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Line 1: {{work}} ~~== [[Ranma One Half\|Ranma 1/2]] ==~~ * '''Can Ranma get pregnant? (Of course, we [[Shrug of God\|"shouldn't think about it"]]. But still.) Can he impregnate himself using previously collected semen while in female form?''' [[MST3K Mantra\|Stop thinking about that]], dammit. * But if you ''still'' can't stop thinking about it, the Musk Dynasty arc implies that it's possible. Line 17 ⟶ 14: * Actually, there is such a thing as ectopic pregnancy - that is, the placenta can implant on any part of the body so long as it can access the mother's bloodstream (though this is generally bad news for the mother). [[Mister Seahorse\|Just because his uterus disappears does not mean Ranma will cease to be pregnant.]] Except that requires the zygote to attach somewhere that will exist in Male-Ranma's body. A Uterus doesn't and such, unless Female-Ranma naturally happens to have a ectopic pregnancy, the process of changing back will terminate the pregnancy. [[~~Tropers/Freezer\|~~This Troper]] has seen quite a few fanfics get around this by having the curse [[Mode Lock]] Ranma in female form at the moment of conception. * The mode-lock seems a fairly standard thing in a lot of these types of fiction where someone is genderswitched... another variant is as soon as they loose their virginity in one form or the other, they're stuck with it forever (removing that element of "finding out what the other side feels"), and there's both an element of choice (deciding which gender to lose it in, and be stuck with) and of threat (rape, drunken abandon etc). Like Takahashi says, "I don't think about that and neither should you!"<ref>see kids even Genre authors can be [[Genre Blind]]</ref>. Although there are more then a couple hints that could infer an answer from. Like previously mentioned the Musk Dynasty uses the Nian-Ni-Chuan water to make animals into their brides, and the Locking Ladle to keep them women. The addition of the Locking Ladle more than likely removes the fanfiction advent of locking the curse if pregnant. What other reason could the Musk Dynasty men have for keeping the animals women other than to bring there children to term? Animals forced to be women can't be easiest brides to take care of (Communication, Toiletry, and nine million other problems) and were most likely abandoned once their purpose was fulfilled. Also not mentioned is the 3 or so months Ranma spent in the Full Body Cat's Tongue, of which he/she was not happy (I believe made mention about it) and quite possible had multiple menstrual cycles. Another item of note that no one ever mentions is the Watermelon Island escapade. During which Ranma is knocked unconscious whilst on Watermelon Island while Kuno is around and has a nightmare about being married and having children with Kuno. I don't know what Frued would say but just for the sheer fact of that thought to be terrifying to Ranma (and nearly beats Kuno to death upon waking) would suggest it a possibility. Line 23 ⟶ 20: * "I don't think about that and neither should you!" You opened that can of worms yourself, Takahashi! * Takahashi probably just meant that it isn't a healthy mental topic to get stuck on, and she didn't create that kind of manga. She introduced it because it was funny. The short and easy answer is ''yes'' he could get herself pregnant, and might create something close to a clone of himself doing so. * The scary thing is that I [[Bile Fascination\|saw]] a [http://stfan.free.fr/OneShots/N.htm fanfic] (linked from this site) [[Sick and Wrong\|that let Nabiki use this very premise on herself]]. [[Screw Yourself\|Yes, that means "Spring of Drowned twins"]] + [[Brain Bleach\|temporary "Spring of drowned man powder]], [[Narcissist\|as she couldn't love anybody but herself]]... [[Mind Screw\|Yes, that actually makes an eerie amount of sense for Nabiki, and presumably resulted a clone of herself running around in 17 years]]... [[Squick\|Although the concept of women turning into men for sexual purposes still creeps me out for some reason]]. Oh well, at least there was no "reverse" involved... While we're on the subject of babies: If Ranma (or any Jusenkyo-cursed person for that matter) had kids (in either form) would the children share the curse? I know the theory was brought up in a filler episode of the anime, in which Ranma, Genma, and Happosai go to the future and discover that Ryoga and Akane are married, and their kids turn into P-chanites; but it turned out to just be a dream of Ranma's. Thoughts? * The Musk Dynasty arc answers this: children conceived by a cursed form would inherit rough traits of the progenitor's original body, but wouldn't be cursed themselves. Since Ranma's already human, they'd probably turn out fine and uncursed if she were to bear children. [[Squick\|I don't think the others would bear