Ranma ½

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English: Ranma 1/2

Japanese: らんま½

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 38

Chapters: 407

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 5, 1987 to Feb 21, 1996

Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Martial Arts, Romance, School, Shounen, Harem, Gender Bender

Authors: Takahashi, Rumiko (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Sunday

Statistics

Score: 7.98¹ (scored by 21,726 users)

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Ranked: #718²

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Popularity: #269

Members: 41,512

Favorites: 2,613

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Ranked #718Popularity #269Members 41,512

MangaShounen SundayTakahashi, Rumiko (Story & Art)

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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 omnibuses 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 in a special kanzenban edition (based on Japanese shinsouban) by EDT/Glénat España from December 2011 to June 2013, but the publisher went defunct. In June 2015, the license was picked up by Planeta Cómic.

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Related Manga

Adaptation:

Ranma ½: Akumu! Shunmin Kou, Ranma ½

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Characters

Saotome, Ranma

Main

Tendou, Akane

Main

Hibiki, Ryouga

Supporting

Shampoo

Supporting

Kuonji, Ukyo

Supporting

Tendou, Nabiki

Supporting

Happosai

Supporting

Saotome, Genma

Supporting

Kuno, Tatewaki

Supporting

Tendou, Kasumi

Supporting

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Jun 25, 2008

407 of 407 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Bluegojoe (All reviews)

54 people found this review helpful

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 read more

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Jun 18, 2010

407 of 407 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Tasolth (All reviews)

36 people found this review helpful

Ranma 1/2 is something that is difficult to pin a single description on. At times there are lots of action scenes, explosions, and various attacks flying around. At other times it is side splitting humor due to an awkward time and place for Ranma to transform, or situations he gets roped into, and still other times where Akane's explosive temper or jealousy takes us by suprise.Scattered here and there are some genuinely sweet and tender moments as well.

(8) Ranma 1/2 is episodic. It has no overarching plot other than to perhaps reverse the curse placed on Ranma and several other we meet along the way. read more

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Dec 19, 2009

407 of 407 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

cutekittenlady (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

Here we go with my second overall review.

To start things off, I have a lot of love for Rumiko Talajashi and her many works, but so far I have loved Ranma 1/2 most of all, so if my review seems a little biased, please forgive me.

Story:
Let me give you a quick summary of what this story is all about. Ranma Saotome is a 16 year old martial artist who went on a training mission to China with his father. His father took him to one of Chinas roughest training areas, The Jusenkyo springs, a place covered with hundreds of small springs each with a curse. read more

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Jul 3, 2021

407 of 407 chapters read

Overall Rating: 3

The_Mad_Pirate (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

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 ). read more

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