User:David A/Ranma Characterisation Reference

Ranma:

1:6: Nightmare about Kuno coming on to her.

2.5: Apologises and accepts punishment from Akane when his fight with Ryoga accidentally cuts her hair off.

2.6: Catches Kasumi’s frying pan when it’s falling to the floor. Offers to carry Akane, due to her sprained ankle. Compliments her on the new hairdo.

2.9: Saves some strangers from being further beaten by Kodachi after she’s already won.

3.3: Comments that beating up girls isn’t his/her style.

4.6: Kissed by Shampoo. Informed that this is due to village law. Tries to convince her to let up, but is quickly overcome by Shampoo’s affection, starts to hug her back and says that they should get to know each other better before going steady.

4.9: Decides to go to China to find a cure for Akane’s amnesia, even if he/she has to swim there (as previously).

4.10: Strikes a deal to ‘almost kill’ female Ranma to get the cure from Shampoo. Takes a beating to accomplish this. Prevents Shampoo from killing Akane and tricks her that he’s a girl in disguise to stop further attempts. Somewhat regretful that she goes away.

5.1: Says that he’ll tell Gosunkugi his weak spot but screams in his ear instead.

5.2: Believes the entire Tendo household will laugh at him if they find out he’s afraid of cats.

6.3: Saves Akane when she tries to save him. Intends to thank her, but is snapped out of it when Shampoo enters the bath.

6.5: Finds out that Akane’s cooking is terrible, but doesn’t want to tell her. Complains to Genma that he brought her along. Vainly tries to force himself to like it.

6.8: Runs away from the fight with Ryoga to buy time to plan.

6.10: Calls Akane the biggest klutz in Japan.

6.11: Doesn’t want to lower himself/herself into fighting a monkey, even if Sentaro has to get married to it.

7.1: Enters a martial arts takeout contest for a year of free ramen if he wins.

7.7: Stops Happosai from entering women’s bath. Embarrassed when accidentally stuck there as a naked male. Shows back of naked body to lure Happosai into lowering his guard

7.8: Tries to prevent Happosai from entering Akane’s room. He accidentally ends up there anyway and clumsily tells Akane that he doesn’t find her attractive in her underwear to ease her off.

7.9: Shows breasts to Happosai to distract him from the falling Genma-panda, to return his stolen panties to their owners. Refuses to bow to him when he demands it.

7.10: Tricks Happosai into wearing 'women-repelling' scent to get even. Saves Happosai from being posted to the North Pole, when he’s too weak to defend himself due to the withdrawal symptoms.

7.11: Uses pictures of attractive women to distract Happosai. Impressed when Genma uses a gigantic battle-aura. Thinks he’s useless when he’s unable to maintain it for long.

8.1: When offered chance for a Nannichuan cure in return for a date with Shampoo, he’s content to let Akane’s ‘brute strength’ handle the fight with a powerful dojo destroyer on her own.

8.2: Tries to get Soun off his back by telling the latter that he’ll try to be back in time for the fight. When Akane seems in good form he’s content to let her handle it, but is unaware that her left hand has been damaged. Charms Shampoo into lowering her guard, but sprays her with coughing gas, and tries to steal the cure after she declares her trust. Outsmarted, as her bag contained a cat. Very restless after Shampoo evaluates that the destroyer is too strong for Akane, but can’t force himself to kiss her in exchange for being allowed to leave early.

8.3: Instead tries to steal the packet again, but is outsmarted again as it’s been replaced with flower seeds. Attempts to move the ‘date’ in direction of the Tendo dojo. Drives frenzied, after Shampoo is transformed into a cat. Accidentally drives his/her head into the path of the DD’s finishing attack against Akane. Takes the opportunity to insult her ability and prepares for battle.

8.4: Excited at the prospect of gaining the apparent Nannichuan bags Shampoo has placed on the DD, but is tricked into instinctively destroying them since they were positioned at the vital spots and filled with fireworks. After Shampoo tricks Akane that he kissed her during their date he feigns to be hurt by the accusation after coming to Akane’s aid and destroys the last packet to shock her out of feeling betrayed and induce a guilt-trip. When a trembling Akane tearfully begs for forgiveness on her knees, and asks how she can make it up to him, he tells her to give him all her lunches for a month, to do all his homework, become more feminine, and tone her ’over-muscled’ body. Punts the DD after he reveals the ploy to Akane. She then first thanks him for the help and then slaps him on the cheek for being a liar. Happy of apparently being cured, but is then sad again when it turns out to be temporary.

8.5: Bemused by Akane’s interest in playing Juliet. Wants the lead role after he hears that the winner gets to ‘see China’ (really the stage name for the drama competition judge). Accepts onstage free for all battle with Happosai, Kuno & Gosunkugi.

8.6: Escapes being beaten up, sealed in concrete, wrapped in chains and buried alive by Happosai. Unnerved by Gosunkugi’s ridiculous female disguise and returns a costume containing a bomb. Embarrassed when the scene demands that he kiss Akane. Loudly declares that nothing is going to make him kiss her, and puts his tongue out.

8.7: Turns female and switches with Akane when Happosai attempts to capture her, then renders him drunk and puts her bra in a casket of alcohol to seal him in. Inebriated insensate herself after Kuno sticks a bottle in her mouth. Saved by Akane and then returns the favour. Decides to kiss Kuno through sticking tape on his mouth.

8.8: Tries to convince Akane, but is interrupted when Gosunkugi chloroforms her. Still can’t force himself to kiss her in front of an audience. Tells Soun that if he didn’t care it wouldn’t be so hard. Turns spastic when it turns out Akane overheard. Kissed by Akane, but she uses tape and cheerfully kids with him, so he’s feeling unnerved about it. Shocked into a temporary vegetative state when he learns about the real prize.

8.9: Imitates Akane’s voice and tricks Ryoga that she wants a kiss. Takes away his map. Learns that it leads to a Japanese Nannichuan. Strikes alliance when it turns out that the spring is situated under the girls’ locker room.

8.10: Decides to enter by turning into a girl. Turns Ryoga into a pig when the latter objects, since the girls are changing in there. Tricks the girls that Akane is bullying her, but is turned back. Then forces P-chan to enter against his protests, to provide a distraction. Incriminated when Akane sees him together with Happosai and his panty collection.

8.11: Strikes alliance with Happosai and scatters the girls by bombarding them with rubber snakes. Almost knocked out when trying to sneak up on Ryoga. Pretends to be an admiring girl to get opportunity to knock him out with a nerve-jab from behind. Attempts to convince Akane that he’s there for the Nannichuan and not helping Happosai to steal their underwear. Beats up the piglet in private when the spring turns out to be defunct.

9.1: Insults Akane by saying that her cookies might kill Kuno, but helps her get them back after Kodachi steals the batch.

9.2: Tries to stop Kodachi from spreading doctored photographs where they kiss, so Akane won’t see them. Attempts to gain negative from an electrified collar on Kodachi’s pet alligator.

9.3: Uses female allure to trick Kuno into the bathtub and remove his belt through hot water and gain access to the negatives. Tricks him into helping her to get away after Kodachi tells Akane, and the latter doesn’t believe Ranma’s explanation.

9.4: Only agrees to help Akane out of a trap if she says please and apologises for doubting him. After Akane is struck unconscious by electricity and impact, he eats Kodachi’s food to find the hidden key. Tells Akane that jealousy beyond a certain point isn’t cute. Paralysed by Kodachi’s food, but is saved from being molested by Akane, who listened in and found out about her mistake. Offers to taste the cookies she baked for him, but is going to bed with a severe stomachache.

9.5: Doesn’t know that Ukyo was a girl or that he was engaged to her. Tells her to let bygones be bygones and be a man.

9.6: Asks Ukyo why they can’t be friends again and doesn’t try to attack her during their duel, but is finally angered after taking a ruthless beating, and completely outmatches her. Finds out that she’s a girl.

9.7: After he learns from Genma that his statement that he liked okonomiyaki better than Ukyo led Genma to abandon her, he offers to let her take out her anger on him, but is surprised when she takes him up on the offer and tries to avoid her attacks. Tries to repeatedly compliment her so she can let go, embrace her femininity and get a boyfriend.

9.8: Shows Ryoga Ukyo's breasts to shock him into completely lowering his guard and sucker-kicks him into a building. Tricks him into believing Akane is holding his hand just to be a jerk for fun.

9.9: Tells Ukyo that Akane is ‘the biggest macho-dweeb’ in the history of Japan. Thinks ‘Ryoga would be twice the man he is, if he was half as manly as Akane’. Jealous when he thinks Akane has accepted a ‘date’ with Ryoga'.

9.10: Stops Ryoga from confessing to Akane and tricks him into believing that she's his fiancé. Chases him away through throwing water-buckets. Tells him that she doesn’t mind his curse to lead him on, but when he’s overcome and tries to hug her she has to beat the unresisting Ryoga unconscious. Calls Akane easy and insane.

9.11: Tells Ryoga that she’ll love him even if he turns into a pig. Feels ashamed after Ryoga finds out, feels genuinely hurt (for believing her and thus ‘betraying’ Akane) and runs away.

10.2: Sets up a trap for Happosai to take away his love-inducing pills. Tricks Akane into believing he’s fallen victim to one and loves her. In shock after almost caused to marry Cologne.

