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* [[Broken Masquerade]]: In the final paragraphs of chapter 6, a panic-stricken Luna rushes in and reports the theft of the Time Key to Usagi and the other Senshi, only to realize that Usagi's mother Ikuko is present and heard every word she said, and is apparently furious at the revelation. {{spoiler|It's actually a partial subversion -- while the Masquerade ''had'' been broken for them, it didn't happen on-screen during the events of the story; Ikuko and members of the other Senshi's families ''already knew'' they were the Senshi, and Ikuko was annoyed because she'd just lost the [[Side Bet|standing bet between them all over who would blow the secret first]] (she'd bet on Minako).}}

** The Japanese government -- and presumably the other governments of the world -- are aware of at least some paranormal phenomena, given that in chapter 9 we see that the Imperial Palace has a telepathic security guard whose tasking includes confirming that all visitors are ''human'', and that his organization has rules and regulations for the use of powers like his.

** Ranma's aunt Suzu has the Masquerade broken for her in chapter 10 when in a private audience Japanese Empress Chikako casually mentions Ranma's curse; she is later witness to a use of Instant Nannichuan It leaves her stunned and shaky.

** Ranma's aunt Suzu has the Masquerade broken for her in chapter 10 when in a private audience Japanese Empress Chikako casually mentions Ranma's curse; she is later witness to a use of Instant Nannichuan. It leaves her stunned and shaky.

* [[Bug-Out]]: Aiko Yamada's panic in chapter 8, where because of her daughter Nodoka's actions upon learning of Ranma's apparent death, she is about to set in motion all manner of contingency plans, including the immediate dispatch of vulnerable underage household members to safehouses in overseas locations.

* [[Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage]]: Very strictly speaking, this is the case for Ranma and Midori.

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** Lampshaded in chapter 9, when Happosai indirectly receives a pendant from a dragon that he's informed he should wear for at least a year.

{{quote|A gift from a dragon was not something one could simply refuse, and even though you could never be sure if it was a boon or a bane, the one thing that was always consistent was that the item would be critically important. Somehow.}}

** The Australian superteam gets ''way'' too much characterization in their two scenes in chapter 9 to be mere throwaways.

** The Australian superteam gets ''way'' too much characterization in their two scenes in chapter 9 to have been mere throwaways.

* [[The Chikan]]: In chapter 6, in response to Ranma's reluctance to ride ''inside'' a train, Harukichi prompts her to tell the story of a time she was on a train with Kasumi and punished a groper with a [[Groin Attack]].

** Later in the same chapter, Harukichi herself drives a throwing spike through the hand of a groper on a train they took on the way to Prince Arisugawa Park.