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Lors d'un voyage en Chine, Ranma Saatomé et son père Genma tombent dans des sources magiques. Depuis, une malédiction les poursuit. Dés qu'ils sont mouillés (par de l'eau froide), les deux hommes se transforment. Ranma en fille, son père en panda. Il leur suffit de s'asperger d'eau chaude pour recouvrer leurs aspects initiaux mais tout de même... C'est contrariant ! À seize ans, Ranma est un expert en arts martiaux reconnu par ses pairs. Il a une réputation à tenir !Cette idée saugrenue : le combattant (d'habitude si viril) est hermaphrodite, a germé dans le cerveau de la malicieuse Rumiko Takahashi. La dessinatrice part de ce postulat inattendu pour développer une histoire fleuve. De nombreux personnages (hermaphrodites ou pas) gravitent autour de Ranma. D'innombrables scènes de combat ponctuent leurs aventures mais Rumiko Takahashi s'amuse à renouveler le genre en les décrivant sur un mode satirique. Bref, ce manga fantaisiste a un petit aspect bric-à-brac bien sympathique qui change des éternels combats de karaté beaucoup moins imaginatifs ! --romat

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First published August 18, 1988

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Rumiko Takahashi (高橋留美子) was born in Niigata, Japan. She is not only one of the richest women in Japan but also one of the top paid manga artists. She is also the most successful female comic artist in history. She has been writing manga non-stop for 31 years.

Rumiko Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.

Though she was said to occasionally doodle in the margins of her papers while attending Niigata Chūō High School, Takahashi's interest in manga did not come until later. During her college years, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike, mangaka of Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Under his guidance Rumiko Takahashi began to publish her first doujinshi creations in 1975, such as Bye-Bye Road and Star of Futile Dust. Kozue Koike often urged his students to create well-thought out, interesting characters, and this influence would greatly impact Rumiko Takahashi's works throughout her career.

Career and major works:

Takahashi's professional career began in 1978. Her first published story was Those Selfish Aliens, a comedic science fiction story. During the same year, she published Time Warp Trouble, Shake Your Buddha, and the Golden Gods of Poverty in Shōnen Sunday, which would remain the home to most of her major works for the next twenty years. Later that year, Rumiko attempted her first full-length series, Urusei Yatsura. Though it had a rocky start due to publishing difficulties, Urusei Yatsura would become one of the most beloved anime and manga comedies in Japan.

In 1980, Rumiko Takahashi found her niche and began to publish with regularity. At this time she started her second major series, Maison Ikkoku, in Big Comic Spirits. Written for an older audience, Maison Ikkoku is often considered to be one of the all-time best romance manga. Takahashi managed to work on Maison Ikkoku on and off simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura. She concluded both series in 1987, with Urusei Yatsura ending at 34 volumes, and Maison Ikkoku being 15.

During the 1980s, Takahashi became a prolific writer of short story manga, which is surprising considering the massive lengths of most of her works. Her stories The Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Fire Tripper all were adapted into original video animations (OVAs). In 1984, after the end of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi took a different approach to storytelling and began the dark, macabre Mermaid Saga. This series of short segments was published sporadically until 1994, with the final story being Mermaid's Mask. Many fans contend that this work remains unfinished by Takahashi, since the final story does not end on a conclusive note.

Another short work left untouched is One-Pound Gospel, which, like Mermaid Saga, was published erratically. The last story to be drawn was published in 2001, however just recently she wrote one final chapter concluding the series

Later in 1987, Takahashi began her third major series, Ranma ½. Following the late 80s and early 90s trend of shōnen martial arts manga, Ranma ½ features a gender-bending twist. The series continued for nearly a decade until 1996, when it ended at 38 volumes. Ranma ½ is one of Rumiko Takahashi's most popular series with the Western world.

