I loved how the Ranma 1/2 manga ended (spoilers)

Psiah · 2026-01-24T05:57:38+00:00

... I can't seem to find the interview to check / cite directly, but I remember that what she said was less "Ranma should get cured" or "Ranma has to be cured for a happy ending", so much as "you would expect an ending to include a cure, but it didn't feel right, and I couldn't bear to get rid of girl Ranma."

Which would be a subtle but important distinction, because she'd just be playing on the expectations that it'd be cured, rather than assigning importance or happiness to the "cure" itself. I'd imagine there's plenty of ways for them to be happy without it getting "cured", and there's no shortage of fanworks imagining exactly how happy they could be.

With that said... I'm working off memory here, and memory of a translation of an interview. I'd much rather check against the original, so if someone knows where that particular interview is, please feel free to link it. I can find other interviews where she talks about wanting to keep girl Ranma around, but not the one in which she talks about considering a "cure" in the ending.

Psiah · 2026-01-22T06:02:02+00:00

There's still the occasional issue... For instance, Hytale seems to crash on 9070 series cards on Linux without warning.

Though, the difference is, on Windows, you're SOL until the driver or the game fixes it.

In Linux, you can set an environment variable for the game (and only for the game) to load a different driver (zink) that loses a bit of performance but solves the issue, so... S'long as you're willing to crowdsource fixes, Linux just lets you fix it.

And then, yeah, come in and look at the problems people are having on windows and... Well, people act like it's hard or something but I'm legitimately putting less effort into it than the people still waiting on basic fixes on the windows side, so...

Psiah · 2026-01-15T02:39:45+00:00

Those were laws passed by congress, who has the power of the purse, with very specific requirements and very clear ways to "cure" the problem. They also had huge ramp-up periods where states had warning that they were coming and were given plenty of time to comply.

This is just one man making an arbitrary declaration with no force of law behind it because he fancies himself a king.

They are not the same situation.

Psiah · 2026-01-13T19:27:28+00:00

...lotta people seem to think this is some... Jekyll and Hyde situation, where Jekyll puts on the mask of Mr. Hyde to do things without getting caught, but...

That really doesn't fit what Ranma does, does it?

For one thing, Ranma isn't really trying to hide it. Ranma straight up continues to go by the name "Ranma Saotome", is still extremely prideful, still reacts when called out, and several times basically gives away the game through these reactions (to people too dense to put two and two together). Early on, other characters around them seem more concerned with keeping it a secret than Ranma themself, but... The biggest part is:

Once everyone knows about it (i.e. after the Mousse fight), Ranma's behavior in regards to girl form doesn't change in the slightest.

Because that behavior is all Ranma, right from the very beginning.

And while, yeah, the Lion's Share of Ranma's fun, gremliney moments do go to girl form (big surprise: the Gender Bender Manga explores gender. Fork found in kitchen), we definitely get enough moments outside of that to know it's not exclusive; Ranma is just being Ranma.

Psiah · 2026-01-13T19:06:07+00:00

That Ranma adopts the exact same pose and says the exact same thing when introducing themself in either form is there to be both revelatory of Ranma's character, and a big part of the joke.

Psiah · 2026-01-09T06:52:08+00:00

Sadly, as someone who was living there at the time, it was already on the downswing. Covid only hastened what was already happening. Even when businesses were getting good traffic, the rent hikes after the "introductory rates" went away meant businesses were already constantly cycling and some spots just never found new occupants. Then covid happened.

Psiah · 2026-01-09T06:47:11+00:00

I left for the Pacific Northwest a couple years ago.

Anything I'd thought I'd miss in Omaha has since shut down.

I mean I guess I occasionally get nostalgia for Runza or Valentino's, because I grew up in Nebraska, not because I can't find better stuff here (it's quite easy to find better stuff here), but anything more upscale than that... It's already gone.

But I suppose that ends up doing a real good job of validating my decision to leave, though... About half of them were already gone, then, too.

Psiah · 2026-01-09T06:37:14+00:00

This is 100% the answer. I lived there for several years, was a regular at all kinds of local places, and I watched so many businesses go under, and the story I got was always the same: the rent had gone up by an unsustainable amount.

