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Ranma ½ #8
Ranma 1/2, Vol. 8 (Ranma ½
Follows the adventures of half-boy, half-girl martial artist Ranma, whose transforming gender problems began at the Accursed Springs in China when he became cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water, and back into a boy with hot water.
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
Rumiko Takahashi
1,598 books2,204 followersRumiko Takahashi (高橋留美子) was born in Niigata, Japan. She is not only one of the richest women in Japan but also one of the top paid manga artists. She is also the most successful female comic artist in history. She has been writing manga non-stop for 31 years.
Rumiko Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.
Though she was said to occasionally doodle in the margins of her papers while attending Niigata Chūō High School, Takahashi's interest in manga did not come until later. During her college years, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike, mangaka of Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Under his guidance Rumiko Takahashi began to publish her first doujinshi creations in 1975, such as Bye-Bye Road and Star of Futile Dust. Kozue Koike often urged his students to create well-thought out, interesting characters, and this influence would greatly impact Rumiko Takahashi's works throughout her career.
Career and major works:
Takahashi's professional career began in 1978. Her first published story was Those Selfish Aliens, a comedic science fiction story. During the same year, she published Time Warp Trouble, Shake Your Buddha, and the Golden Gods of Poverty in Shōnen Sunday, which would remain the home to most of her major works for the next twenty years. Later that year, Rumiko attempted her first full-length series, Urusei Yatsura. Though it had a rocky start due to publishing difficulties, Urusei Yatsura would become one of the most beloved anime and manga comedies in Japan.
In 1980, Rumiko Takahashi found her niche and began to publish with regularity. At this time she started her second major series, Maison Ikkoku, in Big Comic Spirits. Written for an older audience, Maison Ikkoku is often considered to be one of the all-time best romance manga. Takahashi managed to work on Maison Ikkoku on and off simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura. She concluded both series in 1987, with Urusei Yatsura ending at 34 volumes, and Maison Ikkoku being 15.
During the 1980s, Takahashi became a prolific writer of short story manga, which is surprising considering the massive lengths of most of her works. Her stories The Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Fire Tripper all were adapted into original video animations (OVAs). In 1984, after the end of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi took a different approach to storytelling and began the dark, macabre Mermaid Saga. This series of short segments was published sporadically until 1994, with the final story being Mermaid's Mask. Many fans contend that this work remains unfinished by Takahashi, since the final story does not end on a conclusive note.
Another short work left untouched is One-Pound Gospel, which, like Mermaid Saga, was published erratically. The last story to be drawn was published in 2001, however just recently she wrote one final chapter concluding the series
Later in 1987, Takahashi began her third major series, Ranma ½. Following the late 80s and early 90s trend of shōnen martial arts manga, Ranma ½ features a gender-bending twist. The series continued for nearly a decade until 1996, when it ended at 38 volumes. Ranma ½ is one of Rumiko Takahashi's most popular series with the Western world.
During the later half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ran
Rumiko Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.
Though she was said to occasionally doodle in the margins of her papers while attending Niigata Chūō High School, Takahashi's interest in manga did not come until later. During her college years, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike, mangaka of Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Under his guidance Rumiko Takahashi began to publish her first doujinshi creations in 1975, such as Bye-Bye Road and Star of Futile Dust. Kozue Koike often urged his students to create well-thought out, interesting characters, and this influence would greatly impact Rumiko Takahashi's works throughout her career.
Career and major works:
Takahashi's professional career began in 1978. Her first published story was Those Selfish Aliens, a comedic science fiction story. During the same year, she published Time Warp Trouble, Shake Your Buddha, and the Golden Gods of Poverty in Shōnen Sunday, which would remain the home to most of her major works for the next twenty years. Later that year, Rumiko attempted her first full-length series, Urusei Yatsura. Though it had a rocky start due to publishing difficulties, Urusei Yatsura would become one of the most beloved anime and manga comedies in Japan.
