Interviewer: After the battle, Ranma returns to Japan without being able to return to his original body, but at the wedding of the two at the end, he receives water from the Spring of Drowned Man that would allow him to return to his original body. However, the fact that Happosai drinks it all up gives me a sense of Takahashi-sensei’s gag aesthetic.
Rumiko Takahashi: The beauty of a gag (laughs). It’s not that big of a deal, but as the author, I was a little sad at the thought of seeing female Ranma disappear. Ranma turning back into a normal boy in the final chapter is probably a good way to end a manga, but even after I put down my pen, I still see Ranma changing between a man and a woman. I wanted the two versions of Ranma to argue and be friendly with Akane forever.
Rumiko Takahashi had Ranma keep the curse of girl a secret for all of one chapter before deciding “nah everyone in town knows he’s a girlboy and runs with it”
if I post this gif with no caption and just tag it #anime I bet it would get 100k notes overnight
but it’s honestly way funnier knowing this is from Ranma ½ and it’s just Ryoga thinking he has to dedicate himself EVEN HARDER to destroying Ranma so that he’ll have a chance with Akane
Begging everyone on the internet to stop smoothing out their middle aged men and draw wrinkles for the love of god I promise it’s so fun you’ll love it Come into my wine cellar
