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Ranma ½ #31
Ranma 1/2, Vol. 31
Ah, to be little boys again! Ryoga and Ranma will stay forever young unless they eat a special mushroom at the perfect time. Eat the right mushroom size, and your age adds up accordingly! Five centimeter? You're five years old! Ten centimeters? Ten years old! Can the two "boys" survive their squabbling over not wanting to share, being naughty, getting spanked by Akane, and the terror that is "Uncle" Soun's whiskers until the mushrooms are 16 centimeters tall? Grow, mushrooms, grow! Grow before everyone's childhood memories turn into rancid shiitakes!
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Rumiko Takahashi
1,595 books2,166 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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May 22, 2018
Este número relativamente bajo para mí incluye algunas historias divertidas:
"Las setas de la edad": Ryoga en su afán de volverse más poderoso adquiere unas setas (especie de hongos) que si te los comes volverás a la edad igual a la estatura de dicha planta. Esto hace que Ryoga se vuelva un niño y Ranma también pasa por los mismos apuros. Una historia relativamente divertida.
"Kasumi se enoja": Luego de haber salido a disfrutar de una buena cena todos en la familia se dan cuenta que Kasumi no fue invitada y temen lo peor de ella, fue gracioso ver a toda la familia incluido Ranma y su padre preocupados por las consecuencias de la ira de Kasumi.
Las demás historias no me gustaron mucho.
"Las setas de la edad": Ryoga en su afán de volverse más poderoso adquiere unas setas (especie de hongos) que si te los comes volverás a la edad igual a la estatura de dicha planta. Esto hace que Ryoga se vuelva un niño y Ranma también pasa por los mismos apuros. Una historia relativamente divertida.
"Kasumi se enoja": Luego de haber salido a disfrutar de una buena cena todos en la familia se dan cuenta que Kasumi no fue invitada y temen lo peor de ella, fue gracioso ver a toda la familia incluido Ranma y su padre preocupados por las consecuencias de la ira de Kasumi.
Las demás historias no me gustaron mucho.
January 11, 2024
This is another volume that begins with something about Happosai, and to make it even worse an old equally gross friend of his. I've said it so many times by now, but I can live without anymore Happosai story lines. The chapters about Akane learning to swim, and failing once again are just absurd, but I do feel bad for Akane. The doll and stranded on an island things are also just absurd.
February 5, 2021
The first two stories are filler bits. The first has Ranma (in girl form) playing nurse to a sick boy, Densuke, who won’t take his (life-saving) medicine unless a pretty girl feeds it to him. And when Ranma tries, he insists on having it fed mouth-to-mouth. Ranma suggests they go on a date, and he agrees; the whole time is spent trying to find decoys to feed him the medicine, but it doesn’t work. Finally, the boy falls unconscious and the physician gives him the medicine. The boy wakes up, noting that he can still feel the soft lips on his mouth, and badgers Ranma to know if she’d fed him. Ranma refuses to say, and in the tussle gets transformed into a boy. Walking with Akane later, she asks if he really gave the boy mouth-to-mouth, and Ranma replies that it’s better to let him think that was the case. In the final panel, it mentions that Densuke had regained his will to live, and his mother is thanking the doctor, who says they’d best keep it a secret so he doesn’t lose that will.
