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Ranma 1/2, Vol. 2

Ranma 1/2, Vol. 2

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ranma rulz!
Review: Ranma 1/2 is my favorite manga. It's hilarious, it's romatic comedy, and the characters are absolutely lovable. Not to mention the beautiful artwork of which I am extremely jealous.
A reviewer recommended it as a children's comic, but I don't think kids are the intended audience. This book is a romance, plus it isn't educational - it's pure, unbridled silliness. The storyline DOES NOT GET OLD. ^_^ Especially if the reader is in high school - everything rings true! That is probably what makes Ranma 1/2 so awesome - imagination and humor woven into the everyday world around us.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hey! I'd give it more stars if I could!
Review: Ranma 1/2 is the best, funniest anime ever! I found out about it from my sister. I had just seen 2 hours of Saber Marionette (subbed) and then she said that she had a really cool anime, Ranma 1/2. I cringed when she said it was dubbed, but it was AWESOME!!!!! You're a big baka[fool] if you don't like Ranma 1/2 or the comics! Yes, I'm a huge fan of it and you gotta get with the Ranma 1/2 craze! So what if your broke most of the time from buying all that Ranma stuff...
P-Chan Forever
-Ryoga-

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: So good! A must-read!
Review: Ranma 1/2 Vo. 2 is an awesome book! It is a very hard book to put down (I only did because I had to go to school :( ). This book gets deeper with developing the characters and their personalities. You should read Vol. 1 first, because then this book would make MUCH more sense. But anyway, this is a great book in the Ranma series. This series rocks! When reading this book, sometimes I'd totally laugh out loud. It's funny. IT IS SO GOOD!! I'm obsessed with these books right now, in case you couldn't tell ^_^. But, anyway, read this book and this series!! I HIGHLY reccomend them!! Oh yeah, Ranma and Ryoga ROCK!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: No other book has made me laugh out loud as hard as I did.
Review: Ranma is a hilarious series. In volume 2 I had tears in my eyes while I read! When you read, you can't help yourself from an occasional giggle. So if your in the mood for a funny book, I highly suggest Ranma 1/2 vollume 2. ^_^

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ranma is nuts!!!
Review: Ranma...Ranma...Ranma what are we going to do with you? In this book of Ranma 1/2 things get a LITTLE crazy. You lern something very interesting and funny about Ryoga (of corse I'm not going to tell you have to find out for your selves). Vol. 2 was pretty funny. Me and my friends are still laghing to this very day.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Hijinks continue
Review: Rumiko Takahashi struck comic gold with "Ranma 1/2," the story of a guy who turns into a girl whenever he gets touched with cold water (and you'd be surprised how often that happens). The second volume picks up where the first left off, and Takahashi was obviously hitting her stride in this series.

Directionally-challenged Ryoga Hibiki makes it to the Tendos' home, and brawls with Ranma out in the yard. Turns out that Ranma accidently knocked Ryoga into a cursed spring -- and now Ryoga turns into a cute black piglet. As if this grudge weren't enough, Akane adopts the piglet, whom she names "P-chan," which drives Ranma into a frenzy.

Problems continue when Akane is injured before a martial arts gymnastics competition, leaving Ranma (in his female form) to take her place. The only problem is, it's against Kuno's psychotic sister Kodachi -- who loves Ranma as a boy, but loathes him as a girl. No sooner has Ranma dealt with that crisis than another combat challenge pops up: To get Ryoga/P-chan back from a ditzy ice skater, Ranma and Akane will have to learn martial-arts ice-skating. But Ranma's lessons take an unpleasant turn when he gets his first kiss... from a boy.

The boy-turns-into-girl-when-splashed-with-water shtick sounds like a one-off gimmick. But Takahashi shows new ways to get creative in the second volume of "Ranma 1/2." The stories flow a little faster and a little more smoothly, now that she's introduced the characters and their peculiar problems.

She also starts ideas that continues throughout the series -- sticking the words "martial arts" besides all sorts of activities, and having characters fall into various cursed springs. But she doesn't lose track of the personal relationships, such as various characters competing for Ranma and/or Akane's affections. One comic gem involves siblings Kuno and Kodachi, who are unknowingly competing for the same person in different form.

The characters have also changed a little. Akane no longer loathes all men, and is rapidly becoming a good partner for Ranma. Ryoga -- who apparently craves any form of affection -- falls in love with Akane after she cuddles him in his pig form. And obviously Ranma is starting to like Akane -- otherwise, why would he care if she cuddled Ryoga?

The "Ranma 1/2" series took off after the first volume, when Takahashi stepped up the pace and took her martial-arts-romantic-comedy to new and strange heights.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ranma 1/2 is a fresh spring of laughs!
Review: Rumiko Takahashi's famous Ranma 1/2 is absolutely wonderful! The story line is hilarious, but not so that it knocks up the plot. The art isn't exactly elegant or totally detailed, but it is still quite nice. The characters are consistent and have their own quirks.
The only thing some people might be worried about in this comic is nudity. Bath scenes are not exactly hidden or brief. Other than that, this story is definitely worth the time because of it's excellent plot and laughs!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It was good, but...
Review: Since others have detailed the story, I will just comment on the book itself. The binding is weak, making the cover separate from the book. And the printing is horrible! The pages look like they were sent through a copier without Edge Erase put on it. In some places the picture was just a black blotch on the page. And it made it difficult to read.

The story itself is very good, but the construction of the book left much to be desired.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An Entertaining Read - Provided You Scan It For Your Child
Review: This book is a wonderful comic. It is a "grafic novel" by Viz. It is in the form of a comic and it's very entertaining. It is about a group of friends and family who change into things when hit by cold and warm water. In this volume you learn about P-Chan, and who he is.

Unfortunatly, this book also uses the same plot over and over again. It keeps repeating the theme of "Karate (insert sport here)". In the beggining it is a novel idea, but later it will just annoy you.

It also is not suitable for young audiences. In a few chapters there are pictures of nude women. It is not much, so I reccomend that if you still want them to read it, to cover up the pictures.

Overall, it is a good read, but it has a few problems. I would still recomend buying it, and possibly reading the series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: amazing
Review: this book is just as good as the first book except possibly a little more romance.
by now ranma and akane are always going at each others necks but in the end they always find a way out of the hardest spots.
laugh out loud funny a action/adventure/romance(very little).
not reconmender for younger children(ranma when in female form runs around topless and yes it shows most to all parts)
but any way this is a amazing book and i would recomend it to almost any one at all.
Bye Bye
from: mewme
IT ROCKS


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