- Ranma #33 -

Part 3: Aging Mushroom

(Page 38)
Ryouga: It's already been three days since I got lost in this forest.
Ryouga: I ran out of food supply long time ago.
Sign: <Human Habitation: 30 meters this way>
Ryouga: Today's dinner is just one small mushroom that I dug out...
Ryouga: Tastes good.
Man: Don't eat it!
Sound effect: <*Swallowing sound*>
Man: *Swallowing sound*?

(Page 39)
Man: Aaah, you ate it.
Ryouga: That's because you pushed me!
Man: Well, it wasn't poisonous or anything, so...
Ryouga: Hm?
Man: But...
Ryouga: Hey.
Ryouga: What is it that you want to say?
Man: Well, you might want to die though.
Man: If you eat the mushrooms in this forest, then your heart will suddenly
     go *tokun*...
Ryouga's heart: <*Tokun*>
Man: Then *Hyut*...
Ryouga: <*Hyut*>

(Page 40)
<Three days later...>
Ranma: Hm?  Ryouga?!
Ranma: . o O ( Oh, today's present is mushroom. )

(Page 41)
Ranma: Thank you for this f...
Ranma: It's okay to just have one, right?
Ranma: Ah, Akane!
Ranma: Maybe not.
Voice: Don't even take a bite, you fool!!
Ranma: *Smirk*...
Ranma: Interesting.  Let's have a duel like the old days then, Ryouga!!
Ranma: *Gasp*?!

(Page 42)
Ranma: A brat?!
Ranma: ............
Ranma: Oh no!  I thought you were someone I know.
Ranma: Sorry about this kid.
Ryouga: *Smirk*...
Ryouga: Ranma... it is possible to understand as why you don't think it's me.
Ryouga: I became like this because...
Ranma: A mistake, mistake, mistake, mistake.
Ryouga: Are you listening to what a person is saying you idiot?!

(Page 43)
Voice: Aging mushroom?!
Ranma: In other words... you became younger after eating this mushroom...?
Ryouga: Yeah... according to that guy...
Man: Aging mushroom will... um... make you as young as the mushroom's size.
Man: If you eat the 5cm one, then you'll become 5 years old...
     10cm one, then 10 years old.
Ranma: ...That means if you grow this to 16cm and eat it, then...
Ryouga: I'll return to normal.
Ryouga: So for this reason, I'm not going to visit Tendou training hall right
        now.  Give my regards to Akane-san for me.
Ranma: Ryouga, why are you acting like a total stranger.

(Page 44)
Ranma: What is so troublesome about having a child's body.
       I'll make some good excuse for you, so let's go to my place.
Ryouga: R... Ranma.
Ryouga: You're a good guy sometimes.
Ranma: Don't be foolish.  What are friends for?
Akane: Eeeeeeh?!  Ryouga-kun's child...??
Ryouga: I... it's a lie!  A lie, lie, lie, lie...!!
Akane: Wow, exactly like him.

(Page 45)
Akane: He totally resembles him.
Nabiki: I can't believe Ryouga-kun does this with that innocent look on his
        face...
Ranma: I know what you mean...
Ranma: I was totally fooled until today as well...
Ryouga: I'm his younger brother...
Akane: ...Oh, I see.
Ranma: To grow a mushroom...
Ranma: It has to be a dark and humid place...
Sign: <Bathtub is broken>
Ranma: Oh?
Ranma: This place is perfect.
Note: <Don't harm it>
Soun: Oh?

(Page 46)
Soun: Oh no, I forgot to remove this sign.
Voice: Wow... perfect fit.
Kasumi: These are the clothes Akane wore when she was little.  Good thing I
        kept it.
Ryouga: A... Akane-san's...!
Akane: Kyaaa!  So cute!
Ryouga: . o O ( Aaaah, my body is wrapped up in Akane-san's clothes right
                now... )
Ranma: Are you some kind of a pervert?
Akane: Come here, I'll hold you in my arms.
Ryouga: Eh?!
Ryouga: I...I...I can't let you do that.  I don't want to trouble you like
        this...
Ryouga: Well, excuse me for a moment then.
Akane: Wow, so polite.

