Quotes "The Saotome final attack is founded on three principles: speed, strategy, and separation."[8]

   Non-canon Appearances Genma appears in the fighting games in his cursed form while in the adventure games he appears in both forms. In the live action special he is portrayed by Arata Furuta as a human, who has visible hair beneath his skullcap and is capable of using the Mōko Takabisha. His panda form is an actor in a panda suit who uses white cardboard signs to communicate.

   Trivia Genma can translate into "dark or mysterious horse". Saotome means "rice-planting girl", which applies more to Ranma's cursed condition. When asked how Nodoka married Genma, Rumiko Takahashi says that Genma was probably really cool back when he was young and had hair. She speculated that he lost his hair due to stress or a heriditary trait.[9] In some of the earliest flashbacks in the manga and anime, young Genma does not have visible hair coming out of his bandanna. This is likely an oversight or it was decided later that Genma had hair in his youth. He is featured in his cursed form in the ¥10.000 bills in the anime version of Takahashi's latest manga series Kyōkai no Rinne. Also, in chapter 4 (Episode 2), there is a boat which looks like Genma's cursed form, and in chapter 84 (Episode 24), there is someone wearing a panda costume that looks like him. Genma was the cause of Ranma having three legitimate fiancées, mostly due to his foolishness or selfishness: Genma and Soun planned for Ranma and Akane to be married years before they met. Because of Genma's training/travels with Ranma and the Amazons' strict tribal Laws, Ranma accidently defeats Shampoo which makes her his fiancée. And due to Genma wanting the okinomiyaki cart from Ukyo's father, he agreed to have Ukyo as Ranma's bride without thinking only to leave her behind, though she eventually came back to remind him and Ranma of their promise. One of Genma's boards made a cameo in the manga Codename:Sailor V in Volume 2 and was found in an Airport. He is obsessed on monetary gain and pork buns. This is shown when someone tells him that there is 100 yen or more and pork buns lying around him, and he tries to find it and get distracted In The Obstacle Course Swim Meet OVA episode of Urusei Yatsura, he appears in his cursed form as one of the drown students. His Japanese voice actor provided the voice of Ataru's Father from Rumiko Takahashi's first series Urusei Yatsura, and would provide the voice of Myōga from the Takahashi's subsequent series Inuyasha. Where as in the expected remake, Genma Saotome will be voiced by Chō, who were formerly voiced as Jaken from Inuyasha and Upa from Urusei Yatsura (2022). His English voice actor provide the voices of Mr. Chigusa, Mr. Ichinose of the Maison Ikkoku and Kaijinbō of the InuYasha. He shares same voice actor with Bishamonten, and Sasuke Sarugakure. Media Appearances Manga Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 25 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 191 Chapter 194 Chapter 195 Chapter 196 Chapter 197 Chapter 198 Chapter 199 Chapter 200 Chapter 201 Chapter 202 Chapter 208 Chapter 210 Chapter 213 Chapter 214 Chapter 215 Chapter 220 Chapter 225 Chapter 234 Chapter 235 Chapter 236 Chapter 237 Chapter 238 Chapter 239 Chapter 240 Chapter 241 Chapter 242 Chapter 279 Chapter 280 Chapter 281 Chapter 285 Chapter 286 Chapter 289 Chapter 300 Chapter 301 Chapter 302 Chapter 308 Chapter 309 Chapter 313 Chapter 315 Chapter 316 Chapter 318 Chapter 323 Chapter 331 Chapter 332 Chapter 346 Chapter 347 Chapter 348 Chapter 349 Chapter 353 Chapter 356 Chapter 360 Chapter 362 Chapter 363 Chapter 364 Chapter 367 Chapter 368 Chapter 369 Chapter 370 Chapter 371 Chapter 377 Chapter 378 Chapter 379 Chapter 385 Chapter 387 Chapter 403 Chapter 404 Chapter 407 Anime 1989 Here's Ranma Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands You Really Do Hate Cats! This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher! S.O.S.! The Wrath of Happosai The Killer From Jusenkyo Back to the Happosai! The Frogman's Curse! Ryoga Inherits the Saotome School? Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park! Legend of the Lucky Panda! Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 1 Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 2 A Teenage Ghost Story Nihao! Jusenkyo Guide OVAs Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Akane vs. Ranma! I'll Be the One to Inherit Mother's Recipes! The One to Carry On Part One The One to Carry On Part Two Reawakening Memories Part One The Evil Ogre! Hell Hath No Fury Like Kasumi Scorned Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever The Two Akanes! "Ranma, Look at Me!" Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine 2024 Episode 1 (2024) Gallery Main article: Genma Saotome/Image Gallery

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   Name Nihongo Romaji 天道てんどう 早雲そううん Tendō Sōun Nickname(s) Father (by Kasumi Tendo) Mister Tendo (by Ranma Saotome) Dad (by Akane Tendo) Daddy (by Nabiki Tendo) Tendo (by Genma) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Soun Tendo (天道てんどう 早雲そううん, Tendō Sōun) is the current head of the Tendo Dojo of Anything Goes Martial Arts and the widowed father of Kasumi Tendo, Nabiki Tendo and Akane Tendo.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Etymology 9 Trivia 10 Media Appearances 10.1 Manga 10.2 Anime 11 References 12 External links Biography History Many years ago Soun, along with Genma Saotome, was taken as a student by the founder of Anything Goes Martial Arts, Happosai. However "training" largely consisted of the grandmaster gleefully abusing them as slaves or pack animals, chaining up, starving and taunting them by eating all their food, and sticking them with responsibility for his thefts and runaway restaurant bills. They eventually managed to temporarily get rid of their tormentor by getting him drunk and then sealing him within a cave, by means of explosives, a large boulder, and a shinto O-fuda seal.

   At some point Soun established his dojo, got married, and became the father of Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane. With the untimely death of his wife, he was left with the responsibility of raising his three daughters and the duty of keeping his dojo afloat all by himself.

   In traditional way of carrying on the legacy, there has to be a man to succeed him as master, so Soun struck a marriage arrangement with his old training partner. The latter's only son, Ranma, would marry one of Soun's daughters, and thus preserve the future of their martial arts style.

   Plot Soun let his daughters decide amongst themselves whichever should take up the engagement. But after Ranma's gender-bending nature was exposed, the two older sisters foisted him/her on Akane. However, due to a misunderstanding when Akane first saw him as a naked stranger awaiting her in the bathroom, she initially found this unacceptable and loudly objected. Despite this initial outburst, Soun and Genma remain confident that they will grow to love each other with time.

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   Advertisement Appearance Soun is a middle aged man with shoulder length hair and a mustache, which he did not wear when he was younger. He is usually seen in a medium coloured gi (brown in the anime). In the remake version, he remains largely the same only his mustache became thicker.

   Personality Soun is very emotional, and is prone to visibly displaying this, whether it be a tragic, happy, or angry occasion. He is regularly brought to tears when caught up in sentimentality, compassion, worrying about his children, or if he thinks their affection is in doubt. They occasionally gush from his eyes.

   Soun still mourns, and is extremely loyal to, his deceased wife. He has a traditional Japanese altar devoted to her memory somewhere in the house, prays for her every year on the day of their wedding anniversary, and visits her grave in memorial of her death. However, he remained capable of joking about it to lighten up the mood, when offered compassion by Hinako Ninomiya.

   His relationship with Genma comes under strain as the latter is wont to severely mistreat his wife, Nodoka Saotome, which Soun naturally finds outrageous. He was similarly upset after learning that the latter invented martial arts schools intended for burglary. In the manga they are not explicitly implied as friends, rather than fellow previous training partners, as they don't seem to independently interact much socially. They had neither seen nor heard from each other in many years at the beginning of the story, and Soun was initially shown as unaware of what Nodoka looked like. They seem to be on more friendly terms in the anime and frequently play shogi together, though Genma tends to cheat. Soun cheats as well though, so it could be that both of them do so as a way of training together.

   Soun's wish to maintain the school legacy and occasional cowardice in confronting Happosai both mirror Genma's, although he has also been willing to stand firm against and attack Happosai on several occasions, sometimes by himself, and forcefully strangled the latter in wrath when he had apparently crippled Ranma for life with a 'weakness moxibustion'. He can be quite ruthless towards his old master, having attempted to kill or post him to the North Pole, but can also show pity and help him, depending on the situation.

   Unlike Genma, he has also been portrayed as mostly honorable and a generally good person, frequently showing compassion towards others and offering hospitality or aid for people in trouble. He was willing to assume responsibility, as the master of the household, and apologies to Hinako upon finding her and Ranma in a very compromising bedroom position.

   He's also acted as referee for formal martial arts matches. In many instances, he has worried about Ranma's welfare when overviewing them, and determinedly stepped in to interfere when the latter was about to be strangled to death in his confrontation with Ryu Kumon, and tried when Akane was about to be struck unconscious by the Dojo Destroyer, but in the latter case he was stopped by being bumped on the head by Ranma's suddenly entering bicycle.

   He tends to become very angry whenever he suspects that Ranma is 'cheating' on Akane or otherwise is treating her badly, being intensely paranoid in this regard. Soun wants nothing less than the best for his daughter, and looks forward to the day she and Ranma will marry. He has become similarly intensely furious and overprotective when hearing the very notion of striking Kasumi, even to get rid of an oni possession leading her to poison and scratch his back bloody. He apparently constantly forgives Nabiki for any misdeeds, as he's never shown to hold a grudge beyond the initial shock or treat her less than charitably afterwards. When enraged, he displays a giant battle aura, frequently in the form of a giant demon headed version of himself, which most people, except Happosai and his daughters, find very intimidating. While quite old-fashioned in some respects, he honestly cares very much for his daughters' well-being.

   The trait that is most taxing for Ranma's and Akane's nerves is his willingness to openly talk about their relationship. He has no trouble loudly expressing the very awkward couple's feelings for each other, and is completely oblivious as to whether this creates conflict between the two. If they lash out against each other in the face of his enthusiasm, he sometimes turns sad and confused.

   Despite his flaws, Soun is a respected member of his community, and is regularly approached to take care of unusual problems, like apprehending assaulting pigtail-cutters during the Dragon's Whisker arc, help get rid of an oni when Happosai first appeared, or later when the grandmaster terrorised a tourist resort as a thieving and molesting 'octopus jar'.

   It is assumed that Soun has some stable job or another source of steady income. He's never explicitly seen training students, although this may simply occur off-screen. In the separate anime continuity, however, one episode revolves around the fact that the dojo has no students at all, leading to monetary troubles. Soun has also complained about the costs of hosting two freeloading house guests, but conversely has not pushed either Genma or Ranma to somehow earn their keep, although Genma briefly worked for Tofu Ono. Soun likely earns money from the recurrent monster or troublemaker hunts, and has rented out the dojo, and had Kasumi serve food, for a local ladies' club meeting. He doesn't mind occasionally treating his family to dinner, or a vacation by the sea, but does complain about money troubles in the anime. In the manga he is mortified when Nabiki spends his meagre savings on expensive gifts for herself, or when a battle between Pantyhose Taro and Rouge repeatedly made holes in the house. In the latter case the family handled the repairs themselves, rather than let a craftsman look at it, despite Akane's being shown as very lacking.

   Soun seems fully aware of Ryoga Hibiki's piglet curse after watching the latter change in front of him in the bath. He was completely unsurprised when seeing it again during Taro's introduction story. Despite knowing this, he doesn't seem to mind that Akane keeps the former as a pet, and allows him to sleep in her bed at night.

   Advertisement Abilities As a former student of Happosai, Soun is in perfect shape, frequently fights wearing full traditional samurai armor, and is skilled at both hand to hand combat and handling a wide variety of traditional weapons. He has been able to reach a draw against Ranma in serious bokken fighting, and has repeatedly kept the latter on the defensive when chasing him in a wrathful mood (though in the latter cases Ranma may simply have felt obliged to not retaliate, due to being provided with room and board at Soun's expense). He is usually effortlessly beaten by Happosai, but there have been a few confrontations between them where he has come across as quite formidable. In some episodes (128 - Scribbled Panda, 140 - Pick a Peck of Happosai), Soun demonstrates the ability to grow to Godzilla-like heights to fight enemies.

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   Non-canon Appearances Soun is portrayed in the live action special by Katsuhisa Namase. He knew about Jusenkyo before Ranma and Genma arrived and can also use an unnamed energy attack.

   Etymology The name Soun means "already, now, fast, early" (早) (su) and "cloud" (雲) (on). Soun's surname Tendo means "sun, heaven, providence, way of heaven, destiny, divine justice/divine guidance/divine intervention, fate, fortune, chance, predetermination, lot" (天道), which literally means "the laws of heaven and nature" altogether. Trivia Soun's seiyū provide the voices of Daija of the Inuyasha. Whereas in the expected remake, Soun Tendo will be voiced by Akio Ohtsuka, who formerly voiced as Inu no Taishō from Inuyasha. Soun's English voice actor provide the voices of Master of the Maison Ikkoku and Sesshōmaru of the InuYasha. David Kaye also voices Gambling King and Daisuke. Media Appearances Manga Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 25 Anime 1989 Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 160 Episode 161 OVAs Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Akane vs. Ranma! I'll Be the One to Inherit Mother's Recipes! The One to Carry On Part One The One to Carry On Part Two Reawakening Memories Part One The Evil Ogre! Hell Hath No Fury Like Kasumi Scorned Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever The Two Akanes! "Ranma, Look at Me!" Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine 2024 Episode 1 (2024) Episode 3 (2024) Episode 4 (2024) Episode 5 (2024) References

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9. #9Tendō Nabiki

   Keys: Tendō Nabiki, Nabiki · Secondary: Nabiki, Tendō

   Name Nihongo Romaji 天道てんどう なびき Tendō Nabiki Nickname(s) The Queen of Debt (by Akane) Sis (by Akane) Mercenary Girl (by Shampoo) Evil Queen (by Principal Kuno) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Nabiki Tendo (天道てんどう なびき, Tendō Nabiki) is the middle daughter of Soun Tendo, making her the younger sister of Kasumi Tendo and the older sister of Akane Tendo.

   Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Etymology 9 Trivia 10 Media Appearances 10.1 Manga 10.2 Anime 11 Gallery 12 References 13 External links Biography History To be added

   Plot Nabiki is the middle of the three Tendo sisters and is a second year student at Furinkan High School. Even at her young age, she is gifted at methodically serving her own interests at the expense of anyone else, including her family,[1] and has no compunctions against emotionally wrecking,[2] manipulating,[3] tormenting,[4] impoverishing[5] or setting up others in life-threatening situations[6] for either money, amusement or petty pride, even if she owes them her life several times over.[7] She encouraged Kuno to keep his infatuation with female Ranma and Akane[8] to further her regular sales of clandestinely-taken photos,[9] which he keeps in a large album.[10] She also regularly uses incrimination or blackmail to get what she wants.[11] In the anime she has also taken bets on Ranma's fights.

   While she comes from a martial arts school, Nabiki is not a combatant. Although she always keeps her wits about her, she has herself stated that she's a completely untalented fighter.[12] The only fighting skill she has shown is clobbering Kuno unconscious with a small mallet from behind, while the latter was completely distracted, although Akane also performed the same feat just previously.[13] She has also occasionally manifested a variant of the standardised intimidating battle aura that is recurrently used by various characters for comedic effect, but like Kasumi, and unlike her father, it hasn't been shown as useful for anything else, and is only workable when she's thoroughly mad/furious.[14] She generally ensures that the violence around her finds other targets to occupy its attention, although she mis-planned, and briefly found herself defenseless, when Shampoo and Kodachi decided to simply kill her.[15]

   Though she is usually shown as unconcerned about other people, and has been outright stated to have 'no maidenly feelings' , Nabiki was the one who displayed the most initial interest in Ranma when her father announced the pending arrival of a well-travelled guy.

   She hoped he was cute and was initially pleased with what she saw.[16] It was not until she learned the pigtailed martial artist turned into a girl that she changed her mind.[17] She's been portrayed in her general character since her interactions with Kuno a few chapters later.[18]

   Advertisement Appearance Nabiki has chin-length hair (brown in the anime) that she wears in a bob cut. As the middle sister, she is midway in height between her sisters, which also characterizes her personal style. Aside from the Furinkan High School uniform for female students, she tends to wear a tank top and shirt with shorts or sweater and jeans at home. Nabiki has a more extravagant sense of fashion than either Akane or Kasumi, although it is revealed that she also borrows Akane's clothes. She is frequently depicted in the manga wearing costumes drafted by Erté. In the remake version, her brown hair in the anime is darker.

   Personality Nabiki has been shown to be observant,[19] curious,[20] resourceful and cool under pressure.[21] But also as sadistic,[22] petty,[23] sarcastic,[24] manipulative,[25] contemptuous,[26] impatient,[27] extremely greedy,[28] irresponsible/wont to foist her blame onto others,[29] nearly barren of conscience or compassion and completely amoral,[30] but seems to be childish at times,[31] and is very fond of all types of tasty treats, including junk food.[32] She has shown no compunctions about severely betraying her family,[33] or cheerfully and extensively tormenting someone who's just saved her own life twice over.[34] She has also taken advantage of the situation her family finds themselves in with the embattled engagement between Ranma Saotome and her sister Akane.[35]

   Nabiki is eminently fond of money. She's extremely miserly,[36] is proud to never bring a wallet to a date,[37] and even keeps a large jar of 1-Yen coins.[38] She has been shown to get her belongings either through stealing them from Akane (being wholly unconcerned about getting them destroyed or thrown away),[39] as gifts from infatuated victims,[40] for providing unreliable information,[41] or through emptying her father's meagre savings to have a good time.[42] But she has turned extremely vengeful if forced to waste her own money,[43] and has also been mentioned to invest her earnings in personal stocks.[44] She has taken advantage of Ranma's comparatively honest, straightforward nature and his moral 'inhibitions' for an effortless income source, such as regularly selling revealing or semi-revealing photographs of girl Ranma(Set of five for 3000/5000 yen!) to many of her schoolmates,[45] taking world-wide orders for above-themed handkerchief prints,[46] attempting to use him as a servant,[47] or generally swindling him.[48] Her love of money frequently leads her to betray her family to gain more of it,[49] and she's been more than willing to ruin them to win a bet,[50] or destroy her sister's wedding to get presents.[51] She's been shown as completely indifferent to the plights she puts them through.[52] However, she will occasionally work together with her family, such as revealing the Gambling King's bad habits in order to win back their shared living space, i.e: the house,[53] though she initially helped the latter in his endeavours to swindle kindergarten children of their money.[54]

   She has been shown as entertained by the insanity and supernatural chaos surrounding Ranma,[55] and interested in the romantic (or otherwise) entanglements he and Akane get involved in,[56] despite repeatedly expressing an extremely low esteem of his character.[57]

   She will occasionally set up dangerous, or potentially life-threatening situations for simple amusement, like informing all his paramours that he was going to give Akane an engagement ring, even without profit involved, just to watch the spectacle when he's beaten up, and destroying Nodoka's/the Saotome family's house in the process,[58] using him as a human shield against an attack from his paramours and initially planning to continue doing so in the long run,[59] or lying to her father that he's fallen in love with Kuno to provoke an attack.[60] However, she's been contemptuous and annoyed when this has involved her father making a public spectacle of himself, pretending not to know him.[61]

   Her intelligence and talent for manipulation has helped her to mostly use less refined characters to personal advantage without any negative accountability. Whenever she deals with Ranma, for example, she's bluffed[62] or threatened to blackmail him, if her frauds, manipulations or other schemes have angered him ('Hurt me and everyone will get the photograph').[63]

   She once feigned love for him, since she found it entertaining to play with his and Akane's emotions, and cheerfully tormented them with extended hardships, including inadvertently re-establishing the morning attacks on her sister by spreading newsletters, auctioning Ranma's services, letting him take damage in defense of her, using their compassion against them by feigning heartbreak, and having fun with the tension from Akane's paranoia and the couple's flustered insecurities about their relationship.[64] At one point, Kasumi remarked to her father that Nabiki told her that she planned to sell the dojo for a life of leisure,[65]

   It seemed Nabiki's real plan was to sell Ranma back to Akane permanently, but Akane refused to pay Nabiki anything even when Nabiki severely lowered the price on several occasions. After Ranma and Akane got into another fight, even Nabiki worried they had broken up for good and that she took things too far [66]

   When Ranma pretended to get genuinely attached and asked her for a date, she informed Akane,[67] resulting in the couple making up.[68]

   Nabiki has shown expert acting skills, being able to easily fake tears or make utterly convincing expressions,[69] and even use ventriloquism to imitate another voice.[70] She's effortlessly kept up a straight-faced over-dramatic play-act about feigned love even while in free-fall from a helicopter, simultaneously allowing a rival swindler to fall after refusing to pay her in exchange for a working parachute (she sabotaged the one he was wearing). She kept up the act even as he lay dying in a crater on the ground, and only briefly let up a triumphant grin while using his money to call an ambulance to win the competition, to instantly effortlessly switch back to the unflinching theatrics. Afterwards, she was depressed and genuinely weeping, but the stated reason was not lost love, but rather regret for not making their bet concern 10,000 Yen instead of 10 Yen.[71]

   Although Nabiki has been shown with a personal social circle,[72] certain other regular cast members have stated a dislike due to her conscience-free and duplicitous nature.[73] Ukyo has attacked her together with Shampoo and Kodachi, and the latter two intended to kill her.[74]

   She's deliberately appealed to or created a demand in potential customers, such as encouraging Tatewaki Kuno to keep his infatuation for Akane and the "pigtailed girl" in the first manga chapters (she instantly had pre-prepared pictures of both ready for sale, implying that she thrived from encouraging the attacks on her sister just previously),[75] to consistently sell him semi-revealing photographs, though she's sold collections of Ranma-chan to a queue of other schoolmates as well.[76] Among other things, she has auctioned Ranma to the school's many sports clubs to help fill out their teams, and been willing to transfer her engagement to Ukyo and Kodachi for 6350 Yen.[77]

   Nabiki also indifferently framed him for assault as an eternal blackmail source out of annoyance for him accidentally destroying her concert ticker, until he destroyed the 'evidence'.[78] When she cheerfully ran up a huge gambling debt during her battle with Kinnosuke Kasha-Oh, she also seemingly sold girl Ranma as a waitress, dragged away by a neck-chain, to a casino to help work off her gambling debt, and was completely blasé/at best mildly curious after the latter managed to escape from his captors.[79]

   She's shown no business ethics whatsoever. She has taken the principal's money and ran from the taken assignment,[80] repeatedly lied about non-working solutions ('Money first!'),[81] and left Ranma pay her food tab despite just promising that she'd treat him.[82] Another notable incident showed her taking advantage of an amnesiac Kuno by convincing him that he owed her 5,000 yen, which she instantly regretted only for not making it 10,000.[83] She's also unashamedly told Ranma to catch and beat up a 'stalker' in exchange for one of her 5,000 Yen picture sets of his female form, which she's never been shown to let him/her get a quota from.[84] She's made a claim that, despite not having any talent in the martial arts, she has pride in her legacy and won't refuse a challenge, but instantly dumped the assignment on Ranma.[85] The only signs of 'honour'/petty pride she's displayed was a burning need for vengeance due to being outsmarted/"taken advantage of",[86] and when accidentally forced to waste her own money,[87] but in both cases endeavoured to inflict vastly greater amounts of 'payback'.

   Nabiki in a demon suit with Akane and Ranma puppets during her stint as a fiancée, contrasted with Kasumi's angel. Nabiki's mischievous nature is referenced by a manga splash page depicting her wearing a demon suit[88] in opposition to her elder sister Kasumi's angel. Although when Ranma severely manipulated Akane's feelings to make her give up a "battle-dougi" (since it boosted her fighting skills beyond his own), and the latter responded with love and acceptance, he felt like scum, which was visibly shown in a similar symbolic manner.[89]

   There is a marked contrast in character between the two sisters. They are frequently used as two diametrical 'cynical'/'considerate' perspectives on the antics surrounding them.[90] Nabiki has been referred to as 'have no maidenly heart' by the narrator during the intro of the Kasha-Oh arc,[91] and two stories have been devoted to dealing with Kasumi's lack of 'negative' instincts,[92] the former placed right before Nabiki's lengthy competition with Kinnosuke Kasha-Oh.[93] Kasumi has been able to see through her schemes, but like her father has been extremely forgiving, and at most vainly tried to convince her otherwise.[94] Although she made a careful balance-tipping choice comment to their father when the latter was about to accept Nabiki's and Ranma's engagement at the expense of the flustered Akane.[95]

   Akane is shown to generally wish to believe the best of Nabiki, despite all evidence to the contrary, and shows disappointment from her sister's betrayals.[96] Nabiki has expressed at least a modicum of respect towards the latter, as she's stated that she considers Akane tougher than herself,[97] but Kasumi has also mentioned that they've had a tendency to fight a lot.[98] In contrast to Akane, Ranma is more suspicious of her motives,[99] frustrated with being repeatedly cheated and abused as one of her tools.[100] Although he's been bound not to retaliate, either by threat of blackmail,[101] or his own ethical restraints, which prevent him from attacking those who cannot fight back.[102] He views her as extremely greedy for casually selling him/her as a waitress,[103] and then allowing Kinnosuke to fall without a parachute.[104] Despite this, he remains willing to assist her even as she ruthlessly takes advantage of his compassion.[105]

   Her father has been mortified or broken when taking the brunt of her schemes, and through these situations she's the only daughter he's ever been shown to be openly upset with. Yet, he's never been shown to hold a grudge afterwards.[106]

   Despite her normal crafty behavior in the manga series, she has shown nostalgic and melancholy feelings for her dead mother. When Ranma was under the threat of obligatory suicide if he revealed himself to Nodoka, Nabiki initially tried to expose him out of jealousy. But for once, she relented and vowed to stay out of their way, simply telling him to speak to his mother while she was still around.[107] Nabiki has consistently been shown as enthusiastic when Nodoka visits the family and calls her 'auntie Saotome.[108] Nabiki was the most fiercely opposed to allowing the sloppy and ditzy, but well-intended and righteous Hinako to propose to Soun.[109] But when the teacher bribed her with 10,000 Yen, she immediately relented and set them up on a date.[110]

   An odd tidbit is that she’s shown more upbeat attitude towards Ryoga than any other male, save perhaps her father,[111] as she’s been enthusiastically interested in the former's love life with both Akane and Akari.[112] She's been shown to enjoy eating the delicacies he brings her family from various visited regions,[113] so perhaps the reliable source of free treats is the cause of this?

   As a minutiae, Nabiki and Kasumi have not been shown as victims of Happosai's actions, though he enthusiastically attempted to peek on Nabiki early in the manga, when he thought she was naked in the bathhouse.[114] Given Happosai's vast power, and utter ruthlessness when provoked it's uncertain to base this on fear. It's possible that this 'immunity' is granted because Kasumi is the only household member who regularly treats him with consideration, while Nabiki is simply too hard to tease or outsmart. She also does not appear to be energetic enough to keep his interest and tends to stay out of his way. Though they have not shown antagonism, given that he didn't mind offhandedly granting Nabiki's request to stop/knock out Ranma, when she was chasing the latter to find out why he wouldn't undo his pigtail (The reason being that it was kept in place by the supernatural hair-growth stopping 'Dragon's Whisker').[115] In an instance from the separate anime continuity, Kasumi has a battle aura surrounding her because of Happosai's actions, while Nabiki simply punches him away.

   In the anime, Nabiki has generally been more compassionate. She has shown a soft side for her sister in "Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park!", and was also genuinely distressed at Kasumi's possession and her father's willingness to sacrifice his life during "The Evil Ogre! Hell Hath No Fury Like Kasumi Scorned." Most of her harsher moments such as auctioning off Ranma did not appear in the animated adaptation.

   She narrates the compilation episode, Tendo Family's Annoying Acquaintances!. A reason for her miserly ways are provided, with all the jobless lodgers at the Tendo home, Soun Tendo has little money to give to Nabiki. Along with this, Ranma's tendency to inadvertently disturb the peace of the Tendo house(such as causing a mob of people to crash into her bath in the short) annoys her. Nabiki felt there was something suspicious about P-chan's behavior.

   Man-killer Nabiki has been stated to not possess any 'maidenly feelings', or 'be completely heartless' in the initial author notes of the Kasha-Oh story-arc, depending on the translation.[116] She has used her classy and attractive appearance to fleece and swindle any potential suitors for all they are worth, conning them into giving her expensive food, clothes and jewellery. At the point she's gauged that they've reached their financial limit, she immediately breaks up the relationship and blackmails them to pay her additional money afterwards by threatening to distribute their love-letters.[117] Nabiki is very good at faking amorous emotions to fit her needs. She thinks it's amusing to repeatedly manipulate and abuse Ranma's feelings with sadistic play-acting.[118] An (unsuccessful) rival swindler may have been another victim of this deception.[119]

   Advertisement Abilities Extraordinary attributes: Although Nabiki apparently keeps in shape enough to keep a lean figure despite her considerable love of food, at least some of it through light aerobics, she is one of the few prominent cast members without great superhuman physical power. Nevertheless she occasionally displays her family's trademark giant battle-aura, and has demonstrated mildly superhuman speed and reflexes when barely dodging Ranma's high-speed grabbing while hidden from his sight behind a shrubbery. However, she has been vulnerable to even comparatively minor impacts, and was once knocked out through simply falling and hitting her head to the floor (although she recovered very quickly). She was claimed to have been severely threatened by unexpectedly plummeting from a second floor balcony, although she didn't seem the least bit frightened as she fell. She does possess sufficient striking-power to knock out Kuno through blunt weaponry when taking the latter completely by surprise from behind, so, given all of the above, her father may have provided Nabiki with regular martial arts training earlier in her life, even if she only trains through more regular activities within the span of the manga itself, but she has been stated outright as much less talented than Akane. Like for several other cast members, the mallet qualifies as the frequently demonstrated comedic feature to ´pop forth´ small items seemingly out of thin air (fan nickname: "hammerspace"), but only Happosai, Mousse, and perhaps Kodachi, Ryoga or Genma, have ever used it to more 'extreme'/notable extents.

   In the manga Nabiki once used ventriloquism to speak through a wooden puppet belonging to Kinnosuke, possibly imitating the appropriate voice in the process.

   Additionally, in the anime her self-control was shown as sufficient to create severe difficulties in reading her mind, and to overwhelm the telepathic child through intense personally selected imagery when she eventually allowed him access. (Tidal-waves of money, or visions of an implied erotic nature)

   Talents: Nabiki's true strength lies in her cool head, iron nerves, high-speed adaptive scheming, efficient practical psychology, utterly convincing master actress skills, seething greed, pride, and spite, leading to a very entrepreneuring spirit, near absolute lack of ethical restraints, and some acquaintance with a multitude of areas such as forgery, worth evaluation, law, investment, and photography. She can efficiently multi-task different actions, steps or minor schemes simultaneously, with several back-ups along the way. However, she also tends to be sloppy, hedonistic, stick to mostly straightforward ideas, and generally plans as she goes along rather than in advance. Miscellaneous: Near the end of the manga, Nabiki once helped Akane to grow spores from magic mushrooms, which could control age through digestion, but it is left to fan imagination if she continued to cultivate them for herself afterwards. Turning herself youthful again every 10 years is definitely something she would find useful, as would auctioning them off to billionaires. Given the frequent occurrences of useful magical items (handy temporary shapeshifting powders, potential permanent power-up waters, memory-erasing shampoo, magic herbs, a duplicate mirror, another for time-travel, etc), it can be seen as odd that such a greedy, pragmatic, and absolutely ruthless individual would not attempt to hoard a variety for herself, but given the episodic convenience of the series, everything must return mostly to normal by the end of each story arc. Relationships Soun Tendo To be added

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   Tatewaki Kuno In the anime Nabiki and Kuno have been implied as a potential couple in the episode "Extra, Extra! Kuno & Nabiki: Read All About It!" where Kuno was told by a famous fortune teller named Gendo, on the basis of a fire reading that had been unintentionally sabotaged by Sasuke, that she was the love of his life. He started trying to forget about Akane and the pigtailed girl. Nabiki was amused by his affection, but didn't take him too seriously. When the fortune teller explained his mistake, Kuno stopped trying to force himself to love her (although he had already angered Nabiki, Akane and Ranma by declaring to the school that he would wed Nabiki and keep the other two girls as his mistresses after girl Ranma accused him of abandoning her).

