DON'T read this if you don't like spoilers! I only posted it because I kept 
getting requests to explain what happened in the Final Ranma Manga so that
my story made sense. I will put out the entire deal in 4 parts.
This was translated by:
 -- +-- Chris Rijk --------------------------------------- cpr1@doc.ic.ac.uk 

and I took it from http://iczer1.usacomputers.net/~ranma/ranma-vol38.html


-Misa



38   8   Akane's Smile

        Mousse, Ryöga and the Guide are watching the Hiryü Shöten Ha, and
see two balls of light right next to each other inside it. This is Ranma and
Saffron with their weapons locked together, and a large amount of energy is
streaming back from each of them. However the one on Ranma's side has small
chunks of ice, because the Gekkaja's chill is being reflected. 
        Saffron explains that the two weapons completely reflect each
other's attacks, and the Kinjakan's warm breeze has warmed him up and the
ice has melted off him. Saffron quickly re-grows his left arm and wing, and
tells Ranma its time for him to be struck down without using his hands. He
builds up a huge amount of flames with his right hand, and they spread
around the tornado, harming Ranma somewhat.
        Shampoo has now appeared on the scene, with Kiima in a head lock,
and is surprised to see the tornado flambe, and Ryöga shouts for Ranma to
escape. Ranma is currently flying towards the mountain-side, and decides to
try and catch it to get out. Ranma swings the Gekkaja's prongs into the
rock-face on the mountain, but he then gets pulled back in, taking a large
boulder with him.
        Saffron is telling Ranma that he might be able to escape from the
flames, but half-way through his speech he is hit full in the face by the
boulder Ranma took out. Ranma is hanging onto the Gekkaja stuck into the
boulder, even though he's unconscious.
        After regaining consciousness Ranma notices that the force of the
fire has lessened, and Ryöga and Mousse realise that because Saffron was
pampered while growing up, he is weak at taking a hit - the old guy is
startled at this - ie they're right on the money.
        Ryöga Bakusai Tenkestu's some rocks, and throws a load of boulders
into the tornado. However, some hit Ranma, and Saffron blasts the others,
and remains unharmed. Ranma is hiding behind the remains of his boulder, and
plans a simple kick attack. When Ranma gets close enough, he swings out from
behind the boulder, and delivers a double kick to Saffron's face, making up
a move called Chokusetsu Shuuda Ryüsei Kyaku - Direct Kick-strike Meteor
Leg. Ranma, who's trousers (pants to the Americans) are smoldering, is upset
when Saffron falls down towards the bottom of the tornado, and Ranma
considers Saffron to have received his just reward. However, Saffron is
rather steamed at what has happened to him.
        Suddenly a large eruption of lava comes up from the bottom, and
Ranma is only protected from the boulder the Gekkaja is still stuck in.
Saffron rises up from the bottom, and has had enough of this and it's now
time for Ranma to be terminated. Ranma is more worried because of the
prolonged battle, and the problem with Akane.
Saffron announces his: Houou-kin Ouzoku Kyuukyoku Ougi Phoenix Mountain
Royalty Ultimate Special Secret!!
...and Ranma is surprised at the hot sphere of energy surrounding Saffron,
who has his arms crossed in front of him, with the the right one holding the
Kinjakan. Saffron continues:
Tenka Shunmetsu Koukyuudan!!
Entire Empire Instant Annihilation Emperor Ball Missile
        Ranma suddenly finds himself starring a 20m wide ball of hot energy
in the face. And on the mountain-side, Ryöga, Mousse and Shampoo are shocked
to see the ball come through the side of the tornado. The ball flies off in
a huge beam of energy, and smashes through some spires of rock on the
mountain. Ryöga wonders whats happened to Ranma, and Shampoo notices Ranma
flying through the air safe, and also that he's frozen - he's hugging the
Gekkaja close to himself, and is covered with ice.
        Saffron then releases the ring on the Kinjakan, and it strikes Ranma
on the head, then returns to the staff. Saffron considers Ranma's actions
pathetic, and tells Ranma that'll only work once, and the next one will
shatter his frozen body right down the middle.
        Ranma is not just waiting to die however, and the only plan he can
think of is using his frozen fist to throw down Saffron - coupled with the
Hiryü Shöten Ha, it will smash him. And we are given a nice diagram
explaining what Ranma is going to try and do. Ranma plans on throwing a
tornado though a channel of cold air surrounded on both sides by the hot air
from Saffron's blasts, and that in the swirl in the middle the tornado will
become extra fine, and highly concentrated:

