From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen episode 31 (version 2)
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 00:33:23 GMT
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Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen  episode 31
title: Watashitte kirei?  Ranma onna sengen
opening song:  Omoidega Ippai (CoCo)
ending song:  Lambada Ranma (Ranma characters)
aired: 1990.06.15
 
[This is the best/funniest Ranma 1/2 episode that I've seen.]
[summary version 2, 1992.08.29]
 
Ranma and Genma were training on top of the Tendo house.  Ranma said
that Genma was getting weaker.  But Genma said that he was just holding
back to give Ranma some confidence.

Meanwhile Kasumi and Akane were cooking dinner.  Kasumi called them for
dinner.  Akane brought her Japanese omlettes to the dining room table,
but Soun had no idea what it was.  Akane told him and also said that
she had given the largest piece to him.

Ranma and Genma came fighting into the dining room.  Ranma destroyed
Akane's omlettes.  Then Ranma and Genma went out to the garden and kept
fighting.  Akane got mad and ran out after Ranma with a frying pan.
She took a swipe at Ranma.  Ranma dodged to avoid the pan, but he flew
back and hit his head on a rock on the side of the pond.   Then Ranma
passed out in the pond.
 
When Ranma-chan woke up, Kasumi was there taking care of her and told
Ranma to forgive Akane.  Ranma-chan very politely, with girl's words,
said that it was all right.  Then she said that she feels like her head
had been cleared.  Kasumi quickly called everyone and said that Ranma was
acting weird.  When Akane, Genma, Soun, and Happosai arrived, Ranma-chan
screamed because she was only half dressed.  Akane was worried that
something had happened to Ranma.  But Ranma-chan said that nothing was
wrong.  Then Akane told Ranma to stop acting like a fag.  But Ranma-chan
said that she was a girl.  Everyone was shocked, but Happosai was happy.
 
The next day, Ranma-chan was picking flowers in the garden.  When Kasumi
came out with the laundry, Ranma-chan said that she would help.  Then
Ranma-chan got embarrassed and screamed out when she was about to hang
some boy's underwear.  Akane came and tried to tell her that she used to
wear it when she was a boy.  Akane forced the underwear into Ranma-chan's
face and Ranma-chan started crying.  Kasumi told Akane to stop it, saying
that she looked more like a weirdo.

Then Akane pulled Ranma-chan into the doujou and started to fight her.
But Ranma-chan didn't fight back and said that she didn't like fighting.
Ranma-chan just dodged Akane's kicks and punches.  She said that she
would rather learn about flowers, tea, cooking, etc than taking over the
Saotome martial arts.  Then Akane felt saddened and left the doujou.
 
Back in the house, Happosai went up to Ranma-chan and asked why she was
so sad.  Ranma-chan said that she had made Akane unhappy.  Happosai was
going to trick Ranma-chan into wearing some of his underwear, but Genma
came running for Ranma.

Genma couldn't believe that Ranma wasn't going to take after the Saotome
martial arts.  Ranma-chan said that she didn't want to do it.  Then Genma
tried to beat up Ranma-chan and pour hot water on her.  But Ranma-chan
beat up Genma.  Then Soun came from behind and poured hot water on
Ranma-chan.  Ranma then ran away into his own room and screamed.
 
After lunch, Akane asked Ranma if he wanted to go shopping with her.
Ranma said yes.  Ranma was trying to find something to wear (out of
Akane's closet) but started crying.  He said that none of it fit him
because of his body.  When Akane tried to comfort him by saying that it
didn't suit her well either, Ranma said that Akane was a cute girl.

When Ranma and Akane went to the womens' clothes section, Ranma ran
around saying, "This is so cute.  That is so cute."  All of the other
shoppers looked at Ranma and Akane with strange looks.  Then Akane
quickly pulled Ranma away.  After they sat down, Akane told Ranma that
he was a boy.

Ranma told Akane that he had to go to the bathroom.  Akane told him to
go to the men's side.  Ranma went to the men's side, but Ranma came out
crying because he was too embarrassed.  Ranma said that he couldn't take
it any more.  Then Akane poured cold water on him, and Ranma-chan went
to the women's side.

After Ranma-chan came out still sniffling and hanging on to Akane,
Akane bought a 35,600 yen dress for Ranma-chan.  Akane also asked for
a receipt.
 
While eating deserts, Akane asked Ranma-chan if she remembered about
being a boy.  Ranma-chan said that it all felt like a dream.  She also
said that ever since the first time she met Akane, she thought Akane
was a very tough/healthy girl.

Back at home, Akane and Ranma-chan helped Kasumi cook a feast for
dinner.  Kasumi said that Ranma-chan was very good and that things would
have been great if Akane was a boy.  When Akane cut her finger with the
knife, Ranma-chan fainted.  But she recovered right away and gave Akane
a cute band-aid.
 
At dinner Soun, Genma, Happosai were happy to see Ranma-chan's good
cooking.  They avoided Akane's salad.

Later that night, Ranma-chan went to Akane's room and asked Akane to let
her sleep together that night.  Ranma-chan said that she was too scared
because Genma was gone and she was all alone.  Akane said ok.

Genma and Soun were planning everything.  They just wanted Akane and
Ranma-chan to become good friends.

Later Happosai snuck into Akane's room while they were sleeping.  When
Ranma-chan woke up and went to Akane, Happosai said that he had a present
for Ranma-chan.  Akane and Ranma-chan fought off Happosai.  Then
Ranma-chan asked Happosai not to hit Akane.  When Happosai cried and said
that he just wanted to see Ranma-chan in the bra, Ranma-chan started to
take off her shirt.  Then Akane got mad and screamed, "No!"  Akane beat
up Happosai and kicked him out of her room.
 
Akane, with tears in her eyes, said to Ranma-chan, "Ranma, please return
to the regular, mean Ranma.  This nice, kind Ranma is not Ranma.  If you
became a girl, who am I going to.."
Ranma-chan then answered, "I understand you, but I'm a girl.  The other
Ranma is gone forever."
 
Then Akane yelled "Baka!" and started to chase Ranma-chan, trying to beat
her up.  When they went outside to the garden, Akane hit Ranma-chan into
the pond.  Ranma-chan hit her head on the rock again.  Then Ranma-chan
came out of the water yelling at Akane in her usual mean voice.  Ranma
had returned to his/her real self.

Akane called everyone and told them that Ranma had returned to normal.
When Genma hit Ranma-chan, she immediately hit him back and yelled at
him.  Everyone was happy.  Then Genma hit Ranma-chan really hard on her
back and sent her flying into the same rock head first!
--
Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering        doi@jrd.dec.com
Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
Digital Equipment Corporation Japan          [from Japan: doi@dec-j.co.jp]
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