Talk:Ranma Saotome

Why is there not a page of Picolet Chardin?

He's Ranma's rival to.

And female Ranma is loved by Picolet Chardin...

You can show Ryoga as Ranma best Rival without being so biased.

Please divide the section of Anime and Manga into different sections.Furthermore dividing Viz and the Japanese manga into two sub sections. The characters and their relationship are very different in the anime vs the two manga.

Please divide the section of Anime and Manga into different sections.Furthermore dividing Viz and the Japanese manga into two sub sections. The characters and their relationship are very different in the anime vs the two manga.

I'm a serious Ranma and Ryoga fighting fan and have seen their relationship as Destined rivals in the Anime and somewhat Goku and Vegeta relationship in the manga. The article shows that the author of this article has only saw the anime and attempted to combine the two with the Anime being the major influence.Showing Ryoga in a far better light than he should've.*skip to IMPORTANT to show you don't need to lie/hide information to show Ryoga in a positive and as Ranma only  'eternal rival'  *

Don't do this or you'll weaken your argument to anyone who actually read the manga.

I'm surprise that they forgot to add that Ryoga's 'defeat' of Ranma was mostly due to enchantments. Which was admitted in the Ryoga 'talk' section when another commentator argued with the main script writer. Therefore lowering Ryoga's win ratio to less than 1/6. Secondly, Ranma is depicted as a BUTT MONKEY and get blamed by everyone for their problems. Moouse/Akane/Kuno/Genma (even after he admits he can't beat Ranma) all have shown to beat Ranma by a surprise attack more than Ranma beats them on screen. This further shows that crediting Ryoga's defeats of Ranma using short battles is completely biased and uncalled for without adding that it might unfairly show Ryoga in a better light due to the show comedy nature.

PS: Ranma's role of butt monkey in the story. This is literally a technique to compensate for his amazing learning curve and having a harem of pretty girls after him. The author of Ranma outright admits this and it being funny was the primary reasons for it.

IMPORTANT-You can still make Ryoga as Ranma eternal rival without using incorrect statements and being deceitful.

If you want to debate that Ryoga was Ranma near equal.Its entirely possible by using Ryoga defeat of an enraged female Ranma in the latter arc when she got brainwash to loving him. Of course the female Ranma is 'weaker/slower' than the male and have less ki (herb. Nonetheless, the female form of Ranma was capable of fighting Tarou for a while and even defeat a non-serious Happosai and her father Genma. A feat that Ryoga also did by effortlessly blocking Genma Bear (stronger) form.Making Ryoga Ranma closest 'rival'. Thought whether its actually due to Ryoga potential (talent which I humbly disagree against), raw stats(author stats) or tenacity/luck Its for another time.

PS:Show how Ryoga statement of his increased in speed in the herb arc combined with Ryoga beginning to use 'intelligence against Ranma mirrors Ranma vs Ryoga in the past. Showing that Ryoga is on the foot step of Ranma.(In speed)

Also,please remove the ten time stronger than Ranma from the article.That combined with Ryoga toughness training would imply that Ranma got insane stamina since he tends to take more hit than Ryoga.Also don't said that

Ryoga was keeping up Ranma due to being self-taught alone.Its highly imply Ranma was superior to Ryoga( beginning) due to Ranma(female) vs Moouse showing.

Its was only due to Colonge and random travelers that Ryoga was able to keep up with Ranma and it would be misleading saying otherwise..

DarkDragonTruth (talk) 13:31, May 14, 2013 (UTC)DarkDragonTruth


 * Firstly, although the article does require a separation between the anime and manga (as per the layout guide), it does not need to have the manga section split between the original and English translation as the differences are extremely minor and mostly relate to changing of cultural puns. Secondly, if you see a way the article can be improved you are free to edit it. The page is only locked against new and unregistered users to prevent spam given its high traffic. --Trivi-AM (talk) 17:36, May 14, 2013 (UTC)

Shoudn't the part about Ranma's origins go in the trivia section?

Cantgetusername (talk) 16:08, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

I hope viewers already know that Female Ranma has purple eyeliner considering that its not listed in the Appearance section.

Incomplete Information Regarding the Anime
This page lists Richard Cox as the English voice of Ranma Saotome, but does not mention that Sarah Strange provided Ranma's voice for several seasons and in the OAVs. Kind of difficult to ignore a fact like that.

70.194.12.72 00:54, August 16, 2016 (UTC) SaotomeRanchan (Ranma fan-fiction writer, who actually has a son named Ranma)


 * The infobox already credits Sarah Strange as the voice of Ranma for OVAs and seasons 1-3.
 * Onlyheretoedit (talk) 04:59, August 16, 2016 (UTC)

Funny detail I would like to add
There's an interesting detail I would like to add in the Ranma Saotome page. Both Ranma's Seiyuus (Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara) voice Kyoukai no Rinne's protagonist Rinne Rokudo's parents (Sabato Rokudo and Otome Rokudo). Since I'm not allowed to edit Ranma Saotome's page, can someone add this detail?


 * Rather, can the page be unlocked? It seems pretty silly that it was locked because too many people were editing the information? Isn't this the whole point of a wiki? If there was some sort of edit war, simply give the people involved a temporary ban or something. As is right now errors can't be fixed and the entry can't be improved.ExcelCore (talk) 12:43, July 19, 2018 (UTC)


 * You're right it may be okay to unlock the page now. It was set to moderators only when I came in but I think it has served its purpose. I'll set the protection to registered users. Onlyheretoedit (talk)