Ranma 1/2 by Takahashi Rumiko Volume 25 Translated By a Fan, For the Fans Distributed by the MANGA MILITIA p.149 Part 10 - Akane's Journey p.150 Shinnosuke: Go home while blowing this horn. Shinnosuke: It's protection against the monsters. Akane: Your wound's... Already OK? Shinnosuke: I'm fine, so go home quickly. Akane: I'll return this to you for sure. Akane: Goodbye. Akane: I'll see you again... p.151 Sign: Tendou Doujou p.152 Akane: It's done!! Akane: It came out normal--!! Akane: Ranma!! Akane: Father!! "Uncle"--!! It's normal curry--!! Soun: Go out and eat it, Ranma. Ranma: No! Panda: Stubborn. Panda: Ehh! Akane: Here. Man: The katsudon's ready. (NOTE: Noodles in broth topped with dee p-fried pork chops.) p.153 Ranma: Sorry, but I'm full. Akane: Geez--. Fine, because I'll eat by myself. Akane: Even though I went to the trouble to make it normally... TV: Our camera then succeeded in catching a glimpse of a mysterious huge animal. TV: This is that momentary image. p.154 TV: The legendary monster of the Higo forest of Ryugenzawa... TV: ...Really existed!! Akane: Ryugenzawa... Akane: Higo forest? Kasumi: We're home--. Nabiki: Again--? Akane, this kind of boring program... Akane: Big sister. Kasumi: Ryugenzawa? Akane, you've got a good memory. Kasumi: We went there on a family trip when you were small. To the Ryug enzawa Health Center. Nabiki: Ah--. p.155 Nabiki: I wish we hadn't gone then - Akane got lost... Kasumi: Yes, yes, getting lost in the forest, there was a big uproar, c ertainly. Akane: Somehow... Now that I'm told... Akane: Wah--, Father, Mother!! Akane: That... Wasn't a dream... p.156 Akane: Yes, Tendou family. Akane: Yes, this is the Tendou Doujou. Akane: Monster removal? Akane: Ohh, more trouble... Akane: Monsters in Ryugenzawa?! Soun: Hey, Akane. Did you make dinner? Father went out, and didn't know at all. Akane: Y-Yes, understood. Well... Akane: Ah - Found it, found it. p.157 Akane: Whistle... Akane: Yes, this... Somebody gave it to me. Akane: Saying it was protection... Kasumi: Father, it's an emergency!! Soun: Akane left home?! Soun: L-Left a letter!! Letter: I'm going to Ryugenzawa. Don't worry! p.158 Soun: A-Akane, why...? Nabiki: Doesn't something occur to you, Ranma? Ranma: Why me...? Ranma: If it's last night's curry incident... Ranma: Impossible. Ranma: I always run away from Akane's unappetizing cooking. Ranma: From that kind of thing... Kasumi: E-Everyone... Kasumi: This... Soun: A-Akane's curry... p.159 Soun: I-It's normal! Ranma: She made it normally!! Soun: Ranma, why didn't you eat it then--!! Ranma: What, you're her father... Nabiki: Didn't she try hard for Ranma's sake...? p.160 Soun: You'll go and get her and bring her home, won't you, Ranma. Ranma: It's idiotic. Leaving home because of a thing like this. Soun: RA--N--MA--!! Ranma: Yes. I'm going. Akane: Monster removal is a martial artist's duty. Akane: I can report to Father after I go home. p.161 Akane: Besides... What could it be? Akane: Somehow, terribly important... Akane: I feel as though there's a terribly important memory... Man: The monsters come down along the swamp and come out in this Hig o forest. Man: Take care--. Akane: This place... p.162 Akane: Yes - That time... Akane: I got lost here... Akane: Father--. Akane: Eek--!! Akane: To ward off monsters... Akane: Protection... Akane: Your wound's... Already OK? Shinnosuke: I'm fine, so go home quickly. Akane: That's right. A boy... Akane: A boy saved me... Gave me this whistle... p.163 Akane: Ah... p.164 Shinnosuke: Go home. p.165 Part 11 - Reawakened Memories p.166 Akane: Y-You... Shinnosuke: Ahead of here, it's full of traps that I've laid for th e monsters. Go home quickly. Akane: But... I was asked by the local people to remove the monsters. .. Shinnosuke: I won't say the same thing twice. Go home quickly... p.167 Akane: If this person... Akane: He saved me that time... p.168 Akane: Wah--, help--!! Akane: Ah!! p.169 Shinnosuke: It's OK already!! p.170 Akane: Thank you. Are your wounds OK? Shinnosuke: Go home quickly. From here it's full of traps. Akane: I'll take you home, where's your house? Akane: Found it... That boy's house... p.171 Sign: Ryugenzawa Youth Group Hostel Ranma: She went to remove monsters? Man: Yeah, if Akane is that girl... Man: She said she was a representative of the Tendou Doujou... Ranma: Geez, what was she thinking? Ranma: Hm? p.172 Ranma: DEH?! Ranma: Wha... Flying squirrel? p.173 Ranma: D-Duckbill platypus... Ranma: So many huge, weird creatures... Ranma: What in the world is this forest...? p.174 Akane: You live alone with your grandfather in the middle of this kind of forest...? Shinnosuke: My grandfather