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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#36951: Jan 20th 2020 at 9:06:46 PM

I watched Ranma for the crazy fights that happened.

There was more to it than that obviously.

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#36952: Jan 20th 2020 at 9:08:24 PM

I started reading Ranma 1/2 last summer. Got as far as that samurai who wanted to court Akane before my attention moved to other places.

That some of the people were kinda horrible didn't escape me. Seriously, sister whose name I can't remember? Selling indiscreet photos of Akane, I believe?

Edited by fredhot16 on Jan 20th 2020 at 9:11:44 AM

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#36953: Jan 20th 2020 at 9:19:22 PM

Ah yes, Nabiki. Ultimate opportunist for cash.

Edited by terumokou on Jan 20th 2020 at 9:21:50 AM

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#36954: Jan 20th 2020 at 9:32:36 PM

wild mass guess Ranma 1/2 took place in the Past of Dragon Ball, before the founding of the Turtle and Crane schools, and Anything Goes was the basis for both schools. wild mass guess

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#36955: Jan 20th 2020 at 10:47:54 PM

Sad thing is, Ranma has some moves that would fit in really well in the wacky world of Dragon Ball. Like, there's an attack that draws its power from how emo its user is. The more its user despairs, the more powerful the attack becomes. It can reach its absolute pinnacle state by having its user reflect on what a complete waste of existence they are, and how they have nothing worth living for.

This would be a great way to make Yamcha relevant again!

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#36956: Jan 20th 2020 at 10:54:37 PM

But dont you know? He is relevant again. He and Chiaotzu were in the latest chapter of Super. As fighters.

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#36957: Jan 20th 2020 at 11:08:10 PM

Doing what exactly?

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#36958: Jan 20th 2020 at 11:09:22 PM

Fighting mooks offscreen.

Its not really anything major anyway. Just mook fighting before the Big Boss & Goku & Vegeta come in.

Edited by slimcoder on Jan 20th 2020 at 11:09:54 AM

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#36959: Jan 20th 2020 at 11:15:46 PM

Hey now. He's fighting mooks onscreen.

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#36960: Jan 20th 2020 at 11:27:06 PM

For one page.

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#36961: Jan 20th 2020 at 11:29:10 PM

Don't take this from him. It's the most respect he's been shown in 30 years.

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#36962: Jan 20th 2020 at 11:34:50 PM

Hey, the baseball episode was awesome. That was easily a better Yamcha moment than this.

Like, there's an attack that draws its power from how emo its user is. The more its user despairs, the more powerful the attack becomes. It can reach its absolute pinnacle state by having its user reflect on what a complete waste of existence they are, and how they have nothing worth living for.

You joke about Yamcha, but if Vegeta had this during the Android Saga, he would suddenly be the most powerful character in the franchise.

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#36963: Jan 21st 2020 at 12:15:34 AM

But wouldn't knowing such a technique be sort of self-defeating? I mean, you'd basically have the ultimate trump card that you can pull out whenever things are direst. How can you properly despair like that?

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#36964: Jan 21st 2020 at 12:25:51 AM

Makes me think of the weird insanity powers from Soul Eater.

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#36965: Jan 21st 2020 at 3:51:40 AM

[up][up][up]If Trunks had this power against Black (and maybe Cell after he dismantled Super Saiyan Grade 3) he would have won.

Edited by Fedetropes on Jan 21st 2020 at 8:54:09 AM

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#36966: Jan 21st 2020 at 3:53:45 AM

Well, for Vegeta, there was also an attack that drew upon ‘’pride’’. Ranma tried to use it to counter Ryoga’s despair blast. Unfortunately for him, Ryoga was a lot better at being emo than Ranma was at being an egomaniac.

Edited by God_of_Awesome on Jan 21st 2020 at 3:56:11 AM

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#36967: Jan 21st 2020 at 6:57:45 AM

It'd also be useful because of how sadistic and verbose Dragon Ball villains like to be.

  • Frieza: You were a fool to ever challenge me! Now your world will know the folly of your hubris.
  • User: Uh-huh.
  • Frieza: Your power pales in comparison to mine. You will die slowly and miserably, and everyone you know will suffer.
  • User: Go on. In detail.
  • Frieza: Your life will end as miserably and needlessly as it began. I will reduce your planet to ashes and all you will know in your final moments is how utterly you have failed.
  • User: Yeah, baby, keep going. I'm almost there.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#36968: Jan 21st 2020 at 10:54:32 AM

Ah, the Shishihadokan (that’s KAN, not KEN), and the Mouko Takabisha. Ryouga and Ranma’s respective Kame Hame Hadouken attacks.

Ranma also has the Hiryu Shoten Ha, which has one of my favourite concepts for an attack: using an opponent’s own power (and emotional state in this particular case) against them.

It’d be interesting stuff to apply to dragon ball.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#36969: Jan 21st 2020 at 11:53:14 AM

Doesn't Ramna also have a power that comes from being so afraid of cats he goes insane and becomes a cat, somehow unlocking an insane amount of inner power?

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#36971: Jan 21st 2020 at 12:27:33 PM

No,your thinking of Catman

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#36972: Jan 21st 2020 at 12:28:10 PM

Catman is really badass.

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#36973: Jan 21st 2020 at 12:34:34 PM

It's called the Nekoken. He was trained in this martial art when he was a small child. His father discovered it in a manual of obscure martial arts techniques. Per the instructions, he trained Ranma in the art by wrapping him in salmon and tossing him into a pit full of ravenous cats. After many repetitions of the art, his father succeeded in instilling in him a lifelong phobia of cats.

Unfortunately for Ranma, his father had not read the next page of the manual following the instructions, which clearly state that this art is f*ckstupid nonsense and should never be attempted by anyone.

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#36974: Jan 21st 2020 at 12:36:16 PM

My only knowledge of Ranma 1/2 is that one of the characters transforms into a girl

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terumokou Pitiable and Illegally Dumped Object from In a bamboo forest full of bunnies, California Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Mu
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#36975: Jan 21st 2020 at 1:23:16 PM

[up][up]DB fandom like to joke how Goku is a terrible father, which is run to the ground and powdering the beaten up dead horse by now, but Genma takes the cake for worst dad for real.

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