History Characters / RanmaOneHalfAkaneTendo

* {{Expy}}: Akane is basically what Shinobu Miyake, the ''intended'' main heroine of Rumiko's early manga ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', would have been if the latter was never DemotedToExtra. Similar to Shinobu, Akane is a {{Tsundere}} GirlNextDoor with SuperStrength who balances out a fundamentally sweet nature and girlish desires with a short temper, a willingness to resort to violence, and a somewhat hypocritical attitude. All whilst being surrounded by exotic and often more attractive female rivals.

A sixteen-year-old OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent (or at least the closest you'll get in this series), Akane Tendō is a [[NiceGirl generally pleasant, friendly girl]] who can be helpful and self-sacrificing [[EasilyForgiven even to her rivals]]. However, she's also [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]], very insecure, finds the ArrangedMarriage situation very [[BelligerentSexualTension awkward]] and is notoriously stubborn, which means there are times she's come off as having a HairTriggerTemper toward Ranma Saotome. In general, though, they do get on well enough (although Ranma recurrently mocks her most sensitive spots, and Akane sometimes gives as good as she gets), she frequently helps him out or cheers for him, and is just as willing to make heroic sacrifices for him as he is for her. She is [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely possessive and jealous when it comes to Ranma]] and easily angers when she finds him in the arms of his other fiancés.

* ActOfTrueLove: Akane is the only one of Ranma's fiancés that would actually put herself in harm's way for his sake regardless of whether they've been fighting or not. The others just might as well throw him to the wolves.

* AdaptationalJerkass: An odd case in the anime; Akane's personality and actions are translated relatively faithfully, but ''Ranma'' is very much an AdaptationalNiceGuy, thus making her the codification of {{Tsundere}} in comparison. The anime makes Akane seem more impulsively violent in general, with Ranma getting far less of the manga's moments of mocking, teasing or otherwise doing nasty things. That said, the trope is also Zigzagged, in that anime Akane actually loses some of the more extreme {{Jerkass}} moments of her manga counterpart, while also failing to progress far enough into the manga to show late-series scenes when she's at her nicest.

* BettyAndVeronica: PlayedWith. In another series, Akane would seem like the Veronica; she comes from a slightly high upbringing, has boys vying to date her, and is an aggressive {{Tsundere}} who always gets into fights with her arranged fiancé Ranma even though [[BelligerentSexualTension they clearly are attracted to each other]]. But when you look at the competition, Akane is much more chaste, ordinary and approachable compared to Shampoo, whom is more exotic, seductive and even more of a {{Tsundere}} than Akane. The anime adaptation also plays up a [[VitriolicBestBuds friendship]] between Akane and Shampoo.

** She's the only fiancé of Ranma's whom he actually recognizes as such. Thus, this makes her the prime target for the other three's aggression.

* DarkHorseVictory: Played with when it comes to Ranma's other fiancés. One thing that they tend to overlook is that Ranma cares about Akane WAY more than they care to admit. As such, it's very common for them to assume that removing Akane will get them Ranma, when in reality, there's no Ranma without Akane. As a matter of fact, Akane leads ahead of the rest, but the rest don't want to admit it.

* FauxActionGirl: Early on it is established that Akane is a trained martial artist, and she is shown defeating numerous boys at her school. But very soon, she stops getting anything more than minor victories to her credit, and Ranma is usually the one who does the bulk of the fighting -- indeed, he works with rivals or other fiancees more often than he does with her. This starts as early as the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics story, where Kodachi is initially presented as a rival to Akane - but then Akane hurts herself at the last minute and female Ranma is substituted for her. Zigzagged slightly in the anime, where Akane does get a couple of episodes involving her singlehandedly defeating foes like Temari Kaminarimon or Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung, as well as her genuine struggle against Natsume and Kurumi in their OAV.

* {{Foil}}: To Shampoo. They have similar temperaments and backgrounds, as they both are heiresses of martial arts disciplines (Cologne for Shampoo; Happōsai/Sōun for Akane), they're both examples of TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, they're both pursuing the same boy (Ranma), and from the outset, they both used to harbor anti-men sentiments that eventually faded away. Shampoo happens to be more flirtatious and conniving, while Akane is kinder. They also have GrassIsGreener sentiments towards one another, as Akane admires Shampoo's beauty and martial prowess, while Shampoo covets Akane's position of privilege as Ranma's fiancé.

