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Recommended by Tropers/Puidwen
- Synopsis: A web site of fics by James Thomas. The crossovers are really good, especially Yokai 1/2

Transpacific Fanfiction

Recommended by Radical Taoist
Transpacific Fanfiction has been defunct for a while, but used to host The Varaiyah Cycle and The Nameless Sequel which contained light-hearted comedy... and Ill Met By Starlight an extremely dark alternative universe fic, that makes different use of Ranma Saotome and company.

The Works of D.B.Sommers

Recommended by antvasima
One of the most well-known long-time Ranma fanfiction writers, and continued past the 90s, helping to keep the FFML alive throughout the 2000s. In addition increasingly dedicated towards keeping the characterisation, mood, and comedy mostly consistent with Takahashi's original vision. Perhaps best known for writing Shampoo 1/2, but has arguably improved considerably since then. Avenging and The Things We Wish For are some of the more noteworthy. There is also a side-story to the former called Defending by David Dee, starring Gosunkugi of all people, as the protagonist.

Those who Hunt Ninjas
- Recommended by Pata Hikari, Looney Toons
- Synopsis: The story starts with Ranma refusing to get out of bed. Having a feeling that it's going to be one of "those days." The reader then learns that, elsewhere, three Genius Ditz ninjas, in a last ditch effort to fail them from Ninja school, have been ordered to steal the "Scared Urn of Cao Patty." Sure enough, Ranma is volunteered to be the security. And the entire cast joins in. You can guess what happens next.

Shampoo 1/2
- Recomended by Pata Hikari, Flairina
- Pairing: Ranma and Shampoo and a whole lot of others
- Summary: An Alternate Universe fic where Ranma stumbles upon, a now transgender, Shampoo earlier than in canon. From there things branch of into a rather epic AU.

The Works of Richard Lawson

Recommended by Looney Toons, Cryptic Mirror
Author of Ranma story cycles from the late 1990s. His three main Ranma works are
- Thy Inward Love: A Continuation fic which attempts, with reasonable success, to tie up all the loose threads left by the end of the manga, creating a small but well-done Fan Verse in the process. In addition to the main storyline there are a number of side stories covering events in the years after its conclusion, including a crossover with Lawson's other Ranma series, Thy Outward Part, and another with Zen's infamous The Bitter End. It also has a sequel series called Magic, which no longer seems to be available anywhere on the Web.
- Thy Outward Part: The story of Ranma's years at college after he has been locked permanently in his female form, told mostly from the perspective of a male pre-med student who falls in love with the brooding, moody martial arts mistress.
- Roses of Shadow: When Ranma loses the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics contest with Kodachi, he honors the terms of the bet and reluctantly moves into the Kuno home to be with her. There he learns that Kodachi and Kuno's lives are considerably darker than he expected, and discovers that the only hope he has of being freed to return to Akane is to get Kodachi the professional help that she strongly denies that she needs.

Ranma 1/2 Fanfictions By Joseph Palmer

Recommended by Tendou Akane, antvasima, Looney Toons,Kjyl
Reviews of the Seasons and Colors stories by Taleswapper: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Short, award winning stories that focus on the budding romance between Ranma and Akane. Palmer was among the first authors to take Ranma Fanfiction from screenplay format to prose.
- The Seasons Series (Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn) looks in on the young couple as the year passes. The Colors series (Red, Orange, Black, After Black, Yellow (incomplete) and Manilla) expands the focus to include more of the Nerima cast. Revenge (Revenge?, A Conversation with Nabiki) has the cast crossing into this world to interact with the author. Short Stories (Hot, Yuuki) were written on request, Hot is a self-parody of the author's style, and Yuuki was a one hour challenge that took substatually longer. Ninja no Himitsu is a script fic in professional screenplay format(incomplete). The site also has: Audio mp3 renderings of Red, Winter, Spring and Summer; Author's photos of real world Nerima; Artworks

The Works of WFRose

Recommended by Lanky, Cryptic Mirror
Author of quite a large variety of stories, wandering through a variety of concepts while still retaining a rather differently twisted sense of humor. Some of his completed stories include:
- Older: Ranma arrives at the Tendo dojo with his father and discovers that the agreement, while still valid, was made with the Tendo women a little bit older than normal. Nabiki is the one to take the engagement and she's thirty-seven. Kasumi has a kid near Ranma's age and Akane is happily married. Written mainly as a drama with some comedy elements.
- Age of the Warhorse: An X-Men crossover where a young, canon Ranma is summoned into a Crapsack World where Apocalypse made him one of the Four Horsemen. Written mainly as a dark adventure.
- Ranma 1/2: Easy Target: Ranma is an assassin, by way of The Big Hit. With all of the trimmings you'd expect from a story which fuses both into one serving. Comedy, with some action.
Additionally, WFROSE has a history of doing some really, really grim, disturbing, eyebrow-raising, or otherwise out-there stories and playing them for laughs. Little Pretty Biohazard features a T-Virus infected Kasumi and the rest don't get any more sane. Of shifting quality.

Akane the Suicidal

Recommended by Khym Chanur
Synopsis: When Ranma first arrives at the Tendo home, Akane is not a Tsundere but a sweet girl... who is constantly trying to kill herself. Not because she's depressed or hates life; in fact, she's a very cheerful and upbeat person. No, she keeps trying to kill herself just because. Ranma is roped into being her "one-man 24/7 suicide watch". Done mainly as a dark comedy with some drama.

Ranma the Amorous Oversexed Nympho
Recommended by Cryptic Mirror
Pairing: Everyone/Everyone else.
Synopsis: A retelling of the series with one crucial difference. Instead of falling in the spring of the drowned girl, Ranma fell into the spring of the drowned amorous oversexed nymphomaniac. Can the world survive the first ever master of the Anything Goes Sensual Martial Arts? Better than it sounds. Lots of sex jokes, but also full of characterization. Written mainly as a comedy.

Recommended by Zeful, Robert, Cryptic Mirror (recommending Adamantine Mist only)
This author only writes Ranma/Akane pairings, but does it well enough, and with enough variety to keep it interesting. His stories usually keep the respective characters mostly IC, with some variation for the situation at hand.
Fanfics with their own pages: Sendai.

Tales of Shampoo by Rob Barba.

Recommended by Looney Toons
Only two stories, but each is a huge epic, set in a post-manga timeline, with changes and evolutions undergone by nearly every character. In Tales of Shampoo 1, we find Shampoo is living in San Francisco several years after Ranma and Akane got married, content and happy as the proprietor of the city's best Asian-fusion restaurant. Then an unexpected visitor from Japan arrives and throws everything into chaos. Tales of Shampoo 2 is a massive flashback that tells how things got from canon to the state they are at the start of Tales of Shampoo 1.

Recommended by Vindictus
Author of several stories, notable because of his dark humor and the interesting plots and sub-plots of his fics. Chibi-Reaper is listed here because most of his fics are Ranma crossovers of one kind or another.
- Towers and Titans is an unfinished [and apparently dead] fanfiction written early in Chibi's career. It involves Ranma visiting one of those shops, and getting a cursed board game that he, Genma, and the Tendo Family get sucked into.
- Carried Off is one of Chibi-Reaper's more recent fics, and the only fic that he has ever finished. In it, the Tendo Dojo is challenged by Suika from Touhou Project, who quickly defeats Ranma and, as the name of the fic suggests, carries him off. Includes some squick, although your mileage may vary on that due to it being played quite straight and in a funny manner. Carried off now has a sequel, 'Away To Neverland'.

General Fics

Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.

Dual Destinies, by Hung Nguyen

Recommended by NekoHybrid
Status: Complete
Pairings: Ranma/Shampoo, Ukyou
Synopsis: Ranma gets angry about how screwed up his life is due to the arranged marriage. That was when a mysterious man appeared before him, informing the teen fighter that he has another destiny to fulfill. The man and his twin then tell Ranma that he has two souls in his body because he was supposed to have been born twins, but due to demonic intervention, dark forces killed off his twin to ensure the human world is overrun by the Dark World. The two then remedy this by splitting Ranma into a pair of twins and train them to prepare for the battle that will decide the fate of the world and of all creation that had spanned for 10,000 years.

The Gritty Version of Ranma 12 By Juan Milagro

Recommended by Kalaong
Status: Dormant; last updated April 2018
Synopsis: This is an uncensored version of the Ranma 1/2 story written by Takahashi Rumiko and published in the US by Viz Comics. Viz bowdlerized the Ranma 1/2 story so badly that it dulled the story. This is my interpretation of it aimed at correcting what Viz left out, changed or otherwise censored. It is not for children or teenagers.
- A great fic for Akane lovers, and desperately needed as the Viz translators played up her temper without pointing out that Ranma really has it coming.
- Cheapsunglasses: This troper cannot recommend this one. At all. Right from the beginning, the story establishes itself as having a completely OOC Ranma, namely by making him have extremely perverse thoughts about Akane after their meeting in the bath. That is BS on so many levels.
- Pyromania101: The title lured me in, but once I started reading, I saw just what a piece of crap this story was. It turned Ranma into a total perv while giving Akane a nice pair of leather pants. I declared my contempt for the story in a review, and the author responded by throwing a hissy-fit, called me a hypocrite for disliking the manga and at the same time reading Ranma fanfics, played the Don't Like? Don't Read! card, and then blocked me from answering or posting any more reviews. Whatever. No skin off my nose if he Can't Take Criticism and decides to be a coward.
- ValentineMeikin: To call this a 'uncensored' version of the 'original' Ranma is a flat out lie. Soun is a member of the Yakuza, Kasumi is holier than thou, Nabiki is a lesbian who'll sell anything except her body and Akane... is Akane. Add to it a Ranma who turns into a pervert at the drop of a hat, and anyone who has any respect for the setting will just walk away after the first chapter. Everyone except Akane is portrayed as an exaggerated version of themselves far in excess of any other fanwork to my knowledge. How this is a 'recommended' story is beyond me.

