14 Ranma 1/2 "What-If"S
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This article is from the Anime FAQ, by Steve Pearl with numerous contributions by others.
14 Ranma 1/2 "What-If"S
RANMA 1/2 is a TV comedy about Saotome Ranma, a teenager afflicted by a weird curse from a Chinese training ground called Jusenkyou (the land of cursed springs). There are more than 1000 pools there, each with its own curse. Ranma fell in Nyanniichuan (the Girl-Drowning Spring), where a girl drowned 1500 years ago. Because of the spring's curse, when Ranma is doused with cold water, he turns into a girl. Hot water changes her back nto a him.
Several FAQs have come across, mostly idle "what-if" speculations. Here are some of the most common:
Q: What if Ranma fell into another pool? Would both curses be activated at the same time? A: No. Only one curse can be active at a time. BTW, a character was introduced who, when splashed, transformed into a combination of various animals, because he fell into a cursed pool where various animals drowned together.
Q: Can Ranma's curse be cured?
A: Yes. In one episode, Ranma obtained a mix that turned ordinary water into "man-drown-spring" water. The water effectively cancelled the original curse, so Ranma didn't change when wet (unfortunately, the mix was a cheap imitation that only worked once). It is assumed that if Ranma were able to get to Jusenkyo, and find the real "man-drown-spring", he could remove his curse.
Q: What would happen if Ranma-chan (the female Ranma, in Japanese) got pregnant? Would she lose her baby if she changed back to Ranma-kun (the male Ranma)?
A: No idea. At any rate, it's very unlikely that such a thing will happen, for a number of reasons, some of which are: - Mentally, Ranma is still a man, whatever his physical form may be. - Rumiko Takahashi, the author of RANMA 1/2, doesn't write that kind of story. :-)
-- With a lot of help from Theresa Martin and Ken Arromdee
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