User:David A/Soun Characterisation Reference

Soun:

4.7: Wants Akane to be more honest about her feelings. Saddened when she gets mad at him. Comforted by Kasumi.

4.9: Sad when he thinks that Akane doesn’t remember him. Touched when Ranma decides to go to China for a cure.

4.10: Again touched when Ranma promises Shampoo to ‘almost kill’ female Ranma in exchange for the cure. Helps by beating him up.

5.2: After learning about the cat-fist, helps Nabiki to load Ranma’s body with cats.

5.11: Shows sympathy with Ranma’s plight and sends him/her to the fair to forget about being locked in cursed form.

6.1: Takes the family to the beach to cheer up Ranma. Thinks he’s trying to win Shampoo, rather than a cure during a watermelon splitting competition. Wants him/her to make a choice between them.

6.5: Orders Akane to follow Ranma on his training in the mountains.

7.1: Enlists Akane to martial arts takeout contest in exchange for 5 eel teriyaki bowls

7.5: Tries to sucker-kill Happosai, while feigning affection. Revealed that a little over 10 years back he constantly trained (was relentlessly tormented and used as a slave by) under Happosai. Eventually got him drunk and sealed him with explosives in a cave. He apparently never let Happosai see his daughters, even if the latter was aware of them, as Happosai knows about Akane but never met her. Attempts to attack and kill Happosai together with Genma, and when that fails to move to China.

7.9: Willing to help the neighbourhood watch program to catch a neighbourhood thief, until he learns that it’s Happosai, when he feigns sickness to leave it to Genma. Prostrates to apologise to Happosai for Ranma & Genma angering him.

7.10: Tries to send Happosai to the North Pole when he’s having withdrawal symptoms.

7.11: Decides to finally confront Happosai. Clad in samurai armour. Moment of tear-filled loyalty with Genma, but is unaware of making a spectacle of himself. Tries to finish off Happosai, when he’s stuck in a teapot.

8.1: Attempts to trick Akane into bonding with Ranma through fighting a dojo destroyer, which is really only himself and Genma in disguise. The genuine article surprises and strikes him down from behind.

8.2: Considers Ranma a traitor for not helping Akane in the fight. Worried about his daughter after her hand is damaged, but allows her to proceed, since ‘she’s made up her mind and it’s hopeless to talk her out of it’.

8.3: When Akane is about to get beaten in front of his eyes he’s nonetheless angered and intends to fight in her stead, but Ranma enters at the last second.

8.4: Upset when Shampoo claims that she and Ranma kissed during the date. Sees through Ranma’s ploy to guilt-trip and use Akane. Happy for Ranma & Genma when they appear to be cured, but then sympathises when it turns out to be false.

8.6: Attempts to get Ranma & Akane to kiss in a theatrical play.

8.8: Upset when Ranma appears to ‘hate Akane’ since he won’t kiss her even though it grants him a trip to ‘see China’.

9.9: Very upset at, and hunts Ranma & Genma, with arrows & clad in samurai armour, after he learns about Ukyo.

9.11: Very upset with Ranma for allowing Akane to hook up with Ryoga.

10.2: Attacks Ranma to prevent him from marrying Cologne.

10.3: After Akane swallows a love-inducing pill, Soun tries to ‘solve’ the problem by making her see Ranma. He doesn’t try again when she tells him not to.

10.7: Tries to get Ranma to marry a duck he believes is Akane.

11.4: Appreciates the glorious morning. Hypocritical when he encourages Ranma to keep his temper after Happosai burns his clothes, but angered into attacking, when the latter burns his dojo sign. Wonders how Ranma can live with himself when he’s constantly using ‘cutesy girl’ tricks. Gangs up and stomps on Happosai when he’s already on the ground (but doesn’t succeed to cause damage). Afraid of the Happo Fire Burst. Flashback to being used as a slave by Happosai and tries to kill him by rolling him over with a boulder. Resolves to prevent him from regaining it.

11.6: Wants to learn the Happo Fire Burst technique. Stomps Happosai together with Genma while he’s depressed about losing it. Willing to kill Happosai when on the ground. Angered when he learns that he’s been afraid of fireworks. Saves Ranma and attempts to kill Happosai by throwing lingerie in front of a 5m-diameter firework.

11.9: Moved to tears by being so proud of Akane becoming super-strong.

