Paper Dolls Arc

The  is the 45th story arc of the Ranma ½ manga, spanning one chapter. It was included as part of Volume 19 of the  and volume 17 of the Viz Media tankōbon.

Plot Summary
Desperate to get Akane's affection Gosunkgui waits all night so that he can meet her as she passes on her morning jog. After quickly losing sight of Akane, however, Gosunkugi meets a salesman who sells him some magic paper dolls which will cause the person they're placed on to do whatever is written on the doll. Once he purchases the dolls, Gosunkugi attempts to get Akane to love him with dolls, only for Ranma and other students to accidentally get in the way and prevent his plan from succeeding.

Major Events

 * No major events occurred in this arc.

Changes in anime

 * Six paper dolls are used more-less similarly in both versions: - First two are used up by Gosunkgui and Salesman trying to con each other. - Third doll makes Ranma falls during PE classes (not on Gosunkgui though). - Fourth is accidentally puts on Kuno, but in anime it says to take him out ("on a date", but Kuno interpretation is "in a fight"), instead of sharing secrets like in manga. - Fifth suppose to make Ranma and Akane get into a fight, but they do it on their own. - Sixth (in total last one) asks Akane to no hate Gosunkgui. He later regrets he didn't wrote "Fall in love with me".
 * Dolls NOT used in anime: - Gosunkgui accidentally put "go out with me" doll on Ranma and then had to waste next one to cancel it. - Third one put on teacher changes seating in class, putting Gosunkgui behind Ranma. Gosunkgui tries to put doll with "get injured" on him, but fails. - Two dolls are missing in manga, presumably they were more failed attempts to get Ranma injured, but we can't be sure.
 * Dolls exclusive to anime: - Gosunkgui decides to try the dolls one more time and causes Ranma to fall off stairs. - Gosunkgui manages to put "Please go on a date with me tomorrow" on Akane. Later he realizes that since doll specifies "tomorrow", the date never comes. - Gosunkgui uses doll to force himself to sleep soundly during night, but it causes him to oversleep and miss school. The doll doesn't specify when he wakes up and it only fall of by accident . - Ranma realizes something is fishy and disguises himself as a girl with stomachache. Gosunkgui first tries giving "her" medicine, but turns out it was a sleeping powder, so he uses a doll to wake her up. - Then Ranma uses his "girly charm" to make Gosunkgui spill the bin about the dolls. So Ranma puts "Run" doll on him, forcing Gosunkgui on a long jog, until he remembers he can just make a "Stop" doll.
 * Anime has few more scenes of Gosunkgui daydreaming about Akane.

Characters Introduced

 * Paper Doll Salesman