Episode 37:
Ranma, Back in Action?
The Kaio-Ken/Genki-Dama Double-Header!
WITH THE VOICES OF:
JOHN BURGMEIER as Ranma/MEREDITH McCOY as Ranko
JUSTIN COOK as Kenma
JOHN SWASEY as Genma
CHUCK HUBER as Happosai
KENT WILLIAMS as Soun
KARA EDWARDS as Akane
SEAN SCHEMMEL as Ryoga
CYNTHIA CRANZ as Nodoka
BARRY YANDELL as Principal Kuno
TODD HABERKORN as Gosunkugi
TRAVIS WILLINGHAM as Tatewaki Kuno
CHRIS CASON as Dr. Tofu
CHERAMI LEIGH as Kasumi
ERIC VALE as Jinn
LAURIE STEELE as Atsuko
COLLEEN CLINKENBEARD as Tsubasa
TODD HABERKORN as Gosunkugi
and VIC MIGNOGNA as Akimitsu
And so, following the completion of their forest training, Ranma, Kenma, and their allies headed back to Nerima by bus. Of course, they all unanimously agreed that Genma would have to run behind to keep up, as punishment for being the cause of the problem to begin with.
During the ride back, all of Ranma's previous defeats flashed through his head. Especially the humiliating ones he suffered from Happosai
Just you wait, assholes, he glowered to himself as he clenched his fists. I'm comin' for you, and hell's comin' with me!
"So what's our game plan?" asked Aki. "Hope you're not just gonna charge in and challenge him."
"No, don't be silly." Ranma replied. "The plan is to find Happosai and make him mad."
"You really think that'll work?" asked Tsubasa.
"Sure it will, Tsubasa!" the ponytailed boy stated. "I know a thing or two about pushing buttons."
"OK, I guess we'll see then," replied Kenma.
A little while later, it was business as usual in Nerima: Happosai was bounding through town, carrying a sack full of underwear on his back, while very angry women came thundering after him.
"Give us back our panties!" one woman shouted.
However, instead of his usual wicked mirth, Happosai looked—dare I say it?—bored.
He'd expected to really enjoy having nobody around to stop him, but it wasn't as fun as he had imagined it.
I feel so…empty, no matter what I do…but what could be that missing piece, I wonder? What else would I need?
He stopped on another rooftop. Of course! Ranma! Ever since he left, there's been no challenge…my work has become so mundane. Who'd have guessed I would be bored by the fact there's nobody with enough strength to give me a challenge?
I'm almost bored enough to try and call Kenma out…if he hadn't gone too. I might actually regret putting that Moxibustion on Ranma if I knew it would've deprived me of my most frequent target.
Oh, Ranma… the old goblin sighed as he looked up into the sky. Why did you leave me behind to become one of the shining stars in the sky?
SUDDENLY…
SPLAT!
Happosai felt the back of his head and drew it back, seeing that his fingers were now coated in tomato juice.
"Alright, who's the wiseguy?" he demanded, looking around.
"That'd be me, ya old freak!" Ranma called out.
The old man turned around in surprise. "Ranma! You're here!" he exclaimed.
"That's right," Ranma retorted. "Back from the dead to send ya to Hell!"
"In that case…" crowed Happosai as he pulled out a bucket of water. "HOW ABOUT YOU TURN INTO A GIRL FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE?!"
But as he poured the water out, Ranma was no longer where he stood a few seconds ago.
It was then he noticed that his bag felt much lighter. Glancing over the side, he saw that all the undergarments that he'd pilfered were fluttering to the ground like autumn leaves.
"No! My merchandise!" wailed the old man as he tried in vain to grab at his pilfered panties. "Whatever happened to honor among thieves?!"
"I didn't know you even had any concept of honor," Ranma retorted dryly. "Besides, the only thief here is you."
Happosai whirled around and glowered at Ranma. "That tears it, brat…now you've made me mad!" he squawked.
Just what I was hoping for, thought Ranma. Like a big, stupid moth to a flame.
