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Love how he didn’t correct her when she called akane his girlfriend, even though this is only volume 6

can't remember him ever correcting enemies or adversaries when they acknowledge akane as "his"

volume 5:

didn't try to correct cologne here either

he does however get like this when this fuckass panda is about to show jealousy... he reacts in the same way he does when... say, his classmates say he's in love with akane

so when ranma is in a "calm" environment or one that he feels safe in, he tries to deny his feelings (trying to deny things to the panda could be taken as him trying to deny he likes akane). but you threaten him and he locks in

(can't remember him ever denying akane is his weakness either btw, which every clown wanting to get to him clocks on)

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It blows my mind that apparently there’s a lot of Akane haters from the original? She’s such an amazing character in this and she and ranma’s relationship developing has been a pleasure to watch.

Yea, she’s prickly, but it’s understandable because of her insecurities and the things she’s been through. I don’t think she’s anywhere near as bad as someone like Taiga from Toradora.. but anyway, another great episode here. Kodachi is a great addition to the story and now we have a proper love polygon going on 😂

Kinda crazy for Kodachi to just show up and try to take out Akane so she can’t compete in the competition, anyone else would’ve actually been immobilised. But I can’t tell who messed up Akane’s room more, her or Ranma and Ryoga lmao

WAIT SHES KUNO SISTER?? No wonder he reacted so nonchalant when Kodachi showed up to school lmao. What was their home life like because both of these siblings are crazy. Wonder how the competition will go with Akane’s injury :/

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having a genderfluid envy for ranma, yes BUT

having a bisexual envy for being akane, imagine you can have it both ways in one partner 👁️👁️

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“…WHORE….”

“…why did Akane calling me that get my pee pee harder than anything that just happened with Kodachi?”

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“…and that…”

“…is what I’ll do to YOUR flower Akane Tendo….”

“…-sigh- say you hate men ONCE and all of a sudden EVERY girl wants to fuck you?”

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They are cute or wtv

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“….what if we kissed….but we where both girls?!?!”

“It’s 2024 now Ranma….that’s not scandalous anymore…”

“DAMN IT! We should’ve done it back in the 90s when it was still edgy!!!”

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People need to understand Ranma is just a teenage boy with a crush who has all this crazy stuff around him. This was after Mikado kissed him and like bro is fully aware he likes her already

And again like a lot of teenage boys he teases his crush but when he thinks it actually hurts her feelings he feels really bad and freaks out

Dude I was just scanning through the like first 20 chapters. He’s just a nervous teenage boy

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I'm obsessed with them, actually.

Bonus:

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“…whoa your legs are THICK…”

“Ranma you JERK…”

“Hey! Hey! Hey! This is the 2024 remake! Thats a compliment now!”

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If I can say something about this scene I would choose between cute and funny for the way Ranma goes to find support to Akane,with that cute height difference.

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ranma ½ menu 🍥❤️🐼 #らんま

prints available! 💫

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Just a work on progress.. but enjoy. I tried to add one thing that would be like 'oh he married akane" but I couldn't think of anything outside of that bow she had in her hair. Ik since it got sliced she doesn't wear it anymore but I think it would be cute if he kept it. And now as an adult it's like a badge of honor for him. Idk. But adult ranma doing a thing.

(side note ignore the backwards text I forgot the canvas was still flipped 🙃)

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Framing: the first one is a panel with comically deformed faces, a "freaking out" comedic scream, it has a realistic background. It's not a "special moment," it's fanservice and a punchline (or the set up, if you consider something like Ryoga's consequent reaction the punchline). The second is an entire page with a dreamy, ethereal sort of background. The posing is comical but there's no comical deformation, Ranma's face and eyes are focused and entranced. What's happening is meant for Ranma's eyes only. Every choice communicates that this is a showstopper.

For one reason or another, Ranma being around naked girls is usually paired with some level of stress, some "look elsewhere" or "get out of this" freaking out and/or shyness (a shyness more traditionally associated with female characters). His reactions can make it feel like he's invaded/unwilling.

When we reach the doll arc, the situation should be stressful given that this is a possessed Akane trying to kill him, and yet this is the 1st time everything STOPS (a showstopper, if you will). Even if there's comedy in Ranma's reaction, someone being naked here is framed not as raunchy fanservice (that's less about Ranma and more about the reader looking at him and going "that should be ME") but as Ranma ~being seduced~

The FULL page is important. Akane's nakedness is never for "this should be happening to me" fanservice comedy, but for romantic tension (even if it's funny) so only she is framed like she's the dream girl (note that only Ranma gets that full page, how Akane is facing him and how Ranma's location censors what he's seeing. What's happening huge and just for him, not for the reader.)

What characters want/don't want is also part of the comedy (Mousse really wants to see Shampoo, so he doesn't). Ranma just wants to see Akane... so he doesn't! What happens in the doll arc is the exception because it's not really Akane. but it still shows Ranma's feelings (I'm not bringing up how much the whole eldritch nightmare of an arc sucks for Akane simply because it's not the focus of the post, but if it happened to me I would have been on the news, let me tell you)

Part of the comical misunderstandings is Akane toon-force kicking Ranma out of situations, but the intervention is to separate him from the other person (and to remove him from the situation)... but it's not because Ranma is enthralled and can't stop looking (hell, sometimes he doesn't even know what's going on). With Akane, the intervention is because he is enthralled and can't stop looking.

(this is all to convey Ranma's interest being tied to his romantic feelings. Interesting to see how it's done, becaue some form of "special framing" is applied to other situations too... like to elevate the feelings of the delusional suitors lol)

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“…AKANE…they’re being MEAN to me….”

“-sigh- APOLOGIZE TO MY WIFE OR I WILL BREAK YOUR FUCKING KNEECAPS!!!”