To Tell a Hawk From a Handsaw by N. Reynolds

Recommended by ijp92
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma realizes how messed up his life is, and comes up with a plan. Ranma pretends to be mad in order to outmaneuver his "friends" and "family." Insanity inspired by Hamlet, with influences from unpopular culture.
- The dialogue is Shakespearian level wordplay. It was actually painful for me to find something to criticize when I first read this. The only fault I can find is that Ranma is too smart (not that I care). And maybe some what-could-have-been's due to the story taking on a life of its own.
- Essentially, this is as close to an adequate happy ending for Ranma I've ever found. The biggest flaw, Ranma's sudden burst of intelligence that made the story possible, is easily forgivable considering the result. Some of the dialogue is truly outstanding, and deserves to be quoted even out of context.
- Pyromania101: A very... odd story, but I still found it easy to understand and fun to read.

Right Moments by Judah (warning: a couple of the subplots are somewhat lemon)

Recommended by Snuffy, antvasima, Kjyl
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma, following the wedding fiasco from the manga series, delivers a poignant line to Akane, which goes unheard... except by Happosai, who takes it as an invitation to lock Ranma in a "Groundhog Day" Loop of that one day, until Ranma is able to live that day just right!.

Girl Days by Rob "Kenko" Haynie

Recommended by Looney Toons, Guessmyname, Sackett, Robert, Boss Goji, whitetigah, Tropers/antvasima, SRW Fan
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Ranma's mother decides that he must embrace his curse and learn how to cope with being a woman as well as being a "man among men". Has a distant sequel in the form of Redheads which involved Ranma and Akane being sucked into the Slayers universe. Unfortunately, another deadfic.

The Shadow Chronicles by Mark MacKinnon

Recommended by Of Science, Robert
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Starts with confusing sightings of Ranma in two places at one time. From there, it spins into a wide-reaching storyline involving demons, parallel dimensions, and a lot of tragedy.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever also by Mark MacKinnon

Recommended by Of Science, antvasima, Yin Lihua, Looney Toons, Robert
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Ranma from The Shadow Chronicles travels the dimensions, seeking to forget the horrible tragedy he's been through. His travels end when he finds himself mysteriously trapped on a fantasy-themed world. Meanwhile, a certain priestess has had a vision of a red-haired girl causing some sort of catastrophe. The city it takes place in is like fantasy meets New York meets New Orleans at Mardi Gras. Unfortunately a Dead Fic but it has a lot going for it until then.

Relentless by Grayson Towler

Recommended by Of Science, Sackett, antvasima, Cryptic Mirror, Tyoria
Status: Complete
Synopsis: It all starts with Happosai up to his usual thieving pastime. Unfortunately, this time, the temple he steals from has a powerful demon under its control, one that can adapt to any move used against it, and doubles its power if anyone assists against it. Fortunately for Happosai, he's still skilled enough to make sure some other sap takes the blame. Unfortunately for Ranma, he happens to be that sap, and Ryoga & Ukyo are also dragged along for the ride, running against the clock...

Guardian by Black Dragon 6

Recommended by Jonathan SCE, Stratagemini, Vindictus
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: Ranma has left Nerima (for reasons unknown) and joins a special police force, the DAPC, Department of Abnormal Phenomenae Containment. The DAPC is a mixture of Police Academy and Burn Up W, set against a terrorist group with the same technology as Umbrella and Cyberdyne Systems. Full of Tropes and references to the brim.

Ranma Goes To War, a two-parter (second chapter is called Once more into the Breach - it also has a short spinoff) along with the sequel Chasing The Wind, available at the same link both by J. Austin Wilde

Alternate link for the Fanfiction.Net version

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Recommended by Sackett, Robert
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Darker and Edgier, Ranma and company gets to grow up through war (wich is very well depicted, and incredibly, the characters manage to remain rather coherent. Plenty funny at time, if only when Ranma and crew are saved by Akane's cooking. Although the sequel returns to the series more fantastical elements. Also, in the sequel, Kuno finally gets his moment to shine with his own side adventure (/w Nabiki and Ukyo as his beautiful companions... or so Kuno thinks).

The Ends by Twoflower

Recommended by D Mint, Looney Toons, Cryptic Mirror, antvasima, Tyoria
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Post-wedding; Ranma, due to a convergence of forces, realizes just what a mess his life is with all the fiancees and rivalries he has... so he tries to find a way out. Described by the author himself as "My farewell to Ranma ½, and my condemnation of it." An interesting meta fanfic. It references dozens of other Ranma ½ fanfics as Ranma searches for his happy ending.

The Bitter End by Zen

Recommended by Freezer, Looney Toons, Sackett, Cryptic Mirror, @Fiver 2, Werewolfin, Gunarm Dyne
Status: Complete
Synopsis: A dark take on Ranma and Akane's relationship, focusing on increasing Akane's violent tendecies, Ranma being unwilling to defend himself against her, and going into psychological motivations behind their behaviour.

Hearts of Ice by Krista Perry Fisk

Recommended by Looney Toons, Sackett, antvasima, Robert, Thurhame, Cryptic Mirror (with reservations), Kjyl
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Exiled to the realm of myths and legends by Cologne's magic, Akane must fight to survive as the sole mortal in a land of deadly supernatural creatures. To make matters worse, time runs faster there than on Earth, and her very existence is being "written out" of the human world. Her quest to return to the mortal world before she's grown far too old for Ranma, paralleled by Ranma himself holding desperately onto his memories of her even as the world around him erases her existence, while Cologne schemes to thwart both of them, all drive this fic to a heartbreaking climax, and a heartwarming ending.

Crossed Wires and its sequel Mixed Signals by K. Hyam

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, Pata Hikari, Sackett
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ryouga and Ranma decide to put more emphasis on the "friendly" part of their friendly rivalry and end their feud. Needless to say things never run smooth for Ranma. What with Ryouga having to pose as "Ranko's" boyfriend, Ukyo ending up as Shampoo's other husband (don't ask) without either of them breaking their engagements to Ranma, and the ultimate body swap roulette it's a comedy of epic errors even by Nerima's standards.

The Titans and the Lost Boy by Lathis

Recommended by Comartemis, antvasima, Cryptic Mirror
Status: Complete
Synopsis: When Ryouga crosses paths with the Teen Titans and agents of H.I.V.E. in the Chinese wilderness, a chain of events is set in motion that will thrust Ryouga into the spotlight of his own adventures. When martial arts mayhem meets super hero hijinks, chaos ensues.

Dark Titans, by Lathis

Recommended by Comartemis, antvasima
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: The sequel series to The Titans and the Lost Boy, Dark Titans focuses on the aftermath of the battle with H.I.V.E. as the Nerima Wrecking Crew adjust to the circumstances that they find themselves in.

Lure the Tiger from the Mountain, by Allyn Yonge

Recommended by Operation Shoestring, Looney Toons, Robert
Status: Complete
Synopsis: They say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Ranma, like his father, is a con artist. Meanwhile, the Tendo clan has suffered rather more than in canon, and its daughters are all the more dangerous for it.

In the Lunchroom, by Trimatter

Recommended by Operation Shoestring, Cryptic Mirror, Nanya, antvasima, Looney Toons
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Between fics, the characters of Ranma ½ gather in the cafeteria to complain about fanon conventions.

Paradise Lost by Andy Kent (Also available here.)

Recommended by dkellis
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: Fuses Ranma ½ with Neon Genesis Evangelion. In this case, the role of Shinji Ikari is played by Ryouga Hibiki. Sadly unfinished.

Black Roses, Bandannas, and Koopa Shells by Shritistrang (Also available here.)

Recommended by SAMAS, Boss Goji
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Kamek the Magikoopa is furious when his granddaughter Kimmy quits Bowser's service and runs away to marry a "renegade" Koopa from the Mushroom Kingdom. In his anger, he curses her unborn children, one to become delusional, and the other to have No Sense of Direction. In order to protect them from Kamek, Kimmy has to reluctantly leave them on Earth, with only two enchanted keepsakes to keep them safe: A black rose, and a spotted bandanna. Sixteen years later, Kimmy comes back to Earth to find her children, who, if you haven't guessed by now, go by the names of Kodachi Kuno and Ryoga Hibiki.

Timeslip

Recommended by Sackett
Can be found on rec.arts.anime.creative mirrors as a gzip
- This is a file download, use at your own risk.
Synopsis: A nice short story that explores an AU while maintaining continuity with the Canon. It's only eight pages long in MS Word.

Smoke & Mirrors by M. Loader

Recommended by Sackett, Cryptic Mirror, Werewolfin
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Do you love Kasumi Tendo? Wish she got to be The Hero for once? But how, what with the whole Yamato Nadeshiko thing? Here is a fanfic for you in which Kasumi remains in character as a Yamato Nadeshiko while demonstrating exactly why you should never ever cross one.

A Wasted Wish by Tail Kinker

Recommended by Looney Toons, lanky, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma gets a wish from Skuld, and asks to learn more about his mother and the grandmother he never knew. The next thing he knows, he's got three days to spend twenty years in the past — with an unconventional, rebellious little redheaded fireball named Nodoka. Time Travel, but not a Peggy Sue or a Fix Fic — in fact, Ranma is warned that if he changes too much, his wish will be undone and everything will be reset. WAFFy, but not glurge.

Ghost Story by Mike Loader

Recommended by Looney Toons, Cryptic Mirror (with reservations)
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Extreme Dark Fic. Twenty years after the events of Ranma ½, two teenaged boys dare themselves to investigate a local urban legend, only to discover a decades-old mystery — and several deadly secrets.