The following story has all of the Tendos & Saotomes out and about while Kasumi is at home preparing dinner. They call her and let her know that they decided to eat out. Whenthey get home, dinner is laid out perfectly but Kasumi is nowhere to be seen. There are shard of a broken vase on the floor and a mess in the kitchen. Piecing two-and-two together, they assume she’s furious with them; but they’ve never seen Kasumi angry before. They decide they need to apologize and put her in a good mood; Akane tries to bake a cake (and blows up the microwave), Nabiki prepares tea (and breaks Kasumi’s favorite cup) and the men decorate (accidentally unraveling the sweater she’s been knitting). With each failure, people decide to go on a trip so they won’t have to face Kasumi’s wrath. Nabiki notes that if they all run, they all remain targets, so they choose Ranma to be the sacrificial lamb, and throw him back to the house with an “I’m sorry” sign around his neck. Then we see the shadow of Kasumi approach, and suddenly Ranma is back with them, in total shock. Turns out Kasumi had found a stray cat who wandered in; it got wet, and she was trying to dry it and get it out of the house before Ranma got home. When she finds out her sweater is unraveled and the teacup shattered, they all blame Ranma (as planned) and she pokes him in the forehead and says “You shouldn’t have done that. Bad.” And then she asks if she’s overreacting. :P
After that comes a three-chapter arc about Ryoga and Ranma. It begins with Ryoga eating a mushroom that changes his age – whatever height (in cm) the mushroom is matches the age you become. Ranma comes across P-chan with a basket of mushrooms and takes one and almost eats it, but first douses Ryoga with warm water – and reveals that he’s a small child. He takes him home to the Tendos’ and places the mushrooms in the empties soaking tub, and adds an “out of order” sign. The girls are delighted with kid-Ryoga and put him in some of Akane’s old clothes; Soun is overjoyed to be playing with a male child. Akane lets him sit on her lap and even talks about taking a bath with him, but Ranma chases him around the house. When they get to the bathroom, they see that the tub is filled and the mushrooms nearly destroyed. Ryoga grabs a small, floating mushroom and extracts his revenge on Ranma; now they’re both little kids. The next chapter is an adventure in bratty fighting and suitors find their tiny selves adorable. Shampoo and Ukyo both love tiny Ranma, and Kuno wants the wee pig-tailed girl to take him to her big sister. Ryoga and Ranma fight non-stop and destroy quite a few mushrooms.In the next chapter, they have two mushrooms growing and they’re both trying to claim the taller one; Akane suggests they act like normal kids, and play Rock, Paper, Scissors – and they punch each other in the face rather than choose. During another fight, Ranma feeds Ryoga an even smaller mushroom, and Ryoga is now three, with a lisp. Akane spanks Ranma for picking on even-littler Ryoga, and then gets upset because she’s being more strict with him. (Ryoga, in the meantime, eats another mushroom and grows taller than Ranma.) Ranma pretends to run away crying, but actually stole a mushroom. Only it’s 17 cm, and it’ll make him older. Luckily Kuno (who’s seventeen) comes up and eats it. Akane hides the mushrooms in her room, so Ryoga and Ranma ransack it; they’re stuck in a dresser drawer when she comes in, so they use their combined ki blasts to get out (destroying everything, of course). Akane tells them that was the last of the mushrooms, and they’ll just have to wait it out. She actually does have some that she’s growing, but knows this is the only way to get them to behave.
The next story begins with Mousse trying to give Shampoo a scarf he’d made. She rejects it though, and he sadly drapes it on a bodhisattva statue. The statue then comes to life as a twin of Shampoo, to repay the favor. It doesn’t look just like her, but to Mousse it may as well. Shampoo complains to Ranma and Akane that Mousse is really out of it, so they all follow him one evening and see him meet up with Statue-Shampoo. The real Shampoo gives him to the statue, but then pauses and recognizes how happy Mousse looks with her. They all go talk to Cologne, who says that Mousse is exhausted, like his life-force is being drained out of him. So they (Akane and Ranma – Shampoo is watching TV and napping) try to prevent him from going to the statue that night. Akane feels like Shampoo is the only one who can snap him out of this, so she orders ramen to be delivered to the location where the statue is, and when they get there Ranma is trying to take the scarf from the statue, and it’s not working. But then the statue gets the ramen, and really enjoys the steam, so Ranma realizes she’s really cold. The statue accepts Shampoo’s ramen-offering, and turns into Ranma to return the favor. Finally after more fighting with Mousse, Shampoo gives him a scarf she was knitting, and it brings him around. Later he realizes that it has “RANMA” embroidered on it, and Cologne tells Ranma and Akane that the statue wasn’t draining Mousse’s life essence, he was just staying out late after work to date her.
The next story is a hot mess of unnecessary. Ranma and Akane are called to a temple where someone or something keeps destroying the tablets/charms that students use to wish for success on their exams. All of the tablets have a really bad drawing of a sacred horse, and it turns out that this horse is destroying them all. Ranma tries wrangling it, but the horse just wants a better drawing of himself, so Ranma, Akane, Ukyo, and Miss Hinako all try, and the horse isn’t really pleased. Hinako drains him, and the priest says they’ll keep putting him on the tablets, so nothing is fixed. In the last panel, they’re called to a temple with a boar design….