doesn't have long, either. Shinnosuke: I'm grateful you saw me home, but... Go home already. This is no place for a weak girl to come to. Akane: What in the world are those monsters? Akane: And why are you in a place like this...? Grandpa: Shinnosuke, can't you at least get out tea for our gues t? Shinnosuke: Grandpa... p.175 Grandpa: The tea things are on the second shelf from the top, th e hot drinking water is over there. Shinnosuke: Second from the top, right?! Grandpa: The day's already gone. Stay here tonight, and tomorro w go home early. Akane: But... Grandpa: Miss, the monsters in this forest aren't things that an amateur can beat in a day or two. Grandpa: Since long ago, I... I've been crossing swords with th e rascals from the time Shinnosuke was born. We're the guardi ans of this forest... It's our duty... Akane: Guardians...? Akane: Here, since the time he was born... Akane: Then, Shinnosuke, that time, after all... p.176 Shinnosuke: Go home while blowing this whistle. It's protection ag ainst the monsters. Akane: Your wound's... Already OK? Shinnosuke: I'm fine, so go home quickly. Grandpa: Shinnosuke, catch something for dinner. Shinnosuke: Yeah. Akane: Um... Shinnosuke. Shinnosuke: What? Akane: Don't you remember this...? Akane: When I was a child... You gave me this... p.177 Shinnosuke: I don't know. Shinnosuke: You've probably mistaken me for someone else. Akane: Eh...? Ranma: Akane--... Ranma: Where are you--!! Ranma: Wait a minute... Shinnosuke: Woman...? Ranma: She must have come into this forest. Shinnosuke: I don't know. Ranma: Oh, OK - Sorry. p.178 Shinnosuke: Hey, be careful. I've laid traps in this area... Akane: Welcome back. Shinnosuke: Yeah. Shinnosuke: I'd forgotten that a woman came. I did a bad thing to that guy a little while ago. Shinnosuke: Hey, the bath's boiled. Get in. Akane: Thanks. Shinnosuke: Oh, yeah. Shinnosuke: I've got to get in the bath. p.179 Akane: Mistake him for someone else...? But... Akane: His face wasn't lying... Akane: Then, the boy who saved me a long time ago... Shinnosuke: S... Shinnosuke: Sorry... p.180 Shinnosuke: I forgot you were in there! Shinnosuke: Sorry!! Akane: Ah... Akane: The wounds on his back... Unmistakable. Akane: After all, Shinnosuke was that boy. Grandpa: Shinnosuke, why are you so forgetful? Even though you go to the trouble to lay traps for the monsters, you set them all off yourself... Ranma: Shit... Ranma: Akane--, where are you--!! Ranma 1/2 by Takahashi Rumiko Volume 26 Translated By a Fan, For the Fans Distributed by the MANGA MILITIA ----------------------------- p.5 Part 1 - Secret of the Strange Forest p.6 Akane: The wounds on Shinnosuke's back... Akane: He was trying to save me when we were children... p.7 Shinnosuke: It's weird... I can't forget about last night. Grandpa: You, who are so terribly forgetful, remember last night . Grandpa: Shinnosuke, that... might be LOVE. Shinnosuke: Who are you? p.8 Grandpa: Who could forget their grandfather?? Shinnosuke: Oh, yeah, you're Grandpa. Akane: Um, breakfast is ready. Shinnosuke: Yeah. Ranma: Damn it--! Ranma: Where did that rascal Akane go!! p.9 Ranma: Ah. Ranma: It's a private house! Ranma: I'm saved... Akane: Here, although I'm not confident about the taste... Shinnosuke: It smells good. Akane: Um... You can leave it if it's bitter, because I'm really not confident... p.10 Akane: S-Sorry, was it bitter after all...? Grandpa: Ooh... Shinnosuke: Ooh... Grandpa: Delicious--!! Shinnosuke: This is the first time since I was born that I've had d elicious food!! Akane: EHH?! Akane: Really--?! Shinnosuke: Seconds!! Ranma: Wha... p.11 Ranma: Th-That guy is certainly the one from yesterday... Shinnosuke: Girl? I don't know. Ranma: Hm? Akane: Wh-What? This rumbling in the ground... Grandpa: Hmm... Shinnosuke: I'll go check out the situation! p.12 Akane: Shinnosuke, you forgot these things!! Shinnosuke: AH. Shinnosuke: Um... Shinnosuke: If it's all right... Shinnosuke: Won't you make dinner, too? Akane: Eh... Akane: Um... So, it's all right if I stay here? Shinnosuke: Yeah. Shinnosuke: Bye. p.13 Akane: Come back soon--. Caption: Won't you make dinner, too? Too...? too... (NOTE: ec hoes) Ranma: Hey. Akane: Ranma, what are you doing in a place like this? Ranma: About that!! Akane: Me, run away from home?! Impossible... Akane: I just came to banish some monsters. Ranma: Oho... p.14 Akane: Say, could it be... Akane: You came for me because you were worried? Ranma: Why should I? Ranma: ...What's with that guy? Akane: Ahh... Akane: Shinnosuke? Akane: Are you worried? Ranma: NOT. Ranma: At any rate, let's go home, Akane. Ranma: Aside from me, because you're father's