During the later half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ran

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Profile Image for Räech Parra.
269 reviews1 follower
January 19, 2025
Son puras situaciones bobas y sin sentido… eso es lo que me divierte de Ranma.
Aquí aparece Shampoo y se vuelven a complicar los sinsentidos! (Así junto).
No esperen tramas complicadas ni desarrollo profundo de problemas existenciales.
Profile Image for Lorelupin Acevedo (El Caldero Literario).
727 reviews25 followers
January 8, 2019
Como no e tenido mucho tiempo para leer recurro a los mangas y Ranma siempre es una buena opción, porque se que hay pequeños detallitos que no me gustan, pero en general recuerdo parte de mi adolescencia al leerlos e ir recordando la historia que veia en el anime que salia en tv.

Aqui ya sale otro personaje nuevo que se llama Shampoo y conocemos su historia y relación con Ranma a parte de que descubrimos muchas cosas que no sabiamos de Ranma.

Esta es una historia muy buena que los va a divertir mucho, se van a morir de la risa con todo lo que sucede, sobre todo con las ocurrencias del papá de Ranma que me encanta cuando esta de Oso Panda porque es muy ocurrente y me da risa cuando tiene un cartel donde escribe lo que piensa porque los osos no hablan.

Pero a parte de todas las ocurrencias de la historia les va a gustar todo lo que se aprende, porque como siempre digo los Japoneses, en cuanto al romance te enseña que no muchas cosas son lo que parecen y que el ser leal no solo a tu pareja si no a lo que crees puede ayudarte y hacerte mejor.

Esta es una historia que deben de leer si o si porque siento que vale muchisimo la pena, desde todos los recuerdos que me trae, que te mueres de la risa, por todo lo que te enseña, pero sin duda creo que es una historia muy bien construida que tiene todo lo que una buena historia debe de tener, sin duda muy recomendable.

Reseña completa: http://calderoliterario7.blogspot.mx
Profile Image for Cel  Red.
437 reviews21 followers
December 13, 2018
Como siempre, todo termina de la manera más absurda posible. La batalla de patinaje sobre hielo termina siendo todo menos sobre hielo xD

También aparece Shampoo y es divertido verla queriendo matarlos a todos. Y la llegada de Shampoo implica la llegada de técnicas aún más absurdas.
Profile Image for Cecillie.
1,081 reviews15 followers
July 19, 2018
And I'm back at it again with my rereading of Ranma!
This volume introduces another favourite character of mine, Shampoo. She is such a lovely, and funny character in my opinion. My only problem is that the translation is kind of problematic. Like the chinese guide that features in the flashbacks to Ranma's time in China, Shampoo talks in this extremely stereotypical, broken Danish, and it's honestly really uncomfortable to read. I'm not sure what could have been done instead of it, maybe keep the part where she talks chinese, that doesn't get translated, and then when it she has to speak "japanese" maybe the language could have been really simple? Like no complicated words, or sentence structures, just anything that's not the broken mess that is the current translation.

Also, I think I've figured out why I feel like the transitions are kind of weird between the major events. Yes, events do start right after another without much of a cool down. But I think the fact that I'm reading much faster now, really has an impact on how I view the story. When I was a kid I read these volumes quite a bit slower, it was still fast, but just not as fast as now. So when I read this fast, everything feels a lot more condensed than it used to feels.
Profile Image for Buchstabenschloss.
553 reviews4 followers
April 15, 2022
Ranma und Akane schlagen sich wacker. Doch Ryoga muss sich einmischen und kann einen Moment der Ablenkung für sich nutzen. Doch die Rechnung geht nicht auf. Denn statt mit Akane weiterzukämpfen, findet Ryoga sich an der Seite von Ranma. Als das Eis zu schmelzen droht, droht auch Ryogas Identität aufzufliegen. Zudem taucht eine neue alte Bekannte auf: Shampoo. Sie ist eine Amazone, die von Ranma als Frau besiegt wurde. Das Gesetz ihres Volkes sieht jedoch vor, dass sie Ranma jagt und tötet. Als nun Ranma als Mann sie besiegt, kommt ein weiteres Gesetz ihres Volkes zum Einsatz: Sie muss ihn heiraten. Hier kommt Akane zum Einsatz, die sich mit ihr duelliert. Doch dabei passiert ein Unfall, bei dem sie nicht nur den Kampf verliert, sondern auch ihr Gedächtnis.