The Ranma Horror Kuno Show by Arthur Levesque

Recommended by Storvik
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma and Akane, lost in the woods, come upon a building where all of their main antagonists (Kuno, Kodachi, Ryoga, Shampoo, Mousse, Ukyo) have met in secret to fight amongst themselves to decide which of them is most worthy of Ranma/Akane/"The Pig-Tailed Girl", with the plot line loosely following The Rocky Horror Picture Show (including parodies of all of the songs sung by the cast). Hilarity ensues, culminating in a free-for-all battle between all of the characters using a new martial arts style (geisha fu) which involves the use of boas, sequins, corsets, and high-heeled shoes. Takes place sometime around the seventh season of the TV series, given the presence of Ukyo and Ryoga using the shishi hokodan. Light on romance, heavy on slapstick and humor.

The Virus by Chris Jones

Recommended by Andyzero, Looney Toons
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Through a combination of Washuu and Mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo!, Ranma's Jusenkyo curse has become a highly contagious virus that spreads across the world. This results in massive social, political, and comedic change as both global society and the cast of other anime have to deal with everyone becoming Gender Benders. This was followed by other authors writing about what the world might be like if everyone was able to switch gender. The full archive can be found here; http://vffa.ficfan.org/author_cjones.html

Pastpresent by Susan Doenime

Recommended by Sackett, Looney Toons, Robert
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Genma dies, and leaves behind to Ranma his journal. How exactly did Genma and Soun become such good friends? And how did he ever convince Nodoka to marry him? Set before Soun and Genma studied under Happosai.

Heir To The Empire by Ozzallos

Recommended by Looney Toons, Shay Guy
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Sailor Moon is missing the Ginzuishou, the golfball-sized magical gem which acts as talisman and focus for her powers. But why does Ranma have it? And what are these memories it seems to be awakening in him?

Ryouga Crossover and sequels by Mark Latus

Recommended by Jinx
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ryouga Hibiki arrives at the Tendo Dojo, much to the surprise of Nabiki (who he claims he's engaged to) and P-chan. Then Ryouga Hibiki arrives — and wonders how he got there from China, where he's married to Shampoo. In all, seven Ryouga Hibikis arrive, all from different timelines and all engaged to different girls. However, one of them is an imposter with a deadly plan. Can they work out which, before it's too late? Its sequels continue the meetings between different Ryougas.

Akane by Kirinin (Also available here.)

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, Sackett, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Akane wakes up with total amnesia regarding six months of her life, and who is this Ranma girl she keeps imagining and how did she die?

The Truth and the Tempest by Neon-Ronin

Recommended by No Such Method Error, Robert
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Right after the end of the manga, as Ranma and Akane finally work out their relationship, a young man with extraordinary powers appears in Nerima. He's after the source of some chaos stream, and of course the NWC is heavily involved. Ranma and Akane are in for a big surprise and have to undergo heavy ordeals, when finally all hell breaks loose...

Something's Fishy Here by Jack Staik

Recommended by Looney Toons, Khym Chanur
Status: Complete
Synopsis: As Staik himself puts it, "A Horatio Alger type tale of what a boy can accomplish with an unlimited supply of corpses."
Comments: How can a story with so many dead bodies littering the scene, including Ranma's, be so funny? How can Ranma still get the girl and live happily ever after? Read and find out. Delightfully, wickedly funny.

Bishonen Senshi Sailor Moon by Ryo-Wolf

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror
Status: Dead
Synopsis: 1000 years ago, Queen Serenity used the Ginzuishou to send the souls of the Senshi into the future to be reborn as normal girls. However, something went terribly wrong. For some reason, they were reborn as male martial artists instead. Yes, this time round Ranma is Sailor Moon (and he isn't happy about it at all).
Comments: An affectionate parody of your standard Fuku Fic, ~~sadly a Dead Fic but what there is~~ is very good and worth a read.

Careful Destiny by Todd Hill.

Recommended by Looney Toons
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Ranma uses a wish to get rid of his curse, but doing so changes the entire world around him — and his own history — to something he doesn't recognize. How will he cope with being a sedentary geek with an annoying sister — and no relationship whatsoever with Akane, who is engaged to Kuno?
Comments: A classic from the 1990s, incomplete but still being written — the author released the latest chapter in 2007. Also the source of an equally classic lemon sidestory, A Careless Destiny.

Give Peace A Chance by Stephan "Twoflower" Gagne

Recommended by Looney Toons
Vanished from the internet. Please post a link if found.
Synopsis: Ryoga's older brother Kosumo was the heir to the family's martial arts style and dojo until he went to America and discovered the Grateful Dead. Now he's back and calling himself "Cosmo", and he's a pacifist. And Ryoga is consumed by a mixture of fury, envy and confusion.
Comment: An early classic by one of the early greats of Ranma fiction, who has since gone on to groundbreaking original work like Sailor Nothing.

Pagliacci by Ed Becerra

Recommended by Looney Toons
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Gosunkugi's got a plan — he'll go to Jusenkyo and jump in the pool of drowned hero, come back, defeat Ranma, and win Akane's heart. Unfortunately, Jusenkyo doesn't work quite that way. Gosunkugi comes out a hero, all right, just not the kind he expected...
Comment: Incomplete, of course, but wickedly funny nonetheless. The pool that Gosunkugi actually jumps in will have you chuckling, as will its effects on the poor schlump. Don't miss the wonderful but unfinished side story by Rob "Kenko" Haynie (of Girl Days fame).

Le canard a la Peikin by Sinom Bre

Recommended by Looney Toons
Status: Complete
Synopsis: When the Tendo sisters visit the Nekohanten in search of Peking Duck, they only contribute to the stress afflicting Shampoo that day — much to Mousse's distress.
Comments: A very funny short that derives almost all of its humor from the collision of characters — and will probably leave you rolling on the floor. Original Flavour.

Genma's Journal by Thrythlind

Recommended by Nanya, Robert
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Nabiki decides to rummage through Genma's stuff and finds his journal. A few photographs and copies later and everyone finds out that they've been played for fools.
Comments: One of the earliest fics that portrays Genma as a Magnificent Bastard and set the bar that many other fanfics followed afterwords. Plus has a great line about the "clouds and the rain".

Featherbrite's Tale by Gregg "Metroanime" Sharp

Recommended by Looney Toons
The Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction Wiki [1] has compiled a list of places where it can be found.
Synopsis: Titania, Queen of the Fairies, has won The Bet. The tiny change she makes in the life of a very young Ranma leads first to his acquiring a small faerie creature as a friend, and then inexorably to Ranma and the rest of the usual cast becoming ersatz Sailor Senshi who find themselves locked in a war with the Unseelie Court and their yakuza pawns. This is a Fuku Fic in a world where Sailor Moon remains fiction; in fact. Sadly, it is a Dead Fic, but clever readers can work out the most probable intended ending from the information available to them. Despite Sharp's rather uneven technical skill, and evidence here and there of him changing concepts in mid-stream, Featherbrite's Tale is still a fun read. Just be prepared for the frustration of the premature ending.

Am I Smart? by Penguin-sa

Recommended by Looney Toons, Cryptic Mirror, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Synopsis: A retelling of the anime episode "Am I Pretty?", except this time, Ranma imprints on Nabiki.
Comments: Well written, with a good eye for characterization. However, be warned that this is one of those stories that end with Ranma deciding he is actually a "she" and treating the Loss of Identity as a good thing, with "Ma-chan" merely deceiving the others into thinking that "he" has come back during the ending.

Pantyhose Taro, I Choose You! and its sequel, Evolve, Pantyhose, Evolve!, by David Tai

Crossover with Pokémon
Recommended by Khym Chanur
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Pantyhose Taro finds himself in the Pokémon universe, and his cursed form is mistaken for a pokemon by the main characters. Hilarity Ensues.
Comments: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.

Ukyo Kokiri Ukyo by Shritistrang

Recommended by SAMAS
Status: Dead
Synopsis: A retelling of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with a twist: Nearly every character is related to a member of the Nerima Wrecking Crew. Ukyo is Link's other childhood friend and companion, Ranma is the half-brother/sister of the Zora Ruto, while the Tendo sisters are Impa's daughters.

Kasumi The Biker Slut by Trisha L. Sebastian (Arguably NSFW)

Recommended by Looney Toons
Status: Complete
Synopsis: After one fanfic-standard afternoon in Nerima too many leaves her kitchen in a smoking ruin, Kasumi Tendo decides her life needs a slight change.
Comments: Not a literary masterpiece, but a fun skewering of what was already standard Ranma fanon in 1998.

Ranmatronic by Kadunta

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror
Status: Complete
Synopsis: A Ranma/Tron fusion-fic. From the author: MCP couldn't compute Ranma's curse, so he had to be removed from the physical world. Nabiki thought she was smart, but not enough to stay out of trouble. Let us follow them as they try to return to the real world.
Comments: Previously a Dead Fic, but Kadunta has recently returned.

A Ralts In Moonlight by Usagi-Hasano

Recommended by Flairina
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Ranma/Pokemon crossover. Ranma falls into the spring of drowned Ralts and is transported to the Pokemon world. He still changes genders- but he can't become human. Uh oh.
Comments: One of the few good Ranma/Pokemon crossovers out there. Currently waiting for updates.

Ranma is Dead by Gary Kleppe

Recommended by antvasima, Looney Toons
Status: Complete
Synopsis: This is a very short story that still manages to compress a great spoof of both the series and fan stories.
Comments: Looney Toons: A wonderful parody of Ranma fanfiction.

