Despite the charm I’m usually able to find in very cute characters… ugh, Azusa. 🙄 Yeah, she’s quite cute, and can be pretty funny (I mean, I have to hand it to her, immediately deciding to draw on Mikado while he’s incapacitated is hilarious), but she is champion level obnoxious. In this case, I have to disagree with Meat Loaf, because _two out of three_ ain’t nearly enough. Her name means “catalpa tree”, and if you know much about those, she lives up to her namesake in being mostly unpalatable, and producing irritants.
I lOVE that the whole no-kiss is about consent! He was robbed of his first kiss and didn't want that to happen to Akane, so that's why even if he's a super competitive guy he stops and asks her. Cute!
@@bushramohamed7453As the new series goes forward and more of these different details are pointed out in the episodes/comments, I appreciate more and more the small changes the old anime authors did to the manga. They understood Takahashi's humour and further expanded on that. 😊
@@LegnaiaUnderground nah, Takahashi herself said she didn't like the previous adaptations. Back in the 90's I watched the old anime and I loved it, but when I read the manga I realized how poor as adaptation it was. I still like the old anime, but the episodes seem to me very looooong and slow-paced now, partly due to the "additions" the studios did to the original material. So far, this new adaptation (it's not a remake), is much better since it keeps Takahashi's spirit in a more faithful way.
I like how Ranma doesn't want to kiss Akane under those terms, because he doesn't want to force her into something she doesn't want. Basically he doesn't want to take advantage of Akane's pride since Ranma is a very noble boy.
Here we have the playboy/ spoiled brat combo and if people haven't figured out the running gag yet heres the thing (everything) has a martial arts tag to it so yes even something that youd think is stupid will have martial arts involved
Actually, there was *so* much filler (and reordering events to bring in a fan-favourite character early) that the equivalent of this arc took place in Season 2 of the first Ranma series!
No, not quite. In the original series, these episodes were meant to follow the Kodachi arc as in the manga and the remake, but they were postponed due to too-soon concerns with a real life abduction case at the time (the first episode of the arc in the original anime was called "The Abduction of P-chan", a very unfortunately timed title). But the extreme majority of the episodes that aired until they finally got around to showing these postponed episodes were still adapting the manga, the series had very little filler at that point. Modern releases of the original series also reinsert these episodes after the Kodachi arc where they're supposed to be, so unless you're watching really old home releases this isn't even going to affect you.
Every challenge is basically any sport plus martial arts. Gymnastics, but beat the crap out of each other. Ice skating, but beat the crap out of each other.
8:20 Fun fact about this series/Manga: When the background suddenly turns into a flashy frame, and there are flowers and so on. This means that it is a completely ironic and comedic scene. (Like here, the frame looks romantic but the moment isn't.) Unlike the real romantic moments, its background is very realistic. You will notice it over time.
It becomes an established trope of Ranma 1/2 that they, especially Ranma, can never turn down a challenge. The excuse is that it is a way for the Anything-Goes schools to learn different techniques. "I can win anything if 'martial' is in the name" There are manga stories where Ranma does not change if the temperature is below freezing. I think the water has to move along the body. And it also seems to have to be on the torso or head In the Ranma 1/2 (1989) version, it was also made clearer that Azusa's family is very rich. In my head canon, she has hired Mikado to be her partner. Why else would he put up with the obnoxious, privileged brat who keeps hitting him with whatever thing was available? In the first anime version, extra detail was added that made it clear the Mikado was such a womanizer, he even counted the number he had kissed, Ranma was his 999th. And That was why all the males in the hockey uniforms wrote what they did on him Sorry, if the season ends with 12 episodes and follows the manga order of chapters, you cannot watch the next (1989) anime episodes without some very major items being spoiled. The good news, they will involve what happens in the episodes after these Martial Arts Figure Skating episodes
Ryoga is a top grade hater man risked being caught with that coler on just to out ranma getting kissed. Also the whole family just watching and waiting at the end was hilarious.
I do find it fascinating how by simply removing the filler, they made Akane 10 times more likable than in the previous adaptation (the filler makes her appear way more irrationally violent)
@@TheGenreVerse I loved the original, and still think it is a classic, but it definitely had plenty of moments that did not age well Especially when they started hyucking-up the "female on male abuse is funny" angle
It really is a cute episode - other than, of course, those two skaters. Despite what you guys were saying earlier, I wouldn't be surprised if he struggled to find a different partner too. They're right on the edge of deserving each other, I'd say.
Besides, there aren’t that many martial artists in town. Hence why the schools rhythmic gymnastics team begged Akane to take their place cuz she seems to be the only female martial artist in school.
