Ranma 10.9 Ranma 1/2 story from Shonen Sunday week 43, 1989. Original story is (C) 1989 Takahashi Rumiko/Shonen Sunday Totsugeki! Kurenai Tsubasa ...no maki (Charge! Tsubasa Kurenai ...chapter) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ranma (in his female form) is walking along a wall, reading a letter... Ranma: (reading aloud) "Within a few days, I will claim your life." (signed) "Tsubasa Kurenai" Akane is also walking with Ranma. Akane: A letter of challenge again? Ranma: I wonder if I've met this Tsubasa Kurenai... Akane stops and glares at Ranma. Akane: What did you do? Steal? Make off with food? Promise marriage? Ranma: (annoyed) Hey, what makes you think I would do things like that? There is a sudden voice from the skies, as Akane and Ranma look up. Voice: Ranma Saotome, this is it! A dark boxy shape hurtles from the skies. When it lands, it can be seen that it is... Ranma: A mail... Akane: ...Box? The mailbox leans forward. Mailbox: Charge! Ranma barely jumps away in time as the mailbox demolishes a fence, and rises again. Akane: Ranma, what did you do to the mailbox? Ranma: I can't remember any grudges against me! Mailbox: Charge! Ranma jumps over the mailbox, and kicks it over into a lamppost, which breaks on top of the mailbox. Suddenly, a hand thrusts out through the metal of the mailbox, surprising both Ranma and Akane. A cute girl wearing a ribbon and dressed in a schoolgirl's uniform (white sailor suit) emerges, looking rather grim and determined, as well as being a little bruised up all over. Ranma: Eh? Akane: A girl!? Girl: Ran... ma... The girl slowly advances on Ranma... Girl: Cha... rge... ...And collapses in a heap. Akane hits Ranma on the head with her school bag. Akane: Who is it? Ranma examines the fallen girl carefully. Ranma: Hmm... I don't know. Akane: (annoyed) Didn't you ever stop doing marriage proposals? Suddenly, Ukyo Kuonji shows up. Ukyo: What are you doing in the middle of the street? Akane: Ukyo... Ukyo looks down, sees the girl, and is visibly shaken. Girl: (still unconscious, murmurs) Ukyo... Ukyo: Ku... Kurenai... Tsubasa! Ranma: Huh? The sender of the letter of challenge... Akane: (To Ukyo) Do you know this person? Ukyo grabs a trashcan, and Ranma dumps Tsubasa into it. Ukyo: (hurriedly) Let's get rid of her, let's get rid of her... Ukyo propels the trashcan into orbit with the aid of her oversized spatula. Ukyo: (visibly disturbed) Damn it... I don't believe it, she followed me here. Ranma: What's this all about... At Ukyo's okonomiyakiya U-chan (her okonomi shop)... Ukyo: (frying up some okonomiyaki) Tsubasa was a former classmate. Akane: That person... Ranma: What's her quarrel with me? Ukyo: Until I came here, I carried on as a male. And then... Ukyo thinks back to when Tsubasa was showering gifts on her... Tsubasa: (smiling and hugging Ukyo) Ukyo, I like you. Ukyo: (annoyed) Tsubasa... Didn't I tell you... (with microphone in hand) "I already have a betrothed!" Tsubasa is visibly upset. She goes screaming in despair into an abyss. Suddenly, she appears on top of Ranma's head, still in the trashcan. Ranma's face is pressed to the hot surface that Ukyo is frying okonomiyaki on. Tsubasa: (with microphone in hand) "And Tsubasa would not give up. After Ukyo changed schools, how many times, how many times, how many times, how many times, how many times, how many times did she send love letters?" Ukyo: (resigned) She's very persistent. The trashcan settles on the floor, making ominous small noises. Ukyo, Ranma and Akane all keep an eye on it. Ukyo: I enclosed a picture of Ranma with the letter I sent her telling her I didn't want anything to do with her anymore. Akane: The picture you sent - which Ranma did you show? Ukyo: I decided on a female Ranma. Akane: (angry) Why? Ukyo: (annoyed) Tsubasa thinks I'm a male. A male betrothed would be strange. Tsubasa cautiously opens the trashcan lid, looks out, and proceeds to climb out, staring at Ranma. Ranma: What? Tsubasa: (to Ranma) Ugly. Ranma is very, very upset. Akane: Just a second, Ranma... You're not hurt by that, are you? Ranma: (smiling) Ukyo. Ranma jumps into Ukyo's arms. Ranma: (to Tsubasa) Ho ho ho ho ho, I wonder who the ugly one that defeated you is. Tsubasa is very upset. Ukyo: (smiling) Well, this is why... Ranma: You should give up and go home. Tsubasa: (storming out of the shop) I'll show you! Ranma is happy to have beaten Tsubasa off, but that proves to be temporary. The storefront bulges inward. A soft-drink dispensing machine comes crashing through, just missing a stunned Ranma but making a mess of the shop. Tsubasa: (popping up from the wreckage) Tsk, that was a mistake. Ukyo: (angry) Tsu-ba-sa. I'm going to roast you! Tsubasa begins to cry, as Akane grabs hold of Ukyo. Akane exposes Ukyo's strapped-in breasts. Akane: Tsubasa, look, look. Ukyo screams. Tsubasa just looks confused. Ukyo: (hurriedly covering up) What are you doing? Akane: (to Tsubasa) Understand?! Ukyo is a girl! G-i-r-l! Ranma: (to Ukyo) If you had done this at the very start, couldn't you have avoided this? Ukyo realizes that this could be true. Tsubasa smiles an evil smile. Tsubasa: About Ukyo being a girl... I realized it from the beginning... Ukyo and Akane are stunned by this revelation. Tsubasa: Good thing I prefer girls! Tsubasa begins to run out of the shop. Tsubasa: (to Ranma) I'll take Ukyo away from you for sure! Tsubasa zips back in. Tsubasa: (to Ranma) Ugly. Tsubasa finally runs away. Ukyo: (stunned) She... She likes girls?... Akane: Perverted... Ranma: (angry) Damn it...! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Next: Totsugeki! Lunchtime ...no maki Back to The Ranma 1/2 Index