        HHHHHHH     R Ranma
    R .HHHHHHHH     S Saffron
H  ..*.HHHHHHHH     H Hot air
HHHH..*.HHHHHHH     . cool air
HHHHHH.*.HHHHHH     * special Hiryü Shöten Ha
HHHHHHH.*. HHHH
HHHHHHH  *   HH
HHHHHH    S


While Ranma is thinking that he'll get one shot at the strike, Saffron
powers up and does another Tenka Shunmetsu Koukyuudan. Ranma is a bit
surprised, and tries to keep a hold of Saffron's position (so he can aim
properly), but it's no good. Ranma then notices that Akane's getting hot
(she's been down his shirt all the time btw), even though she's covered in ice.
        Akane, who's wearing an undershirt, then shoots out from Ranma,
right at the fire-ball, and Ranma realises that it's probably something to
do with the ice thawing with the heat coming off her Akane's body. Akane
flies towards Saffron, and her small body is also providing a shield for
Ranma, though he is still almost in the blast, as the channel is rather
small. Ranma can now vaguely see Saffron, who is a bit surprised to see the
'foolish woman' and prepares to incinerate her.
        It's now Ranma's turn, and pointing his frozen right arm into the
channel, he starts off his move, and the ice on his arm shatters:
Hiryü Shöten Ha, Henkei 
Hiryü Shöten Ha, Changed Model 
Ranma: go!, ice dragon!
Hiryuu Hyoutoppa
Flying Dragon Iced Break Through
        Ranma fires a thin tornado (about 1m wide) through the centre and
Saffron takes a direct hit. Saffron falls towards the earth, with some
chunks of ice, he thinks to himself "I am...immortal...". Ryöga, Mousse and
Shampoo are happy, and Kiima's a bit upset.
        Ranma's happy to have won, and looks around for Akane and chases
down after her (he's still in the air) when he sees her. He's begging with
her not to have closed her eyes yet, and just before he reaches her, he
notices a slight smile on her face, and she has her arms reaching for Ranma.
Ranma takes her in his hands (and discards the Gekkaja) and hopes she's
okay, and tells her to wait, so that he can get the special water and get
her body cured.
        He looks rather happy, and Akane's arms are reaching for Ranma's
face, but then Akane's eyes close completely! and Ranma looks rather worried....

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Notes on the side of the last page:
Saffron is just attacked and defeated!!
But, Akane is...!?
Next issue, the heart shuddering final round!!
enjoy reading with thanks the super-enlarged pages!!