worried. p.15 Akane: No, I'm going to make him dinner. Ranma: Don't you think it's strange? Ranma: Where in the world is the person who'd happily eat your cooking ...? Akane: I made it delicious. Ranma: Wha... Ranma: I-It's normal, no, rather... Ranma: ...it's delicious... Akane: Isn't it?! Isn't it?! Ranma: Huge rare beasts... Akane's cooking's suddenly gotten deliciou s... p.16 Ranma: There's an absurd secret in this forest!! Akane: (2) If it's delicious, how about if you just obediently ack nowledge that it's delicious--!! Shinnosuke: It's odd... Shinnosuke: The forest is trembling... Grandpa: Could it be... The rascal has awakened...? p.17 Shinnosuke: Seconds. Shinnosuke: You're a genius at cooking, aren't you. Akane: I'm glad, eat your fill. Grandpa: R-Really... Grandpa: It's been a long time since we had a tasty meal... Shi nnosuke forgets to put the miso in the miso soup... Akane: My. Grandpa: Won't you live here forever? Shinnosuke is set on you, too... Akane: Oh, no, Grandpa!! Shinnosuke: Stop it, Grandpa!! Shinnosuke: Never mind what Grandpa said. Akane: Yeah... p.18 Shinnosuke: Um... I forgot to ask you, but... Shinnosuke: What's your name? Akane: Eh... Akane: I'm Akane. Akane: Tendoh Akane. Shinnosuke: Akane... Shinnosuke: It's a nice name. Wall: Akane Akane Akane p.19 Shinnosuke: Good. Shinnosuke: I remembered. Grandpa: Shinnosuke--, no tea yet--? Shinnosuke: Damn, I came to get water. Shinnosuke: Hm? Shinnosuke: The well's dry. Wait, because I'll go get some from th e swamp. p.20 Akane: Grandpa?! Grandpa: Th-The water's run dry in the well... Akane: Wh-What's the matter, Grandpa? Grandpa: The wounds on Shinnosuke's back... You saw, didn't you ? Akane: Eh... Yes. Grandpa: The truth is, that time... Shinnosuke wasn't alive. Grandpa: He's managed to live to today, thanks to the water in t he well... Grandpa: That well has run dry... Shinnosuke will die... Akane: Ehh?! Shinnosuke: ...What did I come here for? p.21 Part 2 - Water of Life p.22 Akane: What do you mean "Shinnosuke will die," Grandpa?! Grandpa: That Shinnosuke has managed to live until today... Grandpa: ...is thanks to the water of life... Akane: Water of life? p.23 Grandpa: This place, you see... Originally, it was an ordinary rare beast zoo... Grandpa: And I was a common zookeeper. Grandpa: But, one day... Grandpa: One platypus escaped. Grandpa: The platypus was found right away. Grandpa: Because... Grandpa: It had grown up splendidly, and came back to rampage ar ound. p.24 Grandpa: In that confusion, the rare beasts who escaped also... Grandpa: One after another, they grew huge, and began to live in this forest. Grandpa: The cause of their growing huge is a spring that bubble s up in this forest... Sign: Water of Life - Effects: Rare Beasts Grow Well Akane: Why deliberately build a rare beasts zoo in a forest with such a dangerous spring bubbling in it...? Grandpa: To return to our original subject... Akane: You built it without planning, didn't you? p.25 Grandpa: (2) Since then, Shinnosuke and I came to supervise the fore st, so as not to let the rare beasts go out into the vi llage and do harm. Grandpa: And, that day of fate... Grandpa: Sh-Shinnosuke! What are these big wounds?!! Akane: The wounds from when he saved me... Grandpa: The doctor also despaired. (NOTE: despaired = "saji o nageta," lit. "threw the/a spoon") Caption: Doctor Caption: Spoon Grandpa: Like this, Shinnosuke would die!! p.26 Grandpa: I was grasping at straws... Grandpa: I gave Shinnosuke the water of life... Grandpa: A miracle occurred... Grandpa: Shinnosuke, you woke up--!! Grandpa: In an instant, Shinnosuke became healthy. Grandpa: But... Grandpa: Whenever he stops drinking it, headaches, a sense of le thargy, getting dizzy when he stands up, etc... Akane: S-So, Shinnosuke... Grandpa: Yes, if there is no water of life, his body can't live. .. p.27 Shinnosuke: That's it! Shinnosuke: I came to get water!! Shinnosuke: Hm? Ranma: Geez... p.28 Ranma: What in the world is that guy...? Ranma: What is he to Akane...? Shinnosuke: Won't you make dinner, too? Ranma: Hm? Ranma: Ah... p.29 Shinnosuke: Go to sleep obediently!! Ranma: Heh... Ranma: He does all right... Shinnosuke: Uh?! p.31 Grandpa: Come, one more time, practise smiling. Grandpa: You're late, Shinnosuke. Akane: Welcome back--. Grandpa: If he dies right away, I just can't understand it. Akane: B-But, isn't there a way to save him?! Grandpa: There is, but... It's close to impossible. Akane: Tell me, Grandpa!! Akane: I'll do anything!! Akane: So... p.32 Akane: Shinnosuke, for my sake... Akane: This time, it's my turn to save Shinnosuke!! Ranma: For some reason, he fell over. Grandpa: Sh-Shinnosuke!! Akane: Shinnosuke!! p.33 Grandpa: Hang on--!! Akane: Ranma... Ranma: I shouldn't have to say this, but I didn't beat him up. Akane: I know. Akane: Thanks!! Ranma: Eh...? Shinnosuke: Uh... Akane: Shinnosuke, are you awake?! Grandpa: Listen, tears are taboo. Akane: Smiling face, right? Grandpa: Shinnosuke!! Akane: Shinnosuke... p.34 Grandpa: WAHH---, you POOR GUY--... Shinnosuke: What's wrong, Grandpa? Akane: Don't cry--!! Ranma: Wh-What is this feeling of being distanced...? Ranma: At any rate, because I'm going home, already. Ranma: Because I won't come and get you a second time. Ranma: All right? Akane: Yeah... p.35 Akane: I... Akane: I'll be with Shinnosuke... Ranma: Huh...? Akane: The truth is, Ranma, I have a reason for this... p.36 Akane: Ranma...? Ranma: Why, why? Ranma: Why, why, why, why? Ranma: Are you saying he's better than me? Ranma: Oh, I see, I see, I see, I see. Ranma: Akane, you JERK--!! Narration: The catastrophe of the forest was certainly progressing ... p.37 Part 3 - In the Tree-Shade of the Forest p.38 Grandpa: The fact that the well of the water of life has dried u p... Grandpa: Probably, the other springs of life, too... Akane: Are there many? Grandpa: A few, through the underground water veins of the fores t... Grandpa: At any rate, if I don't give him the water of life as s oon as possible... Grandpa: Shinnosuke... Shinnosuke: What ABOUT me? Akane: Grandpa. Shh!! Grandpa: * startle * p.39 Shinnosuke: You're strange, Grandpa. What are you hiding from me? Grandpa: * heartbeat heartbeat heartbeat heartbeat * Akane: Shinnosuke, what's my name? Shinnosuke: I wouldn't forget Akane. Grandpa: What were we talking about? Shinnosuke: ...I forgot. Grandpa: Good - Let's go. Akane: Without the water of life, Shinnosuke will die... Akane: Because of the wounds when he saved me... p.40 Ranma: Shit--. Akane: I'll be with Shinnosuke... Ranma: That fickle girl - Do as you like. Ranma: Because I'm going back to Tokyo right away. Ranma: Hm?! p.41 Ranma: Th-The spring... Ranma: Dried up...? Ranma: It looked just like something was drinking it in... p.42 Shinnosuke: Grandpa, this spring's dried up, too. Grandpa: Completely destroyed...? Shinnosuke: How? Grandpa: It's unmistakable... That guy's blocking the source of the water of life... Akane: "That guy"...? p.43 Grandpa: Already there's not a moment to spare - We'll go and check the wellspring!! Akane: Yeah. Akane: Hm? Akane: Ranma's tent... Akane: Didn't he go on ahead...? Shinnosuke: Akane, let's go. Ranma: Wha--t's with that overly familiar attitude...? p.44 Shinnosuke: Because this area is full of traps I've set. Don't tri p any. Grandpa: Hmph. Grandpa: While saying something... Grandpa: Casually holding Akane's hand... Grandpa: You ladykiller--!! Shinnosuke: Stop it, Grandpa. Akane: This is no situation for telling jokes. Shinnosuke: Let's go, Akane. Akane: Uh... Yeah... p.45 Narration: About then... Ryoga: Shit-- Ryoga: Where in the world is this? Ryoga: Ugh... Ryoga: Akane... Ryoga: I want to see you... p.46 Ryoga: A-Akane... Shinnosuke: Aren't you tired, Akane? Akane: What about you, Shinnosuke...? Ryoga: Akane's familiarly holding hands with a man other than Ranma... Wh-What in the world is this...? Ryoga: What does it mean--, Ranma--!! Ranma: Ryoga - Not Ryoga?! p.47 Ranma: Just perfect. Ranma: Go, Hindrance!! Shinnosuke: Shall we rest a while? Akane: Yeah. Akane: Hm? Akane: P-chan!! What are you doing in a place like this?!! Akane: Shinnosuke, your lunch. Shinnosuke: Handmade by Akane? p.48 Akane: Although I don't know if it's delicious or not... Shinnosuke: It looks tasty. Akane: S-Sorry... Akane: Wh-Why...? Akane: I thought my cooking had gotten good... Akane: The water... It's the water of life... Akane: It was delicious because I cooked it with water from the well.. . Shinnosuke: For Akane's cooking to be nasty tasting, of all things. .. p.49 Shinnosuke: I... Surely I'm feeling ill... Shinnosuke: Sorry, even though you went to the trouble to make it. Akane: Y-You're wrong. Akane: Wro... Shinnosuke: Akane... p.50 Shinnosuke: Don't cry, I'll eat all my dinner!! Shinnosuke: And tomorrow's breakfast and lunch and dinner... Shinnosuke: And the day after that, all the time, forever... Shinnosuke: My whole life... I want to eat Akane's cooking... Akane: Eh...? Shinnosuke: I love you, Akane. p.51 Akane: Sh-Shinnosuke... Shinnosuke: Akane... Shinnosuke: Do you hate me? Akane: Now, I... Akane: I don't hate you... Akane: I have to be supportive of Shinnosuke... p.52 Ryoga: RANMA--!! Ryoga: What does it mean--!! Ranma: Therefore... Ranma: She's changed to that guy. Ryoga: You--!! Ranma: Shut up! Cry, or hit, or talk, but