"Whoa! Can anyone else feel that?" asked Akane.
"To put it simply, I taste that," Kenma responded as Ranma goaded Happosai into a spiral. "Regardless, he's got the old hobgoblin right where he wants him. Now let's hope he can follow up fast."
Happosai began to charge at Ranma with a flurry of frenzied jabs, leading him further into the spiral.
Just gotta stay calm and not get too excited, Ranma thought while dodging the old man's blows. After all, gotta make sure he gets mad, and then when he's good and pissed, I'll hit him with everything all at once!
Once the old man was in place, Ranma squeezed his fist, and got ready to throw it in the air. "HIRYU-SHOTEN...huh?" he stopped midway through to see that Happosai had stopped fighting and went off to peep into some lady's window while she was stripping down.
"HEY!" Ranma shouted as he leapt over and landed on the old man's head. "Guess who, shit-wit."
"Bug off, wouldja?" Happosai asked. "You're bothering me."
"I'll bother you worse if you don't get back to fightin' me!" Ranma snapped, angrily biting the old man's scalp.
"Bite all ya want, Kid. It doesn't hurt a bit."
"Well, then…how about this?" asked the woman as she opened her window and set a sparking bundle on the windowsill.
"...that wouldn't happen to be an ACME-brand dynamite bundle, would it?" Happosai asked. [We had to slip in product placement...after all, they're our sponsors!]
"Good guess," the woman retorted before she shut her window.
BA-BA-BA-LAMSKI!
The resulting explosion sent both Ranma and Happosai spiraling into the air before they landed on the ground below.
"Dammit, Ranma! How could you be so cruel as to rob a poor old man of what little joys he can find in his life?" asked Happosai.
"So, you're mad, ain'tcha?" asked the ponytailed boy. "So then DO something about it!"
"No, I'm just disappointed," replied Happosai. "How DARE you try use the Heavenly Dragon Blast on a poor old man!"
Ranma blanched in horror. "You mean…you…you knew?!" he asked.
Happosai nodded. "I guessed from your movements," he replied. "I learned it a few centuries back when Cologne did it on me. She was about your age by then."
Kenma turned to the old woman, who looked a bit sheepish. "...of course he knows the damn technique!" he exclaimed. "You don't suppose that might've helped to know BEFOREHAND?!"
Cologne glowered. "Like I said before, I'm 300 years old! Things slip through the cracks!" she insisted.
"Like I said, Ranma, you aren't getting one hint of anger outta me!" Happosai smirked. "Because as long as I don't get mad, you can't use the Heavenly Dragon Blast on me! Too-bad, so-sad, nyah-nyah-nyah~!"
"Alright then. I'll just have to try harder!" Ranma muttered under his breath.
Meanwhile, back at the Tendo house, Nodoka and Kasumi were outside with Jinn, hanging up the laundry.
"I wonder if Ranma and Kenma will be back soon?" said Kasumi.
"You know how they are…so I put money on yes!" Jinn responded.
"I just hope they're alright," Nodoka said. "I haven't exactly gotten to spend much time with them before they left."
Right at that moment, there was a knock at the front door.
"Hmm…I wonder who that could be?" asked Jinn. "Naturally, there's only one way to find out."
So, he went to go check for himself; at the door were Ranma, Kenma and co.
"Kasumi, Nabiki, look who came home!" Jinn called, his smile wide. Kasumi came to the front and her eyes grew wide with awe.
"Mrs. Saotome! Father! Nabiki! It's them!" she said excitedly; within seconds, Nodoka, Soun, and Nabiki ran to the front door.
Nodoka immediately pulled her two sons into a tight, loving embrace. "I missed you both so much!" she exclaimed, hugging them both.
"The feeling's mutual, Mom." Ranma said while hugging back.
"By the way…" Kenma smirked. "I think you'd be quite interested in what happened. Besides, there's something Genma didn't tell you about."
Nodoka raised a brow. "Oh?" she asked.