11.10: Worried about Akane. Doesn't want her to get whiskers from super-soba.

13.2: Furious at Happosai for turning Ranma weak. Strangles Happosai to force him to undo it.

13.4: Shocked and cries over that the Saotomes left, since it destroyed his dreams of a united legacy for the family school.

13.9: Very saddened that Ranma couldn’t get his strength back.

14.1: Sad after Ranma revels in his strength for a week and thoughtlessly destroys much of his yard and house.

14.2: Very happy that Ranma loves his daughter when he thinks Ranma has proposed. Angered and attacks a magic bell when it turns out to be responsible for scaring and proposing to Akane. Listens to a sympathises with the monster cat. Thinks Kasumi is considerate but thoughtless in ordering food from Shampoo.

14.4: Happy for Akane when she signs up for swimming lessons.

14.10: Rents out the dojo to ladies’ club meeting and lets Kasumi serve them food.

14.11: Thinks Happosai drove himself to far when trying to come up with a good deed.

15.4: Unconcerned with Ranma’s debt to the Gambling King, until he learns that it’s not insignificant, but the Tendo Dojo. Furious at Ranma.

15.5: Determined to win back the dojo, but plays at elementary school level and almost loses the house as well. Disappointed after Nabiki loses the house due to the King’s cheating.

15.6: Proud of his girls’ due to their winning streak, but keeps attempting to win back the dojo despite being a horrible player and constantly losing. Terrified after Nabiki and Kasumi get mad at him.

15.7: Proud of Ranma and calls him ‘son’ after winning back the dojo.

15.8: Agrees to take job to capture a mob that attacks and cuts off people’s hair. Threatens to kill the assailants unless they define their reasons.

16.1: Butts in and tries to bring Ranma & Akane together romantically, but only succeeds in making them tense and mad at each other instead.

16.8: Very nervous when he hears that Picolet Chardin has returned and wants to hide his daughters in Hokkaido to protect them from being married to him. Scared of his angered daughters. Revealed that the Chardin family claimed one of his future daughters after the starving Soun & Genma were treated to unexpectedly expensive food during a training trip. Depressed since he can’t come up with a way to solve the problem.

16.9: Vainly tries to be assertive and help Ranma solve the crisis. Sincerely apologises to Ranma for allowing her to take his daughter’s place. Tries to cheer up Akane. Has faith in Ranma’s ability to learn martial arts dining to perfection.

16.10: Worried about Ranma and sends Akane to check on him.

16.11: Researches Happosai’s scrolls so he can find techniques that can help Ranma. He sneaks into the mansion (badly disguised as a maid) to give Ranma relevant information. Shown to be much less crude and more articulate than Genma when appreciating food, but also nearly as gluttonous when treated for free and the food is delicious enough.

17.1: Very embarrassed to see male Ranma in an iron corset, but doesn’t consider that he’s dressed in a maid uniform.

17.2: Helps Ranma to train for the match.

17.3-4: Cheers for her/him during the competition. After Ranma has to give Picolet a future daughter in compensation for the 100,000 Yen bill, Soun tells Akane to never have any daughters.

17.5: Tries to defuse the conflict between Akane and Nabiki, but interferes too late. Decides to call the carpenter after Kasumi tells him that the balcony is rotten through.

17.6: Asks Akane if she’s ok with not being Ranma’s fiancée anymore, and that he’ll let her decide whichever she’s happiest with, but changes his mind after Kasumi tells him that Nabiki plans to sell the dojo.

18.2: Very worried about the kidnapped Akane. Blames Ranma.

18.3: Offers a trapped Happosai in exchange for Akane.

18.10: Accepts to give Taro room & board in exchange for carrying Happosai out of the country.

19.1: Helps the unconscious Kuno by placing wet towels on his head.

19.4: Sympathises with the depressed Ukyo being alone by herself. Allows her to live in the Tendo house until she feels better. After Ukyo lives in Ranma’s room and tries to sleep with him, Soun mentions his position as a freeloader in his fiancée’s house and punts him.

19.6: Attacks Ranma with a naginata after he hears that Ranma has confessed to Ukyo. Dumb enough to buy Nabiki’s lie that Ranma & Akane are already married. Feels very sentimental and proud.

19.7: Curious enough to eavesdrop when Akane & Ranma are sleeping in the same room.

