Ranma Saotome is a young martial arts expert who falls victim to a strange curse after falling into an enchanted spring in China: whenever he is splashed with cold water, he transforms into a girl, while hot water restores his male form. Returning to Japan with his father, who suffers from a different curse, Ranma discovers that he has been engaged to Akane Tendo in order to unite their two families and martial arts schools. Between rivalries, suitors, absurd duels, and new curses, their daily lives become a constant series of chaotic situations where romance and combat are closely intertwined.
Manga
1987
Action
Comedy
Romance
Martial arts
Shōnen
Ranma ½
らんま1/2
- Glénat Publisher
- Rumiko Takahashi Writer
- Rumiko Takahashi Artist
Details
- Type
- Manga
- Release
- 1987-08-05 — 1996
- Original title
- らんま1/2
- Countries
- JP
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Romance, Martial arts, Shōnen
- Volumes
- 38
- Status
- Completed
Synopsis
Ranma ½
Volumes
Volumes (38)
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Volume 1
A young boy and his father, both lovers of martial arts make an initiatory journey to China. During one of their ritual exercises, they accidentally plunge into a lake with mysterious properties. Following this forced swimming, some upheavals will occur in their body structures. From now on, in contact with hot water, or cold water, the father transforms into Panda, and his son into a young girl. From then on a whole suite of quiproquos and imaginative adventures never cease to arrive to them...
Volume 2
Ranma Saotome's new life is marked by the numerous disagreements he has with his fiancée, Akané. Their muscular explanations are more of a ritual than malice. However, neither is willing to yield to the other's whims. Into this comes a young boy named Ryoga Hibiki, who enrolls at the high school where the young couple studies. His goal: to exterminate Ranma and avenge an insult the latter inflicted upon him some time ago...
Volume 3
"Kodachi the black rose, after having sprayed the friends of Akané, provoked the latter in duel. The confrontation must take place during a gymnastics-control test. Akané, neophyte in the matter, trains hard under the leadership of Riyoga who for the circumstance acts as teacher..."
Volume 4
Ranma, Ryoga, and Sanzenin fight each other on the ice for Akané's affection. The terrible couple will never know peace, as they will then have to escape Shampoo's clutches, a fury who has sworn Ranma's doom...
Volume 5
Even on holiday in an enchanting setting, the Ranma-Akané couple trembles on its bases as soon as a seductive creature approaches! The sun, the sea and the relationships to the "I love you, me nor" that the boiling couple maintains are the explosive ingredients of this fifth part of the Ranma saga...
Volume 6
Even on holiday in an enchanting setting, the Ranma-Akané couple trembles on its bases as soon as a seductive creature approaches! The sun, the sea and the relationships to the "I love you, me nor" that the boiling couple maintains are the explosive ingredients of this sixth part of the Ranma saga...
Volume 7
Hot or cold, Ranma Saotome's haunting remains the water. It is not easy to assume such a marked double personality. Girl or boy, this is the question?! Action and humor remain the two main assets of this student series, where love blends with the craziest rixes. A classic of the genre!
Volume 8
Ramna and Akané perform a delusional version of Romeo and Juliet. Happosai, the old master collector of women's underwear doesn't make it easy for them. Ranma's big problem will be the final scene where he must embrace Akané. Humor, love and martial arts are the ingredients that make up this delusional series.
Volume 9
In spite of his lack of predispositions for this art, Akané is starting to make spoils. This poor cook wants to force Ranma to taste his dishes. It would be all right if Kuno's sister, Kodachi "the Black Rose", came to meddle...
Volume 10
Shampoo is in love with Ranma and is helped by her grandmother to seduce him, while Ryoga is still in love with Ranma's fiancée Akané. A new character appears: Ukyo, a girl disguised as a boy. On the background of chased-crosses in love, Mousse challenges Ranma...
Volume 11
Happosai has prepared an old recipe of Chinese noodles that give a superhuman strength. Unfortunately for him, it is Akané who accidentally ingurgates this mix. A sad affair when one knows the side effects of the magical noodles of Happosai...
Volume 12
The principal of the Akané school returns from a long trip to Hawaii. Attention, this man is not an ordinary principal: he loves to do what the students hate. First example, he establishes a regulation obliging the students to cut their hair. The only chance to escape this lubricating is to find a coconut containing the certificate of dispensation and that the main crazy has hidden somewhere. Good luck Ranma!
Volume 13
Happosai, in order to avenge Ranma, found a way to strip him of all physical strength. Humiliated by his enemies, Ranma must find a way to escape the spell. But only Happosai possesses the antidote.