Wild Effect by Largo

Recommended by Kalaong, Leonite Rider, Fanficcer
Status: Dead
Synopsis: The Illusive Man resurrects Ranma Saotome and sticks him on the Citadel to show the galaxy just how extraordinary Humanity is. Hilarity Ensues. No, seriously; less than an hour after s/he wakes up, s/he charms Avina, Goomba Stomps Udina, beats the stuffing out of a krogan, then gorges hi/rself on Turian food without going into convulsions. It just gets weirder from there. Nihilus is amused... and impressed.
Comments: Ah, yes, somebody has finally used the Launcher Of A Thousand CrossOvers - and proved again why Instant Awesome Just Add Ranma ½ works. Adding everyone's favorite Gender Bending lunatic to the Mass Effect universe with only a single moment of Angst, we're going to see Ranma take on the Reapers as only s/he can. In chapter 5 we hit Eden Prime; it's going to be a wild ride!
- Leonite Rider: I agree with the above comments. The fact that there are, as of this comment, only 4 chapters written with 5 and 6 on their way, it is a very impressive fanfiction. Not only is there excellent characterisation of Ranma (as far as I know), but Nihlus, the Hanar Preacher, Sarren, Harkin, Anderson and Udina all appear on the Citidal and are all characterised well. This is all topped with a quick appearence by Garrus, Ranma realising that something is messed up with Saren internally through her ki sensing, Ranma's emotional mix when they arrive at Earth, the Illusive Man actually showing a motive that can make you like the charcter, and finally a heartwarming friendship between Nihlus and Ranma, and this is before Eden Prime! And the best part is that Ranma is going to be working alongside Shepard. As an afternote to this comment, this was made by someone who's Ranma info has been gathered through other Fanfiction.

Tales of the Foxcat by Ozallos

Recommended by Flarina
Status: Dormant
Synopsis Betrayal leaves Ranma in the Narutoverse, in a thirteen-year-old body. He meets a young blond-haired boy and the destinies of both are changed forever.
Comments HOW. IS. THIS. NOT. HERE. YET?!?! Just read it. I HATED Naruto prior to this, but now...

Last Curtain by Nikholas F. Toledo Zu

Recommended by Zulaq
Status: Complete
Synopsis When the universe achieves its purpose, what happens then? (Taken from FF.net)
Comments This one-shot is sort of Rosencrantzand Guildenstern Are Dead meets Ranma. That's all that really needs to be said about it.

Dreams of an Angel by v03-R.N

Recommended by: Eis
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma Saotome of the Saotome Anything Goes school of martial arts starts to have strange dreams concerning a mysterious flower girl, and a life that isn't his. And things slowly start spiraling out of his, and everyone's control. Final Fantasy VII crossover. Can really be placed anywhere in the series, it is most likely at the end though. There are some romantic elements in Akane for Ranma, though the main focus is between Ranma and Aeris/th.
Comments: Is fairly well written, quite long, and the only characters not, well, in character are supposed to be that way. Honestly one of the more emotional Ranma 1/2 fanfictions this troper has ever read.

The Ranma Omake Files: Innortal Style by Innortal

Recommended by mysterykcad
Status: Dormant (last updated February 2017)
Synopsis: Ranma is stuck in a "Groundhog Day" Loop, repeating the events of the manga over and over again, his power level carrying over with him whenever he restarts. The fic follows the various hijinks that he gets up to. As time goes on, other characters "wake up" and are able to remember the events of loops from then on, though due to the Anachronic Order of the storytelling it means that whether a character is "awake" or not varies from loop to loop. This is the story that started The Infinite Loops.
Comments: It's only really worth reading once the time loops start, as the previous chapters have no bearing whatsoever on what happens afterwards. It's definitely a fic that you have to be in the mood for, as it's very much a comedy. But if you're looking for entertaining looks at a character trying to stave off boredom in an endless loop, it's definitely worth a read (not to mention the spin-offs of it that involve characters from other series that are looping in time just like him).

Sexual Endeavors by Ichinohei Hitomi

Recommended by Flairina
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Ranma's mother wonders why he doesn't have any...
Comments: Despite the title, there is neither serious romance nor citrus content to be found here- instead, there is a hilarious, over the top humor plot that is much closer to Ranma 1/2 style humor than most other Ranma fanfics I've seen. The formatting of the first two chapters is odd, but it's hilarious to read all the same- the sheer scale of the misunderstandings that take place (again, almost none of which are actually sex related) will have you in stitches by the time they all start interacting. A couple of characters are somewhat OOC, but you almost don't even mind because you're laughing too much. Sadly dead, but if you're looking for a Ranma 1/2 antidepressant fanfic that isn't listed above, try this one.

Ill Met By Starlight by Susan Doenime and Mike L.

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, Looney Toons, Sackett, Indigo, antvasima, Robert, Mythic Fox
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Another Ranma Dark Fic, which has a Ranma as a villain of almost Hannibal Lecter proportions in terms of Magnificent Bastardry and psychopathy. A chilling and occasionally gut-wrenching read. Actually complete, a rarity in the Fanfic world.

I Now Pronounce You by Vortex 82

Recommended by Tristan
Status: Complete
Synopsis: The story of Ranma and Akane's wedding, as told from the perspective of the priest officiating it. It starts with exploding shrimp and just goes further from there.

A Not so Simple Wish by Ebiris

Recommended by Trixie Lulamoon
Status: Dead
Synopsis: Ranma wishes to be free of the nyannichuan curse, but cursed objects never make things too simple. Now a permanantly female Ranma is stuck in a world where Ranma was never cursed, and the only way to return home (fully cured) is to win Ranma-kun's love.
Comments: A very fun and engaging story that is sadly long dead. Despite being stuck as a girl, instead of lamenting his fate or being depressed, Ranma only shows his signature determination and fierce drive, confident he can beat the challenge the universe has thrown at him and be free of his curse. As Ranma already exists in this world, Ranma is given a new identity as part of the challenge, and is given the opportunity to form new relationships with familiar faces from a new perspective, where we get to see different and interesting new sides to other characters’ personalities, while still managing to keep them all perfectly in character. Using his new place in the world, Ranma seeks to overcome everything the world throws at him, become the one true love of this world’s Ranma, and get back to his own world curse free. After all, who knows better what Ranma loves than himself? Very creative, incredibly funny, lots of depth to the characters, completely true to the original work and feels exactly like it. A must read.

Under The Bridge by A Nobody

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Complete
Synopsis: One rainy night, Ryoga sits alone and ponders life, love, and the true nature of his most powerful attack.

Ranma Restart: Bid for Freedom by MM 007

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Ongoing
Synopsis: When Ranma finds his consciousness back in his six-year-old self, he leaps from the Neko-ken training pit a changed boy and elects to free himself from the life his father plans for him. However, just having knowledge of future events won't tame the chaos which encompasses his life.

Finding Hope by smashman42

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Concerned that her relationship with Ranma will never be normal, Akane finds much needed reassurance in an unexpected place. One shot set after the end of the manga.

Switching it Up! by Sushifishi

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Complete
Synopsis: "Aiyah! For some reason, Shampoo turn to duck when splashed with cold water! Grrr...this have Stupid Mousse written all over it!" As Shampoo said, Mousse goes to their home village and finds a scroll that manages to cure his curse! The other Jusenkyo victims however...well let's just say they're not too happy. Especially Shampoo.

Crossovers

The Dark Lords of Nerima, by Claymade (link

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Recommended by antvasima, Nanya, Kjyl
Status: Complete
Crossover with Sailor Moon, is not a Fuku Fic.
Synopsis: One Youma manages to escape being killed by the Senshi during one of their battles and is subsequently rescued by Ryouga, next thing you know both the Dark Kingdom and The Senshi are convinced dark forces are brewing Nerima, but don't worry Ranma has a plan... Ok, worry.

Grand Tour and its sequels Journey, Odyssey and Walkabout, by Drunken Grognard

Recommended by Neep, antvasima, jakesolong(First two parts only)
Status: Complete
Crossover with Lyrical Nanoha, various Star Trek series, Slayers, Berserk, Sailor Moon, and some cameos
Synopsis: Ryoga's unparalleled ability to get lost gets boosted by a suspicious artifact and sends him skipping through dimensions. Concerned with what his jaunts are doing to the fabric of the dimensions, the TSAB sets out to stop him, and brings Ranma along to help track him down. Hilarity, unexpected confrontations, and asskicking most righteous ensue.
- The sequel divides its time between the Inner Senshi going to Mid-Childa to train under Nanoha while Ranma, a provisional agent of the TSAB, aids the others in defending Japan from a strange new enemy. More crossovers occur (including Hellboy and Black Lagoon).
- The third story focuses on the consequences of all these dimensions becoming aware of each other and gaining access to dimensional transfer technology, as Grand Admiral Thrawn makes his classic mistake — focusing on his crew and his enemies and paying almost no attention at all to what his allies are doing — and things from beyond begin to intrude.
- The fourth and current story returns to Japan as Ranma tries to gain some stability in his life. Unfortunately for him, his father engaged him to a resident of the Magic World. And just as Nanoha and Fate was getting maternity leave...
- Has its own TV Tropes page here.

Magical Girl Nanoha 1/2 by Lost Star (AU Crossover with Lyrical Nanoha)

Recommended by Nanya, Looney Toons
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: A simple meeting between two characters creates changes that snowball from a small chance encounter. The interactions are hilarious, and very much in character. Plus it is one of the few fanfictions that this troper has ever seen that makes both Shiro and Genma awesome without them doing anything directly.
Comments: Not the first crossover seen between Ranma and Nanoha, but this one is quite well-done. It is basically a re-telling of the first and second season of Nanoha, but done well enough that even those unfamiliar with it can follow the storyline easily enough. The author also does an incredible job at blending the two universes together, and is working on showing how the changes cause the ripples. Quite worth the read.

