oh uhh well the manga was written by one of the only major female manga artists at the time, she used ranma as a way to deconstruct a lot of gender tropes (through an 80’s japan lens). the main comedy in the serise is putting ranma in situations where he has to do something masculine like defend his honor, or fight to protect his fiancee, but often in ways that put him in traditionally non masculine roles.
one of the things about the show is that ranma is from a school of “anything goes martial arts” so anything from gymnastics, to tea ceremonys, to figure skating, as long as it is framed as a martial art, ranma kind of has to do it, and hilarity ensues.
another is the love octagon style of the show, where everybody has a crush on somebody else and its all a huge mess, prime shipping material if you are into that, with many vibrant characters full of personality im sure you will find one or two you adore.
Never seen the first ranma 1/2. Sell me on watching the remake?
oh uhh well the manga was written by one of the only major female manga artists at the time, she used ranma as a way to deconstruct a lot of gender tropes (through an 80’s japan lens). the main comedy in the serise is putting ranma in situations where he has to do something masculine like defend his honor, or fight to protect his fiancee, but often in ways that put him in traditionally non masculine roles.
one of the things about the show is that ranma is from a school of “anything goes martial arts” so anything from gymnastics, to tea ceremonys, to figure skating, as long as it is framed as a martial art, ranma kind of has to do it, and hilarity ensues.
another is the love octagon style of the show, where everybody has a crush on somebody else and its all a huge mess, prime shipping material if you are into that, with many vibrant characters full of personality im sure you will find one or two you adore.
You sold me on it by the end of paragraph two… Off I go to binge it (ง ื▿ ื)ว