progeny at all in their cursed forms]] (though the Musk precedent would apply if they did, possibly resulting in either an intelligent animal or very, very vague hominid characteristics in their offspring,) and I don't think they'd pass along porcine/avian/feline traits while in their normal bodies either. In any case, since the children of "Musk Brides" don't change shape, and in fact Herb ''had'' to be cursed independently, I don't think curses are hereditary at all, regardless of the form the progenitor is in at the moment of conception. Line 37 ⟶ 33: For that matter, is there a "lukewarm" range of water temperatures between hot and cold that has no effect? Is it absolute temperature or relative temperature that is the trigger? How ''much'' water is required to trigger the curse? Rain works, but tears don't - nor contact with ice in non-cursed form (which would produce meltwater). The questions go on and on... Water gun on up triggers the change. And Lukewarm water, judging by the water lady, counts as cold. Since Magic does not have to obey scientific logic, there is no reason to expect clearly defined temperature ranges that always trigger the change, irrespective of the circumstances. Magic, being a creation of human fancy, is more likely to adhere to ~~instictive~~instinctive human judgements of what constitutes "cold" and "warm" than to actually measurable temperatures. It could very well be that water of a certain ~~temerature~~temperature would change Ranma into a girl on a hot summer day, while water of exactly the same temperature would change him into a boy in mid-winter. * That would be completely right if the manga didn't already say it was completely wrong. During the cat's tongue pressure point arc Ranma clearly thought lukewarm water was boiling hot, yet it didn't change him back to a guy. No. In the manga, when the Full-Body Cat's Tongue was in effect, Ranma DID change back. However, since he felt as though the water was boiling hot, he (or Akane) splashed himself ''IMMEDIATELY'' with cold water again to soothe his burning skin. Line 56 ⟶ 52: Unless the real world physics of temperature don't apply in the Ranma universe, it's very ''nature'' would mean none of the cursed would stay that way for long. If you drench someone in hot water (for example a cup of tea) it would become stone cold in under a minute - ''forcing'' a transformation. Conversely, even on a cool day, ice cold water would become body temperature in an alarmingly short space of time, once again ''forcing'' a transformation. In short, unless Ranma has immediate access to a towel, he would ''never'' be in a situation where he would have to live as the opposite sex for a prolonged period of time. * [[The ~~Hitchhikers~~Hitchhiker's Guide to ~~The~~the Galaxy\|Don't Panic, and never forget your towel]]. Hmmm, there is a [[Crack Fic\|Fan Fic]] in there somewhere you know. Least amount of water I remember activating the curse is about One 8-Ounce glass equivalent, rain seems to take numerous drops up to or equal to that amount. That being said the transformation isn't partial in any way, if said 8-Ounce equivalent is splashed there will be a full transformation. I would think if immersed half way in cold water and half way in hot whatever current form would be held until one element of hot and cold was in a superior amount. During the Ranma song "Love letter from China", Ranma sings the lyrics about Happosai and Cologne while Ryoga keeps on splashing his body with hot and cold water, so his voice keeps on changing for comedy purposes. At the very end of the song, Ryoga splashes Ranma with both and Ranma splits into two people, singing the last lyric like a male and female duet. Line 76 ⟶ 72: Considering how ditzy Mousse is, he might not even realize he's cursed. Alternatively, he likes being able to fly. * That's no true, since when he had chances to get some of the water from the Nannīchuan (Spring of drowned man), he tried to do everything to get it, since he suffers from the dellusion, that, once he'll be a man 100 % of the time, Shampoo will reciprocate his feelings, despite the fact, that she doesn't even gives a rat's ass if he's dead or alive. * Yeah not every curse the springs give are necessary harmful some such as Mousse's are rather [[Cursed ~~With~~with Awesome\|quite useful]] hence why they haven't bothered to cure said curses. * He knows full well he's cursed; he even brought back Spring of Drowned Duck water to curse Ranma when he came back to Japan. On that subject, if he collected duck water to curse Ranma with... WHY DIDN'T HE COLLECT SOME MAN-WATER FOR HIMSELF? Line 85 ⟶ 81: Well, given that the cures do in fact work, the easy explanation would be that it is not possible to cure ''right away''/you must wait a few months, or end up with mixed curses like Taro. Of course this does not explain why they didn't