Target: Pigtail

Nerawareta osage (狙われたおさげ) is the 154th chapter of the manga and the first chapter of the Dragon's Whisker Arc.

In China a man is being harrassed by four idividuals looking for the "Dragon's Whisker". The man tells them that it was taken by a foreigner fitting Ranma's discription. The four travel to Japan to find Ranma. In Nerima the chairman of the neighborhood watch tells Soun that people with pigtails have been attacked recently. Ranma and Akane go to check it out and meet up the the four bandits, the Niku Men!

Cast in Order of Appearance

 * Niku Men (debut)
 * Dragon's Whisker Salesman (debut)
 * Man From Neighborhood Watch
 * Genma Saotome (panda)
 * Soun Tendo
 * Kasumi Tendo
 * Ranma Saotome (male)
 * Akane Tendo
 * Nabiki Tendo
 * Genma Saotome (human)
 * Happosai

Quotes

 * (Niku Men) "Who are you calling a Pork Bun?!"
 * (Ranma) "I'm calling you a Pork Bun, PORK BUN!"
 * (Akane) "Wait! They might be Red-Bean Buns!"