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Daily reminder: People say Akane’s jealousy was unreasonable in the Shampoo introduction arc, but the family begged to differ 🤣

#ranma 1/2 #ranma saotome #akane tendo #shampoo #And Akane didn’t even pound him but went outside to deal with her anger first and THINK #Love you Ranma but you dug your own grave there and that was one of the very few time I agreed with Genma

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Saotome Aki | Rankane’s kid

My exam was canceled so the brainrot set in. Here’s my old concept art of Ranma’s and Akane’s kid, a tomboy named Aki.

#ranma 1/2 #akane tendo #ranma saotome #ranma akane #The kid adores uncle Ryouga and aunt Ukyou. But her favorite is cat-Shampoo (don’t tell Ukyou) #The only living person who can make Nabiki spends her money #Strangely finds Akane’s food delicious and can eat anything #I need more fics of Rankane with their kid help

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I mean, look at her!

Akane in the anime is almost always relegated to a damsel who can't get anything done without Ranma while Akane in the manga actually has agency and can get things done and when she's kidnapped she pretty much saves herself and probably ends up in a situation where she needs to help Ranma out.

She's not just there to be a plot device in the manga, she actually has her own will and agency which is something the anime writers would neglect to try and make Ranma look really badass and cool.

Why sideline our badass female lead just to make Ranma look cool? There are plenty of arcs where Ranma looks cool why do you have to try and take Akane out of the arcs where her agency is in the spotlight????

#akane tendo #ranma 1/2 #The anime did her dirty! #I demand justice for Tendou Akane #There’s a reason why Ranma gave her the nickname ‘Gorilla’ ya know #Bad Ranma but at least he acknowledges her strength lmao

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Daily reminder: Akane is among the weaker characters in terms of strength, but never the weakest.

#akane tendo #ranma saotome #ranma 1/2 #Like c’on Kodachi has never beaten her and her sword skill rivals Tatewaki’s. #I demand justice for Tendou Akane

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Daily Reminder: Even love rivals acknowledge that Ranma and Akane are commited to each other

Ryouga specifically used the term 「ふられる」 - being dumped by your lover.

Shinnosuke took Akane “going back” with Ranma as her rejecting him, just like Ranma misinterpreted Akane “staying” with Shinnosuke as a breakup.

Ranma himself used the word 「ふられる」 multiple times and even called her 「うわきもの」 - ‘unfaithful person’.

And I think the last panel is enough to sum up Akane’s thought.

#ranma 1/2 #ranma saotome #akane tendo #ryoga hibiki #This arc is the breakup arc with/without Akane even knowing about their relationship status while Ranma acted like a sulky boyfriend lmao #Even someone as dense as Ryouga know Rankane are in a relationship #I love all of them so much your honor

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Making someone drag your tired ass to where the drama unfolded and inviting them in your latest scheme? If they aren’t friends then I don’t know what they’re 👏.

Daily reminder: Akane and Ukyou are friends

#akane tendo #ukyo kuonji #ranma 1/2 #They’re both judging each other so hard in these chapters I just can’t lmao #I need more fics of them being friendly and causing shenanigans together

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Daily reminder: Akane and Ukyou are friends

#akane tendo #ukyo kuonji #ranma 1/2 #Nothing screams friend more than two girls ditching their fiancé to go home together while dissing him lmao #The fanon that Ukyo is always hostile towards Akane is just ridiculous! #They’re just two cute girls doing friendly cute things together #Will post more panels but this is my favorite

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Daily reminder: Akane is actually super chill compared to how fanon depicts her.

Beside fanfics, I also blame some, if not many anime eps for flanderizing her 😑.

#akane tendo #ranma saotome #ranma 1/2 #shampoo #‘It’s okay’ aka ‘I’m not paid enough for this on Monday’ #Idk if it’s a char dev but my girl learned not to give a damn #and same Hiroshi same

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And it escalated.

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Daily reminder: Akane is actually super chill compared to how fanon depicts her.

Beside fanfics, I also blame some, if not many anime eps for flanderizing her 😑.

#akane tendo #ranma 1/2 #ranma saotome #My brainrot is real and so is my annoyance towards ppl who call her abusive #It’s a gag manga for god’s sake! Ppl in this world hit each other as frequently as an Asian cooking rice!!!! #And btw my girl manange to control her ‘anger issue’ with breathing technique if you care enough to read the ‘engagement ring’ arc

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Rankane | Switch! Now!

