Happosai

@Ranma-Kun I think you have only heard what some people tell you about the people who oppose this sort of representation, so allow me to tell you directly and then you'll have heard both sides: It is not about anybody becoming "offended". It has never been about it and the whole "silly people getting offended" is a an intentional misrepresentation of the matter to more easily handwave it away.

The reality is that sexual abuse is no joke and is neither some sort of hardly seen occurence. It is very prevalent and as many as 1 in 4 women may suffer it during their lives. It's a terribly painful thing, both physically and psycologically and I'm sure that if a woman that is close to you was a victim of it, you wouldn't call her a "snowflake" for having trauma or for wanting to make the world a place were sexual abuse is not so prevalent. And THAT's the problem with cultural products that treat sexual abuse (or the sort of mentality that can lead to it) as a jokey, silly thing. It is not "offensive" at all but it contributes to the still quite generalised attitude in men society that a woman's body is their property to peep, touch and even take, whenever they feel like it.

You say that Takahashi's opinion matters and I agree. If you have read her works ever since, you'll see that she has progressively toned down the stuff over the years. Miroku from InuYasha was already quite toned down from Happosai and that was her very next work after Ranma. her latest manga have barely any of that at all.

Ranma is very much a product of its time, but the world progresses and people keep learning how to improve themselves and society. Thankfully, most of Ranma hold up very well and Happosai's perverted behaviour (or rather, the fact that it is minimised and cartoonised) is a tiny component of it, which won't really be missed if removed or toned down. As someone who'd perhaps you'd call a "snowflake" I have very few other complaints about the series and I'm very much looking forward to it.