As already mentioned in the premise, when Kami-sama restarted this particular Alternate Universe, He made it into a typical Ecchi Anime setting. A Ranmaverse where each character design was strictly taken from the 2nd movie. A world were all the ‘Ranma Girls’ are even more beautiful, with perfect bodies and large breasts. A world where the men (or at least the hero for all we know) are unrealistically endowed compared to the average Japanese male. A world where the common social hangings and inhibitions about sex are a lot more relaxed, nymphomania runs rampant and many real-life concerns are conveniently forgotten. In short, what could have been the Ranma ½ series if Takahashi-sama had written Hentai.
However, even such a setting has its own, internal logic. Despite what some followers of the “Plot, What Plot?” story-telling style may believe, even a lemon thread need some basic causality rules. For every effect, there should still be a cause.
For example, even Ranma’s horse-sized genital equipment and incredible sexual stamina do have an origin. No doubt linked to the fact that, in this reality, the pigtailed wonder isn’t Genma biological offspring. Whoever had cuckolded the Saotome fool, that being was surely not entirely human, and had transmitted some unnatural characteristics to his son. This could be expanded later.
Likewise, there’s also a reason why the three Tendō daughters are a so unlike many of their other-worldly analogs. Beside the previously stated lemon rules making them a lot less inhibited, there’s a perfectly logical explanation for Akane not being a boy-hating lesbian, Nabiki a cold-hearted bitch, and Kasumi a spaced-out housewife. One major event in the lives of those girls that they were spared from in this universe, compared to many of their counterparts.
A reason that was currently walking down the street and about to enter the Tendō Dōjō.
In the living room, the Saotome and Tendō fathers had been reunited after many years, and (once one of them went back from panda form to human) were jollily discussing shared memories and missing time. Once the confusion about Ranma’s true gender had been dispelled, the Tendō patriarch was elated their the martial art schools could finally join.
They both have been waiting the drinks and appetizers for a while, until Sōun decided to check the kitchen. Not finding anybody there, he just shrugged it off, picked the sake and shrimps and headed back to his old buddy. Now, both were a bit joyous if not truly inebriated, and merrily joking and laughing together. They were busy toasting to the future of their children when the sound of the front door opening was heard, shortly followed by a musical voice:
“Honey, I’m home...”
Sōun straightened and smiled. “Ah, Saotome-kun, my wife is back from her work. Let me introduce you to her...”
Genma, not moving from his place (as he didn’t deem necessary to stand up to greet a woman), watched his friend’s wife stepping in the living room. She was...
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