whichever, do ONE of them!! Ryoga: Akane... Ranma: Is Akane serious...? Ranma: She can't be... Grandpa: Shinnosuke--, you heartless--!! Shinnosuke: Huh? What's the matter, Grandpa? Akane: Have you forgotten? p.53 Part 4 - Bye-Bye, Akane p.54 Grandpa: The two of them are fast asleep. Grandpa: After all... Grandpa: I can't expose the young people to danger... p.55 Grandpa: Wait, Shinnosuke. Because Grandpa will save your life. Grandpa: Preparations for battle... Ranma: What are you going to do, Ryoga? Ryoga: You should know!! Ryoga: (2) Even if it costs me my life, I'm going to ask Akane in person whether she loves this guy Shinnosuke or not!! p.56 Ranma: Heh, can you do such a cowardly thing? Ryoga: If so... Ryoga: Don't come with me, moron--!! Ryoga: Hey!! Grandpa: Who is it!! p.57 Akane: Hm?! Akane: P-chan... Akane: Grandpa...? Shinnosuke: Grandpa... p.59 Akane: G-Grandpa...? Shinnosuke: Grandpa, what in the world... Grandpa: Stay away!! Grandpa: From here on, leave it to Grandpa, OK?! Shinnosuke: Akane... Shinnosuke: Didn't you hear something from Grandpa? Shinnosuke: About the water of life... p.60 Shinnosuke: For Grandpa to do a thing like that... Shinnosuke: Is the water of life that important?! Shinnosuke: Akane... p.61 Akane: Ranma... Ranma: What have I been doing? Ranma: If you feel that way, I'm glad we broke up, but at least let me hear the reason. Akane: Eh...? Ranma: Tell me why, right here, clearly!! p.62 Akane: Shinnosuke might die... Akane: I-Idiot, what are you saying? Akane: I can't say that right here, clearly!! Shinnosuke: Stop it. Shinnosuke: Aren't you bothering Akane? Ranma: Don't interfere... Shinnosuke: I won't tell you the same thing twice. Akane: Wait a minute... Ranma: Want to do it?!! Ranma: I'm not meek like the animals in this forest!! p.63 Akane: Stop!! p.64 Shinnosuke: Uh... Akane: An outbreak... p.66 Akane: Ah... Akane: Ran... ma... Akane: I'm sorry... Akane: Hit me... Ranma: I get it... Ranma: I'm sorry I bothered you... Akane: Ranma!! p.67 Akane: Ranma... Ranma: Bye-bye... Akane... Grandpa: Hateful beast, who blocks the wellspring of the water o f life... p.68 Grandpa: Come out! I'll give you what you like best!! p.69 Part 5 - The King of Rare Beasts Appears!! p.70 Grandpa: Well, come on, monster! Grandpa: What you love best, wine and... Grandpa: Women!! p.71 Grandpa: Ho, ho, ho, try and catch me!! Grandpa: Huh?! Grandpa: D-Damn!! p.72 Grandpa: GYAH--! Ranma: I've been dumped by Akane...? p.73 Akane: I'm sorry... Hit me... Ranma: Heh, I don't even feel like fighting with her. Ranma: I'll go back... Ranma: When I get back, I'll go on a study trip. Ranma: Bye-bye, Akane. Ranma: I probably won't see you again. Ranma: Hm? p.75 Ranma: Wha... p.77 Ranma: Are you OK? Grandpa: I wanted you to catch me in those arms. p.78 Ranma: I get it... Ranma: Sorry I bothered you... Ranma: I get it... Akane: Idiot... You don't understand anything, as usual... Akane: Ranma... Akane: I won't see you any more... p.79 Grandpa: Run!! You'll be eaten!! p.80 Grandpa: To the crevice in that rock... p.81 Akane: Ran... Akane: Wait a minute... Grandpa: I-I'm no use already... Akane: Grandpa... p.82 Akane: What in the world was that monster just now...? Grandpa: A rare beast among rare beasts... A Yamatano Serpent.. . Akane: Yamatano Serpent...? Akane: So it was blocking the source of the water of life... Grandpa: Yes, it was that rascal's doing... Grandpa: Before I die... Grandpa: There's something I must tell you... Akane: Th-That's... Grandpa... Akane: Hang on... p.83 Grandpa: From the first, there is a deep connection between the water of life and the Yamatano Serpent. Because, for so me reason, the wellspring of the water of life is the Serpent's nest. Akane: Grandpa, weren't you going to die...? Grandpa: A strange moss grows on the Yamatano Serpent's body. Caption: Easy-to-Understand Diagram Label 1: <- Normally sleeping Grandpa: The essence of this moss dissolves in the water, become s a spring, and bubbles forth. Label 2: When it wakes up, its heads get stuck and the wellsprin g is obstructed -> Grandpa: That's the real nature of the water of life. Grandpa: In the end, if we can get our hands on the moss from th e Serpent's body... Akane: We can save Shinnosuke's life?! Ranma: Life...? p.84 Shinnosuke: I heard everything. Grandpa: WAH!! Shinnosuke: I'm going to die, aren't I? Grandpa: Sh... Akane: Shinnosuke... Shinnosuke: My life... How much more do I have? Grandpa: I don't know. Therefore, I did this to lure out the Se rpent... Shinnosuke: Does it like apparitions? Grandpa: It likes beautiful women. Ranma: Women... p.85 Part 6 - The Serpent is Angry!! p.86 Sign: * Danger * Water of Life Wellspring Narration: The Yamatano Serpent was displeased. Narration: It had some bad premonition. Narration: That was the instinct of a wild beast. p.87 Narration: Some counterfeit thing was drawing near, to disobey it. .. Akane: I'll be the bait. Akane: The Serpent loves wine and women, doesn't it? Grandpa: Don't say it so simply. If you're bait, you'll end up being eaten. Akane: But isn't there nobody but me? p.88 Ryoga: Hey. Ryoga: Isn't there nobody but YOU? Ranma: ...What? Ryoga: Become a woman. Go and die. For Akane's sake! Ranma: Feh. Ryoga: You certainly were dumped by Akane. Ryoga: I, who was watching on the whole time, will tell you. I'll eve n dare to declare it. Akane's fallen for Shinnosuke. p.89 Ryoga: I'll watch over Akane. Ryoga: I know I've been decisively dumped... Ryoga: But I love her without regret... Ranma: Ryoga... Ryoga: I'm fine, even being dumped... Ryoga: I'm fine--, hey, hey, hey. Ranma: I'M not fine. p.90 Ranma: To throw away her life for another man, of all things... Ranma: I won't allow it, Akane!! Ranma: I'll defeat the Yamatano Serpent!! p.91 Ranma: ...What happened to Akane!! Grandpa: It's up to you, Akane. Grandpa: The source of the water of life, the Serpent's moss... You'll get it and bring it back!! Ryoga: You let Akane go alone--!! Grandpa: This is no time to break up a friendship!! Ryoga: Who's a friend, who!! p.92 Ranma: You probably have some plan, Grandpa. Ranma: Well... Even if you won't tell me, I can generally imagine it. Shinnosuke: It's a perfect plan! Shinnosuke: I won't put Akane in danger!! Shinnosuke: Hey, you. p.93 Shinnosuke: I'm called Shinnosuke. Nice to meet you. Grandpa: My grandson is terribly forgetful... Akane: What could it be... Akane: The forest is strangely quiet... Akane: The platypus...?! Akane: That huge platypus is getting small... Akane: It's because its supply of the water of life has been cut off!! Akane: If I don't hurry, Shinnosuke's life, too... p.94 Narration: The Serpent's premonition of a counterfeit grew rapidly stronger. Narration: An "enemy" was coming there at once. p.95 Grandpa: Well, you should think we're women, and come out to eat us!! p.96 Narration: The Serpent was enraged. Narration: It was only natural!! Grandpa: Ho, ho, ho, full of your favorite wine and women. Caption: The Bride Ryoga: If this figure was seen by Akane... Caption: The Nurse Ryoga: I'D DIE!! p.97 Caption: The Girls' School Student Ranma: Each person, take care of two heads! Go!! Caption: The Policewoman p.98 Akane: It's started... Akane: Now, the moss... Grandpa: Akane, no matter how you look at it, you're a splendid boy!! You don't need to worry about being eaten by the Serp ent!! p.99 Akane: Grandpa!! Grandpa: Ha, ha, ha, it's OK, Akane!! Grandpa: I'm just drawing the Serpent's attention by dressing as a woman!! It won't eat men!! Grandpa: No--! Shinnosuke: Grandpa! Ranma: It doesn't seem to feel like eating, but... Ryoga: It seems to feel like killing. p.100 Akane: Moss... There's no moss anywhere!! Akane: Hah!! It's strange... Akane: This Yamatano Serpent, no matter how you count... Akane: There are only seven heads!! p.101 Part 7 - The Eighth Head p.102 Ranma: Shit--!! Ryoga: It's seen through that we aren't women!! Grandpa: Ho, ho, ho, drink your fill, and feel better. p.103 Grandpa: Kyah--, it's getting more and more violent--!! Ryoga: Deh--, bad alcohol breath!! Ranma: Isn't there some breakthrough...? Something...? Ranma: Hm?! Ranma: Hey, Grandpa, what's that...?! Grandpa: Hm? Grandpa: In the event we beat the Serpent, I thought we'd have a celebration... Shinnosuke: Amazing, Grandpa, it's an elaborate consideration!! p.104 Ranma: Celebration...? Ranma: Which means... Ranma: If that's... Ryoga: Hey, Ranma, where... Ranma: Found it!! Ranma: Deh!! p.105 Ranma: Da-da-da-da-da-da-da--!! Ranma: Eat this - Victory Celebration Painful Eyes Foam Bombs!! Shinnosuke: He threw beer...? Ryoga: I-I see!! p.106 Narration: An important ritual at celebrations is beer-throwing. Narration: The severe pain of beer in the eyes is so indescribable ... Narration: Even the most noted team is said to squirm about in hel lish pain!! Shinnosuke: The Serpent recoiled! Ryoga: Now!! Ryoga: Ungh--!! p.107 All: (3) * pant, pant, pant * Ryoga: Oh... Ranma: Over... Grandpa: Akane!! Akane: There's no moss!! Grandpa: What?! Akane: There's no moss of life!! Akane: And besides... p.108 Akane: Be careful!! The eighth head of the Serpent is still... Grandpa: Eighth...?! Grandpa: I-It's true! We only beat seven heads... p.109 Grandpa: Ohh!! p.110 Ranma: Ahh!! Shinnosuke: A head on the end of its tail...?! p.112 Ranma: Th-This is... Grandpa: Seven heads and a huge head on its tail... Th-This is rare even for a rare Yamatano Serpent!! Grandpa: Good - I'll name it the Omatano Yarochi!! (NOTE: Or ochi = Serpent, but "ya" is the first syllable of "8" ) Ryoga: Who cares what it's called!! Ryoga: Akane's in danger!! Akane: Ugh... p.113 Akane: The moss of life to save Shinnosuke... Akane: It must be growing on the eighth head. Akane: If I don't go and get it... Ranma: Akane!! Akane: Ah... Grandpa: It noticed the smell of a real woman?! p.114 Akane: Moss!! p.115 Akane: Got it... Akane: Grandpa!! Grandpa: Akane!! p.116 Ryoga: Ahh!! Ranma: The rascal intends to return to its nest with her and eat her!! Akane: Ranma... Ranma: AKANE--!! p.117 Part 8 - Take Care of Akane p.118 Ranma: I get it... Ranma: Sorry I bothered you... Akane: You're wrong, Ranma. Akane: Because Shinnosuke saved my life... Akane: Because he's going to die because he saved me... p.119 Akane: I wanted to tell you... the truth... Akane: Ranma... p.120 Shinnosuke: Akane--!! Ryoga: Akane!! Ranma: Akane... p.121 Ranma: Even if you're risking your life for that guy Shinnosuke becaus e you're in love with him... Ranma: I... Ranma: I'll protect you!! p.122 Shinnosuke: Woman...?! p.124 Both: (2) * pant, pant * Shinnosuke: Akane! Akane: You came for me...? Ranma... p.125 Shinnosuke: You... Who are you? Ranma: (2) Take care of Akane. Akane: Ran... p.126 Ranma: Come after me--, I'm a delicious real girl--. p.127 Ranma: Ho, ho, ho, try and catch me!! Shinnosuke: She's being bait... Akane: Ranma... p.128 Shinnosuke: Damn, it woke up!! Shinnosuke: Akane, hurry!! Ranma: Hm?! It's being pulled...? Ranma: Well, then, the seven heads in the opposite direction... Ranma: If I don't pull it strongly this way...!! p.129 Ranma: I'll show you a girl student's panties--. Shinnosuke: Hm? Ranma: Here--, a glimpse. p.130 Ranma: AH. Ranma: D-Damn. Ranma: I'm wearing men's underpants. p.131 Shinnosuke: It's recovered?! Akane: Something happened over there!! Grandpa: Shinnosuke!! Grandpa: Hurry, with that brush... Shinnosuke: Grandpa!! Shinnosuke: Got it! Shinnosuke: Thanks, Grandpa!! p.132 Shinnosuke: I'll beat you!! Grandpa: AH!! Akane: The moss on the brush will end up scattered!! Akane: Shinnosuke, don't brandish it around--!! Grandpa: That guy's forgotten about the moss of life--!! p.133 Part 9 - Blow the Horn Whistle!! p.134 Grandpa: Grandpa, Akane, run away now--! Akane: Shinnosuke, I told you, don't brandish it around!! Grandpa: The moss of life on the end of the broom--!! p.135 Shinnosuke: Uh... Akane: An outbreak! Grandpa: Ahh--, I told you so--!! p.136 Akane: Shinnosuke!! Grandpa: Shinnosuke--!! Grandpa: Ahh--, like this, we'll be destroyed--!! Akane: Isn't there any other way to beat the Serpent?! Grandpa: THERE IS. Akane: There is?! p.137 Narration: At about that time, in the opposite direction from the seven heads... Narration: The huge head... Ranma: Wait, wait, wait, don't go that way--!! Ranma: If I don't do something to pull it this way... Ranma: Akane will be in danger!! Ranma: Customer, customer, the truth is... Ranma: I'm not wearing a bra!! p.138 Ranma: A glimpse. Ranma: If you chase me, I'll show you everything--!! Ranma: Ho, ho, ho, this way, this way!! Akane: So, Grandpa, the way to beat the Serpent... Grandpa: There is, but there isn't. Akane: WHICH IS IT! Grandpa: After all... p.139 Akane: Horn whistle?! Grandpa: Yes... The secret treasure for banishing Serpents, han ded down from ancient days... Grandpa: If there is a horn whistle made from the horn of the Se rpent's worst enemy, the one-horned mongoose!! Akane: One-horned mongoose? Caption: One-horned mongoose Label: <- Horn Narration: A rare beast said to have been extinct for a few hundre d years. Reference document: Great Japanese Rare Beasts Co mpendium Grandpa: That day when Shinnosuke was small... Grandpa: This is a charm to dispel monsters. Don't lose it. Shinnosuke: Yeah. Grandpa: That rascal Shinnosuke, lost it the day I gave it to hi m... p.140 Shinnosuke: Go back while blowing this whistle. Grandpa: BLOW--!! p.141 Akane: I did it!! Grandpa: Yes, the dreadful authority of the horn whistle!! Narration: About then... Ranma: I wonder if I should hold the grand unveiling soon? p.142 Ranma: Ho, ho, ho - There--! Ranma: EH?! Ranma: Wh-Why...?! p.143 Akane: Grandpa, hurry, the moss of life!! Grandpa: Shinnosuke--!! Shinnosuke: Akane... Shinnosuke: I'm already no use... Akane: It's not like that, Shinnosuke!! Shinnosuke: Listen to me... p.144 Shinnosuke: Although I intended to keep quiet all the time... Shinnosuke: The truth is, I... Shinnosuke: I love you, Akane... Akane: Shinnosuke... Akane: Could it be... Akane: