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Subject: Ranma 1/2: people, places, and things
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This list started as just a list of name translations to answer a
rec.arts.anime query. I added descriptions to make a cast list for
anime showings at someone else's suggestion. Someone who wanted to make
a card game asked rec.arts.anime for a list of each character's weapons
and martial arts techniques, and a list of all the magic items in the
series. So I put it all together, and added episode and manga chapter
numbers for reference.
Since someone else wants to make it part of a Ranma Perfect Guide, I've
gathered more information and brought it up to date through the end of
the series, both movies, and the current manga volume. Whew.
This week, I made some minor corrections, included a couple techniques
which people pointed out that I missed, and added a Dialect: section
for notes about the distinctive way certain characters talk. So here
it is again...
Ranma 1/2: people, places, and things
by Terry Martin
revised May 8, 1993
{Including JIS kana and kanji codes in braces.}
OPENING NARRATION
Nettouhen episodes 1-23: Ranma-kun wa Hentai "Ranma-kun's a weirdo"
Musabetsu kakutou Saotome-ryuu Ranma-kun
"Hanase!"
"Chaaaa!"
Tendou doujou no Akane-chan
"Chotto, nani yo!"
Futari wa oyadoushi ga kimeta iinazuke
"Katte ni kimeru na yo!"
"Meiwaku da wa!"
Soshite, Ranma-kun ni wa nayami no tane,
"Nani sunde!"
Mizu o kaburu to onna no ko ni natchau n desu.
Ranma-kun of the unrestricted fighting Saotome school
"Let go!"
"Chaaaa!"
Akane-chan of the Tendou doujou
"Wait, what!"
The two of them were engaged by their parents
"I didn't agree to this!"
"You're bothering me!"
And, a vexation to Ranma-kun,
"What are you doing!"
When water is poured on him, he turns into a girl.
PEOPLE
The cast:
Saotome {^[$@Aa25=w^[(J}
Ranma "disorderly horse" {^[$@MpGO^[(J}
Our hero (sort of). The martial art of kempo is his life.
Training with his father at the mysterious Jusenkyou
training ground in China, he was thrown into a spring called
Nyanniichuan, where a young girl drowned 1500 years ago. He
emerged as a young girl, according with the spring's curse.
When splashed with hot water, he changes back to a boy, but
when splashed with cold to room temperature water, he turns
into a girl again. Akane's iinazuke (fiance) by their
parents' arrangement.
Name:
In credits, written in kanji for male Ranma,
and in hiragana for female Ranma.
Distinctive features:
Ponytail. Often wears Chinese clothing.
Dialect:
Uses rough, sloppy speech in either form.
(ex. "kawaikunee" instead of "kawaikunai",
"omoshiree" instead of "omoishiroi").
Aliases:
osage no onna "pony-tailed girl" to Kunou
mukodono "son-in-law" to Cologne
`Ran-chan' to Ukyou
Akane's cousin `Ranko' to Nodoka
Voices:
(male) Yamaguchi Kappei {^[$@;38}!!>!J?^[(J}
(female) Hayashibara Megumi {^[$@NS86!!$a$0$_^[(J}
Genma "black/dark horse" {^[$@8 Distinctive features:
Round glasses with loops around each ear.
Weapons: As a panda, wooden signs.
Voice: Ogata Kenichi {^[$@=oJ}!!8-0l^[(J}
Tendou "the way of heaven; providence; destiny" {^[$@E7F;^[(J}
Akane {^[$@$"$+$M^[(J}
The youngest daughter, age 16. A hot-tempered boy-hating
kempoist, yet admired by many boys at school. She refuses
to be betrothed against her will, especially to a hentai
weirdo like Ranma (who doesn't like being engaged to a violent
tomboy any better). Despite their constant bickering and
denials, they grow to like each other (and feel jealous when
the other appears more interested in another suitor). At the
start of the series, she's had a crush on Toufuu-sensei since
she was very young. Akane is comically inept at traditional
feminine pursuits like cooking, sewing, and tea ceremony.
She is also unable to stay afloat in water.
Aliases:
Frequently called kawaikune "uncute" by Ranma
Voice: Hidaka Noriko {^[$@F|9b!!$N$j;R^[(J}
Nabiki "bend/wave/sway" {^[$@$J$S$-^[(J}
Akane's conniving older sister, age 17. A mischievous
mercenary and con artist, she finds ways to turn a profit from
the odd situations she becomes a part of.
Voice: Takayama Minami {^[$@9b;3!!$_$J$_^[(J}
Kasumi "haze, mist" {^[$@$+$9$_^[(J}
The eldest daughter, age 19. A traditional, proper Japanese
girl, taking over the household duties of her dead mother,
keeping house and cooking for the doujou's many guests. She
takes the bizarre events around the doujou in stride with
cheerful obliviousness or sympathetic remarks on the obvious.
Voice: Inoue Kikuko {^[$@0f>e!!4n5W;R^[(J}
Souun "fast cloud" {^[$@Aa1@^[(J}
The emotional father. Souun and Genma trained together as
Happousai's students before starting their own martial arts
schools. Now the fathers try to force Akane and Ranma to bond
against their will, which rarely does any good. Souun is
furious whenever Ranma turns out to have yet another fiancee,
or when Ranma seems to prefer one of them to Akane.
Voice: Oobayashi Ryunosuke {^[$@BgNS!!N42p^[(J}
Hibiki "resound" {^[$@6A^[(J}
Ryouga "good fang" {^[$@NI2g^[(J}
Ranma's rival since junior high, when he challenged Ranma to a
fight in the vacant lot behind his house. But, eternally lost
boy that he is, it took him a four-day journey all over Japan
to find his way there, to find that Ranma has gone off with his
father on a training expedition. To avenge the grudge, he
went to China after Ranma, eventually blundering his way to
Jusenkyou, where a pony-tailed girl chasing a panda knocked him
off a cliff and into Heitouenniichuan, where a black pig
drowned 1200 years ago. A panda rescued the little black
pig, only to deliver him to the Chinese guide for dinner,
who fortunately drops the pig into a wok of boiling water.
Ryouga blames Ranma for his condition, and his anger
multiplies when he finds out that Ranma is really directly
responsible for it. When this comes out, Ranma remorsefully
swears not to reveal Ryouga's secret. As a pig, Ryouga
becomes Akane's pet "P-chan", and falls deeply in love with
her, but believes no one could love him as a human with his
curse. Akane is unaware that the pet pig she sleeps with is
Ryouga, despite several close calls, and is angry whenever
Ranma abuses her piggy.
In addition to a complete inability to follow directions,
Ryouga is fooled even by Ranma's most ridiculous disguises.
Extremely strong, he often shatters rocks and walls in his
anxiety.
Entrance: Episode 7. Volume 2 part 2.
Distinctive features:
Cute fangs. Wears a yellow and black headband around
his head, or around his neck as a pig.