Volume 14
Akané decides to learn how to swim and the principal a bit crazy of the college will take care of his learning. As for Ryôga, he finds himself with a magic graffiti on his stomach. Designed by an expert in martial arts, this graffiti makes Ryôga the strongest man in the world. Unfortunately this ridiculous drawing shames him and he will only be able to erase it by losing it in a fight. Ranma is the number 1 candidate to save Ryôga!
Volume 15
In their childhood, Ranma and Ukyo played cards with a specialist called Mister King. Great cheater, he won and was promised treasures of the Tendo family. Years have passed, he reappears to ask what belongs to him.
Volume 16
The aristocrat Picolet Chardin has won the right to marry one of the Tendo daughters. The only way to stop him is to eat faster than him all the French dishes on the market. Will Ranma be able to save the family's honor?
Volume 17
The Chardin family is back and Ranma is perfecting her foie gras technique to fight better against Picolet. The French culinary fight is going to be great! Just enough to satisfy Ranma who is going to be auctioned by Nabiki. The latter made her believe that she was in love with him. To recover it, you will have to pay, and other fiancées are on the spot.
Volume 18
All those who once visited the evil sources are stormed by a mysterious man, leaving pantyhose on are passing by. After the father of Ranma and Ryôga, our man now attacks Ranma and, before our eyes, turns into a demon at the only contact of the rain! What is the goal? Why does he leave pantyhose on his attack sites? So many mysteries to discover for Ranma and his band, not to mention the terrible Happosai that this pantyhose story will have awakened!
Volume 19
After intensive training on a mysterious island called the watermelon island, Kunô sends a challenge letter to Ranma. The problem is that Kunô loses his memory following a watermelon accident. Meanwhile, Ukyô, the specialist of the okonomiyaki, decides to taste a sauce prepared ten years before. Why Ranma, Ukyô's childhood friend, is so apprehensive about this tasting? It will be the revelation of an old secret.
Volume 20
Once again, Ranma and Ryoga fight relentlessly, especially since Ryoga discovered a new technique called the "enraged lion".
Volume 21
After attempting to settle the old family disputes, Ranma and his father finally come to an agreement, as usual! A good opportunity to gather around Akane's culinary talents.
Volume 22
After the fierce fight against cheerleaders, Ranma's mother landed at the Tendôs to visit her husband and her son, whom she had not seen for a long time. It was a great panic because Ranma's father had promised her a long time ago to make Ranma a real man. Moreover, he had added that if her promise was not fulfilled, they would both be harakiri! A beautiful dilemma for Ranma who must choose between presenting himself as he is before his mother or dying in samurai, which does not tempt him so much...
Volume 23
Tarô "the pantyhose" is back. In order to change this ignoble name thanks to Happosai, the only one able to realize such a wish, Tarô "the pantyhose" launches a new challenge to the old ancestor. The new thing is that Tarô has become unbeatable thanks to tentacles acting as weapons. Will he finally get to possess an ordinary name? A question that did not emit Ranma, mysteriously fallen in love with Ryôga under the effect of a strange fishing rod of love. The affair gets complicated, because Akané comes to put his grain of salt in this rather strange love story...
Volume 24
A strange trio bursts in and takes Akané. This group of heirs of the Jakô dynasty is composed of Herbe, Menthe and Letron, funny names for funny characters... They are indeed specialists in martial arts, descendants of half-man, half-animal women, whose powers are superhuman. Falling into a magical source, Herb can only change sex in contact with the water of a magic kettle. Incidentally, Ranma is touched by this same spring water, which prevents her from re-transforming into a boy. He too must find the kettle to get out of it. Who will find her first?
Volume 25
A young teacher arrives at Ranma High School. It is the principal who called her so that she gets rid of Ranma. Having a surprising power that allows her to absorb the energy of her opponents, she has the opportunity to defeat Ranma without getting tired. Happosai, her first victim, confesses to everyone a terrible secret: the girl who was her disciple once, she represents today a terrible threat. Ranma must therefore defeat her, but avoiding the frontal fight. Will he find a way out for the whole gang?
Volume 26
Akané takes part in the hunt for monsters in an invading forest of giant animals. She finds there an old man and her grandson living alone in this forest. Akané remembers that the grandson, called Shinnosuke, had saved his life a long time ago. The latter was then seriously wounded and only the water from the magical spring of the forest allows him to stay alive. Unfortunately the source is taric. Akané decides to do everything to save his life, which is not the taste of Ranma who is a little jealous. It's not beautiful that!
