RANMA 1/2 - Saotome Orange Road This series came into being because of a story I saw on an archive. It was a Ranma 1/2 fanfic called "Actor In The Mirror"; at first I thought it was a Ranma/KOR crossover, but soon realized it wasn't. However, as I was backing up a page in Netscape (Death to Microsoft!) the idea of a fanfic came to me not of a mere crossover, but character replacement and story retelling, popped into my head. I started with a cast list of who to replace with whom. As each KOR character came to mind, a perfect Ranma 1/2 replacement appeared until the entire cast was complete. To adapt the stories of KOR, I did need to take some liberties on who likes or dislikes who in Ranma 1/2 (for example, Ranma and Ryouga are friends, not enemies, in SOR; they are still rivals for Kyosuke's...uh, Akane's hand). Then I looked at the stories in the KOR series and realized I could adapt them easily to SOR/Ranma 1/2 stories. Except for adding one story at the beginning, much like the first "Ranma 1/2" first episode, I was able to modify all the KOR stories from the five video cassettes on the market. If what I have done to specific characters offends, too bad. I was more concerned with maintaining the KOR storylines, not Ranma 1/2 character development. ====================================================================== Replaced roles: Here is a list of which Ranma 1/2 character fills each role in the KOR stories. Some of their original traits remain, and all keep their names, but some changes needed to be made to follow the KOR storyline. (As an example, Shampoo has no romantic interest in Ranma.) Ranma 1/2 KOR equivalent --------- -------------- Ranma Madoka Ayukawa Akane Kyosuke Kasuga Ryouga Hikaru Hiyama Soun Tendo Takeshi Kasuga Nabiki Tendo Kurumi Kasuga Kasumi Tendo Minami Kasuga Happosai Kyosuke's grandfather Genma & Nodoka Madoka's parents Cologne Master - Nekohanten - Abakabu (Abcb) Tatewaki Kuno Akane (Akane's suitor) (Kyosuke's cousin) Kodachi Kuno Akane's school friends Ukyou Kuonji Mitsuru Hayakawa Mousse Umao Shampoo Ushiko Akari Yusaku Daisuke Konatsu Hiroshi Hatta ESPer power replacement: Happosai: Perversion and skills as a panty-thief Akane: The ability to transcend reason and become violent Nabiki: The ability to twist money from people Kasumi: The ability to be oblivious to reality Tatewaki: The ability to avoid intelligent thought ====================================================================== Story titles: 1 I was a boy! I was a pig! Akane's grandfather, Happosai, comes for a visit and brings a rope which, when two people touch one at each end, swap souls in their bodies. Akane accidentally touches the rope to P-chan, and ends up getting lost. Ranma looks for and finds P-chan, but accidentally touches the rope to P-chan, and now Ranma/P-chan gets lost! Akane finds out what it is like to spend some time in the body of both a pig and a boy. 2 Blue Thunder! Kuno, the girl-chasing boy! Tatewaki Kuno, Akane's want-to-be boyfriend, sees Akane at the tennis court and pleads with her to date him. When Akane explains that she is with someone, Kuno misunderstands thinking it is a boy and prepares to attack. When he sees Ranma-chan, however, he immediately falls in love with her and begins to chase. Eventually Kuno learns that Ranma is a boy, but not until some embarrassing situations occur. 3 Fight, lovers! Akane and Ranma get lost during an avalanche on a mountain while at a ski resort. The ghosts in the cave force the two to fight to the death; the ghost's intent is to cause one to die, and the other feel guilt and eventually commit suicide. Can our two heroes find a way to defeat the ghost? 4 Kawaii suspense Ranma, Akane, and Ryouga go on vacation to visit Genma at a resort. While they are there, some kidnappers mistake P-chan for a Sumo-pig of Akari's and kidnap him. Akane and Ranma decide they must rescue him themselves before he is turned into bacon. 5 Kitchens on fire! Cooking is for idols Ranma is asked to fill in for a friend in a team cooking contest. While he is preparing, Akane, while out walking, accidentally bumps heads with the famous Okonomiyaki chef, Ukyou Kuonji, and swaps bodies. Akane, now Ukyou, is being chased by papparazzi and autograph hounds, gets back to Ukyou's hotel and reads her diaries, finding out the name of the boy who made Ukyou the cook she is today. Meanwhile, Ukyou, now Akane, takes the opportunity to get cozy with those handsome boys, Ranma and Ryouga...until she finds out this is the same Ranma who abandoned her! 6 Kitchens on fire! Birth of a cook! Ranma enters the cooking contest, but just before the bake-off, some of his ingredients are ruined. Akane must race to the store to get new ingredients for Ranma, while worrying about him being killed by Ukyou. Akane is also worried that Ukyou will reveal that Akane is a tomboy. 7 Unexpected insinuation Kuno's sister Kodachi starts a rumor at school that Tatewaki is a homosexual because he doesn't have a girlfriend. Since no one will date him, Kuno asks Akane for a favor to pretend to be his girlfriend for a day. Kodachi goes with them on a date to see if they really are a couple, leading to some compromising situations, and a fit of jealousy from Ranma. 8 Message in blood Ranma hears that his mother, Nodoka, is coming to visit, and that she will force him to commit seppuku for not being manly enough. Akane must hide him and Genma as "Ranko" and "Mr. Panda" until she can figure out what to do about them. 9 I want to return to that fray Ryouga decides to force the issue and ask Akane to marry him instead of Ranma. He kisses her, and she is star-struck, dating Ryouga for a while. Akane eventually realizes she has hurt Ranma, and agrees to marry him after high school. Ryouga is distressed at this and pesters Akane to change her mind, which angers her until she finally tells him to get lost. Ryouga challenges his best friend, Ranma, to a martial-arts duel to the finish for Akane's hand. Ryouga loses, giving up on Akane, and leaves Nerima, losing both the girl and his best friend. School finally ends, and Ranma and Akane are wed. Ryouga decides to leave for good, running into Akari, and falls in love with her. ======================================================================