Line #67 WhatAnIdiot/RanmaOneHalf


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12	* Ranma and Genma accidentally fall into the Jusenkyo spring and turn into (respectively) a woman and a panda when they are in training.\
13	'''You'd Expect:''' That they would talk to the Jusenkyo guide and see if he could help them sort the curses out.\
14	'''Instead:''' They decide to head to Japan. And they '''never even consider''' finding the cursed male spring so that they can turn back again. But really, if they did, will Ranma ever be born to entertain us?\
15	'''Also:''' This applies to almost every Jusenkyo victim. They all fell in the springs, and never thought about reversing the curse until they were an entire country away, instead [[{{Wangst}} lamenting their cursed nature]] and swearing revenge on those they consider responsible.
16	* Genma and Soun have agreed to have their kids (Ranma, and one of the Tendo girls) marry each other, and unite their martial arts schools.\
17	'''You'd Expect:''' The pair of them to not let the kids know about this plan, and subtly work on making them get along.\
18	'''Instead:''' They flat out tell Ranma and Akane that they are to marry one another almost as soon as they meet. This immediately causes friction between the two, which the fathers make no attempt to smoothen, and makes them reluctant to get closer together for most of the series.\
19	'''You'd Also Expect:''' Genma not to make any other deals that involve marrying Ranma to anyone else while they're on the road.\
20	'''Instead:''' He does, and these generally end up coming back to bite him in the ass in the form of another fiancee for Ranma, making it even harder for Genma and Soun to marry him off to Akane.
21	* Shortly before his trip to China, Ranma agrees to fight a duel with Ryoga, a guy that Ranma knows has a [[NoSenseOfDirection horrific sense of direction]].\
22	'''You'd Expect:''' Both of them to agree to have Ranma meet Ryoga at the latter's home, and lead him to the location of the duel.\
23	'''Instead:''' The two of them make their way to the place separately, and Ryoga subsequently takes four days to get there. This on its own wouldn't be too bad, since Ranma was prepared to wait a few days for Ryoga to show up, however Genma drags Ranma off to China on the third day, causing him to miss the duel.\
24	'''Result:''' Ryoga ultimately ends up with a Jusenkyo curse, and grows to hate Ranma for causing this bit of misfortune.
25	* Ranma and Ryoga learn of a Spring of Drowned Man somewhere in Japan, which could potentially remove their curses. The only trouble is that the spring is located underneath the girls' locker room at Furinkan High.\
26	'''You'd Expect:''' The two of them to wait until nightfall, and break into the locker room then, when there's nobody around.\
27	'''Instead:''' Ranma repeatedly tries to get to the spring even when the girls are using the locker room. Each of his attempts ends with him being mistaken for a panty thief and getting beaten up by the girls.
28	* Akane has been given an [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential unbeatable powerup]] thanks to a [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Battle Dougi]], Soun and Genma convince Ranma to seduce her, since this would be one way to make the Dougi desert its master. Ranma does, but quickly realizes he's being a {{Jerkass}} and stops the charade, allowing his true feelings to surface instead. They're on the verge of kissing...\
29	'''You'd Expect:''' That Soun, Genma, and Nabiki would [[LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone back off]], since they actually want Ranma and Akane to get together conclusively, and allow the scene to reach its expected outcome.\
30	'''Instead:''' They fail to prevent the Dougi from interrupting the moment. Followed by Soun revealing the entire "seduce the Dougi's master" plot to Akane, and insisting the couple to kiss anyway. She does not take it well.