(Page 47)
Akane: So cute!!
Ryouga: Ah...!
Ryouga: . o O ( I can just die like this... )
Ranma: Now oniichan will play with you.
Ranma: Heeeere, human windmill...
Ranma: Higher... higher!
Ryouga: That wasn't fun at all!
Akane: Don't bully a child like that!

(Page 48)
Ryouga: . o O ( *Smirk*, I guess it's not so bad being a kid. )
Ryouga: . o O ( Maybe I can take advantage of this situation while the
                aging mushroom is growing... )
Soun: What a cute boy...
Soun: Heeeeere, mustache rubbing.
Ranma: Nice going, ojisan!
Kasumi: Since he only had us daughters, he seems happy to see a boy.
Nabiki: The child is in pain though.
Ryouga: . o O ( I... I want to return to normal as soon as possible!!!! )

(Page 49)
Kasumi: Akane, take a bath first.
Akane: Okay.
Akane: You want to take a bath with me?
Ryouga: Eh?
Ryouga: N... no, I...
Akane: I'll wash your back.
Ryouga: . o O ( Take a bath with Akane-san and get my back... )
Ryouga: . o O ( O... oh!  Getting hugged like this is same as when I'm a pig.
                But the bath...!  Taking a bath is...!! )
Ryouga: . o O ( ...Nothing like before!! )
Ranma: You bastard.

(Page 50)
Ranma: Stop right there, you brat!!
Ryouga: *Concentrating sound*
Ryouga: "Shishi Houkoudan"!!
Ranma: *Ack*!
Ryouga: Now to take a bath!  Akane-san, I'm coming right now!
Ranma: Hm?!  Wait a minute...
Ranma: Isn't the bathtub broken?!

(Page 51)
Ranma: S... sorry about this Ryouga...
Ryouga: A... all gone...
Ryouga: Why do you look worried, Ranma... if I wait 10 years, then I'll be
        like before.
Ryouga: But!  I'm going to pay you back precisely what you deserve!!

(Page 52)
Voice: Why you... I apologized for it, didn't I?!
Voice: You think just apologizing is okay for this?!
Kasumi: I wonder what's going on.
Soun: It's noisy in the bathroom.
Voice: "Shishi Houkoudan"!!
Akane: ?!
Akane: Kyaa!!
Ranma: Damn it...
Nabiki: Hm?
Ryouga: Yeah.  Damn it...



Part 4: Let's Go to the 'Mushroom' Forest!

(Page 54)
Akane: Ranma.
Akane: Ryouga-kun.
Voice: They're not here?  They didn't eat their food yet...
Akane: With bodies like they have, where...
Ryouga: . o O ( I'll go to the 'aging mushroom' forest again!! )
Ryouga: . o O ( This is the only way I can return to normal!! )

(Page 55)
Ryouga: Hm?!
Ranma: Ryouga, why you...!
Ranma: Trying to leave me behind?!
Ryouga: Of course!
Ryouga: This has nothing to do with you, so... later.
Ranma: I'll use force to change your mind...
Ryouga: *Smirk*, interesting...
Mousse: Hm?!

(Page 56)
Mousse: Sorry about that.  Are you kids okay?
Ranma: . o O ( Mousse... )
Mousse: Hm?!
Ranma&Ryouga: Watch where you're going, you nearsighted fool!
Mousse: ......
Ranma: Ah!
Ranma: What do you think you're doing, you bastard!!
Mousse: I... I don't know why... but when I looked at this brat's face,
Mousse: I got excessively angry...

(Page 57)
Mousse: I can't control myself!!
Shampoo: What are you doing instead of working, Mousse??
Shampoo: Aiya!  A child who looks exactly like Ranma!
Shampoo: Too cute!
Ranma&Mousse: Ah!
Ranma: W... what are you doing?!
Shampoo: Giving you a kiss.
Mousse: Shampoo, give me a kiss too...
Ryouga: *Smirk*...

(Page 58)
Ryouga: . o O ( I'm going first, Ranma... )
Mousse: You brat!
Ryouga: When I return to normal, I'm going to suck all the blood out of you!
Ryouga: Wash your neck and wait for me!
Shampoo: Ah, wait!
Ranma: This is not the time to fool around like this!
Ranma: You bastard... stop right there!