Das Cover gefällt mir gut. Es zeigt Ranma mit seinem Vater, jeweils in ihrer anderen Form. Die Geschichte ist wieder Unterhaltung pur. Ich liebe die Idee mit der Quelle und der Verwandlung. Das sorgt für viel Action innerhalb der Geschichte. Ich finde es auch witzig wie immer mehr Charaktere aus der Vergangenheit auftauchen. Ich bin schon sehr gespannt wer noch auftauchen wird.
Profile Image for Bery.
193 reviews
November 29, 2020
Continúa la pelea en la pista d e hielo, la cual tiene partes que se vuelve un poco fantasiosos. Y después de esta pelea, aparece un nuevo personaje Shampoo, quien es una enemiga China de Ranma a quien le dio el beso de la muerte y no dejará de cazar a Ranma hasta matarlo. Sin embargo , un nuevo beso aparece, el beso del Amor a Ranma lo cual complica toda la situación y hace divertida a la historia.
Profile Image for Nicole.
127 reviews1 follower
August 1, 2022
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Ahora en la parte cuatro, nos muestra uno de los momentos más lindos a mi parecer y en donde se consolida finalmente la relación de Ranma y Akane, que es donde se reúsa a soltarla muy al estilo de Ranma.
Nuevamente nos arrojan a un personaje nuevo, que en este caso es Shampoo (Escrito coloquial, en chino no recuerdo como se escribe) y es donde nos muestran que Ranma ya esta enamorado de Akane, aunque el se niegue a aceptarlo y opte por tratarla mal.
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569 reviews7 followers
January 11, 2023
Este tomo se me ha hecho cuesta arriba: mucho slang y vocabulario nuevo. Suerte que recuerdo cosas del anime. En este tomo termina el arco del patinaje, conocemos a Shampoo, Akane pierde la memoria por un champú de Shampoo (xD) y Ranma decide devolverle la memoria como sea. Divertido como siempre, me fascina cómo fluyen todas las viñetas y el ritmo es perfecto.
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241 reviews14 followers
January 3, 2021
Ya salió Shampoo! 💜
Mi vida, le jugaron muy sucio, ese último adiós siempre me parte el alma.

PD. Ryoga tiene muchos problemas.
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335 reviews
July 21, 2022
We get introduced to Shampoo. Love this character! I hope she makes another appearance!
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844 reviews2 followers
November 7, 2024
いつも通りめっちゃ面白いキャラクターや話。新しい女性のは楽しいけど結局そんな面白いインディングなかった。どっちでも好きけど

Fun as always. I didn’t love the way the new storyline turned out, but it’s a good time either way.
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173 reviews25 followers
January 20, 2021
The madness continues.... In this volume we start with learning Ranma's "sole" weakness (I mean, other than his cockiness and his fear of being seen as girlish, and his general refusal to admit his feelings). No, we learn that he's frightened to death of cats because of training his father put him through when he was ten - the Neko-Ken (aka "Cat Fist"), where he *becomes* a cat. This leads to an adorable moment where Akane calms him down with catnip and he crawls into her lap, purring, and kind of kisses her. And has no recollection of it the next day, which makes her upset that she could've been anyone ("Do you really think I'm that kind of guy?"). This leads to an argument, interrupted by a package arriving. It's a cat - who is Shampoo. She's back, after training in China and falling into the spring of drowned cat. This made her realize that Ranma really is a guy, and therefore her husband-to-be.

Shampoo brings two new cast members into the story: Mousse, the practically-blind martial artist who's been in love with her his whole life, and Cologne, her withered great-grandmother, who's also a martial arts master. Mousse and Ranma fight each other (Mousse wants the winner to get Shampoo, but Cologne objects, so he says that the winner gets Akane). Cologne, however, has tapped Ranma in the chest, hitting a particular pressure point that makes him unable to endure warm or hot water. He ends up stuck in girl-form.

