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Ranma ½ #10
Ranma ½, Vol. 10
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, 1990
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Rumiko Takahashi
1,582 books2,136 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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November 6, 2020
Me divierto mucho leyendo las historias de Ranma
May 22, 2017
Albo diviso in tre avventure:
1) Tempo estivo, tutti a mare! Simpatici siparietti in cui: il vecchio maniaco svela il suo passato (conosce la vecchia, bisnonna di Shan-Pu); scopre l'esistenza delle pillole che fanno innamorare col primo che incontri dopo averle assunte, e qua siparietti comici a non finire tra Ranma, il vecchio, la vecchia, Akane e Shan-Pu (ognuno cerca di non far innamorare o far innamorare l'altro, con evidenti gelosie represse latenti).
2) Ritorna Mousse l'orbo, che rapisce Akane per sfidare Ranma e lasciargli il suo amore, Shan-Pu.Altri siparietti comici per evitare di trasformarsi in papere.
3) Arriva Tsubasa Kurenai, una ragazza innamorata di Ukyo che a sua volta è innamorata di Ranma. Ricorderete che Ukyo si era spacciata per ragazzo, quindi adesso Tsubasa odia e sfida Ranma perché in un certo senso gli ha rubato il suo amore. Ma alla fine scopriamo che Tsubasa
Altro volume divertente e spassoso.
1) Tempo estivo, tutti a mare! Simpatici siparietti in cui: il vecchio maniaco svela il suo passato (conosce la vecchia, bisnonna di Shan-Pu); scopre l'esistenza delle pillole che fanno innamorare col primo che incontri dopo averle assunte, e qua siparietti comici a non finire tra Ranma, il vecchio, la vecchia, Akane e Shan-Pu (ognuno cerca di non far innamorare o far innamorare l'altro, con evidenti gelosie represse latenti).
2) Ritorna Mousse l'orbo, che rapisce Akane per sfidare Ranma e lasciargli il suo amore, Shan-Pu.Altri siparietti comici per evitare di trasformarsi in papere.
3) Arriva Tsubasa Kurenai, una ragazza innamorata di Ukyo che a sua volta è innamorata di Ranma. Ricorderete che Ukyo si era spacciata per ragazzo, quindi adesso Tsubasa odia e sfida Ranma perché in un certo senso gli ha rubato il suo amore. Ma alla fine scopriamo che Tsubasa
Altro volume divertente e spassoso.
November 24, 2012
Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed with this volume of Ranma. The first storyline was kind of fun but the second one was really boring. And a principal that acts like a Rastafarian? Super lame and not funny at all. That whole scheme with the principal was really stupid (in my opinion). About the only thing this volume had going for it was Shampoo, Ranma (as a girl) in her cute tropical outfit, and this:
(which I thought was hilarious)
I'm giving it a 3 star rating simply because it is Ranma and I do love the characters, but I really wasn't into this volume. I hope the 11th volume has a come back!
(which I thought was hilarious)
I'm giving it a 3 star rating simply because it is Ranma and I do love the characters, but I really wasn't into this volume. I hope the 11th volume has a come back!
February 24, 2015
I've been wondering what Takahashi could do to make her stories feel trivial. She's had people fighting over loves they won't admit, and over magical macguffins that obviously won't last, but the personalities always carry these books to absurd entertainment. With Book 10, the formula finally breaks.
Much of the book rests on the returning school principal, who is easily the least entertaining character to ever be the center of one of these story arcs. He comes across as a racist caricature of Hawaiians, with a flowery shirt, palm tree on his head, and his speech translated into English as "islander slang." That he's actually a Japanese tourist who tanned up while on vacation doesn't make it feel less gross when no actual Hawaiians get represented.
But okay, he's a jackass character. You might write something funny out of that - except he spends half the book wanting to shave male students' heads because of a dress code he's just invented. It has no relation to his caricature. It's... just this motive, in order to annoy all the students. Even the fights he gets into with Ranma don't have that wacky choreography of earlier books. His hair-trimmer themed fighting style is funny for a page and then promptly goes redundant. He's a character I hope to see less of.