Volume 27
Miss Ninomiya is back! This time, she falls in love with Akané's father and tries to seduce him. Of course, the Tendô girls don't agree! Will her charm prevail? After a fierce fight against Miss Ninomiya, Ranma has to face Mousse who wears magic glasses. And it's not over for Ranma who is then chased by a rather farce swimsuit, and brought by Ukyô into an evil cave where ghosts try to do everything to separate the romantic couples. Can Ranma and Akané successfully take so many tests?
Volume 28
Ranma's mother hasn't seen him for a decade, so when a stranger drops a scroll containing the word "Ranma," she assumes her son has returned to her. The imposter moves in with Nadoka, and eventually the real Ranma shows up and fights the imposter over a sacred scroll and a secret martial-arts technique.
Volume 29
Kunô found a chick at an antique shop, the Phoenix chick. When it sees an enemy, it sticks to them until the end of its days as if it were its mother. Perched on Kunô's head, the first target is obviously Ranma! Meanwhile, two beautiful twin sisters make their appearance. One creates poisonous flowers while the other takes care of the antidote. Their goal is to get rid of Shampoo following their defeat a long time ago. Ranma is also targeted because Shampoo claims to be his wife. How will this story end for poor Ranma?
Volume 30
Akari Unryû is a girl passionate about the little pigs. She declared her love to Ryôga, but he can't believe it. He thinks she's making fun of him. As usual, the play of misunderstandings and delusional events seriously complicates the situation. Ranma then decides to do everything she can to have Akari and Ryôga give their violins. Ryôga will finally find the love of her life?
Volume 31
Ranma has damaged a magical doll that, according to legend, is avenging from anyone who has damaged it. Curious, the doll decides to own Akané's body. Akané's body is thus transformed into a doll! Ranma is in danger because the doll's soul is obsessed with revenge and risks pushing Akané to the worst. Will the Tendô clan succeed in overcoming this new challenge?
Volume 32
A pretty girl arrives at the Tendôs to find Taro the pantyhose whose favorite hobby is to turn into a wild beast! This girl, also called Red, turns into Asura, a divinity of ancient India that is very powerful. Her goal is to recover the source of force stolen by Tarô. Ranma decides to beat this alongside Tarô to face Azura. Who will win?
Volume 33
After swallowing a magic mushroom, Ryôga became a 6-year-old child. To become a 16-year-old boy again, he must swallow a magic mushroom again when it reaches 16 cm. Thanks to Ranma's legendary friendship, Ryôga finds refuge with the Tendô. But as always their friendship does not last long and the latter makes Ranma swallow a magical mushroom of very small size. As a result, the Tendô have to take care of two dirty kids in conflict! Will they succeed in becoming 16-year-old boys again? A matter to follow closely...
Volume 34
Although Akané's breasts have grown, Ranma's breasts remain more developed! As they quibble about their breast size, Ranma's mother appears and the situation worsens. Can Ranma still deceive her mother about her well-kept secret? Between an increasingly plausible harakiri and Akané's fury, Ranma's adventure continues!
Volume 35
Ranma is in danger: Konatsu, a very beautiful girl, but nevertheless ninja, pursues him! After hearing the story of her difficult life, Ranma reconciles with her. They decide to fight against Konatsu's in-laws who mistreat her. This crazy family is composed of real monsters who set traps in Ranma. Will he get rid of this crazy family?
Volume 36
Wishes and dreams are things that will certainly come true one day if one firmly believes in them! Akané Tendô, who once and for all wishes not to swim like an iron again, is crazy with joy to be given a swimsuit that allows him to swim as he pleases! Ranma Saotome, who dreamed of seeing his mother again, now falls into her arms in the form of a somewhat masculine "daughter" ... and, despite everything, will he have to get harakiri?
Volume 37
Jusenkyô, the 4000-year-old Chinese training place, is experiencing the worst misfortune in all its history!! And if the evil sources were dried up, Ranma and the others will never be able to become normal human beings again!! Ranma, Ryôga, Mousse, Shampoo and Genma therefore go there and find themselves confronted with the people of the bird-men of Mount Phoenix, in a harsh fight! Will they succeed in saving Shampoo and the sources? And will Akané be able to escape unharmed from his encounter with this mythological people?!
Volume 38
The evil sources of Jusenkyô have dried up, Ranma approaches the death close in the course of the fight that opposes him to his sworn enemy: Safran. However, Akané finds himself, for one reason or another, turned into a doll...Will our two protagonists manage to get away from this dreadful situation to finally celebrate the sumptuous and moving marriage that we all expect?
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