Weapons:
Slings headbands, wields a heavy, sharp-rimmed
umbrella, and uses his belt like a blade.
Aliases:
as a black pig: P-chan to Akane, Charlotte to Azusa
Voice: Yamadera Kouichi {^[$@;3;{!!9(0l^[(J}
Kunou "9 abilities" [can also be written "no competence"] {^[$@6eG=^[(J}
Tatewaki "belt sword, sword at one's side; bringing a sword" {^[$@BSEa^[(J}
2-E Kunou Tatewaki, 17-sai (17 years old), boastful captain
of the kendo club, of wealthy samurai lineage. As class
president, he ruled that anyone who would date Akane must
first defeat her. At the start of the series, Akane defeats
their attempts every morning. In the meantime, he falls in
love with the pony-tailed girl who mysteriously takes Ranma's
place during a fight and defeats him. Hating Ranma for
being too close to both, he agonizes over which girl he
loves more, which his classmate Nabiki capitalizes on. After
Ranma defeats Kunou, the other students accept Ranma and
Akane's betrothal.
Entrance: Episode 2. Volume 1 part 3.
Distinctive features:
Wears samurai robes and carries a bokutou.
Weapons:
A bokutou (wooden kendo sword) which he wields as
effectively as a blade.
Aliases:
Aoi Ikazuchi "Blue Thunder" according to himself
`Tatchi' to his father
Voice: Suzuoki Hirotaka {^[$@NkCV!!MN9'^[(J}
Kodachi "little long sword" {^[$@>.B@Ea^[(J}
His even stranger younger sister, age 16. She's a formidable
martial arts rhythmic gymnastics expert from the rival Saint
Hebereke's girls' academy, who wins her matches by default
by taking out her opponents before the competition. After a
thwarted attack on Akane in her bedroom before their
upcoming match, Ranma, chasing P-chan, accidentally knocks
her off the doujou roof, then unknowingly rescues her. When
she comes to and sees who "saved" her, she falls for Ranma.
Enemy of Akane and Ranma as a girl.
Entrance: Episode 11. Volume 2 part 9.
Distinctive features:
Black roses are her trademark. Sometimes they appear on
her clothing, or she holds one between her teeth. Spins
her lash-like ribbon in the air, sometimes casting black
rose petals all around. Villanous laugh, like B-ko
(Project A-ko).
Weapons:
Her favorite is the ribbon, but she's apparently
skilled with many. Gives bouquets of black roses
loaded with exploding powder causing sleep or
paralysis.
Aliases:
Kuro-bara no Kodachi "Black Rose Kodachi" {^[$@9u%P%i$N>.B@Ea^[(J}
`Kotchi' to her father
Voice: Shimazu Saeko {^[$@EgDE!!:c;R^[(J}
Midorigame "green tortoise" {^[$@%_%I%j%,%a^[(J}
Kodachi's deceptively-named pet alligator.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 19. Volume 9 part 2.
(`kouchou' "principal") {^[$@9;D9^[(J}
The antagonistic authoritarian principal of the high school
with a mania for Hawaii. When he returns from America, he
announces that he has a big present for his students: a new
rule that all boys must have marabouzu-style shaved heads and
all girls have very short okappa haircuts, unless the students
get a coconut containing an exemption slip within three days.
He goes to extreme lengths in his attempts to cut Ranma's
ponytail and make an example of him, but gets only several
poundings.
In the manga, the students force him to reveal that
although he doesn't remember where that coconut with the
exemption slip is, he tattooed directions to it on the shaved
head of his long lost son Tatewaki, who he left behind 3 years
ago. He makes crazy rules to inconvenience his students,
especially Ranma, who thwarts his discipline.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 46. Volume 12 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Deep tan. Miniature palm tree growing on top of his
head. Wears sunglasses, a lei, and an aloha shirt.
Sometimes rides a skateboard.
Dialect:
Uses katakana American in his sentences (ex. "MII
[me] no" instead of "watashi no"), and draws out
his "desu"'s ("GIBU APPU [Give up] de---su!").
Weapons:
Wields a pair of barikan (hair clippers) or large
shears. Hands or throws exploding pineapples to
unsuspecting students. Has used silly tricks like
remote-control planes with sharpened propellors and
trained hair-clipping lobsters.
Voice: Hitouchi Tateno {^[$@?NFb!!7zG7^[(J}
Happousai "8 treasures alike" {^[$@H,Ju@F^[(J}
A powerful old man, possessed of an evil spirit. The feared
and loathed sensei of Genma and Souun. 10-several years ago,
he harshly trained them by making them take part in his
plundering and endure the punishments when he left them behind.
Finally, they got him drunk, chained him in a barrel, threw the
barrel in a cave, and sealed the cave with dynamite and a
boulder hung with Buddhist scriptures.
Years later, he escapes. He moves into the Tendou doujou
to train his successor, where Genma gives him Ranma to train.
A 110% pervert, he constantly goes around lifting skirts,
stealing women's underwear for his extensive collection, and
committing frottage. His perversions are the source of his
strength; without touching young female bodies or underwear, he
loses his power. Ranma and Akane are his favorite targets.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 15. Volume 7 part 5.
Re-entrance: Nettouhen episode 114. Volume 19 part 9.
Weapons:
A small pipe, with which he flips opponents long
distances, and the long-forgotten devastating secret
Happo-dai-karin technique, which turns out to be
throwing fuse bombs.
Alias: `Happy' to Cologne, as he called himself at 18
Voice: Nagai Ichirou {^[$@1J0f!!0lO:^[(J}
Kuonji "eternal temple" {^[$@5W1s;{^[(J}
Ukyou "right of Kyoto/capital" {^[$@1&5~^[(J}
Ranma's kawaii iinazuke "cute fiancee". 10 years ago, on a
training journey with his father, Ranma stole okonomiyaki
from Ukyou's father's yatai (food cart), defeating Ukyou every
day. However, it was a friendly rivalry -- Ukyou drew pictures
with okonomiyaki sauce on them for Ranma.
Ukyou's father told Genma that Ukyou said she wants to be
Ranma's wife. Genma said Ranma already has a fiancee. Ukyou's
father said too bad, he was thinking of giving them the yatai
for a dowry. Genma said we'll take her.
In this quandary, he made Ranma decide; he asked Ranma
which he liked better, okonomiyaki or Ukyou. Unaware of
Ukyou's wish or even that Ukyou is a girl, Ranma chose
okonomiyaki, so Genma and Ranma ran off with the yatai and
leave Ukyou behind. Shamed and ridiculed by her peers, Ukyou
decided she wouldn't like boys forever, dressed and lived as
one, and devoted herself to okonomiyaki style martial arts.
Years later, when Ranma discovers her actual gender and
Ukyou discovers that Ranma does not get along with his other
fiancee, they reconcile and she becomes enamored of him. Ranma
generally treats Ukyou only like an old friend. She runs the
Utchan okonomiyaki shop in town.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 23. Volume 9 part 5.