19.8: Punts Ranma after he almost destroys food in an attempt to make Ukyo give up.

19.9: Accepts mission from resort owners to take care of a roaming octopus jar, which scares away their customers, but takes the opportunity o free boarding to eat, drink and not handle the problem immediately. Shocked to see Happosai again since he believed Taro got rid of him. He tries to quickly dispose of Happosai without shaming his school through revealing the connection and repeatedly punts him into the horizon. Tries to ignore him and his attacks to make him lose interest and go away, but goes along with Soun’s decision to let him stay at the dojo. Gets framed as an accomplice and beaten up for the consideration.

21.2: Goes with Akane to check up on Ranma during his training. Advices Ranma that Genma must feel lonely, since no father can hate his children.

21.4: Uses Happosai as a food tester before trying Akane’s cookies.

21.8: Tricked and made furious by Nabiki’s ‘information’ that Ranma has fallen in love with Kuno.

22.2: Together with his family, visits his wife’s grave family on the anniversary of her death. Prays for her and is still very sad about it. Stops Genma from fleeing and ties him up until he explains about the postcard from ‘Nodoka’. Somewhat surprised when told that it’s Genma’s wife and apparently never met her as he doesn’t know what she looks like. Welcomes Nodoka to the Tendo home.

22.3: Since Genma claims that it’s a matter of life and death, Soun goes along with telling Nodoka that he and Ranma are on a training journey. Astonished when hearing 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 then worried when she learns that Nodoka intends to fulfil her duty if worst comes to worst. Concludes that Genma has been terrified due to Ranma’s Jusenkyo curse. Glad to show hospitality and let Nodoka stay for a few days.

22.4: Tries to stop Nabiki from exposing Ranma. Compassionately tells Ranma-chan that should spend some time with Nodoka as a family.

22.7: Curious about Ranma being ‘dumped’ by Shampoo.

22.8: Enquiring when Ranma appears to chase Shampoo

22.9: Begs Ranma not to take part in such a meaningless, pride-driven battle, when the latter prepares to ‘confess’ to Shampoo.

22.10: Attempts to forcefully stop Ranma.

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. Overjoyed at the concept of turning Happosai into a nice person with Jusenkyo water.

23.2: Thinks anything Happosai could be turned into would be an improvement, but is mortified by, and instantly very motivated to stop, the prospect of Taro splashing him with ‘Spring of drowned twins’

23.3: Has an idea to trap Happosai with lingerie and put him in a hot public bath, to keep Taro from changing and be much easier to handle. After a failed own attempt, he’s content to relax while leaving Ranma to face Taro-monster on his own.

23.4: Helps Ranma keep the water away from Taro. Shows sympathy towards Taro’s failed mission for a normal life. States that he’d need an army of twins against Happosai.

23.7: Concerned about and helps caring for Kasumi while she’s sick, and tells her not to worry just stay in bed and focus on getting better. Touched when Nodoka offers to take care of the family, but immediately dejected when Akane agrees to ‘help’. Overjoyed by the prospect of Akane getting ‘cured’ from her ‘disease’/bad cooking.

24.2: Creeped out when told that the Musk Dynasty used to marry transformed animals.

24.3: Shocked and sad about Ranma being locked in girl form. Tearfully states that if she against all odds can’t change back, he feels that it’s his duty to make her his bride to preserve the school legacy.

25.10: Hides from Akane not to eat her (successful) cooking, but wants Ranma to try it in remarkable double standard. Eats on the town but tries to be polite about it not to make her sad. Dojo called for monster extermination mission. Astonished to find out that Akane succeeded. Furious at Ranma for making Akane ‘run away’ through not eating her cooking, despite being just as guilty.

27.1: Buys groceries for Kasumi. Compassionate when he finds a crying ‘little girl’ (Hinako) and helps her to find the Tendo residence. Apparently kind to children, as he gives ‘Akane’s friend’ some candy, and invites her to dinner. Unaware of Hinako’s ‘age-switching’ condition and wonders why she’s late for the parent meeting. Thinks adult Hinako is quite lovely, but very young to be a high school teacher. Goes to the town meeting. Since it’s late he invites ‘Akane’s friend’ to stay for the night.