And so, Kenma proceeded to tell Nodoka and the others about what happened, and WHY Ranma had been weakened.
Suffice to say, they were shocked…which led into righteous anger.
"And to think that I once called that man my friend!" fumed Soun, his eyes alight with flame.
"Of ALL the horrible things that scumbag could've done, this has to be among the WORST!" growled Atsuko. "I'll cleave his head from that fat stump he calls a neck! I'll string him up by his arms and let the vultures peck his eyes out!"
"I'd throw my ring in the river, but lord knows it's worth a whole lot more than him," Nodoka stated.
"Who knows, Mrs. Saotome? Maybe you'll find someone who actually deserves it." said Nabiki.
"I like to hope so, dear," replied Nodoka.
"You'll be happy to know that Genma has been formally disowned as our father," Kenma added.
"Where is your poor excuse of a father anyway?" Nodoka asked, prepared to have a word with him…using her blade.
"Don't know, last time we saw him, we made him run home while we took the bus," Ranma stated with a smile on his face.
Kenma snickered at the memory.
"Oh! Well in that case, I think you can all guess what'll happen when I see him again." their mother said rhetorically.
"Slice-n-Dice?" Kenma asked, hopefully.
"Bingo!" Nodoka said with a snap of her fingers.
"But that reminds me, we've still got work to do!" Ranma reminded his brother.
Kenma nodded. "Right…still need a way to beat the old freako!" he nodded. "But what could get him mad enough?"
"Mr. Tendo, do you know where Happosai keeps his secret stash of panties and dirty magazines?" inquired Ranma.
Soun shrugged. "In his room, why?" he replied.
"You'll know soon enough…" the elder Saotome brother said with a devilish grin.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER…
Having gained no satisfaction from his latest panty raid, Happosai returned home to look over his previous prizes.
"Maybe I'll get a look at Nodoka's goodies this time," he muttered to himself as he bounded over the rooftop and landed in the backyard. But when he arrived there, he found a nasty surprise.
There, in a pile, were all the undergarments and dirty XXX magazines he'd pilfered over the years…and Ranma was standing over them, menacingly.
"Looks like you're just in time for the bonfire, Happosai!" he said as he lit two matches and tossed them onto the pile, setting it ablaze. The diminutive old pervert could only watch as his ill-gotten gains gradually went up in a hail of fire.
"BURN, BABY, BUUUUURN!" Ranma cackled as the flames danced before him, consuming the undergarments and magazines within minutes. "OH, YEAH! IT'LL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OL' TOWN TONIGHT!"
[Behind the Scenes note: Justin Cook, Kenma's VA, had to teach John Burgmeier how to do a proper deranged cackle, since he's more used to portraying stoic characters.]
"...m-my collection!" wheezed the old man, horrified. "You…you—!"
Good, that's it…let the hate flow through you… Ranma thought. Let it goad you into striking, and then you're good as sunk!
But instead of lunging at him, Happosai just gave a sigh. "Well, the lord giveth, the lord taketh away," he shrugged. "I can always find more panties and bras…and the dirty magazines? There's plenty of convenience stores and truck-stops. Does make me a bit sad, though."
Ranma was positively dumbfounded—not to mention, merely seconds away from ripping his hair out. "This can't be! IT JUST CAN'T BE!" he exclaimed.
And then…he collapsed to his knees, his eyes blank. I…I can't believe it…I lost…and he didn't even have to throw a punch…
Happosai strode over and patted Ranma on the shoulder. "Don't let it get you down…you're still an amateur, after all," he said. "I'm just a thousand times better than you. Nothing to lose sleep over!"
"BATTER…UP!" called Aki's voice. Happosai got a second to look around before the bat collided with his skull—
KLONG!
…and then subsequently knocked him flying into the air.
"That's a homer, if I ever saw one." he said while glancing at the sky.
"So that's it…I'm gonna be a weakling for the rest of my life." Ranma muttered to himself. "No matter what I do, I'm screwed..."