Then Ranma and Genma end up at a hot springs in the middle of winter, and Genma realizes that it’s the place he and Nodoka came to on their honeymoon. But Nodoka is there, too, looking at their names carved into wood, and see Ranko and her panda wearing monogramed jackets that she once made for Genma and Ranma. Ranma makes up a story about freezing in the snow and a kind fellow gifting it to her. Nodoka wants to spend time with Ranko in the hot springs, so Ranma is very carefully not getting in the water. But at one point he slips and transforms while running away from her, and people are screaming about a pervert in the springs. Nodoka wonders if it’s Ranma nearby. She makes chase, and finally catches up to the person wearing the Ranma-coat – except it’s a monkey. Now Nodoka is perplexed and sad that her son looks so much like a monkey.
The last story is a two-chapter arc about a takoyaki chef who’s out for revenge. He challenges Ukyo to a rematch, and he’s wearing a really weird match. It takes her a moment, but she remembers him as a chef who fought with her when they were ten years old, and it turns out that the loser had to wear a stupid mask for the rest of their life. Ranma finally rips it off (out of curiosity) and the penance is that he has one glued onto his face with takoyaki batter. (It takes the heat of a flame to melt it off.) Ukyo and this fellow (Hayato) battle all over a Tokyo building construction site, where he has the advantage with his smaller weapon of takoyaki, and he actually beats her. But he doesn’t care when she refuses to wear the mask, he’s just glad to have his off. Except that Ranma glued it on with takoyaki batter, as revenge.
This is all filler stuffs, and most of isn't very memorable... I think maybe the one about Mousse is my favorite? He's really an under-rated character.
The following story has all of the Tendos & Saotomes out and about while Kasumi is at home preparing dinner. They call her and let her know that they decided to eat out. Whenthey get home, dinner is laid out perfectly but Kasumi is nowhere to be seen. There are shard of a broken vase on the floor and a mess in the kitchen. Piecing two-and-two together, they assume she’s furious with them; but they’ve never seen Kasumi angry before. They decide they need to apologize and put her in a good mood; Akane tries to bake a cake (and blows up the microwave), Nabiki prepares tea (and breaks Kasumi’s favorite cup) and the men decorate (accidentally unraveling the sweater she’s been knitting). With each failure, people decide to go on a trip so they won’t have to face Kasumi’s wrath. Nabiki notes that if they all run, they all remain targets, so they choose Ranma to be the sacrificial lamb, and throw him back to the house with an “I’m sorry” sign around his neck. Then we see the shadow of Kasumi approach, and suddenly Ranma is back with them, in total shock. Turns out Kasumi had found a stray cat who wandered in; it got wet, and she was trying to dry it and get it out of the house before Ranma got home. When she finds out her sweater is unraveled and the teacup shattered, they all blame Ranma (as planned) and she pokes him in the forehead and says “You shouldn’t have done that. Bad.” And then she asks if she’s overreacting. :P
After that comes a three-chapter arc about Ryoga and Ranma. It begins with Ryoga eating a mushroom that changes his age – whatever height (in cm) the mushroom is matches the age you become. Ranma comes across P-chan with a basket of mushrooms and takes one and almost eats it, but first douses Ryoga with warm water – and reveals that he’s a small child. He takes him home to the Tendos’ and places the mushrooms in the empties soaking tub, and adds an “out of order” sign. The girls are delighted with kid-Ryoga and put him in some of Akane’s old clothes; Soun is overjoyed to be playing with a male child. Akane lets him sit on her lap and even talks about taking a bath with him, but Ranma chases him around the house. When they get to the bathroom, they see that the tub is filled and the mushrooms nearly destroyed. Ryoga grabs a small, floating mushroom and extracts his revenge on Ranma; now they’re both little kids. The next chapter is an adventure in bratty fighting and suitors find their tiny selves adorable. Shampoo and Ukyo both love tiny Ranma, and Kuno wants the wee pig-tailed girl to take him to her big sister. Ryoga and Ranma fight non-stop and destroy quite a few mushrooms.In the next chapter, they have two mushrooms growing and they’re both trying to claim the taller one; Akane suggests they act like normal kids, and play Rock, Paper, Scissors – and they punch each other in the face rather than choose. During another fight, Ranma feeds Ryoga an even smaller mushroom, and Ryoga is now three, with a lisp. Akane spanks Ranma for picking on even-littler Ryoga, and then gets upset because she’s being more strict with him. (Ryoga, in the meantime, eats another mushroom and grows taller than Ranma.) Ranma pretends to run away crying, but actually stole a mushroom. Only it’s 17 cm, and it’ll make him older. Luckily Kuno (who’s seventeen) comes up and eats it. Akane hides the mushrooms in her room, so Ryoga and Ranma ransack it; they’re stuck in a dresser drawer when she comes in, so they use their combined ki blasts to get out (destroying everything, of course). Akane tells them that was the last of the mushrooms, and they’ll just have to wait it out. She actually does have some that she’s growing, but knows this is the only way to get them to behave.
