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Personal priority of OVA articles: The Two Akanes! "Ranma, Look at Me!" (OVA 12) and Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever (OVA 10).

Note to self: Shonen Sunday 1996 Vol. 10 - published February 21st.

Ukyo Article Cleanup

History
Ukyo Kuonji is an okonomiyaki chef who is Ranma's oldest known friend. She apparently hails from Osaka, as she speaks in the Kansai-ben dialect of Japanese. When he was 6 years old, during his at least 13 year long training trip, Ranma met Ukyo, who was with her father, an okonomiyaki vendor. During the time they lived in the same neighborhood, they had a game in which they play-fought every day. If Ranma won, he got a free okonomiyaki from Ukyo's father. Needless to say, he managed to defeat her every time.

Eventually, Ukyo's father suggested to Genma Saotome to engage her to Ranma, and to throw his okonomiyaki cart in as a dowry. Genma agreed. Unwilling to let go of the okonomiyaki cart, but not wanting to break the conflicting promise he made to his friend Soun, Genma asked little Ranma which he liked better, Ukyo or okonomiyaki. The young boy, eating an okonomiyaki at the time and unaware that his friend was a girl, quickly chose the food. Thus, Genma stole the cart and left a furious Ukyo behind. The other girls at her school mocked her for not being feminine enough to keep her fianceé with her. Because of that, she decided to give up on her feminity and learned to act as a boy. She then spent the next ten years training in the martial art of okonomiyaki to prepare for her revenge against the Saotomes.

Reunion with Ranma
Ukyo caught up with Genma and Ranma ten years later, at Furinkan High School. Ukyo, still posing as a boy, beat up Genma, and then transferred into Ranma's school. Ranma remembered 'him' immediately, and had a hard time understanding 'he' wanted revenge. Akane Tendo believed that Ukyo was Ranma's brother for a while after hearing and misinterpreting a shouting match between Ukyo and Genma. Finally, Ranma and Ukyo dueled on an enormous okonomiyaki grill. After the two distanced themselves from the ring, Ranma discovered that Ukyo was a woman and why she hated him. Ukyo finally stopped fighting when Ranma said she was "cute." However, this in turn angered Akane, the daughter of Soun engaged to Ranma. Upon seeing the two quarrel and Akane "congratulating" Ranma on his "cute" fiancée, Ukyo forgave Ranma and re-established their engagement the next day.

Meeting Ryoga
Later, Ukyo intervened in Ryoga's attack on Ranma after his continuous beliefs that Ranma had treated Akane Tendo poorly clouded his judgment. She leaped towards him and attacked, only to miss in the process. As Ryoga charged at her, Akane warned him that she was a girl, something the former did not believe after inspecting her. As she was about to be hit by Ryoga, Ranma revealed her breasts to him. After doing so, Ranma placed his arms around her and kicked Ryoga away. She, in turn, slammed her spatula against his head, citing that the revealing of her breasts was unnecessary.

After hearing Akane and Ryoga exchange words, she made a plot to have Ryoga date Akane. Taking him back to her restaurant, she cooked a okonomiyaki that proclaimed Ryoga's love for Akane. After finally arriving at the Tendo residence, she expressed her distain for Ryoga's map that he had given her before leaving the parcel containing the okonomiyaki. The next day, she and Ranma discussed her plans. She told him the two would be meeting that afternoon at her restaurant, something Ranma claimed she wouldn't do, much to Ukyo's surprise. Her shock came from her reading of his tone, as she believed he seemed very certain she wouldn't attend. After Ranma explained that Akane would spend most of her time trying to devise which of her outfits to wear, Ukyo concluded that she really was Ranma's preferred fiancee, but still hoped Akane took the bait anyways.

She returned to her restaurant, where she was soon stormed in on by Akane. With her fears of her nonattendance gone, Ukyo openly expressed to Akane her happiness in her arrival before Akane angrily asked why she wouldn't. Ukyo openly expressed her belief in Ranma's previous statement of Akane not being cute, even wishing the latter would have showered before going on the date. After Akane indicated she wasn't aware of a date, Ukyo brushed her off and tried to get her to sit down before a mortally exhausted Ryoga arrived at her front door. After settling the two down, Ukyo gave them free okonomiyakis in honor of their first date. As she cooked, Akane discovered her true intentions and was determined to see her plot's end. As she prepared to leave, Ryoga got up and was astonished to see her leaving. In her own confusion, she explained she thought Ryoga wanted to be left alone with Akane. She started to argue with Ryoga, much to his chagrin. Ranma tried to break her plot, turning into a girl and disguising himself as Ryoga's "fiancée". As she moved in on her, Ukyo asked her who she was before she stated she was Ryoga's fiancee. As Ryoga pondered his next decision, Ukyo encouraged him to snap out of his trance, stating that he shouldn't let a stranger ruin his one chance for happiness. As Ryoga and Ranma ran out of the restaurant, Ukyo became frustrated that the stranger (Ranma) would ruin her hard work and later bore witness to Akane and Ryoga's real date beginning before a badly beaten Ranma came to her.