   Kunonabiki A gag in the Umbrella of the Love storyline has the two temporarily fall in love under the artifact.

   Another implication sign of love was in the second movie where he attempted to save Nabiki but ended up needing her help, and in the OAV this was seen more often, such as in the OAV Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever, Nabiki and Kuno managed to go through the cave without getting separated.

   The manga also has a gag about the two in 'The Umbrella of Love!' story, when the two fell under the titular magic umbrella. Nabiki asked for 1000 Yen as proof his love and tearfully stated she'd treasure the money for the rest of her life, once the umbrella was removed Kuno was in shock, whilst Nabiki is annoyed she didn't ask for more money when under the magic umbrella.

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   Non-canon Appearances Nabiki is portrayed in the live action special by Maki Nishiyama and her character underwent the most changes in the adaptation. Although brown, her hairstyle is styled in a bouffant as she no longer wears it in a bob cut. She also dresses differently. Notably, she is no longer a high school student but works at night at a hostess bar downtown which is frequented by Soun and Genma after the Saotomes arrive in Furinkan. She also takes a liking to Genma's panda form which she calls "Panada-chan", an aspect of their relationship that was not present in either the manga or anime.

   Etymology The name Nabiki comes from the Japanese word nabiku, which means "to bend, yield, or sway to". Nabiki's surname Tendo means "sun, heaven, providence, way of heaven, destiny, divine justice/divine guidance/divine intervention, fate, fortune, chance, predetermination, lot" (天道), which literally means "the laws of heaven and nature" altogether. Trivia Nabiki makes a cameo appearance in episode 12 of the anime Maze.[120] Nabiki's moneymaking ways and miserly heart are similar to Oyuki, a character from Rumiko Takahashi's first manga series, Urusei Yatsura. A character from Rin-ne, another of Rumiko Takahashi's works, named Kuromitsu bears a strong resemblance to her. In the anime, at least, Nabiki has two teens from her class who seem to be her friends and/or henchmen. They are supposedly named Kikuko and Ryonami. They can be seen as Nabiki's equivalent to the four girls who make up the best friends of her little sister, Akane Tendo. Her seiyū provided the voice of Mana, the deuteragonist of Mermaid Saga, another work by Rumiko Takahashi. Her English Singing voice, Saffron Henderson provide the voices of Kentarō Ichinose of the Maison Ikkoku, Sōta Higurashi and Eri of the InuYasha. Saffron Henderson also voices Tsubasa Kurenai and Kogane Musashi. Media Appearances Manga Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 16 Chapter 19 Chapter 23 Chapter 25 Anime 1989 Episode 1 Episode 2 OVAs Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine 2024 Episode 1 (2024) Gallery Main article: Nabiki Tendo/Image Gallery

   References The King of Poverty's Challenge, The Final Chapter, The Honeymoon Period, Danger: Fight Path of Love! Heartbreaker: Chapter 175; 309 Manipulator: Chapter 175 Tormentor: Chapter 175-178 Impoverishment: Chapter 310 Conflict generation: Chapter 174; 387 Ingrate: Chapter 175-179 Kuno encouragement: Chapter 6 Continuously selling photographs to schoolmates: Chapters 6; 175; 211; 309; 359; 371 Kuno's album: Chapter 211 Incrimination or blackmail: Chapters 212; 309; 371 Untalented fighter: Volume 29: Chapter 9 Knock-out mallet: Chapter 301 Intimidating aura: Chapters 152; 165; 281 Violence diversion: Chapters 65; 174; 191; 387 Different initial portrayal: Chapter 1 Dumping the gender-bender on Akane: Chapter 2 Regular portrayal start: Chapter 4 Observant: Chapters 32; 47; 70; 98; 128; 148; 152; 192; 207; 232; 258; 291 Curious: Chapters 154; 223; 230; 285; 300 Resourceful and cool under pressure: Chapters 151; 174; 178; 311 Sadistic: Chapters 174-178; 280; 309-311; 371 Petty: Chapters 227; 309; 371 Sarcastic: Chapters 4; 42; 50; 65; 165; 192; 196; 221; 241; 279; 337; 343 Manipulative: Chapters 174-179; 197; Volume 309-311; 371 Contemptuous: Chapters 4; 32; 67; 69; 77; 198; 205; 280 Impatient: 280; 293; 325; 331; 334; 379 Extremely greedy: Chapters 174; 191; 197; 291; 356 Blame-foister: Volume 17: Chapter 5; Volume 25: Chapter 10; Volume 33: Chapter 2 Almost barren of conscience, compassion or ethics: Volume 29: Chapter 9-11; Volume 17: Chapter 6-9; Volume 19: Chapter 1; Volume 35: Chapter 5; Volume 5: Chapter 2; Volume 33: Chapter 2 Occasionally childish: Volume 6: Chapter 1; Volume 4: Chapter 8 Food lover: Chapters 42; 92; 165; 266; 282; 331; 346; 379 Back-stabber: Chapters 197; 281; 309-310; 407 Ingrate: Chapters 173-177 Ranma & Akane's engagement: Chapters 6; 173-177; 197 Extremely miserly: Volume 35: Chapter 5 No wallet on dates: Volume 29: Chapter 9 1-Yen coin collection: Volume 34: Chapter 1 She has been shown to steal her belongings from Akane and is wholly unconcerned about destroying them: Volume 17: Chapter 5; Volume 34: Chapter 1 Gifts from prospective suitors/victims: Volume 29: Chapter 9 Offering to reveal Ranma's weakness for a CD-player: Volume 5: Chapter 1 Empties her father's savings without the latter's approval: Volume 29: Chapter 9; Volume 34: Chapter 1 Extremely vengeful when forced to waste her own money: Volume 35: Chapter 5 Personal stocks: Volume 34: Chapter 1 Continuously selling photographs to schoolmates: Volume 1: Chapter 6; Volume 17: Chapter 7; Volume 20: Chapter 10; Volume 29: Chapter 9; Volume 34: Chapter 4; Volume 35: Chapter 5 Handkerchief prints: Volume 35: Chapter 5 Attempting to use Ranma as a servant: Volume 17: Chapter 6; Volume 20: Chapter 3 Swindling Ranma: Volume 29: Chapter 9; Volume 20: Chapter 11; Volume 34: Chapter 10 Back-stabber: Volume 29: Chapter 9-10; Volume 38: Chapter 9; Volume 19: Chapter 7; Volume 27: Chapter 3 Willing to ruin her family: Volume 29: Chapter 10 Destroying Akane's wedding: Volume 38: Chapter 9 Indifferent to being a severe drain on her family: Volume 29: Chapter 9; Volume 34: Chapter 4 Collaborating against the Gambling King: Volume 15: Chapter 6 Helping the Gambling King to swindle children: Volume 15: Chapter 5 Entertained by the chaos: Volume 1: Chapter 7; Volume 5: Chapter 2; Volume 5: Chapter 11; Volume 7: Chapter 7; Volume 17: Chapter 11; Volume 20: Chapter 4; Volume 31: Chapter 6 Interested in Ranma & Akane's entanglements: Volume 11: Chapter 7; Volume 3: Chapter 8; Volume 10: Chapter 7; Volume 19: Chapter 6; Volume 22: Chapter 2; Volume 22: Chapter 7; Volume 23: Chapter 8; Volume 31: Chapter 10; Volume 32: Chapter 10 Extremely low esteem of Ranma's character: Volume 4: Chapter 6; Volume 11: Chapter 9-10; Volume 14: Chapter 1; Volume 14: Chapter 3; Volume 15: Chapter 8; Volume 17: Chapter 11; Volume 19: Chapter 8; Volume 20: Chapter 4; Volume 20: Chapter 7; Volume 22: Chapter 3; Volume 22: Chapter 8; Volume 23: Chapter 7; Volume 31: Chapter 3 Setting up attack for amusement & getting Nodoka's house destroyed: Volume 36: Chapter 10 Remorselessly using Ranma as a human shield: Volume 17: Chapter 6 Lying to her father to make him attack Ranma: Volume 21: Chapter 8 Annoyed by her father making a spectacle of himself: Volume 7: Chapter 11; Volume 8: Chapter 8; Volume 11: Chapter 4 Nabiki bluffs Ranma when she's angered him: Volume 17: Chapter 10; Volume 29: Chapter 10 Nabiki threatens to blackmail Ranma after she's angered him: Volume 20: Chapter 11; Volume 35: Chapter 5 Extensively tormenting Ranma & her sister for amusement: Volume 17: Chapter 6-9 The Terrible Truth I'm the Victim Here! Genuine affection would cause more work than warranted: Volume 17: Chapter 9 Ranma & Akane making up: Volume 17: Chapter 10 Expert actress: Volume 17: Chapter 6-10; Volume 29: Chapter 9-11; Volume 35: Chapter 5; Volume 36: Chapter 8 Ventriloquism: Volume 29: Chapter 11 Cold-blooded, unflinching theatrics, and crying when not making enough money: Volume 29: Chapter 11 Social circle: Volume 7: Chapter 11; Volume 8: Chapter 8 Beyond Kuno, her thoroughly conscience-free nature makes her disliked by Ranma & Ukyo: Volume 17: Chapter 6; Volume 29: Chapter 10 Attack by Ranma's paramours: Volume 17: Chapter 6 She had photographs of Ranma & Akane prepared during his third day in school: Volume 1: Chapter 6 Continuously selling photographs to schoolmates: Volume 1: Chapter 6; Volume 17: Chapter 7; Volume 20: Chapter 10; Volume 29: Chapter 9; Volume 34: Chapter 4; Volume 35: Chapter 5 Willing to sell Ranma's engagement to Kodachi: Volume 17: Chapter 6 Playing House Volume 29: Chapter 10 No business ethics: Runs from a paid assignment: Volume 34: Chapter 4 No business ethics: Lying about, and taking payment for, solutions she doesn't believe/intend to work: Volume 19: Chapter 7; Volume 20: Chapter 11; Volume 34: Chapter 10 No business ethics: Running away from and leaving Ranma to pay her food tab, despite just promising to treat him: Volume 29: Chapter 9 No business ethics: Swindles an amnesiac, and regretful that she didn't make it a larger sum: Volume 19: Chapter 1 No business ethics: Unashamedly offers Ranma pictures of his female form, in exchange for catching and beating up a 'stalker': Volume 29: Chapter 9 Insincere claims of pride in her family legacy: Volume 29: Chapter 9 Petty pride for being "taken advantage of"/outsmarted, despite that she collaborated with Kinnosuke in sticking her family with the bills: Volume 29: Chapter 9 Extremely vengeful when forced to spend her own money: Volume 35: Chapter 5 Demon suit: Volume 17: Chapter 8; The Art of Ranma ½, page 45 - Ranma/Akane Demon/Angel contrast: Volume 32: Chapter 10 Diametrical perspectives: Volume 5: Chapter 11; Volume 7: Chapter 11; Volume 17: Chapter 9; Volume 20: Chapter 6; Volume 32: Chapter 10; Volume 33: Chapter 3 The King of Poverty's Challenge (Egmont's translation)/'have no maidenly feelings' (Online fan-edition)/'have no maidenly heart' (Independent Japanese publication verification)/'not be naive' (Viz version) in the author notes: Volume 29: Chapter 9 Kasumi's apparent complete lack of negative instincts: Volume 29: Chapter 8; Volume 33: Chapter 2 Nabiki's competition with Kinnosuke Kasha-Oh: Volume 29: Chapter 9-11 Kasumi seeing through Nabiki's schemes or being extremely forgiving: Volume 17: Chapter 9; Volume 29: Chapter 9 Kasumi making a choice comment to ensure that Akane would not be left alone by Nabiki's scheme: Volume 17: Chapter 6 Akane's wish to believe the best of her sister leads to disappointment: Volume 17: Chapter 8; Volume 19: Chapter 7; Volume 34: Chapter 4 Nabiki considers Akane tougher than herself: Volume 11: Chapter 7 Nabiki & Akane have apparently fought a lot: Volume 17: Chapter 6 Ranma is suspicious, unless manipulated by faked sentiment: Volume 17: Chapter 7; Volume 29: Chapter 11 Ranma is shown as frustrated from being cheated and abused as a tool: Volume 17: Chapter 6; Volume 20: Chapter 11; Volume 29: Chapter 9-10; Volume 35: Chapter 5 Nabiki threatens to blackmail Ranma when she's angered him: Volume 20: Chapter 11 Ranma's ethical restraints prevent him from attacking Nabiki: Volume 17: Chapter 10 The King of Debt vs. the Queen of Debt For the Love of Ten Yen Ranma remains willing to help Nabiki, and she can still ruthlessly take advantage of his compassion: Volume 31: Chapter 6; Volume 35: Chapter 5 She's the only daughter her father has ever been shown to get upset with, when he's mortified about taking the brunt of her schemes, yet he's never been shown to hold a grudge: Volume 17: Chapter 6; Volume 29: Chapter 9; Volume 34: Chapter 1 Initially attempts to expose Ranma to his mother out of jealousy, despite that he'd likely get killed, but then shows 1-time nostalgia for her own dead mother and relents: Volume 22: Chapter 4 Apparently consistently enthusiastic to see Nodoka/'Auntie Saotome': Volume 23: Chapter 7; Volume 30: Chapter 8 Initially fiercely opposed to allowing Hinako to marry her father: Volume 27: Chapter 2-3 Nabiki immediately relents, and sets up a date for Hinako & Soun, after the former bribes her with 10,000 Yen: Volume 27: Chapter 3 There are some hints that Nabiki views her father in nostalgic or positive nuances: Volume 27: Chapter 3; Volume 29: Chapter 10; Volume 33: Chapter 2 She's shown interest in Ryoga's love-life, though not remotely attraction: Volume 23: Chapter 8; Volume 30: Chapter 2 Nabiki enjoys the pastries Ryoga regularly brings her family: Volume 23: Chapter 8 Happosai enthusiastically attempting to peek on Nabiki in the bath: Volume 7: Chapter 7 Happosai didn't mind offhandedly knocking out Ranma for her: Volume 15: Chapter 8 Stated to 'be completely heartless' (Egmont's translation)/'have no maidenly feelings' (Online fan-edition)/'have no maidenly heart' (Independent Japanese publication verification)/'not be naive' (Viz version) in the author notes: Volume 29: Chapter 9 She encourages any romantic intentions to fleece and blackmail the suitors for all they're worth: Volume 29: Chapter 9 She expertly faked love/amorous emotions for Ranma to torment him for fun: Volume 17: Chapter 6-10 Nabiki expertly faked romantic love towards Kinnosuke Kasha-Oh, but it's unclear if he was successfully seduced or not: Volume 29: Chapter 11 http://jasms.de/anime/maze/maze_zsf02.html MAZE - Zusammenfassung der Handlung Teil 9 - 14

10. #10Tendō Kasumi

    Keys: Tendō Kasumi, Kasumi · Secondary: Kasumi, Tendō

    Name Nihongo Romaji 天道てんどう かすみ Tendō Kasumi Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Kasumi Tendo (天道てんどう かすみ, Tendō Kasumi) is the oldest daughter of Soun Tendo and the older sister of Nabiki Tendo and Akane Tendo.

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Relationships 5 Non-canon Appearances 6 Etymology 7 Trivia 8 Media Appearances 8.1 Manga 8.2 Anime 9 Gallery 10 References 11 External links Biography History To be added

    Plot Nineteen-year-old Kasumi is the eldest daughter of the Tendo family. She stated that she finds younger men boring when she and her sisters learned of Ranma's pending arrival. Although she is out of high school, she took over as the family matriarch after the death of her mother. She handles most of the housework, caring for and supporting her family and anyone who visits. Her life is largely that of a traditional Japanese housewife, but she appears to be content in that role and has sometimes been shown to go on trips or meet friends. Dr. Tofu Ono, the local physician, has a crush on her and goes haywire whenever she comes by, or even talks to her on the phone. But given that she always encounters him in this mode, she considers him somewhat odd and seems unaware of his affection. According to the concluding "Memorial Book"/"'The Art of Ranma½", Tofu's love for her is supposedly one-sided in the manga. But by the end of the anime, she appears set to be paired up with him. In the manga, he disappears entirely after volume 12.

    Kasumi is not a fighter, but she very occasionally shows a variant of her family's (and various other characters') signature frightful battle aura that is used for comedic effect, shown as a giant image of herself. The three known instances are: when Soun lost the Dojo in a bet, when Picolet Chardin claimed one of his daughters for marriage, since her starving father had accidentally indebted himself by accepting expensive food from the latter's family, and (anime only) when Happosai tried to steal the underwear of all three Tendo girls due to the fact heavy rain had made it impossible for him to raid elsewhere. However, like Nabiki, and unlike her father, it doesn't seem useful for anything beyond intimidation.

    When Happosai was possessed by 6 "devil cards", he no longer considered Kasumi off limits, and decided to force her to be his wife. When the posssessed grandmaster lunged to attack Ranma, Kasumi, who was right behind him, unexpectedly grabbed Happosai by the tail, and gently wacked him at the floor, whereupon Nabiki had enough time to calmly burn the remaining cursed card to return the lech to his usual obnoxious self in a rather comical unexpected fashion. Some viewers interpret this as that Kasumi may be a highly capable, but currently non-practicing, martial artist. Others see it as Happosai being surprised afterwards, combined with comedic intent, and find it reasonable that she has received training from Soun at some point, but hardly anywhere near the required great grandmaster skills to genuinely overcome the ancient lecher himself.

    Her role in the series is usually peripheral, though she is present in a large quantity of the stories. Occasionally, she has a more prominent role, such as when an oni compels her to carry out her concept of evil actions. She is sometimes used in a comedic manner. Examples include calmly telling Akane to clobber Ranma in case he tries to molest her, when the engaged couple are about to be left alone in the house, or by getting rid of an extremely powerful 'bean-gun' plant, through calmly throwing it in the wastebasket.

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    Personality Ranma49 Kasumi Kasumi in the manga

    Kasumi is a peaceful character in a cast of rather frantic people. She is invariably shown as cheerful and pleasant, seldom seeming fazed by the wild events that surround her. Once the lunacy subsides, she amiably helps to clean up any destruction, and generally seems content in working hard to take care of her family, the household and make any guests feel at home. Even she was saddened when her sister ruined the family, but prepared to walk the streets to sell flowers to pay the bills. She doesn't appear to be devoid of social life, given that she's been shown to go on trips, or visit friends, and regularly accompanies her family on various entertainment activities.

    Kasumi can sometimes appear oblivious, but has also been shown as highly perceptive. She's been able to see through Nabiki's schemes, and immediately noticed that something was amiss with Akane, when a spirit doll possessed the latter. In the second instance, their more patently attentive middle sister took considerably longer.

    Kasumi also sometimes gives wise/sagely advice, where she has made spot-on, if somewhat harsh, character observations. She may keep a cool head and cheerful attitude to help maintain the tranquillity of the household (or whatever is left of it) and hold her family together. In the anime, she sometimes explains unusual phenomena or makes observations about fighting methods during matches in the dojo.

    Her name translates as "mist". If intentional, this may imply that her perspective is rather clouded, in case Japanese cultural symbolism overlaps with Western in this respect, but could also symbolize grace, amongst other connotations. In the first few chapters she was upset simply by seeing the results of Akane's sudden haircut, so she may have trained herself to stay calm as a defense mechanism.

    Kasumi appears to be quite intelligent in an academic respect. Early in the series, she borrowed a book about shiatsu/human pressure points from Dr. Tofu. This is an advanced topic for somebody outside of the medical profession. She also managed to translate an excerpt from a French book, but stated that her knowledge of the language was quite limited. It is, however, unclear if she is too occupied by her housework for scholarly pursuits.

    Kasumi appears to be virtually devoid of negative instincts. An entire story was devoted to this point. The other household members falsely assumed that their lack of consideration and various destructive mishaps had turned her murderously ferocious, due to 'dammed up aggression'. However, when faced with these troubles, and the author notes stated that her anger had reached its peak, she simply reprimanded Ranma, who had been tagged as scapegoat for each incident, by lightly tapping him on the forehead, a common form of discipline given to Japanese children. Yet even here, she thought that she might have been overreacting. Another character observed that she was "a perfect saint" in conjunction.

    During the time she was possessed by an oni, her concept of evil seemed to be non-lethal, but highly annoying pranks such as placing paralysis potion in the dinner, knitting "crossdresser" on Ranma's clothing, ironing Genma's panda fur, or scratching Soun's back bloody with oversized nails/claws.

    Her nature is in sharp contrast to Nabiki’s, and they frequently state highly dissimilar considerate/cynical views of the antics surrounding them. They were respectively portrayed as an angel and demon in 'The Memorial Book'/'The Art of Ranma ½' (Page 45). Her father has been shown to be very protective of her. In the above-mentioned possession case, he was upset by the very thought of budging a hair on her head, even if it would get rid of the oni. Akane has admitted to viewing Kasumi as a personal role model in certain respects, and has tried to emulate her looks, nature and feminine talents.

    Like the rest of her family, she has also never held a grudge against Nabiki for any of the latter's ruthless schemes, no matter how much she has suffered from them. Instead, Kasumi has tried to talk her into showing consideration, and they generally seem to be confidantes of each other, despite their diametrically opposed personalities. She also revealed to her father that Nabiki wanted to sell the dojo and play with the money, to ascertain that he tried to bring together the flustered Ranma and Akane, when her younger sister had taken up the engagement. Given that she has likewise tried to talk Ranma into seeing Akane in a more forgiving light, rather than directly berating the latter, she seems unwilling to cause any form of mental anguish whatsoever towards others. Kasumi instead wields 'soft power' when she thinks it seems necessary and might be of any help, while simultaneously trying to take care of her family.

    But as alluded previously, she has firmly berated her father when the latter almost lost their house to the 'Gambling King', and after learning about his mishaps with the Chardin family.

    In the manga, Kasumi generally seems to treat Happosai with consideration (volume 13, chapter 2; volume 19, chapter 9; volume 28, chapter 11) even calling him "grandpa" in one translation. (volume 13, chapter 3) He has also never been shown to directly pester her. However, in the anime episode "The Horrible Happo-Mold Burst!," all three Tendo sisters were surrounded by battle auras when Happosai attempted to steal their underwear, although only Akane took physical action.

    Relationships To be added

    Non-canon Appearances In the live action special, Kasumi is portrayed by Kyōko Hasegawa and her preparation times for meals takes hours.

    Etymology The name Kasumi translates as "mist". Kasumi's surname Tendo means "sun, heaven, providence, way of heaven, destiny, divine justice/divine guidance/divine intervention, fate, fortune, chance, predetermination, lot" (天道), which literally means "the laws of heaven and nature" altogether. Trivia Kasumi's lyrics and accompanying scenes in the DoCo music video for "Red Shoe Sunday" strongly suggest that she likes Tofu and is waiting for him to make the first move. Her seiyū provide the voices of Yukie of the Mermaid's Scar OVA, Ruruko Tonegawa of Inside the Pot from the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, protagonist Inuyasha's mother in Takahashi's subsequent series Inuyasha and Mendō's Mother from Urusei Yatsura (2022). Her first English voice actress would provide the voice of Kikyō in Inuyasha. Her second English voice actress previously voiced Sesshōmaru's mother in Hanyō no Yashahime. In both the manga and the anime, Kasumi has never been drawn with a comical face and she seems to be a "gentle" variant of the pokerface stock character.

11. #11Tatewaki Kuno

    Keys: Tatewaki Kuno, Kuno, Tatewaki

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    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 Gallery 11 References 12 External links Biography History He is a master of kendo, Tatewaki is a senior at Furinkan High School, captain of the Kendo Club and a classmate of Nabiki Tendo. He is also the older brother of Kodachi Kuno, who attends St. Hebereke's School for Girls (called St. Bacchus in the manga) instead of Furinkan High. He is almost exclusively referred to by his surname, unlike his sister.

    Plot He had long been interested in Akane, and had made a decree—given as his entry for a school speech contest—stating he would punish anyone who tried to date her without first defeating her in combat, thus resulting on Akane having to fight a barrage of boys every morning when she arrived at school. When he learned of her engagement to Ranma Saotome, he immediately assumed that Ranma was hounding Akane and challenged the pigtailed newcomer. It ended when both of them landed in a swimming pool and Ranma changed into his girl form. After being defeated, Tatewaki fell in love with her as well, though he continued to lust after Akane.

    As the story progress, he attempts to make Ranma his girlfriend more than he does with Akane. Since Ranma is actually a man, he has no feelings for Tatewaki at all and has shown extreme disgust at the concept, although he has taken advantage of Tatewaki's obsession when it suited his purposes. Blown up photographs of Akane and the Pigtailed Girl, courtesy of Nabiki, adorn the walls of his bedroom.

    Appearance Tatewaki is one of the taller characters and has short dark brown hair. In the remake version due to digital color graphics, his hair was black to match up his manga version. Three years ago he was shaved bald by his father in the course of a fight, which he still resents. He normally wears the kendo uniform, known as a kendogi, in the form of a white uwagi (also blue in the anime), with medium colored hakama (also black in the anime), even while at school, moreso than the gakuran worn by the male students. Once in competition he wore the bōgu or training armor. Tatewaki has also dressed in a formal men's kimono depending on the circumstances. He also wears a purple formal suit during the Parents and Teachers Day in his younger sister, Kodachi's school.

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    Tatewaki comes from wealthy samurai stock, and speaks in flowery poetic text. No matter how many times Ranma defeats him, he continues to be supremely confident in his abilities, though he does sometimes acknowledge his defeats. He has a huge ego, which led Tatewaki to nickname himself "The Blue Thunder of Furinkan High," a moniker used by no one else. This is apparently not the first such nickname he has given himself, either, as when he first introduces himself, one of Nabiki's classmates notes that the last she knew, he was calling himself "Shooting Star".

    He is totally clueless when it comes to Ranma's dual nature, making him the only one at school explicitly unaware of it even late in the manga (although Principal Kuno and all of the teachers except Hinako Ninomiya may be unaware in the anime). Unlike the other characters in the series, Tatewaki is ignorant of Jusenkyo and thus doesn't know how its curses work; thus, while he has seen Ranma go from boy to girl or vice versa before, and acknowledges that there is magic at work in the switching, he does not realize that the two are one in the same. Likely goaded by the fact the only explanation he has received was the almost deliberately unhelpful "her (the pigtailed girl's) body and soul both belong to Ranma" from Nabiki Tendo, he has decided that Ranma is a lecherous playboy who uses black magic to switch with or whisk away Tatewaki's "pigtailed girl" at any moment he pleases.

    While Tatewaki is clueless about Ranma's curse, social matters, and several other things, he seems to do well in school. Its even mentioned in the episode "Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge" that his handwriting is very good and in a cursive style.

    He spends a lot of his time in school talking to Nabiki as they are in the same class. She frequently manipulates him to obtain money through trickery, information, or selling photographs of female Ranma and her sister. When it initially appeared like he was going to 'dump' Akane for Girl-type Ranma, she encouraged him to keep his previous infatuation, since 'she wouldn't let him two-time her sister', and instantly offered him photographs of both. Beyond this, she generally seems to regard him with derision, while he once stated that he detests her in turn.

    Tatewaki's strong sibling rivalry with Kodachi is a running gag. He once angered her by destroying her pictures of male Ranma and she retaliated by poisoning and throwing him to her pet alligator, Midorigame (Mr. Turtle / Green Turtle or Mr. Scaly Green in the English anime), and through spreading nasty rumors about Tatewaki and the pigtailed girl. He also has a small dog named Armadillo, who acts as a taster for any food his sister cooks.

    Another common gag is his willingness to share everything he writes in his diary with female Ranma or any other girl he is interested in, usually Akane. He claims this helps to build trust in a relationship.

    Tatewaki Kuno has an old fashioned way of speaking and refers to everyone by either their full or last name (Akane Tendo instead of Akane and "Saotome" instead of Ranma). He also demands to be referred by impersonal terms of respects such as Sempai/Upperclassman by other students. Nabiki makes fun of this by referring to him as Kuno-chan/baby, a more casual term used for close friends or kids.

    In both continuities, he's been shown to ally with Mousse, Gosunkugi, or Ryoga against Ranma, though it's only happened a few times in the manga with one case being an accident (in Ryoga's case, after seeing a picture with Ranma kissing Akane, and during a noodle-eating competition, and with Mousse during the Moxibustion Saga). Tatewaki and Ryoga attacked Ranma in Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit as well as trying to prevent Ranma and Akane from getting together in "Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple!". He and Ryoga smashed up Ranma and sent him to the hospital for an entire month in a full-body cast in the first OAV. He also trained with Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse in order to defeat Ken in "Enter Ken and his Copycat Handkerchief". Even if they may team up, Tatewaki is not friends with Ryoga or Mousse and appears to on somewhat better terms with Ranma in the anime, even though they generally loathe each other more in the Manga.

    Though he generally acts antagonistic towards Ranma, there have been some occasions where he has teamed up with, talked politely with him or even asked help from him in certain situations either involving arguments with his sister or his father. He was willing to give transportation to the other members of the cast (including Ranma) to Nekonron after Akane was kidnapped by Kirin in the first movie (though it's seems that he thought Ranma was helping him save Akane).

    Abilities As captain of the Kendo Club at Furinkan High School, Tatewaki was the school's most powerful warrior (and greatest pervert according to one schoolmate) before Ranma's arrival. Initially he constituted a legitimate threat, but has afterwards generally been used as a running joke and is usually swiftly defeated by Ranma. During the Martial Arts Cheerleading Arc he kept Akane strictly on the defensive in a kendo match. During this match he did not use his air pressure strikes, but this could have been because it was an official match. He is roughly a match for Kodachi, but has been defeated by her due to the greater versatility offered by her gymnastics equipment.

    In both the manga and anime, upon losing his memory during training to slice watermelons, Tatewaki temporarily became far more than a match for Ranma, demonstrating the potential to exceed his nemesis.

    While Tatewaki has mastered kendo, he has not learned unarmed combat skills and is therefore totally reliant on his bokken. For this reason, he always carries several of them with him. Despite his speed, he also has never been shown as physically strong, although he was able to effortlessly remove a boulder with one hand. A recurring gag is that he gets knocked out easily through various means, although his revival time varies.

    Ultimately, Tatewaki's arrogance and delusions may have hindered his progress as a martial artist, but in the Akanekodan Ranma RPG, he is portrayed as the most powerful member of the Kuno family.

    He has sometimes gained the use of magical items, such as the "Wishbringer" sword, which emitted blinding light, or (Anime continuity) Musashi Miyamoto's wooden sword, as well as some odd techniques.