He forgot that he confessed to me before? Grandpa: Shinnosuke--!! p.145 Grandpa: There--, it's the moss of life--!! Shinnosuke: Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!! Akane: The wounds... Grandpa: Disappeared!! Grandpa: Wahhh, you're saved, Shinnosuke--!! Shinnosuke: Grandpa...? Akane: Good... Akane: Shinnosuke... p.146 Grandpa: Akane!! Shinnosuke: Akane!! p.147 Akane: I'll go save Ranma!! Shinnosuke: Ranma...? Akane: He's my fiance!! p.148 Akane: Ranma--!! Akane: Th-That... Akane: A shred of sailor suit... Akane: Ranma!! p.149 Part 10 - Let's Go Home Together p.150 Akane: Ranma... You can't have been swallowed by the Serpent... Akane: Th-That's... Akane: Even though I took the trouble to bring the Serpent-banishing h orn whistle... p.151 Akane: Still misunderstanding the relationship between me and Shinnosu ke... Akane: RANMA, YOU IDIOT--!! Ranma: Hm?! p.152 Ranma: A-Akane?! Ranma: You didn't run away?! Ranma: Idiot, what are you doing!! Akane: Ra... Akane: Ranma!! p.153 Ranma: Hah. Ranma: Hah. Ranma: Ho. Grandpa: Akane, quickly, blow the horn whistle!! Akane: No! Akane: If I put it to sleep now, Ranma will be chewed to death!! Akane: That's it - Grandpa, boil some hot water!! Grandpa: Hot water?! p.154 Akane: I'm more delicious!! Shinnosuke: Wah! Ranma: Geh. p.155 Ranma: I-Idiot, what in the world are you... Akane: Ranma! Run away now!! p.156 Grandpa: I-I see, the Serpent, trying to eat Akane, needs to ope n its mouth!! Akane: Hah!! Ranma: Damn it--!! Ranma: Like this, not just me, but even Akane... Ranma: Does she think she's going to render all my trouble until now u seless?! p.157 Shinnosuke: Look out, Akane!! Ranma: Shinnosuke--!! Take that sluttish woman with you and run away now--!! Akane: What, Ranma, do you feel like being eaten?! Ranma: You talk too much, you waistless woman!! Ranma: At any rate, if you're not going to run away... p.158 Shinnosuke: Pulled in?! Akane: Ranma...?! Ranma: Slip, slide, slip, slide. Caption: Serpent's Sense of Taste Labels: Women taste delicious Alcohol tastes sweet Alcohol tastes bitter Men taste bad p.159 Akane: Grrr... Grandpa: Akane?! Shinnosuke: Akane! p.160 Akane: It opened! Akane: RANMA--!! p.161 Akane: Ranma, come!! Ranma: I-Idiot!! Ranma: Look ou... p.163 Ranma: Akane... Akane: Ranma... p.164 Akane: Let's go home together... p.165 Part 11 - Gift Words p.166 Shinnosuke: Akane--!! Grandpa: Blow the horn whistle--!! p.167 Grandpa: Dah, look ou... Ranma: Teh!! p.169 Grandpa: Wah--, it's not in time--!! Ranma: Grr!! Ranma: Earnest White Tooth Catch--!! Shinnosuke: Wha!! Grandpa: D-Doing a thing like that--!! p.170 Shinnosuke: Ah... Grandpa: S-Stopped?! Ranma: Now!! p.171 Grandpa: I-It's over... p.172 Shinnosuke: Akane... Narration: In this way, the Serpent went to sleep for a long time. .. Narration: With the essence melted off from its body, the spring o f life was also restored... p.173 Narration: The forest again regained its activity. Grandpa: Thank you... With this, we can return to our old way o f life... Akane: Um... Grandpa: Shinnosuke and I are the caretakers of this forest... Grandpa: That is fate... Grandpa: Be carefree and go. Akane: Is it really OK? p.174 Shinnosuke: What did you want to talk to me about...? Ranma: Um... Ranma: You... When you were a kid, I hear you saved Akane at the risk of your own life... Ranma: I wanted to say a word of thanks... Ranma: Tha... Shinnosuke: I don't know her. Shinnosuke: You must have the wrong person. Ranma: Shinnosuke... p.175 Akane: Shinnosuke... Shinnosuke: Akane... Shinnosuke: You're going home with him, aren't you. Shinnosuke: I love you, Akane... Akane: Shinnosuke, forgive me... Shinnosuke: Keep well... p.176 Ryoga: Don't worry, Ranma. Ryoga: Because I don't feel like bearing you a grudge. Ryoga: Akane. Ryoga: I'll go on a trip again. p.177 Ryoga: Hmph, even for me, that was manfully done. Akane: Goodbye, take care... Akane: Thank you. Akane: Goodbye, Shinnosuke... p.178 Shinnosuke: Goodbye... Shinnosuke: My first love, that I was never able to confess, after all... Grandpa: This guy forgets he did confess... p.179 Ranma: "I'm glad you're coming home with me, Akane." Ranma: "I was REALLY worried." Ranma: "Saying it properly, this time I was a little impatient." Ranma: Well, fine, rarely even one kind word... Ranma: Casually... Ranma: If I just take her hand... p.180 Akane: I'm glad we're going home together. Akane: Sorry for causing you worry. Ranma: "I'm happy, too." Ranma: "Hereafter I'll be a little nicer guy." Ranma: "You can't do anything dangerous any more." Ranma: "I'm happiest when I'm with you like this." Akane: GEEZ, why are you so sullen? Ranma: It's no use...