Ranma 1/2 New (ITA)

Creators:

Rumiko Takahashi

N° of issues:

38

Format:

tankobon

Characters:

Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, Genma Saotome, Soun Tendo, Nabiki Tendo, Kasumi Tendo, Ryoga Hibiki, Takewaki Kuno, Kodachi Kuno

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Ranma ½ (Japanese: らんま 1/2 Hepburn: Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi, pronounced Ranma One-Half) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves around a teenage boy named Ranma Saotome who has trained in martial arts since early childhood. As a result of an accident during a training journey, he is cursed to become a girl when splashed with cold water, while hot water changes him back into a boy. Throughout the series Ranma seeks out a way to rid himself of his curse, while his friends, enemies and many fiancées constantly hinder and interfere. Ranma ½ has a comedic formula and a sex-changing main character, who often willfully transforms into a girl to advance his goals. The series also contains many other characters, whose intricate relationships with each other, unusual characteristics, and eccentric personalities drive most of the stories. Although the characters and their relationships are complicated, they rarely change once they are firmly introduced and settled into the series.