10.3: Plays with Akane’s feelings by telling her to ‘settle for him’ after she swallows the day-lasting pill. Laughs at and teases her after her cloaking eyewear makes her walk into or trip over objects. Shocked when told that she swallowed the permanent pill. Saves Akane by attacking Ryoga and Kuno when they accidentally show up. Pushes Akane into the water and forcefully keeps her head under the surface to prevent her from seeing Happosai. Changes back to let Akane see him, so her life won’t be ruined.

10.5: Saves some children from being accidentally killed by Mousse. Tells him that if he wasn’t such an idiot Shampoo wouldn’t need to pester him all the time.

10.6: Tries to cheer up and encourage Mousse to not give up despite the latter's attacks. Saves Akane from being turned into a duck.

10.7: Willing to let Soun marry him to Akane when the latter is turned into a duck. Would even rather be stuck with Shampoo than lose a fight against Mousse on purpose.

10.8: Thinks that Mousse would feel bad if Ranma let him win.

10.9-11: Extremely vain and shaken after told that his female form is ugly by Tsubasa. Thinks Tsubasa is a lesbian ‘pervert’. Tries to win a cuteness competition by dressing up as a Playboy bunny and acting feminine. Shows compassion towards Tsubasa. Tries to lead ‘her’ to ‘the right path’ by getting ‘her’ interested in men.

11.1: States that he knows the way to Ryoga’s house since he showed the way ‘300 times’ when he got lost. Is willing to help when Ryoga lies that his dog (who Ranma knows of) isn’t doing well after giving birth. Amused and decides to take revenge after he finds out that Ryoga has planned a date with Akane.

11.2: Tricks Ryoga into thinking she's his kid sister, repeatedly disturbs his date or confessions and unsuccessfully does her best to beat him up when off guard and not defending himself.

11.3: Considers Ryoga a boring moronic goon. Helps Ryoga's puppy get home despite the danger to herself.

11.4: Sets trap for Happosai by pretending to be girl in a changing room and strikes him with a frying pan. Gangs up and stomps on Happosai when he’s already on the ground (but doesn’t succeed to cause damage).

11.5: Heavily embarrassed and flustered when surrounded by naked women at a hot spring, while attempting to destroy the Happo Fire Burst by entering as a girl. Tries to prevent Happosai from peeping at Akane. Convinces her that he’s not there to peep, but mentions that she should listen more to him instead of assuming the worst.

11.6: Wants to learn the Happo Fire Burst technique. Sets obvious (but working) trap for Happosai by dressing up in girls’ summer wear during the winter. Worried that her father might have been killed by Happosai, but doesn’t care when it turns out he’s just unconscious. Impressed when Happosai stops a 5m firework boulder with a single finger. Tries to kill him by punting both over a cliff, to finally get some peace.

11.7: Embarrassed when his classmates think he’s homosexual under the influence of Shampoo’s control-mushroom.

11.8: Tells Akane ‘Of all the uncuteness in the world, why do I have to end up hugging you!? Very angry when confronting Shampoo. Annoyed that Akane needs proof to listen. Wonders why he puts up with this homely psycho.

11.9: Can’t accept Akane defeating him in arm-wrestling. Begins to cry after continuous losing streak.

11.10: Unable to lift a 3m high, 3m diameter, 0.3m thick iron bell. (~Diron(h(r22 - r12) + r12(r2 - r1)) -> (7.86tons/m3)(3m(1.82 – 1.52)m2 + 1.52m2*0.3m) = (7.86tons/m3)*(2.97 + 0.675)m3 = (7.86tons/m3)*3.672m3 ~ (7.86tons/m3)*3.14*3.672m3 ~ 7.86*11.53(tons/m3)m3 ~ 90.63 tons )

11.11: Pretends that he wants her back to normal because he cares rather than simply being jealous. Petty and gloats as he repeatedly defeats Akane in arm-wrestling when she's back to normal.

12.2: Tricks the principal by pretending to be a sweet girl. Thinks Akane does everything the hard way.

12.3: Ambushes Kuno from behind by hitting him with a rock to the head.

12.4: Tries to convince Kuno to shave his head, by feigning romantic cutesy-girl interest. Sees through the principal’s stupid trap.

12.6: Annoyed that Shampoo bothers him.

12.7: Sees P-chan in the bathhouse and intentionally drops a bar of soap in front of him, then gleefully taunts Ryoga about his love letter. Stops Akane from reading the letter when it’s presented to her.

12.8: Jealous of Ryoga’s ‘cure’. Tries to suck up to him to find out how. Tricks him that she’s Akane’s classmate Kew and wants to help him with his troubled love, while really intending to steal the soap. Slams him with a blunt object from behind while his guard is down and tries to steals the soap strictly for personal use.

12.9: Sets up a date between Ryoga & Akane, to distract him. Hits Ryoga with a pillar from behind, while Shampoo destroys his guard through duplicating Akane’s voice and telling him to kiss her. ‘Kidnaps’ Akane from the date with Ryoga out of jealousy and tells her that he rescued her from boredom.

12.10: Prevents Ryoga from confessing to Akane. Says that Ryoga is posing. Saves Akane from a charging roller coaster.

12.11: Tries to masquerade as ‘Ryoga’s girlfriend’. Says that it’s scary what happens to a lonely guy who gets a taste of affection. Pretends to be Akane to trick Ryoga into hugging her, and teases him about it.

13.1: Sets up Happosai to be beaten by a horde of women. Horrified at the prospect of accidentally injuring a child. Shocked when told that he’s weak for life.

13.2: Tries to cheer Ryoga up after the latter begins to cry over seeing him in such a state. Says that he feels like crying himself. Says that he only cares about getting his strength back, not the dojo and Akane. Tries to suck up to her after she overhears and tells him that she knows where to find the cure.

13.3: Disheartened but doesn’t want Akane’s pity.

13.4: Annoyed that Genma suggests prostrating. So excited at learning the Heaven Blast technique that he doesn’t notice that Akane has come to his aid. Jokes that Akane’s cooking is lethal, but apologises when she overhears, since she went through such trouble to help him.

13.5: Heavily embarrassed by embarrassing photographs and when Genma reveals that he talks about Akane in his sleep. Can’t bring himself to unleash the Heaven Blast on Akane & Ukyo. Moved that Ryoga helps him out.

13.6: Thinks Ryoga is making fun of him by not being able to go all out, while he’s really just empathetic and overemotional. Tells Akane that she’s an idiot who always butts in where she isn’t wanted. After she gets hurt he becomes spastic and tells her that he just can’t stand her seeing him this weak.

13.8: Thankful for Ryoga’s sacrifice. Says that Akane is too far below his league to stand a chance at seducing him.

13.10: Thinks to himself that he’d do anything to get his strength back, including throwing away the last of his pride by taking and showing off Ranma-chan lingerie photos. Wants serious payback against Mousse, Kuno & the principal.

13.11: Touched that Akane stepped into the Hiryu Shoten Ha to save the chart. Decides that even if he has nothing else to live for he’ll still save Akane.

14.1: Classmates state that even an undignified freak like Ranma deserves a very tiny amount of respect. After it seems like the cure is lost he thanks Cologne, Ryoga and Ukyo for their help and runs away. Decides to leave Akane and go on a training trip. Depressed and cries after he can’t even carry his camping gear. Overjoyed when cured, doesn’t even notice that Akane is happy for him, revels in his strength for a week, consciously destroys everything around him, including the school & dojo, and repeatedly beats up his father, including breaking his arm.

14.2: Delights in scaring and teasing Akane. Rebuffs Shampoo’s newest matchmaking charm, a magic bell. Scared into accepting it. Angered at the bell for incriminating him. Claims to be unafraid of monsters. Scared insensate by monster cat. Hugs Shampoo in terror.

14.3: Angry at Shampoo’s inconsideration for refusing to get rid of the bell. Unbothered to gleefully beat up his possessed father. Angered and tells Shampoo that she’s an idiot for believing that he’d fight for her love rather than to save his own butt. Tricked and worried by Shampoo’s faked tears and ‘submission to her fate’. Enters the Cat Fist.

14.4: Insults Akane rather than giving sympathy when she’s determined to learn to swim. Saves her from an attacking shark, but repeatedly insults her ability to learn and calls her insane.

14.5: Teases Akane while she is drowning. Wants her to give up. Saves her from later drowning. Motivates her to continue after she gets sad.

14.6: Thinks Genma is nice for helping a little boy, but gets mad after it turns out that he’s just out to live in leisure. Attempts to get the boy out to play in return for all the food Genma ate. Tells the unexpectedly super-strong boy that he’s making his mother sad, is lazy and vainly attempts to charm him, but unexpectedly gets him to chase the panda.

14.7: Pride wounded by being beaten so easily. Resolves to help Ryoga get rid of the ridiculous battle mark. Considers ordinary Ryoga his only true rival/equal.

14.8: Attempts distractions and attacks from behind to ‘beat’ the invincible Ryoga. Fakes tears to spray him with water and attempt to beat up P-chan instead. Tries to cheer Ryoga up, but is horrible at it.

14.9: Thinks Ryoga is a dope, but feels sorry for him, after he gets crushed and runs away never to see Akane again, when she almost figures out that he’s P-chan. Attempts the ‘helpless, sensitive cutesy girl manoeuvre’ to get through his guard.