Distinctive features:
Wears a bandolier of small spatulas and a huge spatula
on her back.
Dialect:
Kansai dialect (ex. "uchi" instead of "watashi", ends
sentences in "n ya").
Weapons:
Wields a huge spatula. Throws small sharpened spatulas.
Once, threw exploding bags of powder.
Alias:
`Utchan' to Ranma
Voice: Tsuru Hiromi {^[$@Da!!$R$m$_^[(J}
(`Ukyou no chichi' "Ukyou's father")
(A background character seen only in flashbacks when he
arranges his daughter's marriage with Genma, who takes the
dowry and runs.)
Ono {^[$@>.G5^[(J}
Toufuu "east wind" {^[$@ElIw^[(J}
The local chiropractor, skilled in martial arts medicine, when
he's himself. Whenever he sees Kasumi, his glasses steam up
and he becomes a babbling fool (and dangerous to his patients),
as everyone but Kasumi knows. Genma gets a job at his clinic,
doing chores.
Entrance: Episode 2. Volume 1 part 3.
Voice: Mitsuya Yuuji {^[$@;0%CLp!!M:Fs^[(J}
`Betty-chan'
The skeleton Toufuu-sensei manipulates, and dances with in glee
after being with Kasumi.
Gosunkugi "5 `sun' [measure: about an inch] nail" {^[$@8^@#E#^[(J}
Hikaru {^[$@8w^[(J}
1-F Gosunkugi Hikaru, spooky classmate of Ranma and Akane.
Obsessed with Akane, he takes pictures of her and tries to
gain her companionship. Jealous of Ranma, he nails voodoo
dolls with strands of Ranma's hair to trees and posts. He
becomes a spy for Kunou and Kodachi in their plots to cause
trouble for Ranma. Wears unconvincing disguises when he
tries to do something sneaky.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 96. Volume 5 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Big dark patches under his eyes. Straps burning
candles to his head.
Weapon:
Small wooden hammer.
Voice: Futamata Kazunari {^[$@FsKt!!0l@.^[(J}
Sarugakure "monkey + hide" {^[$@1n1#^[(J}
Sasuke "help + assistance" {^[$@:4=u^[(J}
The Kunou's ninja, who defends the Kunou mansion against
intruders with strange traps. Replaced Gosunkugi's role
at the start of Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen. (A silly, cartoony
character.)
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 2.
Name:
Reference to the legendary monkey-stylist ninja
Sarutobi Sasuke of Mt. Kunou.
Voice: Chiba Shigeru {^[$@@iMU!!HK^[(J}
the Nyu-che-zuu/Jo-ketsu-zoku "woman hero tribe" {^[$@=w7fB2^[(J}
Shampoo "coral + raw, uncut jade" {^[$@;9`y^[(J}
A cute, acrobatic Chinese girl, champion of the Joketsuzoku,
defeated in her village's annual contest by Ranma as a girl.
She gives her the kiss of death, and chases her out of China
trying to kill her. After showing up in Japan seeking Ranma,
she is defeated by Ranma the boy, but this time she declares
her love for him and calls him "husband". By the customs of
her clan, recorded in the Joketsuzoku scriptures, when
defeated by an outsider, if it is a woman you give her the
kiss of death and kill her, but if it is a man you marry
him.
She tries to make Akane forget everything about Ranma by
washing her hair with her special formula 110. Crushed when
Ranma reveals his secret to her, she returns to her village
and renews her training at Jusenkyou with her grandmother,
who knocks her into Maoniichuan, where a cat drowned 1800
years ago. Assured that Ranma is really a man, she returns
to Japan and tries to get Ranma to fall in love with her,
working at her great-grandmother's Chinese restaurant and
making deliveries on her bicycle.
Entrance: Episode 15. Volume 4 part 4.
Re-entrance: Nettouhen episode 2. Volume 5 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Long purple hair. Wears Chinese clothing and round hair
ornaments that stay on her fur as a cat.
Dialect:
Speaks according to a stereotype of Chinese people
speaking Japanese (forming many adjectives with
"-teki", using "aru" as an ending). Uses Chinese
conversational phrases (ex. "nii hao" for "hello").
Weapons:
Wields bonbori (a pair of maces with big spheres on
the end). Also wielded a big curved sword when out
to kill Ranma.
Voice: Sakuma Rei {^[$@:45W4V!!%l%$^[(J}
Cologne (`o-baba') "possible + rugged mountain place" {^[$@2DVG^[(J}
Shampoo's ancient, powerful great-grandmother, who tries to make
Ranma marry Shampoo, subtly grooming him by training him in new
martial arts techniques. Runs the Nekohanten restaurant.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 3. Volume 5 part 6.
Name:
Not revealed until Happousai recognizes her much later.
Distinctive features:
Hops around on a gnarled wooden staff somewhat like
a pogo stick.
Weapons: Her staff.
Voice: Asou Miyoko {^[$@Kc@8!!H~Be;R^[(J}
(`Shampoo no chichi' "Shampoo's father")
In the manga, Shampoo's father witnesses her fall into
Maoniichuan, and also works at the Nekohanten restaurant.
(Only a background character, but he has a big part in
the PC Engine CD-ROM action game as the boss of the final
stage.)
Voice: Ginga Banjou {^[$@6d2O!!K|>f^[(J}
Moose (Mousse) "wash + thread" {^[$@]te/^[(J}
A boy blindly following his love, Shampoo, who hates him.
Even with his thick glasses, he mistakes statues, telephone
poles, and bystanders for other people. He shows up in Japan
looking for Shampoo, even though he always fails to defeat
her in a fight, but Cologne tells him Shampoo is going to
marry Ranma. So he challenges this new rival for Shampoo's
affections to a man-to-man fight.
When Ranma defeats him, he returns to China and seeks
training at Jusenkyou, where he walks into Yaazuniichuan, a
spring where a wild duckling drowned 1300 years ago. He
returns to Japan with a supply of Yaazuniichuan water to
turn Ranma into a duck, too, but (of course) fails. Moose
would like to do away with Shampoo's "husband".
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 5. Volume 5 part 7.
Re-entrance: Nettouhen episode 13. Volume 10 part 4.
Name:
Written "Moose" in Nettouhen, but "Mousse" was probably
the original intent.
Distinctive features:
Thick glasses. Wears a white robe.
Dialect:
Seems to use Tohoku dialect (ex. "ora" instead of
"ore").
Weapons:
Moose is a hidden weapons expert. He usually
throws various heavy or entangling objects on the
ends of long chains. He sometimes sprouts long
blades from his sleeves, and has projected
claw-like blades from his shoes. He has also pulled
out a toy chicken and thrown exploding eggs. As a
duck, his eyesight is sharp enough to accurately
throw knives which sprout from his wings.