    Air-Pressure Strikes/Blue Thunder Attack: Tatewaki's primary move. He jabs his bokken at a target at high speeds, in the anime yelling "Atatatatatatatatatata!". During their first battles the air pressure alone proved enough to shatter a stone pillar, gave a significant bruise to Ranma's throat, and later made him unable to hold back the tears from the severe pain over his entire body. Tatwaki occasionally invents different names for this move. Senpū-Ken (Whirlwind Sword): (Anime) Tatewaki spins his sword at his target in small circles, creating a small whirlwind. Only used when Tatewaki thought he was under the effects of Happosai's speed of light elixir. Watermelon Splitter: A conditioned reaction, usable to greatly boost the speed and power of his strikes, although the training to learn it rendered him amnesiac. When in the presence of watermelons, Tatewaki can spin rapidly, creating a forceful torrent of wind, and easily slices through all watermelons in sight. His defense in this state is almost impenetrable, and his assault taxing to avoid, even for Ranma himself. Even outside of their presence, Tatewaki's regular attacks repeatedly got through Ranma's guard/held him/her at sword-point, and kept his female form strictly on the defensive/running for her life. A shown limitation is that Tatewaki remained comparatively physically weak. He seemed unable to defend himself against, and was briefly stunned by, a thrown small boulder. Female Ranma likewise managed to overcome the technique through distracting, and then placing a watermelon on Tatewaki's head, making him instinctively knock himself out. This also restored his memory. Tatewaki later revealed that it was training for a watermelon-slicing contest, which he intended to win to impress the "pigtailed girl". He hasn't been shown close to this level in later encounters, so he may either have lost the ability beyond the originally intended usage, or require the proximity of several watermelons to 'power-up'/'enter a trance', but never had the sense to do so (Tatewaki did not figure out this was a fighting technique after regaining his memory). He later uses the technique in the OVA "Tendo Family Christmas Scramble" as part of a talent show act, and uses it in the "Battle for Miss Beachside" episode of the anime, apparently at Nabiki's request so that she can earn money from both spectators and selling the resultant watermelon slices.

    It is Tatewaki's ultimate attack in a few of the Ranma fighting games such as Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen.

    Phoenix Sword/'Sword of the Phoenix' (鳳凰剣, Ho'oken?): After the Legendary Phoenix hatched on his head, Tatewaki became invincible against Ranma, who the phoenix had imprinted on as its enemy. However it was so fixated on Ranma's demise that Tatewaki could not do as he wanted unless Ranma escaped by using darkness as a cover and remained out of sight of it. After the phoenix was fed enough growth pills it flew away. In Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix the phoenix imprinted on Akane on the second day and Tatewaki became irrelevant once it had reached a certain size and could fly. However he was still protected by its abilities and attention was shifted to the phoenix as it became more dangerous the larger it got. Essentially ignoring him, it began to attack indiscriminately until it was fed enough growth pills and flew away. Video Games

    Ko-Ku-Zan (Arc Air Slash): (Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen) Tatewaki does a cut with his sword sending a crescent shaped blast of air pressure. Tenshi Raimeikiri (Heaven Thunder Cut): (Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen) Tatewaki does an uppercut with his bokken and descends down with Blue Thunder running through his blade. Thunder Strike: (Ranma ½: Akanekodan Teki Hihou) Tatewaki waves his sword and Blue Thunder strikes his opponent. Relationships Akane Tendo Main article: Akane-Tatewaki_Relationship Ranma Saotome Main article: Ranma-Tatewaki_Relationship Tatewaki romantically pursues girl Ranma (not knowing she is really a boy) and Akane. Despite copious evidence to the contrary, Tatewaki is convinced that Akane and his pigtailed girl love him even though they have made it very clear they can't stand him. Despite this Ranma will sometimes pretend to be interested in him if Tatewaki has something Ranma needs or wants (a good example of this is during the Wish Bringing Sword Saga).

    While considered very attractive by girls outside of his school, no members of the regular cast pursue him.

    Nabiki Tendo Main article: Nabiki-Tatewaki_Relationship There are some possible indications he might like Nabiki.

    Mariko Konjo Main article: Mariko-Tatewaki_Relationship The only girl who has been shown to seriously pursue Tatewaki romantically during the series was Mariko Konjo, captain of the Seisyun High School Martial Arts Cheerleading team.

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    Non-canon Appearances Kuno - Live Action Nagayama as Tatewaki

    Tatewaki has appeared in all of the fighting games except Ranma ½: Hard Battle, which is odd as Furinkan High School is the primary setting and Principal Kuno is a prominent character.

    In the live action special Tatewaki Kuno is portrayed by Kento Nagayama and always dresses in a dark blue uwagi and hakama. He can generate an unnamed energy wave with his bokken which knocks down his opponents.

    In the music CD Fighting Songs Karuta, Tatewaki sings the song "Mori No Kuma-san" in a duet with his sister Kodachi. He is also the subject of the song "Kuno-chan ga Yattekuru", which is about his eccentricity.

    Trivia "Tatewaki" means "bringing a sword" which relates to how he almost always carries a Bokken with him. "Kuno" means "nine abilities" which is an obvious joke on how skilled he believes he is. Although coincidental, interestingly, in Malay, "Kuno" means "old-fashioned". This refers to his somewhat old-fashioned, poetic way of speaking. While Tatewaki often says he would do anything for Ranma's female side, it often applies as long as it involves kissing, touching, or buying expensive (and frequently bizarre) gifts for her. For example, in one storyline he refused to apologize to his sister despite her insistence. However he has genuinely helped Ranma's female side on some occasions and have in the manga even been shown to choose her over Akane when running away with her. According to the anime only episode 95, Tatewaki always comes to Kodachi's school for Parents' Day, apparently appearing as her guardian, since he is her older brother. Though he almost exclusively uses his bokken, there were at least two exceptions: in the last chapter of Volume 36 he suddenly forges a katana to use against Ranma, and this is repeated in the very last chapter of the manga when he tries to stop Ranma and Akane's wedding. His first seiyu previously voiced Pigmo and Inaba of Urusei Yatsura, Rumiko Takahshi's first major manga series. In the remake, Kuno will be voiced by Tomokazu Sugita, which also voiced Renkotsu in Inuyasha Originally, Rumiko Takahashi recommended Akira Kamiya, who had voiced Shūtarō Mendō, a character with similar personality traits in her first manga series, Urusei Yatsura, to voice Tatewaki in the anime. However, because the series director wanted new faces, he chose Hirotaka Suzuoki instead. After Suzuoki's death, he was replaced by Hikaru Midorikawa, who voices Tatewaki in the recent video games. A recurring gag in the anime is for blue thunder to strike after Tatewaki makes a dramatic announcement. He even managed to do this indoors on episode 98. Tatewaki can use Blue Thunder in his attacks in many of the video games. This is likely influenced by the above. Tatewaki does not wear shoes with his kendo hakama, although sometimes he wears sandals. As mentioned at the top of the page, "Tatewaki" and "Kuno" mean "Bringing a Sword" and "Nine Abilities" respectively. However, written down, Tatewaki can also mean "Insufferable", "Capable" and "Incapable", depending on which characters are used; this is used in the anime's second episode to replace a joke from the manga's 1st volume, 4th chapter. In the manga, Ranma writes the kanji for "Buffoon" on Tatewaki's forehead in bruises, misspelling it as "Bufoon". Kuno then tries to correct it by writing it on the blackboard, misspelling it as "Boofun", only to then be corrected by Nabiki, who spells it correctly. In the anime, Ranma instead uses bruising to write the Tatewaki kanji that read "Insufferable" on Kuno's forehead. Kuno complains that his name is spelled differently, and proceeds to write it on the board with the kanji for "Capable". Nabiki then writes the kanji for "Incapable" on the board and snidely asks if this isn't the real spelling for his name. Due to Tatewaki's rumor in regards to dating Akane, he's the real reason she hates boys thus has an even harder time being able to trust Ranma. Media Appearances Manga 3-7. Tatewaki Kuno Intro Arc 3. I Hate Men! 4. Never, Never, Never 5. To the Tree-Borne Kettle-Girl 6. Body and Soul 7. You'll Understand Soon Enough 8-9. Dr. Tofu Intro Arc 8. Because There's a Girl He Likes 17-22 Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Arc 19. Take Care of My Sister 20. I'll See That You Lose 21. Hot Competition 37-41. Neko-Ken Arc 37. Looking for a Weak Spot 39. Cat Hell 40. Cat-Fu 41. You'd Have Kissed Anybody? 59-62. Martial Arts Takeout Arc 59. It's Fast or It's Free 60. Eyes on the Prize 61. Noodles, Anyone? 74-77. Romeo and Juliet Arc 74. Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? 75. Romeo? Romeo? Romeo?! 76. Not Your Typical Juliet 77. A Kiss to the Victor 81-84. Akane vs Kodachi - Cookie Battle Arc 81. The Way the Cookie Crumbles 82. Negative Feelings 83. Take Me Out to the Bathtub 84. ...I Ate the Whole Thing (page cover) 92-94. Amazon Love Pills Arc 94. I Won't Fall in Love! 100-102. Tsubasa Kurenai Arc 101. Lunchtime Lunacy 109-110. Kairaishi Mushroom Arc 109. Embraceable You 110. Hold Me Close 115-119. Principal Kuno Intro Arc 115. The Return of the Principal 116. Journey into the Principal's Office 117. The Principal of the Thing 118. One Hairy Day 119. Gonna Make You Tardy! 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 125. The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil 126. The World's Weakest Man 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 147-149. Wishing Sword Arc 147. When You Wish upon a Sword 148. May I Cut In? 149. The Final Wish 173-177. Ranma Engaged to Nabiki Arc 174. The Terrible Truth 191-193. Watermelon Island Arc 191. Melonhead 192. The Horror of Party Beach 193. Catcher in the Rind 200. Paper Dolls of Love 201. The Pill of Obedience 211-212. Tatewaki vs. Kodachi Arc 211. Sibling Warfare 212. The Scandal Breaks! 216-218. Sakura Mochi Arc 216. Mark of the Cherry Blossom 219-224. Martial Arts Cheerleading Arc 219. L! O! V! E! 220. Cheerleading for Love 221. Win One for the Lover 222. Equals in Love 223. Love vs. Love 224. Love Always Wins 242-244. Fishing Pole of Love Arc 242. The Carp of Misery 279-281. Hinako's Home Visit Arc 279. Danger: Home Visit Ahead! 285-286. Demon Dog Swimsuit Arc 285. Demon Dog of the Sea 286. Compliment Me! 289. Give Back the Tests!! 301-302. Phoenix Sword Arc 301. The Terror of the Phoenix Sword! 302. The Immortal Phoenix Sword 308. Evil and the Bean 318. The Tragic Legend of the Black Cherry Tree 322. The Cursed Spatula 328. The Umbrella of Love 330. Cold Summer Noodles 347-349. Mushrooms of Time Arc 348. To the Mushroom Forest! 349. 16cm Short 357. The Little Heart 358-359. Repentance Room Arc 358. Whack the Principal! 359. Bow Down! 365. Incense of Spring Sleep 367-370. Cursed Mirror Arc 369. Get That Compact!! 370. The Ultimate Couple 371. Playing House 377. Bamboo Leaves of Love 386-387. Pill Box Arc 386.A Package from Mother 389-407. Jusendo Arc 407. The Final Chapter Anime 1989 School is No Place for Horsing Around A Sudden Storm of Love Ranma and... Ranma? If It's Not One Thing, It's Another Love Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga A Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!? You Really Do Hate Cats! This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan The Abduction of Akane! Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain Kissing is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo Final Facedown! Happosai vs. The Invisible Man Les Misérables of the Kuno Estate Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword Kodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race The Return of the Hawaiʻian Headmaster from Hell Enter Kuno, the Night-Prowling Knight Ranma Gets Weak! Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit Here Comes Ranma's Mom! Blow, Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho Extra, Extra! Kuno & Nabiki: Read All About It! Ranma and Kuno's... First Kiss Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Kuno Becomes a Marianne! Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Strike Back! Genma Takes a Walk Me is Kuno's Daddy, Me is A Leotard is a Girl's Burden Sasuke's "Mission: Improbable" Swimming with Psychos Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi! Enter Gosunkugi, The New Rival!? Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge The Secret Don of Furinkan High A Xmas Without Ranma The Date-Monster of Watermelon Island Legend of the Lucky Panda! Akane Goes to the Hospital! Gosunkugi's Paper Dolls of Love A Teenage Ghost Story Tatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal Pick-a-Peck o' Happosai Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple Wretched Rice Cakes Of Love The Kuno Sibling Scandal Bring It On! Love as a Cheerleader - Part 1 Bring It On! Love as a Cheerleader - Part 2 The Battle for Miss Beachside The Musical Instruments of Destruction OVA Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako Reawakening Memories Part One The Evil Ogre! Hell Hath No Fury Like Kasumi Scorned Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix 2024 Episode 2 (2024) Gallery Main article: Tatewaki Kuno/Image Gallery

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    Tofu Ono 1989 Anime 2024 Anime 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 小乃 東風 Ono Tōfū Nickname(s) Dr. Tofu Ono Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Tofu Ono (小乃 東風, Ono Tōfū?) is the local chiropractor of Furinkan, where he runs his own clinic. As well as his many elderly patients, Dr. Tofu also helps out Akane and Ranma with the many bruises and dislocated joints they get from their fights. He is also very knowledgable of multiple martial arts techniques, but becomes extremely nervous whenever Kasumi's around due to his deep love for her.

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 1.2.1 Manga 1.2.2 Anime 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 References 11 External links Biography History Young Kasumi - Who Says You're Cute One of Dr. Tofu's early interactions with Kasumi.

    After studying chiropractic, accupuncture, and moxibustion extensively, Dr. Tofu set up his own clinic in Furinkan. Some time after establishing his clinic, Dr. Tofu began developing a crush on Kasumi Tendo who was in High School at the time, due to the close proximity of the Tendo Dojo to his clinic as well as young Akane's regular bruises from fights, Tofu got to see a lot of Kasumi, but given the nervous wreck he always became around her, he never succeeds in expressing himself to her.

    Plot Manga During Ranma's first trip to his new High School, he ends up fighting his father and falling into the water of a flood drain. In order to return Ranma back, Akane decides to take her to Dr. Tofu's clinic in the hopes of getting hot water from there. As Ranma waits for Akane, however, the doctor manages to sneak up on her and places Betty's hand on Ranma's shoulder, terrifying her.

    Once the group exchange greetings, Ranma goes off to change form whilst Dr. Tofu chats with Akane about how he hasn't seen her in a while. After Akane shyly replies that she hasn't been in any fights in order to get hurt, both she and Ranma leave Dr. Tofu in piece as they continue to Furinkan High.

    Tofu taps Ranma - Understand Soon Enough Dr. Tofu talks with Ranma about Akane is really a sweet girl deep down.

    By the next monday, Dr. Tofu inspects the wounds which Ranma received in his fight with Kuno and notes that the wound itself is relatively minor in comparison to the dislocations and contusion. He then asks Ranma who did this to him, and, despite Akane's best attempts to stop him, Dr. Tofu deduces that it Akane who did it. As Akane panics and tries to come up with a suitable excuse, Dr. Tofu just laughs off the situation before noting that he knew it was her by the way some joints are twisted backwards (typically used by Akane).

    As he begins relocating Ranma's joints, Dr. Tofu asks Ranma if he's engaged to be Akane's fiancé. Before Ranma can answer, however, Akane states it was their parents who decided it, not themselves. Hearing this, Dr. Tofu comments that it's a bit soon to become engaged as their both children. Just then Ranma complains about the pain Dr. Tofu's causing him, but when the puzzled doctor asks where hurts, Ranma realises that the pain's subsided.

    With Ranma healed, he and Akane prepare to leave the clinic, but not before Dr. Tofu has a quiet word with Ranma where he tells Ranma that, fiancé or not, he should try and get along with Akane as deep down she's actually a really sweet girl. Tofu then proceeds to pat Ranma on his lower back and the pair walk off back to the Tendo Dojo. Once the pair leave, however, Dr. Tofu sits in his room and counts down to the moment when the pressure point he touched will cause Ranma's legs to give way (ultimately making Akane have to give Ranma a piggyback home).

    Dr Dr. Tofu, although joking, correctly guesses that Akane hit that baseball that hit Ranma.

    During the following days, Tofu hires Genma Saotome as an assistant to help him with some minor manual labor around the clinic. On Genma's first day of working for Tofu, Ranma and Akane return to his clinic as Ranma took a direct hit to face from a Baseball hit by Akane during a P.E. lesson.

    After Tofu goes off to get some Liniment, he returns to rather tense scene as Akane's learnt that Kasumi's coming to visit Tofu, but Genma breaks the tension with a rather bad pun. Once Tofu gets round to checking Ranma's injury he jokes that it must be Akane's doing based on the deep impression and large bruising, however, Akane's reaction makes Tofu realise that it was Akane who did after all.

    Dr. Tofu then proceeds to apply some disinfectant to Ranma's bruise when Kasumi finally arrives. Just the sound of Kasumi's voice is enough to sent Tofu into a nervous wreck, ultimately leaving Ranma's head stuck at a near 90 degree angle. Meanwhile, the patients who were due to see Dr. Tofu decide it best for their own health not to enter the clinic whilst Kasumi's in there.

    Several days later and Dr. Tofu is surprised when he sees Akane's new short hairstyle due to it getting cut during Ranma's fight with Ryoga. As Tofu inspects Akane's ankle, which he informs her is sprained, Akane begins asking him what he thinks of her new hairstyle, to which Dr. Tofu replies that it looks cute on her before adding that short hair always suited her more anyway.

    But just as Dr. Tofu moves Akane's ankle, she begins crying uncontrollably. After checking that what he did didn't hurt Akane, Dr. Tofu decides the best thing to do is sit next to Akane and tell her to let him know what's wrong, prompting Akane to begin crying even more onto Dr. Tofu's chest.

    Xi Fa Xiang Gao Dr. Tofu declares that Shampoo could've used the Xi Fa Xiang Gao to wipe Akane's memories of Ranma.

    Some time after her arrival in Furinkan, Dr. Tofu agrees to hire Shampoo as his apprentice nurse, he also agrees to give Shampoo accommodation at his clinic whilst she works for him. A few days after hiring Shampoo, Dr. Tofu learns of Akane's memory being wiped of all memories of Ranma. The doctor (with some help from Genma's description of the event) deduces that Shampoo must'v e used the Xi Fa Xiang Gao. After explaining that the Xi Fa Xiang Gao uses Chinese herbal shampoo and pressure points on the skull to manipulate memory, Dr. Tofu informs Ranma that the only way to cure Akane is to get the shampoo Shampoo used, prompting Ranma to go on a hurried search for her.

    By the following evening, Dr. Tofu heads to the Tendo Dojo with a manual on how to create the shampoo which will return Akane's memories. However, the sudden appearance of Kasumi in the room makes Dr. Tofu become his usual nervous wreck and so he ends up ripping up the manual to thousands of tiny pieces.

    Tofu's empty package - Kissed Anybody Dr. Tofu opens his express delivery from China, but finds it completely empty.

    Some days later and Akane decides to go and talk to Dr. Tofu about Ranma kissing her whilst affected by the Nekoken, but she ultimately just sits in his room, sighing continuously. When Tofu mentions this to her, Akane gives up and decides she's going back home, only to be met face-to-face with Ranma as the entrance to the clinic.

    Seeing the state Ranma's in, Dr. Tofu decides to treat his wounds, but soon hears that there's an express delivery for him so leaves to go and collect it. After collecting the package, Dr. Tofu notices that it's from China, but after opening up the box finds it completely empty with only a small hole in the bottom. By the time Tofu returns to his room, Akane has send Ranma flying through the roof, prompting Tofu to comment how bright the stars are tonight.

    Dr Dr. Tofu uses the Tokyo Grandpa point on Ranma.

    Having now seemingly learnt of Ranma's cursed form, Dr. Tofu heads off to Furinkan High to watch his fight against Mousse. Curious as to why Ranma wants to fight in his female form, Dr. Tofu learns from Akane about Ranma being put under the "Full-Body Cat's Tongue", so is unable to tolerate hot water. With this knowledge in hand, Dr. Tofu decides to help Ranma out by pushing her "Tokyo Grandpa Point", the point of the body most resistant to heat.

    Thanks to this, Ranma is able to turn back into his male form and defeat Mousse. Unfortunately it then begins raining, which turns Ranma back into his female form and unable to change back again (without the Phoenix Pill) as the Tokyo Grandpa Point can only be used once and never again.

    Some time after Ranma finally cures himself from the Full-Body Cat's Tongue, he visits Dr. Tofu, where Tofu has been given a large number of eels from another patient. Dr. Tofu then asks Ranma to give one of the eels to Soun for him. Ranma happily accepts the request and takes the eel.

    Akane punches Destroyer Dr. Tofu's words echo in Akane's head when she accidentally punches the Dojo Destroyer.

    Several weeks later Akane goes to see Dr. Tofu about her hand (which she hurt from punching a wall in an attempt to prove to Ranma see could defeat the Dojo Destroyer on her own). After applying come acupressure and bandages, Dr. Tofu explains that her hand should be fine after about an hour, but also tells Akane she should avoid hitting anything too hard for at least an hour. Unfortunately for Akane, after the hour is nearly over she sees Ranma out on a date with Shampoo so punches the air in frustration, only to accidentally end up punching the side of Dojo Destroyer.

    Concerned at Ranma suddenly becoming weak, he and Akane go to see Dr. Tofu, where Dr. Tofu is shocked to see the mark of the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion burned onto Ranma's back. Tofu explains to Ranma that this ancient technique is said to be able turn anyone burned by the moxibustion, even the greatest Martial Artist, to have the weakness of a baby. This prompts Akane to asks Tofu if he can cure Ranma, but Dr. Tofu angrily declares that there is no cure, as the counter to the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion no longer exists. However, after Ranma leaves, Dr. Tofu thinks there might be a cure after all as old texts claim there's a chart hidden somewhere remotely which shows the location of the Moxibustion Point.

    With this information in hand, Akane heads off to find Ranma and tell him the good news.

    Tofu&KasumiLastVolume Tofu and Kasumi on a picnic in a picture spread in the last volume.

    Tofu's later appearances in the manga are mostly cameo appearances.

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    Advertisement Anime His role in the anime is expanded somewhat, but he is still a minor character. In addition to his acts in the manga, his mother Kin appears and tries to marry him off in "Pelvic Fortune Telling!? Ranma is the #1 Bride in Japan?" (neither of his parents are ever mentioned in the Manga), Akane is taken to his clinic in "Akane Goes to the Hospital" to recuperate after fracturing her leg, he patches up the anime-only character Yasukichi after he gets savaged by a dog (for which the grateful egg-catcher tries to help him hook up with Kasumi) in "The Egg-Catching Man", he helps Ranma protect a baby dragon from the Frog Hermit in "The Tendo Dragon Legend" (his final appearance in the series), and he tries to take Kasumi on a date to an amusement park, only for the entire Tendo household to tag along as well, in the episode "Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park".

    Appearance Tofu is a tall handsome adult whose long dark brown hair is tied in back with a neck length ponytail. Tofu wears clear coke bottle glasses which fog up when he sees Kasumi.

    In the anime episode, Akane Goes to the Hospital!, he is shown to look similar in high school, but with shorter hair and no glasses.

    Personality As the local physician, Dr. Tofu is often seen as very knowledgeable and quite serious, especially when it comes to medical attention. However, this serious nature is counterbalanced by two distinct mannerisms. First, he has a habit of punctuating his medical discussions by playfully referencing his full-size skeleton model, which he refers to as Betty. Second, and much more serious, is what happens whenever Kasumi Tendo crosses his path.

    Unfortunately, whenever he sees the eldest daughter of Soun Tendo, his glasses fog over and he stops paying any attention to what he's doing - to the point that he can unknowingly become a danger to the people around him. His patients have long learned to stay away from him when Kasumi is around, and the anime shows several humorous examples of what Dr. Tofu does when he is under the influence of love. On at least two different occasions, he has taken his skeleton and danced around town with it on his back after simply talking to her on the telephone. People who witness these antics often comment that "he's usually such a good doctor."

    Even more unfortunately, Kasumi is completely oblivious to the effect she has on him, dismissing any of his unusual actions with the same casual air with which she addresses much of the insanity that occurs within the Tendo household. In a similar manner, Dr. Tofu was unaware of the crush Akane had had on him for years. In the anime, his mother Kin revealed this to be a family trait. According to her, Tofu's father - who looked exactly like Tofu would if he had grown a mustache - used to behave in exactly the same way when they were dating. The source of Tofu's infatuation with Kasumi is unknown, but flashbacks show that he's clearly been like this since Akane was a little girl.

    Although Akane says he is a good martial artist and Ranma admits Tofu is skilled enough to hide his presence, he never actually gets into a fight in the manga. Instead, he only uses his knowledge of pressure points to help Ranma and the others. In fact, he was able to strike Ranma in such a precise manner that a very exact amount of time later — which he was able to countdown precisely — both of Ranma's legs, without warning, temporarily gave out completely. In the anime, Tofu has a small battle against The Frog Hermit, where he uses his knowledge of pressure points to completely paralyze his foe and his frogs for a time.

    It is believed that Dr. Tofu is considered to be one the most skilled martial artists in the series (considering said battle) if he were to fight.

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    Non-canon Appearances Tofu and Betty - Live Action Dr. Tofu and Betty in the live-action special.

    Dr. Tofu appears as an NPC in the video game Ranma ½: Akanekodan Teki Hihou, where he can be found inside his clinic in Furinkan. When talked to, Tofu will offer to heal the player's party.

    In the live-action special Dr. Tofu is portrayed Shosuke Tanihara and primarily works as the nurse of Furinkan High School, but also appears to serve as a form of late-night Security Guard for the school as well. Prior to becoming a chiropractor, Dr. Tofu was inline to inherit his own family's dojo, so has extensive knowledge of martial arts, which he later uses to help Soun when they fight several members of the Okama Gang.

    Trivia When broken down, Tofu Ono means "East Wind Axe", which really means nothing. To the Japanese it is interpreted as the "wind that brings spring." There is also a Japanese proverb, "Bazi Tofu" that means "a horse can not understand the blessing of spring", but when applied to a human it means "someone who doesn't hear what others say or criticize," which applies quite well to the doctor. The real humor in Dr. Tofu's name is that it's so bizarre.[1] Tofu does not appear in the OVAs, but does appear in the music video for the ending theme "Red Shoe Sunday". He is the man in the black suit and sunglasses who is watching Kasumi while she is at the harbor. Kasumi's lyrics in this song heavily imply that she likes him and is waiting for him to make the first move. Both of his English voice actors, Kirby Morrow and Ian James Corlett voiced Miroku from Inuyasha while Ian James Corlett will voices Miroku onward episodes of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon after Kirby perform his role as Miroku for episode 1 until his death. In the remake, Tofu was voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa, Who were voiced in Inuyasha as Naraku, the main antagonist of Inuyasha. Media Appearances Manga 3. I Hate Men! 7. You'll Understand Soon Enough 8. Because There's a Girl He Likes 9. You're Cute When You Smile 14. Who Says You're Cute? 34. Shampoo Cleans Up 35. Formula 911 41. You'd Have Kissed Anybody? 44. The Martial Arts Magic Show 45. Cat's Tongue Got You? 51. Care to Join Me? 71. No Need For Ranma 125. The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil 126. The World's Weakest Man Anime 1989 School is No Place for Horsing Around Love Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart Akane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga True Confessions! A Girl's Hair is Her Life! Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma is the No. One Bride in Japan Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan Ranma Gets Weak! The Egg-Catcher Man Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park! Akane Goes to the Hospital! The Tendo Dragon Legend 2024 Episode 2 (2024) References Dr. Tofu at Furinkan.com

13. #13Nodoka Saotome

    Keys: , Mrs. Saotome · Secondary: Nodoka Saotome

    Nodoka Saotome Sign in to edit Nodoka Saotome 1989 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 早乙女さおとめ のどか Saotome Nodoka Nickname(s) Auntie Saotome (by Akane, Nabiki, Kasumi and Ranma (as Ranko)) Lady (by Ryu Kumon) Darling (by Genma Saotome) Mom (by Ranma Saotome) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Nodoka Saotome (早乙女さおとめ のどか, Saotome Nodoka) is the wife of Genma Saotome and the mother of Ranma.[1][2]

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 5.1 Genma Saotome 5.2 Ranma Saotome 5.3 Akane Tendo 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 7.1 Live-Action Special 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 Gallery 11 References 12 External links Biography History Before departing on their training journey, the only way Nodoka agreed to let Genma take Ranma from her was to promise that he would train Ranma to be "a man among men." If Genma were to fail in this regard, both he and Ranma would commit seppuku. Nodoka agreed to this and also that she would be the kaishakunin for her husband and son, hence the need to always carry the katana. She is then supposed to join them in death after their own lives are taken.

    Plot Because of this promise, Genma and Ranma are terrified of showing their true forms to Nodoka and for her to find out about their curses, although Genma is more afraid than Ranma. To prevent her from finding out, they hide in their cursed forms, with Ranma taking the alias of "Ranko" and pretending to be Akane's cousin from the countryside, and Genma assuming the identity of "Mr. Panda" and pretending to be Ranko's pet.

    Nodoka saw Ranma from behind as a male while he was with Akane, but threatened him as she thought that he was trying to molest her. However when he used the Tatami Flip technique on his mother to escape, she realized that it was her son and excused his behavior as signifying his manliness. It was arranged for the two to meet face to face with Genma kept from interfering, but Happosai slipped a sailor outfit onto Ranma, which Nodoka then saw him in from behind. She slipped a man's death robe onto him to prepare for his seppuku, but he escaped. (She was confused as to why Ranma fled, to which a sarcastic "isn't it obvious" was given) The family then decided that to prove his manhood Ranma would deliberately peep on Akane while she was bathing, which Akane agreed to, while Nodoka would watch. She at first thought that Ranma was after Akane's clothes when he slipped and crashed into the laundry hamper, but then saw that he was actually disappointed that Akane was not naked as he had expected, but wearing a bikini. Reassured that Ranma was a man, mother and son would have been reunited then had not Happosai again interfered with his Happo Ring of Fire after being held back from peeping on Akane. Nodoka doused the bombs with a showerhead, causing Genma to slam Ranma through a wall with a sign. Although she then saw Ranko, the name "Ranma" from Mr. Panda's sign was on Ranko's forehead, leading Nodoka to start to suspect that they were the same person.

    Ironically, it was Genma who brought about the reunion between his wife and son through his attempts and machinations to steal the Saotome family treasure.

    However, she decides she won't force them to commit seppuku so long as Ranma stays interested in girls and continues to fight like a "man amongst men." After this, Genma and Ranma live for some time in her house, until it is destroyed (in an unshown scene) by Shampoo, Ukyo Kuonji and Kodachi Kuno, who are trying to take what they believe is an engagement ring. She and her family then move back in with the Tendos.

    Advertisement Appearance Nodoka is a gentle, attractive woman, who very closely resembles Ranma's female form, noticeable after Nabiki comments on how similar they look during Nodoka's first visit to the Tendos. Nodoka has shoulder-length hair (medium brown in the anime) that she wears up and typically dresses in a kimono. She always carries around a long bundle, the family katana covered by a wrapping.

    Personality Nodoka wants nothing more than to see her son, to whom she has not spoken since he was two years old. She is not the only one who has been affected by the ordeal, however. Ranma has tried on numerous occasions to talk to her as a man, but Genma repeatedly foiled his efforts. For Nodoka, her glimpses of Ranma as a male have been fleeting at best, usually because he was pursuing some other objective at the time, or attempting to escape her.

    When she met Akane, she quickly approved of her and offered to help with her cooking skills so that she could make a better wife for her son. She also dotes on "Ranko" and has aided her to similar ends. In her most notable incident of the sort, she took Ranko shopping to find her more suitable feminine clothing, including a bra, something Ranma would never normally wear. But the existence of Ranko's identity created a strange situation for Ranma when Ryu Kumon arrived. Posing as Ranma, the rival martial artist had sought out Nodoka for his own ends. She was initially convinced as to the imposter's identity as her son, but became suspicious after seeing him interact with Akane Tendo and was eventually told the truth.

