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I realized I cannot talk about any recreated fight scenes without talking about the cursed protagonist’s ultimate rival.

Not mentioned in previous posts, the protagonist’s biggest rival and friend in all this is the one cursed with a duck body like a swan. They both grew up in the same village together and the Swan took the same route as the protagonist in escaping. The Swan is mad that the protagonist left her and hid. 

She found herself sponsored by a rich family and goes to a rivaling private school. She is equal in strength and skills, but lacks formal training unlike the protagonist. The Swan doesn’t really care about it anymore as she takes up ballet, piano, and dance in her time.

The Swan’s debut episode is after the protagonist becomes a huge hit and defeats the biggest jock at their school. She catches wind of it and comes to check it out under the guise of wanting to confess to a boy. Upon seeing the protagonist, she is overcome with rage and doesn’t hesitate to attack them, no matter which form they are in.

The protagonist looks pretty much the same, but most differences is in the facial structure and body. As a male, the protagonist is taller, more muscular, and has a sharper jawline. His hair is slightly duller from the lack of care and straighter. As a female, the protagonist is slightly shorter, slimmer, and has very soft features. Her hair is a bit curlier, fluffier, and shiny from all the products.

Once attacked, the protagonist is overcome with fight-or-flight and doesn’t recognize the girl in front. Many people are booing them for attacking a girl in their male form, but its just an instinctual response. Not wanting to make a bigger fool out of themselves, the protagonist just restrains the Swan and gets her to talk. Realizing the Swan is their childhood friend who got abandoned, the air becomes awkward and the protagonist has to let her go. Angrily, the Swan leaves and is embarrassed about what they did.

This is the gymnastic episode. I loved this episode from the original that I had to keep it. The Swan and the protagonist decide to team up for once instead of fighting.

When the Swan gets to her private school, she is ambushed by her good friend from the gymnastic club. In tears her friend tells her about another private school that has been sabotaging the district’s gymnastic teams. Without good funding, the gymnastic club cannot report the super rich school’s gymnastic team and is left with members sitting out the competition coming up. 

Her friend begs her to join and with great reluctance, the Swan agrees to her good friend and helps to find a third member to participate. With no other options, the Swan goes to the protagonist’s school and asks the protagonist to join their gymnastic team.

The protagonist is confused by this. They aren’t apart of a gymnastic team nor goes to the same private school, along with the fact they’re registered as a boy. The Swan waves them off and says they can make it work. Begrudgingly, the protagonist agrees to help.

The three girls meet up to train and after a tiring session, they are ambushed by the leader of the gymnastic team from the super rich private school. They manage to get her to leave temporarily, but the Swan feels there is something else more to the visit. 

On the day of the competition, the Swan’s friend mysteriously disappears with the message of being too constipated to join for the first round. The Swan ends up locked in a storage closet and got mop water on them while trying to escape. Luckily, they were able to find a vent and try to climb their way out. Unluckily, the gymnastic team’s leader found her and got her leg chained up.

With no other choice, the protagonist is left to defeat the evil ringleader and end her winning streak. The battle goes just like the anime since I cannot describe fight scenes well. In the middle of the fight, the opponent has the protagonist chained up to her friend. They both have to work together to defeat the girl, but it’s hard to fight with chains and not being coordinated. 

The protagonist’s cousin suddenly comes out and douses the two in a lot of hot water, giving the Swan enough time to get handed some sports outfit and join in for the fight. The protagonist fights on her hands to get the Swan enough time to counterattack and they occasionally switch off. In the end, they were able to stay in the ring because of the chain and get the opponent to fall to their feet.

The ice skating episode in Ranma 1/2 is one of the best. I shall talk about my spinoff’s take on it. 

While ice skating with his 3 friends, the protagonist is mocked by two pro figure skaters. The protagonist’s handsome crush and best friend stands up for him. The male pro skater recognizes him though. 

The protagonist’s friend used to be a famous hockey skater before quitting due to a concussion. The pro skaters mock them worse and even challenges the protagonist’s friend to a skating competition. With a hurt pride and wanting to stop the torment, the protagonist’s best friend agrees to it. He is now panicking because he doesn’t know another figure skater who can help him.

The protagonist feels sorry for him and agrees to help him look for someone. Again, the protagonist doesn’t know anymore else so she asks her cursed Swan friend to help out. The Swan agrees since the protagonist did help her out with the gymnastic club. It makes the protagonist jealous that she cannot help her friend in any other way.