@@ArmiGirl90 There's about a bajillion martial artists in town! Nerima has more martial artists per square inch than Street Fighter. It's just, Martial artist figure skaters is probably a much narrower niche, what with things like Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics taking up a lot of the talent
@ Yeah, the town is filled with martial artists of just about whatever there is:Azusa and Mikado seem to be the only figure skating martial artists (and then Ranma), and there were plenty of rhythmic gymnastics from Kodachi’s school, but I was being limited to the main school where Kuno and Akane, and now Ranma, are they only martial artists there. Which is why the girls turned to Akane for help against Kodachi cuz she’s the only female martial artist there (unless it was implied those injured girls were martial artists themselves)
It's interesting how the fillers in the 1980s/1990s anime made Ranma's and Akene's relationship look allot more toxic than it actually was in the manga It really made Akane/Ryoga and Ranma/ most of the girls introduced later on, look like the more healthy options The old anime actually made me forget what a creep Ryoga was
In the original version, they actually showed how Ranma quickly placed Akane on his lap by distracting her while his other hand swooped her from the back. I like that move better. 🥰
10:40? What? They did cut the part of the old anime when boy Ranma is struggling skating, so goes away and Ryoga immediately understands his plan to change into a girl and yells at him something like "Coward, stay here and take your share of humiliation like me!"??? (I don't know, maybe that wasn't in the manga? Or just time constraints?)
At least on the Italian dub of the old series, when Mikado is puzzled by femRanma crying, Akane thinks "You would be crying too, if a guy had kissed you!"
@@TheGenreVersebtw, a few weeks ago I've seen a video about the new series (mainly English version) adaptation seemingly having some changes to reflect adaptors' own agenda... They checked English and Japanese words when Ryoga fought Ranma (ep 4?) and the dub changed the meaning of Ranma being upset when Ryoga said worrying about clothes was a girlie thing (in one case he was just upset to be called a girl, in the other he seems to defend the right of men to care about clothing).
I'm not super interested in woke/non woke debates, however just in case someone might be interested in that video, search for "ranma i was right to be worried". The channel is "knight watch".
@@TheGenreVerse Just for the record, in the comments of another reactor, an user confirmed that the line in the manga was the same used in the old show, then it's the new one which has changed it.
@@LegnaiaUnderground Yes, there's a lot of censored dialogue in the remake. This episode also cuts a line from Nabiki where she tells Ranma not to worry about Sanzenin's kiss because "you're both boys, so it doesn't count". They're trying SO hard to edit out anything that can be interpreted as homophobic it's ridiculous.
I used to love ice skating until one time, I fell down and some other guy almost amputated my thumb with his skates by accident. Thum is still there but it was one hell of a bloody mess 🤕
When you finish the first season of the remake, you can watch the first season of the old anime (18 episodes) as it ends the same way. Episode 18 is just a recap of what happened during the first season of the old anime. It turns out that, in the old anime, the ice skating battle was only included in the second season. Which was problematic because in episode 15 of the first season Akane remembers scenes from the ice skating battle that had not yet been shown. This happened because they had low ratings as they competed with another very popular anime, so they decided to introduce the episodes with Shampoo earlier (girl with purple hair from the opening, who was very popular in the manga). That's why the ice skating episodes are only in the second season. But Viz changed the sequence of some episodes from the second season compared to what was shown in Japan, so I can't be sure if where you're going to watch the old anime will have the Japanese or Viz sequence. That's why I think it's safer for you to only watch the first season of the old anime (18 episodes). But do it only after you finish the first season of the remake. The remake is following the correct order of events in the manga.
I believe there was also a high profile kidnapping in Japan and since the title of this episode was "P-chan is kidnapped" they decided to skip the airing of the arc until the 2nd season
@TheGenreVerse Wait! In the current streaming versions and Blu-ray this was changed by.....*placing the season 2 episodes (intro and all) into the proper order in season 1* so that Akane's flashback is no longer out of sync!! I think this is the order on UA-cam as well.
IIRC from the manga, some of the stuff doodled on Mikado read "Womanizer!", "give me back my girl", "idiot", "ass", etc. Tells what the people who he trains with actually think of him.
One of the big problems this series has is that THERE IS SO MUCH OF IT, though the permanent cast stabilizes within the first 2 to 3 seasons (with someone VERY popular coming sometime after this start) the original anime run covered almost exactly half of the manga. There is a LOT of manga only content that Im wondering if they're shooting for even at breakneck speed.
I kinda have beef over the "plain jane" translation. Ranma kinda says something more harsh -- "iroke ga nai"/"iroke ga nee" (colloq). Which used to be translated as un-sexy/no sex appeal..."plain jane" doesn't have quite the same, mmm, oomph. And this insult sorta throws back to Ranma and Akane's first meeting where he proudly declares he's sexier in girl form than her😅 As for where this season ends...umm...the OG series actually originally aired it in a different order---because as I remember, they wanted to increase their ratings, so aired episodes involving a popular character (who is yet to be introduced for this season) ahead of the Skating Pair episodes. Also, personally, Azusa was more endearing in the OG. She's supposed to be an over-the-top cute-item-loving klepto. So seeing her as immature is kind of an understatement😂. In 2024, Asuza seems to be played more like an ojou-sama (ending most of her sentences with "desu wa") who is used to getting her way (spoiled). Also, enjoying your reactions! Amazing that you have spot on comments---the part where learning new stuff seems to be less embarassing (maybe even considered adorkable nowadays) as a girl compared to looking lame (un-cool) if you were a guy (although nowadays, adorkable guys also have their fans); and the part about Ranma and Akane's banter as "pulling on pigtails equals i like you" (paraphrased). You totally get it! As an old-time Ranma fan, watching new people get into it,enjoying it, having the same thoughts/comments I used to when I first watched it years ago is really awesome!
