Ranma 1/2

Description

From Viz:
Being a teenage martial artist isn't easy, especially for Ranma Saotome, who went through a major transformation on a training mission with his father. After an accidental dunk into a legendary cursed spring in China, Ranma now changes into a girl every time he's splashed with cold water. That would be enough to complicate anyone's life, even without the arranged fiancée who doesn't like him (or says she doesn't) and the constant stream of rivals and suitors for both his male and female forms. What's a half-guy, half-girl to do?

Official: Shogakukan

Official Translations: English, Italian, French, Korean, German

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Ранма ½

รันม่า1/2 ไอ้หนุ่มกังฟู

らんま1/2

らんま½

乱马1/2

란마 1/2

란마 ½

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

38 Volumes (Complete)
20 Wideban Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (1989/2024) / Vol 22, Chap 230 (OVA 1)

Ends at Vol 22, Chap 229 (1989) / Vol 31, Chap 332 (OVA 10 + Movie 3) 1989 anime different throughout, 2008 OVA expands Chap 365 / Vol 4, Chap 36 (2024 S1)

User Reviews

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Forum

6 topics, 26 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (1149 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.25 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 18th, 2025 1:09am PDT - 2 months ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Ecchi Gender Bender Harem Romance School Life Shounen Slice of Life Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (19, 2-in-1, Omnibus - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1488

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3 Month Pos #2162

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6 Month Pos #2569

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Year Pos #3513

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List Stats

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On 725 wish lists

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The Point?

by _Littleman_
5 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

As it's a classic and it's well rated I decided to read it. Well, turned out worst than I expected, as much as I sorry am to say something like this.

The jokes at first can be funny, then they are always the same, so they became quickly boring. The story has no point, the various situations seemed to me thrown there at random and are totally absurd.

To me, the ending was also the worst part. Anyway, sincerely, in my humble opinion, this cannot be a classic and a must to read, sadly.

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A product of it's time *Completed*

by Dwarfy2k
3 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Well it took a long marathon to get through all this as it had been a loong time since I read it.
As my title says this is a product of its time and very repetitive. It's basically the same 8 or 9 jokes over 400 chapters to a point that reading too many chapters over time really highlights its faults.

This series is also clearly axed as it doesn't really have an ending per say and leaves alot of the side stuff unfinished. One of my main issues is alot of the secondary characters are terrible awful people whom shouldn't have a partner. I mean Ryouta gets a GF and he still chases after Akane.

Another issue is the moment the series has a serious moment it's usually within 2-4 panels turned into a joke. There was a few moments where I was shocked(Or invested) what happened but then 2-4 panels later I'd be disappointed that it was suddenly turned into a gag.

So I close with a 5/10 cause it ends kinda bad and overly repetitive with no real overall story. It's as close as you can get to a combat slice of life series lol

... Last updated 3 years ago

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A Classic

by plotrobert
10 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Back in the day this was the first manga series I ever read, so to this day it kind of has a special place for me. I can acknowledge that there's some issues with this series, namely that the situations/comedy gets pretty repetitive and there's not much of an overall plot if you care about that. However I find Ranma to be quite a funny series, and most of the time the action is quite well done. Rumiko Takahashi always did a good job making likable characters as well and Ranma is no exception, I found myself quite liking nearly everyone in the cast.

One thing I will say, skip the anime. They completely ignore some of the best story arcs in the manga (like Herb, Mint and Lime) for stupid romcom situations, and besides that the anime just comes across as shoddily done to me.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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Hilariously entertaining!

by khanaami
11 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

This manga is a classic, fun to read, memorable, what more to say? The series is absolutely unique for the gender bending and martial arts, oh and the papa panda bear. Just that it is too long.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Can't Finish

by ShinyMew
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

This is a good manga, it's just...the female lead kinda bothers me; this is why there's no rating. The story is fun and exciting, from what I've read, and many wonderful characters. Like P-chan~! Some things get repeated over and not much of a plot to began with.
When I first started, I was laughing my bottom off. But, barely a fourth way through, I'm just tired of this story. Maybe I will come back and pick up on it again. I like the art really much since it's from the same creator of InuYasha.
Humor is a bit of the same (harassing the male lead {which is why I got tired of it}), and gender differences.

For those that can get pass this stuff, or just want a laugh and a lot of time, go ahead and read this. I'm just not one of them.

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Awesome

by cuti3m00n
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Just too hilarious 😀 .This is one of my fav/ manga. There are many ridiculous scenes, which makes me love it actually. No character development, but, well, after all, the main purpose of this manga is humour. It's still a great manga, deserve my 10!

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A reread

by ListeningDaisy
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I love this series. Even though people may say it has flaws, who is perfect. I reread it every once in a while, and I don't really mind the length. If you have time, like Takashi's work, and enjoy comedy with a gender bender twist, I suggest your try this out. I think you may really enjoy it!

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Long.

by Verix
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It starts off very funny with an original plot, but it quickly starts recycling into the same again and again. I tried reading this in one go but really couldn't. I guess it's an OK read if you take your time, though.

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Boring

by misuyama
16 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I don't really like this manga. The first volume is fine but I soon found out that all other volumes are the same. It really lacks character development and the martial arts bit is only for comedy. It never made me laugh and then I realized that I was forcing myself to read it. I liked the original idea and I usually love long mangas but since it wasn't getting anywhere I dropped it about halfway.

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awesome manga

by dremondtanic
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

i have to say, that this manga was very well done, funny most of the time and the and the drama.... well cant say there was realyl any since each time there was one it turns into to something funny.

cant say that it had a nice ending in both anime and manga but the manga has a better conclusion than the anime. Well to tell u the truth i like the ending cause it is cool to be able to change gender, u can do perverted shit and will never get caught. well i like gender bender manga such as those.

nice manga though, worth watching twice

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