Ranma 1/2 Reboot Starts

I saw the first episode of the Ranma 1/2 reboot tonight. Okay so far. I do feel cheated by one thing — we got to see female-Ranma nude, but not Akane. Or to be more specific, Akane was nude in a couple of scenes, but there was always stuff blocking the view of the most important bits. Perhaps the silliest part was when we saw female-Ranma nude. Apparently female-Ranma's breasts do not have nipples — we saw the entire curve of her breasts, but they were entirely featureless. I mean, if you're going to do that, then you might as well do the same as you did with Akane.

Other than that, no complaints about the single episode. I do wonder if they're going to follow the manga faithfully, or if they're going to include some of the filler which was in the original anime. And especially, whether they're going to be faithful to the characterizations in the manga. And most especially, whether they will show us the Akane from the manga, or the more violent and bad-tempered Akane of the original anime.

P.S. I'm hoping that this reboot will lead to a surge of new hentai art involving the Ranma 1/2 characters. Fingers crossed.

Guards Using the Prisoner

In this cartoon idea, the setting is a prison cell underneath Ho'o Peak, a mountain which you may recall is the home of the Phoenix People. In the Saffron arc involving these people, Captain Kiima of the guards used Jusenkyo water to curse herself to turn into a double of Akane Tendo in order to fool Ranma. At that time, Akane was being kept in such a prison cell.

So, in the cartoon, the door to the prison cell would be open, showing the interior clearly. Inside the cell are two or more guards, with two of them double penetrating a nude girl who appears to be Akane. One guard is squatting, with "Akane" sitting in his lap, her ass impaled on his cock. Another guard is in front, fucking "Akane's" cunt. A manacle is on one of her ankles, with a chain attached to the wall. This "Akane" is yelling, "I'm telling you! The real Tendo girl switched places with me! I'm your captain, you morons! Just splash me with some hot water and you'll see!"

Ranko Spanked by Everyone

This idea is a variation on yesterday's, where we have a line of cast members waiting to spank female Ranma instead of Akane. So in the foreground is Ryoga sitting and holding female Ranma face down over his knees and spanking her. Ranma is in her normal Chinese outfit, with pants and boxers pulled down, and her Chinese shirt opened and pulled up over her head and down her arms, thus exposing her tits. Her ass is reddened by the spanking, and like Akane yesterday, there is one particularly red handprint on her ass. There are tears in Ranma's eyes.

A line of cast members waits behind or to the side of Ryoga, for their turn to spank Ranma. First is Mousse, with his fingers interlaced and pressing his palms outwards. Next is Tatewaki Kuno in his kendo outfit, holding a paddle heavily decorated with flowers and hearts. Hikaru Gosunkugi's head is peeking out from behind Kuno's back. After the primary male rivals comes Akane Tendo, with arms crossed and tapping her foot impatiently. Then the parents, Soun Tendo, Genma Saotome, and Ranma's mother Nodoka. Soun and Genma are both holding riding crops, and Genma is trying to get Nodoka to put down her katana and take a riding crop as well. Happosai stands behind the parents, smoking his pipe, with battle aura flaring. Behind Happosai stands a gleeful-looking Pantyhose Taro in human form. Next in line is Kasumi in a dominatrix outfit holding a cat o' nine tails, with her sister Nabiki gaping at Kasumi in shock. Principal Kuno is holding his hair clippers, apparently not understanding why they're there (probably willfully), and Hinako Ninomiya in adult form is holding a paddle. They are followed by the other three girls, Shampoo, Ukyo, and Kodachi, arguing vehemently over the order in which the three of them will go. Finally at the end of the line are Ranma's two friends, Hiroshi and Daisuke, looking very much like they weren't invited but decided to sneak into the line.

I've left out Doctor Tofu and Cologne, but Tofu could easily be added as another person gawking at dominatrix Kasumi.