14.10: Figures out that the mark is weakened when distorted. Saves Ryoga from utter embarrassment by pretending that the disappearing mark on Ryoga’ stomach was a magic show. Thinks being stupid lets Ryoga instantly recover from trauma.

14.11: Ambushes Happosai into a flock of angered women during the latter’s panty raid, and tells him to stop pestering people. Tries to prevent him from misleading two small children. Thinks he lacks conscience and never gets half of what he deserves. Helps the children get back home.

15.2: Willing to set up a date, dress up, and act like a sweet, romantic girl to distract Kuno and steal his wish-granting sword to get rid of the Jusenkyo curses. Tries to cure himself instead of Genma. Drugs Kuno’s food.

15.3: She can’t force herself to kiss Kuno. Cries on the floor after the Kuno wasted the wish on a small statue to commemorate the date.

15.4: A flashback shows him attempting to protect Ukyo from a swindler when 6 years old, but wagered and lost the Tendo dojo. After they found out that the Gambling King cheated they wrapped him up like sushi and dumped him into the river.

15.5: Determined to fix the problem by training to become a good card player, but is horrible due to showing his feelings openly and being easily tricked. Unhappy about working off his bets to Ukyo as a waitress. Calls the Tendos a bunch of losers when Nabiki is cheated of the house.

15.6: Called the worst card player who ever lived by Ukyo, and apparently has identical weaknesses to the King. He trains by being slammed by weights if he shows any expression.

15.7: After the King repeatedly cheats or attempts to cheat; Ranma tricks him through play-acting and by cheating himself.

15.8: Helps Soun with a job to capture a mob that attacks and cuts off people’s hair. Is unwilling to explain about the Dragon’s Whisker to the other household members (out of embarrassment that it keeps his hair from monstrous growth, and since Genma would steal it if he knew that it cures baldness).

15.9: Revealed to usually carry some spare lingerie to distract Happosai.

15.10: A flashback shows a starving Ranma eating stolen magic porridge in China. Reveals that he usually holds back against Genma. Touched when his father seems to defend him, then angered when it turns out that he’s just playing on Ranma’s feelings.

15.11: Tricks Happosai with breasts and lingerie. Very depressed at the prospect of having gone bald/ran out of hair. Passes out from emotional exhaustion. Feeling betrayed and angered by his father.

16.1: Offered to compete in an obstacle course race by Akane (for the chance of winning a trip to Jusenkyo), but after Soun interrupts before she can explain and turns them nervous by talk of romance, Ranma asks why he’d ever want to go to the race with a macho chick like Akane. Annoyed by Shampoo bothering him, but immediately overjoyed and accepts when she makes him the same offer with an explanation.

16.2: Tries to defuse the fight between Ukyo and Shampoo, so he can reach the goal uninterrupted, but only succeeds in making them mad at him.

16.3: Unconcerned with who he teams up with as long as he wins. Tells Akane that it’s best to team up with a macho jock chick and laughs at her.

16.4: Attempts to trick Ryoga and Mousse into taking a break while he finishes the race alone. Unsuccessfully ambushes Ryoga from behind. Very embarrassed when hugged by a naked Shampoo. Remains embarrassed when in the middle of a naked Shampoo and Ukyo. Can’t understand why Akane is mad at him. Says that the only reason to choose Akane over Shampoo or Ukyo is that she’s the only one present. Surprised when told that Akane invited him first.

16.5: Says that Akane is an idiot for not looking where she’s going and after she tires to be noble and apologise he tell her that she’s always doing stupid things, but that he’s not mad about it. After Akane throws him to safety, he goes back into the quicksand to apologise and then insult her again. Is willing to give up the Jusenkyo cure to save Akane’s life.

16.6: Angry about Mousse’s sadistic gloating. Tells Shampoo and Akane that this isn’t a date, just a race. It doesn’t matter whom he teams up with, but still can’t chose.

16.7: Seems to choose Akane. Flustered after Shampoo runs away crying and tells her that he chose the warm water path, since he hates cats. Doesn’t mind being hugged by a nude Shampoo when turned drunk from sake vapours. Thanks Akane for all the help when it seems like he’ll win.

16.8: Angered and holds a grudge towards Picolet Chardin for calling Akane a potential bride, defeating him in public and sticking him with a 100,000 Yen food bill. Takes over the engagement.

16.9: Mentioned that Ranma was never taught any table manner due to his constant training trip. After Akane gives him a good luck charm (really digestion pills) he/she thinks that she/he can sometimes almost like her.

17.1: Embarrassed and angry with Soun about complaining when seeing him in an iron corset as a male.

17.2: She’s willing to starve herself to learn a winning dining technique.

17.3: Sets the match at school to publicly avenge her public defeat. Cheered on by his/her schoolmates.

17.4: Tries to cheer Picolet up by saying that there are lots of better brides out there, but still think he’s unreal. Has to give him one of his future daughters for the 100,000 Yen bill.

17.5: Wipes the dojo with, destroys and ridicules the pattern of Akane’s hand-embroidered towel. Agrees with Nabiki that it’s hard to be engaged to such a violent girl. Gleefully tells Akane that it doesn’t matter if Nabiki borrows or destroys all her outfits, since the only thing she’s suited for is a gi. Very reluctant to apologise, asks Akane what he did wrong and that he and Nabiki made fun of her separately. Saves Nabiki from falling.

17.6: Uses himself as a human shield to save Nabiki from being killed by Shampoo, Kodachi and Ukyo(?). Angered with Nabiki for attempting to sell him as a husband, and setting up the entire situation. Tells Nabiki that this is her fault and wants to break up. Doesn’t fall for the ‘So you’re saying that you love Akane then?’ manoeuvre, but is shocked and flustered by her convincing sadistic play-acting ‘confession’ of love for him.

17.7: Tries to convince Akane to make up, but Nabiki has hit her weak spots and initially made her too angry to listen, and calls him an idiot. Tells her that he doesn’t like to be treated like trading goods, and that it’s a nice change to be engaged to a cute girl instead of some ‘violent macho jock chick’, but is remorseful after she gets sad, noble and disheartened. Tries to break up with Nabiki again, but is successfully manipulated into feeling guilty and compassionate through faked love, tears and girlish melodrama. Angered and doesn’t believe Nabiki’s utterly straight-faced lies after seeing her sell 5-set photographs of his undressed female form.

17.8: Flustered by Nabiki’s constant public ‘affection’. Apologises to Akane, but after she admits blame for the entire incident, he mocks and laughs at her in return.

17.9: Refuses Nabiki’s offer to break up with him for a 5000 Yen ‘consolation fee’. Manipulated into getting a very bad conscience and consider himself a heartless bastard, after she fakes tears and accuses him of ‘playing with her feelings’. Forces himself to apologise to Akane, but is overly proud about it and panics when he realises that he’s proposing. Pissed off when he hears Nabiki admitting to tormenting him for fun, and saying that she’s completely unafraid due to him being a clueless coward with women. Tries to set up a silly revenge scheme by taking her on a date, where he’ll embrace and confess to her.

17.10: Considers Nabiki a heartless witch and is outraged by her constant sadistic toying with people’s feelings. Very embarrassed after he accidentally declares his love for Akane, but gives her a bouquet of roses out of kindness.

17.11: Determined to help seal a spirit after accidentally releasing it. When it turns out to be harmless and lonely he’s very kind to, but gets frustrated with, it.

18.3: Traps Happosai by putting pantyhose on her legs while in female form. Sympathises with Taro’s quest to find Happosai, since he thinks it’s because of the curse. Angered as he receives an insult in turn. Rides the back of the flying Minotaur to find Akane.

18.4: Tricked that Shampoo & Mousse are ‘helping’ him & Ryoga out of ‘friendship’, when they are respectively waiting for a chance to assassinate Akane & himself.

18.5: Touched when he believes that Mousse ‘saved’ him from being caught in one of Taro’s water traps.

18.6: Easily goaded, tricked and angered during the fight with Taro’s human form.

18.7: Saved from Taro monster by Akane. Saves her from falling to her death and being crushed by a boulder. Fights him together with the others.

18.8: Barely manages to defeat Taro. Still shows compassion and tries to convince him that he can live with the curse.

18.9: Angered when Taro calls him a ‘faggot’. Still shows compassion when informed about his horrible name.

18.10: Sets up a silly play to convince Happosai to change it, in exchange for that Taro carries him to some other country. Again lures him into a trap by dressing herself in pantyhose.

18.11: Flees from a rampaging giant Happosai and temporarily forgets about it while drinking tea, then remembers and returns. Stops Happosai from killing Taro by throwing a bundle of pantyhose in his path.

19.1: Tries to help Kuno regain his memory.

19.2: Masquerades as an admiring girl to sucker-kick Kuno. Terrified of being raped by the suddenly too powerful Kuno.

19.3: Compliments the non-amnesiac Kuno on his suddenly superior skill.

19.4: Has a bad conscience about accidentally destroying Ukyo’s secret sauce recipe 10 years back, but doesn’t want to admit he’s responsible. Asks Soun to let Ukyo stay at the Tendo house until she feels better. Moves Ukyo’s luggage into his own room. Alleviates Akane’s suspicions by telling her that the 10 years he’s known Ukyo have forged a strong relationship. Has to sleep outside after Soun & Akane assume it’s his fault when Ukyo heavily comes on to him and sleeps in his bed.