A silly crack fic that’s stayed in my draft file since forever. I first intended it to be a fluff piece but my brain had other ideas.

Link

#ranma 1/2 #ranma saotome #akane tendo #ranma x akane #rankane #I love bodyswap but there weren’t enough fics out there at that time #Still pretty obsessed with it #The first two chapters will be on full looney toon comedy

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I have

A lot of feelings

About Akane Tendou

#ranma 1/2 #akane tendo #I have to sleep but this is more important

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one of the most telling things abt how ranma views akane vs how all her other potential suitors see her is how she’s portrayed in his dreams. everyone else pictures her being affectionate towards them, usually in an apron or overly cutesy outfit, sometimes with long hair…. but ranma just sees her as she actually looks, and these sequences are always about him being the affectionate one, because what’s important to him is akane feeling loved, not what akane can do for him in return

and in reality too- ranma’s too shy to tell her directly that he loves her, but he makes it very clear through his actions that he wants akane to know, and akane also pretty obviously DOES know

can we just take a moment to really think about how in a world where akane tendo was seen as a possession to be won, ranma dreamt of moments where he just wanted to offer akane love and tenderness

just the idea of someone looking at akane and thinking 'she needs tenderness in her life' is something very personal to me ... also the fact that ranma is supposed to be this unromantic guy but whenever he had his delusional daydreams about akane (only), it was always just quiet moments with her in a valley surrounded by fireflies where he tells her they are just like a pair of romantic figures who are always destined to be together .. or simply in a hospital room where she clearly knows he loves her ... even his nonsensical daydreams where he pictures her begging him to stay, it's always with this idea that she knows how much he means to her and he doesn't want her to suffer over him ... and like HE'S SUCH A TEENAGE GIRL I LOVE HIM

but i think the most telling moment (besides all those obvious examples from before) .. is the moment he thinks she died and his reaction to when they remove her clothing from his frozen hands ... when we finally see how ranma really sees akane tendo in his mind .. and it's not extravagant or wildly romantic or her being a 'violent' tomboy ... it's just her turning back to him with a smile and it just breaks your heart because it's such a simple moment that you realize probably means the world to him

and if that doesn’t tell you how ranma sees akane and what he thinks about her and what she deserves, then i think you missed the whole point of their story

#ranma 1/2 #ranma x akane #ranma saotome #akane tendo #I’m bombing my acc with reblogs cz damn these posts deserve it!!!!

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the fact this scene was not included in the anime was so disrespectful to ranma as a character !!!

it’s these little moments where we see the real ranma behind the flash and brash and ego he’s always got on full display. to have ranma seek out shinnosuke and thank him for basically being akane’s hero when they were kids, it’s so monumental. not only does it acknowledge how chaotic akane’s life pre-ranma was but it shows a softer ranma admitting the importance of akane to him.

this story was basically ranma going feral and then depressed at the thought that akane was leaving him for someone else. he’s jealous and rude and depressed and doesn’t understand why she would treat him this way. then at the end, he finally gets it and he takes the time to find his ‘rival’ and we get this small scene which is so fundamental to the core of ranma’s character. underneath the martial arts prodigy and goofy idiot, he’s kind and respectful and understands there are more important things than being the best .. especially when it comes to akane’s life.

akane means a lot to ranma and this really illustrates that. she is alive because shinnosuke saved her when they were kids. ranma’s literally thanking him for setting akane on her path to meeting him.

it’s just so wild to me this was cut out because it showcases how tender and grateful ranma is to have akane in his life. and it also sets up the final scene where he walks with her, holding hands, so much better … because you truly get that for ranma, everything is better with her, even if he can’t say it outloud just yet.

#ranma 1/2 #ranma x akane #ranma saotome #akane tendo #Where have you been all my life!!!!!!!! #Exactly what i want to write but can never find the words so thank you!!!!!