Akane Spanked by Everyone

In this cartoon idea, Akane is to be spanked by virtually every member of the Ranma 1/2 cast. In the foreground, a male Ranma is sitting and holding Akane over his knees, spanking her. Ranma is wearing his usual Chinese outfit. Akane is wearing her gi, with pants and panties pulled down, and top and sports bra pulled up to expose her tits, either pulled up to her shoulders, or all the way over her head and onto her arms. Akane's ass is generally red, but with one particularly red handprint standing out. There are tears in Akane's eyes.

A line of people containing other cast members are standing behind Ranma, or off to the side, waiting for their turn to spank Akane. First in line is Tatewaki Kuno, in his kendo outfit, rolling up a sleeve. Next is Happosai, rubbing his palms together and giggling. Then Genma Saotome in gi with arms crossed, looking stern, accompanied by his wife Nodoka wearing a kimono and looking regal. After them are Principal Kuno and an adult form Hinako Ninomiya, both giving test swings to paddles. Next are Shampoo, Ukyo, and Kodachi, with Shampoo and Kodachi looking envious of the large spatula Ukyo is carrying (but smaller than her battle spatula). Then comes Kasumi holding a large hairbrush, pursing her lips and frowning. Beside Kasumi but a bit out of line is Nabiki, counting money, possibly suggesting people have paid her to join the line. Beyond Akane's sisters are her two best friends, Yuka and Sayuri each with a riding crop, looking nervous and not quite sure how good an idea this is, but wanting to go through with it. Peeking out from behind Yuka and Sayuri is the head of Hikaru Gosunkugi.

Note that I've left out Ryoga, Akane's father Soun, Doctor Tofu, and the other Amazons Cologne and Mousse, not to mention a host of bit players. Any of these could be added in as desired.

D Clark Art

T.H.Tiger pointed out this link to a site with erotic cartoon art which includes some Ranma 1/2 stuff.

Just D Clark stuff

Monster of Nerima

Not really up to writing a story. This is more an outline of a story, so it may make for rather dry reading. Nonetheless offered here in case anyone is interested.

Ranma is still looking for a way to cure his curse, of which the surest is to bathe in the waters of the Nanniichuan. However, he cannot afford a trip to China or to have water from the pool shipped to him. He hits upon the idea of having Kuno pay for it, by appealing to him in the form of the pigtailed girl. So in female form Ranma describes to Kuno a spa in western China called Jusenkyo, and how she's particularly interested in water from a spring called the Nanniichuan. And how she'd be ever so grateful, and would prove how grateful she was, if Kuno would get a cask of water from that pool shipped to her (Ranma chooses to avoid all the logistic difficulties and added expense of getting Kuno to take Ranma on a trip there). Kuno magnanimously, and a touch lecherously, agrees to do this to please his pigtailed girl.

So Kuno arranges through a family business to contact Jusenkyo, and someone there sends them an order form, with some fairly steep prices. Kuno goes to the office of the person who made contact, takes the order form, intends to check the box marked 男溺泉 (Nanniichuan) but accidentally marks the box on the line below which is 触手溺泉 (Shokushuniichuan). In due time he is notified that a warehouse has the desired cask of water. Kuno notifies Ranma, who wants to handle the matter in secret so no one else will know about and try to steal the water. Kuno takes female-Ranma to the warehouse after hours, when no one else is present. They easily identify the correct crate, open the top, and see the cask inside (there are no markings on the cask itself). Kuno jumps down into the crate and lifts the cask up to Ranma standing on the edges at a corner of the top of the crate. Between them it slips and drops, breaking open. The waters fill the interior of the crate, knocking Kuno off of his feet, and he is fully immersed in the water.

Missed opportunities in Ranma 1/2

When you think about it, there were an awful lot of incidents in the Ranma 1/2 series where a female character could have been taken advantage of, either through magical means or through some form of helplessness such as unconsciousness or bondage. I decided to make a quick list, which I'm sure will miss some possibilities.