Yeah the dub does a lot better in my opinion of hitting the jokes and tone. All reactions I have seen have been the sub but I wish people gave dub more of a chance. Especially as they are getting better with time.
Thanks for the info on the translation. I wonder if this is one of those that got an AI pass, which probably (I'm guessing) did/will miss nuance? Not that a human never touched it... Just a possibility is all. Than you so much for the kind words. We're happy to entertain and occasionally inform!
The Finnish translation has him call her "mitätön" which directly translates to "insignificant", but in reference to her looks would mean that he calls her looking like nothing at all. I guess that's a suitable translation for not cute/unsexy.
@@TheGenreVerse No, not only is there a translator credited, but the rewrites found all over the subtitles are often so far removed from what's actually said there's no way an AI would come up with such lines. These are some of the worst subtitles I've seen. People have actually tried running the Japanese captions through AI translators and the result is way superior, that's not how things should be.
Hey guys. Nice job on the reaction! Fyi, the og anime is pretty bad if you want an experience as close as possible to the manga. Let's just say it really messes up the characters...but enjoy it nonetheless!
Oops! ArmiGirl90 reminded me there was another spoiler-free filler episode in season 1 of Ranma 1/2 (1989), "Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma Is the No. One Bride in Japan" An interesting one-off character is introduced and gives a backstory to one of the established characters
No... I'm hoping that will be the first of our back catalogue shows back up, and it'll be real soon. I just need to edit 2 more before starting to publish them again. We're all caught up on seasonal now! Thanks for your patience! Also, if you're not on our discord, you should join... I'll be putting Fate 20 up there for early access sooner than later.
Yes, but Ranma did really spend little time actually trying to learn, most of the time was spent in various shenanigans! For some reason you reminded me about the Super Mario Bros movie (spoiler alert for who has not seen it yet): at the beginning of the movie, Mario seems quite capable in parkour (while passing through the construction site), so when later he has to learn Peach's training course, it feels strange to me that he struggles *so much*... (And in the end, thanks to the super star I guess, Luigi pulls off similar cool moves without even training!)
I have a vague remembering of one guy asking "Is this a candid camera show? Where's the camera?" after seeing femRanma becoming maleRanma in the correspondig episode in the old show.
Okay, so, this is a bit awkward. They moved this arc around from its original manga position, and had it in the second season rather than the first. Thus, telling you the episode count for this particular episode won't work that well because it's well out of order. By the time you get to the end of this season though, you should be safe to watch the first 18 episodes of the original.
@@TheGenreVerse He was slipping on the ice, all she needed to do was support him a bit. He enters fights for her but she does nothing. This is why I didnt like the original either. This episode feels like one way street.
Akane seems to be really a bad observer... not getting any clue about Ryoga-Pchan identity reached a new level here, considering Ryoga is so stupid to not even put a bandana around his neck. I've read a comment about a fan theory of Akane having understood the truth, but japanese pride doesn't allow her to admit having been tricked and at this point she just fakes. I don't know what to think about that theory.
the ost of the original is so much better though. Maybe wait a few episodes more and after the intro of the next big female protagonist you can watch safely... or you can skip after episode 13 straight to 25.
Looking at the list of Ranma 1/2 (1989) episodes, there are only two filler episodes that you should be able to watch without spoilers after you’ve seen the (2024)season: "I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!?" The final episode is a recap of the season The first episode of the new season is, "Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race". It’s important as it makes clear how accepting a challenge is to the Anything-Goes schools And what kind of a father Genma really is
From the looks of it, I don’t think they’ll b doing any fillers. They’re sticking directly to the manga, which is cool, but the filler eps were nice too as some had Ranma/Akane moments
@@ArmiGirl90 Ms Takahashi started publishing "Ranma 1/2" in 1987 so there were two-years worth of manga stories going into the anime, plus the ones that were written while the first stories were animated. The strictly-filler episodes didn't begin until the 3rd season. The problem with the 2nd season of the first anime version was the major changes they made to the manga stories. Like the "Delivery Girls" and "Phoenix Pill" ones But the filler details not in the manga added many fan favorite explanations. The most major change of all needs to be kept: The manga be damned, I want Sasuki brought in and as a regular!
@ Actually, there WAS a filler ep in the first season, (the one where Akane, Nabiki and Girl Ranma had to pretend to be Dr.Tofus fiancée to impress his mother). Yes, it’s true, some were mildly changed for the anime like the Phoenix pill, but I like that they’re sticking to the roots of it (mostly). I do have my share of filler eps I liked, where it was mostly Ranma/Akane moments, (such as the mushroom temple and the lucky panda ep with the mirror version of everyone!). What I’m REALLY hoping for, if this goes on for longer than two seasons, is the manga only cast show up! (Ex. Herb, Konatsu, Akari, Asuka, etc)
@@ArmiGirl90 Thanks for reminding me of the Dr. Tofu fiancee episode I agree about wanting to see the episodes involving Herb, et al. But it will have to be a long wait. Herb is introduced in manga chapter 246 and the others even later
They might go beyond the OG series ending, this is ep.8 but in the OG this would be ep.15 (ep.1 from season 2) They already removed a lot of filler episodes and also skipped a MAJOR character entrance which will definitely appear later. Good thing imo or else us who seen the OG would have to wait at least another 8 years/seasons for something truly new.
