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The Best Episodes of Ranma ½

Every episode of Ranma ½ ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ranma ½!

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Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 49 - Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E49

    After a nasty blow to the head, Ranma wakes up believing he's a girl. No more martial arts for her, it's flower arrangement and tea ceremony from now on...

    Director:Kazuhiro Furuhashi
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  2. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 59 - Ranma and the Evil Within
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E59

    Happosai separates Ranma's girl and boy bodies using a magical incense. However, the girl body ends up with all of Ranma's evil, turning it into a vicious spirit that wants to enslave the male Ranma to her will.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 19 - Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E19

    Who would sell his only son for a bowl of rice, a fish, and some pickles? Genma Saotome, that's who! And now, the wealthy restaurant owner has come to collect, demanding Ranma marry his daughter unless Akane can beat her in the ancient art of Martial Arts Takeout Delivery...

    Director:Kazuhiro Furuhashi
    Writer:Toshiki Inoue

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  4. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 23 - Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E23

    Dr. Tofu is able to cure Ranma, but as Cologne is quick to ask - How long will it last? In any case, his mind soon gets other things to think about, as Mousse, a Chinese master of hidden weapons, arrives, challenging him for the right to Shampoo's hand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 30 - Danger at the Tendo Dojo!
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E30

    The Tendo Dojo receives a challenge from the Dojo Destroyer, and Soun charges Akane and Ranma with task of defending its honor. Ranma however, gets other things on his mind, when Shampoo promises to give him a cure for the curse if he'll only go on a date with her...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 40 - Bathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E40

    The water heater is broken, so Ranma and co are off to the public bathhouse for a bath. Naturally, Happosai wants to come, planning to pay a little visit to the women's side...

    Director:Kazuhiro Furuhashi
    Writer:Hiroko Naka

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  7. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 41 - Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E41

    Akane is shocked when she witnesses Genma getting attacked by a stranger referring to him as father, wanting revenge for being abandoned. Who is this Ukyo?

    Director:Saeko Ochaya
    Writer:Yoshiyuki Suga

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  8. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 43 - Sneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe for Disaster
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E43

    Caring and gentle as ever, Shampoo brings Ranma a lunch with a little 'extra spices', causing Ranma to get an irresistible urge to hug anyone who sneezes.

    Director:Noriyuki Nakamura
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 46 - The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E46

    Distressed at the frequent panty thefts, the town council turns to their local hero, Soun Tendo, for protection of the town relic - an ancient bra said to contain the ghost of a merciless empress.

    Director:Shinji Takagi
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 47 - Transform! Akane the Super-Duper Girl
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E47

    After getting beaten by Shampoo, Akane is thrilled to find that Happosai's magic noodles she accidently ate has given her super strength. But can she live with the side-effects?

    Director:Noriyuki Nakamura
    Writer:Hiroko Naka

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  11. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 56 - Kodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E56

    Upon hearing that the Tendo's are broke and running out of food, Kodachi offers to move in to give her future husband and his family proper care. Despite Ranma's protests, Genma and Happosai welcome her with open arms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 161 - Boy Meets Mom - Part Two
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E161

    Nodoka's stay is rather short, and Ranma hears that she is planning on returning home soon. He decides that he would really like for her to meet him as himself rather than as Ranko. Genma warns Ranma and constantly tries to stop him. When a water main explodes and sends Nodoka flying, Ranma saves her and Nodoka catches a glimpse of her son before passing out. When she awakens, she sees Ranko and thinks it was all a dream. Nodoka says that in her dream Ranma was very manly. Ranma tells Akane that he will wait until he can be normal before he tells his mother the truth. At the end, Ranma and Akane head off to school, and then turn towards the screen and say 'Goodbye!'.

    Director:Tsuyoshi Kabumoto
    Writer:Yoshiyuki Suga

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  13. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 7 - Enter Ryoga! The Eternal 'Lost Boy'
    8.1/10(140 votes)

    S1:E7

    After years of searching, Ryoga Hibiki finally finds the person who ruined his life - Ranma Saotome. Now, if only Ranma could remember what the heck he did to make Ryoga so mad...

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writer:Yoshio Urasawa

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  14. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 8 - School Is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    S1:E8

    Ryoga finally manages to find Ranma again, and challenges him to a fight in the schoolyard. Unfortunately for Ranma, several outside parties have a vested interest in seeing him lose.

    Director:Kazuhiro Furuhashi
    Writer:Toshiki Inoue

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  15. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 15 - Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands
    8.0/10(119 votes)

    S1:E15

    Ranma gets a shock when an Amazon girl he encountered in China tracks him down, intending to kill his girl half.

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  16. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 20 - You Really Do Hate Cats!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E20

    When Ranma opens a package from Shampoo, his major weakness is revealed - he's terrified of cats, something Sasuke, Kuno's loyal ninja servant, intends to exploit to the fullest.

    Director:Noriyuki Nakamura
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 21 - This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E21

    A strange old woman seeks out Ranma, testing his skills while calling him 'future son-in-law'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 22 - Behold! The 'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire' Technique
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E22

    Having been made hyper-sensitive to heat by Cologne, Ranma is trapped in his girl form until he promisees to marry Shampoo. Refusing to give up, Ranma takes a job at her diner, hoping for a chance to grab the 'Phoenix Pill' that's supposed to cure him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 26 - Close Call! The Dance of Death... On Ice!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E26

    The kiss makes Ranma go ballistic, charging at Mikado like a madman. Ranma barely wins, but Mikado is certain he'll get his revenge in the big Martial Arts Figure Skating match.

    Director:Shinji Takagi
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 27 - P-Chan Explodes! The Icy Fountain of Love!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E27

    The match is on, but can Ranma and Akane survive the Golden Pair's deadly 'Couple Cleaver'? And what's Ryoga up to?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 29 - The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E29

    Cologne is teaching Ryoga the fearsome Breaking Point technique, making him capable of shattering giant boulders with a single touch. With it, he's sure he can beat Ranma... If the training doesn't kill him first.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 31 - The Abduction of Akane!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E31

    Mousse returns, trying to kidnap Akane, but ends up mistakenly grabbing her stuffed toy pig instead. Still, Akane wants her pig back, so Ranma goes along with the instructions to meet up with the kidnapper at the circus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 37 - It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E37

    It's cookie baking time in the home ed. class, and Akane and Kodachi both want Ranma to taste. Not taking no for an answer, the Black Rose falls back on blackmail, causing Akane to become even more determined to get Ranma to eat hers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 39 - Kissing Is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E39

    Furinkan High is entering a theater contest with a performance of 'Romeo and Juliet'. Akane is chosen as Juliet, but Kuno and Happosai both want to be Romeo, and so does Ranma when he hears the first price winners will get to see China.

    Director:Takashi Kobayashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Toda

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  25. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 42 - Ryoga and Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E42

    Ukyo tries to set Akane and Ryoga up on a date, hoping to get Ranma for herself. Ranma, however, intends to do his best to ruin it...

    Director:Shinji Takagi
    Writer:Yoshiyuki Suga

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Best Episodes Summary

"Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood" is the best rated episode of "Ranma ½". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and written by Michiko Yokote, it aired on 6/15/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ranma and the Evil Within".