simply ask for a casket of Jusenkyo water to bring with them, and use in a few months? Too expensive? The magic disappears after a certain time? Some inherent magic makes them mentally unable to find the right spring, or ask somebody else to do it, and must wait until a (more or less) stranger makes the effort out of charity? Something else? The easy answer: They're all idiots. This was actually touched upon in an episode of ''[[Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles\|Ranma 1/2: The Abridged Chronicles]]''. When Soun asked why Genma and Ranma didn't go into the spring that would turn them back, there was a pause and crickets chirping, followed by Akane saying, "You guys are idiots." The average amazon did not appear to even know about the springs -elders did though and the reason the guide was taking Ranma and Genma to the Amazon village was because he didn't know of a cure. * That's actually fanon- it was never stated why the Guide took Ranma and Genma to the Amazon village. Given he's doing the tour guide thing when they show up, they may have asked him to take them there, either to study or to get some supplies, given that the Guide evidently didn't have any food to feed the two. Line 128 ⟶ 124: Now we may be getting off target, but almost all fanon sources have effectively retconned Ryoga's direction sense into a spontaneous form of random teleportation upon which Ryoga has no control whatsoever. * The anime does show that he somehow managed to get to Moscow on one occasion, in addition to China -- and there is some evidence that he apparently didn't realize that the Sea of Japan is between both of them and Tokyo... ** On the other hand, Ozzallos' fine ''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' has him showing up ''on the Moon''. * [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|IIRC, the moon was Ryoga's stage in SuperFamicom game ''Ranma 1/2: Ougi Jaanken'']]. * IIRC, I hear he has a cameo in [[Inuyasha]]. Line 147 ⟶ 143: * '''Why do the springs work in different ways every time? Ranma becomes a female version of himself. When Herb throws a monkey inside, it comes out looking like female Ranma, but when he falls in himself, he becomes a female version of himself. When Kiima creates a "spring of Akane" and jumps in, she aquries the appearance and presumably the voice of Akane Tendo, instead of appearing as a fully human version of herself when transformed.''' It's the spring of drowned Akane, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]. If you "take the form of what drowned in the pool", and this pool is specifically stating that this is the pool where Akane "drowned", thus anything falling in would look like Akane. Ergo if say, Ukyo fell in, she'd turn into Akane when splashed with cold water. It's very specific and at the same time the vagueness can be beneficial, see Spring of Drowned Asura instead of Spring of Drowned Asura Statue. Besides, Takahashi seemed to make up things as she went, no doubt evidenced by all the constant relationship resets done to Ranma and Akane. The monkey just looked kinda like Ranma by coincidence (I don't personally even think they look that much alike) and I guess it became the spring of drowned Akane because there was already a spring of drowned girl. * Or the spring of drowned Akane could have been specifically prepared that way, considering the purpose it was created for disguising Kiema as Akane. Line 159 ⟶ 155: * Well, it's how the Nyannichuan at least works in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/26926/1/Destinys_Child Destiny's Child]. * No, this is incorrect. Ranma's cursed form stays the same age he does (as shown in the magic mushroom story), and also ages normally (as shown by his natural growth in the Bust Battle story). It is not an age-specific curse like Lukkosai's was. [[~~JET 73 L\|~~This troper]] has the personal theory that the springs are only as specific as their name. Spring of Drowned Piglet specifies piglet and not pig-of-no-age-given, Spring-of-Drowned-Girl curse ages along with Ranma, but it might stop at some point that any further age would not be considered "girl" by anyone and has details based on what a human, female version of the cursed would be like, and Spring of Drowned Akane might stay at the same age as Akane, or it might stay at the age Akane was when she was dunked in the spring, and the name may in fact be the only reason the Spring of Drowned Akane works ''at all''. * Is P-Chan a piglet or just an uber-small breed of pig like [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8036405.stm these] (Note the breeds's original range would have put them pretty close to Jhusenkyo)? Or Since Ryouga is an adolescent human is it ureasonable to assume he wouldn't become an adolescent pig? Line 185 ⟶ 181: That would be true, if the fact isn't presented that she is