(Page 59)
Voice: Here.
Ranma: T... thanks...
Ranma: . o O ( Eh?!  Kunou... )
Kunou: Young lady, let's go to the amusement park.
Kunou: Hahaha, isn't it fun?  It's fun, isn't it?
Kunou: Keep an eye out for oneesan.
Ranma: Oneesan isn't coming!!
Ranma: Ah, pig-tailed girl!
Kunou: Oh, oneesan is here??

(Page 60)
Ranma: Damn it!  At this rate, the sun is going to set on us.
Ryouga: It's your fault!
Ranma: Hm?  A map?!
Voice: I'm positive that the 'aging mushroom' forest is right around that
       corner...
Ryouga: What the...?
Ranma: Give me the map, you 'no sense of direction' fool!
Ryouga: That's weird.  One more time...
Ranma: Are you sure about this time??
Ryouga: I'm sure it's this way!
Ranma: Aren't we just circling around the same neighborhood?
Ryouga: T... that's weird.  My map is perfect...

(Page 61)
Map: < _____________________________________________________________________
      |    __   `-._                 .'   /\    .'      .-----------------. |
      |   |`-._     `-._           .'    ,'   .'        | /```\ Tendou    | |
      |`-._    `-.      `-._     .'Leads to .'          | |___|    Doujou | |
      |    `-._   Leads to  `-.-' Kyuushuu.'            `-----------------' |
      |        `-._Race Track    Island .'                          .----.  |
      |            `-._               .'   Passed a               /' Any  | |
      |                `-.            \    red car               |bad kids| |
      | 'Aging Mushroom'  \            \     .'      /|          | around | |
      |        Forest      \            \  .'       /_|,..,      < here?? ; |
      |      ... ||_ .      \        __  .'         `\/b_d|  ,...,`.____.'  |
      |    .'    |/~  `.     \       \_\~ \          /\'-'|/'|\_/ \ /|      |
      |   :        /\   :     \            \        ||||||| \|'--'|/~'      |
      |   :   /\/\ ""   :      \            \       '`````'  ||||||         |
      |   :   """"      :       \            \               '    '         |
      |    `.  \./|_  .'         \Under       \      Nagasaki people        |
      |      `--| |--'    ___,--->\Construction\                            |
      |        /' `\ <---'30m      \===+        \          _ Good place for |
      |       ^ ^ ^ ^               \            \   /```\~  Sanuki noodles |
      |                                           \  |_*_|   (* - Rest)     |
      `---------------------------------------------------------------------'>
Ranma: What's with the scribbling?!
Ryouga: . o O ( I... it's no use!  Even if I look for it my whole life
                time, I'll never find that 'aging mushroom' forest again! )
Akane: Ranma!
Akane: Ryouga-kun!
Akane: Hm?
Akane: You guys got lost.  I guess it can't be helped.
Ranma: Akane...
Ryouga: Akane-san.

(Page 62)
Ranma&Ryouga: Ah...!
Voice: On my backpack, the aging mushrooms are...
Ryouga: T... thank God...
Akane: The mushroom's spore must've gotten there.  Isn't that great?

(Page 63)
Ranma: Why you... thinking of keeping that for yourself?!
Ryouga: I'll keep them to grow them safely!
Ryouga: Hm?!
Soun: Oh, welcome back.
Soun: Heeeere, mustache rubbing.
Ranma: Nice follow, ojisan!
Voice: Heeeeere, for Ranma-kun as well.
Akane: Dad, they're not really kids, so...

(Page 64)
Right bowl: <Ryouga>
Left bowl: <Ranma>
Ryouga: . o O ( Damn it, seriously... I can't stand to be in this child's
                body anymore. )
Ryouga: . o O ( I have to make this grow to 16cm as soon as possible... )
Ryouga: Good, mine is taller.
Ryouga: *Smirk*, he's sleeping like a baby.
Ryouga: In this rate, I'm going to become 16 first.
Ryouga: Y... you bastard...

