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Ranma 1/2: Anything Goes at the Tendo Dojo
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The story of Ranma 1/2 is rather complicated. If you've seen the anime or read the manga, you do not need to read this. We will be playing according to the regular Ranma storyline, there is no alterior storyline as of yet, and won't be until we get the RPG going.

This synopsis of Ranma 1/2 was taken from the Ranma 1/2 media gallery:

Well, about the anime. It is about the adventures, or misadventures, of Ranma Saotome, son of Genma Saotome. And this is the beginning:

One day Genma decided to take Ranma to China to further train him in the Anything-Goes Martial Arts technique. They decided to go to a mysterious Chinese training ground known as Jusenkyo. The place is filled with springs that will curse a person that falls into it to turn into whichever being drowned in it a long time ago. In the case of our heros, Genma, while training with his son, was accidentally kicked by Ranma into a spring that turned him into a giant panda, and Genma being the lovely father that he is, whacked Ranma into another spring that turned him into a beautiful, busty, red-haired young girl. Fortunately if the cursed person is splashed with hot water, the person will turn into normal. However, if the person is splashed with cold water, he/she will turn back to the cursed form!

Then there are the Tendos. Soun Tendo run a school that teaches the Anything-Goes Martial Art. Yes, it is the same one Ranma practices. He has three daughters: Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane. To make sure that his family continues the Anything-Goes technique, he decided to marry one of his daughter to the son of his old friend Genma Saotome. Unfortunately when it is time for Genma to bring his son to know his fiance, Soun almost fainted (ok, he did faint) when he found out that there was a wet-soaked Giant Panda and a red-haired girl with it in front of his dojo.

After all cleared out, the two oldest daughters (Kasumi and Nabiki) decided that Akane would marry Ranma. Neither Akane nor Ranma liked very much the idea, and to make matters worse, Sound and Genma tried everything to get them together. With time, Ranma and Akane developed an attraction for each other, although each would rather die than admit his/her affection forthe other.

Now, to make matters even worse, two other girls (a blue-haired chinese girl named Shampoo, and a Ranma's old friend named Ukyou) came from nowhere and claimed to be Ranma's fiance as well, not to mention other girls throughout the show that falls to our hero. Oh, yes, almost forgot this little detail, most of the boys in Akane's school are crazy about her:-) And this is only the beginning...

Ranma 1/2 is the most popular manga, later turned into a regular TV show, by Rumiko Takahashi, the most popular female comic artist in the world.