Ranma Club, by Frequent Reader (crossover with Winx Club)

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Ongoing
Pairings: Ranma/Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, Layla, Shampoo, Ukyou
Synopsis: Valtor survived Bloom's attack in the last ep of season 3 and tries to kill the Winx, but the Specialists saved them through an act of self-sacrifice. Their bodies destroyed, their souls were salvaged and Faragonda gets them reincarnated into one Ranma Saotome. Chaos comes to Magix, and magic comes to Nerima.
Comments: Was written to be a different take on the usual Fuku Fic, except replacing Sailor Moon with Winx Club. More interesting than it sounds. Ranma learns magic, can attain a faerie form, and practically has a Stand system. He also builds healthy relationships with the Winx girls. Can the Realm of Magix handle the chaos he brings?

Cursed With Luck by Tatsurou

Recommended by Clato Lawa
Crossover with: Miraculous Ladybug
Status: Dormant; last updated May 2019
Synopsis: When Master Fu follows the Butterfly Miraculous to the Nerima district of Tokyo, he knows he's going to need to find special wielders for the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous, ones who will be up to the task of protecting a city constantly in chaos even without Akuma. The only problem? Ladybug's not a lady half the time, and Chat Noir can never find his way there. Can Nerima survive the assaults of Monarch Butterfly until these two can get their act together? Will dark chaos claim the streets as Akuma roam unchallenged? ...Will anyone notice the difference? Good luck, heroes! You're going to need it.

Lum Sum Purple by The Altered Destinies

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Dead
Pairing: Shampoo/Lum
Crossover with: Urusei Yatsura
Synopsis: What if Lum and Shampoo were somehow to become an item? Two of Takahashi's finest have it out in a game of Tag, and suddenly the fate of the Earth rests on an Amazon champion and a lovely Tigerstriped Bikini-clad Alien princess...
Comments: Basically, Shampoo is chosen to be Lum's opponent instead of Ataru, and the Kiss of Death she gives Lum is misinterpreted as the Kiss of Marriage. Don't expect updates, though - the author died, and the person who posted it has no intention of continuing.

Shadows over Nerima by Jeremy Harper

Recommended by: Tristan
Status: Complete
Crossover with: Batman
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Synopsis: Years before the series started, Genma trained Ranma in the Cat-Fist in Gotham. Where he was found by Bruce and taken in as his ward (Paying Genma handsomely). Years later Ranma, who is also Nightwing, is called back to Japan by Genma to settle some family business. Namely the arranged marriage to the Tendos. Unknowingly to him, Akane is currently the victim of a super-villains plot.

Ranma Dark Half by Karl Rim

Recommended by Kensu
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Vampires are taking over Nerima, the authorities prove useless, so it’s up to Ranma and the rest of our heroes to stop them. Contains numerous crossovers with other 90s era animes.
Comments: Was once considered the original Ranma Dark Fic, which is certainly arguable these days. Although the fic does Genre Shift Ranma ½ to contain some elements of horror, it does manage to maintain a delicate balance which stops the fic from becoming too serious or overly dark. The closest comparison is probably the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, but this fic predates it by four years. What makes this fic really shine is the unbridled enthusiasm that Karl Rim displays as he digs into the material; this features the first (and probably only successful) crossover with Kimagure Orange Road; tackling the biggest what-if of KOR fandom: what if Kasuga got caught? The fic also shows us what Yotsuya’s day job is.

Rain by Contra Bardus (Crossover with Ah! My Goddess)

Recommended by jyshin2
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma Saotome has been disturbed since his battle with Saffron, but the reason is more shocking than you could imagine. A Ranma 1/2/OMG X-over.
Comments: An oldie, but still a goodie. I re-read this for the first time in many years, and still found myself enjoying it just as much as the first time.

The Anarchists by Materia-Blade

Recommended by Flairina
Status: Dead
Synopsis Ranma wakes up... in a bed... in someone else's body... and he's in THE FUTURE?! And who's this white queen people keep talking about?
Comments Crossover with Sailor Moon. A "corrupt sailors" fanfic, and a very good one. All I have to say is, enjoy.

Big Human on Campus by Black Dragon6 (Crossover with Rosario + Vampire) - Has a Trope Page

Recommended by Darkholm, antvasima, lanky, jakesolong
Status: Dead, by word of writer
Synopsis: Ranma gets booted out of Furinkan after dealing with Saffron, and ends up on the bus to a new school called Youkai Academy, meeting a rather timid guy named Tsukune on the way. At least this place can't be worse than Furinkan, right?
Comments: Ranma doesn't replace Tsukune, but rather they go to school together and build up a companionable friendship. Tsukune retains Moka's affections, and Kurumu's as well, but not the other girls'. The characterizations are believable, the dialogue is entertaining, and the spelling and grammar are good. It is especially funny to watch Ranma try to convince people he's human while simultaneously destroying every enemy he encounters.

Take the Green and Go by Usagi-Hasano

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Dead
Crossover with: Kim Possible
Synopsis: A certain woman, due to her employer's ignorance, is tossed back in time and finds herself in China. Events lead to her drowning at Jusenkyou. Or - in which Shego is the subject of Ranma's curse, and canon diverges in other ways.

Tekka Dread by Hung Nguyen

Status: Complete
Crossover with: Van Dread
Synopsis: Take the main character from Ranma, add some elements from Tekkaman Blade, then mix thoroughly with the universe of Vandread and we get...

Grave's New Life by Nanya (Crossover with Gold Digger)

Recommended by Thrythlind
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Instead of re-merging with Brianna, Grave Digger takes off into the wilds of Jade just as Ranma is banished there by coincidence. They meet causing all sorts of changes to both time lines.
Comments: Essentially complete, the ending does leave some question as to what happens from that point.

Ponies One Half by Emma Iveli (link)

Recommended by DrTempo
Status: Dormant; last updated July 27, 2020
Crossover with: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Synopsis: From FF.Net: "Thanks to a teleportation accident, Twilight and her friends are stuck in another universe, not only that but the first thing that happens to them is that they get cursed. And that's least weird thing that happens to them." This is only the second ever FiM/Ranma crossover; the plot may be basic, but for want of a nail, among other things, kicks in from the start.
Note: Now has a "director's cut" version in FIMFiction.Net here, with Nightelf37 as a beta reader, but he has since left.

Ryoko Saotome by Thrythlind (Crossover with Tenchi Universe)

Recommended by Nanya, Cryptic Mirror
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Tenchi and Akane both died during the final battles, leaving Ryoko and Ranma heartbroken.
Comments: Well-written, complete, and with a planned sequel. Nagi is given slight Character Derailment, but the writing is solid enough. It leaves you wanting more.

Journey by Daniel Ruth (crossover with Palladium Rifts)

Recommended by Three Headed Dog
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: Many stories focus on the end of the Journey; this fic focuses on the journey itself. Ranma deals with a lot of things in other realms.
Comments: Likely my favorite fic, but it has not been updated in years.

Forcibly United by Gaming Ikari (crossover with Black Lagoon)

Recommended by lanky, antvasima. whitetigah
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: A magical artifact leaves Ranma and Ryouga bound together at the wrists. Cologne knows someone who can help, but the pity is the man lives in Roanapur. With no other leads, the boys head there to try and fix their problem. Hilarity Ensues.
Comments: Better than it sounds. Ranma and Ryouga have a good Back-to-Back Badasses dynamic, and the author manages to portray the Black Lagoon cast almost scarily in-character. The author manages to hit the sweet spot which blends the tone of Ranma ½ with the tone of Black Lagoon almost perfectly. The story is already over 60,000 words long, with an uncommonly high technical quality to the writing.

Ranma's Apartment by Chris Jones (Crossover with Ah! My Goddess)

Recommended by Looney Toons
Status: Dead
Synopsis: One day too much of the usual, and Ranma snaps. He storms out of the Tendo home and vanishes, leaving the lives that had orbited him in ruins. He enters college (carefully out of sight of the Nerimaniacs), and finds himself sharing a dorm bathroom with his next-door neighbor: Megumi Morisato. Meanwhile, Akane has gone goth and seems to have moved on with her life — but secretly she and Ranma are seeing each other. Of course this can't last...
Comment: Five chapters exist of this story, which is incomplete (though surprisingly not annoyingly so — the last extant installment ends on a satisfactory-enough note that you don't mind it being a deadfic quite so much).

Second Chances by Lord Archive (Crossover with Ah! My Goddess)

Recommended by Looney Toons
Status: Complete
Synopsis: When Ranma dies battling a demon summoned by Happosai, Akane almost dies of grief. It takes a wish from Urd to give her hope and life — and Ranma — back; Akane returns to the day she first met Ranma, with all her knowledge and training from her time with him intact, determined to save him and not make the same mistakes again.
Comment: Unusual for a Ranma Peggy Sue, in that it's not only Akane, but an Akane well-trained by Ranma. Another incomplete, epic work from the 1990s, and despite the author being one of the less technically-adept writers worth a look, if only for its somewhat different approaches to some of the characters.

Hell Is A Martial Artist by Ozzallos (Crossover with Ah! My Goddess) With dashes of Sailor Moon and a guest appearance by Evangeline from Negi.

Recommended by Looney Toons slain
Status: Dormant
Synopsis: Hild, the supreme ruler of Hell, has found a new plaything in a gender-cursed martial artist from Nerima. Ranma Saotome has found an apparent ally and refuge in a strange "magical girl lawyer". But when Urd accidentally prompts a deepening of their friendship to levels unexpected by either, the nature of the game changes for both.
Comments: Certainly a unique fic in its choice of protagonists and in the execution of their relationship, but in no way a shipping fic. As with anything by Ozzallos, the text is rife with word choice and spelling errors, but the strength of his narrative can carry a reader past the spelling problems.
- If one was wondering about all the Fridge Horror of the canon story, this fanfic makes crystal clear that Ranma's story is by no means priviledged. Both Urd and Hild become outraged when they delve into his life, personally.

