The story is centered on Ranma Saotome, a highly
skilled teenage martial artist, who is,sadly,
accidentally cursed while training on a magical lake
China with his "useless" father. Unless he finds a
cure, cold water transforms Ranma into a female
version of himself, and hot water reverses this. Ranma
fell into "the pool of drown girl" while his father
also fell into "the pool of drown panda bear" ( why a
panda bear drown is beyond me!) Not only that, but
shortly afterwards, Ranma's father introduced him to
his old training friend, Soün Tendo, and his three
daughters: Kasumi Tendo ( the sweet nice "mother"),
Nabiki Tendo ( the smart and very greedy one),and the
youngest, Akane Tendo(the skillful martial artist and
Ranma's soon to be wife). A large amount of the
stories are based on martial arts based combat (or
where martial arts plays an important and funny part),
often with weird styles or in strange situations.
Also, there are several girls interested in
Ranma,seems like all of them! Several guys interested
in Ranma's fiancée, Akane, and since they are all
martial artists, this leads to some 'interesting'
situations.
Ranma ½ is a gender bending, wacky (but sometimes
serious) martial arts comedy that will keep you
laughing the whole time you are watching! It's true,
it's damn true!
