Clothes Make The...

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Clothes Make The... is a Ranma ½ continuation fic, written by Nightelf, Katrina Halbred, and Ichinohei Hitomi. The story is complete at 12 chapters plus one very-short sidestory.

Ranma decides to cross one last barrier he'd set in his mind, and when almost everybody else was out of the house, transforms to his female form and tries on women's underwear. However, the "almost" happens to be Kasumi, and she, after getting him to Please Put Some Clothes On, has a long discussion with Ranma about self-identification. The next morning, when Ranma is thrown into the koi pond, he doesn't come up and complain; instead, Akane has to rescue him. No, her. Ranma attends school as a girl, and thus begins Ranma's exploration of gender identity and self-identity. Some take it well, some take it poorly, and only Kasumi knows the truth: that is it Ranma's deliberate choice to do this. And Ranma isn't the only one to explore her self-image: other people in the household end up learning things about themselves as well.

Read it at FanFiction.net.


Tropes used in Clothes Make The... include:
  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: Nabiki uses the Chinese Amazons' laws against them.
  • Crowning Moment of Funny: Ranma, in female form, gives Kuno the "let's just be friends" talk.
  • Transgender:
    • Ranma is diagnosed by Dr. Tofu as having gender dysphoria.
    • Nabiki knows some people who would really like to get some Jusenkyo water.