@@Phaeton635 I got all DVDs and in the series that character is introduce in season 1, the golden pair comes only in season 2. I never read the manga so if its different I don't know.
@@MrNo1fan Well I am telling you now in manga that character (assuming we are talking about the chinese one) debuts immediately after this golden pair arc, like their debut is the cliffhanger for the end of the arc in the original manga. In the 80s/90s anime these 2 arcs were swapped around for some reason. So if they are going manga accurate she will probably debut as a cliffhanger next week. Other things to throw out there, in manga the climax of the full body cats tongue arc is on a beach instead of in the snowy mountains. The zombie looking guy who debuts in 80s anime season 6 is introduced way earlier during the cat fist story and Kuno's loyal footstool ninja was made up for the 80s anime to replace him in that story, he does not exist in the manga and likely will not exist in this remake either. So if you liked him, sorry. The takeout race in season 2's reason and participants are also different in the manga. Also for some reason the anime dropped the Yoiko Hibiki arc, aside from that one arc there is a point in the manga where you can just pick up and everything after that point is unadapted and you've missed nothing. The sad fact is the 80s anime was a very, very bad adaptation. The less sad fact is, I like a lot of its scenes better.
Mikado and Azusa are among the worst personalities of Ranma's early "rogues gallery" with his rapey womanizing and her kawaii kleptomania. I can't wait for the fight, if the quality of Martial Arts Rythmic Gymnastics was an indication, it's going to be amazingly animated.
The English dub for this reboot is horrendously inaccurate and destroyed ranmas character, all cuz they wanted to sneak in their garbage wokeness agenda any chance they could. Western localizers are trash and this reboot is more evidence of it. If you actually are very familiar with the manga and the original anime , you'd know what the hell I'm talking about.
The animated Ranma series can be hit or miss. The initial first few episodes when Kuno, and then Ryoga are introduced are awesome. There's a couple of bad ones and sadly the Mikado & Azusa is one of them. Still digestable. It turns to absolute garbage when Hopposai is introduced. It turned me off from watching the rest of the show because of that one character
Despite the charm I’m usually able to find in very cute characters… ugh, Azusa. 🙄
Yeah, she’s quite cute, and can be pretty funny (I mean, I have to hand it to her, immediately deciding to draw on Mikado while he’s incapacitated is hilarious), but she is champion level obnoxious. In this case, I have to disagree with Meat Loaf, because _two out of three_ ain’t nearly enough.
Her name means “catalpa tree”, and if you know much about those, she lives up to her namesake in being mostly unpalatable, and producing irritants.
For referencing Meat Loaf, you get the pin!
Bat out of Hell is a top 10 Rock n Roll album of all time!
Azusa is WAY funnier in the original 1989 series, they completely ruined her here.
Fun fact: Ranma VA is L (Death Note) VA and Mikado VA is Light Yagami (Death Note) VA. So this is L vs Light again, lol.
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And Akane VA is Near
New point against Ryoga, he violates Akane's privacy and Trust and then comes to make fun of Ranma for being sexually harassed
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Audience: Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics? That’s CRAZY!
Freestyle Skating Martial Arts: Hold my beer.
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@@TheGenreVerse We are lucky this is a comedy... Considering the sharpness of the blades, that might have been part of a horror movie!
I lOVE that the whole no-kiss is about consent! He was robbed of his first kiss and didn't want that to happen to Akane, so that's why even if he's a super competitive guy he stops and asks her. Cute!
I agree, Ranma and Akane were so adorable on this episode. I was like "come on bro why too long, kiss her!" 😂
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Fun Fact: in the original anime the sister DID IN FACT had a camera recording the almost kiss
That's only 1989 anime version, the remame is following the original manga.
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Just additions from the old studio.
@@bushramohamed7453As the new series goes forward and more of these different details are pointed out in the episodes/comments, I appreciate more and more the small changes the old anime authors did to the manga. They understood Takahashi's humour and further expanded on that. 😊
@@LegnaiaUnderground nah, Takahashi herself said she didn't like the previous adaptations. Back in the 90's I watched the old anime and I loved it, but when I read the manga I realized how poor as adaptation it was. I still like the old anime, but the episodes seem to me very looooong and slow-paced now, partly due to the "additions" the studios did to the original material. So far, this new adaptation (it's not a remake), is much better since it keeps Takahashi's spirit in a more faithful way.
At least Ranma forgot about his first kiss after his conversation with Akane.🤣
I like how Ranma doesn't want to kiss Akane under those terms, because he doesn't want to force her into something she doesn't want. Basically he doesn't want to take advantage of Akane's pride since Ranma is a very noble boy.