Aliases:
anki no Moose "secret tool Moose" {^[$@0E4o^[(J ^[$@$N^[(J ^[$@%`!<%9^[(J}
as a duck: Muu-Muu
Voice: Seki Toshihiko {^[$@4X!!=SI'^[(J}
Linlin, Ranran
Shampoo's "younger sister" villagers of her clan, who
trained very hard in ridiculous martial arts techniques
when they saw Shampoo beaten by Ranma. They come to
Japan to ask Shampoo how she killed Ranma, and when they
find out she hasn't, they try to. Shampoo stops them the
first time and gives them the kiss of death. But when
their techniques later backfire, Shampoo ends up saving
their lives. (Forgettable, silly characters who show how
far Nettouhen sunk in quality, IMHO.)
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 40.
Re-entrance: Nettouhen episode 72.
Name:
From real Chinese sisters famous for singing "LINLIN
RANRAN ryuuen!" in a TV commercial for a Chinese
restaurant.
Dialect:
Speaks according to a stereotype of Chinese people
speaking Japanese (as noted under Shampoo).
Voice:
(Linlin) Mita Yuuko {^[$@;0ED!!$f$&;R^[(J}
(Ranran) Kobayashi Yuuko {^[$@>.NS!!M%;R^[(J}
Guest stars:
Jusenkyou guide {^[$@ Dialect:
Speaks according to a stereotype of Chinese people
speaking Japanese (as noted under Shampoo).
Voice: Yamadera Kouichi {^[$@;3;{!!9(0l^[(J}
Ono Kin {^[$@$-$s^[(J}
Toufuu-sensei's mother, who comes to town for one episode
toting a butsuban shrine to her husband and a picture of a
musclebound girl, with good hips for bearing grandchildren
(her main qualification), that she's arranged for Toufuu to
marry.
Appearance: Episode 14.
Voice: Oota Toshiko {^[$@B@ED!!=J;R^[(J}
Sanzenin "3000 temples/mansions/palaces" {^[$@;0@i1!^[(J}
Mikado "emperor" {^[$@Dk^[(J}
One of the Golden Pair, a charismatic martial arts figure
skater. Very handsome, and very conceited. Trying to set
a new record for kissing cute girls.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 7. Volume 2 part 6.
Voice: Inoue Kazuhiko {^[$@0f>e!!OBI'^[(J}
Shiratori "white bird" {^[$@GrD;^[(J}
Azusa "catalpa tree" {^[$@$"$:$5^[(J}
One of the Golden Pair, a cutesy martial arts figure skater.
When she sees something she considers cute, like P-chan
("Charlotte!"), she gives it a French name and very selfishly
claims it (and if a man has it, beats him over the head until
she gets it). She challenges Akane to a martial arts ice
skating match with P-chan as the prize.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 7. Volume 2 part 6.
Voice: Matsui Naoko {^[$@>>0f!!:Z:y;R^[(J}
Daimonji {^[$@BgJ8;z^[(J}
Sentarou "boil/decoct first son" {^[$@@yB@O:^[(J}
Sentarou, unconscious on a wild horse charging through the
rain, is "saved" by Ranma. Happy to have found a strong girl
his grandmother could approve of, he tries to take Ranma for a
bride (and Akane after she comes to rescue Ranma).
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 75. Volume 6 part 9.
Name: Common name with unusual kanji.
Dialect: Kyoto dialect (exaggerated used of "dosu").
Voice: Shimada Satoshi {^[$@EgED!!IR^[(J}
(`baa-sama')
His grandmother, master of tea ceremony style martial arts,
who tests Ranma to prove her as strong and as worthy as
Sentarou claims.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 75. Volume 6 part 9.
Weapons: Tea ceremony implements.
Dialect: Kyoto dialect (exaggerated used of "dosu").
Alias: the Iemoto {^[$@2H85^[(J}
Voice: Kyouda Naoko {^[$@5~ED!!>0;R^[(J}
Miyako-ooji "main thoroughfare of the metropolis" {^[$@ETBgO)^[(J}
Satsuki "tea moon" {^[$@Cc7n^[(J}
The 1988 Miss Tea Ceremony, intended bride of Sentarou.
In Nettouhen, daughter of the "dark side" martial arts tea
ceremony school.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 112. Volume 6 part 11.
Name: Common name with unusual kanji.
Sanae "tea sprout" {^[$@CcID^[(J}
Her monkey, trained in tea ceremony, who takes her place.
Entrance: Volume 6 part 10.
Name: Common name with unusual kanji.
(`doujou yaburi') {^[$@F;>lGK$j^[(J}
The doujou yaburi, who fights the champions of each doujou for
their kanban (doujou signs). He challenges the Tendou doujou
to a fight the next day. Souun and Genma want Akane and Ranma
to fight him together, but Akane insists she can handle it
herself, and Shampoo has offered Ranma her Nanniichuan mix if
he goes on a date with her then.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 12. Volume 8 part 1.
Voice: Kamiyama Takumi {^[$@?@;3!!Bn;0^[(J}
Kurenai {^[$@9H^[(J}
Tsubasa "wings" {^[$@$D$P$5^[(J}
A beautiful junior high schoolmate of Ukyou's, who gives Ukyou
presents and sends Ukyou love letters. Ukyou told Tsubasa she
already has a fiance. Tsubasa challenges Ranma to win Ukyou.
Skilled at camouflage and disguise.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 27. Volume 10 part 9.
Voice: Yamada Eiko {^[$@;3ED!!1I;R^[(J}
Shirokuro "white-black" {^[$@%7%m%/%m^[(J}
In the manga, Ryouga's dog, age 4. The only one in Ryouga's
household that can find her way home. Appears on television
as a lost dog looking for her master, with a litter of two-tone
puppies that Akane adores. In the series, a ninja dog that
Ryouga rescues and adopts.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 140. Volume 11 part 1.
Distinctive features:
White on one side, black on the other.
Name:
Shiro "white" and Kuro "black" are common dog names.
Bake-neko {^[$@2=$1G-^[(J}
A huge ghost cat, looking for a wife, inhabiting Maomoorin,
a large lengedary bell given to Ranma by Shampoo.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 54. Volume 14 part 2.
Distinctive feature:
Giant white cat.
Dialect:
Frequently replaces "na" with "nya" (Japanese meow)
(ex. "gomennyasai"). Uses "nya" as a verb ending.
Voice: Yoshimura You {^[$@5HB (?)
Yotarou {^[$@M?B@O:^[(J}
A weak little boy who doesn't like to go outside. He loves
pandas, and tells his mother he will go outside and play if
he gets a panda for Christmas.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 57. Volume 14 part 6.
Voice: Matsui Naoko {^[$@>>0f!!:Z:y;R^[(J}
(`Maman')
His mother, who gratefully serves the panda expensive
delicacies.