It takes some craft to make this book still enjoyable. Part of it rides on the first story arc, in which Akane is granted superhuman strength. Suddenly she can throw down with Ranma and Shampoo, highlighting that she's not grossly inferior to their technical martial arts skills, just typically weaker. It's classic Takahashi quirk as the love triangle feuds with the put-upon girl who can suddenly destroy them all.
It balances out nicely to Akane's presence in the principal storyline, where she's the student body's moral center. She gets to push two different story arcs with two different strengths, the first artificial, but the second on her personality. It's nice to see her as the star of more of this series.
Much of the book rests on the returning school principal, who is easily the least entertaining character to ever be the center of one of these story arcs. He comes across as a racist caricature of Hawaiians, with a flowery shirt, palm tree on his head, and his speech translated into English as "islander slang." That he's actually a Japanese tourist who tanned up while on vacation doesn't make it feel less gross when no actual Hawaiians get represented.
But okay, he's a jackass character. You might write something funny out of that - except he spends half the book wanting to shave male students' heads because of a dress code he's just invented. It has no relation to his caricature. It's... just this motive, in order to annoy all the students. Even the fights he gets into with Ranma don't have that wacky choreography of earlier books. His hair-trimmer themed fighting style is funny for a page and then promptly goes redundant. He's a character I hope to see less of.
It takes some craft to make this book still enjoyable. Part of it rides on the first story arc, in which Akane is granted superhuman strength. Suddenly she can throw down with Ranma and Shampoo, highlighting that she's not grossly inferior to their technical martial arts skills, just typically weaker. It's classic Takahashi quirk as the love triangle feuds with the put-upon girl who can suddenly destroy them all.
It balances out nicely to Akane's presence in the principal storyline, where she's the student body's moral center. She gets to push two different story arcs with two different strengths, the first artificial, but the second on her personality. It's nice to see her as the star of more of this series.
May 16, 2013
In which Shampoo accidentally uses black magic to make Ranma hug anyone who sneezes and Principal Kuno returns after a three year trip to Hawaii, set on making boys get buzz cuts and girls get bowl cuts.
October 3, 2016
You can never go wrong with Ranma. A must read. A manga series worth reading. I love the adventures these kids have in this manga.
November 1, 2021
Each chapter usually adds new characters but so far Tsubasa; which has been introduced in this chapter, is the only one I'll be glad to see more of.
November 24, 2023
At this point you've got to kind of admire how relaxed Ranma is about turning into a girl, and the fact that he's willing to dress up in very feminine clothes... even if it's to trick other people and be a nuisance to the general public. Also Ukyo is dumb. So she's got a problem with someone, who looks like a girl, being in love with her, but she neglects to tell everyone she went to an all boy's school. So she just caused so much chaos for nothing really. But also the weird conversion Ranma tries to do on Tsubasa is gross, when he thinks Tsubasa is a girl.
July 4, 2021
The first story arc in this book is about Shampoo giving Ranma a magic mushroom that then makes him hug anyone that sneezes. Much hilarity ensues. In the next arc, Shampoo and Akane duel after each eating magic noodles that give super strength. The final arc is about the school principal returning and trying to make the lives of the students all miserable.
I laugh out loud every time I read these books.
I laugh out loud every time I read these books.
July 23, 2023
All these Ranma 1/2 stories are great fun-- crazy fights, wacky transformations, ongoing gags-- i loved this one for the unhinged school principal who returned from a three year stint in Hawaii speaking pidgin. And now i MUST find this volume in the original japanese to see how on earth it was rendered! Because the English version gets the pidgin ... Pretty good!
Anyway, great fun.
Anyway, great fun.
September 7, 2019
The principal's really annoying and there were a couple of spots where the text wasn't put in.
December 7, 2019
4,5 stars
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March 19, 2023Damn thsi series is getting stale without a core antagonist. I literally read thr summary fo the last volume and aside form not knowing a few caharcter it's literally just the same shit
August 31, 2023
Recordé la lástima que me daba Mousse... Shampoo no merece su amor u.u
December 23, 2023
Tsubasa is boring. An add-on for the sake of it.
December 30, 2023
This one was just kind of tedious. On top of the principal just being a really annoying character, his plot line spans way too many vignettes. Definitely should’ve just been one and done with him.