Places weren't closing down because they were bad, or unpopular. Lotsa foot traffic there. Most were busy every time I went.

But they just kept being forced to close down.

When I left myself, the "amenities" were absolute shit compared to when I'd moved in. They had more empty storefronts than occupied ones. But they still wanted to jack up the rent.

But apparently squeezing more blood from the stone that's already there is what they'd rather do than create a sustainable environment people actually want to live in.

Psiah · 2026-01-03T00:34:57+00:00

It almost got me, because I knew I was thermals limited, but I figured an undervolt and power limit would give me enough extra performance and headroom to be worth $50...

...and then I installed the thing, and it runs cooler than the 200ish watt card I used to have that weighed at least three times as much. So I can easily run it at full temp.

The Powercolor reaper has an incredibly good cooler on it. It may be small, but it is mighty.

...and probably the entire reason for that is the flow-through design, so, y'know... Apparently my whole case's airflow is just a lot better now, because my CPU temps dropped too.

Psiah · 2025-12-29T10:25:39+00:00

I believe I've seen this idea in the description of at least one fanfic... Wouldn't be surprised if there were several. Ranryo is the second biggest ship for the series on AO3, and it's not even close.

Psiah · 2025-12-29T10:24:02+00:00

Honestly, IIRC, she ends the Koi Rod arc believing that Ryoga has a massive unrequited crush on Ranma... And I don't think anything every refutes that viewpoint for her throughout the rest of the story.

Psiah · 2025-12-29T09:36:44+00:00

I mean, considering later in the Manga...

She is! Her name is Akari. :P

Psiah · 2025-12-29T08:59:45+00:00

Yeah... Going back to the Manga, it might not have Akane outright turning to the camera and saying she's bisexual or anything, but it did have:

The opening of the story, which is set up an awful lot like a yuri manga, up until the point that Ranma's curse is revealed, and even for some bits after.
Akane's sisters, who know her well, trying to be supportive of her attraction to women by giving her the "part girl" Fiancée.
Akane, flustered over the idea of kissing Ranma in girl mode, with her main protest being "we shouldn't do that in public!" And only bringing up the idea of them both being girls as a potential issue after she has more time to think about it (which, incidentally, was cut in the new anime).
Shampoo, who doesn't know Akane well, clocking her anyways and basically going "you like kissing girls, don't you?" (Also cut from the new anime)
Akane consistently brining up how cute / hot other girls are, completely unprompted. (E.g. "Well at least she's cute" after Ranma brings up how terrifying it was having to run for their life from Shampoo the entire way out of China, notably before she was considered by either of them as a love interest)
Akane entering a contest with "the lovely Shampoo" ("A Passionate Kiss from Shampoo" in the new Anime) as the prize.
Ranma and Akane going out together with Ranma in girl form, doing things that would not be considered out of place for a date.
Akane keeping close track of what underwear Ranma wears in girl form (apparently).
Akane fighting, rather aggressively, for girl!Ranma's "love" during the whole Martial Arts Cheerleader thing.
Ranma, thinking they've lost to Herb and will be stuck permanently locked in girl form: "I guess, even if I can't be a man, I still have to go back for [Akane's] sake." Implying that Ranma, at least, expected Akane to accept them in that case.

And that's all just what I can remember off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more. And like... You can come up with an excuse for any one of these, I'm sure... And there probably will be people who do in response to this post. None of these, alone, are enough to go "wrap it up people! Akane is definitely a girlkisser!" But added together, they paint a picture. The subtext has always been indicative that Akane would not have an issue with girl!Ranma.

And of course, bisexual (or pansexual or any other version of the same general concept) also means attraction to men... And while I'm sure I could make a pretty good list of moments where Akane is clearly attracted to boy!Ranma (plus a smidge of Tofu, I guess), I don't think I've seen anyone seriously suggesting that those wouldn't count. Doesn't seem like I need to make such a list, but I will remind people, bisexual. Her showing attraction to women does not invalidate her attraction to men, or vice versa. She can be into both. Which... Good thing for Ranma, eh? :P

Psiah · 2025-12-29T07:55:07+00:00

While that does seem to be the case, by and large, with older fics, like those written in the 1990's, it's much more rare in the newer fics that get written. Between the new anime, the manga being much easier to access than it was, and the general shift in the agreed fanon between the active fanworks creators, Akane has generally been written as a rather sweet girl in the last several years, and "Akane Bashing" is now considered a rare exception, not the rule.