The next story begins with Mousse trying to give Shampoo a scarf he’d made. She rejects it though, and he sadly drapes it on a bodhisattva statue. The statue then comes to life as a twin of Shampoo, to repay the favor. It doesn’t look just like her, but to Mousse it may as well. Shampoo complains to Ranma and Akane that Mousse is really out of it, so they all follow him one evening and see him meet up with Statue-Shampoo. The real Shampoo gives him to the statue, but then pauses and recognizes how happy Mousse looks with her. They all go talk to Cologne, who says that Mousse is exhausted, like his life-force is being drained out of him. So they (Akane and Ranma – Shampoo is watching TV and napping) try to prevent him from going to the statue that night. Akane feels like Shampoo is the only one who can snap him out of this, so she orders ramen to be delivered to the location where the statue is, and when they get there Ranma is trying to take the scarf from the statue, and it’s not working. But then the statue gets the ramen, and really enjoys the steam, so Ranma realizes she’s really cold. The statue accepts Shampoo’s ramen-offering, and turns into Ranma to return the favor. Finally after more fighting with Mousse, Shampoo gives him a scarf she was knitting, and it brings him around. Later he realizes that it has “RANMA” embroidered on it, and Cologne tells Ranma and Akane that the statue wasn’t draining Mousse’s life essence, he was just staying out late after work to date her.
The next story is a hot mess of unnecessary. Ranma and Akane are called to a temple where someone or something keeps destroying the tablets/charms that students use to wish for success on their exams. All of the tablets have a really bad drawing of a sacred horse, and it turns out that this horse is destroying them all. Ranma tries wrangling it, but the horse just wants a better drawing of himself, so Ranma, Akane, Ukyo, and Miss Hinako all try, and the horse isn’t really pleased. Hinako drains him, and the priest says they’ll keep putting him on the tablets, so nothing is fixed. In the last panel, they’re called to a temple with a boar design….
Then Ranma and Genma end up at a hot springs in the middle of winter, and Genma realizes that it’s the place he and Nodoka came to on their honeymoon. But Nodoka is there, too, looking at their names carved into wood, and see Ranko and her panda wearing monogramed jackets that she once made for Genma and Ranma. Ranma makes up a story about freezing in the snow and a kind fellow gifting it to her. Nodoka wants to spend time with Ranko in the hot springs, so Ranma is very carefully not getting in the water. But at one point he slips and transforms while running away from her, and people are screaming about a pervert in the springs. Nodoka wonders if it’s Ranma nearby. She makes chase, and finally catches up to the person wearing the Ranma-coat – except it’s a monkey. Now Nodoka is perplexed and sad that her son looks so much like a monkey.
The last story is a two-chapter arc about a takoyaki chef who’s out for revenge. He challenges Ukyo to a rematch, and he’s wearing a really weird match. It takes her a moment, but she remembers him as a chef who fought with her when they were ten years old, and it turns out that the loser had to wear a stupid mask for the rest of their life. Ranma finally rips it off (out of curiosity) and the penance is that he has one glued onto his face with takoyaki batter. (It takes the heat of a flame to melt it off.) Ukyo and this fellow (Hayato) battle all over a Tokyo building construction site, where he has the advantage with his smaller weapon of takoyaki, and he actually beats her. But he doesn’t care when she refuses to wear the mask, he’s just glad to have his off. Except that Ranma glued it on with takoyaki batter, as revenge.
This is all filler stuffs, and most of isn't very memorable... I think maybe the one about Mousse is my favorite? He's really an under-rated character.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 1, 2023
Another mixed bag of stories. A few quite fun ones and others that you can ignore and nothing happens.
The first story shows how Raman is always trying to be a good person, doing humiliating things transformed as a woman to make a pervert take his life saving medicine.