Kenma reached out. "Bro…you can't give up now!" he insisted.
"What else CAN I do?" Ranma replied. "And don't tell me to 'cut it out and get over it'."
"I'm not gonna do that," replied Kenma. "I'm not Akane…or our ex-father."
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: OK, we promise this is the last time we'll bust on Akane. Besides, even she's not as bad as Genma.)
"Right, but how else am I to get that fire burning in the old goat's stomach?" asked Ranma.
"Use your noodle, find another angle," Kenma said. "You can't make him angry…so what else gets him fired up?"
The ponytailed boy rubbed his chin in thought for a while.
"That's it! I think I've got it!" he suddenly exclaimed.
"You do?" Kenma asked. "Alright, what're we gonna need?"
"First, we're gonna need a camera." Ranma stated.
Kenma nodded. "Aye-aye!" he saluted. "I'll ask Nabiki, and be right back!" And off he went.
A half hour later, he returned downstairs with his face covered in kiss marks, and a camera in his hands. "One camera, everything on it, coming right up!" he exclaimed.
"Perfect!" Ranma said as he wiped off the lens. "We're gonna have ourselves a photo shoot."
"That's what I like to hear!" Kenma said. "Now let's get into our room and get started!"
SOME TIME LATER…
Ranma turned into Ranko and dressed up in some very risque undergarments, while Kenma took pictures.
"Oh, yes, baby! The camera, he loves you!" he exclaimed as he snapped photos. "But ze camera is a wee bit shy, because he's admired you from afar for so long! Now, ze camera ees asking you out for ze first time!"
"Eat your heart out, Heidi Klum," Ranko said with a wink.
"That's the stuff! You're a tiger! You're Tony the Tiger, cuz you're feelin' GRR-EAT! Shere Khan's got NOTHING on you! Work it for the camera!"
"Rawr!" Ranko made a pawing gesture.
"Should we get out the cat lingerie?" asked Kenma.
"Oh, absolutely!" Ranko replied.
"Then we're gettin' it!" Kenma said as he made another quick trip [relatively quick, that is] to Nabiki's room to obtain said lingerie.
Once he had it, he gave it to Ranko…as well as bringing in the other Ranko to join in.
"Oooo! A 2 for 1 special?" asked Ranko.
"That's the plan, apparently," replied Ranko-2. "So put on the cat ears and I'll put on the dog ones!"
Kenma placed a DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door. "The artiste cannot be interrupted when he's working, you see…" he explained, before zipping back inside. "Alright, ladies…let's make some ma-gic~!"
AND SO, EVEN LATER, AFTER WE FIGURED OUT A NEW PLAN…
Akane went upstairs, carrying a practice sword. "Well, if he's still moping up here, I should at least go cheer him up," she decided.
But as she got to the room, the door swung open, and out stepped Ranma, looking totally renewed!
"I finally got it figured out!" he exclaimed. "I know how to beat the old goblin!"
Akane had a sheepish look on her face. "Well, I guess he doesn't need to be cheered up anymore."
"C'mon, big guy!" Kenma grinned, patting Ranma's shoulders. "We got a rematch to get to!"
The Next Day...
School was in session that day, and everyone was gathered around the baseball field. Ranma was doing some stretches and twisting his neck a few times, while Nabiki was taking bets.
Ukyo whipped up some of her famous okonomiyaki on her portable flat-top grill. After all, she knew the spectators were gonna be hungry.
"So, you're lookin' for a rematch, eh?" asked Happosai while he busily folded undergarments. "Well, Ranma, I must say, you've got guts to spare. Not a lick of brains between your ears, but plenty of guts. In that way, you're both similar to and better than your father."
"I have no father," Ranma retorted. "Besides, I'm a lot craftier than you think…and I want that chart once I kick your ass."
Happosai rolled his eyes. "Sure, sure," he replied, waving him off. "And if you lose, you're going to call me 'Honored Grandmaster Happosai' and do whatever I tell you for the rest of your life."