38   9   Ranma And Akane

        Ranma is still up in the air, holding Akane and the Gekkaja, and is
worried because Akane's eyes have just closed. He decides that he doesn't
have enough time, so has to combine his actions.
        The cavern containing the Dragon Tap is now open to the sky and
Ranma is high above it, and he throws the Gekkaja down into the slot on the
Dragon Tap's head. The Guide then tells Ryöga to turn the Gekkaja.
        Ranma plans to use the hot air due to Saffron that is swirling up
where Ranma is, and combined with the cold air from his punch, he'll be able
to summon the water up to where he is. Ranma tells Akane to live until then,
and he builds up energy on his right fist, and prepares to command the
dragon to look up at the sky.
        Ranma unleashes his Hiryuu Gyouten Ha (Flying Dragon Looking at the
Sky Blast) and the tornado curves down at the Dragon Tap. Ryöga has gripped
the Gekkaja, when he sees the tip of the tornado coming straight at him, and
is rather startled, and Mousse wonders what Ranma is doing with the air.
        The tornado curves through the neck of the Dragon Tap in a U-bend,
smashing it, and Mousse thinks Ranma's gone mad. However, the head lands on
the stump of the neck, and is pointing straight up at the sky, and then
water gushes out, straight up at Ranma.
        Ranma, who has been turned female by the water, holds doll-Akane
into the water, and suddenly Akane's body is restored, and Ranma's holding a
completely naked Akane in her arms. However, Akane doesn't react in any way
and Ranma realises that she isn't breathing.
        Ranma is now sitting on a ledge, now male thanks to a kettle of
water, and is holding Akane in his arms, and has put his shirt on her. The
others look a little sad about this, and Ryöga in particular.
        While Ranma is cradling Akane in his arms, he tells her that this
situation is because she always tries to help him with things that aren't
her business. Then he calls her a stupid fool (baka yarou), but when he
realises what he just said, he punches himself. He then says he was wrong,
and he's sorry, and he meant to say 'thank-you'.
        He then apologises to Akane again, and says that he's clumsy and
can't express his feelings clearly and that she makes him angry and
troubled, and he implores her to get up. He adds that he has something to
say, and asks if she is listening, but he still gets no response, and Ranma
starts to cry - tears fall onto Akane's cheek.
        Ranma shouts out Akane's name in anger and sorrow, and he wants to
be able to say 'I love you' to her.
Then a hand reaches up and touches Ranma's face, and Akane slowly says his
name, and Ranma starts to cry again because Akane is alive.
        Akane then apologises to Ranma, because while her body was still she
heard everything. Ranma is really shocked that she heard what he said, and
then he's flattened as Ryöga sits on Ranma, and expresses his happiness that
Akane's okay. Akane tells Ryöga she's sorry she worried everyone, and
Shampoo calls Akane a stubborn girl.
        Mousse then overhears Kiima and the old guy referring to Saffron,
and Kiima picks up an small ostrich-sized egg - Saffron. The egg breaks
open, and out pops a baby Saffron, and when Ranma asks about the 'evil
looking baby' Kiima explains that the intense battle exhausted Saffron's
energy, and now this happened, and she has also put a pacifier in Saffron's
mouth.
        The narration explains that there is no reason for fighting, and
that the people are returning to Phoenix Mountain, and Ryöga tells them that
it should be better suited to raising children now, while in the background
the panda snuggles up to "Shampoo-sama".
        Ranma thinks that Saffron will want to transform again some day, and
Mousse wonders if Jusendo will be attacked again. However, the battle
between Ranma and Saffron has altered how the underground water flows and
Phoenix Mountain is now safe to live in, and the place has been quickly
remodelled. Kiima, who's still looking after baby-Saffron is happy the
battle wasn't for nothing, though Koruma and Masara doesn't look very happy
with this because of all the trouble they went to, and they look rather worn
out.
        Later, it's raining at the legendary training grounds of Jusenkyö,
female Ranma is standing in the rain near the Guide's house. She looks happy
and says that she had almost forgotten about getting his male-body back for
his own sake, that she had only wanted the Jusenkyö water for Akane's sake
and that she was becoming indifferent to being half-way male. Akane comes up
behind Ranma, and asks if Ranma's just pretending.
        The shot widens, and we can see that all the pools have flooded, and
the narration says that this is where the tragedy was. The Guide tells Ryöga
(who's protected by his umbrella) that with it overflowing it's too perilous
now and Ryöga angrily replies that he understands that, and the panda is
holding up a sign saying 'DANGER: do not mix' - ie all the curses are mixed up.
        Later Shampoo tells the panda to do whatever he likes, and so Genma
is back to normal.
******        
        Then back in Japan, there is a sudden rush, and we see Ranma knocked
out, and Soün and Genma are changing his clothes while he's knocked out.
When he wakes up Ranma is surprised to find himself in a white suit, and
Soün tells a surprised Ranma that it's time for his and Akane's wedding, and
Genma adds that it's absolutely not a lie, and Nodoka is crying because
Ranma looks so manly.
        Ranma then barges into Akane's room, and stops dead, when he sees
Akane. She is wearing a western-style wedding dress, and she looks REALLY
beautiful, and while Ranma is standing in the doorway, Akane wonders if
maybe Japanese clothes would have been better after all. Ranma's heart is
beating away, and he's blushing as he tells her that for him anything is
cute, and Akane blushes and says she's happy. Ranma is now standing in front