The funniest story is one where Ranma and Ryoga fall under the effects of an age altering mushroom. It was quite funny to see their techniques applied with their small bodies.
That’s pretty much all I have to say, a quite boring story at a shrine, not even with miss Hinako I consider it good, and something about an old rival of Ukyo.
Quite a shame since Ukyo is my favorite character.
An interesting comment here is that the super deformed, cartoony character designs are becoming much more prevalent now.
The first story shows how Raman is always trying to be a good person, doing humiliating things transformed as a woman to make a pervert take his life saving medicine.
The funniest story is one where Ranma and Ryoga fall under the effects of an age altering mushroom. It was quite funny to see their techniques applied with their small bodies.
That’s pretty much all I have to say, a quite boring story at a shrine, not even with miss Hinako I consider it good, and something about an old rival of Ukyo.
Quite a shame since Ukyo is my favorite character.
An interesting comment here is that the super deformed, cartoony character designs are becoming much more prevalent now.
August 1, 2022
The first story is one chapter where Ranma helps a young man who is sick to recover. Then there is a chapter about Kasumi getting angry. There is a 3 chapter arc where Ranma and Ryoga eat mushrooms that turn them into children. Then there is a 2 chapter arc about a magic idol that starts to date Mousse. There is one chapter about a temple shrine. One chapter with Ranma's mother and a hot spring. Then a 2 chapter arc where Ukyo meets up with an old friend.
February 14, 2024
Akane and Ranma under the magical umbrella? So cute! ♡♡♡
Ryoga! Who will you choose? Akari or Akane? lol.
I enjoyed reading most of the stories in this volume.
Happosai, the principal, and the female teacher who uses a 5-yen coin are least of my favorite characters.
Happosai's friend is also another creep!
(I am reading the original 38-volume manga in English edition.)
Ryoga! Who will you choose? Akari or Akane? lol.
I enjoyed reading most of the stories in this volume.
Happosai, the principal, and the female teacher who uses a 5-yen coin are least of my favorite characters.
Happosai's friend is also another creep!
(I am reading the original 38-volume manga in English edition.)
December 7, 2019
4,5 stars
January 25, 2020
Little Ryoga and Ranma, cute!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 19, 2024
3.5
Tiras de historia cortas
Tiras de historia cortas
February 5, 2025
The series has been pretty mediocre for a while, but this one was especially forgettable.
January 20, 2016
Part 1: Love Medicine: Some young guy is ill. His mother is drawn to look like some kind of freak. He wants to be fed medicine by a young, beautiful girl. Hence Ranma-chan becomes involved.
Part 2: Kasumi Gets Mad: Kasumi fixes dinner but the others eat out and don't think to invite her. Everyone thinks Kasumi is mad at them and they try to make it up to her but make things worse.
Part 3: The Mushroom of Time: Ryoga eats a mushroom that causes him to become a young kid and Ranma takes him to stay at the dojo. Through a mistake Ranma ends up young also.
Part 4: To The Mushroom Forest!: Ranma and Ryoga look for the mushroom forest but keep getting intercepted and treated as cute kids.
Part 5: 16 cm Short: Ranma and Ryoga fight a lot but Ryoga gets made younger.
Part 6: The Two Shampoos: Ryoga does a good dead for a protective statue so it transforms itself into a duplicate of Shampoo, but it may be harming him.
Part 7: Payback's a Saint: Cologne, Shampoo, Akane and Ranma are finally able to rescue Mousse.
Part 8: Drawn and Quartered Horse: Hinako tells Ranma and Akane some demon is destroying prayer tablets. The horse on the tablets comes alive and is the one destroying them. He doesn't like the image.
Part 9: Saotome Family (Onsen) Vacation: Nodoka had once made Genma and Ranma coats. They are out training and run into Nodoka and she finds the coats, but doesn't assume the Panda and Ranma-chan are actually Genma and Ranma.
Part 10: Stop That Octopus!: Something is messing up Ukyo's okonomiyaki and it's an octopus. It turns out someone Ukyo knows from when she was young is behind it all.
Part 11: Masked Death Match!: The guy fights Ukyo and defeats her but can't get his mask off.
Part 2: Kasumi Gets Mad: Kasumi fixes dinner but the others eat out and don't think to invite her. Everyone thinks Kasumi is mad at them and they try to make it up to her but make things worse.
