Pink-haired Ranma

I was thinking of making some post wondering how long it would take for hentai images of female-Ranma to appear sporting pink hair, as she has in the reboot. But then I remembered that RanmaBooks had already made such a post back on Thursday, Oct 3.

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.

Kazuma Review of 27

I just read Kazuma's review of chapter 27:

I've been keeping up with the story since it started, but i really got to say that the idea of adding Ukyo to the equation is a terrible idea. would of prefer that you killed her off, but then i just hated Ukyo in a general since since she was first introduced in the manga. I look forward to what you plan on doing but I have ideas and not too fond of 'em.

Everyone has their own tastes in characters of course. For each reader, only time will tell whether what I do with the character will be interesting or not. For what it's worth, I don't expect Ukyo to become as much a main character as, say, either Ryoga or Gosunkugi. Still, she will be around.

The real reason I'm making this post in reply to the review is because of a fascinating coincidence. Immediately prior to reading this review, I was watching an episode of the anime Kaze no Stigma on Hulu. The male protagonist of that show is named ... wait for it ... Kazuma.