December 1, 2024
No dejes de ser heterosexual, porfa te pido heterosexual
January 9, 2025
Tbf I was a little surprised at actual queer representation in a manga this old … but a girl can dream right! I’ll just live in denial :)
January 16, 2025
The Hawai'ian principle was not a good addition.
December 28, 2025
3.5 Stars - Next-level stupid in this volume. Is the principal's patois offensive? I'm unsure what it's even supposed to be.
January 22, 2021
This volume is one of the more disappointing ones in the Ranma series thus far. We begin with a good story that, unfortunately, was a little better handled in the anime. (I don’t say that often!) Shampoo has made a pork bun with a special mushroom that has hypnotic qualities. She commands Ranma to hug her whenever she snaps her fingers - but Kuno sneezes just when she’s giving the command, and sneezes are the trigger. Ranma and Akane are home alone that evening and Akane has a cold - so she’s super wary of him and has stocked up on weapons to keep him away. Shampoo comes around with another prom bun and commands Akane to hug anyone who isn’t Ranma... just in time for Ryoga to come in. There’s a lot of potential for cute shipping fun with this set up, but instead both parties are stupid and jealous, with Ranma being upset that Akane doesn’t get that it’s involuntary, and then calling her a floozy for hugging Ryoga. Annoying.
The next arc shows Akane gaining super strength from some magical soba noodles she ate. She’s just lost an arm wrestling match to Shampoo, and Ranma points out that she’s never going to be able to beat Shampoo, so Akane is ALL IN when she’s challenged to some martial arts badminton. But during the game Soun pulls Ranma aside to tell him that the side effect of the noodles is that Akane will grow whiskers if she doesn’t take the antidote. Ranma tries to get her to take it, to no avail. But then her whiskers sprout and she runs away. He follows her and coaxes her to take the antidote, and the whiskers fall off. “There’s the Akane I know and... well, I’m glad.” (I’m swooning with you, Akane.)
After this, principal Kuno comes to town and honestly, it’s not even worth reading. He’s a doofus who’s spent the last three years in Hawaii, and therefore has a shoddy Hawaiian dialect and wears tacky clothes and redecorated his office to be like a jungle. He also wants to cut everyone’s hair, and has a special coconut with a “school rules pardon”, and whoever gets it can ignore the rules. During all the fighting it’s revealed that Tatewaki Kunonis the principal’s son, and Akane gets the class to bond together against the principal rather than being out for themselves as individuals. They defeat the principal and no one gets a shaved head or bowl cut. Yay.
The very last story is one where the principal says anyone who’s late will have to wash the restrooms for the next week, and he’s really keen on it being Ranma - to the point that he tries to slow him down on his way to school. But Ranma prevails and makes it just in time and causes the principal to be late, so he’s left scrubbing the toilets.
Honestly, a bit of a waste of paper if you ask me. Principal Kuno isn’t really funny and doesn’t add much (other than maybe stupidity) to the Ranma world.
The next arc shows Akane gaining super strength from some magical soba noodles she ate. She’s just lost an arm wrestling match to Shampoo, and Ranma points out that she’s never going to be able to beat Shampoo, so Akane is ALL IN when she’s challenged to some martial arts badminton. But during the game Soun pulls Ranma aside to tell him that the side effect of the noodles is that Akane will grow whiskers if she doesn’t take the antidote. Ranma tries to get her to take it, to no avail. But then her whiskers sprout and she runs away. He follows her and coaxes her to take the antidote, and the whiskers fall off. “There’s the Akane I know and... well, I’m glad.” (I’m swooning with you, Akane.)
After this, principal Kuno comes to town and honestly, it’s not even worth reading. He’s a doofus who’s spent the last three years in Hawaii, and therefore has a shoddy Hawaiian dialect and wears tacky clothes and redecorated his office to be like a jungle. He also wants to cut everyone’s hair, and has a special coconut with a “school rules pardon”, and whoever gets it can ignore the rules. During all the fighting it’s revealed that Tatewaki Kunonis the principal’s son, and Akane gets the class to bond together against the principal rather than being out for themselves as individuals. They defeat the principal and no one gets a shaved head or bowl cut. Yay.