Part 3: The Mushroom of Time: Ryoga eats a mushroom that causes him to become a young kid and Ranma takes him to stay at the dojo. Through a mistake Ranma ends up young also.
Part 4: To The Mushroom Forest!: Ranma and Ryoga look for the mushroom forest but keep getting intercepted and treated as cute kids.
Part 5: 16 cm Short: Ranma and Ryoga fight a lot but Ryoga gets made younger.
Part 6: The Two Shampoos: Ryoga does a good dead for a protective statue so it transforms itself into a duplicate of Shampoo, but it may be harming him.
Part 7: Payback's a Saint: Cologne, Shampoo, Akane and Ranma are finally able to rescue Mousse.
Part 8: Drawn and Quartered Horse: Hinako tells Ranma and Akane some demon is destroying prayer tablets. The horse on the tablets comes alive and is the one destroying them. He doesn't like the image.
Part 9: Saotome Family (Onsen) Vacation: Nodoka had once made Genma and Ranma coats. They are out training and run into Nodoka and she finds the coats, but doesn't assume the Panda and Ranma-chan are actually Genma and Ranma.
Part 10: Stop That Octopus!: Something is messing up Ukyo's okonomiyaki and it's an octopus. It turns out someone Ukyo knows from when she was young is behind it all.
Part 11: Masked Death Match!: The guy fights Ukyo and defeats her but can't get his mask off.
June 2, 2015
I'm a 20 year old Literature major, and I still love this manga. I'm not here to argue that it's a classic, but it's so fucking cute, exciting, and laugh out loud funny. The whole martial arts "culture" that Takahashi's invented is interesting, and blended well with the realistic elements. I love fantasy that blends really seamlessly into a more realistic setting. I loved the mash up of little stories; they were all original and fun.
But my real favorite part of Ranma 1/2 is the desexualized romantic atmosphere. All the characters are high school age, yet the laborious sexual plot that is often present with high school fiction is done away with. The ultimate culmination of any sexual urge is a kiss, and those RARELY occur. Instead, the reader is submitted to an endless cycle of flirting and chaste teasing that provides an endless buildup, eventually leading to nothing. Especially in this novel, a focus on humor and action is emphasized over sex.
A fun romp that you can read again and again (seriously, i've read this so many freaking times, my copy is starting to fall apart and I've memorized all the jokes and stories). You can turn up your nose at manga if you wish, but you're missing out on a cute laugh and a rare treat that can't be found in conventional literature.
But my real favorite part of Ranma 1/2 is the desexualized romantic atmosphere. All the characters are high school age, yet the laborious sexual plot that is often present with high school fiction is done away with. The ultimate culmination of any sexual urge is a kiss, and those RARELY occur. Instead, the reader is submitted to an endless cycle of flirting and chaste teasing that provides an endless buildup, eventually leading to nothing. Especially in this novel, a focus on humor and action is emphasized over sex.
A fun romp that you can read again and again (seriously, i've read this so many freaking times, my copy is starting to fall apart and I've memorized all the jokes and stories). You can turn up your nose at manga if you wish, but you're missing out on a cute laugh and a rare treat that can't be found in conventional literature.
February 7, 2013
Ugh... a few really stupid little storylines in this volume. The only thing that saved this volume from being a total flop was the storyline where Ranma and Ryoga turned into little kids! They were so cute!! When that storyline started I thought for sure I was going to hate it, but I ended up really liking it. I was also happy to see the return of Mrs. Saotome. I really love when she's around and all the shenanigans ensue, but at the same time, my heart breaks a little bit because I really want her to know that Ranko is Ranma.
Truth be told, I could have lived without this volume. *sigh*
Truth be told, I could have lived without this volume. *sigh*
December 22, 2023
This is a pretty lackluster volume. There are a number of one-shot or short stories, none of which are all that fun or deepen the characters. Even the one about Ranma's mother (who I usually enjoy) seemed to be a mish mash of old jokes set on fast forward. I don't know when Ranma is considered to have jumped the shark, but I think this volume is after it.
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?
February 22, 2010
Very funny, love the mushroom story!
March 4, 2010
Natsumi gets mad and Ranma and Rayoga turn into kids.
May 11, 2014
Ranma <3
December 19, 2015
Every now and again I've got to re-read Ranma 1/2. Rumiko Takahashi is a great story teller. This is one of the funniest manga I have ever read.
March 7, 2016
((3.5))
April 28, 2017
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