19.5: Further suffers for Ukyo when eating her horrible sauce rather than see her punish herself (but has forgotten the childhood promise to marry her if it turned out well). Says that he doesn’t want to hurt Ukyo’s feelings and thinks she’ll get over her funk if he simply lies about liking the horrible sauce.

19.6: Terrified of and beaten up by Soun. Tries to grovel and apologise, when the latter thinks he’s proposed to Ukyo. Explains to Akane, but can’t go through with hurting Ukyo’s feelings until Akane pushes him. Grovels, sincerely apologises and tells Ukyo to hit him if she wants. Utterly unconvincing when eventually (he doesn’t want to leave the Tendos) reluctantly going along with Nabiki’s lie of already being married to Akane.

19.7: Very tense and unconvincing while trying to fake the marriage life. Thinks it’s ok to sleep beside Akane if he’s a girl. Manages to think his way out of Nabiki’s trap by drinking the bucket of water. Even more tense when sleeping in the same room as Akane. Chases away Nabiki, Soun & Genma when he catches them eavesdropping. Tense but satisfied when Akane hugs him in her sleep. Feeling very guilty about Ukyo’s faked tears.

19.8: Unsuccessfully attempts to make Ukyo give up on him by being a rotten ‘husband’. Tricked by Ukyo’s faked tears again. Swallows the entire jar of poisonous sauce to repent. Says that he prefers Ukyo when she’s doing what defines her.

19.9: Annoyed that Genma and Soun aren’t more hard-working with accepted missions. Feels compassionate towards Happosai after the latter feels lonely and sad from being ignored, even though he just left him naked in the women’s bath.

19.10: Applauded by other students in gymnastics class. Feels sick by accidentally being caused to go a date with Gosunkugi. Harshly pushes Gosunkugi away for interrupting an argument with Akane.

19.11: Takes an opportunity to let Happosai get beaten by a horde of chasing women. States that since he never reforms they won’t take him back next time. Repeatedly tries to torment Happosai after he gets stuck on his/her body. He’s completely unconcerned that the Happosai ends up in bed with bandages covering his body.

20.2: Plays with Ryoga’s feelings by pretending to be an admiring girl so he’ll show her the scroll with instructions for the Shi-shi Hokodan move. Thinks he’s a moron for never seeing through her disguises. Very depressed by the prospect of repeatedly losing.

20.3: Refuses to concede defeat, especially to Ryoga.

20.5: Stated to be excessively overconfident by classmates. Says that Akane finally gave the ‘just friends’ speech and that Ryoga’s taking out his heartbreak on him.

20.6: Thinks Ryoga is unbeatable, but refuses to lose. He resorts to cheats/distractions for sucker-attacks when he can’t win head on.

20.7: Helps to rescue Shampoo despite his fear of cats, but say that he’ll only kiss her this one time.

20.11: Very embarrassed when Kodachi’s doctored photographs make people believe that he/she has a relationship with Kuno. Very angry with Nabiki for taking his money to help out, to gleefully reveal her own doctored photograph of a Ranma-chan in lingerie proclaiming dressing up in girls’ underwear and looking cute as her greatest hobbies. Prevented from hurting her through a threat of making them public.

21.1: After Ranma learns that he’s surpassed Genma in regular (no special attacks) combat ability; he merrily takes revenge for all the times his father stole his food as a child by repeatedly attacking and beating him up. He remembers and holds a grudge for every instance since he was five and wants payback for all of them. After Akane tells him that his father might learn a new technique and get better again, he decides that it’s safest to finish him off once and for all. Paranoid that Genma might kill him in his sleep.

21.2: Misses his father, though annoyed by his stupid interference, and sympathises with him feeling lonely.

21.3: Intimidated by Genma’s new move, but doesn’t know why. It turns out that it’s because it consists of a father hug, which severely disgusts Ranma.

21.4: Thinks Akane is superstitious ‘as usual for a woman’. He’s unwilling to find out if he’s destined for Akane, through eating love-predicting cherry blossom cookies. Instinctively uses P-chan as a shield

21.5: Jealous of Ryoga after it seems like he’s destined to marry Akane. Distracts & sucker-stomps him. Tries to eat a cookie in secret, to be on the safe side, but can’t go through with it. Goaded into eating one after Akane calls him a wimp.

21.6: Curious about seeing the result, but his face is covered with ink and gives no information after washing it, making him very disappointed. Sprays Ryoga with cold water to stop him from being bothersome. Realises that since Akane isn’t the sort of woman who’d go for several men, it’s pointless to eat the cookies. Jealous and annoyed with Ryoga and douses him with water again. Bitter and depressed towards Akane, but gets identical ‘blossom’-marks from P-chan’s hooves and realises that nothing has been revealed for either him or Ryoga.

21.7: Holds a grudge towards Mariko Kunjo for making Akane cry.

21.8: Even willing to accept the challenge of being the more ‘loving’/inspiring martial arts cheerleader for Kuno to get back at Mariko and defend his/her pride, oblivious to the humiliation in acting like a girlish cheerleader, and that it’s not a good idea to keep Kuno’s fixation.

21.9: Utterly disgusted from dating/spending time with Kuno.

21.10: Gives Kuno a collection of personal lingerie photographs to compete with Mariko.

22.1: Saves Akane from Mariko. Mortified of embarrassment after Mariko exposes his/her love for Akane in front of the entire school and by the rumours afterwards.

22.2: Begins to think about if he has a mother after he’s asked by Akane & Nabiki, and doesn’t buy Genma’s ‘Zeus & Athena’ explanation (he ‘sprung fully formed from Genma’s brow’). His earliest memories are of training while travelling with his father, but never visited his mother. Touched by the casual kindness of an unfamiliar woman (Nodoka). Given his father’ panic about the visit notice, he assumes that Genma must have done something really bad, and asks if he’s lied, cheated, stolen or all three. Surprised when told that it’s his mother, and doesn’t know what to think, due to the suddenness and lack of memories.

22.3: Wonders how a pretty and well-mannered lady like Nodoka could have married Genma. Insistent to see his mother despite Genma’s protests and doesn’t think he has anything to hide from her. Revealed to have been on an eternal training trip since he was around 1-2 years old. Shocked to find out that Genma promised that he and Ranma would commit ritual suicide if he failed to make Ranma ‘the greatest martial artist of his generation and a man among men’, and is annoyed with Genma’s stupidity, then terrified when he learns that Nodoka sorrowfully intends to fulfil her duty if worst comes to worst. At first intends to tell her anyway but stops herself at the last minute and tells her mother that she’s Akane’s cousin ‘Ranko’. Very outraged at Genma.

22.4: Gives Genma a choice to either take back the idiotic oath or force him to commit seppuku on the spot. He’s/she’s initially furious with Nabiki for intentionally trying to expose him during the dinner, but gets discomforted after she, for the first time, shows sincere sentiment. She’s sad that her mother will leave, and shows sympathy for her distress and longing for him/her, but is terrified out of confessing after witnessing her swinging wildly with her sword after dreaming about him being unmanly.

22.5: Thinks his mother must be very lonely and is angered at Genma for acting like she was plague-ridden. Happy, but nervous about the reunion Akane has set up between them. Genma mentions that water seems to constantly seek him out through unlikely accidents.

22.6: Consistently determined to let his mother see him despite all his father’s interference, but frightened into reconsidering at the last moment, when accidentally faced by a katana to his throat. Terrified when seeing her mother falling towards the ground and saves her life. Very happy to be reunited, but then disappointed as he’s sprayed with cold water and Nodoka dismisses meeting her son as a dream. Doesn’t want to disappoint Nodoka and risk disembowelment.

22.7: Annoyed when being bothered/cuddled by Shampoo. Later confused by her dismissive, callous, aggressive and contemptuous behaviour (under the influence of a ‘reversal-jewel’, which can either strengthen love or turn it into hate). Initially says that it’s natural, given that he’s been completely unforthcoming, but after having it rubbed in first by all his classmates, the Tendos and finally being attacked by Shampoo once more, he realises that his pride is hurt, and makes a loud battle-cry to the moon that he’ll rise to the challenge of making her love him again.

22.8: Gives (non-rj) Shampoo a bouquet of flowers, and when she seems very happy he turns unconcerned again, but is again confused after (rj) Shampoo immediately attacks him again. Ineffectively attempts to catch her interest through jokes, jealousy and sympathy, but is repeatedly injured and humiliated. States that he’s only chasing Shampoo for the sake of personal honour. Tries to make her declare her love through defeating her in combat again, but runs away in shock, embarrassment and confusion, after she and the spectators either interpret this as attempted ‘rape’ or heavy affection.

22.9: Tricked into a wedding trap by Cologne, by telling him that the best way to get a love declaration out of Shampoo is to first tell her that he loves her, but is afraid of being humiliated if he’s lost his charm to women. Demands a love declaration from Ukyo to sate his doubts, and feels full of confidence after she complies. States that he considers love as a battle and that he’ll make everyone proud of him through succeeding.

22.10: Oblivious to all signs that something strange is going on, and it takes him an hour to muster up the courage to ‘confess’, but ends up telling Akane instead. Shaken and touched after the rj bolsters and makes Akane confess absolute love for him, especially since she doesn’t seem mad and strokes his ego. Tries to apologise for being a jerk, but then asks for all her lunches from now on ‘since a tomboy like her could stand to lose a few pounds’.