In 1980, Rumiko Takahashi found her niche and began to publish with regularity. At this time she started her second major series, Maison Ikkoku, in Big Comic Spirits. Written for an older audience, Maison Ikkoku is often considered to be one of the all-time best romance manga. Takahashi managed to work on Maison Ikkoku on and off simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura. She concluded both series in 1987, with Urusei Yatsura ending at 34 volumes, and Maison Ikkoku being 15.
During the 1980s, Takahashi became a prolific writer of short story manga, which is surprising considering the massive lengths of most of her works. Her stories The Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Fire Tripper all were adapted into original video animations (OVAs). In 1984, after the end of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi took a different approach to storytelling and began the dark, macabre Mermaid Saga. This series of short segments was published sporadically until 1994, with the final story being Mermaid's Mask. Many fans contend that this work remains unfinished by Takahashi, since the final story does not end on a conclusive note.
Another short work left untouched is One-Pound Gospel, which, like Mermaid Saga, was published erratically. The last story to be drawn was published in 2001, however just recently she wrote one final chapter concluding the series
Later in 1987, Takahashi began her third major series, Ranma ½. Following the late 80s and early 90s trend of shōnen martial arts manga, Ranma ½ features a gender-bending twist. The series continued for nearly a decade until 1996, when it ended at 38 volumes. Ranma ½ is one of Rumiko Takahashi's most popular series with the Western world.
During the later half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ran
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October 14, 2024
girl ranma kinda cute though…
July 3, 2021
A new character is introduced, who turns out to be another financee and someone else who loves to cook. There is another beach sequence, this time with pills that make you fall in love. The final arc is about a character we've met in the past, but this time we find out that he turns into a duck with cold water.
I like how the author has been able to vary the format so much. This is a romantic comedy battle manga and she makes sure that there are battles through out, but the why and the how change, which I really enjoy.
I like how the author has been able to vary the format so much. This is a romantic comedy battle manga and she makes sure that there are battles through out, but the why and the how change, which I really enjoy.
February 22, 2012
I feel like Volume 9 is where everything really picks up in the Ranma-verse; the full (regular) cast has been introduced with the first arc in this volume, in which Ukyo Kounji comes to Furinkan High School. Ukyo begins by challenging Genma, and then Ranma. They accept and fight, learning that it's from a childhood grudge with Ranma. However, it's revealed that this okinomiyaki chef is actually a girl, and she was betrothed to Ranma - but Genma took off with her father's okinomiyaki cart and left Ukyo behind. She feels her life as a woman was ruined, and is out for revenge, as she'll never love any man now. Ranma tells her that's a waste, since she's so cute. From that point on, Ukyo has a change of heart, and is referred to as Ranma's Cute Fiance.
In the second story arc, Ukyo learns that Ryoga is in love with Akane, and she guarantees that she can get Akane to agree to a date with him. She sends Akane a love letter via okinomiyaki, asking her to meet at the restaurant that afternoon, signed Ryoga. But Happosai takes a chomp of it, eating off the name, before Akane reads it - so she assumes it's a challenge. Ukyo tells Ranma about the date, and he's certain Akane would never agree to a date with Ryoga, but then Akane tells him that of course she's going. So Ranma gets a little jealous; his way of coping with this jealousy is to don a girlish disguise and crash the date, pretending to by Ryoga's fiance. (Ukyo has never seen his girl form, and Ryoga... never recognized female!Ranma when she's in disguise, lol.) When Akane realizes what's going on, and accurately identifies Ranma's jealousy, she invites Ryoga out on a real date. Ranma and Ukyo follow that one pretty closely, and Ranma - again - jealously crashes it. Akane apologizes to Ryoga for the torment that Ranma causes, and he says goodbye forever... but then he's turned into P-chan and comes home with her. Ukyo learns of the curse, and decides she'll never get tired of changing Ranma back and forth.