    Nodoka, while kind and slightly old fashioned, has a very strange set of principles. She seems to despise perverts, but is willing to allow and even encourage Ranma to perform perverted acts such as peeping on girls, play with women's underwear and even have him spy on Akane while she takes a bath. It is explained, however, that she sees this as the way her son can "prove" his manliness. Her actual view of a true epitome of masculinity seems to lie much closer to the savage, imposing, independent and semi-militaristic Ryu Kumon.

    In contrast to her enthusiasm to see Ranma, she has displayed an often comical lack of concern for her husband, going as far as to not notice him right next to her, and making almost no response at all when Ryu Kumon said he was dead.

    Abilities She is not particularly skilled with katana, though. She routinely fumbles it when unsheathing it, usually sending it flying or at the very least dropping it, and her strokes are quite uncoordinated. She has strength in her blows, being able to stab through the inner walls of an ordinary house or cut a rolled up tatami in half with one stroke, but with very little finesse. She has, upon drawing it, accidentally thrown it into the air, nearly impaling Ranma, who was off-screen.

    Relationships Genma Saotome Nodoka was very reluctant to let her husband take her young son away from her, but after accepting his promise to train Ranma to be a man upon pain of death, fully embraced her role as ensuring that both of them lived up to their end of the bargain. Despite their long absence, she is shown to have been faithful to Genma. However after he stopped updating her following their acquiring the curses at Jusenkyo, she began to get worried, more so for Ranma than for Genma.

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    Non-canon Appearances Nodoka briefly appears in the OVA ending song, A Pure & Honest Christmas. In the ending credits she arrives at the Tendo Dojo and after removing the snow from her umbrella is escorted in by Soun and the sight of Nodoka terrifies Genma (who is fortunately in his panda form).

    Live-Action Special Although not mentioned by name, "Ranma's mother" is mentioned in the live-action special. When Akane asks Genma about Ranma, Genma explains that Ranma's mother died years ago and Ranma promised her he'd become a man amongst men. However, this turns out to simply be a lie from Genma hoping to deepen Akane and Ranma's relationship with it, and Ranma's mother is still alive, but neither of the Saotomes have seen her for a long time.

    Trivia Nodoka means "calm" or "peaceful", two words that fit her personality perfectly. Saotome means "rice-planting girl", which applies more to Ranma's condition. Advertisement Media Appearances Manga 225. Ranma Meets His Mother 226. A Man's Vow 227. Risky Reunion 228. Even If It's Just a Glance 229. Mother and Son… Together! 241. The Violence of Cooking 290. Mother, I Am Ranma 291. Thousand-Mountain vs. Thousand-Sea 292. Ranma vs. Ranma 293. Intensive Training!! 294. A Letter from Mother 295. Quick as Lightning- The Thousand Seas! 296. House of the Sea, House of the Mountain 297. Thousand-Mountain Tragedy 298. The Invisible Strike 299. The Truth of the Secret Scrolls 319. Ranma Catches a Cold 320. A Hot Reunion?! 321. Ranma Till Morning 353. Saotome Family (Onsen) Vacation 360. Busted! 361. The Punishment of Perv-Boy! 362. Mama, Papa, and Tata 363. Looking His Best 364. See Me for What I Am 380. A Visit to the Family Grave 381. The Saotome Family Reunion 382. A Mother's Doubts 383. Ranma's Seppuku 384. Reunion and Farewell 385. Goodbye Ranma?! 386. A Package from Mother 387. Bet on the Ring!! 389. Messenger from Jusenkyo 392. China Bound!! 407. The Final Chapter Anime 1989 Boy Meets Mom Part 1 Boy Meets Mom Part 2 Someday, Somehow... Akane vs. Ranma! I'll Be the One to Inherit Mother's Recipes! Gallery Main article: Nodoka Saotome/Image Gallery

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14. #14Happosai

    Keys: Happosai

    Happosai 1989 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 八宝斎 Happōsai Nickname(s) Happy (by Cologne, Rakkyosai) Old Freak (by Ranma) Old Letch (by Ranma) Old Man (by Ranma) Little Freak (by Ranma) Master (by Soun and Genma) Foul Little Gnome (by Soun and Genma) Grandpa (by Kasumi) Old Goat, by Taro and Ranma The Wicked Old Master (by Principal Kuno) Grandfather Happosai (by Akane) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Happosai (八宝斎, Happōsai?) is the founder and grandmaster of Anything Goes Martial Arts, having taught Genma Saotome and Soun Tendo. He is known as much for his perversion as his martial arts mastery.

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 References 11 External links Biography History PaperPlane-Episode55 Young Happosai with old Happosai.

    When he was 18 years old, Happosai made advances towards the young Cologne, who seemed about the same age, but she rejected while ignoring the angered dwarf by unleashing the Hiryū Shōten Ha. After attempting to come on to every other young woman in the Amazon village, but being constantly turned down, he took revenge by stealing all their valuables. This included a bracelet belonging to Cologne, which contained three magic love-inducing pills, though he claimed that it was a memento of affection from his first love. In the anime, he also stole the magical Nanban Mirror (which allows the user to travel through space and time) around this time. It was around this time period that he befriended the nearly identical Rakkyosai, but stole his tablet of rainbow colored ink (used to create 'perfect' female breast prints), which presumably ended the friendship. The anime implies that he made friends with Chingensai (with whom he has a much better relationship than the manga Happosai has with Rakkyosai) around this time period, as the episode in which the two meet has them reminiscing about training together.

    A hundred years ago he also raided a temple for a shiatsu chart, which among other things showed the ultimate weakness moxibustion point. In a wanted poster from this time he appeared much older than in the first instance, middle-aged, balding and wearing a mustache. Thus at the very least he is more than 118 years old in the manga, but is likely several additional decades older, at most a few beyond 200. In the anime Cologne has been stated as being approximately 300 years old, with Happosai placed around the same age, due to their detailed meetings. In the anime episode "Case of the Missing Takoyaki!", the narrator approximates Happosai's age as roughly 400 years old.

    The "training" that he put Soun and Genma through, was cleaning up his messes, having to "take the fall" for him, and basically making life a living hell for the two. However, one day they finally managed to get away from Happosai's control. While the latter was passed out drunk from the sake that they brought to him, Soun and Genma trapped Happosai inside a box with lit dynamite, threw it into a cave, rolled a boulder over the entrance, and sealed it with fastened ofuda spirit wards. Thinking they were finally free of the old lech, Soun and Genma left to continue their practice.

    Advertisement Plot After many years, Happosai managed to escape from his prison and made his way to the Tendo dojo. Fearing that he was out for revenge, Soun and Genma immediately tried to kill him, but after being instantly and effortlessly defeated they groveled before him. Even though he is a massive pest, Genma and Soun don't always have the backbone to stand up to him, especially not close to his introduction, and tried to force Ranma Saotome to apologize for helping to return his stolen underwear to its rightful owners. Ranma managed to outsmart and weaken Happosai through sticking him with a women-repelling scent, which enabled Genma to wear him down, but much to everyone's dismay, Happosai nonetheless moved in with the Tendos.

    Appearance Happosai is a tiny man, about the same height as Cologne. He is completely bald except for some hair on the sides of his head and has a pencil-thin mustache. He wore a gi years before when training Soun and Genma, but now wears a two piece medium colored outfit (dark maroon in the anime). He also makes use of various disguises when needed and when on his underwear raids typically sports a traditional Japanese mask made from a folded tenugui. It is more a ceremonial disguise than an actually functional disguise, and is believed to have its roots in the now-discouraged practice of yobai or night-crawling. One of the common depictions of Happosai is wearing this mask and carrying a furoshiki laden with loot.

    Personality The only things Happosai cares about are martial arts, being a nuisance and satisfying his own hedonism. The very definition of a dirty old man, he regularly indulges in perverse activities such as groping, or attempting to peek on, and/or stealing the lingerie of Akane, Ranma, and just about any other attractive female he sees. While Ranma owns no female undergarments, Happosai has attempted to get the latter's female form to model a bra for him. One of his few, non-perverse, regular habits is cooking sweet potatoes with a camp fire he builds in the back or front yard. Nevertheless, several times characters have taken issue with this habit, albeit, only because of what he uses for kindling, among which are; their personal belongings, the moxibustion sheet Ranma needed, the paper detailing a french Martial Arts Dining technique and, in one instance, the Anything Goes Martial Art School's Dojo sign.

    He is addicted to his perversion; not being able to touch a woman is like not being able to breathe for him. He goes through severe withdrawal at one point, becoming very weak and crawling along the ground, repeatedly muttering "pretty ladies." In this part of both the manga and anime, Happosai was cursed with an odor that repelled women. Not able to touch any women, he nearly ends up dying in Ranma's arms until the rain of a storm changes Ranma into his female form, allowing Happosai to regain some of his strength. He is often seen on panty raids, touring the neighborhood toting a sackful of women's undergarments twice his size and shouting out his signature battle cry of "Dai ryo ja!" (What a haul!) while being pursued by the women he stole from.

    He is somewhat vain and consistently attempts to modify past events to place himself in a far more favorable light, unblemishing his younger self into a valiant, but victimized bishonen ladykiller. In reality, Happosai was simply an ugly, diminutive, and unpopular thief. When compared to Cologne who was a normal looking girl of normal height when she was young who grew smaller with age it shows he might have Dwarfism since he's been the same height for his whole life. He has remained the same over the decades. Beyond asserting that Cologne gave him a stolen heirloom as a romantic token of affection, he likewise claimed that he received the butterfly brocade from his friend Rakkyosai as a symbol of their friendship. In truth he knocked out the latter with a large mallet and stole it.

    He is also extremely petty, sadistic and vengeful towards anyone who sufficiently displeases him. Happosai has gone to relentless extremes to torment Ranma, Genma and Soun by sticking them with large, unpaid food bills, incriminating them as neighborhood panty-thieves, calling the zoo to pick up Genma, or leaving false panda paw prints on the walls. But while his revenge schemes are usually comically silly, he has been unhesitant to cripple Ranma for life by permanently taking away his strength and then informing all his enemies. While he instructed Soun and Genma, Happosai kept his two students as personal slaves, who he tormented, incriminated, and starved for his own entertainment during their "training". He was also willing to kill the Niku Men if they did not give up information regarding the Dragon's Whisker. He has proudly proclaimed himself as "evil until the day I die", although, as noted above, he simply sees himself as 'misunderstood' on other occasions.

    Happosai has quite rare good moods, when he shows a more benevolent side, such as when he assisted the mother of Pantyhose Taro in giving birth. Also, the old man does have a soft spot for little children whom he helps at times. In the anime, Happosai tried to give up on his bad habits when he fell in love with a young teacher named Midori. But ultimately, his perversion won him over and he lost her favor after revealing himself to be the neighborhood panty thief, whom she despised. However, Happosai at least apparently has a somewhat 'chivalrous' side, as he stated a code against fighting born women when female Ranma was first presented as a disciple, and indeed never hits or even directly defends himself against them even when given regular beatings for his thefts and gropings.

    Going by the German edition of the Ranma ½ Memorial Book (The Art of Ranma ½ in English), he is likely the person Ranma despises most and views as his personal archenemy. He is one of the very few individuals Ranma has (once) actively attempted to kill, alternately post to the North Pole, but the latter has also occasionally shown compassion towards or helped to save the life of his grandmaster.

    His relationship with Cologne is expanded on in the anime. At Age 18, Cologne used to have feelings for him despite his lechery and shortness but Happosai's relentless lechery ended up breaking the romance and he left Cologne's village with a pack of stolen valuables.

    Strangely, Nabiki and Kasumi seem to mostly be exempt from Happosai's actions. Although, early in both the manga and anime series, he enthusiastically attempted to peek on Nabiki when he thought she was naked in a bathhouse. In the anime episode "Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief," Happosai and Copycat Ken attempted to grope both Kasumi and Nabiki, though Nabiki simply punches them away. In "The Horrible Happo Mold-Burst!," all three Tendo sisters had a battle aura surrounding them because of Happosai's attempt to steal their underwear.

    Advertisement Abilities See also: Anything Goes Martial Arts#Happosai As the founder and grandmaster of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts, Happosai is by all appearances in sum total easily the, to an extreme degree, most formidable character in the entire series, due to the combination of completely overshadowing the combat skills of any other displayed martial artists, with the exception of Cologne, and also being one of the characters with by far greatest displayed amounts of raw power along with Saffron and possibly the Eight Headed Orochi. There is no indication of the limits of Happosai's prowess and knowledge, which includes ancient martial arts techniques, near-forgotten pressure points on a human body, recipes for alchemical concoctions with various effects, and knowledge of many Chinese and Japanese magical artifacts.

    Happosai is able to adapt to new situations in combat and is proficient enough to quickly create new techniques to counter moves used against him. He has personally trained Soun and Genma, who are both strong fighters in their own right. He also taught Hinako Ninomiya the unique ability to drain the auras of others, using a combination of pressure points to change her metabolism and partial martial art exercises. He has effortlessly defeated Ranma, Ryoga, Genma and Soun simultaneously, within seconds, without even using his skyscraper-sized battle aura or any other special techniques.[1] He has used this, or his smaller Happo Daikarin, to consistently casually defeat Taro's monster form in a single strike, and had enough power in a single finger to effortlessly stop it in its tracks. Soun later honestly evaluated that Taro's monster form (which in turn is more than a match for Ranma, and comparable to Herb) would need an army of twins to match Happosai in an honest unrestricted confrontation.

    Happosai can very quickly recover from severe damage or beatings, frequently within a few seconds, and apparently far more so than fighters like Mousse or Kuno, going by the time they were all caught in a Hiryu Shoten Ha and then buried alive. This includes surviving being blown up with a 5m diameter version of his own bombs. He was likewise able to endure without sustenance when buried inside a cave for over 10 years, and was no worse for the wear after the Shinto seal keeping him there was destroyed.

    As a flipside of this, Happosai's main weaknesses are that he is seldom remotely serious and is easily distracted by lingerie and pretty women, being quite easily handled through sucker-attacks in this manner. Essentially, although he could theoretically possibly match all the other most formidable characters in the series ganging up on him if he actually used his combination of abilities to their fullest potential, virtually anybody can take him out by showing some attractive female cleavage and then bash him with a massive mallet. Regardless, Happosai cannot be taken lightly.

    Relationships Happosai is hated by nearly all who know and have met him, especially Ranma, although the later has been sympathetic to him on a few occasions. With the exceptions of Rakkyosai and Chingensai, he has no friends. The reasons for this animosity against him are:

    His perversions: Happosai has been a letch since his youth, making advances towards every pretty girl he sees, collecting women's bras and panties and randomly grabbing and cuddling breasts, resulting him being hated by women all around him. This caused Cologne to lose her respect and love for him. His thefts: Happosai has been known to have stolen or plundered many treasures, artifacts and valuables from other people (mostly bras and panties from teenage girls) and was branded a thief by Cologne when he stole her Magic Mirror. His lies and selfishness: Happosai has lied or told tall tales about his life which are almost never true, such as when he claims to be a tall, handsome man in his youth when in fact he was still as short and ugly. He also has selfish intentions whether about people or items, such as how he consistently tries to get Ranma to model in lingerie for him or at least get him to stay in his female form, even through the use of force or trickery. Quotes "What a haul! What a haul!" - Happosai's catchphrase when stealing women's underwear. Non-canon Appearances Happosai appears in the fighting game Ranma ½: Hard Battle. He is the final boss of the game if the player selects any of Pantyhose Taro's forms, which are the average final boss for all the other characters. Happosai becomes unlockable after the game is beaten once. Out of all the fighting characters in this game, he is the only one that cannot be selected unless one uses a code in versus mode.

    Happosai can be unlocked with a code in Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitōhen. Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance is the only game in which he is available from the start.

    Trivia "Happōsai" has the same sound as "八宝菜," or "eight treasures dish," a popular Chinese seafood dish in Japan. The 斎 character that 菜 has been replaced with was historically a common ending for martial arts masters' names. Happosai is voiced by Paul Dobson, who also voiced Myōga from Rumiko Takahashi's subsequent manga series, InuYasha. Both characters look very similar and share some of the same personality traits. Paul Dobson also voices Kinnii, Sarutoru, Yutaro Yudono and Oni. His voice actor was the one who voiced Cherry in Takahashi's previous anime Urusei Yatsura. In the anime, Happosai seems to have given up telling people he was handsome in his youth after the events of Back to the Happosai!. As in his next tall tale in Big Trouble in Nekonron, China, young Happosai is shown to look like his regular self though he still presents himself as a heroic figure preventing world domination. Advertisement Media Appearances Manga 63-69. Happosai Intro Arc 63. The Evil Wakes 64. He's Something Else 65. Bathhouse Battle 66. Moonlight Serenade 67. The Wrath of Happosai 68. The Scent of a Woman 69. Fathers Know Best 74-77. Romeo and Juliet Arc 74. Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? 75. Romeo? Romeo? Romeo?! 76. Not Your Typical Juliet 77. A Kiss to the Victor 78-80. Japanese Nanniichuan Arc 78. Quest for the Hidden Spring 79. The Trouble with Girls' Locker Rooms 80. From the Spring, Springs a Message 81-84. Akane vs Kodachi - Cookie Battle Arc 81 The Way the Cookie Crumbles 85-91. Ukyo Kuonji Intro Arc 89. Love Letters in the Sauce 92-94. Amazon Love Pills Arc 92. Happosai Days Are Here Again 93. One Moment to Love 94. I Won't Fall in Love! 106-108. Happosai's Ultimate Technique Arc 106. The Ultimate Technique 107. Get the Secret Scroll! 108. The Fire-Burst of Terror! 111-113. Super Soba Arc 111. Akane's Power 112. Super Badminton 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 125. The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil 126. The World's Weakest Man 127. Weak for Life?! 132. The Great Rematch 133. St. Happosai 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 146. Santa's Little Disciples 154-157. Dragon's Whisker Arc 154. Target: Pigtail 155. Let Your Hair Down 156. The Whisker's Secret 157. Hair Raising 165-172. Martial Arts Dining Arc 168. Lekaraté de Foie Gras 169. Bathroom Training 173-178. Ranma Engaged to Nabiki Arc 173. Hand-Me-Down Ranma 180-190. Pantyhose Taro Intro Arc 180. Spring Demon 181. The Demon's Tale 182. Find Akane! 187. The Snap of Elastic 188. What's in a Name? 189. Back to the Freak-ture! 190. And Back and Back and Back… 199. Nightmare on Hot Springs Street 201. The Pill of Obedience 210. The Plum and the Prune 216-218. Sakura Mochi Arc 216. Mark of the Cherry Blossom 234. The Phantom Lingerie 235-238. Pantyhose Returns Arc 235. Pantyhose Taro Returns! 236. The Black Secret 237. The Hot Water Fortress 238. Tentacular Spectacular 259-265. Hinako Ninomiya Intro Arc 259. The Ultimate Teacher! 260. The Eight Mysterious Treasures 261. The World's Most Powerful Woman 264. The Eight Treasures Change Return 265. The Ultimate Health Regimen 300. Ranma's Tears 301-302. Phoenix Sword Arc 301. The Terror of the Phoenix Sword! 308. Evil and the Bean 319-321. Nodoka and Ranma's Cold Arc 319. Ranma Catches a Cold 320. A Hot Reunion?! 321. Ranma Till Morning 323-325. Rakkyosai Arc 323. Happosai's New Disciple 324. Secret Treasure * Brocade Butterfly 325. Special Move * Wild Butterfly Dance! 334-338. Rouge Arc 334. The Glowing Girl 335. The Other Rouge!! 358-359. Repentance Room Arc 358. Whack the Principal! 359. Bow Down! 360-364. Battle of the Busts Arc 360. Busted! 362. Mama, Papa, and Tata 363. Looking His Best 364. See Me for What I Am 365. Incense of Spring Sleep 367-370. Cursed Mirror Arc 369. Get That Compact!! 370. The Ultimate Couple 371. Playing House 372-376. Konatsu Intro Arc 372. The Sisters of Terror! 378. The Conspiracy of Jellyfish Beach 385-386. Pill Box Arc 386. A Package from Mother 389-407. Jusendo Arc 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 2 Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher! Assault on the Girls' Locker Room Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out Goodbye Girl-Type It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain S.O.S.! The Wrath of Happosai Kissing is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips Bathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now Season 3 Rub-a-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story Transform! Akane the Super-Duper Girl The Killer From Jusenkyo Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood Final Facedown! Happosai vs. The Invisible Man Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword All It Takes is One! The Kiss of Love is the Kiss of Death Back to the Happosai! Kodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love The Last Days of Happosai...? Ranma and the Evil Within Fight! 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15. #15Cologne

    Keys: Cologne

    Name Nihongo Romaji コロン Koron Nickname(s) Old ghoul (by Ranma) 3000 year old ghoul (by Genma) Great-grandmother (by Shampoo) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by Cologne (コロン, Koron?) is the leader of the Chinese Amazons and the great-grandmother of Shampoo.[1][2]

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 5.1 Ranma Saotome 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 References 11 External links Biography History Many years ago, as a young woman, she was quite beautiful (and normal sized), in contrast to Happosai, who was basically the same, only younger. The cause of her shrinkage is unknown but is probably an exaggeration of the tendency for some people to get slightly shorter as they age.

    Young Cologne - episode 69 Cologne at age 18.

    In the anime, her relationship with Happosai is expanded in the episode Back to the Happosai!. At 18 years old, she secretly loved Happosai despite his shortness, thievery, and unpopularity among the Amazons. Also in Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback?, as Happosai tried to force her to marry her, but she's ignoring him to learn the hard way by using the Hiryū Shōten Ha. Sadly Happosai's two timing ways ended up breaking the Amazon girl's heart and he left the village with Cologne's stolen family heirloom, the Nanban mirror.

    Plot Cologne accompanied Shampoo when she returned to Japan, opening the Cat Café in Furinkan. She is a contemporary of Happosai, and possibly a leader (or the leader) of the Chinese Joketsuzoku tribe. Cologne is very elderly, being either 118+ years old (manga) or around 300 (anime).

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    Abilities Of the entire Ranma cast, only Happosai could compare with Cologne's sheer skill, though the latter's full battle aura, Ryoga's perfect Shishi Hōkōdan, or Rouge's and Saffron's fire projection all seem quite beyond her in terms of raw power. She is the grand master of the Chinese Amazon martial arts and likely knows many ancient martial techniques that have been passed down for thousands of years. In addition to the martial arts, Cologne is knowledgeable in several other disciplines such as arcane lore, cooking, Chinese mythology, and magic artifacts. It is likely that she trained generations of Chinese Amazon warriors before she trained Shampoo, making her at least partially responsible for the Chinese Amazon tribe being the powerful warrior tribe that they are today. Cologne is also capable of trickery in combat such as holding back her true martial arts abilities in order to lull her opponents into a false sense of confidence, which once worked on Ranma all too well. Overall, she is truly a force to be reckoned with.

    Relationships Ranma Saotome Cologne calls Ranma Saotome "bride-groom" and "future/son-in-law," and though she tries to trick and scheme to get Ranma to marry Shampoo at first (as well as at a couple of opportunities that fall into her lap), most of the time she is there as an aside, seeming to find joy in just watching the madness. She is a grand master of martial arts, and occasionally teaches Ranma new techniques, sometimes doing the same for his rivals. She gets around by pogoing on a gnarled wooden staff that she sometimes uses as a weapon.

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    Non-canon Appearances In the Ranma Hot Song's contest, a scene in Shampoo's song "My Lover" shows a movie starring young Cologne and idealized young Happosai.

    Cologne is playable in the debug mode of Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitōhen combat.

    Trivia As with her fellow Joketsuzoku, Shampoo and Mousse, the gag in Cologne's name is that it sounds like a beauty product in English. Cologne's name is written with the kanji/hanzi "Ke" (meaning "Permitted" or "Certainly") and "Lun" ("Kunlun Mountains"). In the Latin American dubbing she is said to be 3000ish, possibly a translation mistake. There is a Christmas episode where she says (referring the death of Jesus Christ and not literally): "Yo sólo tenía 500 años cuando todo ocurrió" ("I was only 500 when everything happened".) Possibly related to this is Genma's insultingly calling Cologne a "3000 year old ghoul" in the English dubbed version of the second Dragon's Whisker episode. Although Cologne is Shampoo's great-grandmother, she often refers to Ranma as her "future son-in-law", which on a technical level would be incorrect unless she was Shampoo's mother. Alternatively, she may simply consider "Future great-grandson-in-law" to be something of a mouthful. (It could also be because she raised Shampoo or because she is the matriarch and he is marrying into her tribe.) A running gag in the series involves someone (usually Mousse) insulting Cologne by calling her a disrespectful name (e.g., Mackerel Jerky, Mysterious Mummy, old ghoul, Dried Up Monkey, etc.) which is quickly followed by Cologne whacking him over the head with her staff, even if he is well out of its reach. In the anime, when introducing or talking about a technique Cologne has mentioned historical figures who succumbed to or were fooled by it. In the fourth ending, she is referred to as "Obaba", meaning "old lady" (respectfully) or "honorable hag". The name Obaba is used in italian dub Similarly to how the design of Happosai was recycled in Takahashi's subsequent series InuYasha to create the character Myōga, Cologne's design was recycled to create Myōga's anime-only fiance Shōga. Cologne and Shoga also share the same Japanese voice actress. In one of Cologne's flashbacks, it was revealed that she used to speak like Shampoo. Her English voice actress provided the voices of Ritsuko Chigusa of the Maison Ikkoku and Narrator of Mermaid's Scar (OVA). Media Appearances Manga 42-51. Full Body Cat's Tongue Arc 42. Shampoo Rides Again 43. Attack of the Wild Mousse 44. The Martial Arts Magic Show 45. Cat's Tongue Got You? 46. The Phoenix Pill 47. All's Fair at the Fair 48. War of the Melons 49. Naval Engagement 50. Kitten of the Sea 51-55. Breaking Point Arc 51. Care to Join Me? 52. Training Meals 53. The Breaking Point 54. The Immortal Man 55. Fast Break 59-62. Martial Arts Takeout Arc 59. It's Fast or It's Free 60. Eyes on the Prize 61. Noodles, Anyone? 70-73. Dojo Destroyer Arc 70. Instant Spring 73. Just One More Kiss 92-94. Amazon Love Pills Arc 92. Happosai Days Are Here Again 93. One Moment to Love 94. I Won't Fall in Love! 109-110. Kairaishi Mushroom Arc 109. Embraceable You 125-136 Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 127. Weak for Life?! 128. The Valley of Moxibustion 129. Training in the Spiral of Hell 130. The Inflammable Man 131. The Roar of Heaven 132. The Great Rematch 133. St. Happosai 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 154-157. Dragon's Whisker Arc 156. The Whisker's Secret 157. Hair Raising 158-164. Hot Springs Obstacle Course Race Arc 158. Let's Go to the Hot 180-190. Pantyhose Taro Intro Arc 180. Spring Demon 182. Find Akane! 202-207. Shishi Hokodan vs Moko Takabisha Arc 203. Prelude to Defeat 204. Unlucky Blow 206. Lion Versus Tiger! 207. The Weight of Victory 230-233. Reversal Jewel Arc 230. Sudden Hate!! 231. Say You Love Me!! 232. Love's Counterstrike 233. Who Loves Who? 246-258. Musk Dynasty Arc 246. The Guest at the Cat Café 247. The Animal Kingdom 248. The Lost Treasure 282-284. Lens of Invincibility Arc 282. The Unbeatable Lens 283. Tearful Apology!! 284. The Lowliest Jerk 303-307. Pink and Link Arc 305. Shampoo - Captive! 307. The Ultimate Medicine 312-314. Akari Unryu Intro 313. LOVE the Pig! 315. Experimental Herb · Towering Hair 330. Cold Summer Noodles 350-351. Jizo Statue Arc 350. The Two Shampoos 366. The Three-Year Smile of Death 389-407. Jusendo Arc 389. Messenger from Jusenkyo 390. Battle for the Map! 391. Egg Shampoo 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 2 This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! Behold! The "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" Technique Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan Cool Runnings! The Race of the Snowmen Ranma Trains on Mt. Terror The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge Danger at the Tendo Dojo! Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher! Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out Goodbye Girl-Type Season 3 Sneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe For Disaster The Killer From Jusenkyo All It Takes is One! The Kiss of Love is the Kiss of Death Back to the Happosai! Two, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Ranma and the Evil Within Season 4 Ranma Gets Weak! Eureka! The Desperate Move of Desperation Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 OVAs Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel The One to Carry On Part One Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Nihao, My Concubine References Shampoo Rides Again Cologne at Furinkan.com

16. #16Kodachi Kuno

    Keys: Kuno, Kodachi

    Nihongo Romaji 九能 小太刀 Kunō Kodachi Nickname(s) The Black Rose Kochi (by her father) Crazy girl (by Shampoo) Pain-in-the-butt Rose (by Ukyo) My Twisted Sister (by Tatewaki Kuno) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by

    Kodachi Kuno (九能 小太刀, Kunō Kodachi?) is one of Ranma Saotome's suitors. She is the younger sister of Tatewaki Kuno and the daughter of Principal Kuno.[1][2]

    Contents 1 Biography 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Trivia 8 Media Appearances 8.1 Manga 8.2 Anime 9 Gallery 10 References 11 External links Biography Known as "The Black Rose" (黒薔薇の小太刀, Kurobara no kodachi?) in the gymnastics community, Kodachi is presented as Tatewaki Kuno's sister and a student at St. Hebereke's School for Girls (St. Bacchus School for Girls in the manga). This is in contrast to her brother and several members of the regular cast, who attend the co-ed Furinkan High School. As a master of Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics and captain of the school's team, she often preemptively attacks her opponents with various weapons, including swords or a giant mallet to cripple them, thus winning by default. She calls it "fighting in all fairness before the match." Kodachi had seldom, if ever, lost a match before battling Ranma as a result of this practice. When these failed, she has also resorted to the use of more devious methods, once attempting to shake her foe's hand with thumbtacks between her fingers. She is especially fond of using paralysis gas and sleeping powders on people, even when she has no apparent motivation to do so.

    Kodachi becomes enamored with male Ranma after the latter acts as her 'knight in shining armour' by saving her from falling off the roof of the Tendo Dojo. Unbeknownst to her, he did so after he accidentally hit her with a tea kettle while chasing Ryoga Hibiki (who was in piglet form at the time). Therefore, she is the only one of his suitors without some official or semi-official claim to him. Despite this, she considers him her lover and wants to make him her own through any means necessary. She and her brother have 'opposite' perspectives regarding this matter, since he despises Ranma's male form due to the latter's engagement to Akane and for 'enslaving' the mysterious 'pigtailed girl.' Correspondingly, Kodachi dislikes Ranma's female form, whom she believes to be a romantic rival. Regardless of his dislike for Ranma, Tatewaki has enthusiastically given them his blessing to go steady since this would free Akane for himself. He secretly imagines that they would have a miserable life together.

    Kodachi teams up with Shampoo and Ukyo Kuonji in certain storylines to gain an edge over Akane or other perceived rivals.

    Appearance Kodachi is a teenaged girl of medium height with curvaceous build. Her hair is very dark and almost always worn in a distinctive one-sided ponytail. In the remake version, her hair is bluish-black which is a contrast to her older brother Tatewaki's natural black hair. Unlike her brother she wears clothing appropriate for school and other walks of life, but apparently always wears her gymnastic leotard and toe shoes underneath. If she feels the need for combat she will often whip off her outer clothing in one move and fight in her leotard.