The fight scenes and battle is a little blurry to me in this episode, but I will attempt to describe it all. The Swan and protagonist’s crush go against the two pro skaters. Without knowing it was a fighting match too, they are overwhelmed. The Swan has to do most of the leg work and fighting while the her skating partner adapts. It turns out he’s pretty flexible and agile on ice. 

In what’s supposed to be the finishing blow, the pro skaters slam the Swan into the wall and injures her whole back. Not wanting her friend dead, the protagonist switches with her in her female form. They work together to finish off the two. In the middle of the battle, the male pro skater kisses her and catches her off guard. They almost lose when the ice breaks and releases cold water. The protagonist changes into their male form and is thrown a more fitted outfit by their cousin. 

Their crush is surprised by their appearance, but brushes it off as he just needs any partner. Once they defeat the two, the female pro skater is so in love with the protagonist that she kisses them. Thrown so off guard, the protagonist tries to flee before getting interrupted by their snake rival.

I’ll be revealing the names of the characters in the Ranma 1/2 spinoff. Bear with me. I cannot come up with clever naming.

The protagonist renames themselves Joni Starling when they immigrated to America. Their last name is taken from their cousin. Their old name was Chinese and abandoned because they aren’t apart of a tribe anymore. She is cursed with Spring of Drowned Man. When they’re introduced to the class as male, they go by Jon. When they’re disguised as their female form, they name themselves Joanne. Her best friends just tend to refer to her as Jo just in case.

Their love life is complicated and traumatic. Their first kiss was stolen by a guy they don’t like and their second kiss was stolen by a girl they hate. They don’t know if they like girls or boys as their body keeps changing between the two. What they do know is they may have small feelings for her best friend.

Her cousins are named Zane and Anya Starling. She’s very protective of the two. Zane knows a few basic marital art moves and consistently keeps up with his archery regime.

Her best friends are Nathan and Sammy Phantom. They’re the coolest twins in her grade and go along with whatever Jo gets up to. They’re total opposites as Nathan doesn’t speak too much and Sammy is a chatterbox. Jo has a small crush on Nathan and is in constant peril about him finding her secret.

Their last friend is Luke, a member of the newspaper club. He smells something off about Jo and is constantly on guard around her. He gets a weird feeling about Joanne. 

Their classmate is named Spencer Baxtor, a football jock who hates losing. He cannot stand Jon and will always challenge her to whatever they do. He feels irritated but intrigued by Joanne.

Jo’s main rival and childhood friend is named Meg Moonflower. Having also changed her name and run away from the tribe, she is cursed with the Spring of Drowned Duck.

Meg’s best friend is Madison, a member of the gymnastic club. After witnessing the fight between Jo and her rival, she starts learning martial arts too. She really likes Joanne more than a friend.

Meg’s rival is named Emily, the leader of the rivaling gymnastic team. After being defeated by a girl like Joanne, she gets a crush on her. She is used to getting what she wants and is pretty powerful when she’s serious. 

Meg’s crush and Jo’s biggest admirer is Brett Thunders. He is a part of the basketball team and is in love with Joanne. He despises men and doesn’t like that Jon is getting in the way.  

Jo’s other rival is nicknamed Nick and he is cursed with Spring of Drowned Tiger, making him look a bit like a sabretooth. He follows Jo from China and has sworn to defeat Jon. He doesn’t know Joni is female and just wants the cure. He doesn’t really care if his opponent is female, but doesn’t see them as challenges. He really likes Madison. 

Another rival is named Miranda and she is cursed with Spring of Drowned Snake. She was vacationing in China when she got pushed into the spring. She saw Joanne’s face while drowning and wants revenge. She falls for many guys such as Luke, Jon, and Zane, trying to chase after them. 

The monkey rival is nicknamed Ana and she is cursed with Spring of Drowned Monkey. Having passed by and been defeated by Joanne in China, now she wants to have endless fun with her new toy in America. Luke piques her a bit but she’s too blinded by her addiction to having fun.

The ram rival/friend is renamed Adam and he has been cursed with Spring of Drowned Ram. His deadbeat father abandoned him in China and he came to America to work hard to pay off all the debt from the Chinese mafia. He works for Emily’s family and doesn’t like when Jon accidentally sabotages his job offers.