essentially what would be considered a [[Badass Normal]] in any other series, but because of her [[Distress Ball]] that she can't shake, she never gets to show. We have to remember that in Nerima, spiritual abilities and superhuman effects are commonplace and consistently a part of the main universe. As for Kuno, his ability with Kendo was not only firmly established and improved through the Watermelon training, but he's also superhuman. It does not really compute. Er, not exactly. The world of Ranma 1/2 does have plenty of people with superhuman abilities, but they're STILL treated as WELL out of the norm. At the very least, everything about Akane's life prior to meeting Ranma implies that, Ryugenzawa aside, all the martial arts-related weirdness arrived with him, so it's not as commonplace as it seems. Even locals like Kodachi, Mikado, and Azusa are impressive only because they apply martial arts sensibilities to their fields, but they're otherwise as rare as Akane and "normals" react to them as such. That can no longer be applied to her situation anymore, though. While Nerima may not be used to everything that happens, Genma (who I blame for most of the conflicts of the series anyway, especially the conflicts between Ranma and Akane) brought all this trouble straight onto the heads of the Tendos. All sorts of insanity followed in their wake-accidentally in Ranma's case, intentional by Genma-and the fact that she is now part of this world slowly causes her to be majorly outclassed. * That's true. When people start arriving, she's outclassed pretty quickly. ''But we're digressing from the original point something awful here''. The point isn't that the ''other'', outsider characters outclass her, but that she was able to fight against ''Kuno'', a local that has lived in Nerima all his life same as she has. Who cares if any of the insanely powerful Ranma MADMs outclass her? The above point tries to diminish Akane against Kuno by stating that she's a [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress]] or whatever. And that Kuno improved through the Watermelon Training. But that's false. If we analyze Kuno's abilities and call him "superhuman" for them, then the same applies to Akane. Whenever she's involved in real combat, where Takahashi puts aside her clumsiness or rashness because this is a serious event, Akane has consistently proven to be super-strong, she's superhumanly acrobatic, extremely fast, and outrageously accurate. Kuno may slice trees in half with a wooden sword, but he's never lifted stone lanterns over his head like they were pillows. He may cause concrete walls to ''crumble'' (NOT break) with the air pressure, but Akane can kick holes into the walls of a swimming pool despite the water resistance and having no anchoring whatsoever. And while Kuno has the Watermelon Training, ''it only applied in the presence of watermelons'', and even then ''only while he was amnesiac'' and fell into a berserker rage because of them. Now? He doesn't have any reaction to watermelons, let alone a negative one, and he thinks of it as a parlor trick. So the training didn't actually give him ANY edge in combat, not even in speed. On the other hand, Akane had been constantly exposed to danger since Ranma's arrival and up to Mariko's encounter (which is the point of this argument.) Plus, she crushed the entire opposing team ''by herself'', and ''using kendo exclusively''. Thus, when she goes up against Kuno, it ''makes sense'' that she can present a good challenge to him, even if he thinks she's a male competitor and is going all-out against her. Could she have won? Maybe. Maybe not. The match was interrupted and neither had the upper hand until Mariko intervened. But pointing out how everyone else outclasses her, or how she's sometimes handed the [[Distress Ball]], has no bearing on this encounter, because ''Kuno is every bit as outclassed'' by everyone else as she is --maybe worse, because there is no indication that he ''ever'' improved, and the one chance he had was completely reset by the end of that chapter. * Then way, pray, has she been [[Bound and Gagged]] so many times when her '''established physical strength''' would allow her to simply break free of them with no effort whatsoever? If we're looking at Kuno and Akane as equals in a kendo tournament, she should beat everyone there in minutes. I'm using the fact that the situation in Nerima due to Gendo's and Ranma's coming here has gone so out of control that it feels that established strength that we know Akane has is being completely thrown out the window for the sake of drama, which feels unacceptable. Honestly, we're talking about putting her up against someone who should have no chance in hell despite a really strange gimmick. Let Kuno be weak and be readjusted, I say; its accurate and fair to the Tendo! * I don't get the point you're trying