This episode highlighted some parts of Ranma ½ these aren’t my favorites. And people will grow to be extra outstanding sooner or later, to be trustworthy. I like Shampoo – she’s humorous, and Sakuma Rei was a very good comedic actress. However I do not love her as a lot as most followers appear to as a result of she tends to herald numerous the Ranma as punching bag humor that will get outdated fairly shortly. She additionally brings out the worst in Akane – and if we’re being trustworthy, she’s fairly a violent and scary particular person, even when she’s not triggered by a romantic rival.
It is not like we wanted the “Sutra of the Chinese language Amazons” to seek out out, however Shampoo’s kiss to boy-Ranma final week was clearly not “of loss of life.” Seems, when a male outsider kicks her ass, she marries him as a substitute of killing him. It goes with out saying that Ranma hasn’t performed something improper right here, however he has Ranma ½beating him up for nothing is simply a part of the routine. I feel we will inform from Akane’s response that she has emotions for him (this would not require a “Sutra of Scorching-tempered Dojo Daughters” both).
In the meantime, Ryouga has determined to sneak into the sundown (though he would in all probability get misplaced and sneak into the dawn as a substitute). It is a huge blow to his satisfaction to see women preventing over Ranma, however he’ll have larger issues to fret about if Shampoo will get him in pig mode. Ryouga’s angel and satan on the shoulder routine was fairly humorous, with the angel proving to be meaner than the satan. He finally ends up sticking round, although he finally ends up as a plate of Chinese language BBQ pork (I am nonetheless undecided how he walked away from that).
The working gag right here of Shampoo making an attempt to kill girl-Ranma and schtup-boy-Ranma and by no means managing to attach the dots (regardless of seeing them each in the identical garments) is fairly good. However by some means, Akane by no means labored with P-chan, regardless of anvil-sized clues falling throughout her. Finally, Shampoo grows uninterested in her apparent possessiveness in direction of boy-Ranma and vegetation the kiss of loss of life on her, setting the stage for a ultimate (for now) confrontation.
Much like Akane’s jealous response to Shampoo, Ranma’s true emotions are betrayed by his actions when this occurs. He isn’t fearful about Shampoo, that is for certain, and it is greater than only a perception that she’ll win. We do not see what occurs between Shampoo and Akane, however within the aftermath she seems to have misplaced her reminiscence, including one other wrinkle to this already cattywampus hearth of insanity.
