Ranma ½
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Ranma ½

Alternative Titles

Japanese: らんま½
English: Ranma 1/2
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 38
Chapters: 407
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 5, 1987 to Feb 21, 1996
Genres: Action Action, Comedy Comedy, Romance Romance, Ecchi Ecchi
Themes: Harem Harem, Martial Arts Martial Arts, School School
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Sunday
Authors: Takahashi, Rumiko (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.991 (scored by 2613126,131 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #7752
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #319
Members: 53,978
Favorites: 3,100

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Volumes: /38
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Synopsis

Soun Tendou runs the Tendou Martial Arts School accompanied by his three daughters: Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi. One day, the sisters' lives are turned upside down when their father announces that he has promised one of them to be married to a fellow martial artist's son in hopes of carrying on the family legacy. In addition to their mixed reactions, when the fiancé arrives, the last thing the Tendou family expects is Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma.

Ranma has been training in China with his father until an unfortunate accident changed them both. Now, when water touches them, Ranma turns into a girl and Genma into a giant panda. Ranma ½ follows Ranma as he attempts to get along with his newly betrothed, the youngest of the Tendou sisters, Akane. As the two begin to attend the same school, they deal with fellow friends and rivals, all of whom have something to say about their engagement.

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Background

Ranma ½ was published in English by VIZ Media from May 1993 to November 16, 2006. It was VIZ's longest-running manga at the release of its final volume. It was republished in 2-in-1 omnibus volumes in the original right-to-left format by VIZ Media under the Shonen Sunday imprint from March 11, 2014, to March 14, 2017. The series was also partially published in Spanish by Glénat España from December 2011 to June 2013, before the publisher went defunct. Planeta Cómic published the full series in 2-in-1 omnibus volumes from April 28, 2016, to July 24, 2018. The manga was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from September 2009 to April 2013.

Characters

Saotome, Ranma
Main
Tendou, Akane
Main
Hibiki, Ryouga
Supporting
Shampoo
Supporting
Kuonji, Ukyo
Supporting
Tendou, Nabiki
Supporting
Happosai
Supporting
Saotome, Genma
Supporting
Kunou, Tatewaki
Supporting
Tendou, Kasumi
Supporting

Reviews

Jun 25, 2008
Well Ranma 1/2 doesn't have a plot per say. It's more like a bunch of entertaining stories put together in the middle of a crazy scenario. However, that does not decrease the value of Ranma at all. It is a very good manga to pick up. Even considering the age and art style are quite different than most manga modern day. It is still very action packed and extremely hilarious. It happens to be one of my favorite manga of all time, just because the characters are all unique and funny. Just by reading Ranma you can discover the influence it has had on ...
Nov 3, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Well-writtenWell-written
Story: (3)
We have a male protagonist, who is forced into a arranged marriage. Further the protagonist is cursed, when splashed with cold water, he will turn into a woman. So, the story is a romance, plus the search for a cure for the curse, somewhat.
The romance part was a huge let down, while there were some short romantic moment, those moments were never satisfying to read since all of those moments where destroyed by trying to hard to to be funny. (using characters go to jokes) The peak of the let down was the "on the brink of death, I love you, oh I survived ...
Jul 3, 2021
I don't care how "iconic" Ranma 1/2 is...I got seriously disappointed at this series.

At the end of 38 rather lengthy volumes only one of all the plot lines is ever resolved, leaving a very anti-climatic open ending. Regarding the humor, is completely repetitive. Yes, during the whole 38 volumes Rumiko Takashi basically repeats the same formula and gags over and over and over varying only the characters and the circumstances. Not to mention that with every new characters that is added, a new plot lines is added also ( and as I said before, only one of all those plot lines is ever resolved ). ...

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