Ranma 1/2 TPB (2003-2006) Action Edition comic books 2004

2nd Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Akane gets the lead in the school play while Ranma learns kissing is such sweet sorrow; Ryoga and Ranma embark on a quest to find a legendary Japanese Nanichuuan or "Spring of Drowned Man" (including an assault on the Girls' Locker Room!"); and finally, Kodachi Kuno, wited sister of Tatewaki "Blue Thunder" Kuno, whips up a batch of poisoned treats with which to snare the Young Mister Saotome. Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Trouble follows Ranma to town in the form of Ukyo Kuonji, okonomiyaki or "Japanese pizza" chef par excellence; Ryoga (1) teams up with Ukyo, (2) goes on a date with Akane, and (3) meets his long-lost fiancée; Ranma and Akane both swallow "love pills" which supposed to make them fall for the first person they see; and finally, Mousse holds Akane hostage to Ranma's humiliation with a bucket of Jusenkyo water from "Yahzu- Nii-Chuan"_ water from the legendary "Spring of Drowned Duck"! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Trouble follows Ranma to town in the form of Ukyo Kuonji, okonomiyaki or "Japanese pizza" chef par excellence; Ryoga (1) teams up with Ukyo, (2) goes on a date with Akane, and (3) meets his long-lost fiancée; Ranma and Akane both swallow "love pills" which supposed to make them fall for the first person they see; and finally, Mousse holds Akane hostage to Ranma's humiliation with a bucket of Jusenkyo water from "Yahzu- Nii-Chuan"_ water from the legendary "Spring of Drowned Duck"! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 9 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Shampoo's spurned suitor Mousse has come up with the perfect plan to get revenge on Ranma for "stealing" the object of his affection: he's kidnapped Akane, and made her the star attraction of a circus act that promises to have her transform _ thanks to some magic water from a certain Chinese spring _ into a duck! Then, mailbox-impersonating weirdo Tsubasa Kurenai is Ranma's rival for Ukyo's love_and things get way more complicated after that. Finally, Happosai searches for the scroll containing the lost secret of his terrifying "Happo-Fire Burst" technique! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 9 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Shampoo's spurned suitor Mousse has come up with the perfect plan to get revenge on Ranma for "stealing" the object of his affection: he's kidnapped Akane, and made her the star attraction of a circus act that promises to have her transform _ thanks to some magic water from a certain Chinese spring _ into a duck! Then, mailbox-impersonating weirdo Tsubasa Kurenai is Ranma's rival for Ukyo's love_and things get way more complicated after that. Finally, Happosai searches for the scroll containing the lost secret of his terrifying "Happo-Fire Burst" technique! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 10 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Akane gets all sorts of magical power-ups, first when Shampoo feeds her some magical Chinese steamed treats, then from some soba noodles that give her super strength_unfortunately with disastrous after-effects! Then, Furinkan High gets a new principal who hails from Hawaii and has some very radical ideas about student discipline, including how boys and girls should wear their hair (And you thought having to wear school uniforms was bad). Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 10 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Akane gets all sorts of magical power-ups, first when Shampoo feeds her some magical Chinese steamed treats, then from some soba noodles that give her super strength_unfortunately with disastrous after-effects! Then, Furinkan High gets a new principal who hails from Hawaii and has some very radical ideas about student discipline, including how boys and girls should wear their hair (And you thought having to wear school uniforms was bad). Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 11 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Ranma Saotome never thought a martial arts training mission to China would turn out like this! An accidental dunk in a cursed spring changes boy Ranma into a young girl every time he is splashed with cold water. Hot water reverses the effect ? but only until next time! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 12 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 13 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. The "Mark of the Gods" (actually a doodle representing a school of martial-arts calligraphy) is now upon Ryoga, and the only way he can lose the doodle is to lose a fight -- hopefully to Ranma! Fox Fu, Feline Fu, Flat-Frog Fu - not one of Ranma's "ultimate desperation strikes" seems to be working! For Akane, it's just too crazy to believe that P-chan may secretly be Ryoga! Better use some extra-hot water to wash that doodle off P-chan, though, just in case. Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 14 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. The legendary Dragon's Whisker! Described by a reluctant Ranma as the "seal" that keeps something "terrible" from happening, four steamed little buns have come all the way from Qinghai Province, China, in search of it. But what can it be? Ranma wants it...the martial-artist burns want it...Genma wants it. It looks like a simple pigtail-holder, but it's got to be more than that. According to Cologne, once hair kept bound by the Dragon's Whisker is gone, it's gone for good. Ranma's really cutting it close, this time. Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Hinako - Akane and Ranma's teacher from school - falls in love with Akane's daddy, Soun Tendo, and moves into the Tendo Dojo, hoping to become the new Mrs. Tendo! Can Ranma prevent her from stealing his "ki" and transforming into her grown- up, more dangerous form? Later, a dejected Mousse comes across a magical mask, one that can make its victim fall to their knees, weeping, and begging for mercy. Mousse+mask=Ranma, humiliated! It's self-respect versus the need for revenge in an ultimate magical item showdown. Meanwhile, Ranma is having problems of his own with a cast-aside magical swimsuit, which Ranma is stuck wearing, whether he likes it or not! Then, It's more summer silliness when Ukyo, up to her usual schemes, invites not just Ranma but Akane as well to a haunted seaside destination. Go into the caves as a couple, legend says, and you'll be broken-up for sure by the time you leave. But once an arguing Ranma and Akane get going, the ghosts are going to be the least scary things in those caves! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 184 pages, B&W. NOTE: 22 & Up are NOT 2nd Edition. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Ever since her husband took off for a training mission with their baby son over a decade ago, Nodoka Saotome hasn't had so much as a glimpse of her now-grown son, Ranma. That's why, when a mysterious young stranger drops a scroll with the word "Ranma" scrawled on it, she can only assume it's her long-lost boy. Ranma, upset that this stranger has not only taken up residence in the Tendo Dojo, but is passing himself off as his mother's son, can only watch from the sidelines and fume. The boy, as it turns out, is actually Ryu Kumon ? a martial artist only interested in one thing: Finding the other scroll that matches a set passed down to him by his father. From there, it turns into an all- out competition between the two to find the powerful scroll, learn the ultimate Saotome School secret technique, and prove once and for all which one of them is the "true" Ranma. Then, Happosai's search for an Elixir of Youth calls for one very special ingredient: The tears of one who "is neither man, nor woman." In other words... Ranma! Go cry him a river, Ranma! Unless... you'd rather not? Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 184 pages, B&W. NOTE: 22 & Up are NOT 2nd Edition. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 26 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Ever since her husband took off for a training mission with their baby son over a decade ago, Nodoka Saotome hasn't had so much as a glimpse of her now-grown son, Ranma. That's why, when a mysterious young stranger drops a scroll with the word "Ranma" scrawled on it, she can only assume it's her long-lost boy. Ranma, upset that this stranger has not only taken up residence in the Tendo Dojo, but is passing himself off as his mother's son, can only watch from the sidelines and fume. The boy, as it turns out, is actually Ryu Kumon ? a martial artist only interested in one thing: Finding the other scroll that matches a set passed down to him by his father. From there, it turns into an all- out competition between the two to find the powerful scroll, learn the ultimate Saotome School secret technique, and prove once and for all which one of them is the "true" Ranma. Then, Happosai's search for an Elixir of Youth calls for one very special ingredient: The tears of one who "is neither man, nor woman." In other words... Ranma! Go cry him a river, Ranma! Unless... you'd rather not? Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 184 pages, B&W. NOTE: 22 & Up are NOT 2nd Edition. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 27 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Ranma Saotome never thought a martial arts training mission to China would turn out like this! An accidental dunk in a cursed spring changes boy Ranma into a young girl every time he is splashed with cold water. Hot water reverses the effect - but only until next time! Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 184 pages, B&W. NOTE: 22 & Up are NOT 2nd Edition. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 28 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. For Ryoga (whose alter ego is of course P-chan, Akane's cute widdle pet pig), what could possibly be a better love-connection than someone who breeds pigs for a living? Latest in a line of sumo-wrestling pig-breeders, the passionate-about-porkers Akari is impressed when Ryoga easily bests a 14th generation Yokozuna champion. Does an ever-hopeful Ryoga dare take her professions of undying love at face value, or will his transformation into P-chan be the cause of some terrible misunderstanding...? Softcover, 5-in x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: 22 & Up are NOT 2nd Edition. Cover price $9.95.