Pink & Link

Pink & Link are twin sisters. They live in a village near to the Joketsuzoku called Yaokaicun, which is famous for its herbalists. As children they met with Shampoo who was poisoned by Pink and then healed by Link, however, as they're twins Shampoo couldn't tell them apart so mistook them for the same person so beat up either of them on sight whenever she met them.

Like many twins around the world, Pink and Link have rhyming names. There is no hidden meaning behind them. Sometimes Link's name is translated as "Rink" due to the.

Overview
Pink and Link usually say 'please' (others think they say ) at the end of their sentences and act quite opposite to each other. Pink is sadistic, ruthless and cheerful, gladly sacrificing any innocents that come in her way. Link is righteous, considerate and serious, and generally saves Pink's victims or anyone sickly she comes across, turning sad when she gets wrongly blamed. However, they are both loyal to each other, and collaborate when taking revenge for injustices.

History
Ten years prior to the events of the series, Shampoo met Pink while she was visiting Yaokaicun with Cologne to get some medical herbs. Pink then blows some seeds onto Shampoo and then pours water over Shampoo. Shampoo then kicks Pink and asks her what she's doing, to which Pink explains that she's planting flowers the way her mother showed her. The effects of Pink's nearly kills Shampoo, however, Link arrives and heals her in time. Shampoo, however, mistakes Link for Pink and punches her into the air.

After this incident, whenever Shampoo went to Yaokaicun to get herbs, Pink and Link would try to use their herbs on her. So Shampoo decided to beat them up until they learned to stop doing it to her (although it was only ever Link who got beat up). Links pain caused her to decide with Pink that they'll make Shampoo and her husband to suffer like they had.

Pink and Link
Thanks to Shampoo including her address when an article about her (falsely) being married to Ranma is published in a local Joketsuzoku newspaper, Nyuuchezu, the twins are able to track down Shampoo and so go to Furinkan to find her. Pink finds Ranma first and uses a cloud of dust with Mandrake seeds to make an entrance as well as allowing the seeds to attach to Ranma's clothing. After a quick friendly meeting, Pink checks the weather is correct and leaves Ranma so the Mandrake can take hold.

Due to the rain, Ranma turns into his female form. Ranma is then found by Akane and then Link, who explains about the Mandrake being poisonous. Link then quickly prepares the antidote and Ranma soon recovers. However, Ranma believes Link to be Pink so shouts at her for it being her fault she was poisoned in the first place. This upsets Link greatly, who runs off crying at being shouted for just helping someone.

Later that day, the twins find the Cat Café. They then try using the Mandrake on Ranma and Shampoo, but Shampoo fans the seeds away so the Mandrake plants just grow over customers orders instead. Due to the twins wearing a large cloak it appears as is it is one person, albeit with four arms. The twins soon shed the cloak and reveal themselves as twins to Ranma and Akane for the first time.

The twins then explain their reasons for wanting revenge of Shampoo and her husband given what Shampoo did to them during most of their life since meeting her. Not waisting any more time, the twins launch another herbal attack, although this time they mix two types of plants together. Ranma, Shampoo and Akane manage to avoid the attack, but several men who were passing the Cat Café at the time are hit by the attack and turn into the perfect housewives who won't ever defend themselves, no matter what is done to them. The twins then try to attack Shampoo again with the technique, but Shampoo just kicks the pair skyward demanding they just leave her alone already.

When Ranma returns with Akane to the Tendo Dojo he goes to have a bath, but finds the twins in there growing more flowers for their "Flower of Womanhood" technique and claim the bathroom to be the perfect nursery. Pink and Link tell Ranma that should he get in their way he'll regret it. The pair then attack Ranma with "Poison Pads" which Pink ends up sticking to Ranma when he slips on some soap. Link then puts some "Attack Pads" on Soun, Genma and Akane when they enter, which are attracted to the pads on Ranma so they begin punching him uncontrollably.

Abilities
Being herbalists, all of the twins attacks are based on plants and poisons. Because of this both of the twins are excellent at growing the necessary plants needed as well as being able to know if the state of the weather is correct for growing. Judging from Pink's comment when she first met Shampoo it is most likely that the twins learned their herbal skills from their mother.

Apart from the unnamed poisons and powders the twins use (which cause paralysis amongst other things), the most basic technique the pair use (as well as their most frequent) involves Pink sowing Mandrake seeds to her victim which would poison them. Pink would then leave the victim to die, but they are usual found by Link who can quickly prepare the antidote and heal them. Along with all of their herbal remedies, Pink and Link also appear to carry pharmaceutical with them as well as shown when they use various over-the-counter remedies to destroy Poduduan.

The twins are also able to perform multiple special techniques, again all with a herbal basis, these include:


 * Flower of Womanhood: A special technique which Pink and Link claim to have invented themselves. By combining the "Poison Flower of Enfeeblement" and the "Medicine Flower of Adoration" the mixture created can make anyone who has it placed on their head begin to act like the perfect housewife and not matter what it done to the victim they won't defend themselves. The technique can be countered by the victim wearing a Flower Holder which removes the flowers from their hair.


 * Poison Pads: A pad which is used by Pink. These seem to have no special qualities other than attracting the "Attack Pads".


 * Attack Pads: A pad that Link uses in conjunction with Pink's "Poison Pads". These pads are attracted to the Poison Pads, so when place on a person's fist the two pads go towards each other and make it so that the person with the Attack Pad begins punching the person with the Poison Pads almost uncontrollably.


 * Poison Herb Bomb: Combing some unnamed herbs the twins create a powerful poison cloud. Despite being a very strong poison, Link is still able to make the antidote while being affected by it.


 * Poison Snake Herb: A special herb which, when it germinates, ensnares whoever it is near. Once ensnared, the victim is bitten by jaw-like that grow on the end of the vines and whoever is bitten falls asleep, never to wake up. Those who are affected by the herb can still move as if they were.

Trivia

 * Despite being exclusive to the manga, Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung, who are also from China albeit native Joketsuzoku, appear in the anime and serve a similar role to Pink and Link.