From: takahash@ntmtv.UUCP (Alan Takahashi)
Subject: Re: Help with Ranma, please? (Tasukete!)
Keywords: Ranma
Reply-To: takahash@ntmtv.UUCP (Alan Takahashi)
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:18:17 GMT

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In article <Bsv2CF.AC8@rahul.net> rick@rahul.net (John D'Elia) writes:
>Howdy, netters.  I was wondering if someone could explain/summarize all 
>the different Ranmas I keep hearing about (Like Yarawa!)...  The only 
>Ranma I've really seen is most of the _FIRST_ season.  Are they separate 
>story lines, or what?  Help help!
>
>| Internet: rick@bolero.rahul.net     | 0083's best scene:              |

Well, no need to panic!!!  ("Tasukete" is reserved for when you *really*
need help...as in life threatening... :-))

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "the different Ranmas", and I'm SURE
I don't understand the reference to "Yawara!".  I'll give it a shot
anyway... :-)

Ranma 1/2 Nibunmoichi
   - A manga written and drawn by Rumiko Takahashi.  Basic premise is
      about a (heavily macho) guy who turns into a girl when splashed
      with cold water.  The series explores the adventures that he has,
      as well as the relationships with his iinazuke (Akane) and her
      family.

Ranma 1/2 (TV series)
   - What is commonly known as the "first" series.  Consists of 18
      episodes starting from when Ranma first arrives at the Tendo
      household, and running up through the introduction of Kodachi
      and Shampoo.

Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen (TV series)
   - The current, but soon to be cancelled, series.  Major changes
      in the artists, and the plotlines.  The new plots were to have
      "more action" and did, but at the expense of character development.
      Generally considered inferior to the original TV series.

      Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen did have its moments though (the Ice Skating
      episodes, Ranma gets bonked on the head and thinks that he's a
      girl, the "Pants to Tarou" episodes, Ukyou and her okonomiyaki
      sauce, and others...)

      BTW, before anyone points it out...yes, I'm aware that the Ice
      Skating episodes were written for the first season...

Yawara!  A fashionable judo girl.
   - A manga and TV series which chronicles the life of Yawara Inokuma.
      She is a girl who has a talent for judo, and her grandfather wants
      her to compete in the Olympics.  Yawara, on the other hand, just
      wants an ordinary girl's life...

      Side note: Isn't "Yawara" an old word that means "judo"?

Is this what you wanted?

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