History Headscratchers / RanmaOneHalf

** Actually, he does (or rather, he speaks dialect Japanese). That, and he's mainly intended to be a pest, where Shampoo is a popular character and cute ChineseGirl.

** The bucketful of water was to soothe the ''searing PAIN'' Ranma was feeling all over his naked skin, he didn't know it was because of the Full-Body Cat's Tongue, he didn't know that it was HIM who had the problem (he thought it was the water itself,) and he didn't know it could lead to a ModeLock. Even afterwards, he tries to use hot water lots of times, but apparently the (perceived) heat is so painful his immediate reflex is to cool off with water. As for Tofu, he's a chiropractor, not a general doctor. He probably doesn't even have anesthesia --though they DO seek his help the anime and he applies a temporary solution, the Tokyo Grandpa Point, and in the manga he shows up on his own and asks Akane "Why didn't you tell me before?" before doing the same thing. Sadly, if a known chiropractor with great knowledge of acupuncture explicitly states that ''it would never work again'', it also means he doesn't know of any other acupressure techniques that could help Ranma. And even if we apply real-world logic to it: if Ranma had gone to a hospital for anesthesia (and managed to find a variety specific to his entire skin, without impairing the rest of him,) it would ''ALSO'' have been a temporary cure, as the anesthesia would eventually wear off and he would soon be under the Full-Body Cat's Tongue effect again. ''Finally'', it's not that the Japanese treat acupressure/puncture like magic, but in THIS particular case, the ailment was caused by PressurePoints --a real-life doctor wouldn't know what to do with the concept, but in a fantasy setting like this one, the best (and possibly only) cure to a PressurePoints-induced disability would be, naturally, PressurePoints (like the Tokyo Grandpa Point.) ''Or similarly mystic cures'', i.e., the Phoenix Pill. But when was the last time medical science, or even homeopathic medicine, came up with a pill that instead of curing an illness, makes you impervious to heat?

** Being [[Main/DirtyOldMan Happosai]], he probably decided it would be more fun to [[Main/MaleGaze watch her]] run around [[Main/{{Gainaxing}} without one.]]

* ''When did Ranma get over this fear of cats?'' In the last story in the manga there is a splash page which show Jusenkyu (where all the pool are empty) in the rain. In the distance you can see Ranma in girl form carrying Shampoo in her cat form. Did Takahashi forget that Ranma was afraid of cats?
** Um... no, there isn't such a page. When the pools are drained, Shampoo is not even in the scene, because she's already waiting to ambush the group at the entrance of Jusendo. The splash page you mention (pages 158 and 159 in the most recent release) only has the men arriving to find the springs being drained out, with Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse in a closeup cut. It is also not raining in that scene. The only time we see Jusenkyo in the rain is at the coda, where Ranma and Akane are looking out over the flooded springs and Plum is sitting on the other shore with Shampoo and Mousse, which is probably distant enough not to trigger Ranma's ailurophobia (and Ranma is probably too dejected to even notice her).

'''Something about episodes 79 "Ryoga the Strong... Too Strong" and 80 "Close Call! P-chan's Secret" bugs me: When Ryoga is in his human form, the painting's colour is black, but when he's a piglett, the painting's white. Why?'''

** 1) Cologne didn't even remember she had it anymore, she only recognized it once she saw Shampoo wearing it. She said herself that she wore those items when she was Shampoo's age, which, well... and the Reversal Jewel itself was specifically locked away on its own, since Shampoo had to physically break a padlock to open its box, so Young Cologne HAD tried to keep it more or less secure. 2) In ''general'' fiction, yes, brainwashing is typically treated seriously, and usually ''because'' it is in serious situations with serious consequences. In the largely idealistic and benevolent universe of ''Ranma 1/2'', almost every single character ''has'' indulged in at least one minor instance of mind-controlling, ensorcelling, or otherwise compelling other people into certain behavior; it's not that they're all evil because of it, but that these instances are short-lived, they hardly have any consequences, are almost always played for comedy or slapstick, and the characters don't dwell on them too much. (The one instance it was treated any differently was the Mt. Phoenix arc, where it WAS a serious situation.) Also, Cologne figured out Shampoo was wearing it almost immediately, assumed complete control over the situation, and nobody else even knew about the Jewel's existence (let alone effects) until Mousse stole it, so the ethics and morality of allowing it to change the dynamic between Ranma and Shampoo are entirely on her. 3) Because only Cologne knew what it did. When she explained it to Mousse, she caged him right away, and when he escaped and stole it, he immediately went to find Akane's help. They didn't dispose of it because they would've needed it to tell Ranma the truth about Shampoo's behavior. But then, neither of them had any chance to follow up because Cologne caught up with them. And in the end, Cologne took it back from Akane, and presumably stored it away again. So, yeah, there was no chance for anyone to take the jewel and toss it

* Three questions regarding the Reversal Jewel: 1) How come Cologne didn't just hide it someplace where someone can't easily find it, considering its mind-altering powers? 2) Speaking of which, how is the jewel not treated as horrifying and generally negative InUniverse seeing that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing is almost always portrayed as morally reprehensible in fiction?]] 3) Better yet, since the idea certain others have is to stop Ranma and Shampoo from getting together, [[JustEatGilligan why doesn't anyone who knows of the its effects simply take the jewel and bury it underground, throw it in the trash or something?]] After all, Shampoo wasn't wearing the jewel for the ''entire'' duration of the plot.