Voice: Yokoo Mari {^[$@2#Hx!!$^$j^[(J}
Bakuchi Ou King (Casino King) "Gambling King `King'" {^[$@GnTu2&#K^[(J}
The unscrupulous carnival gambler to whom young Ranma, 10 years
ago, loses his shirt and the Tendou doujou he would eventually
marry into. King returns with Ranma's signed promise in
writing, to claim the doujou and turn it into a casino.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 67. Volume 15 part 4.
Distinctive features:
Looks like and dresses similar to a playing card King.
Weapons: Throws cards.
Voice: Aono Takeshi {^[$@@DLn!!Ip^[(J}
the -man men
Niku, An, Karee, and Piza
In the Tsinghai region of China, four little men come to the
Yakusaikan store seeking a 4000 year old secret "dragon's
hair". They coerce the shopkeeper to draw them a picture of
the person who has it now, who has a conspicuous ponytail.
Eventually they find Ranma, who uses it to tie off the end of
his ponytail and never removes it because it's his "seal".
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 70. Volume 15 part 8.
Distinctive features:
Their heads look like niku-man, an-man, curry-man,
and pizza-man.
Voices:
Tanonaka Takeshi {^[$@ED%NCf!!M+^[(J}
Chiba Shigeru {^[$@@iMU!!HK^[(J}
Shimada Satoshi {^[$@EgED!!IR^[(J}
Hase Arihiro {^[$@D9C+!!M-MN^[(J}
Picolette Chardin II
The blond-haired blue-eyed French prince with the flexible
face. Twenty years ago, a starving Souun and Genma, after
losing in a martial arts dinner contest and being presented
with a huge bill, promised one of their daughters to marry
into the Chardin family.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 87. Volume 16 part 8.
Name: Name of a Japanese toilet cleanser.
Distinctive features:
Blond-haired, blue-eyed gaijin. Can stretch his mouth
bigger than someone's head. Mixes French and Japanese.
Dialect:
Mixes katakana French words with very formal
Japanese (ex. "Bonjour de gozaimasu").
Voice: Namba Keiichi {^[$@FqGH!!7=0l^[(J}
Madame Saint-Paul
Monsieur Picolette's governess who trains Ranma in martial
arts dinner.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 87. Volume 16 part 9.
Name: Reference to floor cleaning spray.
Dialect:
Uses a dialect associated with arrogent rich people
("zansu" instead of "desu").
Voice: Mita Yuuko {^[$@;0ED!!$f$&;R^[(J}
(`kage no don' "shadow don")
Fuurinkan Koukou's school observer, appointed by its first
principal. Ranma discovers him running the long-neglected
second school store in the dark basement. The principal
wants to get rid of him, but he knows all of Fuurinkan's
secrets.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 98.
Voice: Masuoka Hiroshi {^[$@A}2,!!90^[(J}
Pansuto Tarou "Pantyhose Tarou" {^[$@%Q%s%9%HB@O:^[(J}
A monster steals the Jusenkyou client register from the guide
and comes to Japan seeking Happousai. Happousai baptised Tarou
in Niuhoomanmaorenniichuan, where a yeti riding a bull carrying
a crane and an eel drowned 2500 years ago, but Tarou can live
with that. No, Happousai cursed him with something even
worse... he baptised him with the humiliating name "Pantyhose
Tarou", and by his customs, only Happousai can change it.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 103. Volume 18 part 1.
Re-entrance: Volume 23 part 1.
Voice: Furumoto Shinnosuke {^[$@8EK\!!?7G7Je^[(J}
Harumaki {^[$@=U4,^[(J}
The ghost of an old man who enters Ranma's dreams. He
wishes to relive a date with lost love Gyouko-san, whom
Ranma-chan reminds him of.
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 126. Volume 20 part 9.
Konjou (M-A-R-I-K-O) Mariko {^[$@:#>r%^%j;R^[(J}
A martial arts cheerleading expert from Seisyun Gakuen,
who strikes down her team's opponents while cheering. She
knocks down the entire Fuurinkan Koukou volleyball team
except for Akane. She falls for Kunou Tatewaki and
challenges Ranma to a martial arts cheerleading contest
for him during their schools' upcoming kendo match..
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 136. Volume 21 part 7.
Distinctive features:
Constantly cheers out words alphabetically.
Weapons: Cheerleading implements (batons, pom-poms...)
Saotome Nodoka {^[$@Aa25=w$N$I$+^[(J}
When Ranma was an infant, Genma left with him because his
mother's influence was detrimental to training Ranma in
Saotome-style martial arts. When he left, he promised to make
him a manly man inside and out, or they would commit seppuku
like men. As a martial artist's wife, she accepted this
decision. Nodoka received letters from Genma until their
trip to Jusenkyou, until they suddenly stopped. She comes
to the Tendou doujou wanting nothing more than to see her
son Ranma grown to be a man, and intends to hold Genma to
his promise if he isn't. But there she only meets Akane's
"cousin" Ranko and her pet panda...
Entrance: Nettouhen episode 142. Volume 22 part 2.
the Shichi Fukudoujin "7 gods of martial arts luck"
When Happousai trained in China, he stole a half scroll containing
a secret technique from the Shichi Fukudoujin. The legend of the
scroll holds that a prince on a white horse will come for the
holder and make her happy, so he sells it to an old woman for food
money.
Name:
Based on the 7 Fukujin, the Seven Deities of Luck,
who come to Japan from afar in a treasure ship on
New Year's Eve, bringing good luck. The Seven Deities
are:
Bishamon(ten), the God of War and Defense, whose
spear is said to protect people from evil.
Daikoku(ten), the God of Wealth and Harvest, who
brings luck to farmers. He carries a huge treasure
sack and carries a magical gavel of luck.
Hotei, the potbellied God of Happiness and
Prosperity, who carries a huge sack of treasures to
ensure a happy and prosperous life like a treasure
hammer, a money-producing purse, etc.
Ben(zai)ten is the Goddess of Arts and Wisdom, a
talented beauty who plays the biwa.
Ebisu, the smiling God of Fishing and Commerce
worshipped by merchants, usually depicted with a
fishing rod and a huge red sea bream.
Fukurokuju, the God of Wealth and Longevity, a
very old man with a huge bald head a long full beard.
He holds a crooked cane with a scroll attached to the
top containing the secret to gaining wealth and
longevity. Usually accompanied by a crane, another
longevity symbol.
Juroujin, the similar God of Longevity, who looks
very much like Fukurokuju. He holds a similar cane,
and also a flat fan in one hand. Usually accompanied
by a stag. He and Fukurokuju are usually confused,
though they have different origins. They've been
depicted playing karuta together.
Entrance:
Chuugoku Nekonron daikessen! Okite yaburi no gekitou hen
Raichi {^[$@%i%$%A^[(J}
Granddaughter of the old woman Happousai sold the scroll to,
who after a series of misfortunes, doubts the power of the
scroll and seeks Happousai. She tracks him down to the
Tendou doujou and throws the scroll at him. It ends up in
Akane's hands, just as the "prince", Kirin, arrives.