She has the cure, a Phoenix Pill, and says he has to steal it from her. This leads Ranma to learning the Kachu Tenshin Amigurikan (called "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" in the translation), which allows him to punch hella-fast. At the beach, Shampoo is deemed the prize for... wait for it... a martial arts watermelon splitting race. Ranma, Akane, their fathers, and Cologne appear to be winning, but when Akane pulls ahead Shampoo decided to fight her. Ranma is told that whoever he kisses will be the winner - but in classic Ranma style, he looks like he's gonna make a move for Akane (though Shampoo is telling him he'll only get the Phoenix pill if she's chosen), and she kicks him toward the finish line when he makes it clear he isn't choosing anyone.

At the finish line, he begins his all-out fight with Cologne, using his new technique. But is it enough??

I think my favorite aspect of this volume is when the Martial Arts Watermelon-Splitting Race is announced, random guys in the crowd ask "what is that?" and say "that's a stupid idea." It's a lot easier to take in ridiculous challenges and such when even the author is acknowledging how dumb they are. :P

I also feel that this is the volume that really begins putting the pressure on Ranma and Akane as a couple. If Shampoo had remained in China, I think facing their feelings would've been a lot easier. We still have a bunch of crazy external pressures on them, but Akane's jealousy of Shampoo pushes them a few steps backward. Also, Shampoo and Cologne give more chances to show that Ranma will do anything to meet his goals, be it finding a cure or proving that he's the best martial artist. When he agrees that the winner of his duel with Mousse will be Akane, he doesn't even blink. There's no "Akane is MY fiance" moment - so we as the reader don't know if it's arrogance driving him, or love/protection of Akane. And she doesn't know either - so keeping his feelings in the dark is also a narrative key to keeping Akane insecure in their friendship.
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Profile Image for Milka Velazquez.
193 reviews3 followers
July 15, 2020
Creo que este tomo es el que me ha tomado (Haha) terminar.
Continua justo donde se había quedado el anterior con la batalla en patines, tomando un giro en la trama cuando Ryoga se interpone y se vuelve una batalla de Ranma VS Ryoga con la pareja contrincante tomando partido entre estos.

Acabando está batalla vemos la introducción de shampoo y como prometió casarse con Ranma (hombre) y matar a Ranma (mujer) desatando un montón de situaciones graciosas y como al final se resuelven con la partida de Shampoo...
Profile Image for Vicky.
158 reviews4 followers
February 21, 2017
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this screwball martial arts manga! I've been a huge fan of InuYasha for many years but never really got into checking out Rumiko's other works-- and this one is downright BRILLIANT & absolutely HILARIOUS! The characters are so punchy and fun and there's endless mayhem and chaos. The comedy I really cannot cannot cannot praise enough! Be ready to laugh your head off! Ranma is a MUST read!
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Author 0 books2 followers
September 11, 2017
El tomo 4 de Ranma 1/2 continua con el humor y la acción que le caracteriza, y esta vez introduce a un nuevo personaje: Shampoo. Con este nuevo personaje, Ranma estará entre ser amado o asesinado, dependiendo de su forma masculina o femenina.
Un tomo divertido que empieza a dar forma a los sentimientos de Ranma y Akane.
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47 reviews
March 4, 2022
Ranma is quickly becoming one of my fav manga series. Its cute that more charcters can turn into things now. I was mostly satisfied with how Ranma got attacked by Shampoos grandma and now Ranma is stuck in female form, which is always comfertable to me.
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Profile Image for Jesus Flores.
2,537 reviews61 followers
July 7, 2024
Se termina la pelea del patinaje, que bien.
Y aparece Shampoo, mi personaje favorito, vaya que mete en problemas a Ranma y Akane.

4star
Profile Image for Ady Weasley.
1,754 reviews45 followers
July 10, 2017
Finalmente la victoria es para Ranma.

Pero ahora...
Shampoo esta chica ha causado muchos problemas.

Los sentimientos crecen pero no quieren aceptarlos
Profile Image for Khari.
3,056 reviews73 followers
March 29, 2025
シャンプー登場!
あかねはともかくらんまはちゃんとあかねの事を好きになちゃった。うふふふ。
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Author 47 books24 followers
May 21, 2021
Otra aventura divertida de Ranma y Akane, ahora contra una pareja de patinadores marciales y la primera aparición de Shampoo
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