Chapter 115

Chapter 115
Name
Japanese	冒険！校長室
Romanized	Boken! kocho shitsu
English	Journey into the Principal's Office
Information
Chapter	115
Volume	10 (Viz Media) 12 (Tankōbon/Shinsoban)
Chronology
Previous:	← Chapter 114
Next:	Chapter 116 →

Journey into the Principal's Office (冒険！校長室, Boken! kocho shitsu^?) is the 115th chapter of the Ranma ½ manga and the second chapter of the Principal Kuno Intro Arc.

Summary

Kuno arrives at school and a tidal wave sweeps the students into the basement where the Principal's office is. The office is decorated like a Hawaiian beach, with teachers dressed as dangerous animals. Ranma, meanwhile, disguises himself as an island girl and asks the Principal to help him find a coconut for her sick father.

Plot Overview

The Principal uses a flood of water to take the pupils to his office.

As the other students run around the School in a frenzy in order to find the Coconut with the pardon inside it, Kuno declares that so long as he attends Furinkan High no tyrannical hair rule shall stand intact. He imagines himself attacking the Principal, but soon suffers for it as Ranma (who Kuno had actually attempted to attack) kicks him in the face for his stupidity.

Meanwhile, Akane and some of the other students note that something's not right here, as they've looked throughout the school but still can't find the Principal's office. At that moment, the Principal (who's watching the student's search via CCTV) decides to give them a helping hand and presses a button which releases a large flood of water. As the waters subside the students find themselves in the basement, but it's pitch black and they can't see their surroundings. Suddenly, the lights come on and the students find themselves in some sort of tropical jungle.

At that moment the Principal's voice rings out and welcomes them to his office. The students quickly turn to where the voice is coming from and spot the Principal atop an Arecaceae tree. Continuing, the Principal hopes that they friendly Hawaiian atmosphere. Not losing sight of their goal, the students demand he comes to from the tree and gives them the Coconut, but before they have chance, Akanse senses something in the bushes behind her.

Just then multiple animals appear and surround the students. A Gorilla takes a swipe at Akane, but she stops it's attack and notices that he's carrying a pair of Barber shears. The other animals then begin attacking as well, all armed with shears. Akane and the others manage to fend off the animals, but as she fights Akane wonders where Ranma disappeared to.

After defeating the animals, Hiroshi and Daisuke discover that the "animals" are actually teachers dressed in costumes, who tearfully explain they were forced to do this by the Principal. Akane turns to the Principal and shouts about he dares to do this to the other staff, but when Akane turns to where the Principal was last seen everyone notices that he's disappeared. The students decide to fan out and search for the Principal while Akane becomes really concerned about where Ranma would be at a time like this.

The Principal comes across the seemingly unconscious and disguised Ranma.

Having escaped the students, the Principal is enjoying himself on an artificial beach. A wave the suddenly comes in and the Principal is hit by a Kayak. He then finds a young girl (who's actually Ranma in disguise) lying unconscious and, after trying to wake her, the Principal attempts to give her a Bowl cut but Ranma stops the Principal by stating she isn't one of his pupils.

Whilst producing some crocodile tears, Ranma gives the Principal a false sob story about how she's a girl from a neighbouring island who's looking for a Coconut with a piece of parchment inside it for her sickly father. Having heard the story, the Principal begins crying (to Ranma's surprise) and apologizes shortly afterwards as he's just remembering about his own son who's been missing for three years.

Rather than giving Ranma the Coconut, the Principal declares he'll help her search for it.

After a few moments silence, the Principal asks Ranma if she has a father, to which Ranma satirically reminds the Principal of the sob story she just told him. Seeing what a sweet girl Ranma is, the Principal agrees to help her. Unfortunately for Ranma when she asks the Principal if this means he'll give her the Coconut, the Principal reveals that he'll go with her to search for it. This annoys Ranma who asks the Principal if he doesn't have it, to which the Principal reveals that he forgot where he hid it.

Back with the other students, and they continue trying to locate the pardon Coconut, but can't tell which one it is as there's so many Coconuts lying around. Elsewhere, Kuno struggles to get free of a man-eating plant (cursing the Principal all the while) as more students wonder how big the Principal's office is anyway.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Yuka and Sayuri
• Tatewaki Kuno
• Ranma Saotome
• Akane Tendo
• Principal Kuno
• Hiroshi
• Daisuke

Quotes

• (Tatewaki Kuno) "...no tyrannical haircut rule...shall stand intact!"
• (Teacher in lion costume) "I-I've got three cubs of my own to feed"
• (Principal Kuno) "Dumb kahuna I am! I wen' forget where I hid it!" - Referring to the pardon coconut

Trivia

• The man-eating plant that Tatewaki Kuno is caught in appears to be a large version of venus flytrap and pitcher plant, among other types of plants that are mixed together.