22.11: Goes along with Akane’s concern for Happosai, due to him gradually losing all his energy/life. Not afraid of ghosts. Refuses to steal a disgusting old lady panty even to save Happosai’s life. Becomes motivated after hearing that Happosai’s ghost will haunt the Earth forever (and never leave him alone), and puts all Happosai’s other lingerie into the panty to trick him into grabbing it.

23.1: Astonished to find Happosai beaten up ‘when all of his pupils together couldn’t prevail’. Wraps up Happosai and puts him in the trashcan to get rid of him. Likes Taro’s idea of using Jusenkyo water to turn Happosai into a nice person, but in enraged from being called a ‘useless, cowardly transvestite’.

23.2: Excited at the prospect of Happosai being turned into an insect or a snake, so he can be crushed/killed easily,, but is mortified by, and instantly very motivated to stop, the prospect of using ‘Spring of drowned twins’. Stops Taro from splashing Happosai, and initially tries to tell him why, but after being repeatedly interrupted he’d rather take the opportunity to fight someone he dislikes. Explicitly declares to herself that she considers Happosai a vastly superior fighter.

23.4: Shows sympathy towards Taro’s failed mission for a normal life. Flabbergasted that he’d still try to turn into twins and kill them all just out of spite. Doesn’t seem to hold a grudge afterwards.

23.5: Saddened by the prospect of being unappealing in girl form

23.6: In flashback: Shown to have knocked Yobei out from behind and stolen his food, but he returns the favour by helping him destroy a large (2m high 3 m diameter) rock blocking the flow of a hot spring.

23.7: Decides to go on a training trip while Kasumi is sick, to avoid eating Akane’s cooking. Casually tells Akane that it’s worse than poison. Touched when Nodoka offers to take care of the family, but immediately dejected when Akane agrees to ‘help’. Reluctantly agrees to help Nodoka in the kitchen and tries to show off to both her and Akane. She/he turns out to be a swift and talented cook, but feels that it’s a hollow victory when told that she’ll make a ‘good wife’ someday. Terrified when always discovered through a broken hot water pipe, and feels weary about Akane’s ceaseless determination to cook for his sake.

23.10: Ranma-chan apparently doesn’t remember what happened under the influence of the ‘love fishing rod’. Furious with and stomps the mortified Ryoga after he accidentally grabs and ‘confesses’ to her instead of Akane. Says that he’ll hurt Ryoga ten times worse if the pervert ever says that he loves him again.

23.11: Helps Gosunkugi from being beaten by robbers. Cheerfully declares that it’s a martial artist’s duty to help the ‘weak’ and downtrodden. Thinks Gosunkugi is a lunatic. Very concerned with fighting as ‘honourable men’ and never allowing an opponent a hollow victory by holding back. He now apparently respects Gosunkugi for standing up to and fighting him.

24.1: Very enraged when Herb-chan throws Akane like she’s trash.

24.2: Anxious for a rematch after Herb-chan defeats him.

24.3: Shocked, frightened and sad about being locked in girl form. Motivated again after told of a magic kettle that can unlock the curse if she follows the Musk. Rightfully doesn’t buy that Mousse and Ryoga have trustworthy motives in offering help against the Musk. Tells Akane that it’s not her fault when she feels guilty and apologises, but feels inspired when Akane says that she believes in him/her.

24.4: Thinks she was mad for allowing two screw-ups like Mousse & Ryoga to come along (actually Mousse was the one who lost the map & money) and splashes them with cold water. She now has to resort to trying to force Herb-chan into revealing the location by hiding the latter’s clothes in the bath. Concludes that Herb-chan is really a man transformed and locked as a woman.

24.5: Determined to pursue the Musk to Mt. Horaisan despite the ‘dreadful monsters’ (wild monkeys) said to live there.

24.6: Woken up from unconsciousness when she feels that something is wrong (Ryoga is about to die).

24.7: Realises what Ryoga & Mousse are trying to do, why it’s going to fail and tries to stop them. At first angry, but then compassionate and tries to inspire them after they are locked in cursed form by saying that they’ll get their hands on the kettle and unlock all of their curses, but has personal doubts about being able to succeed.

24.8: Figures out that the ladle acts as a compass to the kettle. Determined not to let Herb-chan beat her to it.

24.9: Tells Ryoga and Mousse to go use the kettle to change back while she keeps Herb busy. Distracts Herb by telling him that she’s figured out how the Ryû Sei Hishô works and gain a free sucker punch by showing her breasts. Orders Ryoga & Mousse to continue despite being at risk of getting beheaded.

24.10: States that she/he always takes advantage of an opponent’s weak points (to distract/sucker-attack/cheat) if it will buy an advantage.

24.11: Shocked when her Hiryû Shôten Ha is ineffective. Manages to crawl up from defeat and get motivated again by thinking that Akane will get sad if he/she doesn’t turn back into a man and gets back, but would still have been killed if not saved by Ryoga blocking Herb’s blast by throwing a 30-ton boulder into its path. Happy to see that her allies have turned back, and determined when Ryoga throws her the water-kettle.

25.1: Thankful for Mousse’s help in blocking another attack. Terrified at the prospect of loosing the kettle in a chasm. Inspired after Ryoga enters the closing ravine to get it back and orders Ranma to win her fight. She’s happy to see that Ryoga survived and brought the kettle (and burrowed a water sprout).

25.2: Manages to outthink Herb when direct confrontation led to constant overmatched defeats. She tricked him to give off ‘cold’ chi and send Ranma into the air with a tornado, where she could funnel Herb’s excess ‘hot’ chi into a blast through directing a spiral blast of ‘cold energy’ into the middle. Turns back to normal when Ryoga’s water-sprout is caught up in the wind and manages to create a 1-hit decisive blow with the element of surprise on his side. He tries to thank Ryoga and Mousse for the help, but gets arrogant about it and calls them ‘morons who caused the entire situation and were dragging at my feet, but don’t worry about it‘. (Technically partially true given that Mousse lost the map and that they got their curses locked, but not necessarily) Instinctively saves the unconscious Herb when the latter is caught in the collapsing mountain. Complains that a worried Akane never says anything nice to him after she feels awkward when finding him alive in the bath. Shocked when she gives him a long heartfelt hug in happiness that he’s alive.

25.3: Doesn’t watch where he’s going and accidentally knocks down a bystander (Hinako) by stomping her head, but carries her to the principal’s office to make up for it. Tries to save Hinako from falling and being hurt by Happosai.

25.4: Very excited at the prospect of learning Ms. Hinako’s chi-draining technique, so he’ll be capable of defeating Happosai. Gives her presents and tries to suck up to her to show him how to do it. Annoyed when she doesn’t listen.

25.5: Flabbergasted how to defeat an opponent who drains your battle aura, since you can’t attack without one

25.6: Convinced to cancel Hinako’s threat (by pushing the five pressure spots that inactivate her ability) after being attacked and drained. Very flustered when Akane & Ukyo find him grabbing Hinako’s breasts (literally in self-defence). Tries to deactivate them by ambushing her from behind, but is flustered when Hinako & his schoolmates think he’s sexually disturbed. Frustrated when another attempt fails, and Akane won’t listen to his explanations due to a raging inferiority complex.

25.7: Tries to attack as a girl to succeed, since ‘it’s not mashing then’. Determined to touch her pressure points despite constantly accidentally intercepting attacks from Kodachi, Shampoo & Ukyo. Makes another attempt to explain to Akane again. Instantly figures out Hinako’s trap and tries to warn Ukyo, Shampoo 6 Kodachi.

25.8: Angrily stops Hinako when she prepares to drain the last fighting spirit from the unconscious Ukyo, offers herself as an opponent in their place, and loudly announces her intention to push all Hinako’s pressure points.

25.9: Asks Ukyo, Shampoo & Kodachi if it’s ok that he’ll avenge them, but is mortified to be publicly seen wearing girl’s gym clothes in male form. Figures out a way to incapacitate Hinako (without attacking her). Dispirited after Happosai reveals that he must push the pressure points every day for a month to remove the ability.

25.10: Refuses to try Akane’s (successful) cooking and blatantly eats ordered katsudon noodles instead. Astonished to find out that Akane succeeded, but thinks it would have been stupid to run away for something like this (which she didn’t), but is scared into going after her by a furious Soun.

25.11: Thinks Akane was stupid for going alone on a monster removal mission and is confused by the many giant animals in the area.

26.1 Jealous of Shinnosuke, but vehemently denies it when Akane asks. Concludes that there’s something odd with the forest causing the animals to grow and Akane’s cooking to turn delicious.

26.2: He saves a sickly Shinnosuke from a giant platypus despite being jealous. His pride is severely hurt when Akane wants to stay there (to care for Shinnosuke until he’s better, as penance for getting him injured while saving her as a child). He doesn’t wait to listen to explanations, and howls at the moon in anger.

26.3: Camps in the forest and spies on Akane despite feeling dejected. Annoyed when Ryoga shows up, turns him into a pig and boots him away. Angered and tells an upset Ryoga to shut up, or at least not hit talk and cry at the same time, when the latter pesters him about it again.

