Ranma ½, Vol. 1
This best-selling series, considered the greatest of the gender-bending kung fu comedy genre, starts with an accident at a cursed Chinese training ground.
This best-selling series, considered the greatest of the gender-bending kung fu comedy genre, starts with an accident at a cursed Chinese training ground.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780929279930 (092927993X)
Publish date: 1995-05-06
Publisher: Viz Media
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Humor,
Comedy,
Media Tie In,
Romance,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Manga,
Anime,
Comics Manga
Series: Ranma ½ (#1)
Impossible not to compare this manga with Inuyasha, since it is from the same author. Akane is a little bit like Kagome (strong, with a temper) and Ranma is a bit like Inuyasha (likes to fight, a bit grumpy but always defending the girl). I like the love/hate relationship between them, and although ...
I'm not as fond of this and Inuyasha as I am of Loveless and Fullmetal Alchemist. And it's not that the author does anything wrong; I laughed, it was fun, the pace moved along quite nicely, especially given how thick this volume was. It moved at a breakneck pace, and there wasn't all that much d...
*3 Stars**The Gush*First I have to explain I hate Sitcoms. I've never seen one executed correctly, never seen one remotely funny, and I find their contrived 'comedic' situations to be stupid and annoying at best, insulting at worse....Then I tried Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 and I couldn't stop laughing. ...
I don't really consider myself a fan of manga (or graphic novels, or comics, etc.), but this story was kind of charming in a really silly way. I'm intrigued enough to eventually check out the second volume, if nothing else.
Funny as hell, entertaining like a roller coaster ride. Rumiko really knows how to write great characters and incredibly funny situations. Really, a classic in its own right and a must read for manga lovers.
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