Ryouga Versus The Roadrunner by Rowan Seven

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, antvasima, whitetigah, Kjyl
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Exactly What It Says on the Tin, Ryouga takes a wrong turn and ends up in the Looney Tunes-verse and chases the roadrunner.

Magical Girl Ranko vs Z Fighter Ryouga, again by Rowan Seven

Recommended by slain, antvasima, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Synopsis: A multi-crossover continuing from where "Road Runner" left off, Ryoga somehow found his way onto Namek, and learns enough that in his next match with Ranma, his rival is out with the first punch. In a search to find a style to counteract the insane speed and strength Ryoga has, Happosai tells him about Pretty Magical Girl Martial Arts. You can figure it out from there.

And now for something completely different..., by Chris Angel

Recommended by tkzv
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Very short comedy: 5 scenes, less than 800 words. As the author puts it, "The way a Ranma/SM crossover SHOULD be done." Setsuna asks Ranma to save the world, promising the cure. He invites his fellow martial artists as the other senshi. Beryl and Jadeite are shocked and horrified by their punch-kicks.

Desperately Seeking Ranma (link) by PixelWriter1

Recommended by pkempf
Status: Dormant; last updated May 22, 2016, but author claims to plan to return as of February 2022
Crossover with: Sailor Moon
Synopsis: From FF.Net: "Ranma and Kasumi are missing, everyone is annoyed about it. Nabiki is doing her best, Akane is going slowly crazy (or at least crazier) and the parents are still idiots." Ranma has vanished after the wedding fiasco went even worse than in canon, and Kasumi went with her. Follow Nabiki as she tries to track them down and finds herself slowly pulled into their new lives as ...magical girls? This is an epic-length (over 1.4 million words!) story that doesn't begin as a crossover but slowly develops into one; it's almost more of a Ranma 1/2 fic that borrows the vague outline of certain characters and plots from Sailor Moon (SM purists will likely be rather thrown off by the direction the story takes).
Comments: The story has plenty of drama and humor to spare but ultimately just feels *good* to read. The usual suspects have all matured significantly since canon, or at the very least *do* mature significantly during the plot, so there's less of the usual interpersonal sitcom-style shenanigans you see in the Ranma universe; rather, the story is a slow burn, almost (but not quite) more of a character study focusing on Nabiki as she reunites with Ranma and Kasumi and on the new life she finds herself thrust into. Also features an expansive cast of original characters, some of whom get more screen-time than most of the usual canon characters, but all of whom are delightful. There are also several prequel stories on the author's profile, generally 15-40 thousand words long, which tell the story of how things got to be where they are at the start of the tale.
Note: The story does technically have pairings (Ranma and Kasumi have gotten married offscreen before they even directly appear in the story, and later on Ukyo and Konatsu are about to tie the knot) but they're given so little focus that this is essentially a gen fic.

Ranma/Akane

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the Official Couple.

Ranma and Akane: A Love Story by Eric Hallstrom

Recommended by Looney Toons, Robert
Status: Dead
Pairings: Ranma and Akane. Duh.
Synopsis: A year later than in canon, a world-weary, scarred and female Ranma shows up alone in Nerima, and almost immediately becomes entwined in the life of a tired, despondent Akane Tendo. A master of swordsmanship and a chi control that verges on (and at times actually becomes) magic, Ranma rescues Akane from a slough of despair and becomes her teacher. Like any version of Ranma, though, chaos follows where (s)he goes — and a far more powerful Ranma brings far more powerful enemies with him/her.
Comments: A literary masterpiece that must be read to be appreciated. Technically this is a crossover, but the crossover elements are mostly peripheral to the existing story and don't require any familiarity upon the part of the reader. Sadly, it's a Dead Fic, which is all the more heartbreaking because of the scope of the entire project of which it is a part, and the tantalizing hints about that project which are given during the story's first segment.
- In early August 2009, Hallstrom announced he was going back to work on Ranma and Akane: A Love Story, starting with reposting and revising the existing chapters, though nothing has been heard since.
- antvasima: From what I remember of this (I read it years ago so the memories are fuzzy) it was written in a very poetic and quite moving style, but also gave an extreme Possession Sue impression about Ranma "herself", and the heavy-handed brutality and condemnation in combination with a very unlike Ranma tone and characterisation made it much less enjoyable than it should have been considering the technical quality.

Modern Dynasty by Jim Lazar

Recommended by Bico Kun
Status: Dead
Pairings: Ranma/Akane, Ryouga/Ukyou, Nabiki/Mousse, others
Synopsis: In the year 2057, writer James Davidson follows up his popular book Birth of a Modern Dynasty, which chronicled the famous Tendo matriarch's first year with her fiancé Ranma, with more rounds of interviews with Akane Tendo in the Tendo Compound in Nerima. In Childhood of a Modern Dynasty, Ranma and Akane's relationship finally blooms, but tragedy, magic spells, and aliens converge to change their world for good, if not for the better. In the sequel series, Adulthood of a Modern Dynasty, the events of the last series comes to a head after a five year timeskip in a war that threatens the very existence of the human race.
Comments: A series that was very popular in the late '90s and early '00s. The framing device is cute and tells its own light-hearted story, and the main plot is a roller coaster ride of twists, especially the most crucial one being Ranma's split into three Ranmas, one uncursed male and two permanently female. Fair warning, it can be pretty dark at times, but manages to maintain humorous breathing periods reminiscent of the original series. Sadly, it was discontinued after AMD chapter 17, but the author posted outlines of the rest of the book as well as the never begun finale series, End of a Modern Dynasty and side story Birth of the Amazon Way.

Comes The Cold Dragon by Donald Granberry

Recommended by Looney Toons, Robert
Status: Dead
Pairings: Ranma and Akane, Nabiki and Herb
Synopsis: After the failed wedding at the end of the manga, Ranma begins demonstrating symptoms of combat fatigue, and Doctor Tofu worries what might happen if a martial artist of his caliber were to snap and go berserk. And when Ranma manifests a powerful new ki ability with little control while Tofu tries to treat him for PTSD, it only makes matters worse. Then, just to complicate matters, Ranma begins hearing voices in his head...
Comments: An extraordinary work, epic in size but sadly incomplete. There are lemon and lime bits, but they are small (and/or optional) and support the storyline; there are also Ho Yay-ish moments, but that's all they are, moments, nor are they a major part of the story — there is no slash here. Oh, and keep an eye out for the cameo by Jacques Cousteau. (No, I'm not making that up.) With bonus Jack Burton (and no, we're not making that up either)
Well written but very out of character.
- Looney Toons: Well, it's a continuation that assumes the characters will grow and change. Perhaps they do so a bit more than may be likely, but I don't think they're out of the question.
- antvasima: Another story that I remember as reasonably well-written, but ending up too much as a standard very OOC God-Mode Sue Ranma effortlessly overwhelming, humiliating, and "reading the law to" any pet peeve opposition, with highly selective and illogical grading-scale selections for who should or shouldn't be condemned (For example, Herb is applauded, whereas Ryoga is treated with contempt and humilitation...). Not nearly to the ridiculous degrees from the far more lacklustre examples out there of course, but the way I vaguely remember it, I had already seen enough of it to react negatively. However, it's not like I actually dislike the work, it simply wasn't my cup of tea.
- wenlocke: Very much wears its fanon choices on its sleeve (Dragons Den level Nabiki, the standard fanon spellings for the chinese characters as example) but it does actually try and answer the question of what Jusenkyo curses actually are, and why the whole place hasn't just been concreted over given how much trouble it causes, as well as splice the whole Amazons/Musk/houzanjin thing into some kind of coherent plot/myth arc, and trying to place the whole thing in japanese and chinese cultural context.

Tales of Ranma and Ranko by Jack Staik and Lady Tesser

Recommended by Looney Toons, Robert
Status
- Ranma's Secret: Complete
- Ranma's Fiancees: Complete
- A Matter of Romantic Chemistry: Complete
Pairings: Ranma and Akane, Ranko and Dr. Tofu, Ryoga and Shampoo, Kasumi and Pantyhose Taro, Nodoka Saotome and Ichiro Hibiki, a few others
Synopsis: Akane, expecting to find Ranma cheating on her in a secret lair, instead discovers both the depth of his feelings for her and an untouchable, potentially unbeatable rival previously unsuspected by anyone in Nerima. With everything to lose, she opens herself to him, prompting a cascade of events that not only shatters the Love Dodecahedron in which the Nerima Wrecking Crew have been trapped, but also reveals long-held secrets and plots.
Comments: The defining work of a married pair of fanfic talents who burnt very brightly for a very brief time in the late 1990s-early 2000s, before apparently withdrawing from fanfiction entirely. This is an epic work of comedy leavened with drama, and its only true fault is that its last extant installment, Our Wedding Day, remains unfinished. Especially noteworthy for all but ignoring fanon conventions of the time, instead striking off into entirely new territory in both concept and execution, and succeeding beyond all expectations in the process. Warning: there is some minor lemon content in a couple places (including an optional lemon scene you have to go out of your way to read), and some unusual romantic pairings throughout.
- Thrythlind: If anybody ever wonders when I decided to make "Buzzing of Hornets" and "Lively Dance of the Apache" staple techniques of the Saotome-Ryu in my fics, they need to read these fics. Granted, their "Buzzing of Hornets" isn't a technique, but I liked the joke they made and used it to describe the name of the Saotome "Get-them-so-mad-they-can't-think-straight" gambits.

