| Title | : | Ranma ½, Vol. 2 |
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| ISBN | : | 1569319634 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781569319635 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1988 |
Ranma ½, Vol. 2 Reviews
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Ah the introduction to Ryoga and his backstory. The rhythmic gymnastics duel with Tadashi. The martial arts figure skating battle with Mikado and Azusa. This book is the reason I call a fish cake🍥 “Francois”. 😂
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Fifth manga volume read for the "30 in 30 Manga Challenge" for the month of November 2022.
Quick review for a quick read. Talk about a trip down memory lane. I picked this up as a random read from the library. This volume was an introduction to several well known characters in the series (Ryoga, Kodanshi, etc), has Girl Ranma fighting in place of Akane after Akane sustains an injury the night before a match, Ryoga gets snatched up in his pig form by a girl who randomly collects things...and Ranma and Akane subsequently realize a talented and daunting pair of skaters with martial arts abilities.
Also, Ranma might have gotten his first kiss from a boy, who Ranma's determined to fight for revenge.
In other words, a lot happens in this volume. I liked it for all its chaotic glory. The artwork is as good as I remember it, though...definitely shows age in aspects of the story frame.
Overall score: 3/5 stars. -
Lo que me he podido reír con el nefasto sentido de la orientación de Ryoga y ya lo de P-Chan...
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This was another good one.
It continues the hijinks and its insane how good it gets towards the middle. A new enemy Ryoga Habiki is targeting our Ranma and well its insanity that is their battle and its comedic too until we find the reasons why and who Ryoga will transform into and its hilarious and the slice of life adventure continues and there is a great chapter where we see Akane and her hair problems and maybe Ranma and Akane are growing closer together? Another great volume and one of the best for sure, Rumiko-san continues her wonderful series here. -
You know that Ranma turns into a girl whenever he gets wet? And the same turns his father into a panda?
You remember that Ranma’s nemesis, Ryoga, carries an excessively heavy umbrella everywhere?
You’ve probably figured it out from those questions alone, but I didn’t see it coming. When Ryoga lost his umbrella, was rained upon, and turned into a piglet, this book got five stars. It was twenty pages in. I don’t care.
The book kicks off with the revelation that Ryoga tracked Ranma to the same haunted pools, and fell in another one, establishing the wonderful running gag that there are so many haunted body-modding pools lying around China. That also sets the tone for another delightful romp of a volume as Akane adopts the mysterious piglet and Ryoga, experiencing kindness for the first time in his life, decides to hide out in that form, while still feuding with Ranma on the side.
Don’t call it a love triangle, because every hundred pages someone else shows up and falls in love with the wrong person. A “Rhythmic Gymnast Wrestler” (whatever the hell that is) falls for Ranma and tries to fight Akane to the death for him; another girl fancies Ryoga and challenges Akane to an ice skating duel over him. That’s where the formula starts overtaking this volume, and making me wonder if my enthusiasm can last. For right now the comedy-based battles are funny, but the second time in the book when someone liked someone and so fought someone else in a contrived fashion wore on the charm.
Ranma ½ can only parody self-serious Martial Arts dramas so much before becoming as redundant as they are, and detracting from its greatest strength: emphasis on character. Ranma and Akane’s will-they/won’t-they relationship is adorable, and seeing Ryoga grow attached to the Tendo Dojo is similarly interesting. Even when someone shows up and proposes an outlandish challenge, it’s still very funny and endearing, because in anything but combat, the characters are rounded and bound to make the hilarious kind of bad decisions. Even in combat, sometimes you get a winner like a girl deciding to throw her brother at you as a form of a weapon. That’s great, but that’s hard to sustain. I can only hope Takahashi has more diversified ends of the characters in coming volumes, because I’m sure as heck going to check the library for them. -
Laughed so mutch reading this one. Im so addicted to this series already.
Ramna 1/2 volume 2 by Rumiko Takahashi get a 10/10 stars. -
Well, this one was at least funnier than the previous volume. I found Ryoga/P-chan more likeable than the mains and enjoyed whenever he showed up. That said, the willful obtuseness on the part of some of the characters as to each other's secret identities and affections (even when it's being told to their face) gets in the way of my enjoyment. Yeah, I know, it's supposed to be part of the joke, but here's the thing: when there's one character who's like that, it's amusing, especially if there's a backstory reason for it. When it's apparently the entire cast, it starts just being
Humans Are Morons. At least to me, that's decidedly less amusing.
I wouldn't personally go out of my way to grab the third volume, but if I have easy (and free) access to it, I wouldn't mind reading it. -
Just as addictive, funny, and exciting as the first, and I quite like the artwork!
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P-chan finalmente ha salido... ¿Quién no amaba a este adorable cerdito negro?
En este tomo comenzamos a ver los primeros indicios de preocupación de Ranma por Akane, e incluso se logra apreciar en la obra como la chica comienza a dudar... aunque sea un poco debido a la sinceridad que Ranma no puede evitar.