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    Personality Unlike his other suitors, Kodachi is not actually betrothed to Ranma. Since there is no formal engagement involved in her relationship with Ranma, he usually brushes her off more often than his three fiancées. She resents this and responds with more poisons and other foul tricks. Though she has stated that she's actually aware that Ranma doesn't love her, she simply refuses to let that get in her way. She thinks he will eventually give in if she continues to make an effort.

    She is a good cook who prepares elaborate meals that seem to be based in French cuisine. In one story, students who consumed her cookies described them as delicious—before they fainted because she had laced them with sleeping powder. She uses her culinary expertise to her advantage by placing poisons, toxins, serums, and other strange substances in her victims' food to attain something she wants from them, especially when Ranma is involved.

    She apparently has a strong flair for the dramatic. When entering and leaving a scene or leaping throughout the city, she is regularly accompanied by a small stream of black rose petals billowing about her, complemented by a shrill, maniacal cackle that is one of her trademarks. But if she has to or otherwise feels like it, Kodachi is more than capable of acting like a perfectly well-mannered lady, and a first class host.

    Like her brother, she is unaware of Ranma's curse and views his same-gendered form (in this case, the girl) as a rival for the affections of his opposite-gendered form (in this case, the boy). In the anime at least, unlike Tatewaki, this can be attributed to simple ignorance of Jusenkyo curses rather than outright denial, as she has not seen Ranma change forms in this continuity. However, in the manga, she has watched Ranma transform from male to female and not recognized what just happened, immediately asking "the pig-tailed girl" what she did with Ranma. This may imply that, like her brother, she has come to hold the idea (due to lack of explanations about Jusenkyo) that her "enemy Ranma" can somehow whisk her "beloved Ranma" away by magic.

    Kodachi seems to enjoy spending time in the extensive gardens of the Kuno estate, particularly near the large pond, where she keeps her giant pet crocodile, whom she has lovingly named Mr. Turtle (or Mr. Green Turtle in the anime, occasionally referred to as "Mr. Scaly Green" in some episodes of the dub).

    As her brother has expressed, Kodachi's manga incarnation is shown as quite twisted. She's been more than willing to ambush and beat up rival schoolgirls, and use potentially lethal weaponry during her matches. She also enthusiastically attempted to murder Nabiki or Hinako Ninomiya, when Ranma was engaged to the former (though this never occurred in the anime version of that same story), respectively

    Kodachi solicitando la fotografía capturada por Sasuke suspected he was attracted to the latter, and was completely unconcerned about killing an innocent bystander on the off chance that he'd be Asuka's 'boyfriend.' She's been relentlessly vengeful against her brother. Simply for destroying one of her many Ranma posters, she paralysed him, then tied him up and threw him into a basin containing her crocodile. She's repeatedly attempted to use similar anaesthesia against male Ranma, in order to force her attentions on him, and also assaulted a crowd of romantic couples in this manner, with the stated reason being simple entertainment and because she viewed them as "bugs". Nevertheless she is not completely unreasonable as she was perfectly willing to return Kuno's album of pictures of Ranma's female form if he simply apologised to her for destroying the aformentioned picture.

    However, her anime counterpart isn't completely heartless. In "Genma Takes a Walk" she provided Ranma and Genma with free room, board, and food when they were kicked out of the Tendo house, and in "Dear Daddy...Love, Kodachi," she was also shown to truly care for her brother and father. The former used to be a stand-in at her school parent's meetings, and she was eager to meet the latter when informed that he had returned from his long trip abroad. Curiously, she never shares a scene with her father in the Manga.

    Of interesting note is that Kodachi has been bitter rivals with another girl, Asuka Saginomiya, AKA the White Lily, since they both were six years old, and violently assaulted each other's claimed "boyfriends" until only one of them was conscious. Since Kodachi 'won' the competition they agreed to compete again ten years later. Asuka has a largely similar personality, being haughty, eccentric, showy and ruthless, but seems somewhat less extroverted and more refined, if a bit snobbish. She also enjoys using explosives to defeat her foes. In their most recent battle, Akane allowed Ranma to pose as Kodachi's beau, since she was insulted by Asuka's dismissive attitude towards him. The match ended in a draw, as it was revealed that Asuka's more handsome date was simply someone she struck down just previously.

    Kodachi is the only one of the fiancees that has ever admitted that she knows Ranma doesn't love her and just likes pretending that he does. This occurred during the Asuka storyline. Also, compared to Shampoo and Ukyou, her arrival at Ranma's and Akane's surprise and failed wedding was much less violent. The other two brought exploding food, while Kodachi arrived in a wedding dress.

    Abilities Kodachi is an expert in Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics, making her skilled in acrobatics and weapon use in the form of ribbons, balls, clubs, hoops, and ropes, although her ribbon is her most commonly used weapon. She is incredibly agile and will typically make an aerial entrance or exit. A very cunning individual, she is not averse to using unorthodox methods in combat such as rigged weapons, explosives and various poisons. In competition, certain techniques of hers were construed as cheating, like using hidden spikes in her club. But she used them so skillfully that the judge couldn't notice them when pointed out. Her teammates also had to leave after being discovered to be helping her move the arena. On the other hand, disguising a steel rod as a rope, or throwing her brother at Ranma, were within the main framework, which simply prohibits barehanded attacks. Kodachi has been shown to wear her characteristic leotard under virtually all her clothing, presumably because it permits a superior range of motion while in combat.

    Compared to the rest of the regular Ranma cast, Kodachi has apparently been treated as roughly equivalent to Ukyo or Shampoo during free-for-alls gang-ups aqainst Ranma, Hinako or Genma, outside of "Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics" tournaments (within these constraints she came close to defeating Ranma, as he/she was early in the series, before Cologne's power-up, and limited to non-barehanded attacks), and seems to have superior recovery time, as the latter two took considerably longer when drained by Hinako. However, any actual semi-confrontations during these situations have been limited to a few panels, alternately been completely off-screen, so it's very hard to draw a conclusion on these merits alone. More importantly she has also been able to fight / parry with Tatewaki on even or slightly superior footing, but it's unclear whether he held back or not (as he seems inclined to do against females).

    Black Rose Blizzard: Kodachi's most commonly seen technique, typically used for her exits. Using her ribbon, she generates a storm of black rose petals, which can also be used to screen an escape. Paralysis powder: One of Kodachi's trademarks, capable of incapacitating anyone. She has slipped the powder into tea or distributed it via bouquets of black roses. Rose bombs: Bombs in the form of black roses which are thrown like darts. Relationships Tatewaki Kuno Kodachi and Tatewaki share a dysfunctional, but caring relationship between each other. When it's revealed that the two are related after the former challenges Akane to a fight for Ranma, Tatewaki admits that she is completely insane, but tells Ranma to take care of her, and would even allow Ranma to date her. Kodachi refers to Tatewaki as "big brother" and would have him come to her school for Parents Day.

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    Ranma Saotome Upon their meeting, Kodachi instantly tried to seduce Ranma, much to his chagrin, and ultimately failed when met by a kick courtesy of Akane Tendo. She is completely infatuated with him, and like Shampoo, will go to any lengths to be with him, albeit her methods are usually more extreme (i.e. blackmail, paralysis powder, etc.) Ranma doesn't reciprocate any of these feelings and believes her to be a psychopath and most likely, more of a nuisance than Shampoo was.

    Akane Tendo Because of their rivalry over Ranma and the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics challenge, Kodachi seems to hate Akane and has tried to kill her multiple times. Akane, also hates Kodachi and like others, believes her to be crazy.

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    Trivia "Kodachi" refers to a type of sword, smaller than a katana but larger than a wakizashi. "Kuno" means "nine abilities".

    Her name was changed to "Geraldine" in the French dub. In the English dub of the Ranma ½, her name is Kodachi Tatewaki. It is unknown why her last name is her brother's first name, however it is speculated that this was a translation error. It is possible that the translators didn't know that the main cast address her brother by his last name instead of his first name. This is usually meant as a sign of disrespect or closeness depending on the relationship of the characters. This could explain why also in the dub Tatewaki Kuno's name is flipped as in the English dub his name is Kuno Tatewaki. This error was corrected when Viz Media restored the series for its 2014 Blu-ray and DVD re-release. This isn't the first time a name translation was incorrect in Rumiko Takahashi's work. In the official English dub of Urusei Yatsura, Shuutaro Mendo and Ryuko Mendo's names are mistranslated to Mendo Shuutaro and Ryuko Shuutaro. As Shuutaro is often called Mendo by most of the characters except Lum. Her distinctive noblewoman's laugh inspired several other characters such as: Naga the Serpent from Slayers, Ayeka from Tenchi Muyo!, Nanami Kiryuu from Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Zoisite, Esmeraude, Kaorinite, and Fish Eye from Sailor Moon. She bears a superficial resemblance to the demon bird Abi from InuYasha. Both have long black hair (although, Kodachi wears hers in a side pony tail), and possess similar facial designs. Both characters also have identical shades of lipstick, and the same voice actors in both the Japanese and English language versions of their series. She is somewhat similar to Ryoko Mendo from Urusei Yatsura. They are both rich, have annoying older brothers, long black hair, and can act proper and sophisticated while also possessing a sadistic, murderous streak. However, Ryoko is far more manipulative. In every one of her appearances, it is revealed that she always wears her famous green leotard underneath whatever she is wearing. She is Ramna's only suitor who has not hit him, although she does attack him in one of the intros. She is the only recurring suitor of Ranma and Akane to not have had an alternative love interest. Her seiyū also provided the voices of Shinobu Miyake of Urusei Yatsura, Sayoko Kuroki of Maison Ikkoku and Abi of Inuyasha (all by Rumiko Takahashi). Media Appearances Manga 17-22. Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Arc 17. Kodachi, the Black Rose 18. The Love of the Black Rose 19. Take Care of My Sister 20. I'll See That You Lose 21. Hot Competition 22. I Give Up 81-84. Akane vs Kodachi - Cookie Battle Arc 81. The Way the Cookie Crumbles 82. Negative Feelings 83. Take Me Out to the Bathtub 84. ...I Ate the Whole Thing 173-178. Ranma Engaged to Nabiki Arc 174. The Terrible Truth 211-212. Tatewaki vs. Kodachi Arc 211. Sibling Warfare 212. The Scandal Breaks! 259-265. Hinako Ninomiya Intro Arc 260. The Eight Mysterious Treasures 261. The World's Most Powerful Woman 262. Go for the Pressure Points! 263. The Formation from Hell 264. The Eight Treasures Change Return 265. The Ultimate Health Regimen 339-340. White Lily Arc 339. The White Lily 340. Battle of the Boyfriends! 347-349. Mushrooms of Time 348. To the Mushroom Forest! 357. The Little Heart 365. Incense of Spring Sleep 377. Bamboo Leaves of Love 385. Goodbye Ranma?! 386-387. Pill Box Arc 387. Bet on the Ring!! 389-407. Jusendo Arc 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 1 Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast! A Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!? Season 2 Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check In, But They Don't Check Out It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain Season 3 Les Misérables of the Kuno Estate Kodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race Season 4 Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit Here Comes Ranma's Mom! Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Kuno Becomes a Marianne! Season 5 Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Strike Back! Genma Takes a Walk A Leotard is a Girl's Burden Season 6 Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi! A Xmas Without Ranma Akane Goes to the Hospital! (voice only) Season 7 Pick-a-Peck o' Happosai The Kuno Sibling Scandal The Battle for Miss Beachside The Musical Instruments of Destruction OVA Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Gallery Main article: Kodachi Kuno/Image Gallery

17. #17Principal Kuno

    Keys: Principal Kuno

    Principal Kuno 1989 Anime Manga 1989 Anime Name Nihongo Romaji 九能 校長 Kunō Kōchō Nickname(s) Daddy (by Tatewaki Kuno) Mr. Principal (by Akane Tendo) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by 'Principal Kuno' (九能校長, Kunō Kōchō?) is the father to Kodachi and Tatewaki Kuno.[1] He is also the principal of Furinkan High School and is determined to get all the students to have either buzz cuts (for the male students) or bowl cuts (for the female students), especially Ranma Saotome.

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.1.1 Manga 1.1.2 Anime 1.2 Plot 1.2.1 Manga 1.2.2 Anime 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 References 11 External links Biography History Manga Principal before Hawaii The Principal before he went to Hawaii.

    Not much is known about the Principal's past. What is known, however, is that during the time before his leaving for Hawaii he spent pretty much all of his time annoying the students (and by extension the teaching staff who generally distanced themselves from him). At some point before leaving for Hawaii he also fell out of favor with his son, Tatewaki Kuno, when at the age of 14 the Principal managed to give him a buzz cut.

    Shortly after giving Kuno his buzz cut, the Principal also claims to have drawn a map to a Coconut which has a "Get Out Rules Free" card inside (this map, however, is never seen as it's claimed to only be visible when Kuno has a buzz cut). After this, the Principal left for Hawaii where he claimed to have learned new teaching techniques, while also getting a tan and seemingly losing some weight as well.

    Anime Three years prior to the events of the series, the Principal lived happily with his son Tatewaki. The Principal claims to have been a very good father and done everything asked of him (although in truth his actions were more like torture, with Tatewaki's hair being forcibly shaved along with being tied to trees in the nude on days of snow etc) until on day that Tatewaki had had enough so left (in the Principal's view this was due to him spoiling Tatewaki). This event is what mostly caused the Principal's strict nature regarding rules, so that the students won't follow in his son's footsteps.

    Some time after being left by Tatewaki, the Principal went to the mainland United States before eventually moving and settling in Hawaii. It is unknown what the Principal did while he was in Hawaii, but the episode Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi! he is seen leaving a high walled building possibly indicating he was in some sort of mental asylum.

    Advertisement Plot Manga Ranma meets Principal Ranma watches as the newly returned Principal terrorises the students.

    Having returned on a very cold day in Furinkan, the principal begins terrorising students (whilst dressed as a snowman) by handing out demerits for uniform infringements. He then encounters Ranma and attempts to cut his pigtail, but is quickly kicked by Ranma for his trouble. After a short lived fight, the principal's snowman costume is destroyed and his true appearance is revealed.

    As the other students look on confused, Principal Kuno again tries to cut Ranma's pigtail. He is unsuccessful, except for annoying Ranma even more than before. The Principal quickly leaves via a sleigh along with some reindeer, but gives Ranma a present in the form of an exploding pineapple.

    New hair rules revealed The Principal reveals the new rule on hairstyles.

    Later that day, the Principal reveals another present for his students. This time he reveals his plans for the students, where boys get buzz cuts and girls get bowl cuts. This ruling receives an extremely negative reaction from the students. Ranma goes up to the stage the Principal is standing on and asks him if it is meant to be revenge for what he did earlier that morning. In an attempt to deflect Ranma's aggression toward him, the Principal unveils that he has taken Akane captive. Unfortunately, she doesn't remain that way for long as Akane is easily able to break the broomstick holding her.

    After dealing with the angry Akane, the Principal explains that there is a special coconut that has a "Get Out of Rules Free" card, which will excuse the student who possess it from having to get a hair cut. Ranma quickly grabs the coconut the Principal is holding (believing it to be the one he mentioned beforehand), but it turns out to be a dud. Now standing on the roof of the school, the Principal declares that the search has begun.

    Some time later, the Principal has retired to his office and watches via closed circuit television as the students wonder where his office actually is. To help the students, the Principal floods the corridors and causes the students to end up in the school basement that he has turned into a tropical paradise. The Principal then uses the other teachers dressed in animal costumes and armed with barber's sheers to distract the students so that he can escape from them.

    Principal finds female Ranma The Principal comes across the seemingly unconscious and disguised Ranma.

    While relaxing on an artificial beach, the Principal comes across a girl (actually Ranma in his female form) who has washed up onto the beach after a wave crashed on the shore. At first, the Principal seems concerned for the girl, but soon tries to gives her a bowl cut. Ranma stops the Principal by saying she's not one of his pupils. Ranma continues by giving the Principal a sob story about her sickly father on a neighbouring island, and she must have a "very special coconut with a parchment inside."

    This story brings a tear to the Principals' eyes. Confused, Ranma enquires why he's crying, to which the Principal explains he's thinking about his son who's been missing for three years. The Principal goes on the agreeing to help Ranma, and find the coconut with her. Ranma, annoyed, asks the Principal if he doesn't have it, to which the Principal explains he forgot where he put it.

    Tatewaki shaved The Principal shows the students his long lost son.

    The Principal returns to the other students, who have just broken every coconut they could find none of which, have the parchment pardon. After being double-crossed by Ranma, the Principal remembers where the coconut is, just as the students try to torture it out of him. The Principal reveals his missing son will be able to find the coconut. At first the students don't know how they're going to find him, but Ranma notices a similarity and so puts some paint on the picture of the missing son, making it obvious the missing son is actually Tatewaki Kuno.

    After the students find Tatewaki, they bring him back to the Principal, but the Principal doesn't recognise him. When the Principal continues to deny any memory of Tatewaki being his son, he threatens to give him a buzz cut, which manages to bring Tatewaki back around. The pair continue to deny knowledge of each other, however, when Tatewaki tries to attack the Principal his Bokken it just gets shredded by the Principals sheers.

    Kuno reunion The Kuno happy, but short, reunion.

    As only a Kuno could know this technique, the two finally know that they are related. However, the reunion is short lived as Tatewaki wants revenge for what happened to his hair three-years ago. Ranma then sends Tatewaki flying so they can go back to finding the coconut, but the Principal reveals the map is on Tatewaki's head.

    Later on, while the students have gone is search of Tatewaki, the Principal resumes his attempts to cut their hair. The Principal's plan does not work; Ranma chases him to his office. Once there, the Principal makes up as a statue of himself, but Ranma doesn't fall for it. Ranma then tries to get the Principal to reveal the location of the coconut, ultimately resulting in Ranma being hit with the coconut and hung upside-down by the Principal. Ranma is now about to become buzz cut students Numbah One!

    Akane megaphone on Principal Akane shouts down the Principal's ear with a Megaphone.

    The Principal tries to cut Ranma's hair, but fails due to Ranma dodging. He then resorts to using pepper balloons so he distract Ranma long enough to cut his hair. However, Akane suddenly appears and shouts in his ear with a megaphone, obviously causing him great pain. The other students notice the coconut and try to grab it, but the Principal (comically donning a baseball uniform) hits the coconut with a baseball bat before they can grab it.

    After Tatewaki ends up returning the coconut to his father, the Principal decides to reward his "Tacchi" with a haircut. The two engage in a fight with Ranma caught in the middle. Eventually, Ranma and Akane managed to knock out Tatewaki in order to end the fight. Ranma tries to get the coconut back, and after using a pole for distracting the Principal's attention, Ranma manages to land a kick on the Principal.

    Principal admits defeat The Principal admits defeat and begins to cry, but quickly recovers when forgiven.

    While the other students rejoice, the Principal admits defeat. He then begins to cry, but soon gets over it when Ranma and Akane decide to forgive him. Shortly afterwards, the Principal reveals his new idea of male students having Chonmage cuts, while female students have a Geisha hairstyle. Needless to say this is unpopular as well and the Principal is attacked by every student. The students then leave Tatewaki to clean up because it is his father's mess.

    Principal wants revenge Ranma and several other students step on the Principal, angering him.

    Some days later, the Principal decides that all students not in school before the bell rings, even if they're just outside the gate, are tardy. Unfortunately, this doesn't go according to plan because Ranma steps on the Principal's head as he gets into the grounds and is soon followed by a flood of students who run over the Principal as well. In response to this, the Principal holds an School assembly, where he reveals that whoever is late will have to clean the toilets as punishment.

    The next day, the Principal goes after Ranma (having learnt the way he goes to school) and uses several tactics to try and slow Ranma. Unfortunately, for Ranma, along with the Principal he also has to deal with Happosai with his usual mob of angered students as well as Tatewaki after he falls into the storm drain.

    Gonna Make You Tardy - ending Ranma pushes the Principal out the gate, meaning the Principal himself has to clean the toilets.

    After more shenanigans, Ranma reaches the school gate, where the Principal is waiting. Ranma easily gets past the Principal, but Shampoo suddenly appears and pushes him back outside the school grounds. The Principal grabs his chance, making the gates shut, he then gives the late students brushes so they can get ready to clean the toilets.

    Ranma then grabs the brush and begins fighting the Principal. At first the two seem evenly matched, but Ranma uses his brush to push over the gate allowing the students to enter the grounds just before the bell rings. A few seconds before the bell goes, Ranma uses the brush to push the Principal out of the grounds. The students quickly pick this up and declare that the Principal himself is tardy. Later that day, several male students are desperate for the toilet, but the Principal won't let anyone in until he's finished cleaning. Ranma looks on, saying that the Principal will probably be in there all week.

    Happy Gram The Principal learns of Ranma's state thanks to Happosai.

    After Happosai uses the "Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion" on Ranma, making him extremely weak, he sends out letters all over Furinkan, one of which the Principal receives, revealing this information. Taking this opportunity, the Principal tries to cut Ranma's pigtail but of course has to try to deal with Mousse, Gosunkugi and his son, all of whom want to defeat Ranma as well. The four of them are ultimately sent flying away by Ryoga who can't stand people picking on the weak.

    Several days later (after Ranma has mastered the "Hiryū Shōten Ha" through his training with Cologne), Ranma challenges Happosai to a fight and uses the photos of his female form in Lingerie as bait to get Happosai to run in the required spiral shape. However, Kuno wants the picture as well and soon Ranma is faced with Mousse, Kuno and the Principal trying to attack him for various different reasons.

    Characters buried Seizing their chance the students bury the Principal along with several others.

    At first Ranma doesn't want to hurt the trio, but remembers back to what they tried to do to him and so uses the Hiryū Shōten Ha on them anyway. When the trio and Happosai land the students who gather around the site where they landed decide that only thing to do is bury them.

    Later on, the Principal is out of the hole along with his son and Mousse. They try to get their revenge on Ranma, but as Ranma now has his strength returned he easily just kicks them and sends the trio flying.

    Principal pushes Akane The Principal shouts at Akane, before pushing her into the pool and saving her.

    Akane is mopping at the side of the pool since she's the only one who can't swim and there's going to be a swimming test next week. The Principal suddenly appears and pushes Akane into the pool, only to save her with a life ring. The sight of Akane splashing uncontrollably makes the Principal deduce that Akane can't swim, which he declares to be Kapu (a Hawaiian word, which closely translates to "forbidden") as there is a rule where if a student can't swim they can't go to the next grade. Akane believes this is just a rule the Principal has made up on the spot, but the Principal continues by saying he'll teach Akane how to swim.

    Shark in pool The Principal gives a textbook definition of the shark, instead of explaining why it's in the pool.

    The next day, after Akane has decided herself to be taught how to swim by the Principal, she is next to the pool with a boulder strapped to her back. The Principal tells Akane to jump into the pool, but of course Akane is skeptical. Just then a shark jumps out of the pool, Akane questions what it is and the Principal shows that it's a Bonito Shark (Isurus glaucus) along with other information about it. This obviously isn't what Akane meant so she reiterates by asking what it's doing in the pool.

    Now that the lesson has gotten severally out-of-hand Akane is going to leave, but the Principal tells her that she can train to be able swim away from Sharks while carrying large boulders (the other students don't buy it, but Akane seems to believe the Principal completely). Akane then suddenly throws the Boulder onto the Principal and grumpily tells him to show her first...

    A few moments for completely silence pass and the other students decide that the Principal must've drowned so begin to walk away. Akane, however, feels responsible so jumps into the pool to check/try and save him. But when she gets under the water she is met face-to-face with the Principal using Scuba-gear to stay underwater. This causes Akane to realise that she's in the water and so she begins to panic and trash uncontrollably, attracting the Shark.

    Swim like a swan The Principal tells Akane she'll be able to swim like a swan, and what Akane thinks she'll look like.

    Luckily for Akane, Ranma steps in and kicks the Shark and defeats it. The Principal declares that interfering with the Kahuna is Kapu and the two of them begin to argue over Akane being able to swim or not. Eventually Akane has had enough of this and so knocks Ranma into the water before revealing she's going to do her best to learn to swim, much to the Principal's approval.

    Out of the pool, the Principal tells Akane that the first lesson is called "Swan" and he tells Akane to put on the outfit he spent all night preparing for her. Despite Akane's preconceptions, the outfit looks more like an ugly ducking rather than a swan. This obviously causes Akane to become upset and embarrassed but she soon changes her mood when she notices the injuries on the Principal's fingers (caused by him getting pricked by the hitting needles) and decides to go ahead with the rest of the lesson.

    The Principal then proceeds to push Akane into the pool while wearing the duck outfit. At first Akane seems to not be swimming any better, but the Principal activates a switch which makes the legs of the duck outfit begin to kick and at first it seems to be working, but Akane soon ends up upside-down while the legs trash wildly in the air.

    Principal uses fishing pole The Principal desperately holds onto Akane via fishing line.

    After Akane has been taken out of the pool by Ranma and takes the duck outfit off as well, Ranma patronises her by patting on the shoulder and asking if she's ready to give up yet. This angers Akane who tells the Principal to move onto the next lesson, which the Principal calls "Da Mermaid".

    Akane is then put into a Mermaid outfit and thrown into the pool, where the Principal flicks a switch that makes the outfit's tail being to trash. Ranma enquires how this is any different from the "Swan" lesson, to which the Principal reveals that he'll be holding onto Akane via a fishing pole. He then tells Akane to swim with confidence, but this causes the Principal to go flying across the pool and hit his head on the other side of the pool edge.

    Once Akane is saved from drowning by Ranma again and brought to poolside. The Principal and other students watch over Akane and wait for her to come-to. When she does the Principal apologises to her as he can't give one student what they want, he then begins to cry at his failure. Akane, however, puts on a brave face and tells him not to worry as she plans to live on a boat and if a tidal wave hits she can run to the hills faster than any water can.

    Courage Under Water - last panel When Akane can't even swim with a Life Preserver, everyone gives up.

    As she runs off, however, Ranma intervenes as she knows this isn't what Akane wants. The other students, all with tears in their eyes at Akane's desperation in wanting to swim, give her the courage to agree to have her third lesson with the Principal. The Principal explains that this lesson will make even a hammer girl like Akane swim like the Mahi-mahi. Akane and the other students are deeply intrigued by this comment, but all are shocked by the revelation that this the Principal describing a Life Preserver.

    Nether-the-less, Akane tries using the Life Preserver and even then she manages to end up under the water as her feet trash wildly. The Principal wails in despair at being a "bad Kahuna" while the other students take back what they said to Akane earlier and tell her just to give up.

    A statue of the Principal is seen on the grounds of Furinkan High School, which Mousse mistakes for Akane when he tries to explain/warn her of Cologne's plans to make Ranma marry Shampoo.

    Principal reaction to Hinako The Principal's reaction when he first sees Hinako.

    The Principal hires Hinako Ninomiya to deal with Ranma, as he's heard of her ability to crack down on problem students. However, she is late and the Principal ends up practising with a toy bear over 45 times before Ranma takes the unconscious Hinako (who he mistakes for a transfer student). When Hinako comes to she tells the Principal that she's arrived, although he doesn't know who she is. Hinako introduces herself and the Principal is shocked and ends bedridden due to his plans ends in a "Wipe Out".

    The night before the results of a test Ranma's class did where set to be sent out, Principal Kuno came and stole them, leaving behind evidence that it was him (mostly notable his ukulele). After some confusion from Hinako as to who took the test the next morning, the Principal, riding in the basket beneath a hot-air balloon that has a picture of Principal Kuno painted on the envelope, reveals that the tests are inside the balloon and at the noon it will explode. The tests will then be spread everywhere. The Principal says that the only way to stop the explosion is to take the bundle he's holding, Ranma is undeterred by this and makes a rather easy jump to the Principal's balloon. The Principal of course has planned for this and jumps from the balloon and blows up the bottome out of the basket Ranma is standing in.

    Principal jet pack explodes The Principal tries to escape via jet pack, but it explodes.

    As the Principal slowly floats down using an umbrella for a parachute, he sees that he is about to land in a crowd of the angry students. Using a jet pack that he lights with a zippo lighter he eludes them as well. Unfortunately for him, the jet pack soon explodes, so the students go searching for the Principal in the general area where they think he fallen. Ranma returns and quickly notices a small coconut palm walking along the corridor. He attacks it and, unsurprisingly, the palm turns out to be Principal Kuno. He was using it as a disguise.

    The Principal is glad to see Ranma as he has his test score with him, and it's the worst. He then threatens to reveal the score publicly to other students, Ranma doesn't care, however, as being a Martial Artist is to fight against injustice, oppression for the sake of the oppressed. The Principal opens the test score and is seemingly shocked by the result, but begins to cry and runs away, saying that the students would think he's cruel for revealing his score, leaving a very confused group of students behind.

    Principal runs again Ranma finds the Principal's hiding place, before running off again.

    A few minutes later, the Principal is about to read the result of Ranma's test over the school public address system, but Ranma kicks the wall beneath the speaker and reveals the Principal hiding in the wall beneath it. The Principal uses a smoke bomb to escape, but is then set upon by Ukyo and Akane who manage to knock him to ground so Ranma can grab the package for the balloon off him. However, the Principal reveals that Ranma will have to do the English instructions in the package to stop the ballon from blowing up.

    Balloon flies off The Principal chases after his Balloon.

    Ranma is obvious confident in his ability to read the instructions, but is horrified when the instructions turn out to be a picture of the Principal with his lips puckered. It has "Kiss me!" written in Englsh. The Principal proceeds to taunt Ranma that he must be stupid because he cannot follow the instructions. Ranma responds by angrily slamming the framed picture over the Principals head. This breaks the control to the Balloon which files away with the Principal in pursuit of it. The tests do eventually fall from the balloon and the test results are read on the evening news the local news anchor. She reports that Akane received an 86, while Ranma's score is never' mentioned by the manga. This apparently because Genma cuffs the back of Ranma's head and shouts, "They read the scores to the whole world!"

    The Principal decides that all the students have to pass canoeing before they can go onto the next grade. Obviously, the students do not like this, especially because the Principal is floating above them comfortably in his hot-air balloon. Ranma ends up destroying the balloon by blowing a sharp pin into its envelope. However, as he falls, the Principal throws a grenade which leaves the students stranded on an uninhabited island.

    Principal feeds diseased fruit The Principal feeds the students food infected with Aloha Disease.

    Three days pass and the students, along with Miss Hinako, find a building with a logbook saying not to eat any of the food as those who eat it will succumb to "Aloha" disease. Unfortunately, the Principal has just started feeding the students food from the island that he's been collecting for the last three days. This causes the male students to become infected with Aloha disease and so all of them begin to act like tourists on their honeymoons in Hawaii.

    The male students then begin to chase after Akane, Ukyo and Ranma who they have assumed to be their wives. Hinako manages to use her Happo Five Yen Satsu followed by her Happo No Yen Coin Return to knock the male students unconscious while she, Akane, Ukyo, Ranma and the Principal escape. In a cave the Principal reveals he has an cure for the Aloha disease, but Ranma will have to catch him first in a race around the island!

    At first Ranma seems like she'll easily catch up, but is tripped by a banana peel and ends up having sun lotion put on her by the male students and is at their whim until she sends them flying into the air with a powerful kick.

    Principal drinks antidote The Principal drinks the antidote.

    That evening, when the male students return in an almost zombie-like state, the Principal reappears and explains to them how to make blowguns. The students uses these to unsuccessfully to try and get their "wives". Ranma then sets after the Principal to get the antidote, but the Principal ends up drinking all of it!

    Aloha School - ending Ranma uses the hot spring to make the Principal sweat out the antidote.

    This seems to have made the situation hopeless, but Ranma has an idea that if this is a tropical island, then there must be a hot spring somewhere. With Ranma, Akane and Ukyo carrying the Principal to the hot spring, out-of-sight the Principal is thrown in where he sweats out the antidote. Using Akane and Ukyo they lure the affected students into the hot spring where they recover from the Aloha disease.