The very last story is one where the principal says anyone who’s late will have to wash the restrooms for the next week, and he’s really keen on it being Ranma - to the point that he tries to slow him down on his way to school. But Ranma prevails and makes it just in time and causes the principal to be late, so he’s left scrubbing the toilets.
Honestly, a bit of a waste of paper if you ask me. Principal Kuno isn’t really funny and doesn’t add much (other than maybe stupidity) to the Ranma world.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 27, 2016
Part 1: Embraceable You: Cologne gets a magic mushroom that can be used for dark magic, and Shampoo plans to use it.
Part 2: Hold Me Close: Shampoo gives Akane something so she sand Ranma tarts to hug Kuno all the time. Then she glomps on to Ryoga who Ranma then kicks away. The spell wears off finally.
Part 3: Akane's Power-Up!: Akane is at a fair and Shampoo tricks her. Akane wants Ranma to help her train to fight Shampoo, but Ranma points out every time she has
Part 4: Super Badminton: While Akane is beating Shampoo, Soun tells Ranma that the super-noodles have a side-effect; they will cause Akane to grow whiskers. Shampoo eats the soba also, but Ranma gives her a cure for its effects.
Part 5: Serious Side Effects: Ranma ends up fighting Akane in the badminton tournament but the fight ends when Akane starts to grow whiskers (like a cat's whiskers), so she agrees to take the antidote.
Part 6: The Return of the Principal: The principal returns wearing a Hawaiian shirt and playing a ukulele. He has strange rules about hair cuts and other things.
Part 7: Journey into the Principal's Office: The Principal's office is set up like Hawaii. All the students are hunting for a special coconut that has a paper in it that excuses them from all the new rules. Ranma goes into Ranma-chan mode to try and trick it out of the principal, but he's forgotten where he's hidden the coconut.
Part 8: The Principal of the Thing: Kuno and the Principal realize they are father and son.
Part 9: One Hairy Day: The map to the missing coconut is one the back of Kuno's head. The principal tricks Ranma and captures him.
Part 10: Shear Folly: Ranma finally defeats the principal and he agrees to no buzz cuts, but soon comes up with another crazy kind of hair cut he expects the students to get.
Part 11: Gonna Make You Tardy!: It's Tardy Student Punishment Week at the school. The principal tries to make Ranma tardy, but Ranma turns the tables on him and makes him tardy.
Part 2: Hold Me Close: Shampoo gives Akane something so she sand Ranma tarts to hug Kuno all the time. Then she glomps on to Ryoga who Ranma then kicks away. The spell wears off finally.
Part 3: Akane's Power-Up!: Akane is at a fair and Shampoo tricks her. Akane wants Ranma to help her train to fight Shampoo, but Ranma points out every time she has
Part 4: Super Badminton: While Akane is beating Shampoo, Soun tells Ranma that the super-noodles have a side-effect; they will cause Akane to grow whiskers. Shampoo eats the soba also, but Ranma gives her a cure for its effects.
Part 5: Serious Side Effects: Ranma ends up fighting Akane in the badminton tournament but the fight ends when Akane starts to grow whiskers (like a cat's whiskers), so she agrees to take the antidote.
Part 6: The Return of the Principal: The principal returns wearing a Hawaiian shirt and playing a ukulele. He has strange rules about hair cuts and other things.
Part 7: Journey into the Principal's Office: The Principal's office is set up like Hawaii. All the students are hunting for a special coconut that has a paper in it that excuses them from all the new rules. Ranma goes into Ranma-chan mode to try and trick it out of the principal, but he's forgotten where he's hidden the coconut.
Part 8: The Principal of the Thing: Kuno and the Principal realize they are father and son.
Part 9: One Hairy Day: The map to the missing coconut is one the back of Kuno's head. The principal tricks Ranma and captures him.
Part 10: Shear Folly: Ranma finally defeats the principal and he agrees to no buzz cuts, but soon comes up with another crazy kind of hair cut he expects the students to get.
Part 11: Gonna Make You Tardy!: It's Tardy Student Punishment Week at the school. The principal tries to make Ranma tardy, but Ranma turns the tables on him and makes him tardy.
February 19, 2017
More proof of the Japanese obsession with Hawaii.