** Akane is the only one of Ranma's fiancees who'd much rather not fight the rest, or anyone for that matter. This is one of the many reasons why she's Ranma's main choice.
** Akane utterly dislikes the fact that she is helpless against the other fiancees in a great number of aspects, namely fighting, femininity, cooking, affection, you name it.

%%* HyperspaceMallet: [[CharacterExaggeration A gross exaggeration]] by {{Fanon}}, to the point she was once the page image. In truth, she doesn't use a mallet any more than Ranma, or even Sōun, does, not when any blunt object will do: a book, a lamp, a park bench, a stone lantern, the dinner table... ("A Honda Accord" in one of Viz Video's [[RuleOfFunny deliberately exaggerated liner notes]]...) In fact, she's almost ''never'' used a mallet in the entire anime! %%Needs to focus on the comedic aspect also the trope is open to all forms of weapons being for slapstick

* InsecureLoveInterest: Akane is very aware of how unfeminine she is, especially compared to her two sisters. She's deeply insecure about her body and battle prowess, and it certainly doesn't help that Ranma constantly points out Akane's flaws. This comes back to bite her sometimes when Ranma actually tries to be a good fiancée to her, Akane's insecurity leads her believe that he's trying to make a fool out of her.

* KidSamurai: Shown to specialize in a wide variety of archaic samurai weaponry, and be just short of Kunō in sword skills. However, strangely, despite being shown as a more skilled armed than unarmed fighter, and that this (and battle auras) in fact is the family fighting specialization of her father, fanon tends to play her as a comparatively untalented karateka. Possibly because she is, surprisingly, seen training and fighting with her bare hands (or improvised weapons) more often than using the actual samurai weapons she's trained to use...

* MasterOfDelusion: Beats this trope into the ground when Ryōga/P-chan is concerned. Despite the overwhelming evidence that's come her way -- including Ryōga transforming and "disappearing" right beside her -- she's never put it together that they are the same person. In the Mark of a God arc, she noticed the mark drawn on both Ryōga and her pet, and concluded that "the same person must have drawn on both of them!" She also never picks up the subtle hints when Ranma would taunt Ryōga by calling him P-chan (or Charlotte in the ice skating arc) right in front of her. What makes it worse was that [[PsychopathicManChild Azusa]] managed to piece together that her "darling Charlotte" and Ryōga are one in the same due to seeing her collar on him, and she doesn't even know a ''thing'' about Jusenkyo. In the anime OAV of the Tunnel of Lost Love, Ryōga has to carry Akane across a river through a combination of leaping and running on water; he just manages get her to the shore before he falls in himself. When he scrambles up the bank in piglet form, Akane greets "P-chan" with sincere cheerful surprise, leaving Ryōga visibly dumbfounded that she evidently didn't figure it out.

* TheObstructiveLoveInterest: She can be this in several occasions, more apparently in the anime. Akane tends to misunderstand Ranma's actions, jump into wrong conclusions and punish him without giving the chance to explain himself. However, Ranma also doesn't give her much of a reason to try and listen to him.
* OnlySaneByComparison: PlayedForLaughs. Akane is the least outrageous girl in Ranma's UnwantedHarem, and is often the voice of reason in most of the manga, but she's a mess to deal with as big as all the other girls.

* SkewedPriorities: Akane's primary "comedic" trait outside of comically overreacting is her tendency to fixate on the wrong thing at the wrong time and cause troubles because of it. Like in Ryōga's introductory story, where she gets her TraumaticHaircut because she thinks that the ideal time to argue with Ranma is when the two of them are running from somebody who is attacking them indiscriminately. Or in the manga version of the Dojo Destroyer arc, where she nearly gets cut in half by a stray attack from the Dojo Destroyer because she's fixated on Shampoo's claim that she got kissed by Ranma, and then grilled Ranma over it whilst the Destroyer kept attacking the pair of them.

