#ask ranma 1/2

[askranma12]

How is Shampoo NOT in legal trouble for entering Japan illegally for the purpose of murdering a girl who fought her and won? She can be charged for attempted murder and entering Japan without legal documentation… even Lum had to be registered to stay on earth with Ataru!

[corndog-patrol]

sharing these ranma doodlies <3 i've been loving the reboot

[alesshi]

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[ranma-askblog]

ranma, you really consider ryoga a close friend? he doesn't seem to agree...

he thinks they’re besties

　

[ask-ranma-and-ryoga]

[tamak0]

I came to brag about the commissions I got from my bestie that are hanging out on my fridge, they're too pretty to not share <3<3

[itsverydifficulttofindanick]

It seems I indulged more than expected

Gonna draw a Part 3 so the Inuyasha cast can get some spotlight too, then I'll be done

Part 1

[asktransboyranma]

And now you can ask them questions! Maybe even help them... They might need it.

[mariananicoleli]

How do you think Ranma would respond to a male Akane? Especially in bed 👀

Like this I guess

(about happosai I just wanted an excuse to draw him dead)

and in bed... welp I'll leave this question to my future nsfw account LOL

[sailorblossoms-rankane]

i saw this post on reddit and it made me really mad cause 1, you didn’t read the manga and 2, why would you say that?? i honestly hate reddit but i was looking up a question today and stumbled upon it. i just wanna know what you would respond to this 😓 these are the same dudes that call ukkyo and shampoo waifus

“Yep. Pretty, feminine, kind, admits her feelings (emotionally mature), can cook you okonomiyaki and other things, not crazy like shampoo and kodachi.

Vs Akane: rude, violent, canonically ugly (he doesn't mean it but ranma calls her ugly all the time so I'm rolling with it), can't cook at all, yells all the time, can't admit her feelings (emotionally immature).”

I'm gonna be real with you: I read this and felt so exhausted I thought "I'll reply later" and then blissfully forgot. I'm replying to you now, dear anon, not to fuckers who watch the old show using one hand to pause the screen and the other to grab their dicks. There's no arguing with them, you can see it when he says "he doesn't mean it but..." he knows damn well Ranma doesn't mean it. He just wants Akane to be ugly cuz he doesn't like her and decided to make it Ranma's problem (and mine, apparently, since I'm writing this). If the girl doesn't make them horny or inspires waifu fantasies, then she must be punished in some way. She has to be ugly.

This is going to get long. I'm not even gonna talk too much about Akane or else we'll be here all day.

First of all, nobody is winning any emotional maturity awards in a manga like this, where the comedy seeks to make everyone lose it. Nobody can't be above the craziness, if they are, they don't have much to do here. Akane loses it because she's specifically thrown into situations designed to have that effect, she's not made of stone. If your breaking point is tested constantly, you're gonna break sometimes. However, while Akane has flaws, the manga also sets her up as the better person when compared to the rest of the cast. (This is intentional. Give me the damn arc, try me. I'll tell you how) Part of why Akane and Ranma are compatible: both have good hearts and want to help everybody, but there's a reason why we get scenarios like this one in later volumes.

(In this arc, for example, Akane was going to take Ranma asking her to give up the power armor very well cuz she indeed doesn't want that to get between them, but Ranma had to be a dumb motherfucker and made her feel like he's just toying with her heart. She can be mature, but then she's tested, so she loses it)

(See the contrast here. Ranma is trying his best! but my guy just doesn't have the tools, so this is very, very difficult for him, which is why he might lead with an apology without understanding what he did wrong. Emotionally, one could say she has tools others don't)

One of Ukyo's strenghts, for example, is that she's reliable. She's a business owner, she can take care of herself! So much, in fact, that her romantic fantasies envision her as a provider. Ukyo is not your waifu: she wants a wife, while essentially filling the role of husband. And speaking of husbands: this is someone who will wear kimonos and look feminine and elegant, but most of the time, she's comfortable binding her chest and dressing like a boy. It makes sense for Ukyo to be like "this is fun!" upon learning that Ranma can switch between girl and boy, the "feminine" and the "masculine," cuz she does that too...