31	* Ranma, who has a surplus of fiancées, suddenly has Shampoo, a fiancée he's not interested in, lose interest in him. (She's been brainwashed by a magical jewel that alters her behavior, but Ranma doesn't know that.)\
32	'''You'd Expect:''' That Ranma thanks the gods that something has finally gone right in his life and he is now a significant step closer to being free of his tangled web of romance.\
33	'''Instead:''' He tries to win Shampoo back, not because he's worried about her being brainwashed, but because ''his ego can't handle being rejected by a woman.'' Any issues he has involving Shampoo from then on are by definition self inflicted. Also to note, he never learns she was brainwashed, not even when Akane, now brainwashed herself, breaks things up. Not to mention, Brainwashed!Shampoo takes his most forceful try as pretty much ''a rape attempt'', and [[JerkassHasAPoint it's among the few times she looks genuinely better than Ranma]]; even with her brainwashing, she ''does'' have a point about how you can't force people to love you.
34	* Nabiki has been given the "rights to Ranma" after Akane throws a temper tantrum. She knows that Ranma's UnwantedHarem consists of an Amazon whose culture has a motto of killing obstacles, a RichBitch who routinely uses blackmail, paralysis powder and other dirty tricks on ''Ranma himself'' and is much nastier to her competition, and a WholesomeCrossdresser who hunted Ranma for about ten years looking for revenge. They also know that Ranma doesn't have the "history" with Nabiki that he does with Akane, so they're more likely to believe they can get away with hurting her.\
35	'''You'd expect:''' She would keep things on the quiet and make nice with Ranma, who is her only protection against them should they think to try anything.\
36	'''Instead:''' She flaunts her "new relationship" in front of everyone at school, treats Ranma like crap, and then goes so far as to offer to auction him off to all of the girls simultaneously... And while this initially ''works'' with Ukyo and Kodachi, [[NoNonsenseNemesis Shampoo instead tries to kill her on the spot]] and gets the others to do the same.
37	* In an anime episode, Shampoo has managed to use a literal RedStringOfFate to get Ranma to fall head-over-heels in love with her, and the effect will become permanent if they are still bound together five hours after it was first used to tie them together.\
38	'''You'd expect:''' She and Ranma would high-tail it out of town so that nobody can find them until the magic is permanent.\
39	'''Instead:''' She not only sits around the Tendo Dojo, giving Kasumi and Nabiki a chance to figure out that the string is responsible, she ''sends a wedding invitation to Akane''. And ''then'' she trusts Akane enough to let her get close enough to cut the string, seconds before the magic expires and the string vanishes -- releasing Ranma back to his senses.
40	* Ranma and Akane's persistent and unwanted admirer Kuno has met Mariko Konjou, a girl with a similar personality to his own and who is actually very interested in him.\
41	'''You'd Expect:''' Ranma decides to do some CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds and encourages Kuno to give up on his female form and Akane to get together with his admirer.\
42	'''Instead:''' Ranma decides to break them up by proving he (in his female form) loves Kuno more and actively encourages Kuno to come after "her" and dump his new love interest. All to get back at Kuno's admirer for making Akane upset by cheating in a volleyball game, never mind that there were other ways to get back at her. Ultimately, Kuno's admirer gives up and leaves, while Kuno continues to pursue Ranma and Akane as much as before, if not more so, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero and ends up ruining Ranma's wedding in the final story]].
43	* Nabiki has learned that Ranma and her sister are finally going to get married.\
44	'''You'd Expect:''' She'd try and keep the various also-rans away from the ceremony, if only to prevent either her own death or the destruction of her property in the crossfire, being well aware that the mere possibility that Ranma was trying to give Akane an engagement ring caused the girls to destroy the Saotome house.\
45	'''Instead:''' She figures they will bring cash presents to the wedding, as is traditional, and that she can somehow take that money for herself (as well as any money she may get from telling them). So, she ''calls them and lets them know what's going on''.
46	* Akane is a complete idiot when it comes to Ryoga and P-chan. In "The Mark of the Gods" episode, she sees the '''exact same mark''' on the bellies of Ryoga and P-chan.\
47	'''You'd Expect:''' Being one knowledgable about Jusenkyo curses, she would finally piece together that Ryoga and her beloved pet piglet are one and the same.\
48	'''Instead:''' She somehow came to the conclusion that the same person must've drawn the same Mark on both of them.