"That's if I lose," Ranma shot back.
"Sorry, did I say if?" Happosai corrected himself. "I meant when you lose."
Standing by the fence was Ryoga, looking curious. Well, Ranma? What've you got cooked up this time…?
Ranma sighed as he reached into his shirt. I was hoping to come out of this with my pride intact…but if you let pride get a hold on you, it turns into ego, and then it's useless. Ah, well. You do what you gotta when it comes down to the wire…
Suddenly, he drew out the pictures, holding them like a deck of cards. "FEAST YOUR EYES, OLD MAN!" he exclaimed. "GET A LOAD OF THIS!"
At once, everyone's eyes went wide with shock. The pictures all had Ranko in skimpy lingerie…hell, there were even a good few with TWO Rankos in them!
All that time I was focusing on his anger-generated heat…but I never realized that I could just draw the heat out with his lust! Ranma thought.
That's what happens when you use your noodle, Kenma nodded.
"I don't get it, he's done this sort of thing before," Ryoga said. "What makes it so different?"
"Because, genius: Ranma's never worn female underwear while doing it before," Akane pointed out.
Cologne nodded. The result of rigorous training for a soul of ice! Oh, will Shampoo be interested in THIS!
Happosai blinked in awe, as if he could barely comprehend what he was seeing.
"Well? Cat got your tongue?" asked Ranma. "Don't you want them?"
"OF COURSE I DO!" Kuno exclaimed as he shot up behind Ranma, startling him.
Happosai began to glow with a dark ki. "Those pictures ARE MINE!" he bellowed demonically as he manifested his aura form.
"The heat of his lust!" exclaimed Akane.
"Okay, now I gotta form the genki-dama and lure 'em in…" Ranma said as he jumped back, avoiding the poorly-set traps laid by Gosunkugi.
He then raised his hands and concentrated.
"ALOOO-HA!" shouted Principal Kuno; fortunately Ranma sensed his ki and dodged his clipper. "If you gonna throw hands on de campus, you gotta get permission!"
"HEY, IDIOTS!" Kenma called from the edge of the field as he arrived. "You wanna rumble? I'm more than available!"
All four of them leapt at him, while Ranma stood apart and lifted his hands up again.
Alright…the land…the sky…the clouds…hell, the grass…I just need a little bit of your energy, Ranma thought. Not asking for your whole life force, but just a little bit of your energy!
While Kenma continued to fend off his foes, Ranma's body began to glow brightly.
Ranma…are you ready yet? Kenma asked internally. I'm good, but I can't hold these dopes off forever!
Almost there! the response came.
Okay, cool, take your time if you gotta! Kenma replied dryly as he ducked away from Kuno's bokken and dodged Happosai's attack. …all joking aside, though, please hurry.
"Oh, this is gonna be great!" Happosai declared. "When I get finished with your brother, I'm going to use the moxibustion on you next! I'll have two pitiful servants for the price of one!"
"No…stinking…way!" Kenma retorted. "I would rather…die!"
"Keep up that bravado, you mouthy brat," Happosai declared. "And you might just get your wish!"
Once he gathered the energy, Ranma concentrated it into his hand.
Any… DUCK!
Minute… JUMP!
Now! DODGE!
Ranma's eyes shot open. "It's ready!" he exclaimed.
Kenma smiled. Good…and that's my cue.
He lifted his hands up. "SOLAR…" he shouted, making everyone panic.
"GOTCHA!" Kenma smirked as he threw a smoke bomb down and backflipped off the field.
Ranma whistled loudly to get the group's attention. "Over here, jackasses!" he exclaimed.
"Grrr! I'm gonna tear you limb from limb, Ranma!" Gosunkugi bellowed as he lunged at the ponytailed boy, readying his spike and mallet.
"And I'll make a servant outta you yet!" squawked Happosai.
"Hope you be likin' dem crew cuts!" Principal Kuno exclaimed as he swung his clippers.
So as they began their assault, they didn't notice they were being led into a spiral pattern.
