Cursed Scroll Arc

The  is the 40th story arc of the Ranma ½ manga, spanning one chapter. It was included as part of Volume 17 of the  and volume 16 of the Viz Media tankōbon.

Plot Summary
While the family is at a fair, Ranma and Genma get into a fight and accidentally knock the seal off an artist's newest drawing setting loose the creature, which happens to be a very poor drawing of a panda. The panda drawing asks to go on a date with a nice boy before she has to be sealed back into the drawing. She chooses Ranma and the two go on a date, but she doesn't want to go back until she receives a kiss from him. As Ranma nervously waits the doodle headbutts his lips and goes back to the drawing satisfied.

Major Events

 * Ranma goes on a date with a panda drawing.

Changes in anime

 * Two other monsters (giant scary ones) also escape from their scrolls. Happosai, Sōun and even Genma grow large and fight them.
 * Akane is visibly more jealous in the anime version.
 * Using an idea from Nabiki, Ranma tries to convince Panda Doodle that their relationship would never work due to being different specie. Doodle then changes into an areal girl that Ranma finds fairly attractive, but he gets distracted when one of the other monsters attacks Akane. (She turns back to Panda Doodle for a goodbye kiss though).

Characters Introduced

 * Panda Artist
 * Panda Doodle