In the next arc, the Tendos and Saotomes are back at the beach where they run into Shampoo and Cologne. Happosai has a bracelet he once stole from the Amazons; it has three magical pearls with different degrees of love potion. If you eat one, you'll fall in the love with the first person of the opposite sex you see, and the duration is either momentary, a day, or for the rest of your life. Ranma accidentally eats the first one (after faking out Akane and pretending that he saw her first), and he falls in love with Cologne. He comes to his senses after insisting they marry. Shampoo tries to sneak one into Ranma's mouth while he's sleeping, but Akane fights with her and ends up swallowing it. Ranma blindfolds her and defends her from people like Kuno and Happosai, and Akane gets mad and wanders off alone (stomping on Ryoga in the process). While Ryoga follows Akane, Ranma learns that Akane didn't eat the day-pill, like they thought, but the one that would last the rest of her life. He chases her down and fights with Ryoga and the others to keep Akane from looking at them. He even shoves her head in the water and nearly drowns her. While she's choking and coughing, he douses himself with hot water and tells her to look at him so she won't ruin her life by looking at Happosai. Akane seems touched at first, but then smacks him and tells him that his nearly drowning her resulted in her coughing up the pearl.
And the final story is unfinished. Mousse is back, having walked into the Spring of Drowned Duck, and now his goal is to defeat Ranma. First he tries to turn him into a duck, as well, by inviting him to participate in a circus act. Then he knocks out Akane, and the volume ends with her tied up in a tank and him threatening to dump water from the Spring of Drowned Duck on her, if Ranma doesn't come and fight.
So... yeah, there's a lot to like in this volume. Ukyo is a fun character with a lot of agency, and she's the only non-cursed character who knew Ranma before he went to Jusenkyo, so her reaction to the curse is pretty cool to see. (also, I love that when Ranma sees that she's a girl, his instinct is to dump hot water on her, because she's a guy in his mind.) The Ryoga-jealousy is pretty high in this volume, establishing Ryoga as potentially the biggest romantic threat to the Ranma/Akane relationship. While Ukyo is definitely seen as the cute one, it's worth noting that Ranma has commented on Akane's cuteness several times - the comment on her being uncute seems to be something to fall back on when he doesn't like her behavior, and he's voiced interest in ending his engagement with Ukyo ("you got me into this engagement with stupid Ukyo, so you handle it!" he tells his father). When Ranma calls Akane out on her jealousy, she tells him she doesn't care who is or isn't his fiance, that's not why she's doing it (fighting Ukyo, in her mind; Ranma thinks she means dating Ryoga).
Another thing that's really prominent in this volume is the running gag of having characters do things when there's a sign explicitly stating not to do the thing. This is seen the most with Ryoga, as he's a generally oblivious fellow, between his high emotions and lack of sense of direction. (One frame has him asking directions from a horse, next to a sign that says "please don't talk to the horses".)
Overall it's a pretty good volume, though I really didn't care for the last Mousse-story. But they can't all be winners. :)
In the second story arc, Ukyo learns that Ryoga is in love with Akane, and she guarantees that she can get Akane to agree to a date with him. She sends Akane a love letter via okinomiyaki, asking her to meet at the restaurant that afternoon, signed Ryoga. But Happosai takes a chomp of it, eating off the name, before Akane reads it - so she assumes it's a challenge. Ukyo tells Ranma about the date, and he's certain Akane would never agree to a date with Ryoga, but then Akane tells him that of course she's going. So Ranma gets a little jealous; his way of coping with this jealousy is to don a girlish disguise and crash the date, pretending to by Ryoga's fiance. (Ukyo has never seen his girl form, and Ryoga... never recognized female!Ranma when she's in disguise, lol.) When Akane realizes what's going on, and accurately identifies Ranma's jealousy, she invites Ryoga out on a real date. Ranma and Ukyo follow that one pretty closely, and Ranma - again - jealously crashes it. Akane apologizes to Ryoga for the torment that Ranma causes, and he says goodbye forever... but then he's turned into P-chan and comes home with her. Ukyo learns of the curse, and decides she'll never get tired of changing Ranma back and forth.