to make here. Before, you argued ''against'' Akane's prowess on the basis that Kuno had improved and she hadn't (using her [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress]] status as proof that she hadn't,) but here you argue in her favor by saying Kuno should remain weak and "readjusted" in order to be fair to her. As for the other statements, again, you're digressing. If the question was about Kuno and Akane, every other circumstance is outside the point. And she ''did'' "beat everyone [at the kendo tournament] in minutes," '''we were ''shown'' this''', and the attending audience ''explicitly comments on it'' (even though we're ''never told'', beyond her classmates' reactions, whether she's equal to Kuno. Remember, their match was ''interrupted'' and ''inconclusive''.) But since you insist, and for the sake of argument, let's look at her [[Bound and Gagged]] moments and why she didn't "simply break free" with her strength:<br />'''Cologne''': Twice. Not only is Cologne orders of magnitude more skilled and powerful than anyone in Nerima, at least one of those two times she caught Akane via a surprise pressure point attack. The first time, she also hung Akane from a tree and bound her arms, giving her no leverage to escape until Ranma brought her down to the ground, and the next time we see her she's already free (either by herself or with Genma's help.) The second time, she ''refused'' to escape until Mousse intervened, and as soon as he did, she broke free by herself.<br />'''Mousse''': He sprang out of nowhere and popped sleeping powder in her face. Even Ranma has fallen to this exact ploy dozens of times. Once she was conscious, she was very clearly distracted and panicked by the threat of the Jusenkyo water; as soon as she had the chance (and everyone else was involved elsewhere) she broke free on her own.<br />'''Principal Kuno''': She's unconscious when we see her hanging from the ceiling, so it's likely she was also caught off guard (he later did the same to Ranma.) As soon as she woke up, she broke free and attacked the Principal.<br />'''Pantyhose Taro''': He's a Ranma-level fighter who can easily overpower her, he didn't even bother tying her up until the very end --at which point she ''did'' break free of the pantyhose (and Takahashi specifically pointed out the feat of strength that this was, since pantyhose is more flexible than rope and Akane still tore it to pieces.)<br />'''Lime''': Didn't even bother tying her up, he just grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. The guy can keep a collapsing ravine from closing, Akane would need Ryoga-like strength to even make him ''notice''.<br />'''Sexy Tea Shop Kunoichi''': We never see her get caught, but judging by how they kidnapped Ukyo, it's likely they ambushed her in a similar fashion. And then she was hung from a tree again, and again, unlike the Principal Kuno example, the position gives no leverage to break the chains. Once she's on the ground, the action cuts away and we don't know whether Ranma or Akane herself broke the shackles.<br />'''Kiima''': Being carried off by a flock of ravens is such a bizarre situation we can't really tell how skill or strength could help. But afterwards, she ''drowned'' and fell unconscious on her own, and Kiima just fished her out and put her in a cell. Akane ''broke free on her own'' within moments after waking up simply by kicking the cell door loose.<br />Now, see the common threads in those examples? Either she's caught by a martial artist ''far more powerful than her'', or she's KO'd by surprise. And except for three instances, not only do we ''see her break free on her own'', but Takahashi ''draws attention to it''. And of the missing instances, two of them could go either way, and the third would've been impossible for anyone short of Ryoga (and that's being generous to him, seeing how he couldn't break free from Lime's grip either!)<br />Of course, what ''any'' this has to do with Akane "being a good match" for Kuno in a straight up kendo tournament (where Kuno was going all-out, but where both of them had to follow standardized rules and regulations, and use shinai instead of bokken) for a few panels is anyone's guess. OTOH, her reactions to the above "[[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress]]" situations, and her continuous involvement with supernatural/superhuman foes and creatures ''consistently'' show her various physical feats for the entire manga, whereas Kuno only gets a few chances to show off his ''permanent'', consistent skill level. *** Oh, the reason I'm putting this up is simple. Didn't mean to confuse anyone: The original Headscratchers statement asked why Akane was able to beat someone like Kuno, where the question claimed that she didn't have the power or the skill to do so. Having a major disagreement with Takahashi's portrayal of