Here we have the playboy/ spoiled brat combo and if people haven't figured out the running gag yet heres the thing (everything) has a martial arts tag to it so yes even something that youd think is stupid will have martial arts involved
Ranma 1/2 is a decades enduring classic for a reason
Happy to see it getting the love it is!
Actually, there was *so* much filler (and reordering events to bring in a fan-favourite character early) that the equivalent of this arc took place in Season 2 of the first Ranma series!
Thanks for the info!
aah, that explain why my old waifu haven't appeared yet.
No, not quite. In the original series, these episodes were meant to follow the Kodachi arc as in the manga and the remake, but they were postponed due to too-soon concerns with a real life abduction case at the time (the first episode of the arc in the original anime was called "The Abduction of P-chan", a very unfortunately timed title). But the extreme majority of the episodes that aired until they finally got around to showing these postponed episodes were still adapting the manga, the series had very little filler at that point.
Modern releases of the original series also reinsert these episodes after the Kodachi arc where they're supposed to be, so unless you're watching really old home releases this isn't even going to affect you.
My favorite Ranma reaction on UA-cam.
I love how you understand the dynamics of the main characters so easily.
Thanks for making our day! So happy to hear our efforts are enjoyed like this!
Actually in the 90s anime, dad panda had a video camera. Now that I think of it, camera had to be supplied by Nabiki.
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Every challenge is basically any sport plus martial arts. Gymnastics, but beat the crap out of each other. Ice skating, but beat the crap out of each other.
I wanna see Martial Golf!
14:45 that’s everybody’s reaction 😂
every sport is MARTIAL in ranma
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Fun fact about this series/Manga:
When the background suddenly turns into a flashy frame, and there are flowers and so on. This means that it is a completely ironic and comedic scene.
(Like here, the frame looks romantic but the moment isn't.)
Unlike the real romantic moments, its background is very realistic.
You will notice it over time.
Thanks for pointing that out!
It becomes an established trope of Ranma 1/2 that they, especially Ranma, can never turn down a challenge. The excuse is that it is a way for the Anything-Goes schools to learn different techniques. "I can win anything if 'martial' is in the name"
There are manga stories where Ranma does not change if the temperature is below freezing. I think the water has to move along the body. And it also seems to have to be on the torso or head
In the Ranma 1/2 (1989) version, it was also made clearer that Azusa's family is very rich. In my head canon, she has hired Mikado to be her partner. Why else would he put up with the obnoxious, privileged brat who keeps hitting him with whatever thing was available?
In the first anime version, extra detail was added that made it clear the Mikado was such a womanizer, he even counted the number he had kissed, Ranma was his 999th. And That was why all the males in the hockey uniforms wrote what they did on him
Sorry, if the season ends with 12 episodes and follows the manga order of chapters, you cannot watch the next (1989) anime episodes without some very major items being spoiled. The good news, they will involve what happens in the episodes after these Martial Arts Figure Skating episodes
They’ll be back next year……with the other new characters 😉
Thanks for sharing the differences in the versions, and for the tip on trying to watch the OG series!
Ryoga is a top grade hater man risked being caught with that coler on just to out ranma getting kissed. Also the whole family just watching and waiting at the end was hilarious.
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I do find it fascinating how by simply removing the filler, they made Akane 10 times more likable than in the previous adaptation
(the filler makes her appear way more irrationally violent)
Interesting. So, does that make you like the remake more?
The reboot has 100% more romantic chemistry than the old show ever did, I'm really digging it
@@TheGenreVerse I loved the original, and still think it is a classic, but it definitely had plenty of moments that did not age well
Especially when they started hyucking-up the "female on male abuse is funny" angle
wow you release the reaction so fast! :)
Ehhh... If I hadn't done so much earlier in the day, or had the hard time setting up for recording, it could have been to earlier... 😆
It really is a cute episode - other than, of course, those two skaters. Despite what you guys were saying earlier, I wouldn't be surprised if he struggled to find a different partner too. They're right on the edge of deserving each other, I'd say.
Besides, there aren’t that many martial artists in town. Hence why the schools rhythmic gymnastics team begged Akane to take their place cuz she seems to be the only female martial artist in school.
Both created equally awful but in different ways?
@@ArmiGirl90 There's about a bajillion martial artists in town! Nerima has more martial artists per square inch than Street Fighter.
It's just, Martial artist figure skaters is probably a much narrower niche, what with things like Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics taking up a lot of the talent
@ Yeah, the town is filled with martial artists of just about whatever there is:Azusa and Mikado seem to be the only figure skating martial artists (and then Ranma), and there were plenty of rhythmic gymnastics from Kodachi’s school, but I was being limited to the main school where Kuno and Akane, and now Ranma, are they only martial artists there. Which is why the girls turned to Akane for help against Kodachi cuz she’s the only female martial artist there (unless it was implied those injured girls were martial artists themselves)
thank you for the hard work on the editing stream! lets watch this reaction :))
Thanks for watching that and this!