In the next arc, the Tendos and Saotomes are back at the beach where they run into Shampoo and Cologne. Happosai has a bracelet he once stole from the Amazons; it has three magical pearls with different degrees of love potion. If you eat one, you'll fall in the love with the first person of the opposite sex you see, and the duration is either momentary, a day, or for the rest of your life. Ranma accidentally eats the first one (after faking out Akane and pretending that he saw her first), and he falls in love with Cologne. He comes to his senses after insisting they marry. Shampoo tries to sneak one into Ranma's mouth while he's sleeping, but Akane fights with her and ends up swallowing it. Ranma blindfolds her and defends her from people like Kuno and Happosai, and Akane gets mad and wanders off alone (stomping on Ryoga in the process). While Ryoga follows Akane, Ranma learns that Akane didn't eat the day-pill, like they thought, but the one that would last the rest of her life. He chases her down and fights with Ryoga and the others to keep Akane from looking at them. He even shoves her head in the water and nearly drowns her. While she's choking and coughing, he douses himself with hot water and tells her to look at him so she won't ruin her life by looking at Happosai. Akane seems touched at first, but then smacks him and tells him that his nearly drowning her resulted in her coughing up the pearl.
And the final story is unfinished. Mousse is back, having walked into the Spring of Drowned Duck, and now his goal is to defeat Ranma. First he tries to turn him into a duck, as well, by inviting him to participate in a circus act. Then he knocks out Akane, and the volume ends with her tied up in a tank and him threatening to dump water from the Spring of Drowned Duck on her, if Ranma doesn't come and fight.
So... yeah, there's a lot to like in this volume. Ukyo is a fun character with a lot of agency, and she's the only non-cursed character who knew Ranma before he went to Jusenkyo, so her reaction to the curse is pretty cool to see. (also, I love that when Ranma sees that she's a girl, his instinct is to dump hot water on her, because she's a guy in his mind.) The Ryoga-jealousy is pretty high in this volume, establishing Ryoga as potentially the biggest romantic threat to the Ranma/Akane relationship. While Ukyo is definitely seen as the cute one, it's worth noting that Ranma has commented on Akane's cuteness several times - the comment on her being uncute seems to be something to fall back on when he doesn't like her behavior, and he's voiced interest in ending his engagement with Ukyo ("you got me into this engagement with stupid Ukyo, so you handle it!" he tells his father). When Ranma calls Akane out on her jealousy, she tells him she doesn't care who is or isn't his fiance, that's not why she's doing it (fighting Ukyo, in her mind; Ranma thinks she means dating Ryoga).
Another thing that's really prominent in this volume is the running gag of having characters do things when there's a sign explicitly stating not to do the thing. This is seen the most with Ryoga, as he's a generally oblivious fellow, between his high emotions and lack of sense of direction. (One frame has him asking directions from a horse, next to a sign that says "please don't talk to the horses".)
Overall it's a pretty good volume, though I really didn't care for the last Mousse-story. But they can't all be winners. :)
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April 22, 2011
They say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. But I did - And I was right ;) This series is amazing! You get genderbender, fantasy, action, romance and slapstick-humor along with intense serious moments, what more can you want?
October 15, 2019
I just freaking love this series so much.
February 27, 2023
Ay nose que decir de este tomo, mmm aquí se encontraría el casi beso de Ranma y Akane, y los varios intentos de Ranma en se una persona normal (osea ya no convertirse en mujer) con esos polvos de shampoo que al final no funcionaron y el mapa de Ryoga para el estanque del hombre ahogado pero que tampoco funcionó
November 22, 2023
Another really weird one. The dojo-destroyer plot, and subsequent Shampoo date. Then we move over to a very chaotic rendition of Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, Romeo and Juliet and Juliet (based on the number of people playing the characters). Then lastly the Japanese man-spring with a dash of underwear thief. All of this together, in one volume is an experience.
May 13, 2017
Tra le avventure narrateci in questo albo, il siparietto più carino è stato sicuramente quello in cui Ranma e Hakane devono impersonare Romeo e Giulietta e dove scatta un bacio (finalmente) solo che c'è il trucco, mannaggia!
December 21, 2019
I loved the love pill story in this. I couldn't stop laughing. I mean that's every page of every volume but that one was just great. I loved seeing Akane playing back and messing with Ranma. Ryoga broke my heart in this one as well which I wasn't expecting. Great volume.
