Super Soba Arc

The Super Soba Arc is the 25th story arc covered in the Ranma ½ manga, spanning three chapters. This arc was included in volume 11 of the  and volume 10 of the Viz Media tankōbon.

Plot Summary
Akane is upset after she lost to Shampoo in an arm wrestling. She accidentally eats Super Soba that Happosai made to make himself stronger. Akane realizes that she now has super strength and goes to challenge Shampoo again. Shampoo is found in a badminton tournament and Akane steps up as the challenger, with Ranma as the prize.

Shampoo realizes that Akane has become unusually strong and flees the ring. She finds Happosai and takes his new Super Soba bowl to become as strong as Akane. Meanwhile, Soun tells Ranma that there is a side-effect to the Super Soba, in that those that consume it will grow whiskers. He gives Ranma some antidotes while in tears. Before Ranma can tell Akane about this, Shampoo covers him with a giant bell and challenges Akane to a badminton using the bell as the birdie. Ranma manages to give the antidote to Shampoo, but Akane refuses, so he challenges her to a Martial Arts Badminton game.

Ranma and Akane fight until Akane starts to feel the whiskers growing. She runs from the scene and hides on top of a tree. Ranma gives her the antidote and Akane's whiskers shrink back, taking her powers with it. Ranma is overjoyed as he is back to being stronger than her.

Major Events

 * Martial Arts Badminton is introduced
 * Super Soba and Super Soba Antidote are introduced

Changes in anime

 * The Anime version doesn't take place on New Year.
 * No one wears New Year kimonos. Badminton rackets are much simpler too.

Characters Introduced

 * No characters debuted in this arc.