of Akane, but they're both unmoving, and can't think of anything to say.
        We then see Ryöga walking down a street holding a letter of
invitation for the wedding ceremony. He's thinking to himself - he's setting
off on a journey, and he hopes that Akane will be happy and he apologises to
"Akari-chan" that his gift is not longer in a good enough condition to bring
to her.
        "Ucchan's" is closed for the day, and Ukyö is making okonomiyaki,
and Konatsu is worried about her, and Ukyö is making special celebration
modern yaki. Konatsu timidly asks "Ukyö-sama" if it is really okay, and Ukyö
replies that she has been thinking for sometime that such a day would come,
but the only thing she can do now is to make the okonomiyaki, and Konatsu
thinks Ukyö is really strong willed.
        The Neko-Hanten is also closed for the day, and Mousse is telling
Shampoo that she should resign herself over Ranma, and that he has only ever
looked at her. Shampoo has had her back to Mousse all this time, and she
turns around with a smile on he face, and says that she understands, and
asks him to help her make some celebration niku-man. Mousse ends up
expressing his thanks that Shampoo finally understands him to Cologne, who
asks Mousse where he is looking.
        Back in Akane's room, they're both sitting on the floor and Ranma is
fidgeting, and asks her why she is so meek with the wedding ceremony coming
up, and Akane responds that it's because Ranma confessed his love for her.
Ranma asks her what she's talking about. Akane says that it's because of
what happened at Jusendo, and Ranma gets a bit dizzy. He then angrily
replies that didn't say it, and Akane angrily counters that he almost said
it. Akane then says that they don't have to force themselves to have the
wedding, but then warns Ranma that he'll be sorry if they don't, which
rather surprises Ranma.
        Nabiki, who is in a kimono like Kasumi, asks Soün why is he hiding a
certain thing from Ranma: Soün has gotten a cask of Nannichuan from the
Guide, and Soün's plan is that Ranma can't have the water until he's married
Akane. Nabiki realises that this was how he persuaded Akane to agree to the
marriage. Soün is then surprised when Genma puts his hand on Soün's
shoulder, and says that he is surprised that Soün hid this from Genma until
now, and Genma then runs off with the cask.
        Ryöga comes through a wall (wondering where he is) and sends Genma
and the cask flying. Mousse is annoyed at the disturbance, and wants Ranma
and Akane to be married quickly before they change their minds, but then he
and Ryöga spot the cask (which has 'Nannichuan' written on it). Ranma has
heard about the Nannichuan from Akane, and dashes off, saying she should
have told him earlier, and leaves Akane looking rather annoyed.
        Then Ranma notices an okonomiyaki and some niku-man coming right at
him, and they explode around him. It's Shampoo (in a form hugging outfit)
and Ukyö (in a kimono), and Shampoo is upset that she missed her target -
Akane, and Konatsu who is clinging to the ceiling is worried about Ukyö.
Then Kodachi turns up om a black-rose wedding dress telling her 'husband'
Ranma to hang on, and the other two are upset - Ukyö calls her an impudent
bitch.
        Then Kunö tries to slice Ranma with his sword (metal, not wooden),
and says he hasn't given permission for the wedding, and he's holding a fan
with 'reject' written on it. Ranma isn't interested in this at the moment.
He then slips on bucket of water, and gets splashed, and Kunö then asks
'osage no onna' to have a double wedding with her, and Akane.
        Akane is angry because Nabiki sent out so many invitations, and
things have been ruined. Nabiki shows Akane a gift and explains it's because
of this, and Kasumi realises it's because they'll get more gifts this way.
        The other guys are fighting over the Nannichuan cask, and it begins
to fall over, and just before Ranma can reach it, Happosai gulps it all
down, thinking that it's special sake for the wedding. A bloated Happosai
then smashes up the cask, and is upset that it was just plain water. Ranma
is upset that everything was drunk, and together with Ryöga, Mousse and
Genma try to make Happosai throw up the water - Ranma and Ryöga are pulling
Happosai's mouth wide, Genma is holding Happosai's legs, and Mousse is
poking a stick up Happosai's mouth.         Happosai then uses his Happö
Daikarin - *KA-BOOM*
        Outside, Hinako-sensei and Ranma and Akane's classmates are all in
formal dress, and Hinako is looking forward to the wedding feast. The others
are a bit dubious about Ranma and Akane getting married, and Gosunkugi is
sobbing, and carrying another straw doll.
        When they arrive they find that the döjö's a mess - Nabiki puts out
her hand to Hiroshi (blond haired class-mate of Ranma) asking for money,
Hinako is upset the cake's ruined, Kodachi is searching for Ranma-sama",
Kunö gets kicked in the face by Akane after saying he'll have a wedding with
her, and Happosai's clinging to Akane's dress, laughing about his young
bride, Mousse has mistaken Cologne for Shampoo again, Shampoo and Ukyö are
worried about the unconscious Ranma, and Konatsu is stealthily hiding behind
Ukyö's word-balloon, Ryöga's depressed, the panda's is rolling around on the
floor, Kasumi is impressed at all the activity, and Soün is cursing his back
luck.
        Later, Soün is sitting down at the table with Ranma and Akane,
smoking a cigarette, and in the background the panda's playing with a ball,
and Kasumi's taking down the washing. He explains to them that they can't
have a wedding now because of the mess from the last one, and Ranma and
Akane each blame the other, but without much heat.
        The narration explains that the wedding is only temporarily
postponed - ie they're on extra time. We then see Ranma and Akane run off to
school side by side: 'itte kima-su' "we're off--".

 
THE END.... or the beginning?