relationship treatment and her main female leads as well (especially in [[Inuyasha]], less in [[Ranma ~~One Half~~½]] due to the whole series being [[Played for Laughs]]), I felt the need to respond to that. At the time, Akane's perception of character-while showing major skill as a martial artist and superhuman as you described-seemed to be established as the damsel and the gentle girl, slowly ebbing away from her martial training. Something that doesn't make much sense to attribute to her considering the established skill we both know she has. To me, there was no question that she should have been more than able to beat Kuno because she's as good as she is as the [[Badass Normal/Badass Damsel\|Badass Normal]] in a community of extremely strong opponents. The way Akane's character has been presented did not portray her in a good light when she should have been more than able to beat someone like him. Just trying to give her the credit I feel she deserves despite what feels like poor portrayal. And in terms of being tied up in a tree? I do get that the leverage was poor, but we had already established great physical strength. Her arms were held like a box and suspended. That would have worked on a normal girl, but not for Akane. so what she had to do was pull in opposite directions, and she falls to the floor. * '''All things considered, wouldn't it have been a bazillion times easier for Ranma and Akane, despite their occasional quarrel, to get married? After all, they were the only ones who had mutual love in the entire Dodecahedron.''' Line 241 ⟶ 237: * ... I smell a fanfic! ** One named "Ranma and Ryouga-chan" does exist in which the water Jusenkyo Guide used to cook p-chan was boiled girl water. This resulted in his male "uncursed form" to be overwritten as female. The logic I presume is that the springs of jusenkyo are never seen to be heated so the cursed form takes over the temperature of the water at the time, allowing for "double curses" {{quote\| ''Come visit the lovely Jusenkyo Hot Springs!'' These magical springs not only relax and refresh, but are guaranteed to change your life forever! Unlucky in love? Take a dip in the spring of <s>Drowned</s> Lovely Girl to attract women! No energy at work? Then take a relaxing bath in the spring of <s>Drowned</s> Cheetah!~~<br />~~ If you call now and reserve a space in the spring of <s>Drowned</s> Panda, you also get a lifetime pass to the Beijing Zoo! }} Line 286 ⟶ 282: * '''Less a problem with the series then with [[Fan Dumb]], but it just bugs me that people claim Akane only got kidnapped all of the time in the anime. I hate to burst your bubble, but Akane got kidnapped a lot in the manga too- and in both canons, she tended to be defiant at first, then wilt when it failed and wait around for someone to save her. The only anime-exclusive abductions were by the Frog Hermit and Kirin, and technically Toma, though he was actually stealing all of the women on the island in general and didn't pay even the slightest attention to Akane until she slapped him. In both canons, she got tied up and hung from a tree in the Breaking Point arc, Principal Kuno kidnapped her and did the same thing in his first story, Taro tried to get the Nerimites to hand over Happosai by kidnapping Akane and carrying her away to Crow's Nest Peak, Ryoga carried her off in the Waterproof Soap story (technical kidnapping), Mousse tried to kidnap her and use her as bait twice in his return story (succeeding on the second try)... The manga also had her get carried off by Lime, only for Herb to tell him to drop her and leave her, and Kiima in the Saffron arc. And this troper hasn't even read that much of the manga- I'm sure that there are other kidnappings in the manga too.''' * '''Why are there so many [[Can't You Read the Sign?\|weird signs]] in this Japan? After doing stuff like hugging poles with signs that say "Do not hug pole", sitting on water mains nearby signs that read, "Danger: Do not sit", and jumping on fences that have "Warning: Unstable" signs on them, wouldn't the characters begin to look around for weird signs before doing stuff like laughing loudly in gardens?''' [[Rule of Funny]]. Nothing more, nothing less. Takahashi adores this joke. Line 295 ⟶ 291: * couldn't Ranma just eat the hair growth food stuff with the rest of the baldies once he lost his hair, he would just need to wait it out... * '''Why did Ranma want to break up Kuno and Mariko in the Cheerleader storyline? Wouldn't he want his [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]] to be cured of his obsession by a girl like himself or at the very least be busy with one of his own. Yeah Ranma wanted to get back at Mariko but there were other ways of getting back at her without ruining her relationship with Kuno.''' Every time you ask yourself 'Why did (Ranma 1/2 cast member) do (incredibly stupid thing)?', remember