After getting him to agree to a date, the two walked together and eventually came crossroads with Akane and Ryoga. After continuing to pester the two, Ukyo took notice to Akane's referring to a red haired girl as Ranma. She joined Ranma and Akane in their search for Ryoga and alongside Akane, expressed her concerns for the former. She demanded the mysterious red headed girl to tell her what had happened to Ranma, with whom she discovered she and Ranma were in the same. After arriving at the Tendo residence, she playfully splashed both hot and cold water on Ranma's head, in an effort to continuously change him from male to female.

Receiving unwanted attention
She encountered Ranma and Akane again after Ranma was attacked by an individual hiding in a mailbox, whom revealed their self to be female before passing out. Upon arriving, she instantly recognized them and uttered the name Tsubasa Kurenai. After being asked by Akane if the two were friends, she expressed distaste at even the thought of such relationship as the two placed her comatose body in a trash can before Ukyo launched it off with her spatula. After doing so, she expressed surprise in being follows. After arriving at her restaurant with Akane and Ranma, she explained that the two were in the same homeroom at her old school. She recalled an encounter the two had, in which she revealed to her that she already had a fiancee, only for Tsubasa to arrive at the restaurant and add her own insight into their past encounter. After Ranma received a rude remark from Tsubasa, Ukyo allowed Ranma to jump into her arms and defended him as Tsubasa became enraged over losing her.

She became infuriated herself when Tsubasa damaged her restaurant by smashing through one of it's windows. As she prepared to attack her, Akane grabbed Ukyo from behind and stated she had a better idea. After Akane revealed Ukyo's breast, Akane explained to Tsubasa that Ukyo wasn't interested in her because was a girl as well. To the three's shock, she was fully aware that Ukyo was a girl all along and found that the most interesting trait to her. The next day, Ukyo physically berated Tsubasa for using her. Though, she did admit her challenge was a good idea, much to Tsubasa's delight.

After Ranma sold all except for one of his okonomiyakis, Ukyo showed up and announced to Tsubasa that she was going to buy his last one. As Tsubasa concluded that Ukyo really didn't want to go out with her, she questioned while sobbing why she could not have told her to being with. Ukyo reminded her that she did, asking her if she remembered, but reminded her that she still wouldn't give up.

After Tsubasa ran off, Ranma went after her and confronted her. Ukyo and Akane watched from afar as Ranma was chased by Tsubasa. Ukyo stated that she felt sorry for Ranma, recalling her own past with Tsubasa. Ukyo and Akane later discussed Ranma's intended date with Tsubasa, all the while in disbelief that Ranma was actually starting to like her, even questioning the fact that he scheduled a date with her. After she and Akane witnessed Tsubasa viciously attack and defeat Ranma as a male, Ukyo concluded that Tsubasa hated boys even more than Akane did. Ukyo and Akane watched as Tsubasa carried Ranma as a female off. While the two were alone, Ukyo revealed to Akane that she and Tsubasa went to an all boys school. After Tsubasa came out to the two, she commented that Ranma was weird.

Ghost at her school
After a supposed ghost sighting at her school, she met up with Ranma and several of her other classmates. She supported Akane in believing a ghost had indeed been sighted that night. She cited that since the kids inhabited the school, it was their responsibility to do something. After Ranma's suggestion of ghost-busting, she concluded the group would more or less need to do something exactly like that. She proposed that the entire group meet there later that night and asked the ones interested to raise their hands. As she started to write, Akane asked her what it was. She suggested mkaing some okonomiyaki during their then-upcoming trip and even grabbed Ranma's attention with that. Ranma said he would go and Ukyo then preceded to offer him a discount. When the two expressed distaste in having to pay, Ukyo reminded the two she was living on her own and needed to survive somehow.

As the students gathered that night, Ukyo showed her classmates all of the alleged sighting of the ghosts via a drawn out diagram on a chalkboard. She began to reveal some of the information that she and others had collected, resulting in the revelation that she and the others working on the ghost sightings had no idea what they were up to, causing a loud discomfort from the audience. After a few moments, she concluded it was time for the group to get started on their search and asked if they were ready to cooperate. She devised the students separate into smaller teams instead of a large group, in order to not risk their escape. She partnered with Akane and Ranma.

As the three walked, they heard a loud scream. Ukyo concluded it came downstairs and the group rushed off to see what it was. They found a few wounded men and tried to help them. She noticed the burns on their bodies and tried to alert Ranma. As the three continued, they noticed several pieces of what appeared to be paper levitating in the air. Near it, they found three young female students unconscious and within a stack of sheets. Ukyo took notice of this and after flashing her flash light, concluded the group was really wrapped in toilet paper. Regardless, she still questioned why they were wrapped in it to begin with. As Ranma left the scene, Ukyo was right behind him and followed alongside Akane. Shortly into their walk, they heard another scream. Ukyo and the others ran to the scene and found Ranma and Akane's fathers knocked out in similar fashions to the others. The group headed into the gym and watched as a basketball came towards them. After Happosai revealed himself, she and the others bore witness to the real suspect as it revealed it's presence through several quakes and cracks emerging from the ground.