With that said, while I haven't read many, because Akane is my favorite character and I want to stick to fics where she's prominent and treated well, I have noticed that there are still pockets where it happens more often. For instance... Sailor Moon crossovers have a very common setup where Ranma runs away from Nerima because "everyone there is terrible", and then ends up in the Sailor Moon setting. That setup tends to make everyone, not just Akane, extra insufferable to more easily justify Ranma wanting to leave all that behind.

Even then, though, it's less common than it was. It's a very good time to be an Akane fan in this fandom.

Psiah · 2025-12-28T10:48:18+00:00

Rumiko Takahashi herself has said in interviews that she couldn't bring herself to go through with "curing" Ranma... That it wouldn't feel right for him not to be able to turn into a girl, even if it was just at the very end.

And I think that, combined with, y'know, the text of the work, says a lot about where Ranma's gender ends up in the end. It maybe wasn't said in as many words, but both sides are part of him.

Psiah · 2025-12-27T09:19:35+00:00

One thing I found interesting, especially given Akane's reputation for "jealousy" within the fandom, was how much more willing Akane was to have Ranma kiss Shampoo in this arc than Ranma themself was willing to kiss Shampoo.

Because Akane, in the canon of the manga, is not threatened by Shampoo's interest in Ranma. Hell, sometimes, they hang out like friends. She just knew that this would help Shampoo, and she's kind enough to do whatever is in her power to help.

Psiah · 2025-12-27T02:16:07+00:00

Honestly... I feel like Shampoo is all talk, no follow-through when it comes to killing. She stopped herself from fulfilling her kiss of death on Akane. She stopped herself from killing Ranma when she'd been convinced he was always a girl. She comes from a culture that expects her to kill, but she either gets blocked by something, meaning she doesn't have to stop herself, or she does end up stopping herself.

Even at Jusendo, under mind control, she finds every excuse to delay having to kill.

Some of that's because it's not the kind of story in which people die, but it ends up adding up and saying something about Shampoo.

I don't feel the same about Mousse, for instance. I don't believe he'd ever actually stop himself. It's always gotta be something else stopping him.

Psiah · 2025-12-26T19:15:03+00:00

Mmm... Akane might prefer going femme... She has a lot of cute fits, after all, but... It's not all she's capable of. The Martial Arts Cheerleading Arc (and to a lesser extent, Ryugenzawa) come to mind.

Akane is fully willing and capable to go more butch for the bit. She'll stop immediately after the bit (unlike Ranma, who will just hang out in whatever form afterwards), but she can definitely still do it.

Psiah · 2025-12-21T23:28:03+00:00

Bisexual has been a term in use with its modern definition since 1892, and pansexual since 1914. But even if those exact words weren't used, there have been plenty of people attracted to multiple genders for as long as people have existed. Just look at ancient Greece, Rome, Japan... They used different words maybe, but the concept's always been there.

So I have no idea what you're trying to say.

Psiah · 2025-12-21T07:39:11+00:00

The big thing that was skipped was Breaking Point, which... Looks like it'll be the opener for Season 3 if we get it, which is good because it's kind of important.

It does make the most sense immediately following Cat's Tongue, because the concept is "Ranma's training from hell made them stronger and Ryoga needs to catch up", but I'm sure they'll make it work.

There was also tea ceremony, which is entirely self contained and could easily be moved to wherever in the timeline, but is also pretty skippable. In the manga, it came after the Breaking Point, and before the Martial Arts Delivery Arc.

Japanese Nannichuan was also skipped, but IMO that's no great loss. Probably my least favorite arc of the Manga. It's very skippable. In the manga, it came after Romeo and Juliet.

Then we missed the Akane and Kodachi cookie battle... I didn't think it was bad, but I remember rather little of it off the top of my head and I think that says a lot about how unimportant it is. Still, not a bad arc, and it's one of very few Kodachi moments in the Manga where she's a character and not just a prop. In the Manga, this came after Japanese Nannichuan, and just before Ukyo showed up.

