Nodoka hasn't seen her grown-up son Ranma since he was a baby. When a mysterious stranger drops a scroll containing the word "Ranma," she can only assume it's her long-lost boy. Meanwhile, Happosai's search for an Elixir of Youth continues.
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The spotlight on Rumiko Takahashi's career began in 1978 when she won an honorable mention in Shogakukan's annual New Comic Artist Contest for Those Selfish Aliens. Later that same year, her boy-meets-alien comedy series, Urusei Yatsura, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This phenomenally successful manga series was adapted into anime format and spawned a TV series and half a dozen theatrical-release movies, all incredibly popular in their own right. Takahashi followed up the success of her debut series with one blockbuster hit after another--Maison Ikkoku ran from 1980 to 1987, Ranma 1/2 from 1987 to 1996, and Inuyasha from 1996 to 2008. Other notable works include Mermaid Saga, Rumic Theater, and One-Pound Gospel.
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The spotlight on Rumiko Takahashi's career began in 1978 when she won an honorable mention in Shogakukan's annual New Comic Artist Contest for Those Selfish Aliens. Later that same year, her boy-meets-alien comedy series, Urusei Yatsura, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This phenomenally successful manga series was adapted into anime format and spawned a TV series and half a dozen theatrical-release movies, all incredibly popular in their own right. Takahashi followed up the success of her debut series with one blockbuster hit after another--Maison Ikkoku ran from 1980 to 1987, Ranma 1/2 from 1987 to 1996, and Inuyasha from 1996 to 2008. Other notable works include Mermaid Saga, Rumic Theater, and One-Pound Gospel.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Drama and pain,
This review is from: Ranma 1/2, Vol. 26 (Paperback)
Rumiko Takahashi's "Ranma 1/2" series has always focused on action and romantic comedy, but in the twenty-sixth volume, she ditched the comedy in favor of a dramatic, more violent, intense story about Ranma's mother and a mysterious impersonator. Consider it a prelude to her darker "Inuyasha" series.Ranma Saotome is on a shopping trip with his mother -- who believes him to be Akane's female cousin -- when a bear gets loose and tries to attack Nodoka. But a strange boy leaps out and levels the bear, then tells Nodoka that he is her son. Nodoka is overjoyed, and Ranma is enraged that the mysterious Ryu Kumon is impersonating him. When the two young men finally fight, Ranma is defeated -- and almost killed -- with a strange technique called the "Thousand Mountain." There's only way to defeat Ryu, and that is an even more powerful technique that Ranma's father created -- the "Thousand Seas" technique. Now Ranma has to use this incredibly subtle, sinister technique to win back his name -- and his mother. Somewhere around the midpoint of the Ranma series, Takahashi began experimenting with more dramatic stories. This story is one of them -- it's bloodier, almost never funny, and deeply poignant, with Ryu reflecting on the loss of his father, and Ranma desperately trying to get closer to the mother who doesn't know him. Okay, there's a funny story right at the very end, where Happosai is trying to make Ranma cry, so he can create a youth potion. And in the Ryu Kumon story, Ranma's experiments with the "Seas" technique lead him to drive Akane crazy by putting vegetables in her underwear drawer. However, these scenes are overshadowed by the dramatic duel between two superpowered boys. Takahashi's artwork had also grown more refined and often lifelike by this point, along with some increasingly good battle scenes -- the final duel between Ranma and Ryu is literally explosive, especially when the participants start to strangle one another. On the other hand, we get to see Ranma and Akane genuinely supporting one another. "Ranma 1/2" is all about the comedy... except with it's dramatic. And though there's humor in the twenty-sixth volume, much of it is a deeper, darker, and poignant story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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RANMA ROX!!!,
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This review is from: Ranma 1/2, Vol. 26 (Paperback)
Buy every one in the series. IT IS THE BEST! Ranma has always pleased me and this book will be the greatest, and the future books by Rumiko Takahashi. Also, her Inu-Yasha (demon dog in japanese) is a great series. They play Inu-Yasha on ADULT SWIM on cartoon network each week day. So buy the two series. Rumiko Takahasi is an excellent manga writer. Enjoy!
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I love this series. Although corny at times, it is one of my favorites.
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