I could say that these guys don't deserve to be caught up in the spiral, Ranma thought to himself. But then I'd either be lying or stupid.
Everyone in the audience was shocked by the massive surge of the conflicting auras.
As soon he reached the center, Ranma clenched his fist and reared it back before thrusting it into the air. "KAIO-KEN! HIRYU-SHOTEN-GENKI-DAMA-HA!" he screamed.
"What the devil?!"
"Mother o'de mainland!"
"What's happening?!"
"NO! THIS CAN'T BE!" Happosai squawked. Without his strength…the little bug tricked me…
And these were the final thoughts as they were all swept up inside the massive energy tornado, and engulfed in the power of the genki-dama; as their bodies were inundated with the energy, they cried out in agony as they were twisted and contorted in all sorts of shapes, before they were each sent plummeting to the ground.
As the Dragon Blast dissipated, Ranma was left standing in the middle of the field, tired but excited.
"I…I did it…" he grinned. "I won…!"
Once the dust finally cleared, the crowd bursted out into an uproar of cheerng.
"Way to go, Ranma!" Nabiki cheered.
"That's my big bro!" Kenma shouted.
"Right outta the ballpark!" Akimitsu cried.
"I knew he could do it!" Ukyo said while clapping.
You're not the only one, thought Cologne.
As Ranma laughed in triumph, his knees suddenly gave out and he fell to the floor.
"Ranma!" his brother called out.
"Let's get him to Doctor Tofu's office." Tsubasa said as he ran out onto the field and grabbed Ranma's legs, while Kenma got his arms.
And on that note, Ryoga decided to take his leave. He'd wait until next time to kill Ranma. Besides, this way the next time they fought, it would be a fair fight.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, IN DR. TOFU'S OFFICE…
The good doctor looked over Ranma's back as he was giving him a full check-up.
"Well, now…this is interesting…" he murmured as he rubbed his chin.
"What?" asked Ukyo. "What is it?"
Dr. Tofu adjusted his glasses. "Well, something I missed earlier…was another moxibustion mark," he commented.
Cologne took a gander at the mark. "Looks like some slob half-assed the process, but it's almost faded away," she remarked. "And if I know my chakra points, then this burn was meant to suppress Ranma's libido."
"So how long has that one been there?" asked Kenma.
"If I had to wager a guess on how old it is…I'd say it's been on him since he was roughly 5 years old," Dr. Tofu commented.
Ranma blinked. "...right around the time I met Ukyo…" he replied.
And at that point, Kasumi and Jinn came inside and handed the chart over to Cologne.
"You got the chart?" asked Cologne. "But how?"
"Once we saw that the old man didn't have it, Kasumi and I figured there was one other person who did." Jinn explained.
"Naturally, it took a little convincing but we managed to come to an agreement," said Jinn.
"And the agreement was, he hands over the scroll, or else I stop feeding him and throw him out onto the streets!" Kasumi added, never once losing her smile.
"Very convincing argument," Cologne said as her eyes scanned over the chart. "So it's this point, then…good to know."
"Did I just hear Kasumi's voice?" Tofu asked.
"We'd better take him outta the room so he doesn't accidentally hurt someone in his daze," Jinn advised.
"Alright, back into the lobby we go." Tsubasa said as he led the doctor out. Kasumi followed behind to finally tear off the proverbial band-aid.
Meanwhile, Cologne applied one last moxibustion to Ranma's back, making him leap out of his seat in pain.
"YEEE-OWCH!" he exclaimed. "Geez! What the hell was THAT supposed to be?!"
Instinctively, he balled up his fist and swung…and ended up decimating the cinderblock Cologne held up in front of him, shattering it into pebbles.
"...wait, did I just do that?" he asked, awestruck.
"Sure looks like it," Kenma said. "Sounds like it, too."
Cologne smiled. "Looks like the Moxibustion Undoer worked," she commented.