26.4: Calls Ryoga a coward for deciding to personally ask Akane for a clarification. Misunderstands a scene between her & Shinnosuke and asks Akane why she would switch to that guy (she can’t answer that Shinnosuke is dying in front of him), but starts to fight when Shinnosuke tells him to stop bothering her. Dejected and leaves, after Akane slaps him to stop him from striking a sickly Shinnosuke.

26.5: Decides to go back and never see Akane again, but is astonished to see a giant 7-headed (actually 8-headed) dragon. Moves out of the way rather than catching a falling ugly cross-dressing old man, but carries him on his back away from the rampaging dragon despite being terrified.

26.6: He won’t allow Akane to throw away her life as bait for the dragon (to cure the terminally ill Shinnosuke with the moss of life) and decides to risk ‘his’ own life instead. He dresses up as a woman and acts as bait and distract the dragon from Akane.

26.7: Comes up with a plan to defeat the 7 heads by throwing beer in their eyes. Fiercely determined to save Akane from being eaten.

26.8: Dives to save her from the giant dragonhead. Under the water, moves a 60-ton boulder into its mouth. Tells Shinnosuke to take care of Akane in case she doesn’t make it back alive and baits the dragon away from her.

26.10: Stuck behind the Orochi’s teeth, doesn’t want Akane to use herself as bait to make it open its mouth, and tries to insult her and pretend to already have been eaten to discourage and let her survive. Turned back into a man when Akane makes it open its mouth through running into its mouth with a hot teakettle and saves himself Akane from being bit in two at the last moment. Happy when they both escape to go home together again.

26.11: Thanks Shinnosuke for saving Akane when they were small. Unsuccessfully tries to force himself to say something nice to Akane, and frustrated when she doesn’t say the first word herself, but only manages to awkwardly reach for her hand. Embarrassed when she grasps it, tells him that she’s glad that they’re going home together and apologises for making him worry, but is disappointed in still not being able to say anything.

27.1: Annoyed when Hinako continues to drain him and never leaves.

27.2: Refuses to let Hinako use him as a portable battery. He’s derisive about her declaration to propose to Soun within a week. Exasperated from being constantly drained. Tells Hinako that Nabiki & Akane are right in that she can forget being Soun’s wife, and turns happy and scornful when the child teacher becomes very sad and runs away. Satisfied to finally be able to sleep without being drained, but angered and resists when Hinako does so in order to propose. Mortified when Soun thinks they have a relationship and frustrated that he won’t listen.

27.3 Helps Nabiki & Akane to barricade the doors and put up an ‘Extra mothers not needed. Go steal someone else’s father!’ sign, to keep Hinako from proposing. Goes along with playing their ‘mother’ as a desperation-move and furiously demands that a confused Soun goes along with it. Smugly knocks Soun out with a sledge from behind to prevent him from accepting Hinako’s proposal. Touched when seeing Soun’s dedication to his dead wife. Annoyed with Hinako for continuing to visit.

27.4: Annoyed and quickly walks away when Shampoo approaches him for a date. Disbelieving when hearing about Mousse’s new ‘super-strength’. Smugly contemptuous towards Mousse and attacks him for ‘interrupting dinner’. He’s furious about crying and apologising, but turns fiercely smug and arrogant after learning that Mousse (unwittingly) was wearing ‘apology-glasses’ and laughingly calls him a ‘pathetic loser and pitiful coward’.

27.5: Initially refuses when an (insincerely but convincingly) apologetic Mousse asks Ranma to beat him up in retaliation, but is goaded into when pestered enough. Ashamed about being humiliated in front of his schoolmates, and angrily demands that Mousse puts up a ‘fair manly fight’ to get retaliation (despite personally consistently using dirty tricks and distraction to gain an advantage in fights or otherwise). Mortified and runs away after being publicly humiliated once again. He’s intensely furious when scolded/reminded by Mr. Tendo. Literally burning for revenge and demands Cologne supplies him with an array of cowardly trick devices.

27.6: Pretends that he’s willing to forgive Mousse and offers his hand in friendship, to zap the latter with a strong electric shock. Uses pollen gas, constantly kicks Mousse when he’s incapacitated and repeatedly strikes him with a sledge to the head from behind. Uses a fire-breathing device to set the fairly fighting Mousse up for a sucker-kick, and still doesn’t let up the cheats. After Mousse puts on the glasses backwards and apologises Ranma prepares to continue striking the latter through his equipment but is stopped by Cologne and Akane.

27.7: Reluctantly agrees to act as a lure during a mission to wipe out a sea monster, since it only attacks/drowns young women.

27.8: Smug about her ability to charm Kuno into complimenting the cursed ugly irremovable swimsuit (to prevent her from being drowned) and poses for him. Increasingly irate as the latter refuses to compliment it despite all her efforts to suck up to/’date’ with him and has to be restrained from severely bashing him with a bokken. Terrified when she’s dragged towards the ocean and desperately implores Kuno to flatter it. Embarrassed when the dissolved suit leaves her naked in front of Kuno.

27.9: Oblivious of the ghosts in the ‘tunnel of lost love’ and condescendingly mocks Akane for clinging to him in terror. He’s jealous when she holds on to Ryoga instead and takes Ukyo’s arm in her place.

27.10: Worried about a screaming Akane. Seems completely unperturbed by entering a bath filled with warm blood, with monsters and bones of the dead in it. Misunderstands Ryoga’s apologies to a reluctant Ukyo and thinks they’re in love. Happy for and hits Ryoga in congratulation, sorry about ‘causing them trouble’. Thinks Ryoga & Ukyo are just having a lover’s quarrel when they seem to hate each other afterwards.

27.11: Initially nonchalant with the principal publicly announcing his worst test score, since ‘a martial artist’s main concern is to fight against injustice and oppression and defend the oppressed’, but bothered about looking stupid after it’s implied that the score is horrible, but he considers it to have turned out ‘great’ (Genma apparently doesn’t agree).

28.1: Very exasperated and weary about having to try out dresses for her/his mother, but happy about being complimented. Regretful about not being able to tell her but doesn’t want to commit suicide. Tries to save Nodoka from a rampaging bear. Furious about Ryu Kumon assuming his identity to deceive his mother, and challenges him to a fight.

28.2: Gains the upper hand in the fight despite Ryu’s initial distraction but loses his guard after his mother shows up and is almost killed. Tries to get the Umisen-ken scroll away from the house before Ryu finds it.

28.3: Furious when Ryu threatens to destroy his mother by exposing him. Determined to learn Umisen-ken and defeat Ryu after the latter threatens to expose him.

28.4: Trains by silently stealing or replacing Akane’s underwear, the middle of Soun’s newspaper and the dining room floorboards. Successfully hides his ‘presence’ from Akane (not being ‘felt’ by other marital artists) and asks her for help in delivering a challenge.

28.5: Challenges Ryu in a duel between the two arts, to pay him back for playing with his mother’s heart. With Ranma revealing the Umisenken if he loses, and being allowed to seal the Yamasenken away if he wins. Worried about Nodoka having found out after receiving the Umisen-ken as the envelope in a letter to Ranko. Angry with Genma after reading that it’s an art of silent theft.

28.6: Demands that Ryu reveal himself as a fake to Nodoka, but when the latter accepts, he also tries to demand that the latter prostrates before himself and runs around town with a ‘fake Ranma’ sign.

28.8: Tells Ryu that he’s a fool for using the school to break things rather than produce anything, and that they are both arts to live (through burglary).

28.9: Uses the Umisen-ken final attack to defeat Ryu, by loosening the earth around him and sealing his vacuum attacks with an enormous cloth, burying him in dirt as it is sucked towards the void.

28.10: Tells Ryu that the arts are useless to him through the way he’s been utilizing them. Weary when Genma reveals to the others that the two schools are methods of burglary, and seals the latter in a pit together with the two scrolls after the latter states that Ryu’s father could have rebuilt his school if he had laboured to use it correctly. He’s concerned with Nodoka after seeing her unconscious. At the end she/he seems to view Ryu with newfound sympathy and has her worries about Nodoka alleviated, when the latter reveals that she simply used the letter as an envelope for recycling purposes.

28.11: Has a premonition dream about Happosai leaving the land of the living on the River Styx and is overjoyed to get rid of him. Annoyed by Happosai’s usual antics, but curious when the latter isn’t fighting back like usual. Annoyed when Happosai repeatedly tries to sample his/her tears for his rejuvenation potion, but puts him to bed due to his sickness. Helps to mop up his tears from the floor and forces Happosai to drink the potion, since it would be pointless to let him die after going through such troubles. Curious when seeing Happosai’s rejuvenation in action, and muses that he’ll live for a long time after his mentality turns into a baby’s.

29.1: Chases Happosai on a panty raid as usual. Extremely annoyed with Kuno’s phoenix constantly pecking his head and angered when Kuno attempts to date Akane. Uses ‘female in distress’ play-acting to convince Kuno to get rid of it.

29.2: Learns the snake-fist to (unsuccessfully) defend against the phoenix. Again uses his/her female body to make Kuno stop helping it. Throws a birdhouse at the phoenix salesman to get an explanation. Stomps the latter when he doesn’t give a solution, and again when he wants to swindle them of 10 million Yen.