** It's "magic" in the same way the Shishi Houkodan, Mouko Takabisha, or Hiryu Shoten Ha are "magic"; it uses [[KiAttacks ki]] to compress space inside his sleeves. He would be able to copy it like any other ability, assuming he could figure out how to manipulate ki, and I don't see how that would be harder than any thing else.

** Also, how is it that the Shi Shi Hokodan is so powerful, being able to defeat Ranma repeatedly, and yet it's so simple that even a non-martial artist miner can use it? Wouldn't everybody use similar KiAttacks, if they were that simple and easy? Or is it just another weird MartialArtsAndCrafts thing, and the miner is actually a Martial-Arts Mining practicioner?

** It's the spring of drowned Akane, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. If you "take the form of what drowned in the pool", and this pool is specifically stating that this is the pool where Akane "drowned", thus anything falling in would look like Akane. Ergo if say, Ukyo fell in, she'd turn into Akane when splashed with cold water. It's very specific and at the same time the vagueness can be beneficial, see Spring of Drowned Asura instead of Spring of Drowned Asura Statue. Besides, Takahashi seemed to make up things as she went, no doubt evidenced by all the constant relationship resets done to Ranma and Akane.

*** Then way, pray, has she been BoundAndGagged so many times when her '''established physical strength''' would allow her to simply break free of them with no effort whatsoever? If we're looking at Kuno and Akane as equals in a kendo tournament, she should beat everyone there in minutes. I'm using the fact that the situation in Nerima due to Gendo's and Ranma's coming here has gone so out of control that it feels that established strength that we know Akane has is being completely thrown out the window for the sake of drama, which feels unacceptable. Honestly, we're talking about putting her up against someone who should have no chance in hell despite a really strange gimmick. Let Kuno be weak and be readjusted, I say; its accurate and fair to the Tendo!

*** All of the above are Chinese, but Shampoo is intended to fit the AnimeChineseGirl archetype; Qipao, ridiculous stereotyped accent, takeout noodle restaurant and all.

** Akane has a very selective memory which, at least regarding Ranma, borders in delusion. Wouldn't be surprised if that were the case

** If you assume that Ranma and Akane were 16 when the manga was first published in 1987, then they were born in 1970, and are now 47 years old.

** If you assume that Ranma and Akane were 16 when the manga was fist published in 1986, then they were born in 1970, and are now 47 years old.

** Whenever the characters (Mostly Ranma and Akane) get stalked by unwanted suitors, receive death threats from said suitors, property damage, Azuza mugging people for cute things, the fact that a pedophile panty stealing old man lives in the house with a 16 year old girl (girls in Ranma's case) and when Akane gets kidnapped... '''WHY DOESN'T ANYONE REPORT THESE THINGS TO THE POLICE?''' I mean every time something bad happens or then Akane gets kidnapped, Ranma and the others take matters into their own hands, the same goes for the group of girls whose panties get stolen by Happosai, they never call the cops for this sort of thing. Plus when the other people in Nerima are in trouble, they either go to a Priest or a Martial Artist and never a Police Officer. It never seemed to Ukyo that she should've just called the cops about when Genma stole her Okonomiyaki cart. Also when female Ranma was stalked by Shampoo back in Japan, why didn't Ranma just called a cop about this nor hide at a Police Station? Also Genma should've been arrested for Child Endangerment for what he did to Ranma involving teaching him "Cat-Fu". It's almost as if there are no federal laws in Ranma's hometown.

*** Sadly, whether "every Japanese police officer is a martial artist" or not is completely irrelevant. Again, ''unless'' Takahashi introduced a "martial artist cop" --and by that I mean a character ''whose abilities are given enough attention that they could actually be noticed by the MADMs, let alone pose any kind of threat''-- then not even a based-on-real-life Judo champion would make Akane break a sweat, let alone anyone above her level. People who can pull off the feats the Ranma cast does are simply beyond anything a real-life martial artist can do (and that includes gunfire). Everything else is, likewise, trying to apply real-world sensibilities to a story that has very little use for them.