"Yes! Yes! WHOO-HOO!" Ranma jumped up and down in sheer elation. "Gimme some love, Ken!" he said as he pulled his little brother into a bear hug.
"Request granted, big bro!" Kenma laughed as he hugged him back, and they danced a joyful jig.
"That's right! Ranma Saotome is back and better than ever!" the ponytailed boy loudly declared.
"Attaboy, bro!" Kenma agreed. "Shout it out loud for the whole world to know!"
"RANMA'S BACK!" they shouted. "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH~!"
"And speaking of which…I think some payback is in order!" Ranma smirked, cracking his knuckles.
"I like the sound of that!" Kenma beamed.
AND SO, BACK HOME, FOR MILES AND MILES…
Cue track:
MAKAFUSHIGI DAIBOUKEN! [Kid Goku Theme]
The sun was setting, but not everyone was at peace.
"Sheesh! Children!" Genma muttered to himself as he ran for his miserable life. "You raise them from the day they're born, you feed and clothe them, teach survival skills…and this is the thanks I get!"
"Get back here, fatso!" Ranma called. "I got a whole skeleton's worth of bones to pick with you!"
"And I'm gonna chuck the bones away!" Kenma added, launching a ki blast at Genma, making him jump into the air with a shout.
"It's so nice seeing the boys in such high spirits again," said Nodoka.
"I couldn't agree more, Nodoka." Soun agreed. "There's not a doubt in my mind that the schools are destined to succeed. The right way, this time."
Atsuko agreed. "And with spirit like that, I think the next generation of martial artists might be coming along nicely," she chimed in.
And they laughed as the boys chased Genma down the street.
"BOYS, PLEASE!" he screamed as he leapt into the air from an energy blast to his backside. "CAN'T WE TALK THIS OVER…?!"
ARC COMPLETE.
IN OUR NEXT EPISODE...
Shampoo comes back from China with a souvenir...a tiny little bell, and one the size of a bowling ball! Screwy, sure...but not as screwy as what comes with it: a mega-sized monster with a penchant for catnip...the bakeneko, Maomaolin. And he wants Shampoo to be the Beauty to his Beast! Does Kenma have what it takes to teach this bad ol' puddy-tat a lesson?
Next time on Ranma 1/2: Mark of the Demon Cat:
"The Mysterious Ghostly Bell Chimes!
Maomaolin Cries Out"
We'll see you there!
END CREDITS:
Kiseki no Honō yo Moeagare! (Flare Up, Miraculous Fire!)
performed by Hironobu Kageyama
There's a fire burning in you, an amazing breakthrough,
Coming from inside your heart
It burns for our future…
There's a darkness closing in on us but we're not goin' back
You've got no time to be complaining, no time to be blaming
Keep your honor and don't let this burning fight break it.
Please don't charge head first so recklessly. No! It's dangerous.
When you're struck down, get right back up and be a man
You're reborn much stronger than before
You'll be stronger than now
There's a fire burning in you, an amazing breakthrough,
Coming from inside your soul
Turn this whole ordeal into strength you can use
Gotta keep this fire burning, blazing light of glory
Now overcome the sadness, 'cause now's the time to fight
Burning fight!
You're a champ!
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And with that, we finally conclude the Moxibustion of Evil Trilogy! Please, when you review this one, don't skimp on anything. Be as detailed as possible...and AsheTDust? If you see this one, let us know what you thought. You're missed around here.
We hope you enjoyed reading this arc as much as we enjoyed writing it...maybe moreso! So next time we return, we'll be goin' back to the humor to wind down from the pulse-pounding adventure and suspense of this arc!
Genma's been disowned as the boys' father, Nodoka's all but divorced him, and for the first time in a very long time, Happosai has been beaten. But Ryoga's got some techniques of his own. Keep your eyes peeled this season to see what happens with him.
Also, for anyone still holding out hope for Kasumi and Dr. Tofu...we're tearing that bandaid off. It's not gonna happen. To those who held out hope, we sincerely apologize.
In the meantime, catch you later!