29.3: Angered with Shampoo running into his head with her bike. Annoyed when told that Shampoo lied to her village newspaper about an imaginary marriage, and protests in indignation after hearing that she described passionate lovemaking. Unconcerned when seeing the cheerfully sadistic deceitful & psychotic Pink but is poisoned and almost killed for his arrogance. After being saved by the outwardly identical, solemnly altruistic and sensitive (alternately self-righteous and vengeful) Link, she/he assumes that the latter was responsible, but is confused when she gets sad for being blamed.

29.4: Tries to put a ‘flower of womanhood’ in Akane’s hair to make her into a feminine and helpless perfect housewife. Annoyed with Shampoo for dragging him into the mess and claiming to be a blameless victim, despite repeatedly extensively beating up both her assailant and rescuer during a span of over ten years. He curses Shampoo for giving him more problems than he already has, and states to himself that he _hates_ fighting against girls. Concerned about Shampoo after she fakes being captured by Pink & Link, to make him come rescue her.

29.5: Journeys up a poison-trap filled beanstalk to rescue Shampoo, after first picking up poison-protective armament. Suspicious of Shampoo’s play-acting after seeing the severely beaten Pink & Link.

29.6: Worried about Akane entering the poison-jungle to save him. Frustrated and annoyed when Shampoo is far more interested in using their time without supervision to have sex than to escape. He gets mad at Akane for briefly turning crazy and spraying them with fire (He’s covered with soot ‘dirt-spots’, but undamaged and completely recovered in seconds), when seeing Shampoo make out with him (while he’s unconscious). Confused when Shampoo teams up with their attackers (to keep them for leaving together). Criticises Akane for ‘unnecessarily’ coming to his rescue.

29.7: Worried about Akane when they are bitten by lethal ‘poison snake herbs’, and stunned when she chooses to use a damage-replacement paper doll to save his life instead of her own. Literally dying for him. Determined to find Akane the antidote. Tries to get Akane out of the poison-jungle before it blooms. Saves Pink & Link from Shampoo so they can prepare an antidote for all of them. He wants to find a way to save all of the unconscious girls, despite Shampoo’s responsibility for causing the situation and the latter two’s repeated murder-attempts. He quickly devises a solution by using the flame-staff to catapult into the air carrying all 4 on his back, and breaking his legs from the effort. Annoyed and dismissive when the still unrepentant Shampoo wants him to seek revenge on the twins for saying that he’s weak in their newspaper.

29.8: Accepts an assignment from a Shinto temple to defeat an oni. Tries to keep it sealed in its box. Determined not to let the oni-possessed Ryoga peek on Akane in the bath. He turns unconcerned with catching it (since it wasn’t all that evil) until it possesses the saintly Kasumi, but can’t force himself to strike her to get rid of it. Afraid when Soun takes his musing literally. Hits the monk for not telling them that a Shinto seal with the sign for ‘bean’ on it can expel the oni, and when the latter can’t spell it right.

29.9: Angered when Nabiki gives him a set of 5 photographs of his female form for catching and beating up a ‘stalker’ for her, and the latter then sticks him with the food bill. Helps Nabiki as a double for a duel challenge despite being annoyed about being used as a pawn. She’s extremely suspicious about Nabiki’s date Kinnosuke Kasha-Oh. Mortified when Nabiki & Kinnosuke constantly stick them with the bills. Sullen after Nabiki’s spending spree caused all the family’s belongings to be claimed by debtors and meagre savings to be emptied. Disbelieving that Nabiki didn’t notice all the oddities about Kinnosuke.

29.10: Concerned by the mounting bills, Nabiki’s bet, and angry with Kinnosuke. Keeps an eye on Nabiki for Soun’s sake and is charmed by kindergarten girls. Dazed and extremely concerned by Nabiki’s extravagant spending spree. She part times as a playboy waitress at a casino to earn some counters for Nabiki’s game. Is terrified when casually sold into prostitution to pay Nabiki’s debts. Barely escapes in a shaken state and fumingly asks if Nabiki & Kinnosuke ever think of the future. He’s increasingly terrified and angered by Nabiki’s careless and wasteful spending extremes, thinks she should act like a high-school student, and is outraged after Nabiki says that she’s uncertain and indifferent to if she can win or not.

29.11: Doesn’t believe Nabiki’s lie about being in love with Kasha-Oh. Destroys a fountain when it looks like Nabiki may get tricked into throwing a coin in it. Determined not to let Kasha-Oh run away. Surprised and shocked by Kasha-Oh’s trap to only get off the airplane by spending 10 Yen (and lose the competition). Outraged at Nabiki’s willingness to remove Kasha-Oh’s parachute and sell him his life for 10 Yen, and after she allows the latter to fall to his death while still keeping up her act, Ranma finds her monstrous cold-bloodedness chilling enough to send a shiver down his spine. Unlike Akane, he remains disbelieving of Nabiki’s love-act after the competition is over.

30.1: Thinks Ryoga may have been the wild giant pig attacking people, despite that the latter turns into a small piglet.

30.2: Considers Ryoga generally a friend of his. Tries to help him get a girlfriend (Akari). Asks Cologne for a drug that lets you accept and give unconditional love, but uses hug-creating magic incense instead.

30.3: Feels sorry about messing up Ryoga’s date.

30.4: Touched when his father is genuinely grateful towards him for getting his hair back, but when it’s so spiky that it scratches Ranma while trying to sleep he changes his mind and tries to take it away.

30.5: Breaks into Hinako’s apartment to steal her battle-fish, which keep her in adult form, since they make her too tough to handle (through restraining combat).

30.6: Fakes being touched by Hinako’s concern for his success as a student to put her battle-fish in a square bowl and return her to ditzy child form, but eventually relents since she went to such trouble for his sake. Concerned when being in adult form for too long overtaxes Hinako’s body and mind.

30.7: Helps out with a mission to get rid of a monster that asks for dates (Kuno stuck in a cursed cherry tree). Fiercely opposed to kissing Kuno, despite that it would break the curse binding her to the vicinity of his body. Digs a hole and covers Kuno with dirt (likely head up) in retaliation for all the troubles and being stuck that way herself.

30.8: Determined to meet his mother while his fever makes the curse inactive.

30.10: Apparently doesn’t change in contact with ice. Begs Akane to help him see his mother.

31.1: Concerned that Happosai would take on a young boy to teach his ‘dark, evil ways’. Doesn’t want to fight a child, but his patience is eventually worn down after being repeatedly assaulted.

31.3: Mentally disciplined enough to break the hypnotic effect of Rakkyosai’s ‘dance of the butterflies’ attack. Tricks Happosai & Rakkyosai to stop harassing her by giving them breast prints from a tanuki statue.

31.4: He’s annoyed when Ryoga accidentally ends up dating Akari & Akane at the same time, and is too indecisive to choose between them, and decides to teach him a lesson.

31.5: Has great fun pretending to be the Hibiki maid and setting Ryoga up for various light-hearted embarrassment and confusion with both Akane & Akari, including dressing up Katsunishiki the sumo-pig to look like the former. Teases Ryoga about being able to trick him again.

31.6: Saves Nabiki from a binding contract relationship with Kuno (due to the magic ‘umbrella of love’). Terrified when Kuno tries to share it with herself. Saves Akane from the same fate. Heavily embarrassed when sharing the umbrella with Akane, unaware that it’s broken, then quietly walks home sharing a regular umbrella.

31.7: Makes Akane have a dream about drowning just to be a jerk and disturb her contented sleep. Apparently helps Akane get unstuck from the basin edge, while the latter is stuck underwater.

31.8: Eats at the Cat Café to get the ‘noodle of pride’, which grants ‘incredible strength’ for a free power-up. At first doesn’t want to continue since the noodles are so awful, but at the prospect of Kuno or Ryoga finding it he’s determined to devour it before them. Tries to eat more than his share, beats Kuno unconscious and cheats in an imminent fight with Ryoga by splashing him with water to get them out of the competition. Meets Ryoga and Kuno’s spirits by the River Styx in a near-death experience. Cheats by entangling Ryoga & Kuno with tough noodles while they’re completely preoccupied with each other. Eats the noodle and is angry at Cologne for goading him to eat all those horrible noodles. Tries to take revenge by beating her, but finds out that it only makes him able to _eat_ a 100 men’s share.

31.9: Angry with Genma for stealing his milk. Tries to take responsibility for accidentally breaking a doll by putting it back together again as well as he can. He’s unconcerned about being attacked by ‘Akane’ with a large sledge. Worried about ‘Akane’ after she falls from the balcony.

31.10: Confused when the possessed ‘Akane’ starts to behave in a feminine and seductive manner. Compassionate towards the ‘animated doll’ (/real Akane) for coming to his defence. After learning that Akane has been possessed he switches positions in a few hundred meters free-fall, to take the brunt impact when landing in the water and save her body from dying and is fumblingly trying to comfort a crying real afterwards. After Akane later gets mad and hits him after learning that he ‘caused’ the ordeal he’s depressed and notes that he misses the doll.

31.11: Terrified at the prospect of being raped by ‘Aloha virus’-ridden males thinking it’s their honeymoon, but only turns incredibly annoyed when they want to take photographs, eat together etc. Comes up with a plan to let the principal sweat out the antidote into a hot spring and lure her classmates into it.