It's interesting how the fillers in the 1980s/1990s anime made Ranma's and Akene's relationship look allot more toxic than it actually was in the manga
It really made Akane/Ryoga and Ranma/ most of the girls introduced later on, look like the more healthy options
The old anime actually made me forget what a creep Ryoga was
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Azusa might honestly be more bonkers than Kodachi. And that's a real feat.
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Ranma and Akane are such tsunderes 😂
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In the original version, they actually showed how Ranma quickly placed Akane on his lap by distracting her while his other hand swooped her from the back. I like that move better. 🥰
Wished Ranma and Akane would’ve actually kissed 😂❤
10:40? What? They did cut the part of the old anime when boy Ranma is struggling skating, so goes away and Ryoga immediately understands his plan to change into a girl and yells at him something like "Coward, stay here and take your share of humiliation like me!"???
(I don't know, maybe that wasn't in the manga? Or just time constraints?)
Yeah, that wasn't in the manga. The remake is following the manga.
@@HungTChauKien exactly
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No shame in not remembering, but yes, Buzz was Mrs. Nesbit at the tea party.
Yeah... It's been so long...
At least on the Italian dub of the old series, when Mikado is puzzled by femRanma crying, Akane thinks "You would be crying too, if a guy had kissed you!"
Interesting difference...
@@TheGenreVersebtw, a few weeks ago I've seen a video about the new series (mainly English version) adaptation seemingly having some changes to reflect adaptors' own agenda... They checked English and Japanese words when Ryoga fought Ranma (ep 4?) and the dub changed the meaning of Ranma being upset when Ryoga said worrying about clothes was a girlie thing (in one case he was just upset to be called a girl, in the other he seems to defend the right of men to care about clothing).
I'm not super interested in woke/non woke debates, however just in case someone might be interested in that video, search for "ranma i was right to be worried". The channel is "knight watch".
@@TheGenreVerse Just for the record, in the comments of another reactor, an user confirmed that the line in the manga was the same used in the old show, then it's the new one which has changed it.
@@LegnaiaUnderground Yes, there's a lot of censored dialogue in the remake. This episode also cuts a line from Nabiki where she tells Ranma not to worry about Sanzenin's kiss because "you're both boys, so it doesn't count". They're trying SO hard to edit out anything that can be interpreted as homophobic it's ridiculous.
I used to love ice skating until one time, I fell down and some other guy almost amputated my thumb with his skates by accident.
Thum is still there but it was one hell of a bloody mess 🤕
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A thumb would be a tough loss! Glad you kept it!
When you finish the first season of the remake, you can watch the first season of the old anime (18 episodes) as it ends the same way. Episode 18 is just a recap of what happened during the first season of the old anime. It turns out that, in the old anime, the ice skating battle was only included in the second season. Which was problematic because in episode 15 of the first season Akane remembers scenes from the ice skating battle that had not yet been shown. This happened because they had low ratings as they competed with another very popular anime, so they decided to introduce the episodes with Shampoo earlier (girl with purple hair from the opening, who was very popular in the manga). That's why the ice skating episodes are only in the second season. But Viz changed the sequence of some episodes from the second season compared to what was shown in Japan, so I can't be sure if where you're going to watch the old anime will have the Japanese or Viz sequence. That's why I think it's safer for you to only watch the first season of the old anime (18 episodes). But do it only after you finish the first season of the remake. The remake is following the correct order of events in the manga.
I believe there was also a high profile kidnapping in Japan and since the title of this episode was "P-chan is kidnapped" they decided to skip the airing of the arc until the 2nd season
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@TheGenreVerse Wait! In the current streaming versions and Blu-ray this was changed by.....*placing the season 2 episodes (intro and all) into the proper order in season 1* so that Akane's flashback is no longer out of sync!! I think this is the order on UA-cam as well.
@@fenris91 Really? That's great! 😁
"Charlotte is the spider, Wilbur is the pig you dumb B-" 😂 I chocked on my water!!!
YESSSSSS!!! I mean... I'm happy you're still alive! 😆
@TheGenreVerse barely hanging on! Just enough force to witness Ranma's first kiss stolen from him
IIRC from the manga, some of the stuff doodled on Mikado read "Womanizer!", "give me back my girl", "idiot", "ass", etc. Tells what the people who he trains with actually think of him.
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I didn't remember it, but I've read in a comment that the pigtail's girl was the 999th girl Mikado kissed.
One of the big problems this series has is that THERE IS SO MUCH OF IT, though the permanent cast stabilizes within the first 2 to 3 seasons (with someone VERY popular coming sometime after this start) the original anime run covered almost exactly half of the manga. There is a LOT of manga only content that Im wondering if they're shooting for even at breakneck speed.
Will be great if you get the Ranma 89 reactions after this season ends.
Once this season ends, I think you can watch the first 20 episodes of the old one
Thanks for that information! Maybe a reaction to a couple of episodes could happen...
@@TheGenreVerse even better.
With today episode, you'll get to see 14 episodes without spoilers
I kinda have beef over the "plain jane" translation. Ranma kinda says something more harsh -- "iroke ga nai"/"iroke ga nee" (colloq). Which used to be translated as un-sexy/no sex appeal..."plain jane" doesn't have quite the same, mmm, oomph.