With it's emergence inevitable, Ukyo charged at it, prepared to take it down. However, she was easily outmatched and pushed aside. The supposed ghost turned out to be Tatewaki Kuno. After Ranma failed to defeat him, he retreated with Ukyo in Akane's arms. She soon awoke and listened to Sasuke as he recounted how Kuno had become so powerful and ended in his then-current predicament. She bore witness to the sword controlling Kuno's destruction at the hands of lightning after Kuno was kicked into the air by a scare Akane.

Becoming more feminine
At her restaurant, Ukyo discovered a brochure for a vacation. As Ranma ate one of her okonomiyaki, Ukyo tried to appeal to him to go with her. As she talked to him, he unearthed that he seemingly only wanted to go because the two could train. Though she thought he would ask her something important or reconsider the trip, Ranma only continued downplay her feelings for him when he instead asked for a second helping. After Ranma left, Ukyo noticed he had forgotten it. Now by herself, she started in a mirror and was saddened that Ranma treated her like one of the guys. She devised that maybe if she acted more girly, Ranma would be more prone to like her. She arrived at her school the next day, in the female uniform for the first time and received attention from others while walking.

She approached Ranma and was instantly recognized by him for her still-present spatula hanging around her back. After concluding she accidentally forgot to take it off, Ukyo asked Ranma what he really thought of their relationship. She was disappointed to see him state once again that the two were just friends and spent the remainder of the day being heckled by boys with offers and pondering how to get Ranma to really like her. While pondering, Akane noticed she looked sad and would later cONShe arrived at his residence and was greeted by Happosai, whom tried to peak under her clothes before being smacked with her spatula. After Ranma arrived, she tried to ask him out, but found herself with difficulty before Happosai convinced Ranma to go with her. As Ukyo tried to admit to Ranma her true feelings towards him, they were noticed by a few boys and were chased off by them before they lost pursuit. As the two continued to walked together, they were noticed by Ryoga. As he attacked Ranma for supposedly cheating on Akane, Ukyo struck him boldly with her spatula.

After he was hit, Ryoga recognized her before falling out. She later competed in a cooking contest for Ranma's love against Akane and Kodachi Kuno. During the contest, she reminded Kodachi that Ranma had to say which was best. Ukyo prepared for the contest before Shampoo arrived to challenge the three for Ranma's love. After Shampoo announced her presence, Ukyo concluded that the four would be competing. After the four cooked, she and the others urged Ranma to make a decision before the latter was removed via a stampede of boys. After Ranma was badly injured and the other girls started to fight over who would heal him, Ukyo concluded that it was her fault for what happened to him, even citing that she just wasn't happy with how things were.

After returning to normal, she resumed her cooking at her restaurant. She was visited by Ranma and Akane, whom she was eager to cook for. After Ranma ate her okonomiyaki, he was delighted in it's taste and expressed his gratitude in what he perceived as a delicious meal. She was surprised and asked him if he really meant it. Ranma concluded that he did, citing that no one could cook okonomiyaki as good as her and complimented her as cute in her working clothes. She blushed and attacked him with her spatula.

A weakened Ranma
As she walked to a trash can near her restaurant, she noticed a stick of black hair poking out of the garbage inside. She pulled it and discovered Ranma laying, knocked out and exhausted. As he awoke, she stopped him from explaining as she envisioned their future together. She imagined him, weak and at the mercy of their children. She blushed and revealed to him that she believed he was no longer fit to carry on the Tendo dojo with his lack of strength. As Ranma started to suck up to Akane, whom he angered after stating he didn't care about her, Ukyo remarked that he should grow a spine. She traveled with Ranma and Akane to get a pressure point scroll from within a temple. She drank tea as Akane explained the three's motives for coming. As the three started to believe he had fainted, Ukyo suggested that he may have just been meditating.

After Ranma uncovered the scroll from the elder, Ukyo viewed it alongside Akane and him. As Ranma announced that all he needed was the cure, Ukyo happily stated he was practically cured at that moment. She came to the Tendo residence with Ranma and Akane and watched Ranma start his fight with Happosai. She reassured worriedly to Akane that Ranma was actually going to fight Happosai. She and the others tried to convince Happosai to stop, asking him sarcastically if he knew when to withdraw. She noticed Ranma's depressed state after losing and asking him if he was okay. She watched as he walked away, uncertain of how to defeat Happosai.

Along for the ride
Ukyo accompanied Ranma and Genma Saotome on their trip. She provided food for the two as Ranma was trained by Genma. As Genma concluded that the three would need to retrieve Happosai's paper for recovering from the weakness, she reminded him that the three were traveling because he wouldn't give it to them. Genma knew this for a fact, something that caused Ukyo to look up at him in confusion. Genma stated he had a new plan, causing Ranma to get up and question him about it. The plan was to merely return home and gravel to Happosai, something that caused both Ukyo and Ranma to show their non-verbal cues towards it's perceived stupidity. As Shampoo's grandmother arrived, she stated Ukyo's cooking was unique, causing Ukyo to ask if she really meant it. She was knocked, alongside Genma, into trees after Ranma preformed his latest learned move.