* SuperDrowningSkills: A reoccurring plot point is that Akane cannot swim at all. Luckily Ranma knows a variation of [[CPRCleanPrettyReliable CPR]]. Precisely why she can't swim, even she doesn't know, and it really bothers her -- the manga even gives her an IdiotBall by having her reveal in one story that she figures she just hasn't figured out how to breathe the water yet. And be startled as hell to find out that this is '''not''' what you're supposed to do in order to swim. But even then, when she realizes she has to hold her breath, she lacks any sort of natural buoyancy and sinks to the bottom of the pool, justifying the manga calling her a "hammer girl" (for her inability to float, not... [[{{Pun}} yeah]].) The sad thing is that she STILL can't swim while wearing a LIFE PRESERVER, which causes the Principal to give up on teaching her entirely.

* TooDumbToLive: Twice, she tried to jump into the water either to help Ranma with a losing battle or to swim away, recalling only after the fact that she ''can't swim''. Getting involved in things that really shouldn't concern her. Biggest one of all when she lost to Natsumi and Kurumi, she went out and challenged BOTH Shampoo and Ukyō at the ''same time''. They call her out on this idiotic move, but she tells them to shut up and fight her. They oblige, and proceed to [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp her ass]].
* TooQualifiedToApply: Inverted and parodied. Akane is actually the '''least''' qualified off of Ranma's fiancés in almost all respects, but wins by virtue of her living with him. Thus, she leads because she interacts with him the most, so they get used to each other better than with Ranma with the other girls.

* TraumaticHaircut: Her first big character-changing moment is accidentally getting her lovingly-grown long hair sheared off by Ryōga's belt-sword, which he tried to attack Ranma with to resume their duel but the latter kicked away [[{{Irony}} because she was more concerned about Akane]]. While Akane actually prefers to wear her hair short, she had grown it as long as Kasumi's in an effort to get Dr. Tōfū to like her; getting it cut off meant having to let go of her childhood crush and mature into a young woman. Another reason comes from the fact that Ranma told her that he likes her short hair in an effort to console her, which she appreciated.
* {{Tsundere}}: When a short-tempered martial artist girl has an incredibly rude JerkWithAHeartOfGold for a fiancé, it's only natural for Akane to beat the crap out of him, go into violent jealous mode when another of his fiancées shows up and only occasionally be sweet to him (which often only happens when Ranma cares enough to stop being a jerk). However, depending on the continuity, she swings closer to one type or another due to the differences in characterization: while she retains a hair-trigger in both, the much longer manga gives her many further opportunities to show her nicer, sweeter side (Sweet type), while the anime lacks these and exaggerates her more violent reactions more often (Harsh type).
* UnconsciousObjector: Taken to silly levels (like everything else in the series). Akane tosses and turns in her sleep, pummeling anyone stupid enough to crawl into her bed about as efficiently as she does when awake.
* UndyingLoyalty: Played with. In spite of their incessant bickering, Akane is the only girl among his fiancés who'd risk life and limb for him. Ranma is no stranger to this, and it happens to be mutual.

* UnskilledButStrong: Akane's main crux. She may well be easily the strongest of Ranma's fiancés physically, but she's the least skilled of them all in combat. She can fend for herself well enough against them, but they're just better fighters than her. The problem lies on the fact that she basically trains on her own, as she can't count on Ranma to train with her (as he doesn't like to fight her), Genma or her dad (as they don't even offer to do so), or even Happōsai (as nothing good can come from him).

** Ukyō generally likes Akane as long as she doesn't get too close to Ranma, not hesitating to attack her if that's the case. She finds Akane's proximity to Ranma disrespectful, as she considers herself his fiancé.
** Shampoo dislikes Akane mainly for being Ranma's fiancé, though she doesn't hate her personally and doesn't mind her that much, herself being no stranger to Akane's kindness. Still, this is not a deterrent for Shampoo to attack Akane, and remove her as an obstacle to obtain Ranma.