Hairstyles

I'm sitting outside under the trees with my laptop, feeling lazy. Part of me would like to be writing on my story, but most of me can't get up the energy to get started.

Then I asked myself, what would the females of the Ranma cast do with regard to trimming their pubic hair? The following are my thoughts.

I think Ranma would leave it natural in her cursed form, partly because she's really a guy and it wouldn't immediately occur to her to shave it, and partly because once it did occur, she'd be worried that the trim would carry over to her male body and the guys at school would rib him about it. This depends on her having a sufficiently sparse red-haired delta that trimming for a swimsuit is not necessary.

I think Akane would trim hers into a tidy little triangle, neat and sufficient for her swimsuit, but with no suggestion that she has considered any guy ever getting a look at her down there.

I think Nabiki would trim hers into a thin stripe.

I think Kasumi has repressed passions, and wears lacy underthings made of silk. She shaves her pubic mound completely bald.

Shampoo is also completely bald down there, but for her it's mostly a matter of convenience, since a man should cater to her desires rather than the other way around. Also, she doesn't shave it - she used some secret Joketsuzoku technique to remove all of her pubic hair in a manner where it will never grow back.

Ukyo probably falls somewhere between Akane and Nabiki, trimming moderately but not too far. She imagines Ranma gazing appreciatively at her one day, but she doesn't want to make it look like she was excessively eager for his attention to that part of her.

Kodachi has naturally trimmed her dark black bush into the shape of a black rose.

Nodoka Saotome leaves hers entirely untrimmed. It doesn't matter to her, since she doesn't wear revealing clothing, and since it wouldn't occur to her to worry about what her husband Genma might want in that regard.

Hinako Ninomiya is completely hairless in her normal, younger form. When she transforms, the magic leaves her just as hairless, so she doesn't have to worry about it.

Asuza Shiratori (of the Golden Pair) carefully plucks and trims hers to keep it as sparse as that of a thirteen year old. What remains she dyes bright pink, and she refers to her little delta by the name Madeline.

I didn't even want to contemplate Cologne. Unfortunately my mind went there, recalling her appearance at Shampoo's age, and guessed that she did the same as Shampoo in her youth. After that, the technique used should have kept the situation permanent.

Examination Draft 1

I've just finished the first draft of the story mentioned in my two previous posts, Examination. Now I need to go back and clean it up, get it ready for posting. Which will hopefully take place sometime tomorrow (Sunday).

Today I came across an announcement of a possible Ranma lemon contest on the following forum:

http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Fanfiction_Forum/index.php?showtopic=20333

I'm feeling a little sad that the contest hasn't started, since I feel that this story would be perfect for an entry in it. However, I have no intention to withhold posting the story just to try to submit to this contest, assuming they can even get it off the ground anytime soon.

Hung Like A ...

It seems to me that the Jusenkyo guide is missing out on a fabulous business opportunity. He could make up small vials of water from the Spring of Drowned Horse, and advertise it as a miracle product for increasing penis size. The instructions would very explicitly state to apply to nothing except the penis. Of course, some dumbasses would screw it up. I can just see Kuno now ...

Note that canon supports the notion that the spring water affects only what it comes in contact with. When the water from the Spring of Drowned Twins dripped on the bump on Happosai's head, it turned that bump into two bumps.

Hmmm. Now that I think about it, there might be a problem with the idea. If vaginal secretions are similar enough to water, and warm enough, then the penis might revert to its uncursed state upon penetration. Could come as a bit of a surprise, to both parties.

Dragon's Whisker Conclusion

Genma is back in the Tendo home, admiring the dragon's whisker which he has stolen, thinking about the hair he will soon grow. He tries rubbing his scalp with the whisker. He strikes his scalp with the whisker. He tries wearing the whisker on top of his head. He realizes in despair that he doesn't know how it works.

