Ranma 1/2

Ranma 1/2

Rumiko Takahashi

****1/2

I'm sorry that I haven't done book posts in a while. I have read a lot of books since my last post and I admit it, I was feeling lazy and didn't post. But my dad said I should at least post the 5 most recent books.

Ranma Saotome and his father have been living in China for years. One day, Mr. Saotome decides to take Ranma to a training ground full of cursed springs. They start to fight on top of the poles and Mr. Saotome falls into a spring where a panda had died 2000 years before and takes the panda's body. Then Ranma falls down into a spring where a young girl drowned 1500 years before and takesHER body. So now: If in cold water, Ranma turns to a girl. In hot water, he turns back into a boy. But how will Ranma live his life with this curse?

I really like this book because it is a graphic novel. But almost all Japanese or Korean graphic novels are read backwards. I find that a little bit more than confusing. But this book is published in a western format. A lot easier to read, you think?

My favorite part of the story is when Ranma meets Ryouga Hibiki, a classmate from his old high school (who has the worst sense of direction humanly possible) and discuss their "bread feud": In the cafeteria, it was always a race to get the last curry bread of the day. Ranma gets it and makes Ryouga mad. Then Ranma gets the last of the rest of the breads: sweet bean, chow mein, croquette, melon, cutlet sandwich, meat, and seaweed bread. Ryouga has pledged to get back at Ranma for that and 2 years later, has a showdown with him. This book is an excellent graphic novel! I hope you read it!