    Back at Furinkan High School, the Principal seems to have not learned from this experience, declaring that this week they're going camping. Ranma hits the Principal for saying that.

    One way out - Repentance Room The Principal reveals the only way out of the room.

    After Ranma, Hiroshi and Daisuke are found by Hinako ditching school she manages to absorb the auras of Hiroshi and Daisuke while Ranma runs into a sign. She then takes the trio to the Principal who, after a discussion with Hinako, decides to put them into the dentition room, where the only way out is to bow at the statue of the Principal in their and say that you're sorry for what you've done.

    Once Ranma, Hiroshi and Daisuke realise that there is no escape from the room otherwise, Hinako joins them and tells them just to do it as they'll fell better because of it. However, Ranma tries to makes Hinako bow instead which angers her so she tries to use the Happo Fifty Yen Satsu on him. This however ends up absorbing the aura of the students who've bowed to the statue of the Principal which Ranma hid behind, thus she appears to be permanently in her adult form.

    The Principal's Wicked Phantoms The Principal reveals he's hired three Wicked Phantoms to fight Hinako.

    This amass of negative aura causes Hinako to go on a rampage of revenge against the Principal, where she destroys his office (which he was secretly hiding from her in). While Hinako goes on her rampage on the streets of Furinkan, the Principal devices a plan where he sends out flyers which explain that whoever captures Ms. Hinako gets to go on a date with her. When she learns of this, Hinako and Ranma end up returning to Furinkan High and are faced with the Principal's newly hired Evil Three.

    However the Evil Three turn out to be Tatewki Kuno, Nabiki Tendo and Happosai. The trio are quickly dealt with, as Ranma and Hinako take out Happosai and Kuno respectively, while Nabiki takes the money the Principal bribed her with and flees. In order to escape from Hinako, the Principal disguises his head as a bomb (which explodes) and when the students can't see him they all go out to look for him. The Principal meanwhile, reemerges from the ground and comments on how close an escape that was.

    Happo No Yen Hatred Bazooka Hinako launches her Happo No Yen Hatred Bazooka at Ranma and the Principal.

    Some searching later, Ranma finds the Principal and chases after the conveniently left footprints. Of course the Principal has set a trap, where a heavy object falls on Ranma forcing him to bow to him. However, Ranma manages to use his hands to allow him to kick the Principal in the face.

    Hinako arrives with the other students and tells Ranma to hold the Principal still. She then performs a powerful attack, called the "Happo No Yen Hatred Bazooka" which blasts a hole in the side of the School building. Despite this the Principal still manages to escape again.

    Ranma follows the Principal to a weird out-building and notices the floor is covered in some odd glue-like substance and has the positions to place his hands, head and knees when he bows on it as well (these imprints were present on the area in front of the statue as well). However, before Ranma knows it a clumsy Hinako bumps into him and the pair are stuck. The Principal then makes the walls and ceiling of the makeshift building fall so as everyone can see them bowing to him.

    Although it seems Ranma and Hinako have finally lost, Ranma manages to lift himself, Hinako and the floor up. Hinako then uses an attack called "Happo No Yen Hundred Fold Return" that manages to hit the Principal and sends him flying skyward. Afterwards Hinako returns to her normal self, but has no memory of the event.

    Advertisement Anime Shortly after the students of Furinkan High School learn of the return of the Principal, he descends via Helicopter bearing the sign "Welcome Headmaster" in English on it. He then exits the Helicopter disguised as a snowman and begins checking over the students appearance etc, much to their fright and confusion. Ranma soon arrives with Akane and the Principal tries to cut Ranma's pigtail, only for his snowman disguise to be destroyed by Ranma. Ranma and Ukyo prepare to finish the Principal off, but he gives Ranma a Pineapple which soon explodes in Ranma's hands (the Principal explains is his way of punishment for Ranma kicking him earlier).

    The Principal proceeds to have another attempt at cutting Ranma's pigtail. However, this attempt is equally unsuccessful as Ranma just kicks the Principal again. After going into some slight hysterics, the Principal gives Ranma another exploding Pineapple, only this time a substantial smokescreen is produced as well. While everyone is unable to see him, the Principal asks Akane who she is and when he learns the she is Akane Tendo he grabs her by the wrist and asks her to come with him.

    Later on, the students are all called into the Gymnasium so the Principal can address them. The Principal explains that since everyone was so nice welcoming him back he's decided to give them all a big present. This obviously excites the students, but their excitement is short lived when the Principal reveals that his "present" is actually a new rule of all male students requiring Buzz cuts while all female students require Bowl cuts, which meets with a mixed but mostly negative reaction.

    After the angered students throw several objects at the Principal, Ranma confronts him too and asks if this is just his way of revenge for what happened earlier. Before Ranma can get anymore hostile towards the Principal, he advises Ranma to look up, where a gagged and restrained Akane begins to descend. The Principal explains he did research on Ranma and learned of his engagement to Akane. He continues by trying to use Akane's safety to blackmail Ranma into having his hair shaved, however, Akane hits the Principal with the broom she's tied to, thus distracting him enough for Ranma to free her arms and let her down.

    Akane then turns of the Principal as well, this causes the Principal to reveal that there's a Coconut with a piece of paper instead which pardons any student from his new rule. Ranma waists no time and takes the Coconut which the Principal happens to be holding, although this turns out to be a dud and explodes. The Principal gives the students three days to find the Coconut and leaves to go to his office.

    S04-01-The-Return-of-the-Hawaiian-Headmaster-from-Hell-Ranma-HeadMaster The Principal and Ranma go to see how the other students are getting on.

    The Principal heads to a man-made beach which he's installed on the school grounds, where he watches the students desperately search for the Coconut. Suddenly he's hit by a shovel and Surfboard and finds a girl lying on the beach (who's actually Ranma disguised in his female form). At first the Principal tries to cut the Ranma's pigtail, but is stopped when he says that she isn't one of his students therefore can't this rule enforced on her. Ranma then gives the Principal a false sob story about needing to find a Coconut with a pardon note inside it for her sickly father. Hearing this, the Principal agrees to help her find it (foiling Ranma's plan slightly as she'd hoped the Principal would have it on hand).

    The pair head out and find Akane with the other students as she breaks each Coconut to find the pardon (although all turn out to be duds). The students decide to try and find the Principal so they can force him to reveal the Coconut's location, this causes Ranma to kick the Principal in front of the students who quickly pounce on him. The questioning soon begins and the Principal is subjected to torture by his students until he reveals the Coconut's location. Unfortunately, Tatewaki Kuno appears and begins attacking him, causing the rope tied around the Principal to be cut. Kuno continues his assault, but the Principal uses his clippers to shred Kuno's Bokken before handing Kuno an exploding Pineapple so he can make his getaway.

    As the students try to find the Principal's true office, he himself is in a dark room where he controls several of the traps located in the false rooms. Later on the students deduce that the gym must be where the Coconut is as it's the last place they'd think of looking. After the Principal attacks the students with crabs trained to cut hair (along with himself dressed as a large crab), Ranma finds what appears to be the Principal's office. As Ranma looks around a statue behind him is seen to disappear, luckily Ranma saw through this rouse and hits the Principal when he attempts to cut his pigtail.

    S04-01-The-Return-of-the-Hawaiian-Headmaster-from-Hell-Ranma-Principa-Kick Ranma manages to kick the Principal and finally get the Coconut.

    When Ranma begins threatening the Principal, he resorts to using the Coconut with the pardon to knock Ranma unconscious long enough for him to be tied up and hung upside-down by the Principal. Fortunately Ranma is able to avoid the Principal's attempts at cutting his hair long enough for Akane to appear with the other students and stop the Principal. The students then notice the pardon Coconut and immediately try to grab it, but the Principal (humorously dressed in a Baseball outfit) hits the Coconut and sends it flying across the room. However, the Coconut hits Tatewaki who effectively brings it back.

    Tatewaki then begins fighting the Principal, with Ranma stuck in the middle. Eventually Ranma gets a bamboo stick and uses it to distract the Principal so he doesn't notice Ranma's out of the reach of his clippers, which allows Ranma to kick the Principal into the air. With the Principal defeated, the students take the pardon Coconut. The Principal, however, is very upset, but soon recovers when the students say that they'll forgive him. Now with a new found excitement, the Principal offers the students another "present", this time with males having to get Chonmage cuts while girls have Geisha cuts. This idea is equally unpopular as the first, causing Ranma to chase after the Principal in anger.

    S04-02-Enter-Kuno,-the-Night-Prowling-Knight-Principal-Statue One of the Principal's many statues he creates to enforce school policy.

    The next day, the Principal unveils his statue to the students which they must bow to. Unfortunately for the Principal, Ranma (who was panicking about running late since Akane left him behind) jumps over the school fence, jumps on the Principal's statue and breaks it. This causes the Principal to hire Tatewaki as his enforcer of discipline, which he achieves by telling Tatewaki that girls love men with power. The Principal later watches Tatewaki's attempts at disciplining students, when Happosai appears on his usual panty raids. After Happosai is able to throw Ranma skyward with such ease, the Principal is so impressed he asks him to train Tatewaki to which Happosai accepts (although Tatewaki is completely against the idea).

    That evening, by which time Tatewaki has had a harsh beating from Ranma, the Principal goes with Tatewaki to the Tendo Dojo training hall so his training with Happosai can begin. The Principal then goes with Happosai to observe Tatewaki's "training" for the "Speed of Light Powder" and then watches with Happosai and the other students as Tatewaki has his rematch with Ranma. Once Kuno succumbs to the dirt from Happosai's fingernails which he used to make the Speed of Light Powder, the Principal goes to Tatewaki's side and reveals this fact to him, much to Tatewaki's distaste. Some time later the Principal returns to his office, where he makes another statue of himself, only the automated statue forces the Principal to bow-down to it as it can't distinguish between the Principal and students.

    After Happosai uses the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion on Ranma he distributes letters all across Furinkan revealing Ranma's new weakened state, one of which the Principal receives. Soon afterwards the Principal, Mousse and Tatewaki go after Ranma to finally defeat him, only to be stopped by Ryoga who can't stand those who gang up on the weak. Once Ranma returns to Furinkan after mastering the Hiryū Shōten Ha, he tries to use it to defeat Happosai. However, the Principal, Mousse and Tatewaki return once again to finish off Ranma and are ultimately sucked into the technique as well. Once the group escape the Hiryū Shōten Ha's whirlwind they land and create a large crater, where several students decide to finish the job and bury them. A little later the Principal (again with Mousse and Tatewaki) reemerge and continue trying to defeat Ranma, but Ranma just recovered from the Moxibustion a few moments earlier, so all three are easily dealt with by him.

    Some weeks later the Principal calls the students together to announce the arrival of a new teacher, Higuma Torajiro. However, after Higuma introduces himself and gets instant student approval the Principal regrets hiring him since Higuma isn't like how he imagined. When Higuma declares his departure from the school, he invites the students and teachers to play off in a game of American football, despite seeming against the idea the Principal does compete with the other staff. The staff don't do very well and get stampeded on by the students. When Higuma finally takes his leave, he kicks a football into the air which hits the Principal in the face.

    One day the Principal, dressed rather ironically as Santa Claus, begins taking items from students which are against school rules (such as bag accessories). He then declares that anyone who's late will have to clean the toilet's for a week, causing a flurry of students to rush into the school grounds. When Ranma and Akane arrive, the Principal tries to cut Ranma's pigtail yet again, but fails and accidentally runs into the school gates (which closed automatically). After the students finish laughing at the Principal's expense, he explains about his son and why he's so strict with them. Once he finishes he gives Ranma a present, which subsequently explodes in his hands. The explosion knocks down the school gates, allowing the Principal to enter and quickly run off.

    During the school lunch break the same day, the Principal gets chased by Ranma for what he did earlier. As the Principal runs from Ranma, Sasuke happens to see him and recognises him as Tatewaki's father who disappeared three years ago. Meanwhile, the Principal is in his office and decides to hold a school tournament where the winner will be pardoned from his bowl/buzz cut rule. When the Principal announces this to the school, the students are very suspicious at first but soon agree to the tournament when Ranma agrees to join.

    Just before the tournament is about to begin, the Principal hired some professional fighters to compete and used the guise as them being transfer students so they could enter the tournament as well. Once the tournament finally begins, the Principal sits and watches while also acting as the guard to the pardon.

    When the students of Ranma's class view how effective the "transfer students" are they protest to the Principal about them. The Principal reiterates that they can enter since they are students of the school and even takes out their student I.D.s as proof, as he does this a picture of Tatewaki aged 14 falls out of his pocket and gets picked up by Akane.

    Once Sasuke learns of this picture, he goes with Ranma, Ukyo and Akane to watch the semifinals of the tournament, where Tatewaki is the last student standing but gets defeated easily by the "transfer students". When the Principal comes over and notes how good Tatewaki did on his own, Sasuke asks the Principal how he could do this to his own son. This comment shocks the Principal who initially doesn't believe that Tatewaki is his "Tacchi", but soon realizes that he indeed is when he places a bald cap on him. Overjoyed at finding his long lost son, the Principal soon wastes no time in trying to shave Tatewaki's hair, although Tatewaki soon gains consciousness and protests this action.

    Tatewaki continues by demanding that the Principal pays for all the humiliation that he was put through as a child. The Principal admits that he was a bad father, but quickly stops Tatewaki by giving him an exploding gift which renders Tatewaki unconscious for the Principal to drag him away. The pair then watch as Ranma, Ukyo and Akane fight fight the armored students. The Principal also has a cat hidden in a box so he can exploit Ranma's ailurophobia. Eventually Ranma manages to defeat the armored students and takes the pardon, which turns out to be fake. The Principal then explains that the real pardon is on Tatewaki but can only be seen when he's shaved, this angers Tatewaki and the pair begin to fight each other while Sasuke tries to stop them.

    In one episode, He was mentioned by both Tatewaki and Kodachi as the siblings argue each other to let him stay at the Kuno Estate since Tatewaki strongly hates his father due to his abuse and humiliation as a child. Principal shows up in his formal attire instead of his usual Hawaiian attire and reunites with his son and his long-lost daughter and Kodachi was happy to see him again as she hugs him. The Principal was reluctant to go with his daughter, Kodachi on her school's Parents Day to show to her classmates since Tatewaki is mostly shows up as a guardian than he was. Principal Kuno is shown to be caring to his daughter even he tells her about what happened to him in Hawaii who escapes in prison or in mental asylum. Despite he hides his true personality to Kodachi, he still shows it when he attempts to cut Ranma's pigtails while Ranma and Akane are here to see Tatewaki but his antics are seen by Kodachi when he confronts Ranma and accidentally shaves the right side on Tatewaki's hair causing the former to get mad. Kodachi finally introduces Ranma as her fiancé much to The Principal's surprise and happiness as he spares Ranma from cutting his hair before Tatewaki challenges him to a duel. The duel ends up in a draw as The Principal pretends that he sadly admit to his son for being tough and strong like he was before he pushes his son on the roof as Kodachi confronts him telling him that pushing his son through the roof is not the right thing. The Principal maintains his calmness to his daughter and he tells her that he would not come to her school's Parents Day for the time being and he allows Kodachi to take Tatewaki in his place much to her happiness. Despite being good to his daughter, Kodachi, he still keeps his horrible actions including her older brother, Tatewaki and his own abusive rules as the principal of Furinkan High School.

    Some weeks later, Akane is chosen by class 1-F to represent them in the swim meet (with Ukyo and Ranma seemingly to be the only people in the class who know Akane can't swim). Akane goes to the poolside and wonders what she's going to do when the Principal appears and pushes her into the pool, resulting in Ranma having to save her. Shortly afterwards the Principal learns that Akane can't swim and reveals a rule of non-swimmers being unable to graduate. After being hit by Ranma for his invention of this new "rule", the Principal gets some inspiration and decides that he'll teach Akane how to swim.

    The next day the Principal begins his lesson with Akane while seemingly every male student of the school gathers round to see Akane in a swimsuit. At first Akane is reluctant to get into the water as she's been forced to carry a large boulder on her back, but wanting to swim is made worse when a shark (named Kamehameha by the Principal) jumps out. Eventually Akane is about to leave, but the Principal convinces her to stay by giving a rather unrealistic speech about how Hawaiians learn to swim with boulders on their back and sharks chasing them. Akane then proceeds to make the Principal show her, by kicking the boulder into the Principal and then both fall into the water. As Akane and everyone else watches as the Principal doesn't emerge from beneath the water they believe he might have drowned.

    Awash with grief Akane jumps in to try save the Principal, but finds him hiding under the water with Scuba gear. Akane then shouts at the Principal, thus letting out the air in her lungs and causing her to panic. The pair return to the surface, where the Principal calls the shark over, but it's stopped when Ranma kicks it, much to the Principal's distaste. After Ranma starts arguing with the Principal about whether or not Akane will be able to learn how to swim, Akane herself has soon had enough and agrees to continue the Principal's lesson.

    When the shark regains consciousness, the Principal stops Ranma from repeating what he did earlier by hauling up a huge Coconut tree from beneath the water to stop Ranma before he makes contact with the shark. The Principal then gets out of the pool and throws Tatewaki (who'd appeared earlier to try and convince Akane to swim his way) a ring, which causes the shark to decide to jump through it instead of attacking Tatewaki and Akane.

    Once Tatewaki is taken away via stretcher and the shark has been dealt with, Akane's determination to swim makes her continue with the lesson. The Principal gives Akane a briefcase containing a suit which he says will make her as graceful as a swam. Akane's preconceptions make her greatly upset when she sees how idiotic the actual swimsuit is, so she runs off crying in embarrassment. The Principal gives chase and soon Akane sees how sore his fingers are from making the suit, this touches Akane enough that he stops thus giving the Principal opportunity to push her back into the pool. Akane then begins drowning when the robotic legs of the suit end up above water, resulting in Ranma having to rent a Polar bear suit from Nabiki so nobody will notice his curse.

    With Ranma posing as a Polar bear, the Principal goes onto lesson two, which is very similar to lesson one only with Akane dressed as a Mermaid. When questioned the Principal reveals that he'll be holding Akane via a fishing pole, however, the line soon runs out and the Principal is hurtled head-long across the pool where he hits the other side. Akane is saved by Ranma and Ukyo, where she remains unconscious by the poolside until late afternoon. After Akane initially decides Ukyo can take her place, the other students convince her to go on with the Principal's final lesson. The Principal reveals this time Akane will use a life preserver, however Akane just ends up upside-down with her legs flailing in the air causing the Principal to finally give up. However, at the swim meet the Principal watches as Akane wins the girls' 50m freestyle while wearing four life preservers (much to her and the Principal's delight).

    The Principal has a cameo appearance, where he sees the group chasing after Ranma and decides to join the group so he can cut off Ranma's pigtail. However, he doesn't get a chance to attempt and remove it as he's sent flying into the air along with his daughter, Kodachi.[2]

    Principal Kuno - OVA 13 The Principal as he appears in OVA 13.

    The Principal has a few small roles in a number of the OVAs. A statue of the Principal was mistaken for Akane by Mousse when he went to find her and explain about Shampoo and Cologne's plans regarding the Reversal Jewel. The Principal was also one of the many characters invited to the Tendo Christmas party and can be seen talking to the Gambling King and Higuma Torajiro shortly before Nabiki, Kasumi, Akane, Ranma and Shampoo sing karaoke. He later hired Hinako Ninomiya for undisclosed reasons.

    While Akane was affected by the Incense of Spring Sleep she encountered the Principal and he attempted to punish her for skipping class. However, in Akane's dream state she mistook the Principal for a statue and so "polished" it and places the football she had with he in his mouth. Akane continues by entangling the Principal in the bars of the gate he was stood in front of and leaves him there, he was soon found by Ranma along the group of students who where also after Akane.

    Advertisement Appearance The principal is known for his Hawaiian appearance, consisting of sunglasses, a palm tree-like topknot, Aloha shirt, lei around his neck, capri pants, and sandals. He also became heavily tanned. In the anime he is also shown to wear suits on occasion. Principal Kuno typically uses disguises to attempt to escape, but these are easily seen because they always have a Hawaiian theme. His hair is dark brown styled in a coconut tree short top knot.

    Before going to Hawaii the principal dressed in a similar manner but in Japanese style, with a chonmage-like topknot and white ruffled collar.

    Upon meeting with his son and Kodachi who is happy to see him in the estate, Principal Kuno is dressed in a brown formal suit jacket with a white long sleeve button shirt with a red neck tie on the collar, brown formal pants and black shoes. He was not seen wearing his sunglasses as his eyes are shown to be brown. When meeting his son, Tatewaki at their home, he commonly wears his sunglasses where he keeps it underneath his jacket.

    Personality Generally the Principal is viewed as almost completely insane, with his only wanting in life to make the lives of the Furinkan High School students as miserable as possible. He does this by introducing new rules seemingly whenever he can gain from the situation, such as when he tells Akane she can't move to the next grade unless she can swim (which gives him the opportunity to teach her).

    Despite his first impression the Principal does also seem to care a lot for his family, with him actually crying at the thought of his son, Tatewaki, whom he hasn't seen for three-years at the time of his introduction. In the anime continuity, he is also extremely willing to make his daughter Kodachi maintain her preconceived/aged memories of her father, even going as far as to hide his true personality from her until he shows it to her when she introduces Ranma as her fiancé after he confronts him and accidentally shaves the right side of Tatewaki's hair due to his knack of cutting Ranma's pigtails.

    He is also serious and strict when scolding his son Tatewaki during their family dinner with Kodachi who makes the former got furious of his actions before leaving. Since their reunion as father and son, he and Tatewaki are fighting in hostility due to his abusive and humiliation acts towards his son even both are fighting each other in the estate in whoever is the master of its estate which causes Kodachi to cheer them both. But after their confrontation, Principal sadly admits to Tatewaki about his actions of being tough and wants his son to be strong like he was before he pushes his son into the roof showing that he was acted dramatically due to his antics.

    The three years which the Principal has spent in Hawaii also seems to have changed his personality considerably and develop an almost Otaku-like obsession with Hawaiian culture. Prior to leaving, he seemed comfortable in traditional Japanese attire prior to leaving, but after returning he mostly wears a very Hawaiian outfit. Also upon returning his language becomes littered with Hawaiian Pidgin (or English words in the original Japanese).

    Abilities Ranma stuck in middle Ranma barely managing to avoid the Principal's attacks as he fights Tatewaki.

    Principal Kuno is one of the weakest fighters in the series. He cannot take much punishment, nor is he adept at dishing it out, so his focus is on evasion and escape rather than actual combat. He can move with surprising speed for somebody so bulky and is fairly stealthy. He is also cunning enough to prepare a wide variety of disguises and escape routes in advance.

    When forced to fight in hand to hand combat, the principal uses hairclippers, especially handheld shears, which serve an offensive and defensive role. His striking speed is just barely equal with that of his son. Because of his hostile relationship with his son, not to mention his obsession with cutting hair, he specialises in facing off against kendōka. If his opponent comes at him from the front with their sword held near their head, a common kendo assault position, then he can use their own sword as a bridge to shave their head bald.

    Pineapple bombs: The principal's signature weapon, bombs in the form of pineapples with a fairly small but intense blast radius. He prefers to throw these at a foe or get them to unwittingly accept them, then take off while they are dazed from the explosion. He once disguised a present as a bomb. Wooden Sword Shredder: The Kuno family's special technique. Using his shears, the principal can swiftly shear a bokken or similar wooden object (such as a short staff) into useless strips if it is thrust at him. Pepper Balloon: Nothing more than an inflated balloon filled with pepper that was used to daze Ranma in an attempt to cut off his pigtail. Disguise: Principal Kuno is a master of quickly assuming any disguise to hide or escape, but his consistent use of Hawaiian-themed disguises reduces their effectiveness. Gadgets and traps: The principal also tends to make use of a variety of exotic gadgets and traps. Relationships As a rule, the students of Furinkan High hate the Principal, who seems to actively go out of his way to annoy them. It's implied, most prominently when he first returns, that he actively enjoys making them angry; that he is not so fixated on the rules because he enjoys the rules, but simply because he finds it hilarious when the kids get into a riot and the rules of Furinkan are a perfect way into manipulating them.

    Hinako Ninomiya With the exception of Hinako Ninomiya, who is too fixated on her own little problems to care, the other teachers at Furinkan High regard the Principal with a mixture of embarrassment and disdain. However, they must obey him or else risk their jobs, so they bow to his whims.

    Ranma and Akane Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo are particularly opposed to the Principal's actions, especially the former due to the Principal's obsession with cutting off his distinctive hair style. They are usually the first to oppose the Principal's latest scheme, and the students tend to rally around them as natural leaders -- perhaps more due to their combat experience than anything. Ukyo Kuonji has a similar attitude, but tends to be more of a background character than her rival or fiance.

    Tatewaki Kuno He absolutely hates his father, due to a powerful cocktail of abandonment issues, his own ego and a history of abuse at the Principal's hands. Well indeed does he remember meals where the Principal would take his food and harangue him for his "failings", being brutally overpowered and shaved bald, and being tied up and left hanging from a tree for hours, maybe days at a time. Tatewaki tries to deny any possibility that the Principal may be his father, and even after being forced to reunite with him, remains hostile towards him, most notably in the form of trying to do everything in his power to keep the Principal from returning to the Kuno Estate. In return, the Principal seems to delight in abusing, deceiving and manipulating his son, but may possibly have some twisted sort of parental care for him -- he still calls Tatewaki by the babyish nickname of "Tatchi". He has also been known to approach Tatewaki for assistance if he needs some extra muscle, and Tatewaki will sometimes accept.

    Kodachi Kuno She can't remember her father at all, and doesn't even learn he has returned or where he works until Genma Saotome brings it up to her in the episode Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi! Kodachi is overjoyed to finally meet him, and tries her hardest to be a caring, loving, gentle-natured daughter for him. In return, the Principal seems to appreciate this, and refrains from subjecting her to any of the torments that he dishes out to other kids. Like with her brother, he tends to call her "Kochi".

    Advertisement Quotes "It's time for de big fun, yeah!" - The Principal's catchphrase when things start to get exciting and absolutely not for for the students and other teachers. Non-canon Appearances Principal Kuno - Chōnai Gekitōhen The Principal with slightly lighter skin in Chōnai Gekitōhen.

    The Principal has appeared in a handful of Ranma ½ games, usually in the role of an antagonist. In Akanekodan Teki Hihou he becomes a high-ranking member of the Red Cat Gang and acts as one of the several bosses of the game, with Kodachi and Tatewaki acting as slightly weaker "mini" bosses. In the trilogy of Ranma ½ fighting games released for the SNES, the Principal appears in all. In Chōnai Gekitōhen the Principal is a playable character and rides on a Skateboard with his signature explosive Pineapples. However, in Hard Battle the Principal's role is reduced to simply manipulating the other characters (with the exception of Pantyhose Taro) to pursuing a quest for his own amusement. The Principal's role is reduced in Chougi Rambuhen where he only appears in the background of the Hawaii Stage.

    Although not seen in person, the Principal is seen carved into multiple boulders in the background of Battle Renaissance and is also the person behind the purchase of Kikaiga Island, which the Principal plans to turn into a amusement park.

    He is mentioned in the live action special as being the principal and owner of Furinkan High School, but is on vacation and does not appear.

    Trivia Although the principal's first name is unknown, Kuno can be mean "Nine Abilities", a sarcastic pun about his children's overblown sense of self-worth. In the anime, when he reunites with Kodachi in Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi!, he is shown attempting to escape from a mysterious building while in Hawaii. Perhaps some sort of prison or mental asylum? In the Japanese original, the Principal's speech is littered with Hawaian pidgin to try and convey his otaku-like fixation on Hawaii. In the English dubbed version, this is replaced with gratuitous Hawaiian, to convey the exact same point. According to the episode The Secret Don of Furinkan High, the Principal flunked English when he was a student at Furinkan. While the Principal's sabbatical to Hawaii is said to have lasted three years, it's possible that this was only the most recent of such trips. Sasuke Sarugakure notes to Ranma, Akane and Ukyo, when explaining his theory that the Principal is Kuno's long-lost father, that the Kuno siblings had almost no parental guidance or contact since they were children and suggests that this is to blame for their present attitudes. In episode 11 of the anime version of Rumiko Takahashi's latest work, Kyokai no Rinne, a master of ceremonies is featured, bearing a strong resemblance to him. His English voice actor would provide the voice of Kōga in InuYasha. Media Appearances Manga 114-119. Principal Kuno Intro Arc 114. The Return of the Principal 115. Journey into the Principal's Office 116. The Principal of the Thing 117. One Hairy Day 118. Shear Folly 119. Gonna Make You Tardy! 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 125. The Legendary Moxibustion of Evil 126. The World's Weakest Man 134. Burn, Happy, Burn 135. The Paper Chase 136. Ranma Reborn 139-140. Akane's Swimming Lessons - Principal Kuno Arc 139. Swim Like a Hammer 140. Courage Under Water 259-265. Hinako Ninomiya Intro Arc 259. The Ultimate Teacher! 289. Give Back the Tests!! 333. Aloha School 358-359. Repentance Room Arc 358. Whack the Principal! 359. Bow Down! Anime Season 4 The Return of the Hawaiʻian Headmaster from Hell Enter Kuno, the Night-Prowling Knight Ranma Gets Weak! Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Blow, Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho Ranma and Kuno's... First Kiss Mousse Goes Home to the Country! Season 5 Me is Kuno's Daddy, Me is Swimming with Psychos Season 6 Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi! The Secret Don of Furinkan High Legend of the Lucky Panda! Season 7 Tatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal The Musical Instruments of Destruction OVA Tendo Family Christmas Scramble Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China References The Principal of the Thing Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

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    Hinako Ninomiya Sign in to edit Hinako Ninomiya Hinako hinomiya child and adult form Name Nihongo Romaji 二ノ宮 ひな子 Ninomiya Hinako Nickname(s) Teach (by Ranma) Miss Hinako (by other Furinkan High School students) Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by 'Hinako Ninomiya' (二ノ宮 ひな子, Ninomiya Hinako?) is Ranma Saotome's scatterbrained English teacher. Although Hinako is a recurring character in the manga, she has a minor role in the anime, relegated to a single OAV that depicts her as just another opponent for Ranma.

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 References 11 External links Biography History She was very sickly. Happosai was raiding the nurses' panties at the hospital where she stayed at, and he "helped" her by manipulating her pressure points, changing her metabolism so she could absorb the auras of other people to increase her health. However, his only motive for doing this was so she could absorb the battle auras of the enraged nurses whose panties he stole, allowing him to make a clean getaway. This altered metabolism made her default form age very slowly, making her true age that of her adult form.

    Plot She is a teacher hired by Principal Kuno for the purpose of disciplining Furinkan's many delinquent students, particularly Ranma Saotome, she has a reputation for being quite the successful reformer. This status causes a bit of a surprise when she shows up as a young girl. Her reputation, however, is justified when she uses her ability to absorb a person's battle aura, rendering them incapable of fighting back. After absorbing it, she instantly grows into a voluptuous young woman and is then capable of firing it back at opponents as a large ball of energy. She reverts to her child form upon doing so.

    The battle aura absorbing techniques she employs can be countered by simultaneously hitting five pressure points on her body: two on her back, three on her chest. If this is done every day for one month, her powers will be canceled out permanently. The problem with the counter is that, due to the placement of her pressure points, the only way to hit them simultaneously is to grab the teacher's back with one's left hand while roughly groping her left breast with the right. This, of course, causes the attacker to look like a shameless pervert, as Ranma discovers as he tries to do so. He later abandons his efforts after he learns that he must repeat the procedure every day for a whole month.