Sincerely, Akane by Angela Jewell

Recommended by Sackett
Status: Complete
Pairing: Akane/Ranma
Synopsis: Akane has been issued a challenge by her girlfriends. Write a love letter to Ranma. Does "I don't hate you... much" count? Apparently this is going to require multiple drafts before it resembles a love letter — and even then it's the oddest love letter you'll ever read.

Tendo-Saotome Anything Goes by Kirinin (Also available here.)

Recommended by Pata Hikari, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Pairings: Ranma and Akane
Synopsis: Has been described as Ranma as a Shojo series. Before the story starts, Akane accidentally breaks Kuno's leg, which causes her to become reluctant to fight at all. Ranma confesses his curse to Akane, they let the rest of the Tendos think that Ranma is actually a girl and that Genma has gone crazy. What follows is a quiet, relationship-focused story as Ranma and Akane grow close and learn how to deal with people... without fighting.

The Key to a Successful Interview by The Sage of Toads

Recommended By: Chuckg, whitetigah, Looney Toons, Kjyl
Status: Dormant
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Synopsis: As the title suggests, Ranma makes a good impression on Akane in their first meeting, prompting a healthier start to their relationship, and the two find themselves facing the lunacy of their everyday lives side by side, rather than at each others' throats.

Ranma, the Second Time around by Kayemsi

Recommended by: Shadic The Hedgehog
Status: Dead
Synopsis: A Peggy Sue Fic wherein Ranma, after dying at the hands of demon summoned by Happosai, is given a second chance to meet his fiancees and family by a mysterious entity. Despite fixing almost all the old problems, several new ones pop up, and some of the old ones appear before Ranma could prepare for them! WARNING: This story is over one million words in length!
Pairing(s): Akane/Ranma. Others appear, but will be left unspoiled.
Tags: Peggy Sue, Romance, Action, WAFF
Comments: YMMV, personally I couldn't stand it. Despite promises of new problems almost none appear, and it comes off as an author's attempt at a Fix Fic while not doing much correctly. Several characters are unjustly vilified, there are common interruptions of the action to have Ranma and Akane kiss and celebrate how great the other is (again), every conflict is resolved either within a chapter or has chapters worth of buildup with a huge anticlimax, and sometimes it doesn't even make any sense (ex. a character who was knocked unconscious is suddenly conscious again and somewhere else entirely). Try it for yourself but I would honestly only recommend this to diehard fans of this ship.

The Journey is the Destination by Poetheather1

Recommended by: Noy Telin
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma wants some peace and quiet and he would do anything to do it. Even pretending to always have been a girl. It's a crazy plan, but Ranma gets Akane of all people to help! In spite of the incredibly long odds, Ranma's plan works well... until the Amazons have enough. Ranma and Akane are finally able to work out their feelings for each other in the mess, even if Ranma is a girl.
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Tags: WAFF, Transgenderism, Romance, Yuri

The Taming of the Horse and Centaur by Vince Seifert

Recommended by: Just Known
Status
- The Taming of the Horse: Complete
- Centaur: Dead
Synopsis: Inspired by a gag gift from Nabiki, Akane sets out to "tame" Ranma once and for all using techniques inspired by the eponymous equestrian training manual. It won't be easy, because as any true equestrian knows one has to be able to govern oneself before they can expect to successfully train a stallion, which means Akane will have to learn to "rein in" her own destructive behaviors and resolve the questions her love for the serial Gender Bender Ranma raises about her own sexuality, an effort sometimes aided and sometimes hindered by their old friends in Nerima and their transfer from Furinkan to St. Herebeke's School for Girls thanks to the machinations of Kodachi Kuno.
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Tags: WAFF, Transgenderism, Romance.
Comments: One of the better Ranma/Akane continuation fics, The Taming of the Horse starts from the recognition that Takahashi's Official Couple couldn't possibly work out unless Ranma and Akane grew up a lot and learned to accept each other's faults and foibles. It then goes about allowing them to acquire the necessary perspective and maturity in ways that remain true to the madcap nature of the setting and characters.
- Daethalion: These continuation fics manage to perfectly capture the spirit of the original work - absurd situations mixed with genuine heartwarming moments. The original characters who get introduced are distinctive and full of personality. And of all things, Centaur is one of the few works in which Kasumi instigates just as much silliness as everyone else.

Tomboy No More by Pursemonger

Recommended by: Tristan
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Shortly after the wedding, Akane decides that if she's going to ever going to be a couple with Ranma she needs to reign in her temper slightly and give him room to make a choice. A modern continuation fic, based completely off the manga and avoiding a lot of Fanon tropes older Ranma fanfic often had.
Pairing: Ranma/Akane, with Taro/Nabiki as a subplot.

An Orchid beside the Red Heaven Way by Lost Fanfiction

Recommended by: fruitstripegum
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Synopsis: It's been a few months since Ranma got engaged to Nabiki. One day, Akane's usual school day is interrupted by the presence of a new student, Shikon Ran.

Daigakusei no Ranma (College Student Ranma) by David Tai and Paul Gallegos

Recommended By: Roku Alahazared
Status: Complete
Synopsis: A year after graduating from Furinkan, Ranma Saotome marries Akane Tendo and attends Mizunoikan University to pursue a Physical Education degree. And we're off and running.
Pairings: Ranma Saotome/Akane Tendo
Has a trope page here which needs a bit of love.

Merry Christmas, Now Pucker Up by Angela Jewell

Recommended by: fruitstripegum
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Synopsis: Mistletoe has never been so terrifying. . .

This Year, I'll Give it to Someone Special by uragaaru

Recommended by: fruitstripegum
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma/Akane
Synopsis: Ranma is goaded into making sudden Christmas plans with Akane in order to both impress her and show her who is Christmas boss! However, the perfect Christmas date requires more than a few steps, especially in this part of Tokyo.

Slash and Pseudo-Slash

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between two male characters, or two female characters, or between Ranma as a woman with a male character.

Genma's Daughter by Deborah Goldsmith

Recommended by Looney Toons, Cryptic Mirror, Tropers/antvasima ("Equal Halves" only)
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranko(Ranma)/Ryouga
Synopsis: An Alternate Universe Fic that doesn't look like one until well into the manga storyline: what happens if Ranma's reunion with his mother reveals a secret his father has been hiding from him since he was a toddler — the secret of Ranma's very identity?
Comments: The theme is not to everyone's taste, but the story is very well written. If you like it, be sure to follow up with its sequels, Equal Halves (complete), in which Ranko of Genma's Daughter met the Ranma of the canon world via a wish by Kuno and spent much of the rest of the fic trying to get back to her own universe. There is also Notes From Julliard (still in progress).

Tabula Rasa by Zeptha

Recommended by Tropers/Senigata
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ryouga & female!Ranma
Synopsis: Following a lead for a cure to his curse ends up in Ranma becoming locked in the form he hates, and must struggle with her new life as a girl, one she never wanted and the one she had. The set up is rather simple but the plot quickly picks up, and has a few dark moments, but also quiet a few Heartwarming Moments and even Genma gets what is coming for him and manages to redeem himself in what is probably his most awesome moment in fanfic history. The romance itself doesn't pick up until later and is nicely done.
- Now has its own page.

Worlds Fall Apart by CreamSoda1382

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, Shay Guy, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ryouga and Girl Ranma
Synopsis: Ranma was born as a girl, but Genma still engaged her to Akane. When Soun Tendo found this out he made a wish to a Chaos Goddess, who alters everyone's memories, or possibly events to set up the the canon scenario, with Ranma being the cursed Boy/Girl we all know and love, curses, fiances and chaos, Oh My. From there the story jumps forward to about halfway through the manga series when a botched magic spell returns Ranma to girl form. At first she is confused and violent, but as her memories start to return she adjusts to her new/old life and develops feelings for a certain not lost any longer boy. Unfortunately, she still has to deal with all the old troubles.

Ranma's Husband by Roses-Are-A-Weed

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma and Original Character, Kasumi and Original Character, and Akane and Mousse
Summary: Genma's gone and sold Ranma's virtue yet again. To make matters worse Ranma is stuck as a girl due to the old seppuku thing. You know the drill.

Happily Married by Kirinin [Also available here.)

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ryouga/Ranma (principal ship), Akane/Ukyo (Minor ship)
Synopsis: Ranma wakes one day to find that a couple of things are different. Nothing major — just a new life complete with child, dojo to run, and, most importantly, a spouse: Ryouga Hibiki. Problem is, the last thing Ranma recalls is being sixteen...

Together: A Tale of Transformation and Tragedy By Rowan Seven (Dark Fic)

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, whitetigah
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ryouga/Ranko (Ranma)
Synopsis: After Ryouga saves Nodoka from a mugger she wishes that Soun Tendo's niece, Ranko, would fall in love with such a manly young man unaware that Ranko is really her son Ranma in disguise. Tragedy Ensues.

Kunoification by Ozzallos

Recommended by whitetigah, Cryptic Mirror
Status: Dead
Pairing(s): Ranma/Kuno, Akane/??? (Probably Daisuke)
Synopsis: Nabiki stumbles across one of the biggest secrets at Furinkan to date.

Female Fiancees' Fun by Bast (NSFW)

Recommended by The Evil Dr Bolty
Status: Complete
Pairing: Akane/Ukyo Lemon fic... It Makes Sense in Context
Synopsis: Shampoo tries to win Ranma over with a powerful aphrodisiac...but hits Akane with it instead. Subsequently, Akane figures that Ukyo is the only person she can trust to keep her away from Ranma without killing her.

What's in a Name? by Muishiki

Recommended by DontKillBugs
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma/Harry Potter
Synopsis: Ranma and Harry Potter meet sixteen years after their respective stories ended. Both bear emotional scars after Akane died during the battle with Saffron, and Ginny died in childbirth. Ranma, who has been locked in girl form since the battle with Saffron, offers to teach Harry martial arts in exchange for him teaching her magic. A year-long journey of self-realizations ensues.