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This is why I love her so much. Best thing I’ve read today and it’s nearly midnight here 👏

can we just take a moment to talk about akane tendo ...

loud, brash, angry, 'violent', tomboy, kind, funny, goofy, loving .. akane was literally such a well-rounded character that even though the manga was called ranma 1/2, the story was truly about both ranma and akane.

her character arc takes her from dealing with her femininity to accepting her own version of what a girl can be. we see her being constantly attacked because of it (literally attacked by a horde of boys wanting to 'date' her) or criticized for her 'lack' of it (by her own family for being passionate about martial arts). then as her story continues, it leads to her accepting who she really is and not caring what others called her (except ranma and that's just because he loves annoying/flirting with her and it adds to the loony toons aspect of the story).

we see her recognizing this change from within at the beginning when her hair was cut during a battle right after having a brief, intense moment with ranma in female form. besides akane starting to realize she was attracted to both forms of ranma (bisexual queen akane tendo forever! .. and yes, she does deny it at first but she's the only one who never truly pressures ranma into finding a cure, she likes ranma just the way he is!!), we get to see a teenage girl feel sadness and grief and anger over losing a part of herself she tried so hard to become.

she was desperate to be this picture of womanhood (long hair, quiet, docile) because she was constantly reminded how she was nothing like a 'normal girl'. and in one fell swoop, she loses the one thing she tried so hard to change about herself and yet, she never blamed ranma or ryoga over it. she might have slapped them at the moment but afterwards, she cried in the arms of an unrequited crush she knew could never happen and finally let go of that aspect of herself. she took her sadness, she expressed it and then she moved on and said 'it's okay now'. DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING THAT WAS?? DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO SEE A TEENAGE GIRL EXPRESS HER EMOTIONS AND SAY CRYING IS GOOD?? TO SAY IT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO REALLY BE ME???

akane tendo's story truly begins from there because she DOES become the loud tomboy martial artist who expresses her anger, jumps to conclusions, is irrational, just lets herself FEEL without really overthinking if this is 'ladylike'; and it's the best parallel to ranma's journey of discovering his 'curse' isn't really a curse at all. ranma and akane are both saddled with these gender roles/norms from everyone (family, friends, rivals, wannabe lovers) and are told if they are not JUST LIKE THIS ('man amongst men'/'quiet, demure'), then they are not whole. but throughout the whole manga, their story was how that was not true at all ... how in starting to accept themselves and each other, they became exactly who they were meant to be.

ranma, at the end, chooses love over a cure. akane, throughout the story, continues to choose herself. by accepting everything they said about her, akane expressed her anger and then let it go and continued being herself. she was the tomboy, she was 'uncute', she was silly and prone to violence, and she was also kind and helpful and a friend to someone who desperately needed one. and to not acknowledge her friendship with ranma and how it truly changed both of them for the better, is to completely miss the whole point of the manga, of the story of ranma 1/2.

yes, it's a silly manga with curses and gags and goofiness galore but it was also just a story about two teenagers who were told over and over again they needed to be MORE to be accepted. but when they meet, they cling to each other and fight with each other and care about each other and always choose each other because they know .. they know they finally found someone who understands. the reason ranma's character is so funny and goofy and egotistical and kind and caring was because it was so intertwined with akane's. she was the one who always kept him in line, he constantly wanted to hang out with her and asks for her opinion, he learned how to apologize so he could apologize to her when he hurt her feelings ... he goes from thinking winning is the only thing that matters, to giving it all up if it meant losing her. akane was the reason he becomes an even better fighter and she was also the reason why he realizes his 'curse' is no longer a negative factor in his life (because she will always accept ranma). and ranma made akane realize she can be silly and goofy and not 'the ideal of femininity' and still be considered fun and important and worthy of love. being herself was all ranma wanted her to be and it made her shine even brighter because she was accepted for being herself.

akane was a major influence on myself because she opened my eyes to teenage girls being angry, to being bisexual, to being goofy and silly and absolutely imperfect. SHE WAS NOT PERFECT AT ALL!! and she was still the hero of the story .. she was still the love interest .. she was still the girl who accepted the parts others said were unfeminine and said 'so what if i'm not cute' and was unabashedly herself. being a girl meant being yourself and whatever that means to you.

akane tendo, you will always be famous to me because you showed me that gender norms/roles mean nothing when being yourself, being kind, and being goofy was way more fun.

#akane tendo #ranma 1/2 #I’m in love your honor

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| Rankane | The proposal

#ranma akane #ranma saotome #akane tendo #ranma 1/2 #I sent this fanart to one of my fav artists and she liked it enough to ask for a repost! I’m so happy!!!!! #Post-canon many years later #fortist166

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A girl gotta do what a girl gotta do.

Cre: @orzmjxxx (Twitter)

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