    Later on, Hinako falls in love with Soun Tendo, due to the kindly way he treated her while she was in her young girl form. However, Akane, Nabiki, and Ranma were firmly dedicated against her turning into a substitute mother, even Kasumi eventually opted against her, and Soun was knocked out before he could hear her proposal. Though Soun respects her dedication as a teacher, treats her courteously, and even admits that he finds her attractive, he can't seem to shake the memory of his late wife. While Hinako claimed that she gave up in the wake of this, she still secretly pursues Soun in an effort to marry him, and has been seen with a Tanabata bamboo charm, where she wished for fun, manga, toys, and that she and Soun would be together.

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    Advertisement Appearance Hinako's adult form as a tall, curvy woman is what she would likely have looked like had she not been sickly as a child, although her child form is more reflective of her true emotional and psychological age. In both forms, she has long dark hair (medium brown in the anime) and wears clothing that allows her to alternate between forms, although when she transforms into an adult it becomes form-fitting which accentuate her curves.

    Personality Hinako's personality is as variable as her form, shifting between two very different states. In her child form, she acts mostly like a small child would. She talks in a high-pitched voice, craves ice cream and similar junk foods, watches anime on TV (Doraemon is her favorite), and generally acts very spastic, childish, and immature. Despite this, she still has a strong commitment to being a teacher and feels very responsible for her students.

    In her adult form, Hinako acts like an elegant, confident, and somewhat vain adult woman, and is more effective in her disciplining methods because of her forceful personality, gorgeous figure, and her tendency to drain and blast people who disobey her. While she is mainly well-intentioned and righteous, and can be gentle, she also seems to have a more vindictive side as an adult, actually enjoying the punishment that she deals out. Her adult form is also quite sensuous and sexual, in appearance. Because of this, Hinako is not afraid to use it to her advantage to take control of the situation when dealing with male delinquents. However, she retains some of her childish traits. In either form, she enjoys sweets, attractions, toys, and video games, eats like a slob, and doesn't properly take care of her apartment. Hinako is quite forgetful, even overlooking to bring her wallet into a restaurant or getting side-tracked from her original reason to visit the Tendo household once she became enamoured with Soun. She can sometimes lack good judgment, once deciding to help Akane learn to swim without knowing the basics herself. She is also quite weak for what she perceives as very manly and upright grown men who are kind to her. The longer a period she stays in an adult state, the more her energetic and irrational childish personality makes itself known.

    Hinako is obsessed with enforcing discipline and justice at Furinkan, and she will do so, at any moment, if she feels someone is being a delinquent. Her primary target in this endeavor has been Ranma, whom she wishes to take care of so that everyone else will fall in line. Even so, her dedication to teaching also means she wants him to succeed in her classes, and has made an effort to help him with his studies. They did also team up against Principal Kuno after his abusive methods of discipline made him seem like a delinquent to her.

    Abilities Hinako is able to both absorb chi from her opponents, through any object with a circular hole as a focus, as well as shoot it back at them as a charged attack. She effectively matures into an adult whenever she absorbs chi, but reverts back to her child form when she fires it off.

    Although Hinako has displayed no particular regular combat skills, her unique ability renders potential opponents incapable of fighting back at all, if she successfully catches them. While she requires a focusing source in order to successfully utilize her skill, Hinako is one of the most dangerous fighters around when one is available to her. Her two weaknesses being her considerable, but comparatively lacking speed, and susceptibility to being disarmed, but she can think on her feet and improvise if necessary.

    Happosai taught Hinako her unusual techniques while she was a sickly young girl in the hospital, claiming they were a specialized form of gymnastics, but also used her to help in his panty raids. He is personally wary of these techniques, and her draining even managed to defeat the ancient lech through advantage of surprise, but the latter didn't use his superior speed to his advantage, and generally avoids defending himself against women. Despite his massive perversion, his arms are also too short to simultaneously hit all of the five pressure points required to neutralize Hinako's ability for a day. This then has to be repeated every day for a month to cancel it out permanently.

    Happōgoensatsu (八宝五円殺 Happo Five-Yen Satsu) Hinako uses a five-yen coin to absorb chi that is already manifest, usually an opponent's battle aura. With the five-yen coin, she cannot absorb chi from someone who is not emitting any battle aura. Happōgojūensatsu (八宝五十円殺 Happo Fifty-Yen Satsu) Using a larger fifty-yen coin, Hinako can absorb chi even if her opponent does not manifest a battle aura. She is also capable of using larger ring-shaped objects, such as a basketball hoop, to drain chi from one or multiple opponents. Plugging or otherwise filling the hole of the focus object can stop all of her techniques. Given Hinako's lack of actual martial arts training, swifter opponents, such as Shampoo, Ukyo, and Kodachi, have also proven able to effortlessly disarm her. Another limitation is that her ability to sense battle aura is restricted when she is surrounded by competitive spirit, such as at sporting events.

    Happōtsurisengaeshi (八宝釣銭返し Happo No-Yen Coin Return) Hinako releases all of her stored chi in a large blast. While it is quite deadly, this attack can usually only be performed once since it effectively drains all of the chi that Hinako has absorbed, returning her to her normal child form. However, she is able to stay in her adult form if she has enough energy. For instance, the vengeful chi of Furinkan students once supercharged her, so she was capable of firing off multiple blasts[1]. A shown drawback in this instance was that her personality could be severely affected/compelled by sufficiently large quantities of "sentiment-imprinted" aura. She also had a fish bowl containing two Siamese fighting fish that constantly gave off enormous amounts of battle aura so that she could remain in adult form as she fought[2]. Relationships To be added

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    Non-canon Appearances Hinako is a playable character in the Japanese Super Famicom game Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen.

    Trivia The first part of her name, "Hina", means "young bird", while "ko" is a common feminine name ending, usually meaning "child", from the word kodomo. "Ninomiya" is broken down into "two princesses," which is a reference to her adult and child forms. In her first appearance, Hinako's child form looks like she is about 10 years old, while in OVA 12, Hinako's child form looks more like a pre-schooler. In the anime, when Hinako transforms, her clothes change turn into a darker shade of yellow. Her English voice actress would provide the voice of Akemi Roppongi in Maison Ikkoku, Kagura and Kanna in InuYasha, Misa in Mermaid's Scar (OVA). Janyse Jaud also voices Hiroko. Media Appearances Manga 259. The Ultimate Teacher! 260. The Eight Mysterious Treasures 261. The World's Most Powerful Woman 262. Go for the Pressure Points! 263. The Formation from Hell 264. The Eight Treasures Change Return 265. The Ultimate Health Regimen 279. Danger: Home Visit Ahead! 280. Target: Soun! 281. Danger: Fight Path of Love! 289. Give Back the Tests!! 316. Infinite Battle "Ki" 317. Let's Study! 329. Get Ready for Swim Class! 333. Aloha School 352. The Drawn and Quartered Horse 357. The Little Heart 358. Whack the Principal! 359. Bow Down! 365. Incense of Spring Sleep 377. Bamboo Leaves of Love 407. The Final Chapter Anime Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep References Repentance Room Arc Infinite Ki Arc

19. #19Hikaru Gosunkugi

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    Hikaru Gosunkugi Sign in to edit This article is a stub. You can help Ranma Wiki by expanding it. Hikaru Gosunkugi Gosunkugi - Substitute Principal Name Nihongo 五寸釘 光 Nickname(s) Voodoo Spike Physical Personal First Appearance Voiced by 'Hikaru Gosunkugi' (五寸釘 光, Gosunkugi Hikaru?) is one of Akane Tendo's suitors and an accomplice of Tatewaki Kuno in the manga.

    Contents 1 Biography 1.1 History 1.2 Plot 1.2.1 Manga 1.2.2 Anime 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Relationships 5.1 Akane Tendo 5.2 Tatewaki Kuno 5.3 Ranma Saotome 5.4 Kogane Musashi 6 Quotes 7 Non-canon Appearances 8 Trivia 9 Media Appearances 9.1 Manga 9.2 Anime 10 References 11 External links Biography History Little is known about Gosunkugi's past, except that he has always been an outcast and has, like the majority of Ranma's rivals, been in love with and pursuing Akane Tendo. His family share his large absent minded eyes and presumably his social distance with others. Many of the girls at school make an effort to be polite to him in person, though Yuka and Sayuri said he was strange when he was out of hearing range. Ranma took quite some time to finally notice him; his friends pointed out Gosunkugi is not the type you would notice as he hangs out at the back of the class by himself.

    Plot Manga Tatewaki Kuno pays Gosunkugi for the photos he takes in hopes of discovering Ranma's weak spot. Eventually after spending a significant amount of time stalking Ranma he discovers it to be a fear of cats. He sent Ranma a letter (badly disguised to be a letter of help from Akane that "she" had been kidnapped and was held hostage in the gym). Dressed as Akane, Gosunkugi pleaded for Ranma to save him, while secretly luring him into two traps designed to send him into the basement under the gym, full of cats. Both traps failed as Ranma easily evaded them, while they both backfired on Gosunkugi, Akane however fell into the gym. In a bid to save her Ranma goes down to but finds Gosunkugi having placed fish sausages on him. Ranma immediately sees the room is full of cats and using every bit of his will power manages to refrain from screaming at the sight of the cats, while taunting Gosunkugi, whilst Gosunkugi becomes confused Ranma becomes near paralysed. Akane tries to drag Ranma out and accidentally went into a room where Gosunkugi had placed a tiger (in another attempt to scare Ranma). The tiger forced all three of them to the corner of the room so Ranma was confined with a large number of cats. This was too much for him to bear and his neko-ken activated. While this happened Kuno had assembled a party above for winning over the 'pig-tailed girl' when once he had exploited Ranma's weakness. He and a large number of students witnessed a large number of cats being blown out of the basement along with a tiger. Neko-Ranma emerges and in a fury shreds Kuno's sword with sir swipes, but eagerly runs after the shredded sword when Kuno throws it out of the gym. Later when Akane and Ranma's friends desperately try to send Ranma out of the neko-trance Ranma bounds to Akane and purrs upon her lap, and unintentionally kisses her. Gosunkugi manages to photograph this incident. Whilst nailing the photo onto a power line pole rather like a voodoo doll, Ryoga shows up and in a fit of anger punches and breals the power line. Later he and Gosunkugi confront Ranma with the photo (which Ranma had no recollection of), but are pushed away by Ranma. The events of this arc, Akane's rage at Ranma kissing her as well as Shampoo coincidentally showing up from China in an express delivery in her cat form. She witnesses that Ranma is actually a boy under a Jusenkyo curse, sets off the next arc. The cat's tongue pressure point arc.

    Gosunkugi is one of the many characters to 'audition' for the play upon discovering that Akane was playing Juliet. He along with Ranma, Kuno and Happosai all fought over the part for Romeo. Though Ranma was the only one who went for the part with no desire to have alove scene with Akane but was after the reward to 'see China'. Gosunkugi however was the only one who had no ability in combat, so he suggests instead of the guys usual method of fighting to settle their problems, to use a contest of drama and acting to settle the dispute on stage. As the other three fought on stage, Gosunkugi disguised himself as part of Juliet's balcony so he could do the love scene with Akane whilst the others fought. He was however spotted by the others and is quickly put out of action. Later however Ranma turns into a girl in order to put his rivals out of action by seducing them, as a second Juliet. Ranma manages to put both Happosai and Kuno out of action by intoxicating Happosai with sake, distracting him with a bra and then trapping him in a barrel that she nails shut. While taking care of Kuno by letting his guard down by "kissing him" with tape over his mouth, and then tying him up. However in the confusion Gosunkugi manages to use chloroform to knock out Akane, but fails to drag her away as she is too heavy for him. After this Ranma and Kuno boot Gosunkugi away and he does not show up for the rest of the play. Later Ranma receives the unpleasant surprise that "seeing China" was not in fact a chance to go to China for free but the holding of a China themed party, Gosunkugi is seen among the people enjoying the party.

    Gosunkugi photographs an incident with Ranma lying on Kodachi.

    When Happosai used the devastating weak point moxibustion on Ranma, he spread leaflets saying "Ranma is weak" causing all of Ranma's adversaries to come rushing over to beat him up. Gosunkugi is among them, but waits until Ranma has received a very thorough beating by his other rivals, Principal Kuno, Mousse and Kuno, before striking Ranma with his hammer. He charges at Ranma along with his other rivals but is booted away along with the others by Ryoga, who had stepped in to save his weakened rival. Gosunkugi is not seen for the rest of the arc.

    Gosunkugi waits until 6:30 AM when Akane passes by on her morning jog. He tries to catch up to her and talk, but she runs too quickly for him to keep up. A salesman notices his plight and sells him some magical paper dolls. Later that day, Gosunkugi is having a P.E. lesson with Ranma and other male students from his class. Gosunkugi decides to see if the dolls really work by writing "fall down" on one, before placing it on Ranma's back just before he has to use a Horizontal bar. At first Ranma seems not to be affected by the doll, until he tries to dismount, where he slips and lands on top of Gosunkugi. Ranma apologises to Gosunkugi, to which Gosunkugi tells Ranma it's alright. As Ranma talks to Hiroshi and Daisuke, who, like Ranma, can't believe he actually fell down, Gosunkugi is overjoyed that the dolls actually work. With evidence the dolls work, Gosunkugi tries use one on Akane saying "Go on a date with me!". However, just before he can put it on Akane's back, she notices him and asks if there's anything she can do for him. Akane speaking to him after such a long time causes Gosunkugi to become overjoyed and become so self indulged by it that he forgets about the doll as Akane looks on in confusion. Back in class and Hiroshi and Daisuke tell Ranma that Gosunkugi put something on his back just before he used the Horizontal bar. Ranma is a bit skeptical, but Hiroshi demonstrates what Gosunkugi did with the doll that Gosunkugi meant to use on Akane earlier. The doll soon takes affect and Ranma goes on a date with Gosunkugi (much to Gosunkugi's distaste). Eventually Gosunkugi is forced to put another doll on Ranma commanding him to stop. Gosunkugi decides to deal with Ranma first so prepares a doll which commands him to argue with Akane. He tries to put it on Ranma's back, but Ranma soon notices Gosunkugi, grabs him by the scruff and asks what he's doing this time. Akane then appears and tells Ranma not to bully the weak. While Gosunkugi is overjoyed yet again that Akane defended him, Ranma and Akane begin arguing. Gosunkugi tries to interject, saying he hasn't put the doll on Ranma yet, but is quickly pushes aside by the pair telling him they can deal with there own problems alone. This causes Gosunkugi to try yet another doll, this time telling Ranma to injure himself. When Gosunkugi tries to put it on Ranma, he easily avoids all of Gosunkugi's attempts. Ranma eventually causes Gosunkugi to fall to the floor, where Ranma tells him that he'll never get that thing on his back in a million years. Gosunkugi just thinks to himself, telling Ranma to just wait. Some time passes and Gosunkugi places a doll on the teacher which commands him to seat him behind Ranma. The teacher moves the whole class around, and sure enough Gosunkugi ends up behind Ranma. Initially Gosunkugi thinks to himself about how Ranma has no escape now, but just then Akane sits next to Ranma (as per where the teacher moved her). Gosunkugi begins cursing Ranma for turning his plan against him so he could sit next to Akane. Gosunkugi then suddenly realises he only has one paper doll left and screams at the thought, causing everyone to turn and look what's going on. Akane notes that Gosunkugi is acting very strange, to which Ranma adds that he's been telling her all along that Gosunkugi's crazy. This causes Gosunkugi to panic and write "Please don't hate me!" on his last doll, which he finally manages to place on Akane's back. Akane quickly turns to Gosunkugi and tells him not to be silly as she has no reason to hate him. As Akane returns to doing work, Gosunkugi is delighted at this comment. A few minutes later, Gosunkugi realises his mistake as he should've written "Love me" on his last doll instead...

    Gosunkugi is surrounded by a group of three street thugs, all of whom are wearing masks. The thugs say that if Gosunkugi hands all his money over they won't hurt him... much. Gosunkugi decides that he better introduce himself, as he does so he goes and gets a nail and hammer out of his satchel. At first he seems willing to hand them over, but Gosunkugi actually attempts to hit one of the thugs with them. However, the thug manages to avoid the nail and the group decide to start beating up Gosunkugi. Shortly after the thugs begin beating up Gosunkugi, Ranma arrives and defeats the thugs with ease. Ranma then notices that it was Gosunkugi who was getting beaten up. After Ranma asks if he's alright to which Gosunkugi replies he's fine and thanks Ranma for his help. Akane then appears and asks Ranma is he's trying to pick another fight. Ranma replies that he was just helping Gosunkugi since he was in trouble. Akane then asks Gosunkugi if he's not hurt. Seeing Akane's concern delights Gosunkugi and he says that he's sorry for her to see him like this. Ranma then tells Gosunkugi that it's fine since Martial Artists have to protect the weak and downtrodden. Ranma and Akane then leave. As Gosunkugi watches them leave he becomes very angry at Ranma's belittling of him in front of Akane. Gosunkugi then begins talking to himself how much he despises Ranma, but Gosunkugi continues saying that Ranma isn't all bad since he saved him. He then begins to walk off, continuing to say that he can't talk to Akane since he knows Ranma will belittle him. He then wishes there was a way for him to become just as strong as Ranma, if not even stronger than him! Gosunkugi is in his room, reading a magazine. He then comes an advertisement for the One-Punch Armor, where a man named Jack Seiler talks about how buying the armor has allowed him to get all the women he ever wanted, as well as making him able to defeat all his enemies. Needless to say Gosunkugi orders one of the suits. When the suit arrives Gosunkugi tries it on and then begins to fantasise about him defeating Ranma and Akane finally falling for him. However, Gosunkugi is unable to stand up while wearing the suit because of how heavy it is. Ranma receives a letter from Gosunkugi (who hasn't be seen at School for the past three days), challenging him to a duel; the letter also tells Ranma to pick up Gosunkugi from his house. Ranma does as the letter asks and goes to Gosunkugi's house. When he arrives, Ranma sees Gosunkugi with his parents having some tea. Gosunkugi explains to Ranma that he couldn't move because of the suit so he had to bring Ranma to him. When Ranma asks why Gosunkugi didn't just take the suit off he explains that he couldn't since it has an automatic lock for safety reasons. Gosunkugi continues to explain to Ranma that if he doesn't punch his strongest opponent once the lock stays on and he can't remove the suit. Ranma then hits Gosunkugi in the back of the head and says that's a though break, Ranma then continues to ask Gosunkugi is this means he's his strongest rival. Gosunkugi replies yes and tells Ranma he's as quick as ever. Gosunkugi then releases a chain from the arm of the suit and is able to stand up finally, much to delight of his parents. Once he stands up, Gosunkugi punches table in front of him, this leads Gosunkugi to deduce that the suit waits for the enemy to come into range; it then latches onto them and powers up. As he says this Gosunkugi's parents are glad their son finally grew a backbone and is now practicing martial arts. The suit then prepares to punch Ranma again, as Gosunkugi asks Ranma to let him punch him just once so he can get rid of the suit. Ranma says there's noway he'd allow that and tells Gosunkugi to give it his best shot. Gosunkugi then swings at Ranma, but it just manages to dodge it, causing the wall behind him to be hit instead and crumble. Gosunkugi then comments of the power of the suit and how incredible it is, he then realises with this he can finally defeat Ranma and runs off to Furinkan High School (dragging the still chained Ranma with him). Gosunkugi and Ranma prepare to begin their fight, while a large number of students gather around them. Ranma then asks Gosunkugi if it isn't enough for him to defeat him, but he has to do it front of the student body as well. Gosunkugi explains to Ranma that just facing him in a fight is thrilling and that beating Ranma to a bloody mess is just a bonus. Akane then runs towards the fight, shouting to Ranma that him facing Gosunkugi is like kicking a puppy, but she quickly stops when she sees Gosunkugi spinning Ranma in the air by the chain to the suits arm. Gosunkugi then throws Ranma to the ground. Hiroshi and Daisuke (who had come to watch the fight) say that this is surreal, while Akane wonders what in the world is going on. Having seen Akane, Gosunkugi tries even harder to defeat Ranma, but after throwing a punch which misses Ranma sees his chance and manages to kick Gosunkugi. Continuing the onslaught, Ranma hits Gosunkugi with several punches to the chest. However, Gosunkugi simply stands up afterwards saying to Ranma that his punches won't do anything to him so long as he wears the suit. Ranma begins to worry as to how he's going to win. Just then the suit begins to beep and a countdown begins on the front of the suit. At first Ranma and Gosunkugi wonder what the countdown is for, but then the suit says that the battery will fail in five minutes. Hearing this Ranma decides to have another stab at fighting Gosunkugi. Daisuke asks if this means that if Gosunkugi can't punch Ranma in five minutes Ranma wins. Gosunkugi replies, while trying to punch Ranma, that it isn't quite like that and the suit will explode if he doesn't manage to hit Ranma. A number of students then run away in horror. Gosunkugi goes in for a punch but misses again. Hiroshi and Daisuke try and convince Ranma to let Gosunkugi punch him, but Ranma refuses. Akane then joins in and angrily tells Ranma to just let Gosunkugi punch him. Ranma replies, equally as angrily, that this is a fight between honourable men and that Gosunkugi won't be satisfied with a hollow victory. Gosunkugi is touched that Ranma has respect for him, but the countdown is down to 10 seconds and he doesn't want to explode. Gosunkugi then tries for one last punch at Ranma, but Ranma stops the punch from connecting so the suit explodes. Gosunkugi then falls over as Ranma declares his victory. Meanwhile, Akane calls Ranma an idiot and Gosunkugi lies on the ground saying once he feels his body again he'll congratulate him. Daisuke just calls Gosunkugi and Ranma a pair of idiots.

    In one scene, Akane ends up digging out a wara ningyo. Meanwhile, Gosunkugi is next to Ranma curiously looking at the box that he found while burying the cursed doll. In anger Ranma kicks Gosunkugi into the air, before being kicked by Akane for copying her act.

    Gosunkugi appears with everyone else who got invited to Ranma's and Akane's wedding, though he is sobbing.

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    Gosunkugi also has a brief cameo in Big Trouble in Nekonron, China. In the 2008 OVA adaptation of Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep, Gosunkugi's role is expanded.

    Appearance Gosunkugi has short, dark hair and characteristic dark circles under his eyes. This is most likely genetic as both of his parents have this characteristic. He is skinny and typically wears the gakuran worn by male students at Furinkan High School. When performing his voodoo rituals he straps candles to his head. In the Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep OVA Gosunkugi's skintone is a ghostly white.

    Personality Gosunkugi is a quiet, antisocial individual, noted by his classmates as tending to blend into the background. He is shy and uncertain, but has something of a vengeful streak and is rather obsessive, particularly when it comes to things that interest him greatly, like the occult or Akane. He is also somewhat of a daydreamer.

    Abilities Gosukugi's fighting ability is extremely limited and he is also quite weak, which forces him to rely on guile and underhanded means. He has a tendency to let the main fighters do combat while he takes the prize they are fighting over when they are too busy to notice. When he is forced to fight he wields a small hammer, with or without the use of nails. His name, meaning "Five Inch Nail", makes reference to his usage of nails. Despite his fixation on the occult and constant attempts to perform rituals, he has no magical abilities. He is consistently targeted by the school bullies and is usually saved by Ranma from them.

    Gosunkugi made two attempts to seriously challenge Ranma in a fight. When Happosai hit Ranma with the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion, reducing his strength to that of a baby's, Gosunkugi seized his chance. He was able to land a strike with his hammer, but was unable to follow up thanks to Ryoga's intervention. In the One-Punch Armor Arc, Gosunkugi brought a special armour which gave him temporary power, but it was too heavy for him to move on his own and only worked if he was handcuffed to Ranma. He was then given a chance to punch Ranma in 30 minutes or the a

    Relationships Akane Tendo Main article: Akane-Hikaru Relationship Like many of the other male characters in the series, Gosunkugi is in love with Akane Tendo, even though he is too shy to tell her. He usually stands longing along the sidelines watching the more potent characters such as Ranma or Kuno battle over her, and on occasion hatching a non-violent plan to overthrow his rivals in love to win Akane for himself. Most notable in the Neko-ken Arc he goes to a lot of trouble in teaming up with Kuno in order to exploit Ranma's weakness, which he eventually discovered was cats, and then setting several traps to expose Ranma's ailurophobia to the whole school, hence shaming Ranma and winning Akane. His plan failed as at first Ranma kept dodging the traps, whilst they back fired on him, and also when Ranma was placed in a room full of cats (and a tiger) he not only succeeded in hiding his ailurophobia, but his neko-ken activated and was turned into a potent force of destruction.

    Tatewaki Kuno Though not friends and normally rivals, Gosunkugi has toadied up to Kuno to get revenge on Ranma in several storylines.

    Ranma Saotome In the anime his reason for hating Ranma and loving Akane is more personal. When Gosunkugi first arrives in Nerima, Ranma accidentally knocks him down while he is first coming to Furinkan High School, whereas Akane helps him up and speaks nicely to him. Things are cemented when Akane tries to offer a boxed lunch she made to Gosunkugi, Ranma having refused it, and Ranma immediately tries to snatch it back. Though Ranma is merely trying to prevent Gosunkugi from having an agonizing stomach ache, this makes him look like he bullies Akane to Gosunkugi, and then, for added measure, Ranma accidentally spills Akane's lunch all over Gosunkugi's head.

    Kogane Musashi KoganeGosunkugi Kogane from "Gosunkugi's summer affair".

    In the anime episode Gosunkugi's Summer Affair! he bonds with Kogane Musashi over their shared love of the occult and the macabre.

    Quotes To be added

    Non-canon Appearances Gosunkugi is a playable character in the video game Ranma ½: Hard Battle. In the live action special he is portrayed by Yuta Kanai. He wears the alternate uniform worn by male students at Furinkan and uses a Canon EOS DSLR.

    Trivia Hikaru is a common Japanese name that means "flashing brilliance". Gosunkugi is a pun whose kanji can mean "five inch nail". [1] The small straw dolls that Gosunkugi is always seen carrying around are called wara ningyo and can also be made from paper. Wara ningyos are a common feature in many Shinto rituals, with uses from casting love spells to warding off sickness to driving away yokai and evil spirits. Particularly in the latter categories, nailing them to objects or pounding nails into them is a common theme. The ritual that Gosunkugi is frequently seen performing is a form of cursing ritual from the 800s. Dressed in white and either wearing candles on their head (a common feature for Shinto rituals involving the spirit world) or carrying a torch in their mouth, the caster comes to a tree or a shrine gate at the hour of the ox (between 1 and 3 AM) and nails one or more wara ningyos to it while calling upon the kami to curse the individual they hate. This needs to be done on at least three days to at most seven days to work, and for best results the dolls should be nailed in place facing the northeast. According to the yin-yang philosophy, this is the direction from which all evil spirits come. Although introduced in the sixth season, Gosunkugi can be seen briefly in the intro to the fifth season Earth Orchestra. His seiyū provide the voices of Chibi from Urusei Yatsura, Yūsaku Godai of Maison Ikkoku, Ishida from the One Pound Gospel OVA, and also Elder Karasutengu and Gosaku from Urusei Yatsura (2022). Media Appearances Manga 37-41. Neko-Ken Arc 37. Looking for a Weak Spot 38. Weak Spot - Found! 39. Cat Hell 40. Cat-Fu 41. You'd Have Kissed Anybody? 74-77. Romeo and Juliet Arc 74. Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? 75. Romeo? Romeo? Romeo?! 76. Not Your Typical Juliet 77. A Kiss to the Victor 81-84. Akane vs Kodachi - Cookie Battle Arc 81. The Way the Cookie Crumbles 125-136. Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc 126. The World's Weakest Man 200. Paper Dolls of Love 245. One-Punch 259-265. Hinako Ninomiya Intro Arc 259. The Ultimate Teacher! (Page Cover) 289. Give Back the Tests!! 329. Get Ready for Swim Class! 386-387. Pill Box Arc 386. A Package from Mother 389-407. Jusendo Arc 407. The Final Chapter Anime Season 6 Enter Gosunkugi, The New Rival!? The Case of the Furinkan Stalker! Akane Goes to the Hospital! Gosunkugi's Paper Dolls of Love Season 7 Tatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal Gosunkugi's Summer Affair! OVAs Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Movies Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

20. #20Furinkan High School

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    Furinkan High School Sign in to edit S01-03-Furinkan Frontal The front of the high school.

    Furinkan High School is a co-ed high school in Furinkan that is attended by Akane Tendo, Ranma Saotome, Tatewaki Kuno, and Nabiki Tendo. The school is one of the most commonly seen locations in the series. It is run by Principal Kuno and Hinako Ninomiya teaches English here.

    Shortly after arriving in Furinkan, Ranma was enrolled here. On his first day he managed to earn both the rivalry of Tatewaki Kuno in his male form and conversely his love in his female form. Akane used to have to fight a horde of male students who were pursuing her every morning until they recognized her engagement to Ranma and gave up on her. Ukyo Kuonji later became a student here after arriving in Furinkan. Other characters seeking Ranma such as Ryoga Hibiki and Shampoo tend to drop by Furinkan during the day because he can be found here. The school is also a favorite target of Happosai for his underwear raids.

    Contents 1 Dress code 2 Layout 3 Students 4 Homerooms 5 Gallery 6 References Dress code Furinkan's dress code consists of a white shirt that comes in both short and long sleeved versions for the girls, which is paired with a light colored dress (aquamarine in the anime) over which they wear a matching open jacket during the colder months. The boys wear the gakuran, which consists of a dark, long sleeved short collared jacket and matching pants with a white collared shirt. Similar to the girls, they do not wear the jacket during the warmer times of the year. Regardless, the dress code is either not enforced or voluntary as three of the characters do not adhere to it. Ranma wears his Chinese outfit and has never worn the uniform. Although shown wearing the uniform briefly in the manga,[1] Kuno typically wears his uwagi and hakama instead. Ukyo wears the gakuran from her former school, which is a medium color.

    Layout The school's main building features a central clock tower and is where classes are held. The following athletic facilities are located outside:

    Furinkan Akane Tendo Akane Tendo Furinkan *Gym: In the manga, this was where Hikaru Gosunkugi lured Ranma and Akane into a trap after he had gathered a horde of cats and a tiger in the gym's basement. It is also where Ranma defeated Hinako.

    Library: A seldom seen location, was one of the multiple locations Gosunkugi attempted to place a Paper Doll on Akane.[2] Outdoor basketball court: This was where Ranma fought Hinako in the OVA episode Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako. Soccer Field: The location of many of Ranma's outdoor battles while he has to fight someone during School time. Swimming pool: Located beneath the classrooms, both Ranma and Kuno have fallen into the pool. Shampoo jumped into the pool in her cat form when Ranma was stuck in his cursed form thanks to the Full Body Cat's Tongue to get his attention. Akane also had two unsuccessful swimming lessons here, the first taught by Principal Kuno and the second by Hinako (the latter only occurs in the manga). There is also a small hut which is home to the Kendo Club, and the most likely place to find Tatewaki Kuno outside of classes. Students Name Year Akane Tendo First Daisuke First Hikaru Gosunkugi First Hiroshi First Nabiki Tendo Second Ranma Saotome First Sayuri First Tatewaki Kuno Second Ukyo Kuonji First Yuka First Homerooms Two homerooms appear during the course of the series. Ranma, Akane, Ukyo, and the other named first year students attend homeroom 1-F. Kuno and Nabiki attend homeroom 2-E.

