This story is about a lot of things.

This story is about a young man named Saotome Ranma. Actually, it isn't. There are a lot of stories that center on him: his life has that effect on people, and the reasons for this are more complicated than he knows. This isn't really one of those stories, although the lives involved have come to orbit his to one degree or another.

This story is about a young woman named Kuonji Ukyou. Here is a young woman who spent her life waiting for a moment that didn't come and decided to wait for a different one instead. We'll get to see where she's from, where she's going, and why these are the same place.

This story is about another young man, one named Konatsu. That he is, in fact, a young man is the first thing that would surprise many who met him. His life is the sort of thing expected from the first half of a fairy tale: having lost his mother and father at an early age he found himself living under the thumb of his cruel stepmother and stepsisters. That they (and he) were experts in the art of ninjutsu and that he was raised to be a proper young lady are simply signs that his story is a strange one.

This story might even explain Tsubasa. I wouldn't hold my breath.

At heart, this is a story about love, dignity and obligation and why these things often wind up having so little to do with one another.