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December 29, 2022This one was sooo funny I kept cackling every other scene. Their little back-and-forths do get a little repetitive, but at least the new characters keep it fresh with new personalities. Also why is everyone so obsessed with marriage! Y'all are 16!!
May 26, 2026
Loved the opening arc here with the introduction of another delightful character to the roster and the Okonomiyaki fighting!
Lots of silly fun abound in here!
With as always awe-inspiring little artworks along the way!
Lots of silly fun abound in here!
With as always awe-inspiring little artworks along the way!
July 12, 2018
An old friend of Ranma's shows up and the gang goes to the beach. Its okay.
December 7, 2019
4,5 stars
January 1, 2020
Le doy 4 porque fue el "beso" de Romeo y Julieta 🤭
January 26, 2020
3.5/5
August 17, 2020
The Satome’s are enemy of all women 😂
September 13, 2020
Shampoo no me agrada ni en el amine y al parecer tampoco en el manga. En cambio, Ryoga me encanta aún más en el manga.
Me parece que Ryoga debería ser pareja de Akane. Ranma la insulta demasiado.
Me parece que Ryoga debería ser pareja de Akane. Ranma la insulta demasiado.
January 17, 2021
My favorite of the series so far!! Ukyo is cool, I love her entrance. The love pill story line is hilarious and fun!
March 19, 2023
Can someone do something about the old man please
2.5/5
2.5/5
December 16, 2023
Just kiss already!
December 22, 2023
Good cliffhanger, new great characters, and new transformations
December 30, 2023
Overall not bad! I think from here now that most of the steady cast of characters has been introduced, it picks up in plot-lines again.
December 27, 2024
Rogué por un beso de ese par y tenía cinta
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January 7, 2025
I liked the Romeo and Juliet plot!
August 1, 2025
Zany, dumb and funny as ever.
November 24, 2014
At some point Ranma stopped being an admirable protagonist and turned into a troll. I don't mean they splashed water on him; I mean that he'd be at home on 4chan. In recent volumes he's been more willing to transform into a girl to help someone, or to pursue a goal like winning a contest, but in this book he's brazenly doing it to screw with Ryoga, and relishing in how flustered and romantically confused he makes his old arch-rival. It's an unexpected turn, even for a Comedy.
We see where it comes from. Ranma is surprised by the appearance of a second girl claiming to be his fiancee, Ukyo. There's a sudden feud between her and Akane, both of whom were promised Ranma's hand in marriage, which gets as cute as you'd expect from a Takahashi story. But when Ryoga tries to use this as leverage to get in with Akane, Ranma decides to become Ryoga's unexpected childhood fiancee, turning into a girl and disguising herself (himself? Ranma is hard to peg) to be unrecognizable. It becomes downright cruel when Ranma outs that she knows Ryoga's condition and "loves" him anyway, and Ryoga is so relieved to find a person that can accept him that he instantly falls in love with the disguise.
This is enormously screwed up in ways I couldn't look away from. Being predominantly a Comedy, it doesn't go full dark, no stars. It has to blow up in their faces, but that the "hero" becoming so juvenile toward characters that used to try to kill him is the most interesting development in the series so far. It's terribly funny, but also stomps on many triggers.
It's interesting to read this gender-challenging series in the current Feminist environment. For one thing, its blithe ignoring of gay-oriented characters gets awkward under such a reading, particularly when a love potion is introduced that makes you fall in love with the first person you see of the opposite sex. There was acceptable omission in earlier books, but this kind of framing feels like erasure. It settles questionably when paired up with magical trans* stories that mock cultural gender norms more often than they take their psychological toll seriously. I'd be keenly interested to read others' analysis of it. But the real trigger warning here is that, after eight books of a specific tone and messed up characters, you expect those themes won't be handled, and if they ever did come up, wouldn't be handled delicately.