También contamos con la presencia de la rosa negra... un personaje que me gusta bastante, ¡quiero el siguiente tomo! -
3.5. El humor absurdo funciona muy bien y algunas de las machistadas incluso pueden contextualizarse por la trama. Not bad.
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This series still makes me laugh. There’s more nudity jokes in this one but I did like the introduction of a new rivalry for Ranma, although that meant Akane takes a real backseat in this part. I hope she gets more story soon!
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En este manga se tratan de muchas cosas importantes!, bueno si consideramos importante al corte de cabello involuntario de Akane (que quedará así para siempre, y que dicho sea de paso toda su vida lo había usado en verdad así) y la aparición de Ryoga, el enemigo más tenaz quizás que tendrá Ranma. Gracias a Ranma Ryoga también cayó a los pozos malditos de Jusenkyo transformándose en un pequeño cerdo, al que Akane bautizará con el nombre de P-Chan.
Para empezar a complicar las cosas surgirá pues un triángulo amoroso. Pero como siempre me gustó los pasajes románticos: Akane dándose cuenta que no tiene que parecerse a nadie para sentirse atractiva y Ranma defendiendo a Akane con su usual descortesía. -
These books are absolutely ridiculous and are bringing me so much joy right now. There's this scene where the father is sitting in the communal bathtub, soaking, when a small black pig walks in, jumps into the tub and a naked young man gets up and walks out. The dad's expression doesn't change at all the whole time, which makes me so happy. There is a martial rhythmic gymnastics competition, which is just as silly as it sounds and a martial freestyle skating competition. I wasn't planning on reading more of this series, but I think I might have to, because they are bringing me so much joy.
*edited 2021: That scene with the bathtub still cracks me up. Literally laughing out loud while reading this. -
One of my favorite manga series - and one of the ones responsible for getting me to love manga in the first place. A classic!
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Me divertí mucho leyendo este volumen ^_^
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P-Chan jajajaja esto se pone cada vez mejor
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If I remember correctly this was one of my favourite volumes as a kid. I'm not sure why though, I can't remember since it's been way too long. My theory is that it was partly because of the introduction of Ryoga, one of my favourite characters in the series, and then that scene where Akane's hair gets cut off, and the subsequent punch both Ranma and Ryoga is in the receiving end of. That might have been it. Some of the visual gags are brilliant, like all the faces that the characters pull. But there's still this really amazing balance, because yes you get all the goofs but then there are these really pretty frames mixed in. It's just so much fun to look at.
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31 Dec 2020
Expanded Plot: Ranma meets Ryoga, who challenges him to a fight to avenge his honor. We see Ryoga's curse. Akane gets a haircut. Akane and girl-type Ranma meet Kodachi.
1. I like Manga!Akane much better than anime Akane because she has better justificationa for her behaviour and isn't just being a mistrustful girl because women be like that or whatever. Also, I'm disappointed the anime didn't include the scene where she attacks Ranma and Ryoga for the involuntary haircut because Ryoga's commentary and expression were hilarious.
2. Ryoga my darling baby. So innocent and gullible and sweet I love him.
3. Kodachi is great too but she's one character whose anime version I kinda miss. Mostly because the actress playing her was clearly having a ball of a time with her maniacal laughter. -
Super cute - even though this was a manga and not a TV show (like what I grew up watching), the wit and the humour is still there in the comic book. The action sequences were plotted out very well as well, and you won't get lost even while reading.
This manga hooks the readers up because it is a mixture of action, drama, romance, comedy, and animals... lots and lots of animals! My favorite is the panda (Mr. Saotome)
You probably need to read them in order -- and there's a lot of books that you'll have to read! -
Ranma just can't catch a break.
Having to enter into a skating competition. And no one realizing who the piglet actually is.
Akane cutting off her hair was a shock because I don't recognize her. I knew she had a crush on the doctor. But he has a crush on her sister. Even in this volume, I don't know it is her unless someone says. I have to get use to her haircut. -
I can tell already that every volume of this manga will have me picking up the next one as fast as possible. It's just so much fun! I don't know how many times I can say this about Ranma but it's adorable, funny, and honestly one the best I've read in a while.
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Sin duda son los personajes secundarios que hacen que está historia sea tan divertida y recordada. Son los conflictos de Ranma y Akane con sus rivales dónde se puede ver los comentarios irónicos de cada uno y dónde brillan sus respectivos ingenios
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Continuando con Ranma, aquí es cuando aparece "p-chan" xd el men que no sabe guiarse y por ello se pierde fácilmente, ese chiste con el personaje me mata de risa, también es aquí donde Akane le cortan su cabello 💇♀️, nada más que decir, me sigue gustando esta historia.
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empezó a parecerme aburrido
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It gets even funnier. I didn't think I'd enjoy a high school manga so much.
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I think you get a better sense of what this series is. It's become super cracky from the last volume. It seems that every sport has a martial arts subgenre. Everything is still hilarious though.
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Very funny, can't wait to start the next.
