User:David A/Ryu Kumon Characterisation Reference

Ryu Kumon

28.1: Saves Nodoka by ripping out the throat of a rampaging bear with a single strike. He lies about being Ranma in his effort to get in contact with the Saotome family and the complementing Umisen-ken (to master ‘the perfect art’). Surprised but immediately plays along in actively deceiving Nodoka when she turns out to be the real Ranma’s separated mother. Considers himself pretty lucky and decides to search the house for the second scroll.

28.2: Accepts Ranma’s challenge (but unaware of the latter’s identity). Tries to get a free sucker-attack by distracting Ranma and, when about to lose anyway, takes advantage when Ranma is completely distracted by his mother, to make an attempt to rip the latter’s heart out. Frustrated in his unsuccessful attempts to (noisily) search for the scroll. Concludes that ‘Ranko’ moves too expertly to just be any girl and spies on her. Astounded when he finds out about the curse.

28.3: Breaks into Ranma’s classroom and threatens to destroy his mother by exposing him. After beating him, tells him to not go near the house or to be uncovered.

28.4: Frustrated and decides to torture a confession out of Nodoka, but can’t go through with it after seeing her trusting smile.

28.5: Nervous about ‘Ranma’s fiancé’/Akane exposing him, but relieved when she plays along. Accepts Ranma’s challenge to use the Umisen-ken against his Yamasen-ken. To be taught the former if he prevails, and allow Ranma to seal the latter away if he loses. Polishes up his Yamasen-ken in preparation for the fight, and shatters a large Buddha statue with a single strike of his ‘demon god assault bomb’. Revealed that he promised his dying father to search for the Umisen-ken and to have travelled by himself ever since, without any traces of sympathy or companionship. And, given that he doesn’t remember his mother’s face he’s come to appreciate Nodoka.

28.6: Prostrates in thanks for Nodoka’s words of encouragement for his fight, but is amused by the irony of going to beat up her son. Accepts Ranma’s further demand to tell his mother the truth, but angered when he tries to go overboard with further demands.

28.7: Figures out that the Umisen-ken is weak against turning upset, since the user can’t hide his ‘presence’/battle-aura anymore. Threatens to expose Ranma as a ‘girly-boy’ to his sensitive mother. Attempts to break his back. Tells him to surrender or die.

28.8: Reveals that he holds no grudge against the inventor of the schools (Genma, whom he’s never met before), for giving his father the scroll (granting him a chance to rebuild their poor dojo, but destroying it and killing himself in the process of learning it) and that he’s just interested in if the two arts can rebuild his dojo.

28.9: Attacks Ranma after his mother distracts the latter. Frustrated wit Ranma’s constant running away and sneaking around.

28.10: Frustrated about having to seal up the Yamasen-ken (Just the scroll/not teaching it further, or not being able to use it as well?). Shocked and enraged when Genma reveals that the two schools are simply arts of violent burglary or sneaky theft. He’s regretful about wasting all those years looking for the scroll, but is very concerned about Nodoka when seeing her unconscious. Tells her that he isn’t Ranma, but after she thanks him for the illusion that Ranma had come back, he offers to inform her son that she’s looking for him, and tells Ranma-chan to reveal her-/himself soon.