Ranma shows up, trying to get the whisker back. Genma offers Ranma ten yen to tell him how the whisker works (this is approximately ten cents in U.S. coinage). Akane shows up, demanding to know if he wants Ranma stuck as a girl for the rest of her life, because the whisker has no effect when Ranma is a girl. Cologne is also there and explains that if Ranma turns male without tying his hair with the whisker, his hair will grow until it runs out. Genma says, "How horrible!" and then says, "Let's see," and pours hot water on Ranma. Ranma screams as his hair starts growing. Genma holds some of the hair and tells him that he's a lucky child. Ranma replies that he might agree if he wasn't about to become an orphan, then stomps Genma.

Happosai appears and steals the whisker. Ranma turns female and exposes her chest to distract Happosai. Genma steals the whisker. Ranma hits Genma and takes the whisker back. Happosai steals the whisker from Ranma. Cologne laments, "Master against disciple ... father against son ... what evil the dragon's whisker brings." Akane tells her, "Looks like a typical day with Ranma to me."

Happosai, still in possession of the whisker, finds and beats up the Chinese pork bun men, ordering them to tell him how to use it. They do so, then he ties them up as he prepares the porridge, while they angrily complain about his intent to keep it all for himself. Ranma appears out of nowhere, lands on Happosai, takes the whisker, then leaps away while retying her pigtail. Happosai throws the pot of hot water, which changes Ranma back to male, but he has finished tying the whisker on his pigtail.

Genma leaps for Ranma, pretending to congratulate him, but Ranma kicks him away. While he does so, Happosai snips off his pigtail, causing his hair to grow explosively. Ranma, completely fed up, ties tires, cement blocks, and other things to his hair, and uses them to attack Happosai and Genma. In the ensuing battle, Ranma gets the upper hand, but while strangling Happosai with some of his hair, the hair pulls out of his head. Ranma realizes that it's no longer growing. Ranma is terrified that he has used up all of his hair. Genma attempts to cheer him up by pointing out that Ranma is his son, so he was bound to lose it all eventually anyway. For some reason this doesn't comfort Ranma and he starts to run away.

Except Ranma realizes that the dragon's whisker porridge could grow new hair for him. Ranma attempts to take the whisker back from Happosai. Happosai realizes he has lost the dragon's whisker. Ranma collapses, but Cologne examines him, realizes that the hair on his head is not growing, and thereby concludes that the dragon's whisker effect has worn off. However, Ranma has passed out, so will only learn this when he comes to. Meanwhile, Happosai and Genma are trying to find the dragon's whisker.

Cut to the Nekohanten. It turns out the Chinese pork bun men managed to make off with the dragon's whisker. They brought it to the restaurant and had Cologne's great-granddaughter Shampoo make them the special rice porridge using the whisker. The Chinese men are convinced that their hair is growing (it isn't) and we learn from Shampoo that she learned from the restaurant owner back in China that the freshness date on the dragon's whisker just ran out.

Dragon's Whisker 3

Still in the P.E. equipment shed, Ranma tells Akane the story of the dragon's whisker. After being cursed at Jusenkyo, but before leaving the Bayankala Mountains, Ranma was wandering in her female form. She was extremely hungry. A man ran by holding a bowl of rice porridge. He was being chased by another man who yelled, "Stop, thief!" The pursuer is recognizable as the owner of the restaurant who was attacked by the "pork bun men".

Ranma grabs the bowl, kicks the thief away, and eats the porridge before the restaurant owner can say anything. He steps up, opens her shirt to look at her breasts, and says, "A girl. Good thing." Ranma clobbers him and asks what he means. He takes Ranma back to his restaurant and feeds her, while explaining that the rice porridge is the restaurant's secret item. The stock is made with dragon's whisker, which he holds up to show. He tells Ranma that it has no effect on women, but when a man eats it, it fulfills a certain ambition. He goes on to say that many a battle has been fought over the porridge, but it's truly lucky that Ranma is female. Except, before he can finish saying the word "female", Ranma pours a kettle over his head, transforming into a boy.