** A negative example. Most of the other fiancees make Akane their target because, unbeknownst to her, she is indeed a WorthyOpponent. The notion that she doesn't see herself as beautiful doesn't mean that her opponents don't see it, which is why Shampoo and Kodachi tend to attack her looks.
** Akane is the only fiancee of Ranma for whom he'd drop everything else at the drop of a hat, regardless of who is with him. If something's not okay with Akane, it's not okay with Ranma (though it sometimes does take him some time to realize it).

* JerkassBall: While not normally, Akane can be a {{jerkass}} for petty reasons.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's normally very kind, selfless, helpful and forgiving, but she's also very touchy, short-tempered and can really be a bratty jerk when others push her BerserkButton. When someone pushes her buttons, or she's in a very stressful situation, Akane can be very hostile and vindictive towards Ranma and those who have poked at said buttons. She can also be very possessive of the powerups she has gotten when other people try to take them away without explanation, to the point of unreasonable obstinacy when they finally do explain. On the other hand, she has come to Ranma's assistance/rescue just as often, and [[GoodSamaritan she goes well out of her way to help complete strangers, enemies, and self-professed rivals]] (or has helped Ranma save the same) without expecting anything in return. As overly violent as she is, Akane does show a softer, sensitive side, which helps explain further why so many people become lovestruck by her.

%%* SuperWeight: Level 2.

* {{Expy}}: Akane is basically what Shinobu Miyake, the ''intended'' main heroine of Rumiko's early manga ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', would have been if the latter was never DemotedToExtra. Similar to Shinobu, Akane is a {{tsundere}} GirlNextDoor with SuperStrength who balances out a fundamentally sweet nature and girlish desires with a short temper, a willingness to resort to violence, and a somewhat hypocritical attitude. All whilst being surrounded by exotic and often more attractive female rivals.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While not normally, Akane can be a {{jerkass}} for petty reasons, such as actually assisting Kuno by giving him a spare bokuto with which to attack Ranma, just because Shampoo was clinging onto him during the Martial Arts Takeout Race. During Shampoo's introduction, when the Amazon was unaware of Ranma's curse, Akane willfully activated his curse in a fit of jealousy, despite knowing Shampoo would try to ''murder'' Girl-Ranma. One of the worst examples was in the anime episode where she gets angry at Ranma for accidentally ruining a dish she made when he was chasing Happosai (which he had apologized for since he thought he might've accidentally hurt her). Akane became incredibly [[ManChild bratty]], acting spiteful to him every chance she got. The fact is, when someone pushes her buttons, or she's in a very stressful situation, Akane can be very hostile and vindictive towards Ranma and those who have poked at said buttons. She can also be very possessive of the powerups she has gotten when other people try to take them away without explanation, to the point of unreasonable obstinacy when they finally do explain. On the other hand, she has come to Ranma's assistance/rescue just as often, and [[GoodSamaritan she goes well out of her way to help complete strangers, enemies, and self-professed rivals]] (or has helped Ranma save the same) without expecting anything in return. As overly violent as she is, Akane does show a softer, sensitive side, which helps explain further why so many people become lovestruck by her. So she fundamentally is a NiceGirl until Ranma or other boys make her angry, that is. She's normally very kind, selfless, helpful and forgiving, but she's also very touchy, short-tempered and can really be a bratty jerk when others push her BerserkButton.

* SuperWeight: Level 2.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Played with, with Ranma, throughout the entire series. Their final on-panel words to each other are basically [[spoiler:blaming each other for the failure of the wedding. However, it shows that they are now willing to get married, which was one of the main points of contention in the series.]]

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Gets scared stiff watching horror movies or other fake scary stuff.

* BettyAndVeronica: PlayedWith. To the casual eye, Akane would seem like the Veronica; she comes from a slightly high upbringing, has boys vying to date her, and is an aggressive {{Tsundere}} who always gets into fights with her arranged fiancé Ranma even though [[BelligerentSexualTension they clearly are attracted to each other]]. When you look more into it, Akane is the sensible Betty to Shampoo's sensual Veronica. Violent tendencies aside, Akane is ultimately a decent and nice person compared to the manipulative and seductive Shampoo. Despite their constant bickering, Ranma clearly feels much more comfortable around the conservative Akane than he does with such a sexually aggressive woman like Shampoo.