Jasmine {^[$@%8%c%9%_%s^[(J}
Raichi's ususual elephant.
Kirin {^[$@%-%j%s^[(J}
The leader of the 7 Fukudoujin, who finally comes and takes Akane
away. He holds the other half of the scroll, whose power comes
when both halves are used as a pair, so there is a rule that the
bearers of the two pieces must marry. He takes Akane away to
his castle in China. Ranma and company go to rescue her.
Bishamonten {^[$@Ht The first two kanji in the traditional name are
replace with "hisha", a shogi piece name.
Weapon: A big polearm.
Daikokusei {^[$@Bg9u@1^[(J}
Daihakusei {^[$@BgGr@1^[(J}
The go-playing twins.
Name:
Daikokusai doesn't resemble Daikoku at all. His
counterpart Daihakusai replaces the kanji for "black"
in his name with "white". They look more alike than
Fukurokuju and Juroujin and play go (as black and
white) instead of karuta.
Muu {^[$@L5^[(J}
The Fukudoujin version of Hotei. A walking wall.
Weapon: His tremendous belly.
Monron {^[$@%b%s%m%s^[(J}
The Fukudoujin version of Benten.
Weapon: Her biwa, sharpened strings.
Ebiten {^[$@7CHfE7^[(J}
The Fukudoujin version of Ebisu.
Weapon: His fishing pole.
Touma {^[$@%H%&%^^[(J}
A young martial artist on the magical island Tougenkyou with
a spring that turns animals into animal-men. The cast gets
shipwrecked there and all the girls are kidnapped to compete
to be Touma's bride.
Entrance:
Kessen Tougenkyou! Hanayome o torimodose!!
Jakou Ouchou no Matsuei "Descendants of the Musk Dynasty" {^[$@sM9a2&D+$NKvjc^[(J}
A 1400-year-old dynasty of animal-stylist martial artists.
They threw wild animals into Nyannichuan to turn them into
women, and poured water from a magic bucket, the Chiisui-
ton, on them to keep them in their cursed form permanently.
Their children by these women inherited some of the wild
animals' abilities.
Mint {^[$@IREN^[(J}
A wolf-boy with superhuman speed, who has never seen a woman
before.
Entrance: Volume 24 part 1.
Weapons: Throws knives incredibly fast.
Lime {^[$@MhKS^[(J}
A tiger-boy with superhuman strength, who has never seen a
woman before either.
Entrance: Volume 24 part 1.
Herb {^[$@R}!R;3Jc!S^[(J}
Dragon-leader of the Musk Dynasty with the ability to fly.
When he threw a monkey in Nyanniichuan, he was so captivated
by his first sight of breasts, the monkey girl pushed him
into the spring too. Then, captivated by his/her new body,
the monkey girl splashed her with Chiisui-ton water. So
Herb comes to Japan in search of the long-lost opposite to
the Chiisui-ton, the Kaisui-fuu.
Entrance: Volume 24 part 1.
Ninomiya Hinako {^[$@Fs%N5\$R$J;R^[(J}
The new remedial teacher. When she was a sickly child,
Happousai trained her in what she thought was "best
gymnastics". In fact, he taught her the Happou-goen-satsu
to take out the opposition to his panty raids. When she
absorbs "ki", her body gets larger and she takes on the
personality of a soldier.
Entrance: Not yet in tankubon.
Extras:
Hiroshi {^[$@$R$m$7^[(J}
Brown-haired classmate who admires Akane (and Ranma even if she is
really a guy). (A common background character.)
Entrance: Episode 5. Volume 1 part 8.
Name: Given in Nettouhen.
Voice: Tsujitani Kouji {^[$@DTC+!!9L;K^[(J}
Daisuke {^[$@Bg2p^[(J}
Black-haired classmate who admires Akane (and Ranma even if she
is really a guy). (A common background character.)
Entrance: Episode 5. Volume 1 part 8.
Name: Given in Nettouhen.
Voice: Koyasu Takendo {^[$@;R0B!!Ip?M^[(J}
Yuka {^[$@$f$+^[(J}
Akane's friend with long brown hair.
Name: Given in Nettouhen.
Voice: Toshima Masami {^[$@K-Eg!!$^$5$_^[(J}
Sayuri {^[$@$5$f$j^[(J}
Akane's friend with short black ponytailed hair.
Name: Given in Nettouhen.
Voice: Kamei Yoshiko {^[$@550f!!K';R^[(J}
Arumajiro-kun
Kunou Tatewaki's trusting pet dog (and his poison tester for
Kodachi's cooking).
Entrance: Volume 20 part 10.
PLACES
Jusenkyou/Chouchuanshan {^[$@ In the remote Pa-yen-k'a-la mountains in the Tsinghai region of
China, lies the training ground of Jusenkyou (or Chouchuanshan
as the Chinese call it). It contains over 100 springs, each
with its own tragic legend.
who how age spring
--- --- --- ------
Genma kicked 2000 Shonmao-* "panda" {^[$@7'G-^[(J}
Ranma thrown 1500 Nyan-* "girl" {^[$@L<^[(J}
Ryouga fell 1200 Heito-uen-* "black pig" {^[$@9uFZ^[(J}
Shampoo thrown 1800 Mao-* "cat" {^[$@G-^[(J}
Ranma seeks ? Nan-* "man" {^[$@CK^[(J}
Mousse walked 1300 Yaa-zu-* "wild duckling" {^[$@3{;R^[(J}
Tarou dipped 2500 Niu-hoo-man- "bull-crane-eel-
mao-ren-* yeti" {^[$@5mDa17LS?M^[(J}
" bottled 1200 Shannen-* "virtuous man" {^[$@A1CK^[(J}
" really ? Chuan-shon-
got tsu-* "twins" {^[$@AP@8;y^[(J}
" doused 1600 Chan-yui-* "giant octopus" {^[$@>O5{^[(J}
* each spring name ends in -nii-chuan "-drowning-spring" {^[$@E.@t^[(J}
Properties of the springs:
Those who fall in one of the springs become cursed: cold
water turns them into whatever sort of creature drowned
there centuries ago, and hot water turns them back to their
normal selves.
Water mixed with a Nanniichuan onsen mix cured Ranma and Genma
temporarily, but it was a cheap imitation that only worked
once. Ranma wants to go back to the real Nanniichuan.
Ranma and Ryouga found the Japanese (Wafu-) Nanniichuan, but
it was inoperative.
Happousai dipped the newborn Tarou in Niuhoomaorenniichuan,
turning him into a baby monster like a winged minotaur with
an eel-headed tail. When Tarou went back to Jusenkyou and
doused himself with water from Chanyuiniichuan, his cursed
form gained tentacles and the ability to shoot ink. He
brought back Shannenniichuan to make Happousai virtuous, but
it was really Chuanshontsuniichuan, which doubles what it
splashes.
