Ranma 1/2

[JoeKerr]

This scanlation project began 25 years ago. Back in the days of usenet, irc and geocities. When scanners needed to actually get their hands on physical copies of the books and scan the pages themselves on their printer's scanner, when a 1200x1600 file was considered huge and unwieldy, and editors had to cut their teeth with photoshop 6 and then 7, which used to spend more time crashing than working.

I salute the brave fans who created this back in the day and thank them for their service.

This is a piece of internet history, a snapshot of the culture and context of the time, and should be preserved like an antique at a museum.

 

[Phuocphuc46]

Honestly I don't mind the slow/no romance, it's basically a Takahashi Rumiko's staple at this point. But man... the wasted potentials is just insane. Luckily the journey made up for the destination, and then some. On the flip side though - Ranma 1/2 is basically a gold mine for fan fiction writers lol

 

[LOLICON513]

Aúnica coisa ruim do manga, é ter fim

 

[Maphapthieunu]

these vietnamese group are cringe af, imagine putting shitty watermark on all the pages like hell damn were they the author of this manga ?

 

[2412]

these vietnamese group are cringe af, imagine putting shitty watermark on all the pages like hell damn were they the author of this manga ?

I see completely no problem with that, and what about you ? Who are you to censure them ? They serve the public with absolutely no cost, if you can't stand their putting watermark to protect their project against the shitty nettruyen, then there's no need for you to stay anywhere near their translating project.

 

[spauldo]

This is a good example of a manga where you can read the first third of the series and then skip straight to the last volume without missing anything. If you consider it as a complete work, it went on for WAY longer than it should have. Of course, it was serialized so it wasn't really intended to be read as a complete work.

I enjoyed this manga back in the day, but the ending left me twelve kinds of pissed off. The pacing was horrible and more like what you'd expect from a manga that was axed.

Spoiler: Rant about the ending

The part where Akane all of a sudden changes her mind and starts to like Ranma is so forced it hurts. She had a mutual thing going on with Ryoga, and he was a much better fit for her than Ranma. Meanwhile Ukyo, who has chased Ranma all the way to Japan and genuinely loves him, just decides all of a sudden to give up. WTF?

Shampoo can just fuck off for all I care, but her decision to just forget about Ranma and hook up with Mousse - who she's treated like dirt and ignored all this time - is another stretch.

So yeah, it's definitely worth reading the first few volumes (just to get all the cultural references if for no other reason). After that, well, it's pretty much just more of the same with a poorly executed ending.

 

[feha]

Why are all the panels in the wrong order?

 

[19801980]

Manga perfect pure comedy! I love anime 💙🤣