(Page 65)
Ranma: *Having nightmare sound*
Panda: <Shut up>
Ryouga: ......
Voice: Aaaaah!!
Ranma: M... my mushroom is...!

(Page 66)
Genma: This... will make you grow older than me by far.
Voice: Good, exactly 16cm.
Ryouga: Thank you for this f...
Ranma: You bastard...!
Akane: Hm?
Ranma: Hehe, idiot... idiot!
Ryouga: Give back my mushroom...!
Ranma: Ah...!

(Page 67)
Ranma: Hey, what are you doing Akane?!
Akane: This is Ryouga-kun's, right?
Ranma: Don't butt in, you MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN!
Akane: Here.
Ryouga: T... thank you, Akane-san.
Akane: Is this the mouth that called me a middle-aged woman...?
Ranma: *Aaaaaaack*!
Ryouga: *Smirk*, I won't get bothered here.
Ryouga: I'm going to eat it!

(Page 68)
Mousse: Good, it's a success!  My new technique... "breathing fire."
Ryouga: ......
Mousse: Hm?
Ryouga: Mousse, you bastard...
Mousse: What was that, kid?  It's dangerous to be in a place like this.
<During that time, Ranma, who is chasing Ryouga is...>
<Having some trouble.>
Ukyou: Kyaa!!  This child looks exactly like Ran-chan when he was a child! 
       So cute!!
Ranma: Let me go!  I'm in a hurry!
Kodachi: I wonder if I should kidnap him and raise him myself.



Part 5: Distant 16cm

(Page 70)
Akane: Good, I managed to cultivate this aging mushroom.
Ranma: Oooh, wow!  I guess we're safe if there are this many mushrooms.
Ryouga: Thank you Akane-san.
Akane: Okay?  This time, let's try to grow this without you two fighting.
Ranma: If I eat this after growing it to 16cm...
Ryouga: Then I'll become a 16 year old again!
Ranma&Ryouga: Oh!

(Page 71)
Ranma: Okay, this is mine!
Writing: <Ranma>
Ryouga: Ah!
Ryouga: Don't be so selfish!
Akane: As soon as I said it...
Akane: Why don't you decide by playing rock-paper-scissor like children?
       Okay?
Ranma: Okay!
Ranma&Ryouga: Rock... paper...
Ranma&Ryouga: *Oof*!
Akane: You guys...
Akane: Play outside!
Ryouga: Akane-san!
Ryouga: This is all your fault, you bastard!!
Ranma: *Smirk*...

(Page 72)
Ranma: Interesting.  Let's settle this somewhere else!
Ranma: Follow me!
Ryouga: Any place you want!
Ranma: . o O ( Hehe, idiot. )
Ryouga: Hm?!
Ryouga: Ranma?!
Ranma: . o O ( I pity you Ryouga... )
Ranma: . o O ( I'll make you a lost child. )
Ryouga: *Smirk*,
Ryouga: I knew things like this might happen...
Package: <Melon bread>
Ryouga: Good thing I secretly sprinkled pieces of bread while coming here.
Ryouga: If I follow that trail and go back...

(Page 73)
Ranma: Wahahahaha!  16cm mushroom is mine...!
Voice: Tendou-san, express package for you.
Ranma: Hm?
Ryouga: You bastard...!
Akane: When those kids are there, I have to constantly keep my eyes on the
       mushroom...
Kasumi: That's awful, Akane.
Voice: Why you...!  I'll make you die at the age of 6!
Voice: That's what I wanted to say to you!

(Page 74)
Ryouga: "Shishi Houkoudan"!!
Ranma: *Ack*!
Ryouga: Wahahahaha, you deserved that!
Ranma: Grrr.
Ranma: *Smirk*.
Ranma: How does it feel to be a 3 year old baby, Ryouga?!
Ryouga: "Bakuchaitenkechu."
Ranma: Eh?!
<"Bakuchaitenkechu" is...!!  The technique where you push the floor down with
 a finger and it explodes... exactly like the "bakusaitenketsu" technique!!>
Ryouga: "Bakuchaitenkechu"!  "Bakuchaitenkechu"!
Ranma: *Ack*!  *Ack*!