And this insult sorta throws back to Ranma and Akane's first meeting where he proudly declares he's sexier in girl form than her😅
As for where this season ends...umm...the OG series actually originally aired it in a different order---because as I remember, they wanted to increase their ratings, so aired episodes involving a popular character (who is yet to be introduced for this season) ahead of the Skating Pair episodes.
Also, personally, Azusa was more endearing in the OG. She's supposed to be an over-the-top cute-item-loving klepto. So seeing her as immature is kind of an understatement😂. In 2024, Asuza seems to be played more like an ojou-sama (ending most of her sentences with "desu wa") who is used to getting her way (spoiled).
Also, enjoying your reactions! Amazing that you have spot on comments---the part where learning new stuff seems to be less embarassing (maybe even considered adorkable nowadays) as a girl compared to looking lame (un-cool) if you were a guy (although nowadays, adorkable guys also have their fans); and the part about Ranma and Akane's banter as "pulling on pigtails equals i like you" (paraphrased). You totally get it! As an old-time Ranma fan, watching new people get into it,enjoying it, having the same thoughts/comments I used to when I first watched it years ago is really awesome!
The dub has 0 issues calling her in sexy that's weird. Usually in sub he'd just say she's not cute
Yeah the dub does a lot better in my opinion of hitting the jokes and tone. All reactions I have seen have been the sub but I wish people gave dub more of a chance. Especially as they are getting better with time.
Thanks for the info on the translation. I wonder if this is one of those that got an AI pass, which probably (I'm guessing) did/will miss nuance? Not that a human never touched it... Just a possibility is all.
Than you so much for the kind words. We're happy to entertain and occasionally inform!
The Finnish translation has him call her "mitätön" which directly translates to "insignificant", but in reference to her looks would mean that he calls her looking like nothing at all. I guess that's a suitable translation for not cute/unsexy.
@@TheGenreVerse No, not only is there a translator credited, but the rewrites found all over the subtitles are often so far removed from what's actually said there's no way an AI would come up with such lines. These are some of the worst subtitles I've seen.
People have actually tried running the Japanese captions through AI translators and the result is way superior, that's not how things should be.
Azusa is cute and looks like she came out of an old shoujo manga,but her head's empty 🤣
Hey guys. Nice job on the reaction!
Fyi, the og anime is pretty bad if you want an experience as close as possible to the manga. Let's just say it really messes up the characters...but enjoy it nonetheless!
Thanks for watching, for the complement, and for your thoughts on the original series.
Oops! ArmiGirl90 reminded me there was another spoiler-free filler episode in season 1 of Ranma 1/2 (1989), "Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma Is the No. One Bride in Japan" An interesting one-off character is introduced and gives a backstory to one of the established characters
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he practices as a girl, because his girl form weighs less and is shorter, so it literally hurts less when he falls on his ass.
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so did you guys drop Fate?
No... I'm hoping that will be the first of our back catalogue shows back up, and it'll be real soon. I just need to edit 2 more before starting to publish them again. We're all caught up on seasonal now! Thanks for your patience!
Also, if you're not on our discord, you should join... I'll be putting Fate 20 up there for early access sooner than later.
This episode was too good
I have PTSD from Heavenly Delusion (anime Christine can skip)[one of the highest rewatch value shows].
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18:16 Uhm... I guess Nabiki would just have taken the chance to get money from the guy, like menacing of calling the cops or something more evil!
She's a trip... 😆
You'd think a guy whose entire martial arts form requires mastery of balance would be a little quicker in applying that to skating.
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Yes, but Ranma did really spend little time actually trying to learn, most of the time was spent in various shenanigans!
For some reason you reminded me about the Super Mario Bros movie (spoiler alert for who has not seen it yet): at the beginning of the movie, Mario seems quite capable in parkour (while passing through the construction site), so when later he has to learn Peach's training course, it feels strange to me that he struggles *so much*... (And in the end, thanks to the super star I guess, Luigi pulls off similar cool moves without even training!)
I have a vague remembering of one guy asking "Is this a candid camera show? Where's the camera?" after seeing femRanma becoming maleRanma in the correspondig episode in the old show.
That's right, it was an anime-original line. Pretty funny though.
Mikado stole Ranma 'S first kiss poor Ranma he should have kissed Akane that moment
Poor Ranma.
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21:26 Her face is the face that all of us who see Ranma, despair 😆
Okay, so, this is a bit awkward. They moved this arc around from its original manga position, and had it in the second season rather than the first. Thus, telling you the episode count for this particular episode won't work that well because it's well out of order.
By the time you get to the end of this season though, you should be safe to watch the first 18 episodes of the original.
Thanks for the tips!
Akane should have tried to rescue him.
Maybe she coulda...
@@TheGenreVerse He was slipping on the ice, all she needed to do was support him a bit. He enters fights for her but she does nothing. This is why I didnt like the original either. This episode feels like one way street.