We see where it comes from. Ranma is surprised by the appearance of a second girl claiming to be his fiancee, Ukyo. There's a sudden feud between her and Akane, both of whom were promised Ranma's hand in marriage, which gets as cute as you'd expect from a Takahashi story. But when Ryoga tries to use this as leverage to get in with Akane, Ranma decides to become Ryoga's unexpected childhood fiancee, turning into a girl and disguising herself (himself? Ranma is hard to peg) to be unrecognizable. It becomes downright cruel when Ranma outs that she knows Ryoga's condition and "loves" him anyway, and Ryoga is so relieved to find a person that can accept him that he instantly falls in love with the disguise.
This is enormously screwed up in ways I couldn't look away from. Being predominantly a Comedy, it doesn't go full dark, no stars. It has to blow up in their faces, but that the "hero" becoming so juvenile toward characters that used to try to kill him is the most interesting development in the series so far. It's terribly funny, but also stomps on many triggers.
It's interesting to read this gender-challenging series in the current Feminist environment. For one thing, its blithe ignoring of gay-oriented characters gets awkward under such a reading, particularly when a love potion is introduced that makes you fall in love with the first person you see of the opposite sex. There was acceptable omission in earlier books, but this kind of framing feels like erasure. It settles questionably when paired up with magical trans* stories that mock cultural gender norms more often than they take their psychological toll seriously. I'd be keenly interested to read others' analysis of it. But the real trigger warning here is that, after eight books of a specific tone and messed up characters, you expect those themes won't be handled, and if they ever did come up, wouldn't be handled delicately.
January 20, 2016
Part 1: Okonomiyaki means I Love You: Ukyo appears and confronts Genma. Ukyo enrolls in the same class Ranma and Akane are in and challenges Ranma.
Part 2: Saucy Reply: Ukyo fights Ranma in a ring that's part hot plate. Eventually Ranma throws Ukyo out of the ring entirely. Ranma grabs Ukyo and realizes that what he's feeling are breasts. (He had thought Ukyo was a boy).
Part 3: Ukyo's Secret: We find out about Ukyo's past and how she's also engaged to Ranma. They end up making up.
Part 4: Ryoga vs. Ukyo: Ryoga fights Ukyo until Ranma convinces him Ukyo is a girl. Later she plots with Ryoga to help him get to date Akane, leaving her free to go after Ranma.
Part 5: Love Letters in the Sauce: Akane receives an okonomiyaki setting her up with a date with Ryoga. Ryoga is lost, of course. Ryoga does get there finally.
Part 6: Ryoga's What?: Ranma-chan shows up in disguise and pretends to be engaged to Ryoga. Akane discovers it's Ranma, though, and kicks him away.
Part 7: At Long Last...The Date: Ukyo and Ranma spy on Akane and Ryoga as they go out on their date. Ranma tries the disguise on Ryoga but he finally finds out.
Part 8: Happosai Days are Here Again: Ranma-chan and Akane are at the beach and Happosai shows up, having stolen bikinis. Ranma promises Happosai he'll get him a date, and he sets one up with Cologne. It turns out they know each other. Happosai had stolen valuables from the Amazons after hitting on all the women in the village.
Part 9: One Moment to Love: Happosai had stolen a bracelet with love pills on it. Ranma accidentally swallows the instant pill and falls in love with Cologne for a very short time. There's a day pill, and a lifetime pill left. Akane accidentally seems to swallow one of the pills.
Part 10: I Won't Fall in Love: Ranma tries to keep Akane from looking at any men for a day. It turns out she didn't really swallow the pill after all, though.
Part 11: Abduction of...Akane?: Akane's at a festival and wins a stuffed animal. Some guy in an outfit (Mousse) takes the animal, thinking it's Akane, and challenges Ranma. Mousse attacks Ranma during a circus.
Part 12: Duck, Ranma, Duck!: Mousse captures Akane and threatens to change her into a duck.
Part 2: Saucy Reply: Ukyo fights Ranma in a ring that's part hot plate. Eventually Ranma throws Ukyo out of the ring entirely. Ranma grabs Ukyo and realizes that what he's feeling are breasts. (He had thought Ukyo was a boy).
Part 3: Ukyo's Secret: We find out about Ukyo's past and how she's also engaged to Ranma. They end up making up.