27.2: Solemnly prays and burns incense at the home altar for his dead wife, but when Hinako offers sympathy for feeling empty on his own he tries to laugh it off as just feeling hungry. Seemingly oblivious to Hinako’s attraction and thinks she’s just a dedicated teacher for staying around for a week. Concerned when ‘Akane’s friend’ seems sad and wait for him outside the house at night, and apologises for being late. Furious when he finds adult Hinako & Ranma in an unintentionally compromising position, but assumes it’s Ranma’s fault and apologises on his behalf as ‘his duty’ as the master of the household.

27.3: Confused about Nabiki’s & Akane’s antics, their insisting that he should call Ranma-chan his wife, and being sent on a date by Nabiki. Wonders what Hinako wanted to talk with him about, but it is unclear if he ever hears her proposal of marriage before being knocked out from behind. He nonetheless doesn’t seem to remember after waking up and goes to again pray at the altar of his dead wife for being the anniversary of their marriage. Remains oblivious about Hinako’s dual nature.

27.4: Expertly swiftly saves the food on the table before Ranma falls on top of it. Very confused by Ranma’s sudden uncharacteristically humble and apologetic behaviour.

27.5: Angry with Ranma about prostrating to Mousse again, but is cowed by the latter’s far more intense fury.

27.7: Accepts mission to wipe out a sea monster, but sets Ranma-chan as a lure, since it only attacks/drowns young women. Apparently helps to save an unconscious Ranma-chan from drowning (someone pulled her up, Akane can’t swim and Soun sent her away at the beach). Confused about not being able to remove her new ugly cursed swimwear. Determined to help finding the man who rejected it so Ranma-chan won’t be drowned.

27.8: Concerned that Ranma will get drowned unless Kuno compliments the swimsuit and wonders if the latter will do so. Restrains an irate Ranma-chan from hitting Kuno until after he’s complimented it. Happy when it seems like Ranma is safe.

28.3: Concerned about Ranma being injured by Ryu.

28.4: Curious about Genma’s lessons with Ranma and asks him about his history with the Kumon dojo. Surprised when Ranma silently cuts out the middle of his newspaper and even ‘steals’ the floorboards to collapse the room the family is eating in. Clobbers Genma as responsible for teaching Ranma the manoeuvre.

28.6: Acts as overseer for the battle between Ranma & Ryu and declares the terms, but thinks Ranma is trying to go overboard.

28.7: Figures out that both the Umisen-ken and Yamasen-ken are built on likening the human body to a house and is surprised that ‘that lazy Saotome’ would be able to invent them. Later worried Ryu will break that Ranma’s back.

28.8: Intervenes to save Ranma & Ryu from choking each other to death. Wrongly assumes that Ryu is mad at Genma for ‘destroying his dojo’ and presents him as a target instead of Ranma.

28.10: Astonished when Genma reveals that the two schools are methods of burglary, and seals the latter in a pit together with the two scrolls after he states that Ryu’s father could have rebuilt his school if he had laboured to use it correctly. Outraged with Genma when learning that the latter gave his wife an anaesthetic and tied her up in a sack.

28.11: Tries to help Happosai sample the tears of a creature that’s both male and female by dressing up in a schoolgirl uniform. Helps to mop up Ranma’s tears from the floor to give Happosai his rejuvenation potion, since it would be pointless to let him die after going through such troubles. Astonished when seeing Happosai’s rejuvenation in action.

29.1: Knowledgeable about the ‘Phoenix sword’ technique and explains that it consists of the bird’s continuous attack on the ‘reverse-imprinted’ target. Cites that phoenixes always see the truth.

29.8: Accepts an assignment from a Shinto temple to defeat an oni. Tries to keep it sealed in its box. Very touched by Kasumi being such a kind daughter. Furiously, madly opposed to anyone ever striking Kasumi (here to make the oni leave her), despite simultaneously receiving a clawed backrub blooding his skin. Uses a seal to free it instead. Overjoyed that Kasumi is all right.

29.9: In a state of severe shock after Nabiki’s spending spree caused all the family’s belongings to be claimed by debtors and his meagre savings to be emptied. Shrieks that all the bills were sent to him at a blasé Nabiki. Doesn’t want her to go on another date. He’s aware of the reputation of the Kasha-Oh school of leeching off other people’s resources until they go into bankruptcy destitution.