The frames are drawn so that we do not see male Ranma. The restaurant owner laughs, saying "So you're a man." Ranma thumps him over the head several times, and asks, "Is this what you mean by ambition?" The restaurant owner holds up the dragon's whisker and says, "Until the effect runs out, you can use this as a seal." He allowed Ranma to take the dragon's whisker. Akane thinks to herself, "If that's the whisker's power, no wonder men fight over it."

Cut to the Nekohanten (a Chinese ramen restaurant), where Genma is asking the ancient Chinese amazon Cologne if she knows the secret of the dragon's whisker. Cologne tells him that the whisker is trouble, but she cannot tell him about it. That she especially cannot tell him. As Genma walks along puzzling over her words, Happosai and the four Chinese men all run by. Genma realizes what they all have in common, including himself - that they are all bald. He guesses the secret - that the dragon's whisker grows hair.

Cut back to the P.E. equipment shed, where Ranma is surrounded by masses and masses of hair, growing from his head. Recall that Akane got the dragon's whisker back from the Chinese man who stole it. Akane cuts Ranma's hair, rebraids his pigtail, and ties it off with the dragon's whisker, which stops it from growing. Although Akane's usual trouble with handiwork manifests itself, and the pigtail she ties stands up over Ranma's head.

Genma bursts in, demanding to know how Ranma could dare to keep this from his own father, by which Ranma realizes he now knows the secret. Happosai and the four Chinese men attack, but Genma defends his son, knocking them all away. Ranma and Akane look a bit surprised. Genma turns back, looking very sad, and asks why Ranma can't trust his own father. He goes on in this vein, while trying to get his hands on the whisker, but Ranma stops him. They fight, and Ranma clobbers his father. Genma starts spouting more crap, and this time manages to steal the whisker while Ranma is distracted.

Ranma starts to chase Genma, but is stopped when several girls running by step on his rapidly growing hair. Cologne shows up and splashes him, turning Ranma into a girl. He asks what she did that for, but answers it himself when he remembers that he is unaffected as a girl. Cologne warns Ranma that if he doesn't get the dragon's whisker back, then within a week he will completely run out of hair.

Dragon's Whisker 2

On the way to school the next morning, Akane tries to get the secret of the dragon's whisker out of Ranma, but he tells her it's none of her business. The Chinese men set out a trap for Ranma, a simple lasso on the ground with a pork bun in the center. Except Happosai grabs the bait instead. When they try to beat him up for interfering, he clobbers them. Happosai wants to know what they're doing, and they say all they want is the dragon's whisker. When Happosai asks what it is, they whisper to him. Happosai looks greatly startled, saying, "What?! So that is the legendary dragon's whisker!"

Cut to gym period at the school. Akane is fuming that Ranma never tells her anything important, and wondering what the something terrible is that would happen. Ranma goes to catch the ball, but it turns out to be one of Happosai's explosives instead. Happosai, surrounded by a large battle aura, faces Ranma and demands the dragon's whisker. When Ranma attempts to attack Happosai, the old man levels him with a chi blast. Ranma manages to get up just before Happosai gets to his pigtail, and throws a large number of bras at him to distract him. Akane wonders what Ranma is doing with all of those bras. However, Happosai is not distracted, much to everyone's shock, and clobbers Ranma.

Ranma manages to run away. The Chinese men attack him, throwing buns emitting knock-out gas. Ranma tries to get away from them, despite growing dizzy. Akane is looking for Ranma, and spots the chase. One of the Chinese men gets his hand on the dragon's whisker, but Ranma manages to knock them away. Except it's revealed, as they are flying off, that one of the Chinese men is smiling and holding the dragon's whisker. Ranma sees this, and looks over his shoulder in fear at his unraveling hair.