Part 4: Ryoga vs. Ukyo: Ryoga fights Ukyo until Ranma convinces him Ukyo is a girl. Later she plots with Ryoga to help him get to date Akane, leaving her free to go after Ranma.
Part 5: Love Letters in the Sauce: Akane receives an okonomiyaki setting her up with a date with Ryoga. Ryoga is lost, of course. Ryoga does get there finally.
Part 6: Ryoga's What?: Ranma-chan shows up in disguise and pretends to be engaged to Ryoga. Akane discovers it's Ranma, though, and kicks him away.
Part 7: At Long Last...The Date: Ukyo and Ranma spy on Akane and Ryoga as they go out on their date. Ranma tries the disguise on Ryoga but he finally finds out.
Part 8: Happosai Days are Here Again: Ranma-chan and Akane are at the beach and Happosai shows up, having stolen bikinis. Ranma promises Happosai he'll get him a date, and he sets one up with Cologne. It turns out they know each other. Happosai had stolen valuables from the Amazons after hitting on all the women in the village.
Part 9: One Moment to Love: Happosai had stolen a bracelet with love pills on it. Ranma accidentally swallows the instant pill and falls in love with Cologne for a very short time. There's a day pill, and a lifetime pill left. Akane accidentally seems to swallow one of the pills.
Part 10: I Won't Fall in Love: Ranma tries to keep Akane from looking at any men for a day. It turns out she didn't really swallow the pill after all, though.
Part 11: Abduction of...Akane?: Akane's at a festival and wins a stuffed animal. Some guy in an outfit (Mousse) takes the animal, thinking it's Akane, and challenges Ranma. Mousse attacks Ranma during a circus.
Part 12: Duck, Ranma, Duck!: Mousse captures Akane and threatens to change her into a duck.
February 3, 2014
Ranma is definitely back on track after the disappointing last volume.
The first story introduces Ukyo - another boy who turns out to be a girl and.... Ranma's fiancée! Apparently Dad was asked to take the girl and their family business an Okonomiyaki cart when they leave for China. Genma takes the cart but not the girl and now Ukyo's out for vengeance in a martial fast food showdown.
Ryoga gets into the action and we have Ukyo vs. Ryoga before our resourseful new heroine decides that it would be much simpler to set Ryoga up with Akane leaving Ranma all to herself. Ranma finds himself decidedly put out when Akane agrees to the date!
Shampoo and Happosai make a welcome appearance in the next story as Ranma tries to set up pervy Happosai with Shampoos's scary grandmother - when some magic love pills get in the mix, hilarity ensues.
The final story brings back Mousse, Shampoo's short sighted suitor who now having returned from the Chinese training springs turns into a duck when wet! He wants revenge on Ranma and kidnaps Akane threatening her with water from the duck spring - This ends on a real cliff hanger so have volume 9 on hand!
This volume is madcap and hilarious featuring two of my favourite characters Shampoo and Happosai. Gender confusion and love tangles galore. Comedy manga at its finest.
The first story introduces Ukyo - another boy who turns out to be a girl and.... Ranma's fiancée! Apparently Dad was asked to take the girl and their family business an Okonomiyaki cart when they leave for China. Genma takes the cart but not the girl and now Ukyo's out for vengeance in a martial fast food showdown.
Ryoga gets into the action and we have Ukyo vs. Ryoga before our resourseful new heroine decides that it would be much simpler to set Ryoga up with Akane leaving Ranma all to herself. Ranma finds himself decidedly put out when Akane agrees to the date!
Shampoo and Happosai make a welcome appearance in the next story as Ranma tries to set up pervy Happosai with Shampoos's scary grandmother - when some magic love pills get in the mix, hilarity ensues.
The final story brings back Mousse, Shampoo's short sighted suitor who now having returned from the Chinese training springs turns into a duck when wet! He wants revenge on Ranma and kidnaps Akane threatening her with water from the duck spring - This ends on a real cliff hanger so have volume 9 on hand!
This volume is madcap and hilarious featuring two of my favourite characters Shampoo and Happosai. Gender confusion and love tangles galore. Comedy manga at its finest.
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