32.1: Helps to care for Taro after finding him beaten up, but doodles on the latter’s face while he’s unconscious. Angered by Taro’s rude ingratitude and knocks him out again. Defends the seemingly defenceless Rouge from being killed by Taro, and initially disbelieving about his protests of innocence, but changes his mind and concludes that Rouge must have been the glowing ball that beat up Taro.

32.2: Offers to help Taro, but is still inclined to believe that he intentionally peeped on and stole from Rouge.

32.3: He’s worried about the ‘collapsing house and helps to repair all the damage done by Taro & ‘Asura’. Surprised that Taro would ‘save’ Rouge from falling to her death. Thinks Taro and ‘Asura’ have equally bad attitude problems.

32.4: Saves Taro from being killed by ‘Asura’. Thinks the latter is ‘putting him safe above the flames’ during their battle with ‘Asura’, but the latter was just lashing out at the closest target.

32.5: Surprised by Taro’s betrayal. Apparently more durable by now since Taro-monster’s blow didn’t knock him out (in the previous chapter Taro was weakened from the severe heat). Figures out that ‘Asura’s’ ‘source of power’ are magnetic shoulder pads and gives her a backrub as a brief power-up. Doesn’t hold a grudge and directs her to a hardware store where she can buy new plasters. Considers Taro clueless for believing that they will give him any benefit.

32.6: Thinks that he couldn’t possibly turn any more attractive than he already is.

32.7: Unenthusiastic in having to dress up just to be compared to another man. Makes sure that Kodachi is aware that he’s not her boyfriend just because of this one ‘date’, and surprised when she’s aware of it. Angered about being assaulted with explosives, trampled by a stampede of cows and having his charm derisively laughed at and insulted. Determined to prove himself and manages to give a cool impression, but feels affronted and frustrated after Kodachi & Akane immediately consider themselves beaten when Asuka’s ‘boyfriend’ (ambushed dupe) turns out to be a bishonen. He irately denies having been beaten afterwards.

32.8: On a hike to visit a temple containing a legendary battle dougi that brings out dormant talent. Suspicious that it’s cursed, since they’re offered it for free, and unconvinced by the priest’s transparent lies. Determined to wear the suit and get a free power-up. Determined to rip the noisy, troublesome and dangerous suit to shreds, and worried when Akane seems in danger of getting harmed by it. Chocked when the suit chooses Akane and not himself, feels insulted when she thinks she can take him down while wearing it, and his pride is damaged after being beaten. Figures out that the suit is lecherous and thus only interested in being worn by girls, then tries to wear it that way, but is shocked to discover that only girls ‘without figure’ can fit into it. After being overheard and clobbered by Akane she sits on the rood and howls reckoning towards the sky, unmindful of not wearing a shirt in public.

32.9: He has now lost interest in wearing the suit but wants to prevail in battle and challenges Akane. Sullen and tries to repeatedly taunt Akane after being badly beaten again. Angered at the suit for butting in and trying to separate them and determined to beat it (almost succeeds). His pride is hurt when Akane tells the suit to ‘try not to tease him so much’. States his fierce determination to prevail to Akane and then repeatedly taunts her before leaving. When told that he can make the suit to leave by seducing Akane he’s initially very unwilling and repeatedly recklessly ambushes and tries to hit its destructive belt latch instead, but is worn down from being incessantly beaten and goes with the former method, intensely dedicated to prevailing. He invites Akane to a private meeting to tell her that he really likes her, that suit is coming between them and that he gets lonely (while he really mostly just can’t stand that she’s stronger). When his confession overjoys her, he gets very shy and nervous about their awkward position.

32.10: After Akane accepts his request and is nice to him he’s very ashamed about ‘leading her on’ (technically just saying what he really feels, but for the wrong reasons), and is about to confess, but after Akane is scared by a snake and she embraces him he hesitantly returns the gesture. Mortified when Akane’s sisters see them. Desperately tries to explain to Akane after Soun nonchalantly tells her ‘everything’. Apologises, tells Akane that he turned sincere halfway and uncomfortably stammers that she’s cute. Feels hurt when she doesn’t believe his genuine confession and that the suit comes in between them, and dejected when Akane refuses to listen and is determined to continue beating him up.

32.11: Tries to settle the conflict by hitting the suit’s belt-latch and consciously avoids hurting Akane during their battle, simply going for restraining tactics to set her up for disabling the suit. After she consistently just beats him up when he’s trying to reason with her he instead goads her to lose her senses even further and sets her up for incapacitating manoeuvres. He decides to stick his hand under the latch and then hit it, after Akane gives him the ultimatum that, if he manages to hit her once, she’ll never forgive him. He takes the damage for her when they’re falling after the fight despite all her assaults, arrogant derisive insults and complete refusal to listen to reason. Like in the battle with Taro monster he shows high-level durability and withstands or immediately recovers from extensive severe poundings.

33.1: She helps try to make a dying boy to take his medicine despite being infuriated by the latter’s constant molestations.

33.2: He thinks Kasumi is too nice a girl to turn upset, but turns nervous when all the evidence at home point in that direction. He helps make celebration/apology preparations, but leaves on a trip after they accidentally destroy the sweater she was knitting. He’s unwilling and feels a bit betrayed when everyone decides to use him as a sacrifice. Later, he’s a little taken aback when Kasumi admonishes him in the gentle manner of a mother to a baby.

33.3: Tells a returned to childhood Ryoga that he’ll help the latter out but cheerfully lies to Akane about Ryoga having a kid. He’s jealous when Akane cares for Ryoga and starts to harass the latter, and then turns enthusiastic when Ryoga suffers by getting a hug from Soun. He tries to stop Ryoga from taking a bath with Akane, is apologetic about accidentally steam-cooking his ‘age-mushrooms’ before they could grow and angered about being turned into a child in retaliation.

33.4: Angered at Ryoga for trying to find the mushroom forest without him. He’s derisive and very bratty towards an apologetic Mousse for accidentally running them over with his bike. Annoyed with Shampoo cuddling him and determinedly chases Ryoga. Gets rid of Kuno by distracting him and clobbering him with a statue from behind. Teams up with Ryoga to find the forest but turns sad and cries when it turns out that the map is indistinguishable. Overjoyed to find that two mushrooms survived, but after Ryoga causes his mushroom to overgrow he steals the one belonging to his rival. He tells Akane to butt out and calls her a ‘middle-aged woman’.

33.5: He tries to trick child Ryoga into getting lost, to get the aging mushrooms all to himself, despite that there were more than enough for both of them. Overjoyed when he believes himself successful. When Ryoga proves to strong in an honest fight he cheats by gleefully turning him into a baby, and hits him on the head. When Akane spanks him for picking on the baby, he wants to get revenge. When Ryoga turns a little older and beats him up in revenge he’s outraged that Akane won’t help him (since he started it) and fakes tears to give her a bad conscience and steal a mushroom. He wants to get revenge on/beat up child Ryoga after turning into a teenager again. He teams up with Ryoga to search for the mushrooms in Akane’s room, gets annoyed by Ryoga’s hypocrisy and stops him from reading Akane’s diary. He manages to combine his chi with Ryoga’s. He’s mortified when it seems like they’ve destroyed the last mushrooms.

33.6: He’s curious (/concerned?) about that Mousse is so worn out, and follows to see where he goes every night. He’s concerned that Shampoo is willing to leave Mousse living in a dream world, and later that he seems to get the life sucked out of him. He tries to save his life by removing the scarf from the statue and restraining him from going on further dates.

33.7: He vainly tries to convince Mousse to stop, and continues trying to save him by taking away the scarf, but is finds the entire situation creepy, and is bothered when Shampoo starts to snuggle him. He’s angered when the statue transforms into an ugly copy, and challenges Mousse for a duel. He’s scared when Mousse manages to split a large iron bell barehanded and keeps out of the way, but offers to call it a draw when he sees that Mousse is half-dead from being tired.

33.8: He helps Hinako and a priest by making a trap for and fighting an Ema destroying horse. He’s happy to see Ukyo. He apparently has no artistic talent whatsoever.

33.9: He’s on a trip with Genma, and wants to train despite all the snow. He hides from Nodoka by turning into ‘Ranko’ and lies about receiving the sweater she knit from a ‘cool and considerate Ranma’. He’s determined not to flee from his mother when she could get harmed from the harsh weather. He’s determined to see her as himself rather than let her think he’s a pervert.

33.10: He helps Ukyo find whoever is sabotaging her business. He still has a bad conscience about ‘abandoning’ Ukyo. He’s curious about what Hayato Myojin looks like without a mask, and repeatedly tries to trick him into taking it off.

33.11: After Hayato glues a mask to Ranma’s face, the latter takes revenge by returning the favour.

34.1: He concludes that the Bean-gun plant attacks angry faces. After Nabiki is derisive about him getting blasted, he tries to take revenge by making her lose her cool, and smashes her 1-Yen coin collection, but gets mad when he sees the hidden revealing Ranma-chan photographs. He figures out that the plant can’t defend itself if you laugh while attacking it.

34.2: He’s shaken about being assaulted by his paramours in an effort to force him to eat their Valentine’s chocolates. He repeatedly arrogantly tells Akane that he doesn’t want any ‘homemade junk’, but gets nervous when it seems like she’ll really give him some. He’s very disappointed when it’s just from a little girl, but is thankful when Akane gives him some herself.