Hellfire Days and Wild Knights by Atlan

Recommended by Noy Telin
Status: Dead
Pairing: Female!Ranma/Shampoo/Ukyo in a One true Threesome
Synopsis: Ranma, Ukyo, and Shampoo end up having their mutant powers awaken and are forced to flee from Japan, bonding together through the travesty of being outlawed and Akane dying. In a twist, Emma Frost ends up helping them once they reach America to join the Hell Fire Club. Now with money and a job, Ranma is able to slowly start regaining her cockiness and is sent out on missions to recruit more members while Shampoo and Ukyo get a new restaurant in America.
Comments: Ukyo, Ranma, and Shampoo actually behave like a caring trio and while Ranma is the obvious center of it, the three bond very well as if they were married. Sadly, it's a deadfic.

Ranma’s Got His Girl Face On by LlamaMathilde.

Recommended by HattedHalfling
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma/Ryoga
Synopsis: Ranma's looking suddenly pretty, and Ryoga gets confused. Alternate versions of chapters 9 and 10.
Comments: This is my all-time favorite Ranma/Ryoga fic, and the synopsis does not do it justice. It takes the time to explore the emotions and motivations of the characters it includes, has the best rendition of Nodoka I’ve ever seen, and, shockingly enough, doesn’t bash any of the fiancés or leave anyone swinging. I’ve read it too many times to count, and it never disappoints!

Other Shipping Fics

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

The More Things Change

Recommended by Sackett, Looney Toons, Cryptic Mirror, antvasima, Mythic Fox
Status: Complete
Pairings: Ryoga and Ukyou
Synopsis: This first big story using the plot of Ranma shoving all the unwanted suitors off on Ryoga. Lighthearted, slapstick like the original, and well written. It also introduces one of the better Big Bad original characters.

Heart Of Glass by Firewind

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror, Tyoria
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ryouga/Ukyou (eventually, kicks in late)
Synopsis: It all begins when Ranma finds a missing child poster with a familiar face on it. But Ryoga's not talking. Unwilling to give up, Ranma begins to search for answers...and finds that Ryoga's past is not what he'd expected. As his past rushes to meet with the present, Ryoga's life begins to swirl out of control. It is up to Ranma to repair the damage that has been done, damage done to something dangerously close to breaking... a heart of glass.

The Magical Mystery Hibiki Tour by Jaelle and Orla

Recommended by Sackett
Status: Complete
Pairing(s): Ukyou/Ryouga
Synopsis: Ukyou and Ryouga put on a mystery bus tour — it's a mystery where they are going because Ryouga is driving. Silly, but well written. One of the Ranma Fanfic classics.

A Tale of Two Wallets by Jim Robert Bader

Pairings: Ranma/ Shampoo/Nabiki
Status: Complete
Recommended by Comartemis
Synopsis: The realization that she is bored and lonely and the opportunity to solve both problems at once (and possibly make a few bucks on the side) prompts Nabiki to become Ranma's fiancee rather than Akane... with absolutely no idea what exactly she's getting into.

The Wild Horse Thesis by Lisa Grey (Crossover)

Recommended by Inkki Bookman, Looney Toons, Axem Titanium
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ranma/Asuka/Rei
Synopsis: Gosunkugi uses a magic spell to send Ranma into Neon Genesis Evangelion, where he expects Ranma to die a quick, messy death. Luckily for Ranma, Evangelion was one of his favourite shows. But what Ranma doesn't know is that Gosunkugi sent the Tendos the tapes of Ranma's life in Evangelion so they could watch his "demise".
Comments:
- Axem Titanium: I know I recommended this story above but I have a few caveats and suggestions to a prospective reader. I find this story 90% fantastic and 10% aggressively bad. Ranma is a little OOC but it's believable and I never felt bothered by it. The story itself is a fine example of that oft-used Evangelion fanfic archetype of "replace the Shinji character with someone who at least meets the minimum standards for a decent human being" and Ranma does more than admirably. The writing in the meat of this story is quite engaging and I found it hard to stop reading. The problem is the 10% frame story of the Ranma cast watching Eva tapes, which serves as bookends for each chapter. It's fine in the first few chapters but it very quickly devolves into characters becoming mouthpieces for the author to pontificate about problems she finds with the storytelling in canon Ranma. Some points I agree with, some I disagree with, but regardless, it distracted from the main story and felt extremely OOC and not believably so. The final chapter takes place exclusively in this frame story and is a complete deus ex machina/OOC train wreck. I like this story for the great writing in the main Evangelion section and would highly recommend doing the following to improve your reading experience: 1) Skip all the frame story bits. You would only miss the Ranma cast chastising each other for being terrible people all around. 2) Skip the last chapter. The story ends reasonably well on chapter 17 and it would save you from the bad aftertaste of reading the last chapter. To be completely honest, chapters 16-17 are considerably weaker than the previous chapters as well but are more integral to the plot and can't be skipped as easily. I will also not fault the author for not being able to write good fight scenes, as she admits. Hopefully these two suggestions improve your enjoyment of this otherwise really good fic.

Destiny's Child by Duncan "Fire" Zillman (AU Crossover w/ Sailor Moon)

Recommended by Hasegawa Rayven, Shay Guy, Robert
Status: Complete
Pairing(s): Ranma/Akane, Ranma/Rei
Synopsis: What if Ranma had been born during the 1600s, and on his visit to Jusenkyo, he fell into the spring of Drowned Young Girl? Now, when he is splashed with cold water, he turns into a 12-year-old girl that never ages, and the only way for him to turn back is through painfully scalding hot water.

I Want A Refund by Red Dragonfly

Recommended by Sackett, Looney Toons, Nate the Great
Status: Complete
Pairing: Kuno/Nabiki... in a rather warped courtship
Synopsis: After Akane and Ranma (finally) succeed in getting married, Kuno devotes his full devotion to his only remaining love: the pigtailed goddess. Then he discovers that his love is actually a man... and that everyone knew. Particularly Nabiki Tendo. Vowing vengeance, Kuno challenges Nabiki to a battle of wits, demanding a full refund as his prize if he wins. Nabiki finds this a wondrous opportunity to make money and have some fun at the same time. However, she soon discovers that Kuno's stupidity is surprisingly dangerous when fully focused on her instead of Ranma and Akane.

Chasing the Rainbow by rewind gone nuts

Recommended by Kishou, Tropers/Redfortune
Status: Dead
Pairing(s): Ranma/??? (Either Shampoo, Ukyo or Kodachi; while it was more open to begin with, the author has revealed a much clearer plan for the future in the more recent chapters)
Synopsis: After receiving and digesting a long lesson in might-have-beens and could-bes, Ranma decides to start making his own plans for his life and his future. Sequel to Another Rainy Day in Nerima, in which Ranma watches the serial effects of what could have happened in potential one shots via a magic mirror. As a result, in this story, Ranma decides to resolve his fiancee troubles by legitimately dating them one at a time.

Chúi on this! by Franzibald

Recommended by Cryptic Mirror
Status: Dead
Pairing: Ranma/Shampoo. Hints of Akane/Ryouga and Ukyou/Mousse too.
Synopsis: Happosai sets out to torment Ranma, so far so usual just another day in Nerima. Needless to say it goes horribly wrong, not just splitting Ranma into male and female, but then transforming Ranma's male and female halves into a pair of Chui. It's a race against time for the NWC to find the cure, and just because Ranma is an animate inanimate object doesn't mean the parade of crazy martial arts challengers will stop either.

Choices by Dyne

Recommended by High Pixie
Status: Complete
Pairing: Ukyo and Ranma
Synopsis: Ranma is sick and tired of his life choices being dictated to him by his father and those around him. After a pep talk from Ukyo, he decides to take the bull by the horns and start making his own decisions from that point forward. While he immediately revels in his newfound freedom, he must also learn the harsh lesson of personal responsibility lest his choices lead to the death of another.

Fist of the Moon by Penguin-sa.

Recommended by HattedHalfling
Status: Complete
Synopsis: BSSM Ran 12 Xover. Ranma's life changes after Jusendo, mostly for the better, including an acceptance of the Curse. Life really throws him a curve when he aids the Sailor Senshi, only to be locked in girlform forever. But forever is a long time.
Comments: An interesting twist on your typical Sailor Moon/Ranma ½ crossover in that it incorporates a fair number of the Ranma cast and Sailor Moon characters, and does an interesting job mixing elements of the two universes together so that both universes feel richer for it. Not to mention, most of the characters are treated quite well. A touch over-the-top in places, but worth the read, especially if you enjoy Ranma/Usagi.

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What Do You Want?, by polenicus

Recommended by fruitstripegum
Status: Dormant; last updated July 2020
Pairings: Harem
Synopsis: After the failed wedding attempt, Akane calls it quits. Now Nabiki is saddled with a morose Ranma. Rather than get caught in the crossfire between his other fiancees, she decides to try and help the pig-tailed martial artist figure out what HE wants.

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Webcomics

Sailor Ranko by Rebecca Ann "Burger Becky" Heineman and several artists

Recommended by: Ariachus
Crossover with: Sailor Moon, Karate Kid, Slayers
Status: Ongoing
Synopsis: One day, Genma Saotome and Soun Tendo decide to send Ranma to Juuban High — together with Akane, needless to say — to get him a tutor and improve his lousy school grades and for both of them to train under Miyagi-sensei. Both teenagers agree to move together, if only to have peace and quiet for a change. Meanwhile, Sailor Mars is having strange visions of an unknown redhead girl fighting alongside the Senshi. In the meantime, youma attacks are on the rise, as Jadeite gathers energy for his new project.
Pairing(s): Ranma/Akane (mainly)
Tags: Comedy, Action

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