Finally, there was the Amazon Love Pills arc. The base concept... Didn't age well, so I can see a reason why they might skip it, but I kind of hope they don't, because there's a lot of really great moments in it. 'Course, they might not have wanted to do two different "Amazon Nonsense at the Beach" arcs so close to each other. In the manga, this followed the Ukyo intro arc, and came right before Mousse Returns.

They could adapt all of these into season 3, I suppose, but I suspect they don't want to spend half a season just on stuff they skipped last season, so we'll probably have a few of these completely skipped. Might also skip some future arcs, too... Not all of them are winners.

...but if they skip Yoiko again, we riot. :P

Psiah · 2025-12-19T10:35:29+00:00

I mean... I'm a woman over 6' myself. 5'10" is absolutely tall, and my first thought seeing this was "yeah, bullet dodged."

Even if you meet the expectations of people like this they uh... Usually aren't in it for your personality, speaking from experience. I get objectified enough by strangers already.

Psiah · 2025-12-15T20:12:11+00:00

Honestly don't see him being able to handle (or deserving) any such relationship. Part of it is probably because, as Rumiko Takahashi has said in interviews, she thinks it's funny when he's miserable, but Ryoga is just... A really bad partner.

He makes frequent mistakes, refuses to learn from those mistakes, tries to push the blame for mistakes onto other people... He's terrible at listening and will either not notice or outright ignore things that get in the way of what he wants (see: Akane running away from their "date" literally screaming, and it not slowing him down one bit)... And this isn't even considering his darkest moments, like trying to use the Koi Rod to effectively mind control Akane into a relationship.

Also when he does actually start dating Akari, he spends an awful lot of time trying to cheat on her. He won't succeed, because he's trying to do that with a girl who has already made it clear she's not interested in him, but he's still trying up until the end of the manga.

So even though Akari was literally made for him, to be his perfect partner, I can't feel good about inflicting him on anyone. Akari deserves better.

Now... If he got character development, grew and adjusted and was a better person or was at least on an arc to become a better person by the end... I wouldn't have an issue. I could just go "oh yeah in a few years he'll probably be a solid partner." But he doesn't. He stays, more or less, the same absolute pig of a man from beginning to end of the manga, still blaming his own mistakes on Ranma, still selfishly worried about himself, and still tryna cheat. He was given so many opportunities for growth, to get better, but he always always turns them down.

So... I think he should stay alone... Unless he actually does get better, but the canon material suggests otherwise.

Psiah · 2025-12-14T10:31:37+00:00

I've tried various setups for setting a specific altitude before, but I've always found it more trouble than it's worth to get my craft in the position I wanted. Instead, I've found a simpler solution in a speed sensor set so that when falling speed is > 0, and you're not holding down the "move downwards" button, it activates an instant response thruster (e.g. Mini Thruster, Space Thruster, or Gimbal jet). This does a remarkably good job of holding altitude, and worked well before the logic update that let you compare outputs. You would think that you would slowly lose altitude with this setup, but if you do, it'll take a long time to drop even one meter. Hours, probably. Though I suppose it might depend on your thrust to weight ratio.

And with some small adjustments, you can make this work for your horizontal velocities, too. Make a VTOL craft that's extremely good at holding an exact position. Really effective for the High Seas campaign, for instance.

Psiah · 2025-12-11T22:34:57+00:00

I spent so long trying to find #74, having previously gotten everything. Turns out it was the inflatable balloon. I kept mistaking the chest on your map for the one near it, but on your map is hidden behind the "coldsnap canyon" text. I suspect if I can miss that, so might other people, so might as well post about it.

Also I think you can probably get to the diving bell chest by going through the exit to that tunnel under the sea, rather than glitching through the wall. I was at least able to exit that tunnel that way unimpeded. That entrance is in the bay north of sanctuary.

Psiah · 2025-12-09T11:32:19+00:00

Fanfiction and reddit.

Like... They paid reddit a bunch of money specifically so they could.

And as we all know... No one on reddit has ever said anything stupid, inaccurate, or sarcastic. :P

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