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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!

Best episode
S1E7 Enter Ryoga! The Eternal 'Lost Boy'
8.1142 votes
Worst episode
S1E18 I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!?
6.5117 votes
Top season
Season 1
7.6avg
Binge time
2d 14h
161 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 7 - Enter Ryoga! The Eternal 'Lost Boy'
    8.1/10(142 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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  2. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 8 - School Is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga
    8.0/10(136 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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  3. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 15 - Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands
    8.0/10(121 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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  4. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 1 - Here's Ranma
    7.9/10(210 votes)

    S1:E1

    Soun Tendo gets quite a surprise when the son of his friend Genma Saotome that he's arranged for one of his daughters to marry turns out to be a girl...

    Director:Tomomi Mochizuki
    Writer:Yoshio Urasawa

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  5. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 9 - True Confessions! A Girl's Hair Is Her Life!
    7.9/10(135 votes)

    S1:E9

    Akane's accidental haircut brings a temporary reprieve in Ranma and Ryoga's fighting. Stunned, she wanders off alone, thinking about the loss of the one thing that wasn't 'tomboyish' about her.

    Director:Shinji Takagi
    Writer:Toshiki Inoue

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  6. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 2 - School Is No Place for Horsing Around
    7.8/10(166 votes)

    S1:E2

    Attending his first day at Furinkan High, Ranma encounters Akane's many would-be suitors.

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writer:Yoshio Urasawa

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  7. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 17 - I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye
    7.8/10(117 votes)

    S1:E17

    Ranma desperately attempts to recover Akane's lost memory. He even turns to Shampoo who promises to help... at a price.

    Director:Shinji Takagi
    Writer:Aya Matsui

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 4 - Ranma and... Ranma? If It's Not One Thing, It's Another
    7.7/10(161 votes)

    S1:E4

    As Kuno continues his attempts to get a date with the 'pigtailed goddess', Ranma starts freaking out, while Nabiki smells money.

    Director:Tomomi Mochizuki
    Writer:Hiroshi Hashimoto

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  11. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 10 - P-P-P-Chan! He's Good for Nothin'
    7.7/10(126 votes)

    S1:E10

    Not knowing that it's Ryoga, Akane adopts the little black pig as her pet, naming him P-Chan. This of course drives Ranma crazy, as he desperately wants to get Ryoga away from her, yet feels honorbound not to reveal the secret.

    Director:Takeshi Mori
    Writer:Yoshiyuki Suga

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 5 - Love Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart
    7.6/10(142 votes)

    S1:E5

    A solid beating from Akane brings Ranma to Dr. Tofu, who tries to help out the two teens' relationship, as well as Ranma's injuries.

    Director:Kazuhiro Furuhashi
    Writer:Yoshio Urasawa

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  23. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 6 - Akane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    S1:E6

    Akane and Ranma are back at Dr. Tofu's when Kasumi shows up, causing Tofu to start acting like a loon out of love, something Akane doesn't handle well.

    Director:Shinji Takagi
    Writer:Hiroshi Hashimoto

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  24. Ranma ½ Season 1 Episode 13 - A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge!
    7.6/10(119 votes)

    S1:E13

    Ranma faces Kodachi in the ring, with the Black Rose's love on the line.

    Director:Tomomi Mochizuki
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  25. 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Enter Ryoga! The Eternal 'Lost Boy'" is the best rated episode of Ranma ½. It scored 8.1/10 from 142 votes. Directed by Takeshi Mori and written by Yoshio Urasawa, it aired on May 26, 1989. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "School Is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga".

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