Tendou doujou "Tendou martial arts school" {^[$@E7F;F;>l^[(J}
A doujou in Nerima, Toukyou, where the Tendou family lives.
Souun and Genma intend for Ranma to marry Akane and take over
the doujou eventually.
Fuurinkan Koukou "Windy Forest Hall High" {^[$@IwNS4[9b9;^[(J}
The local high school, which Ranma, Akane, Nabiki, Kunou, and
later Ukyou attend.
Name: Sounds like Wind Chime Hall.
St. Hebereke Jogakuin "St. Hebereke girls' academy" {^[$@@;%X%Y%l%1=w3X1!^[(J}
The rival school for girls which Kodachi attends.
Name: `hebereke' means "drunk".
Neko Hanten "Cat Chinese restaurant" {^[$@G-HSE9^[(J}
The restaurant Cologne and Shampoo (and Shampoo's father) run.
Utchan {^[$@$&$C$A$c$s^[(J}
Ukyou's okonomiyaki restaurant.
THINGS
Magic objects and strange arts:
Long ago (as told in volume 10 part 1), Happousai stole a bracelet
from Cologne containing tablets that cause the swallower to fall in
love with the next member of the appropriate sex one sees. In Ranma
1/2 Nettouhen episode 37, instead he stole a magic "nan-ban" mirror
that had the power to transport people to another time and place
when tears are shed on it, and also had the bracelet in episode 35.
Nanniichuan mix
Shampoo shows Ranma a packet of Nanniichuan mix, an onsen mix
of the Jusenkyou niichuan series, which turns ordinary water to
Nanniichuan water, and offers him some if he goes on a date
with her. The mix cures Ranma and Genma temporarily, but it's
a cheap imitation that only works once.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 12. Volume 8 part 1.
Gouriki soba "herculean strength noodles" {^[$@9dNO^[(J ^[$@%=%P^[(J}
On New Year's Eve, Happousai makes special noodles with male
strength hormones to give the eater herculean strength. He is
distracted by idol girls in bathing suits on TV, as Kasumi sets
the table with New Year's soba. Akane, just beaten in an arm
wrestling contest by Shampoo, unknowingly eats his soup, and
plans a rematch. Ranma tries to make Akane eat antidote
berries before the hormones cause an embarrassing side effect
-- whiskers.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 29. Volume 11 part 9.
Kou-sui sekken "resist water toilet soap" {^[$@93?e^[(J ^[$@9ab%^[(J}
Shampoo's water-proof soap slips away and accidentally ends up
in Ryouga's possession, curing him (and later Genma, in the
manga). Shampoo and Ranma spend a 5-part story trying to get
it back, only to discover the cure is temporary.
Name: Sounds like flavored soap.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 43. Volume 12 part 7.
Mao-moo-rin "cat demon bell" {^[$@G-KbNk^[(J}
A large bell possessed by a huge ghost cat who seeks a bride.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 54. Volume 14 part 2.
Kimen-ryuu ken-in-jutsu "Kimen school fist print technique" {^[$@4nLLN.7}0u=Q^[(J}
Ryouga, lost in a forest, gives a starving old man some
food. The grateful old man brushes a drawing on Ryouga's
stomach to make Ryouga the strongest man in the world. The
only way for the drawing to come off is for Ryouga to lose a
match.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 61. Volume 14 part 7.
Mangan-maru "wish-fulfillment sword" {^[$@K~4j4]^[(J}
At a shrine in the mountains, this magic sword in a stone
withstood the trials of generations of samurai trying to
pull it out. Kunou, by virtue of being the one millionth to
make the attempt, draws it forth, and the sword grants him
three wishes. He uses the first to beat up Ranma in front
of the students and the panda. When he uses the second to
get a date with the pony-tailed girl, Ranma and Genma
realize that this sword could cure them, so Ranma
immediately sends Kunou a letter from the pony-tailed girl
asking for a date.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 64. Volume 15 part 1.
Akai ito "red string" {^[$@@V$$^[(J ^[$@;e^[(J}
According to legend, the little fingers of two people who
are destined for true love are bound by an invisible red
string. Shampoo buys a magic red string from a Chinese
salesman. If the red string is tied around your finger and
another person's for five hours, that person will love you
forever.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 65.
Ryuu no hige "dragon's beard hair" {^[$@N5^[(J ^[$@$N^[(J ^[$@I&^[(J}
A whisker with which a special soup can be made to cause
hair to grow (and grow and grow...) on men. While training
in China, Ranma-chan saw a man with a bowl of rice soup
chased by a restaurant owner. She hit the runner and ate
the soup. When Ranma turned back to a boy, his hair grew
wildly. So the owner gave Ranma the whisker as a seal to
tie off his ponytail with.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 70. Volume 15 part 8.
Koi no kami-ningyou "paper dolls of love" {^[$@Nx^[(J ^[$@$N^[(J ^[$@;f?M7A^[(J}
A strange travelling salesman sells Gosunkugi magic paper
dolls. If you write a command on a paper doll and stick it
on someone's back, they will follow the order.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 115. Volume 19 part 10.
Sakura-mochi no koi-uranai {^[$@%5%/%i$b$A^[(J ^[$@$N^[(J ^[$@Nx@j$$^[(J}
"sakura rice cake love fortunetelling"
An old sakura-mochi salesman sells Akane the ingredients for
love-fortunetelling sakura rice cakes, that mark the faces
of those who eat them showing their romantic love.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 131. Volume 21 part 4.
Koi no tsuri-zao "fishing rod of love" {^[$@Nx^[(J ^[$@$N^[(J ^[$@$D$j4H^[(J}
A magic fishing rod with a suction cup tip that Ryouga buys
from a charm stand outside a temple. If you catch the chest
of someone with the rod, the suction mark gradually grows
into the shape of a carp (`koi'), and you catch their heart
as well. Unfortunately, Ranma gets in the way when Ryouga
casts it at Akane...
Appearance: Volume 23 part 8.
Chiisui-ton "stopping water bucket" {^[$@;_?e23^[(J}
A secret treasure of the Jakou dynasty. Water ladeled from
this bucket locks someone in cursed form into that form
permanently. After Herb splashes Ranma with water from
this, Ranma too goes searching for the Kaisui-fuu with
Ryouga and Moose, who think the Chiisui Ton can cure them.
Appearance: Volume 24 part 2.
Kaisui-fuu "opening water pot" {^[$@3+?eD[^[(J}
Long-lost secret treasure of the Jakou dynasty. The
opposite of the Chiisui-ton, which reverses its effect.
Appearance: Volume 24 part 3.
Martial arts techniques:
Neko-ken "cat-fist" {^[$@G-7}^[(J}
A cat style martial arts technique Genma attempted to train
him in a pit of starving cats, causing Ranma's ailurophobia.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 2. Volume 5 part 2.