February 17, 2014
In the first story Shampoo gets a magic mushroom that when given to a person makes them obey a single command with a trigger. She gives it to Ranma with the command of embrace! But the trigger is a sneeze - So now Ranma embraces anyone who sneezes. Kuno has a stinking cold and Ranma ends up in his arms far more than he would like! Hilarity ensues when Shampoo also gives the mushroom to Akane!
Shampoo and Akane continue to battle in the next story in which Akane becomes super strong after eating Happosai's strength ramen. The girls battle it out in an anything goes martial badminton match.
The second half of the book deals with the return of the insane school principal who on return from Hawaii wants to cut off all the boys hair and make the girls all have bowl cuts. Only a magic coconut will save the day. Tears and laughter follow as its revealed that Kuno is the principal's long lost son. NUTS!!!!!
One of the more interesting Ranma volumes there's less gender bending (which is becoming repetitive) and more straight up slapstick - the principal is larger than life and his rasta voice comes across really well. Zaney, lightening paced and totally nuts, there's nothing quite like Ranma out there.
Shampoo and Akane continue to battle in the next story in which Akane becomes super strong after eating Happosai's strength ramen. The girls battle it out in an anything goes martial badminton match.
The second half of the book deals with the return of the insane school principal who on return from Hawaii wants to cut off all the boys hair and make the girls all have bowl cuts. Only a magic coconut will save the day. Tears and laughter follow as its revealed that Kuno is the principal's long lost son. NUTS!!!!!
One of the more interesting Ranma volumes there's less gender bending (which is becoming repetitive) and more straight up slapstick - the principal is larger than life and his rasta voice comes across really well. Zaney, lightening paced and totally nuts, there's nothing quite like Ranma out there.
October 1, 2020
This volume has some stories I remember being pretty memorable such as the reintroduction of Mousse and the pill story. Both have some great gags.
Tsubasa's introduction was odd. He's definetely one of the weaker (reoccuring?) characters. At first it tries to trick you into thinking he's a lesbian and it's odd to see the others still treat him like he's straight. But then it's revealed that he was a boy the whole time and is actually straight... Eh... Ranma definetely has a few things as it goes on that it's best not to think too deeply on and this is one of them. I'm still pretty confused by Ranma's actions towards him. Up until this point he was usually pretty firm about not having feelings towards any of the girls that chased after him, but near the final leg of the story, it's hard to tell what Ranma's thinking.
Tsubasa's story definetely deserves two starsm but the rest of the volume is easily four.
Tsubasa's introduction was odd. He's definetely one of the weaker (reoccuring?) characters. At first it tries to trick you into thinking he's a lesbian and it's odd to see the others still treat him like he's straight. But then it's revealed that he was a boy the whole time and is actually straight... Eh... Ranma definetely has a few things as it goes on that it's best not to think too deeply on and this is one of them. I'm still pretty confused by Ranma's actions towards him. Up until this point he was usually pretty firm about not having feelings towards any of the girls that chased after him, but near the final leg of the story, it's hard to tell what Ranma's thinking.
Tsubasa's story definetely deserves two starsm but the rest of the volume is easily four.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 12, 2011
More silliness continues, starting with Shampoo giving Akane and Ranma love pills to make them fall in love with the first person they see. Then Akane eats the soba noodles that give her super strength. Finally, Akane and Ranma do battle with the new school principal and his excessive discipline. He's from Hawaii, so there are lots of bad jokes about shirts and the like. Silly, but you can see where the quality is starting to drop.
May 14, 2016
Volume 10: Shampoo (accidentally) trains Ranma to hug anyone who sneezes, Shampoo and Akane play the wackiest game of ping-pong ever, and we finally meet the high school's principal. (I honestly don't know what the Principal could have learned from studying the secondary education systems in Hawaii; apparently the Principal never got over his obsession with mandatory haircuts...even though he has a tiny palm tree growing out of his head for some inexplicable reason.)
June 4, 2014
I still love Ranma but I must say this volume wasn't the best. The first part with Shampoo and the mushroom was pretty funny! Then I also loved the whole super strong Akane with the magical Soba! But the supposedly "Hawaiian/ rastfarean principal" was horrid and not funny at all. I tried to read it but it was just bad, so I had to skip the whole last part of the volume, hopefully Volume 11 can put things back on track!
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?
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