    Gallery OAV-04-Furinkan High School S02-15-Enter-Happosai,-the-Lustful-Lecher!-Furinkan S03-17-The-Last-Days-of-Happosai-Furinkan Furinkan High School and it's surrounding streets. Furinkan High School and it's surrounding streets. A classroom in Furinkan High. A classroom in Furinkan High. The entrance to the High School, shortly after one of Akane's fights. The entrance to the High School, shortly after one of Akane's fights. Akane in her classroom. Akane in her classroom. The sign outside the school. The sign outside the school. Akane Tendo Furinkan Akane Tendo Furinkan Akane's lovers at school. Akane's lovers at school. Akane and the gang at Furinkan Akane and the gang at Furinkan One of Akane's lovers' and Akane's "rendezvous". One of Akane's lovers' and Akane's "rendezvous". References Never, Never, Never Paper Dolls of Love

21. #21Okonomiyaki Ucchan's

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    Okonomiyaki Ucchan's Sign in to edit S05-13-Uuchan's The restaurant's exterior.

    Okonomiyaki Ucchan's is a small, two-storied restaurant in Furinkan owned and operated by Ukyo Kuonji. The name is derived from Ranma Saotome's childhood nickname for Ukyo, Ucchan. Like the Cat Café, it functions as both a restaurant and living space.

    It is unknown where precisely Ucchan's is, but it may be closer to Furinkan High School than the Tendo Dojo, as it is quite popular with the lunchtime and after school student crowds. It is much smaller than the Cat Café. The lower level is dominated by the counter and grill at which the patrons sit and behind which Ukyo cooks and where the stores and kitchen area are. The upper level is her living space. It is uncertain whether she has space enough for bathing facilities or if she goes to a public bathhouse each night, as she is seen returning from one with Ranma Saotome after he moves in during the Gambler King Arc. Konatsu later began living and working here.

22. #22Jusenkyo

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    'Jusenkyo' (呪泉郷, Jusenkyō?) (咒泉乡 zhòuquánxiāng in Mandarin) is the legendary training ground of "cursed" springs, located in the Bayankala Mountain range (Bayan Har Shan), south of Mount Kensei (拳精山 quán jīng shān), in Qinghai Province, China. It is maintained by the Jusenkyo Guide.

    Contents 1 Overview 2 List of known cursed springs 2.1 Manga and Anime appearances 2.2 Manga only 2.3 Anime only 3 Trivia Overview Many sad stories have happened in Jusenkyo, mainly that people and animals have drowned (in Japanese, 'immersion' was closer to the actual wording, but it was translated as strictly 'drowned') in the various pools hundreds or thousands of years ago. Legend has it that when something is immersed in one of these pools, the pool becomes cursed, and anyone falling into that pool will become whatever first fell in or drowned there, although, unless specified, they retain their mind, personality and skills. The cure (or rather the reverse of transformation as it were) is to be splashed with hot water. Then the victim would remain in his or her natural form until again encountering cold water. While the curses themselves happen instantaneously, with no "in-between" shots of cursed characters partially transformed in the manga but in the anime there are occasional transition shots usually in the form of steam, they do take a while to activate, with the cursed character usually standing dumbstruck for a second or so after being splashed. However larger quantities of water seem to be instantaneous, or at least faster as seen when a character is exposed to water, and when the water is no longer in the transition of air to ground than the transformation has happened (though the transformation could've just happened while submerged with the period of time simply irrelevant) the same thing happens when the cursed person is submerged completely and no transition can be seen other then them being in their cursed form once they come up for air.

    The Curses of Jusenkyo are all Spring-specific, as each spring is named after a specific transition trait. It appears that there can only be one spring per curse, or that no two have simply coincided. Regardless, the curses are all vastly different from each other and some may even defy common logic. There is at least one Spring where four animals were immersed in at once, and a few of them are apparently "Blank" in the regard that none of them have had anything "drown" in them yet.

    One such spring was taken advantage of when Kiima used it to acquire Akane's self for her own use. Why it didn't just become another Spring of Drowned Girl further implies that only one spring will apply for the curse, but it is also possible that the other curses may simply turn the victim into the image of what drowned in there, but this does not explain why Pantyhose Taro's is a combination of an ox, yeti, eel and crane nor why Ranma's girl form is simply a genderswapped version of his male form (in the manga they are the spitting image outside of obvious gender build and the such, unlike the anime which has them with different hair colour, though in both incarnations their eyes are different). All other curse forms usually retain similarities to their original forms, whether discrete or obvious. In universe, Happosai could even recognize Genma from his eyes.

    However, it is possible that because Akane's was a "Fresh" immersion (being that Kiima used it almost immediately after it had acquired Akane as its template), the curse provided a picture-like presentation, while the other springs are much older and could've lost their original form or even weaken over time. Thus, they only provide the general template of what drowned there as opposed to the exact image, which is also shown by the cursed forms of both Ranma and Herb not being of the same person, but of themselves genderswapped.

    It is unknown if the gender-specific curse only affects humans or if other animals with noticeable differences between genders will also have separate cursed forms. While the same cannot be said for all other curses, at the very least Ryoga Hibiki, Kinnii, and Kiima retains their original genders in cursed form. Most characters do retain at least subtle hints of their original selves in cursed form, regardless of what curse is affect, with the exception of Kinnii whose transformation is a complete 180 turn around (fierce warrior into weak, and somewhat scrawny monk). Hair is one of the prominent similarities between individuals and their cursed forms with Ranma, Shampoo, Herb, and Mousse retaining their hair (or at least the shape of hair in the latter's case) while other characters have less obvious traits such has Ryoga Hibiki who does not retain most noticeable traits of his human form.

    An inconsistency in regards to the Jusenkyo curse is whether or not clothing is retained on either them returning to or from their cursed form. Early on in both incarnations this did not appear to be the case with characters occasionally abandoning their clothing once transformed because it no longer fits, but in others their clothing seems to disappear and reappear with them as they transform. Prominently during the Pantyhose Taro Intro Arc when both Ranma and Ryoga were shown with clothing on when they returned to their non-cursed forms, but Shampoo was forced to wear a make-shift pantyhose bikini to hide her privates. It could be that the author simply wishes to avoid unnecessary nudity unless the situation calls for it comically. But given the fact that it was mostly abandoned as the story progressed it could be that the longer a cursed person retains their curse or the more often they transform than the more immediate of what they wear will transform with them. Alternatively it could be that the clothing which one fell in Jusenkyo with will transform with them, while other articles will have no such luck, but this makes little sense as Shampoo has been seen transforming while wearing a large variety of clothing while, when Ryoga first appeared his shrank out of his clothes when it rained, which were the same ones that he had went he fell it, as he had not changed (or rested, really) sense pursuing Ranma from China. Ryoga had at later times retained his clothing when returning with his clothing possibly taking the form of his bandanna around his piglet neck in a bow, but he already wore this as a human, making it the only piece of clothing that remains with any cursed character throughout the series. However, Mousse has never been seen with this problem as his clothes apparently transform into feathers, and he is able to retain all that he keeps in his sleeves on him when in duck form.

    Ranma and Herb do not particularly have this problem due to the size difference between their curses being rather small and their clothing still fits under most circumstances, but the reverse is far less contradictory in all media. Any piece of clothing applied while in cursed form will not change proportionately once the cursed returns to their base form, Ryoga's Charlotte collar still fits due to his neck being roughly the same in both pig and human form (as pigs have thicker necks than humans) while Ranma's female garb often becomes tighter in the crotch area and disproportions his muscles and stomach when he returns to male form while wearing his female clothing. Pantyhose Taro curiously has his clothing when he returns to human form as well, but he has had his curse for years lending credence to the above theory of how the clothing aspect applies to the scenario.

    In the world of Ranma ½, Jusenkyo seems to sometimes serve as a "training ground" for martial artists, who seek to train through vaulting and dueling atop the bamboo poles that jut out of the many springs. Precisely what this seeks to train or how effective it is happens to be unknown; no trainee has ever been seen to complete their training at the springs without being cursed. In one anime episode, a version of Ranma & Genma who complete their training at Jusenkyo without being cursed leave in disappointment, expressing the opinion that it was really not that interesting a training site at all -- Jusenkyo seems to attract interest nowadays almost solely due to its curse-bestowing status rather then any actual benefit to be gained from training there, but it is possible that whatever past training benefits there were are simply lost to history. The curse itself however could outright be the reason as not being cursed would certainly be a reason not to fall in and as such the curse is more reinforcement to keep balance as opposed to anything else.

    It is unknown how the cycle of water could apply to the waters of Jusenkyo as the water would need to evaporate and return as rain, but as the cursed water has remained for thousands of years the waters which contain this supernatural curse may be exempt from such a cycle but if it is anything like the real world cycle of water than the waters simply leaves all but the water particles behind, including the curse, and reacquire in the clouds before the rain falls down and returns to the springs as cursed water which would explain how the waters returned to their original state after the flood had caused them to switch and mix with each other. Alternatively it is possible that the curse will conduct in any water that it hits shown early in the series where went some of Mousse's Yazunichaun Water spilled into a gold fish booth and the fish within turned into ducks, but this may only apply to fresh water. Interestingly while more than one person can have more of the same curse at a time, if more than one person is touching the water at once than only one of the two will suffer from the curse as seen when Happosai bathed Pantyhose Taro in the water yet was unaffected by the curse while Taro was, even though he was getting his hands wet which would've cursed him as well.

    Despite its obscure status, Jusenkyo does have a devoted caretaker, the Jusenkyo Guide, who lives in a small house on the outskirts of the valley, well away from the cursed waters. He is married with a young daughter named Plum who is being taught to eventually take over the springs, possibly implying that the job is passed on in a family or that the duty is even hereditary. Outside of being mentioned as a training ground in the Martial Arts community, the curses themselves seem be practically unheard of, possibly do to the scrutiny of such an unscientific accusation or simply a neglected part of the tales. The Joketsuzoku tribe live in a village that is close to these cursed springs but yet the knowledge is also near-none-existent to them as well as Shampoo and Mousse had no knowledge about it until cursed themselves, and while Cologne seemed to have some inklings about its mechanisms later in the story at the beginning she had neglected to inform Shampoo of it, leading to the credence that she was unaware or dismissed it as hearsay until she saw it herself, and than took the time to delve into more details of what Jusenkyo was. However their are at least two tribes of China that actively use the Jusenkyo springs to their advantage, that being the Musk Dynasty who used the Nannichuan and Nyannichuan to create mating partners of animalistic characters to better enhance their descendants, and the Phoenix People who do to being in proximity, and possibly generations of exposure to more mild forms of the curse, use it for actions of recon, and may even give insight to their various other magical objects and powers. Interestingly despite the Guide constantly referring to the springs as cursed a running gag is that it is always ignored or dismissed only to be proven true in a rather comical manner, though for Ranma and Genma they simply stormed away before he could get to the Cursed part.

    In one anime episode there is also the secret organization/cult known as "The Jusenkyo Preservation Society". Precisely who they are is never clarified, but they seem to regard themselves as guardians of Jusenkyo and responsible for seeing that those who acquire Jusenkyo curses do not "abuse" their transformational powers. In the same episode said society proclaim that the curse is in their head as opposed to actually being a curse which could imply (at least in the anime's continuity) that while the transformation is physical the catalysts are the mental reaction responding to the stimuli of being wet and with exposure to temperature, however at the same time no one actually succeeds in overcoming their curse through mental powers, and what brings this idea into question is the fact that the Society itself has a member who is stricken by a curse and has not been able to overcome it mentally, leading to the possibility that the Society simply used it as an excuse to torture the cursed souls for comedy.

    In the series people have, among other things, accidentally fallen into the springs of the drowned girl, panda, duck, piglet, and cat, and at least one character chose to voluntarily bathe in one of the springs, while Happosai actually bathed the newly born Pantyhose Taro in his cursed spring, and Mousse, do to his own bad eyesight and absentmindedness actually walked into the spring that gave him his curse. However, most characters featured who have the curse find it to be obstructive and would rather be rid of it. However their are some benefits to the curses provided. Mousse in particular seems to have better eyesight, and Ranma gains a boost in speed because of the swiftness of his female form becoming a better martial artist for it. Pantyhose Taro actually considers his gift to be a blessing as opposed to a Curse, but few of the other Jusenkyo Curses offer the ability of superhuman strength, endurance, as well as the ability to fly and be as slippery as an eel at the same time.

    The information about possible cures seems conflicted.

    It has been shown that instant nannichuan/"spring of drowned man" powder, which renders the subject immune to its effects after one application, temporarily cured Genma and Ranma, and the true spring has been stated as a working cure by the author, which was also heavily implied in the end chapter. However, it has also been found that bathing in two springs can also mix the curses rather than switch them. This was demonstrated in the manga when Pantyhose Taro bathed in the Spring of Drowned Octopus, and found that his cursed form (a minotaur with wings and an eel for a tail) had sprouted tentacles and gained the ability to squirt ink from its fingers. However this inconsistancy is explainible to an extent, to at the very least, apply a cure to Ranma's condition. As Ranma's curse is transitory in term of gender as opposed to species it is possible that as Nannichuan would be the opposite to his Curse of Drowned Girl than the two would cancel each other out, for the remaining cast it is unknown how it would apply but it is possible that as (most) of them were "Men" anyways that said spring would not per say remove the curse but instead simply return them to "men" to begin with, and the same is implied to be the case for females if they were exposed to the waters of Nyannichuan.

    An alternate explanation is that "template" springs will cure if applied to a cursed victim, but other springs will fuse their curses to the victim's existing curse. So, for example, Ranma would become male if exposed to Nannīchuan, but if splashed with Maonīchuan, would have his cursed form change into a catgirl-type form, due to the fact that neither cat nor girl is what his original form was, however as one of these curses are female if mixed they might make a human male to female cat curse instead of a human to cat-girl curse. This is demonstrated by the recorded facts of what has been seen of curse applications in the series; Ranma's Instant Spring of Drowned Man did temporarily make him immune to cold water before it wore off, yet Taro permanently added octopus tentacles and ink to his body.

    However it should be noted that the fusion is something that has only happened to (and thus could be a unique byproduct of his individual curse) Taro, and happens because his existing cursed form is already a physical hybridization of four separate creatures (yeti, crane, eel, ox) that drowned in the same pond. This is demonstrated by the fact that Taro's spring is explicitly called out as having contained four separate creatures, yet his cursed form is a blending of the four.

    It is also possible that replacement vs. fusion is determined by how much of the "curse" is applied; a Jusenkyo victim needs to apply a large dose of a different spring to replace this curse (or to completely affect an uncursed victim), but a small dose will only add certain traits to an existing curse. This is demonstrated in that, in the same manga story that introduces the octopus-upgraded Taro, a single drop of Spring of Drowned Twins water is only enough to double one bump on Happosai's head. Furthermore, every time that a potential cure has appeared, it has always appeared in sizable quantities; the anime-only out-of-service Japanese Nannīchuan and converted Tendo Dojo koi pond were both more than deep enough to fit multiple people, whilst the large cask of Nannīchuan water that the Guide sent in the final story was explicitly stated as only holding enough water for a single person.

    After the fierce battle against Saffron, heavy rains caused the waters of the cursed springs to overflow and intermix, temporarily combining the curses into an unpredictable and possibly dangerous mixture, preventing the cursed individuals from being cured. By the final chapter of the manga, however, the flooding had receded and the springs were back to normal. As gratitude for Ranma's efforts in trying to save his daughter, the Guide sent a cask of Nannīchuan to the Tendo Dojo for Ranma, but it was stolen by Soun Tendo in an attempt to use it to blackmail Ranma into marrying his daughter, and subsequently drunk by Happosai.

    Advertisement List of known cursed springs Ranma01 Jusenkyo A close up of the springs.

    Manga and Anime appearances Spring of Drowned Panda (Shonmaonīchuan; Mandarin 熊猫溺泉 xióngmāonìquán) Created: 2000 years ago Cursed: Genma Saotome Spring of Drowned Girl (Nyannīchuan; Mandarin 娘溺泉 niángnìquán) Created: 1500 years ago Cursed: Ranma Saotome, Herb, a monkey, numerous animals including wolf, tiger, dragon Spring of Drowned Man (Nannīchuan; Mandarin 男溺泉 nánnìquán) Created: Unmentioned Cursed: a dog Spring of Drowned Black Piglet (Heitowennīchuan; Mandarin 黑豚溺泉 hēitúnnìquán) Created: 1200 years ago Cursed: Ryoga Hibiki Spring of Drowned Cat (Maonīchuan; Mandarin 猫溺泉 māonìquán) Created: 1800 years ago Cursed: Shampoo and Arisa Nanjo (games only) Spring of Drowned Duck (Yazunīchuan; Mandarin 鸭子溺泉 yāzǐnìquán) Created: 1300 years ago Cursed: Mousse, some fish, a tiger Spring of Drowned Frog (Chiwanīchuan; Mandarin 青蛙溺泉 qīngwānìquán) Created: 1991 years ago Cursed: The Frog Hermit; several of Masala's crows Spring of Drowned Yeti-riding-Bull-carrying-Crane-and-Eel (Niuhōmanmaorennīchuan; Mandarin 猫、鶴、鳗、毛人溺泉 níuhèmánmáorénnìquán) Created: 2500 years ago Cursed: Pantyhose Taro Manga only Spring of Drowned Octopus (Shanyuinīchuan; Mandarin 章鱼溺泉 zhāngyúnìquán) Created: 1600 years ago Cursed: Pantyhose Taro Spring of Drowned Twins (Shuanshontsūnīchuan; Mandarin 双生儿溺泉 shuāngshēngérnìquán) Created: Unmentioned Cursed: A duck, a crow, (and a bump on Happosai's head) Spring of Drowned Pious Man (Shannannīchuan; Mandarin 善男溺泉 shànnánnìquán) Created: 1000 years ago Cursed: No one Spring of Drowned Child (Tontsūnīchuan; Mandarin 童子溺泉 tóngzǐnìquán) Created: Unmentioned Cursed: Rakkyosai Spring of Drowned Warrior Goddess (Asura) (Ashiuruonīchuan; Mandarin 阿修罗溺泉 āxiūluónìquán) Created: 4000 years ago Cursed: Rouge Spring of Drowned Akane (Akanenīchuan; Mandarin 茜溺泉 xīnìquán/Qiànnìquán) Created: End of the series Cursed: Kiema. Originally a "blank" cursed spring, Akane was thrown into this spring and allowed to almost drown due to her lack of swimming skill, whereupon it "picked up" her form. As a result, anyone who falls into this spring now takes on the physical appearance of Akane Tendo, and Kiema used it to replace her original Nyannīchuan curse in order to spy on Ranma. Anime only Spring of Drowned Buddhist Priest (Fūshannīchuan; Mandarin 和尚溺泉 héshàngnìquán) Created: 999 years ago Cursed: Kinnii Spring of Drowned Pteranodon (powder) Created: Prehistoric times? Cursed: A bird Spring of Drowned Sabertooth (powder) Created: Prehistoric times? Cursed: A cat Trivia Since Shampoo fell into the Maonīchuan, Spring of Drowned Cat, because Ranma has the fear of cats, similar to the Nekoken. Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.

23. #23Cat cafe

    Cat Café Sign in to edit Cat Café OAV-13-Shampoo Restaurant Part of Furinkan Type Restaurant and residence Run by Cologne Resident(s) Cologne Shampoo Mousse Shampoo's father User(s) Various characters Manga Debut Shampoo Rides Again Anime Debut Behold! The "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" Technique

    The 'Cat Café' (猫飯店, Nekohanten?) is a small, two-storied restaurant established by Cologne and Shampoo that serves Japanese Chinese cuisine. It was set up after they relocated to Furinkan in order to provide a means of financial support and place to live while seeking to entice Ranma Saotome to marry Shampoo. In support of his daughter, Shampoo's Father works here as a cook although he stopped appearing in the manga after his debut. After moving to Furinkan himself in pursuit of Shampoo, Mousse establishes himself here as well. The Cat Café evidently fairly close to the Tendo Dojo. In at least the anime, Kasumi Tendo describes it has having been set up "just around the corner".

    Overview The upper half of the building is the living space, where Cologne and Shampoo, and presumably Mousse, sleep, eat, bathe and relax while not working or interacting with the other characters or customers. The lower half is the restaurant proper. Cologne oversees the whole operation, while Shampoo's father is a cook and the two younger Chinese are both laborers. Shampoo tends to focus more on waitressing and deliveries, while Mousse is typically stuck with cleaning up. Ranma briefly worked here as a waitress when she was stuck in cursed form thanks to the Full Body Cat's Tongue.

    The Cat Café is fairly popular with the locals, due to a combination of its delicious cuisine, the entertainment factor of seeing frequent fights and martial arts displays break out, and the attractive female waitress. Ranma and Akane Tendo also drop by the restaurant when seeking Cologne's advice. Several events have happened at the café, resulting in varying degrees of damage to it.

    Cologne's attempt to get Ranma to confess that he loved Shampoo after she had worn the Reversal Jewel[1][2] Akane is awoken from the effects of the Incense of Spring Sleep[3] (anime) The following only occurred in the manga:

    Herb's first fight with Ranma[4] Pink & Link's attack on Shampoo [5] Shampoo, Ukyo Kuonji, and Kodachi Kuno's meeting on how to confront Hinako Ninomiya[6] Jizo's rescue of Mousse to go on a date[7] Kiima, Koruma, and Masara's first attempt to recover the Jusenkyo map[8] A few auxiliary branches were temporarily set up in various locations:

    the beach Snow Mountain (anime) Unnamed South Seas Island (Nihao, My Concubine) Menu The café is known for its ramen, which the characters who visit are typically shown eating. It is also a member of the Ramen Vendors' Association. According to the Cat Café Menu Song, a song released by DoCo and sung by Shampoo's voice actress, Rei Sakuma, the menu consists of or at least includes:

    Ramen Tanmen (soup noodles) Chaahan (fried rice) Chaashumen (sliced pork noodles) Wontons Gyoza (fried dumplings) Yakisoba (fried noodles) Wontonmen (wonton noodles) Champon (pot luck noodles) Shumai (open meat wonton) Kanitama (egg fu yong) Moyashi Soba (barley noodles) Gomoku Wonton (rice-meat-vegetable wonton) Ebi Chaahan (shrimp fried rice) White rice Suigyooza (dumplings) Hiyashi Soba (cold noodles) Yasai (Vegetable) Soup Tamago (Egg Drop) Soup Gomoku Soba (rice-meat-vegetable noodles) Niku Dango (sweet & sour meatball dumplings) Kani Tama Soba (egg foo yong with noodles) Chuukadon (Chinese style ricebowl) Gomoku Chaahan (rice-meat-vegetable fried rice) Ebi Soba (shrimp noodles) Tenshindon (Tenshin-style rice bowl) Yasai Itame (stir-fried vegetables) Maabo-tofu (tofu stewed with black beans and pork) Subuta (sweet & sour pork) Nirarebi Itame (garlic chive & shrimp stir-fry) Happosai (eight treasures dish) 00:00

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    References Who Loves Who? Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep Guests at the Cat Café The Seeds of Tragedy Go for the Pressure Points! The Two Shampoos Battle for the Map!

24. #24Tendo Dojo

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    The 'Tendo Dojo' (天道道場, Tendō Dōjō?), also translated as the Tendo Training Hall, is the traditional residence of the Tendo family in Furinkan. Technically the term refers to the dojo itself, but is used to refer to the compound including the house and grounds. It is the most frequently seen location in the series.

    Genma and Ranma Saotome began living here after they arrived, effectively becoming permanent residents. This leads to an increased degree of activity in and around the dojo due to their interactions with various other characters who come to call. Instances of damage done to the walls, roof, and windows also spiked, usually by characters going through them. Nodoka later moved in after her home was destroyed.

    Contents 1 Overview 2 Dojo 3 Grounds 4 House 5 Gallery Overview Dojomap1 The layout of the house and dojo.

    Despite being located in the middle of a city, the dojo, home, and grounds themselves take up a decent amount of space. The entire area is surrounded by a stone wall topped with blue tiles. As there is only one primary gate, a common means for several characters to arrive is either by jumping over the wall or smashing through it, usually through the section opposite the living room. However, a curved footpath connecting the dojo and a possible rear gate can be seen in several episodes. For example, in The One to Carry On Part Two, after Natsume and Kurumi beat Akane and and Ranma and temporarily take over the dojo, they placed a sign at the front gate to guide telling all challengers to use the rear gate.

    The dojo was repossessed to pay for Nabiki's first date with Kinnosuke Kashao, but she regained it by defeating him on their second date.

    The dojo is within walking distance of the other locations in Furinkan where other characters are interacted with, such as Dr. Tofu's Clinic, Furinkan High School, the Cat Café, and Okonomiyaki Ucchan's. It is also close to some public baths that have been used on occasion.

    Dojo S01-04-Ranma-and.. The front of the dojo.

    Tendō Dōjō Saotome Nikholo Ranma Akane Nikholo Akane ranma nikholo The dojo is separate from the house and is centered around a large hall for sparring or fights. The calligraphy at the front of of the dojo underneath a shrine reads "Iroha" (いろは, "Iroha" ?) meaning "fundamentals".

    Akane tends to practice here and it was where she and Ranma and had their first sparring bout. They also nearly kissed here after Ranma used the Nekoken for the first time, but were interrupted by Nabiki, who was watching with everyone else. Ryoga Hibiki taught Ranma Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics here and they ended up battling all night. Ranma and Akane fought the Dojo Destroyer here as well as Natsume and Kurumi twice. Although he and his father tend to hold their morning sparring session over the koi pond, the dojo was also used by Genma to train Ranma in the Umisenken and was where he unveiled his Cradle from Hell technique.

    Due to its size, the dojo was also used to host a Christmas party in Tendo Family Christmas Scramble. In the manga Akane and Ranma were to have been married here until the wedding got derailed.

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    Grounds The grounds are composed of a lawn, on which are planted several trees and bushes. The most notable feature is a koi pond with a stone tōrō next to it that has stepping stones leading to the former from the house. Genma and Ranma usually begin their morning by sparring over the pond, usually resulting in one or both of them falling in. They also tend to throw the other into it when in the living room and they get upset. When Nodoka used to visit and they were trying to hide from her, they would also throw themselves in here voluntarily. There are also occasionally some targets in the form of tatami omote rolls at various places used by Akane for martial arts practicing in the morning, especially after she is aggravated by Ranma.

    House The house is a traditional two story Japanese home. It suffers varying degrees of damage during the series. Ranma and Happosai have been kicked through the ceiling multiple times. In the manga it was severely damaged by Pantyhose Taro and Rouge.

    The downstairs consists of the following:

    Laundry room and bathroom: This consists of a laundry room which is passed through to access the bathroom, which includes a furo. The residents or visiting guests are commonly depicted soaking in the furo, which is large enough for three people to soak in at once. The cursed characters prefer to use this as a method of changing back and getting cleaned up. It faces a window, which provides another means of exit and entry. Genkan: The main entrance, where guests and residents leave their shoes before stepping inside. Kitchen: Kasumi is seen cooking here very often both in the manga and the anime. It has a noren in place of a door and a door to the backyard. S01-01-Here's-Ranma-Tendo-Story-Ranma The washitsu with the shōji open.

    Washitsu: A large room that serves as both a living and dining room and the most commonly seen location in the house, as the family spends a lot of time here. It faces a walkway and depending on the time of the year and the weather, the shōji facing the surrounding wall and the outer doors can be opened to give a view of the pond and garden and allow people to sit on the walkway. There is a TV in this room. The table is used as a dining table and has been used by Akane to hit Ranma with. Soun and Genma tend to spend their time in this room playing shogi or go. When he was training in the Umisenken, Ranma took out the foundation of this room while the family was eating. Happosai's room: A large room facing the kitchen used by Happosai. It is believed that Soun used to live in this room as he is seen peeping out from the window facing the genkan. Also this is the largest room of the entire compound and it also has a roofed deck, so it is likely the room belonging to the master of the house. It is not clear whether Happosai takes this room by force or Soun voluntarily lets him use it. Soun's room: This is a tiny room connected to the washitsu. It may have served as a guest room before Happosai moved in. As is typical in Japanese homes, it may be an extension of the washitsu, usable for general living with the shōji open, or used separately with them closed. In the episode A Cold Day in Furinkan, Ryoga Hibiki and the Yuki Onna are seen resting in this room. The second floor consists of the following:

    S01-01-Here's-Ranma-Akane-Room Akane's room

    S04-03-Ranma-Gets-Weak!-Saotomes-Tendo-House-Room Genma and Ranma's room

    Akane's room: The most commonly seen bedroom in the series. Ranma usually enters or exits this room through the window, in the latter case usually by being punched through it. When he wants to see Akane he will typically approach from the roof and hang outside upside down outside the window or perch on the sill, possibly so that no one else in the house can see him, as the family has a tendency to attempt to spy on him and Akane when they are alone together. Genma and Ranma's room: A guest room; which does not have beds, unlike the other bedrooms. The Saotomes sleep on the floor. Kasumi's room Nabiki's room Balcony: It is believed that there is a balcony somewhere in the second floor as it can be seen in many TV and OVA episodes. For example, the Tendo family observe a meteor shower from here in Tendo Family Christmas Scramble and in Nabiki, Ranma's New Fiancée!, Akane hits the balcony in anger, destroying it. It is commonly believed that the balcony is attached to the deck outside Akane's room, however its exact location is disputed as it can be seen to have a door connecting to the inside of the house but the door is not clearly depicted from an internal view angle from Akane's room. The supposed entrance of the balcony in Akane's room is usually seen to be Akane's closet. It is also possible in some sense that the balcony is located at the end of the hallway outside Akane's room, but still has not been observed from inside. For example in Rub-a-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub, when Ranma, Happosai, Soun and Genma engage into a chaotic battle at the end of the hallway there is no sign of such an entrance. The layout of the second floor varies slightly across the series; in Here's Ranma!, Ranma and Kasumi are seen turning 180 degrees at the top of the stairs, while later diagrams, such as the one above, show the hallway running perpendicular.

    Gallery OAV-06 -Tendos Street S07-20-Dojo S06-24-Tendos at Night S05-14-Ranma-the-Lady-Killer-Tendo's S01-17-I-Love-You,-Ranma!-Please-Don't-Say-Goodbye-Tendo-House-Night S05-23-Case-of-the-Missing-Takoyaki!-Tendo-House-Meeting S06-06-Ryoga-Inherits-the-Saotome-School-Ranma-Genma-Discussion S02-14-Ranma-vs.-Mousse!-To-Lose-Is-To-Win S02-11-Ranma-Trains-on-Mt-Terror-Tendo-House S04-16-Close-Call!-P-chan's-Secret-Dojo The dojo sign The dojo sign S02-04-Clash-of-the-Delivery-Girls!-The-Martial-Arts-Takeout-Race-Tendo-School-Of-Anything-Goes-Martial-Arts The Dojo's exterior in the live-action special The Dojo's exterior in the live-action special Ranma Nikholo Akane Tendo Ranma Saotome Nikholo Akane Tendo Nikholo Nikholo Nikholo Ranma Nikholo Akane-Tendo-ranma-1-2-akane-tendo-33471308-1361-738 FAiconFeatured Article "You are unbelievable!" This article has been featured on the Main Page.

25. #25Dr. Tofu's Clinic

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    Dr. Tofu's Clinic Sign in to edit S01-09-Tofus The clinic exterior.

    Dr. Tofu Ono runs a clinic in Furinkan where he practices chiropractic, accupuncture, and moxibustion. It is somewhere between the Tendo Dojo and Furinkan High School. The clinic is mid-sized single-storied building that includes a bed where patients can stay for the night, examining room, office, kitchen, and bedroom. Genma Saotome was hired as general help at the start of the series, but was not shown working here later on. Shampoo was temporarily hired as a nurse during her first appearance, but upon her return she no longer worked there as she worked at the Cat Café.

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