Akane and her two older
sisters live in a martial arts Dojo with their father. One day he announces
that one of them will marry his friend's son Ranma Satome.
Akane is not pleased at the
thought of being forced to marry a guy she doesn’t know. She and her two
sisters wait the arrival of Ranma, but are instead greeted by a giant panda and
a cute teenage girl who claims that she is Ranma. Relived that they won't be
forced into the marriage, the sisters befriend Ranma and send her into have a
bath only to discover that she is actually a man.
During a training trip to China, Ranma
and his father unfortunately fell into a set of cursed springs. When splashed
with cold water Ranma's father transforms into a panda, and Ranma becomes a
cute teenage girl. Hot water reverses the effect. Akane's sisters quickly
volunteer her to become his fiancé and what follows is a series of martial
arts, romance and comedy.