Akane manages to stomp the man holding the dragon's whisker. She takes it from him and holds it up, calling Ranma. However, Ranma yells at Akane not to look at him, and runs away. Akane chases after him. She corners him in the P.E. equipment shed. Akane tries to pull Ranma out from under a bunch of mats, saying, "Why are you hiding from me?" Ranma yells, "Get away, idiot!"

The chapter ends with a frame in which Akane is rearing back in shock. She exclaims, "Ranma ...! You ... You ..."

Dragon's Whisker 1

The story starts in the Bayankala mountain range in China, the same mountains that hold the valley of Jusenkyo. A group of men have accosted the owner of a small restaurant, asking him where he has hidden the 4000 year old treasure known as the "dragon's whisker". They force a confession from him, and he tells them that a foreigner with a pigtail took it. Then he draws them a picture of this foreigner, which is more or less recognizable as Ranma's head.

Cut to Nerima, where a representative of the city is at the Tendo dojo, asking for help against a group which is going around cutting off the pigtails of people who wear their hair so. Soun agrees, and he, Genma, Ranma and Akane go out in a group hunting for these men. Ranma points out that his hair should be perfect bait.

They are attacked, but Ranma defeats them easily by himself. When Soun threatens one if he doesn't explain why they're doing this, he tells them that they're looking for the dragon's whisker. This startles Ranma considerably, which Akane notices. The men realize that Ranma looks just like their picture, attack again, and Ranma knocks them far away.

Later, Ranma is ruminating out on a balcony of the Tendo house, while Akane is just inside watching him, remembering his reaction and wondering what this dragon's whisker has to do with his pigtail. At that moment, and despite the late night hour, some painters start painting the balcony. They get into a tussle with Ranma, and a can of paint is spilled all over his hair. Ranma knocks them far away again.

Ranma goes inside and washes his hair at a sink, while the Tendo sisters observe him. Akane asks him why he doesn't untie his pigtail, and Kasumi points out he won't get all the paint out if he doesn't. But he refuses. Genma comes in, tells him not to be stupid, and tries to untie it. Ranma kicks him away viciously. Nabiki says that if he's going to resist, then they'll have to untie it by force, and she and Kasumi start attempting to do so. Ranma runs off but comes across Happosai, who knocks him out.

The Chinese men get to Ranma first and announce, in the hearing of the others, that the string holding together the pigtail is the one and only dragon's whisker. This wakes Ranma up, who declares, "The dragon's whisker belongs to me!" and kicks the Chinese men away. The family insists that he tell them what this dragon's whisker is, but Ranma will only say that it is his "seal". That if he takes it off, something terrible will happen.

The chapter ends with Akane wondering what secrets the little string holds, and the Chinese men pepping themselves up to steal it.

Dragon's Whisker Preliminary

Starting in chapter 26 of my story Moxibustion Violation, events occur which correspond to the canon story arc concerning the dragon's whisker. While it is my intention to write the corresponding chapters in such a way that no knowledge from the manga is necessary, it can sometimes be hard to avoid assuming that the readers are familiar with the source material. So my next few posts will summarize those chapters from the manga.

This story arc took place during four chapters, which I will refer to in these posts as chapters 1–4. In the VIZ English translation, these are chapters 1–4 of volume 14. In the Japanese, and scanlations based off of the Japanese, they are chapters 8–11 of volume 15.

Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion - Conclusion

While everyone on the ground watches the pair plunge from the sky, Happosai digs himself out of the ground. Angered beyond belief, he throws a Happo-fire burst at Ranma. Except it only does minor injury, and actually slows their descent. So Happosai dons a flying squirrel costume and flies up into the air to meet Ranma on the way down, demanding that he hand over the photographs. Ranma tosses the photographs to the side, distracting Happosai, and then leaps onto Happosai's back, still clutching Akane. The three of them half fall, half glide until they crash into a chain link fence at the edge of the sports field.