(Page 75)
Ranma: Don't destroy the training hall, you idiot!
Ryouga: ............
Akane: Ah...!
Akane: W... what happened...
Akane: RANMA...!!!
Akane: Can't you tell a difference between a good thing and a bad thing?!
Ranma: Waaaaaah!

(Page 76)
Ranma: Why you Akane...!  You think you can do things like this to me and get
       away with it?!
Voice: Don't worry about it Akane-san.  I'll settle this myself.
Akane: Ryouga-kun...
Ranma: Why you... this isn't fair!
Ryouga: You have no right to say that to me!
Ranma: Waaaaaaah!
Ranma: Waaaaaaah.
Ranma: Aren't you going to stop him?!  The smaller child is getting beat up!
Akane: It was your fault, right?
Ranma: Being so unfair only to me...
Akane: Hm?

(Page 77)
Ranma: Waaaaaah!  I really hate you Akane...!!!
Akane: Ah...!
Ranma: Suckers!
Ryouga: Ah!
Ranma: . o O ( All right!  It grew nicely. )
Ranma: . o O ( Eh?!  17cm... )
Ranma: . o O ( ...That means if I eat this, then I'll become 17 years old... )
Ranma: . o O ( A year older than before... )
Ranma: . o O ( I don't care! )
Ranma: You just wait Ryouga!
Ranma: I will fully revenge myself on you!

(Page 78)
Kunou: Mm, delicious.
Kunou: Kunou Tatewaki, 17 years old... in "matsakari" (the best time) of my
       youth.
Ranma: That's a "masakari" (broadaxe)!
Ranma: Damn it.
Ryouga: Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!
Akane: Hm?
Ranma: Ryouga's voice...

(Page 79)
Ranma: W... what happened?
Ranma: Oh good... smaller mushrooms are still good.
Akane: I guess it passed it's life span.
Ryouga: Damn you!  Because you distracted me with your confusion...!
Ranma: Shut up!!  You're 10 years too young to bully me around!
Ryouga: Hm?!  Where is Akane-san?!
Ranma: Mushrooms aren't here!

(Page 80)
Akane: Good, they'll never find it now.
Akane: Since they always fight when they see the mushroom.
Ranma: *Smirk*, it's no use to hide it.
Ryouga: Hey.
Ryouga: I'm unwilling to do this.  I can't harm a lady's room.
Ranma: After saying that, he's searching everywhere.

(Page 81)
Ranma: Damn it... where in the world...
Ryouga: *Gasp*!
Ranma: Did you find it?!
Ryouga: T... this is Akane-san's diary!!
Ranma: What are you searching for, you idiot!!
Ranma: Hm?!  Oh no, hide!
Akane: Ahhhhh!!
Akane: I'm going to get them for this afterward!

(Page 82)
Nabiki: Akane, they're 16cm now.
Akane: Thanks for keeping them for me, oneechan.
Ranma&Ryouga: . o O ( 16cm?! )
Ranma&Ryouga: . o O ( C... can't get out! )
Akane: Ranma!  Ryouga-kun!
Akane: Your mushrooms are ready!
Ranma: Okay?  We'll store up our energy and release them at the same time.
Ryouga: I get it.  Our energy's force will certainly able us to get out of
        here.
<This is the first time these two are working together!>
Ranma&Ryouga: *Concentrating sound*
<But, simultaneously storing up the energy in small airtight space is...>
<Same as heating up an egg in an electric range...>
Voice: *Concentrating sound*

(Page 83)
Akane: Ranma.
Akane: Ryouga-ku...
Ranma: W... we're out...
Ryouga: Not as we planned though...
Ranma: ...Eh?
Ranma: ...Where's the mushroom?

(Page 84)
Akane: I'm sorry... those were the last ones.
Akane: Please, try to just live on from now on...
Akane: ...And start over your life again.
Ranma&Ryouga: . o O ( T... )
Ranma&Ryouga: . o O ( This can't be... )
Soun: What's wrong?  You two look down.
Nabiki: Why... there's still some left.
Akane: If they don't have any energy to fight each other, then this won't
       get snatched away...