29.10: Utterly traumatized about having to prepare for Nabiki’s second date by putting his house for sale, while Kasumi & Akane may have to become street-living flower girls. Distressed about being stuck with new bills for Nabiki’s extravagant outfit and helicopter transportation. Vainly attempts to stop them from going on another date to drain the remnants of his meagre savings.

30.7: Accepts a mission to get rid of a monster that asks for dates (Kuno stuck in a cursed cherry tree).

30.8: Concerned about Ranma being stuck with one of Happosai’s diseases, since the latter is so much more powerful.

31.9: Apparently brings his family on a trip to a relaxing inn.

31.10: Spies on Ranma and (possessed) Akane’s romantic/sexual progress, together with Nabiki & Genma. Disappointed when ‘Ranma blew it’. Afterwards tells Akane to stop punishing Ranma for getting her into the ordeal

32.1: Helps to care for Taro after finding him beaten up. Angered by Taro’s rude ingratitude and knocks him out again. Defends the seemingly defenceless Rouge from being killed by Taro, and disbelieving about his protests of innocence. Annoyed when the latter pointlessly destroys a wall, increasing his repair bills further.

32.2: Concerned that ‘Asura’ is eating all of his food.

32.3: Apparently helps to repair the holes made in the house. Tries to praise everyone for pitching in. Sad about having his house destroyed even further by ‘Asura’.

32.4: Considers it a privilege to watch the power of a ‘god of fighting’ in action, but gets sad when it leads to even more damage to his house. Touched when it looks like Ranma and Taro will become friends and sad when they quickly fight each other again. Cheers for Ranma during his battle.

32.5: Gives more moral support. Outraged by Taro’s betrayal. Depressed over even more damage.

32.8: On a hike to visit a temple containing a legendary battle dougi that brings out dormant talent, and considers it an honour to lay his eyes on it. Convinced into accepting it, despite learning that it was alive and troublesome, due to receiving a free rotating chair and a wallet as part of the deal. Determined to stop the noisy and troublesome suit. He’s proud about Akane for the immense potential brought out by the suit.

32.9: Respectful of the battle-dougi’s strength. Very impressed when Ranma almost manages to overcome it. Tells Ranma that the suit is extremely jealous and will leave a wearer if it notices that someone of the opposite sex captures her heart, in an effort to make Ranma try to charm Akane.

32.10: Spies on Ranma & Akane’s romantic moment and tries to advance it by throwing down a rubber snake. Loudly proclaims Ranma’s original intention to seduce Akane to get rid of the suit, nonchalantly expecting it to have no impact. Confused and sad after Akane ‘somehow’ gets mad and runs away. Continues to spy and turns sad when Akane prepares to fight.

32.11: He’s outraged that Ranma would attempt to ‘hit’ Akane (after being relentlessly attacked while fighting strictly through restraining tactics). Sells the suit to a second-hand store.

33.2: He treats Nabiki, Akane, Ranma and Genma to dinner in the city and phones Kasumi that they won’t need to eat at home, but after she breaks the call he thinks she may have turned upset. Frantic when all the evidence at home point in the same direction, but decides that everyone should try to cheer her up and makes celebration/apology preparations, but leaves on a trip after they accidentally destroy the sweater she was knitting. He regretfully/sadly/gratefully goes along with Nabiki’s idea to tie up Ranma as a human sacrifice for Kasumi to take out her anger on. He is terrified for Kasumi’s sake when it looks like the latter strangles Ranma. He’s regretful about getting Kasumi’s sweater and cup ruined due to the misunderstanding, but is mortified/frozen up enough to half-heartedly go along with Nabiki using Ranma as a scapegoat again when it looks like Kasumi might get mad after all, and literally falls to pieces from the relaxed tension when the latter admonishes Ranma in the gentle manner of a mother to a baby.

33.3: He gives child Ryoga a hug, since he likes children and regrets only having daughters.

33.4: He continues to hug the children even after finding out that it’s Ryoga & Ranma.

33.5: He tries to entertain/cheer up the gloomy children.

34.1: He’s knowledgeable about the ‘Bean-Gun’ plant. He gets upset after Nabiki spends all his remaining money to buy clothes for herself. He’s worried about Ranma getting severely beaten by the plant. He considers Genma a good person when it seems like her forgives Ranma for accidentally hitting him.