Akane seems to be really a bad observer... not getting any clue about Ryoga-Pchan identity reached a new level here, considering Ryoga is so stupid to not even put a bandana around his neck. I've read a comment about a fan theory of Akane having understood the truth, but japanese pride doesn't allow her to admit having been tricked and at this point she just fakes. I don't know what to think about that theory.
Interesting theory for sure. I'm sure it's just for comedy though.
Ranma is so hilariously full of toxic masculinity and machismo, but you know, I don't hate him. He's a product of his environment.
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11:21 in old version ranma dont eat things sweet or candies because that stuff and desserts are just for girls. :/
Dude needs a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
the ost of the original is so much better though.
Maybe wait a few episodes more and after the intro of the next big female protagonist you can watch safely... or you can skip after episode 13 straight to 25.
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Looking at the list of Ranma 1/2 (1989) episodes, there are only two filler episodes that you should be able to watch without spoilers after you’ve seen the (2024)season:
"I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!?" The final episode is a recap of the season
The first episode of the new season is, "Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race". It’s important as it makes clear how accepting a challenge is to the Anything-Goes schools And what kind of a father Genma really is
From the looks of it, I don’t think they’ll b doing any fillers. They’re sticking directly to the manga, which is cool, but the filler eps were nice too as some had Ranma/Akane moments
@@ArmiGirl90 Ms Takahashi started publishing "Ranma 1/2" in 1987 so there were two-years worth of manga stories going into the anime, plus the ones that were written while the first stories were animated. The strictly-filler episodes didn't begin until the 3rd season.
The problem with the 2nd season of the first anime version was the major changes they made to the manga stories. Like the "Delivery Girls" and "Phoenix Pill" ones
But the filler details not in the manga added many fan favorite explanations. The most major change of all needs to be kept: The manga be damned, I want Sasuki brought in and as a regular!
@ Actually, there WAS a filler ep in the first season, (the one where Akane, Nabiki and Girl Ranma had to pretend to be Dr.Tofus fiancée to impress his mother).
Yes, it’s true, some were mildly changed for the anime like the Phoenix pill, but I like that they’re sticking to the roots of it (mostly).
I do have my share of filler eps I liked, where it was mostly Ranma/Akane moments, (such as the mushroom temple and the lucky panda ep with the mirror version of everyone!). What I’m REALLY hoping for, if this goes on for longer than two seasons, is the manga only cast show up! (Ex. Herb, Konatsu, Akari, Asuka, etc)
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@@ArmiGirl90 Thanks for reminding me of the Dr. Tofu fiancee episode
I agree about wanting to see the episodes involving Herb, et al. But it will have to be a long wait. Herb is introduced in manga chapter 246 and the others even later
They might go beyond the OG series ending, this is ep.8 but in the OG this would be ep.15 (ep.1 from season 2)
They already removed a lot of filler episodes and also skipped a MAJOR character entrance which will definitely appear later.
Good thing imo or else us who seen the OG would have to wait at least another 8 years/seasons for something truly new.
That major character entrance in manga happens right after the golden pair arc, so no they have not skipped it.
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@@Phaeton635 I got all DVDs and in the series that character is introduce in season 1, the golden pair comes only in season 2. I never read the manga so if its different I don't know.
@@MrNo1fan Well I am telling you now in manga that character (assuming we are talking about the chinese one) debuts immediately after this golden pair arc, like their debut is the cliffhanger for the end of the arc in the original manga. In the 80s/90s anime these 2 arcs were swapped around for some reason. So if they are going manga accurate she will probably debut as a cliffhanger next week.
Other things to throw out there, in manga the climax of the full body cats tongue arc is on a beach instead of in the snowy mountains. The zombie looking guy who debuts in 80s anime season 6 is introduced way earlier during the cat fist story and Kuno's loyal footstool ninja was made up for the 80s anime to replace him in that story, he does not exist in the manga and likely will not exist in this remake either. So if you liked him, sorry. The takeout race in season 2's reason and participants are also different in the manga. Also for some reason the anime dropped the Yoiko Hibiki arc, aside from that one arc there is a point in the manga where you can just pick up and everything after that point is unadapted and you've missed nothing.
The sad fact is the 80s anime was a very, very bad adaptation. The less sad fact is, I like a lot of its scenes better.
Mikado and Azusa are among the worst personalities of Ranma's early "rogues gallery" with his rapey womanizing and her kawaii kleptomania.
I can't wait for the fight, if the quality of Martial Arts Rythmic Gymnastics was an indication, it's going to be amazingly animated.
The English dub for this reboot is horrendously inaccurate and destroyed ranmas character, all cuz they wanted to sneak in their garbage wokeness agenda any chance they could.
Western localizers are trash and this reboot is more evidence of it. If you actually are very familiar with the manga and the original anime , you'd know what the hell I'm talking about.
The animated Ranma series can be hit or miss. The initial first few episodes when Kuno, and then Ryoga are introduced are awesome. There's a couple of bad ones and sadly the Mikado & Azusa is one of them. Still digestable. It turns to absolute garbage when Hopposai is introduced. It turned me off from watching the rest of the show because of that one character