that the answer is always "Because they're an ''idiot''." Nerima is the original Land That Common Sense Forgot. Its inhabitants have the average IQ of mold, and [[Insult to Rocks\|I'm probably going to get sued by the mold for saying that]]. * Without having to insult the characters that badly, it's just that they suffer from severe tunnel vision. In Ranma's view, Mariko humiliated Akane and made her cry --therefore, Ranma is going to do everything in his power to put Mariko in her place, even if it means encouraging Kuno. Also, and more to the point, it wasn't about "breaking them up" (Kuno all but ignored Mariko until the kendo tournament,) but to ''get'' all of Kuno's attention. Later on, Kuno himself tried to go after Mariko, but she was so crushed by her defeat by Ranma and Akane's "love" ''she'' ignored him completely. ** Mariko didn't announce herself to Kuno until he was already preparing for the Kendo tournament and Ranma was already trying to win him over. Kuno even pointed for once that it seemed like Ranma wasn't really into him and was merely using him. The whole event only seemed to hurt Kuno(where else would he find a girl who liked him despite his many faults), Mariko wasn't even phased. [[It Just Bugs]] me that Ranma complains about his suitors and rivals yet refuses to let them break the [[Status Quo (band)]] and find happiness. What a [[Jerkass]]. Um... No. Mariko exited the volleyball tournament, met Kuno, and proclaimed her love for him. Ranma was headed back home when she ran into Kuno, saw that Mariko was interested in him, and THEN decided to get in Mariko's way to get revenge for Akane. Kuno's feelings for anyone were, indeed, irrelevant, as Mariko was Ranma's target from the very beginning. * According to the chart in the memorial book about how Ranma views various characters Ranma really hates Mariko more than pretty much anyone (a few are listed as villians (phoenix people), sparring partners (Tatewaki, the principal, Ryoga), or rivals (Happosai) but she is listed as embittered enemy). Line 347 ⟶ 343: Why have so many varied animals drowned at Jusenkyo. The springs are canonically in the mountains of China. So where did the Octopus come from - many of those crawling around inland is there? perhaps the greatest example is the Yeti riding Bull carrying Crane and Eel, how did these four completely seperate creatures not only find their way here but fall/jump into the spring at the exact same time? We must also include the Drowned Man, Woman and child springs - why are these people even up here? I can buy the man and woman being martial artists that were pulling a similar stunt to Ranma and Genma, but what about the drowned child? where were the poor kid's parents when he was playing around the bank of the spring? unless we're now into serious [[Unfortunate Implications]] time that someone deliberately threw this child into the deep water to die. * The actual word is closer in meaning to "fully immersed." Remember, in the last story, Kiima creates a "Spring of Drowned Akane" without Akane dying. As far as the animals, who the hell knows? It's like asking where all the hammers/microphones/doodle pens come from. * How the Yeti Riding Bull While Carrying Crane And Eel came to be in the first place may be a legitimate question, but the question of how they all fell into the spring at the same time isn't that hard to answer. [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|The yeti was riding the bull, while carrying the crane and the eel.]] * '''It's always bothered me as to why Ranma continuously refuses to wear a bra. I fully realize the default answer is ''Ranma's uber-masculinity'' but... he has consistently shown that he's not afraid to utilize his femininity if it's going to result in an advantageous outcome. Given the size of his female chest (it must be at least a C) as well as the insanely large amount of physical activity he indulges in, surely he must regularly be experiencing acute back pain as well as a highly uncomfortable amount of movement. It's not as if we can use Ranma's godlike strength as an excuse, given how Rouge's Asura cursed form is massively strong but still suffers from horrible six-arms inflicted back pain.''' Line 406 ⟶ 402: * '''How much water does it take to trigger a Jusenkyo curse? Many scenes have Ranma dodging water in ways that would have some hit him. On the other hand, other scenes have him getting hit by a splash from something else and transforming. Also, when he transforms on purpose, he always seems to drench himself with a bucket, rather than say wash his face with cold water. The human body is supposedly like 90% water. Where is the line?''' {{worksubpagefooter}} ~~{{reflist}}~~ [[Category:~~Useful Notes/~~Anime and Manga/Headscratchers]] ~~[[Category:Ranma One Half]]~~ ~~[[Category:Headscratchers]]~~ ~~[[Category:Ranma ½]]~~