49	* In "The Frogman's Curse!" anime episode, Ranma, Mousse, and Akane find Genma, Shampoo, and Ryoga turned into frogs. They're all Jusenkyo victims, and the culprit made it known he was going after Ranma and Mousse next.\
50	'''You'd Expect:''' Akane would make the connection that Ryoga is a Jusenkyo victim and the culprit's intentions.\
51	'''Instead:''' She gets stupidly confused why Ryoga is there, claiming Ryoga never went to Jusenkyo before. Yeah, how exactly would YOU know that?
52	* In the Bake-Neko's debut episode, the Cat Bell stalks outside of Akane's room and emerges his true form's shadow, giving her a scare.\
53	'''You'd Expect:''' Considering the craziness in Nerima, she'd notice something was going on with the bell ever since it arrived.\
54	'''Instead:''' She runs over and attacks Ranma ''while he was asleep'', accusing him of dressing up like a cat and scaring her. Akane knows the guy has extreme ailurophobia to the point he gets terrified at anything remotely resembling a cat, so how the hell could he possibly dress up as his greatest fear in the first place?
55	* In the anime episode where Gosunkugi [[PaperThinDisguise disguises himself as a masked Ranma]] and commits stupidly trivial crimes to frame him. Not only that, after committing these offenses, he actually tells his victims "I am Ranma Saotome!" before running off.\
56	'''You'd Expect:''' Akane and everyone else would think it strange why a masked criminal would tell his victims his own name before running off and would let Ranma know about it.\
57	'''Instead:''' They ACTUALLY FALL FOR IT. They all seriously suspect the masked criminal is Ranma just because he said so, despite how his build and physical prowess do not match Ranma's at all. Ranma even calls Akane out on her idiocy of suspecting him based on this. He points out why the hell a masked criminal would blatantly tell a victim his name after committing a crime, which completely defeats the purpose of being masked in the first place. To be fair to Akane, she carefully thought about Ranma's behavior beforehand and came up with a plausible motive and some facts did point towards Ranma by coincidence. She finally asked him for the truth hoping that he's not the criminal.
58	* In the second movie's climax, Ranma and Akane are hurtling towards the magical spring at the heart of Togenkyo, which [[GenderBender permanently transforms anything touched by its water into a human man]]. Whilst this will cure Ranma, it will also permanently turn Akane into a boy.\
59	'''You'd Expect:''' Ranma would use his incredible strength and accuracy to throw Akane out of the central drop so that she instead lands safely on the stairs spiraling down the walls to the spring, so only he takes the plunge.\
60	'''Instead:''' He blows up the spring with a [[KameHameHadoken Moko Takabisha]], preserving Akane's gender at the cost of losing out on a cure, as it will take at least 100 years for the spring to regenerate. This gets him beaten up by an outraged Mousse and Ryoga.
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64	* Ranma is a boy who is cursed to transform into a girl every time he comes into contact with cold water & vice versa with hot water. He is uber-masculine and absolutely hates having his life ruined by these transformations.\
65	'''You'd Expect:''' Every single time he leaves his house he would carry a backpack containing at least a Thermos of hot water, a kettle, a full body anorak and a towel.\
66	'''Instead:''' He leaves his house nearly every morning without precautions of any kind. This frequently turns out exactly how you would expect, ([[FridgeLogic and it's not helped by]] Japan's rainy climate).
67	* Tatewaki Kuno has a huge crush on "the redhaired pigtailed girl" that is Ranma's alternate form. He has never seen them at the same time, and as the manga progresses, Ranma's secret is so out he stops bothering to try to hide it. Kuno has been present when Ranma shifted both ways, including one time when Nabiki dumped hot water on a female Ranma ''while Kuno was holding him''.\
68	'''You'd Expect:''' Kuno to get. a. ''clue'' that the girl he has a crush on is the same as one of his primary rivals.\
69	'''Instead:''': Kuno accuses Ranma of hiding the pigtailed girl from him and considers him the biggest obstacle to their "love".
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Context WhatAnIdiot / RanmaOneHalf