Akane wakes up. Her first words are, "The ... the chart ..." She grabs Ranma by the shirt. "Ranma! Where's the moxibustion chart?!" At that moment, the students bring all the confetti they gathered to Cologne, and a huge grin appears on Ranma's face as he realizes there is still hope. But when they assemble the chart from the pieces, there is one piece missing. The exact piece that shows how to cure the ultimate weakness moxibustion. Ranma is devastated.

Ranma puts on a face of false cheer, says good-bye, then takes off as fast as he can. Ukyo starts to beat the still prone Happosai with her battle spatula. Ryoga stops her, spotting the final piece of the chart stuck to Happosai's head. This is where my story Moxibustion Violation diverges from canon, since in my story they don't find that piece of the chart.

Ranma plans to leave Nerima without saying any further good-byes to anyone. Except that Akane catches up to him, still looking very disheveled from her trip in the tornado. Akane says that she won't stop him, but that she will go with him. Ranma tells her that she's stupid, but as he fails to lift his backpack, Akane points out that he needs her along to carry all his stuff. Akane tries to tell him that he doesn't have to leave, that he doesn't have to be strong, that he has other qualities (although she has trouble naming any). As they begin to argue about it, Cologne sneaks up and burns some moxibustion into Ranma's back.

Ranma screams and spins around, just as Cologne throws a big cement turf roller at him (or whatever you call those things). Ranma's outflung fist smashes the thing, much to his shock. Mousse, Tatewaki and Principal Kuno show up to attack Ranma, but he now easily defeats all three of them at once.

In the end frame, we look in on Ranma a week later. He has apparently spent that week beating up on his father, Happosai and others, and generally doing a lot of property destruction. Happosai asks the family if they'd like him to make Ranma weak again.

Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion - Chapter 11

The spectators notice that Ranma is no longer on the ground. He has jumped into the twister to try to reach Akane. Without his strength, Ranma has a hard time trying to get to her. Happosai, Mousse, Tatewaki and Principal Kuno all pop out of the twister, unconscious, and strike the ground hard enough to dig out a large crater. The student body promptly buries them.

Unable to breathe, Akane starts to pass out. It turns out that she managed to pick up the moxibustion chart and has been clutching it to her chest. Afraid of what will happen when she blacks out, she reaches out to hand the chart to Ranma. Ranma is amazed that she stepped into the heart of the blast just to save the chart for him, and tells her that she's even stupider than he thought. As she passes out, Akane says, "Hurry ... take ... it ..."

Ranma manages to grab Akane's arm, but the chart start to rip apart out of her hand as the winds clutch at it. Ranma pulls Akane against his body while staring at the chart, and declares, "Akane risked her life to give me this ... nothing's gonna take it from me!" With that, he seizes the chart with his teeth. But the winds finish shredding it into pieces as the horrified Ranma watches. The students see confetti emerge from the tornado. Cologne recognizes it for what it is, and demands that everyone gather every scrap.

Ranma is distraught, but then he wakes up to the current situation, and the unconscious girl in his arms. "Akane! I forgot about her! I can't give up yet! If nothing else ... I'll save you!" With this final thought, we see Ranma and Akane falling toward the sport field far, far below.

Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion - Chapter 10

Ranma and Happosai meet on a sports field at Furinkan High School. The student body gathers around to watch. Cologne, Genma, Ryoga and Akane are among the spectators. Ukyo is selling okonomiyaki off of a portable grill. Happosai shows off the moxibustion chart but refuses to hand it over. He starts ironing panties, releasing not a drop of battle aura.

Everyone watches the completely still Ranma, wondering what he plans. He's thinking that he never would have resorted to this if he could have helped it. That he's casting away the last of his pride. Yet, if it's to regain his strength, then he can do it. Ranma pulls out a set of photographs and shows them to Happosai. They are photographs of Ranma, in his female (cursed) form, wearing racy lingerie. Akane realizes that the sounds she heard from inside Ranma's room came from a camera. Ukyo and Ryoga are puzzled about Ranma's "secret plan", pointing out that he has made use of his female form before in fights, particularly against Happosai. Akane points out to them that this time it's different, that before he's always had boys' underwear on under a skirt, but this is the first time he has ever deliberately worn lingerie.