Shiryou no Bon-odori "Bon-dance of the spirits" {^[$@;`Nn$NK_MY$j^[(J}
Sanzenin's combat skating technique of spinning in place and
raining punches and kicks on his opponent.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 8. Volume 3 part 8.
Wakare no merry-go-round {^[$@JL$l$N%a%j!<%4!<%i%s%I^[(J}
"merry-go-round separation"
A Golden Pair combat skating technique of holding someone by
the legs and spinning in place.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 9. Volume 4 part 1.
(Ka-chuu) ten-shin ama-guri-ken {^[$@!J2PCf!KE7DE4E7*7}^[(J}
"imperial broiled sweet chestnuts (in the fire)-fist"
The technique of moving ones hands very very fast to snatch
chestnuts from a burning fire, learned by Ranma to get the
fushichogan medicine from Cologne.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 4. Volume 5 part 10.
Bainyao-chuan "swan-fist" {^[$@GrD;7}^[(J}
Moose's technique of whacking someone with a wooden swan toy.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 5? Volume 5 part 7.
Chiikan-chuan "chicken-fist" {^[$@7\Mq7}^[(J}
Moose pulls out a chicken, which lays several explosive
eggs.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 5? Volume 5 part 8.
Gachou kyaku "ostrich leg" {^[$@%,%A%g%&5S^[(J}
Moose does a slicing kick straight up.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 5? Volume 5 part 9.
Inchua-chuan "hawk talon-fist" {^[$@BkD^7}^[(J}
Moose swoops down with hooked claws coming out of his shoes.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 5? Volume 5 part 9.
Baku-sai-ten-ketsu "blasting point hole" {^[$@Gz:UE@7j^[(J}
The art of making rocks explode by punching a hole with one
finger. Taught to Ryouga by Cologne.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 10. Volume 6 part 5.
Saotome-ryuu ougi "Saotome school secret technique" {^[$@Aa25=wN.1|5A^[(J}
A technique of last resort when faced with an undefeatable foe,
employed by Ranma against Ryouga, made up of three parts:
run, think, attack. In other words, run away and think up
some way to attack again.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 11. Volume 6 part 7.
Happou dai-ka-rin "Happou- big shining corolla" {^[$@H,JuBg2ZNX^[(J}
Happousai's secret technique, long ago written on a scroll and
hidden because it was too powerful, which he later rediscovers.
The technique is throwing firecracker bombs.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 26. Volume 11 part 4.
Kunou-ryuu bokutou sasara kuzushi {^[$@6eG=N.LZEa$5$5$iJx$7^[(J}
"Kunou school bokutou whisk destruction"
The principal's technique of using a pair of barikan in a
circular motion to reduce a bokutou (wooden sword) to a whisk,
then, as the barikan comes up and around, simultaneously shave
his opponent's head.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 46. Volume 12 part 3.
Mouko raku-chisei "fierce tiger fallen topography" {^[$@LT8WMnCO@*^[(J}
A secret technique of the Saotome school that Genma teaches
a weakling Ranma after Happousai took away his strength with
a special cautery. Place both hands on solid ground, face your
opponent, and fawn saying "gomennasai, gomennasai,
gomennasai..." ("I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."),
emulating the posture of a tiger fallen from a cliff.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 49. Volume 13 part 4.
Hi-ryuu shou-ten-ha {^[$@HtN5>:E7GK^[(J}
"flying dragon ascension destruction/defeat"
The technique of drawing your opponent into the center of a
circle, making your opponent hotter and hotter while keeping
yourself cool, then releasing your cool punch at the center so
that the temperature difference generates a whirlwind. Taught
to a weak Ranma by Cologne.
In volume 24 part 11, this technique proves ineffective
against Herb, who manipulates his "ki" and turns it into
a flying dragon descent.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 49. Volume 13 part 4.
Saotome-ryuu ura waza hiougi {^[$@Aa25=wN.N"5;Hk1|5A^[(J}
"Saotome school underhanded trick secret techniques"
Techniques employed by Ranma against an invincible Ryouga:
Rou ga shuuhaitai {^[$@O52g=1GXBV^[(J}
"wolf fang attack from behind figure"
Attacking from behind with hooked fingers like a
the fangs of a pouncing wolf. The set-up: Ranma
points behind Ryouga and cries "What's that!?"
Mouko ichigeki tai {^[$@LT8W0l7bBV^[(J}
"fierce tiger hit figure"
Striking from above like a tiger pinning its prey
beneath its paw. The set-up: Ranma points at the
floor, "Someone dropped 100 yen!"
Kaeru rekishi tai {^[$@3?m`;`BV^[(J}
"frog run over and killed figure"
Mowing down and crushing like a frog beneath a tire.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 61. Volume 14 part 8.
Gourmet de foie gras "Gourmet of goose liver"
An old secret martial arts dinner technique used by La Petit
Bouche to be able to compete with his huge-mouthed contemporaries.
Ranma independently realizes his secret, throwing food from his
plate into his competitors' mouths.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 87. Volume 16 part 11.
Shishi houkoudan "lion roar projectile" {^[$@;b;RRvS,CF^[(J}
A technique of projecting one's "ki" at someone, which Ryouga
learns from a scroll he got from a civil engineer, who used
the technique for excavation.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 123. Volume 20 part 1.
Maken doukoku-ha "demon dog wailing defeat" {^[$@Kb8$XVS-GK^[(J}
Another Saotome school secret technique that Genma teaches
Ranma to respond to the shishi houkoudan. First, back out
of "ki" projection range. Then, when you've put sufficient
distance between yourself and the aggressor, yell insults
("ba-ka a-ho ma-nuke!").
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 124. Volume 20 part 4.
Mouko takabisha "fierce tiger domineering" {^[$@LT8W9bHt Jigoku no yurikago "cradle of hell" {^[$@CO9v$N$f$j$+$4^[(J}
A technique Genma uses to prove his strength to Ranma,
grabbing him and cradling him in his arms.
Appearance: Nettouhen episode 128. Volume 21 part 3.
Rouga ryuusei-dan {^[$@O52gN.@1CF^[(J}
"wolf fang meteor bullets"
Mint's super-fast missile-throwing attack.
Appearance: Volume 24 part 1.
Ryuu-sei hishou {^[$@N5@:HtfF^[(J}
"dragon spirit flight"
Herb's flying technique.
Appearance: Volume 24 part 2.
Hitou ryuu-zan-ha {^[$@HtEaN5;BGK^[(J}
"flying blade dragon beheading"
Herb's "ki" blade technique.
Appearance: Volume 24 part 9.
Happou goen-satsu {^[$@H,Ju8^1_;&^[(J}
"Happou- 5 yen kill"
A technique of sucking your opponent's "ki" into yourself
through a circular structure like a 5-yen coin, taught by
Happousai to a young Hinako.
Appearance: Not yet in tankubon.