You don't define Ukyo with "feminine" (the old show is partly to blame... I haven't seen that filler where she wears a dress seeking Ranma's validation yet, I might prefer to be shot). She wants a traditionally masculine role: to be the person in charge, the breadwinner, while having someone that feels indebted to her (someone she will take care of) to take care of the house in a way that's usually a feminine role (It would destroy Ranma to be exactly what she wants and let her be exactly who she is, which is part of why they're not compatible for a relationship, and why the arc where she pursues him seriously has her giving up the passion that makes her herself... but Konatsu fits the bill)

Akane can get competitive in pretty childish ways (and she will match Ranma's childish clownery, you can't be too mature if you're gonna be compatible with him) but when she suspects Ukyo could have something on Ranma, for example, she just talks to her. In fact, she tried to talk to Ranma first when she suspected something was wrong (cuz she's not screaming all the fucking time) but the fool unknowingly made her insecure in his attempt to deflect and avoid responsibility. The shenanigans and misunderstandings in this arc wouldn't have happened if Ranma just talked to Akane when she asked him what the hell was going on.

Akane is quick to accept Ranma fucked up, because she actually knows the fool. When Ukyo suspects Akane has something on Ranma she just throws accusations, villanizes Akane and babies Ranma. In similar situations, Akane handled it with more "emotional maturity" (before the plot throws her something to make her lose her cool again). This is arguably the bad side of Ukyo's need to provide and protect, because fucking nobody is a flawless waifu here.

Ukyo is a very susceptible girl. She's not as crazy as Shampoo or Kodachi if she's on her own, but she's just as crazy when you put them all together, which is why they're grouped like this

You can actually see this happen in real time in the arc where Nabiki becomes a temporary fiancée cuz she was particularly bored that day. At first, she just wants to scare off Nabiki

But then Nabiki says "you can have Ranma if you buy him" and Ukyo immediately and enthusiastically agrees, she doesn't even question that shit is wrong. When Kodachi shows up, she immediately plays her game too.

Then, hilariously, when Shampoo shows up like "I'm not paying shit, I'm just killing you," you can see Ukyo in the background like "they do have a point, murder is a bargain." A true businesswoman.

You can tell someone you like them without being emotionally mature. Both Shampoo and Kodachi make it clear they want Ranma (or they think they do): both are many things, but "emotionally mature" is not one of them. You know what else doesn't show superior emotional maturity? being in cahoots with the lost boy to break up a relationship. Attacking Akane, with who she's usually pretty friendly with when it's just them, over the chance to basically "love potion" Ranma (when destroying the umbrella is indeed the right thing to do) it's not exactly a hallmark of emotional maturity either (and that's the point, can't have much of the humor if everyone is emotionally mature or if they are all the fucking time, if Ukyo was really emotionally mature she practically wouldn't show up in the manga) (iirc Ukyo is the only girl you never seen Akane toon kicking or sending flying in anyway mind you, like she does with Kodachi and Shampoo when they're crossing yet another line)

Calling Akane, who knows how doors work "rude" when every single girl after Ranma has destroyed other people's houses in some capacity is beyond unserious. (Shampoo practically never uses a door, the way the character is always bursting through walls is a clever way to portray how disruptive and destructive she is). Calling her violent, as if this was an unique trait in a world where nobody can share a page with Ranma without hitting, kicking or flattening him with their damn bike is being willfully obtuse. Calling her canonically ugly is just being stupid. Ranma insulting her is pigtail pulling because he likes her and he's very obviously attracted to her. You have an arc that ends a conflict with Ranma on the fucking floor because he's so disappointed he can't see Akane naked he momentarily loses his will to live.

Every single girl in that cast is meant to be very beautiful, but Akane gets "dream girl" framing, not just in covers, but also inside the story.

Stuff like this is the equivalent of a "glamour shoot," which is something you use to show a female character as gorgeous and desirable. The whole damn school was fighting for a chance to date this girl before Ranma arrived mind you

He has amnesia here, this is 10000% about her beauty, he simply saw her.

I'm probably forgetting stuff, but one more thing about violence: in situations when all the girls misunderstand the same thing, Akane's reaction is the most chill, in case you ever felt like the manga was too subtle about making this fucking point

[askranma12]

Forgive me if this is rude, but is there a chart for tracking the polycule?

[petz5]

if ur not willing to turn ur faves into furries are u rlly a fan

[alesshi]

🐰&🦊

[ranma-askblog]

Do ya consider any of the crew as your friends? Or are they just a variety of fiancés and rivals?

he thinks fighting is how people bond

　

[ask-ranma-and-ryoga]

RANMA: This feels like kind of a loaded question…

[fortist166]

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