Happosai is staring at the photographs, shell shocked. Tatewaki Kuno appears out of nowhere, trying to get the photographs from Ranma. On seeing this threat to the photos, a massive aura bursts forth from Happosai, as he declares that they are his! The spectators are front-lit by the aura. Cologne states, "Amazing!! So much greater than his battle aura ..." Akane adds, "His lust aura could lay waste the earth!"

Seeing Happosai and Tatewaki attacking Ranma, Mousse and Principal Kuno decide to join in on the fun. Ranma manages to lead them all into a spiral, the combined auras causing the spectators to be seen in silhouette. Akane notices as the moxibustion chart falls out of Happosai's gi. Ranma throws the uppercut which unleashes an unbelievably strong cyclone, and he watches from the ground as it sweeps his attackers upward. Then he notices that Akane is also caught in it ...

Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion - Chapter 9

Ranma leads the enraged Happosai into a perfect spiral, as Genma, Cologne, Akane and Ukyo watch from a nearby roof. At the center of the spiral, Ranma throws the corkscrew uppercut ... which fizzles. Because Happosai is gone, peeking through a window at a girl who is changing her shirt. Ranma attempts to get Happosai to fight, but the old man refuses, saying he can't attack Ranma in his weakened state due to his sense of justice. This makes everyone suspicious, since Happosai has no sense of justice. As Ranma attempts to incite the old pervert to attack, Happosai responds with, "You're only saying that because ... you want to make a poor old man ... suffer the Hiryū Shōten Ha."

Everyone wants to know how Happosai could have known that. He points out to Cologne that she seems to have forgotten his visit to her village when they were teenagers themselves (which we had learned about in an earlier story arc) and how she used that same technique on him then. (By the way, Cologne was a fox in her youth, whereas Happosai was just as ugly then as now.)

Ranma tries to do all sorts of things to make Happosai angry enough to attack, none of which work. In the end Ranma collapses, realizing he has lost, and Akane boots Happosai away.

Later Ranma is in his room alone, thinking about all the training he did, all for nothing. Then he gets an idea. Akane, strolling down the hall past his door with a shinai over her shoulder, thinking that she'll have to cheer him up, hears a clicking sound from inside his room. Ranma bursts out of the door, all confidence, saying that he's got the old man, that he has a way to bring out 120% of his aura.

Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion - Chapter 8

A little later, we see Ryoga in a tent having a nightmare about what happened as Ukyo tends him, while outside Ranma is resting with Akane applying a Band-Aid or two to him. Cologne explains how the technique works. During her explanation Ranma disappears into the tent, to thank the unconscious Ryoga for helping him, and to tell him to rest in peace. Ryoga grabs Ranma by the throat, showing he is now awake. Ranma tries to say he was just joking. Ryoga demands, "Are you telling me you forced yourself on Akane ... as a joke!" He punches Ranma through the top of the tent while Ukyo turns to Akane with a deadly glare, hefts her battle spatula, and inquires, "And just what did Ryoga mean by that, Akane?" Akane, waving a hand up and down, sweatdropping, replies, "Th-That stupid Ranma, lying about ..." Except that Ukyo interrupts and attacks, yelling that she must have seduced him. Ranma says something insulting about this in Akane's hearing, who shoves him, then Ryoga attacks him for insulting Akane, melee ensues.

Everyone packs up and returns to Nerima. We look in on Happosai, who is stealing panties, but is feeling bored without Ranma around to interfere with him. Ranma attacks Happosai, without effect, until he manages to grab the bag of panties and throws it off the roof, emptying it. A battle aura forms around Happosai, and he prepares to take revenge on Ranma.