I thought Ranma-onna's height was same as Akane's?

 Takahashi draws them standing side by side on numerous occasions, so
Ranma's shrinkage in height is pretty blatant.

Interesting. I made a quick check, and it seems to me that you're 

right. Ranma

indeed starts out being three inches taller than Akane at start, and 

gradually

shrinks to Akane's height. However, I can't confirm being three inches 

shorter

than her because the latest manga I had was volume 34 and 36. The side 

by side

postions are not really dependable in them because one of them were 

usually

slightly behind other, which can disort the perception slightly. I 

can't be

sure then.

The question is: How to account for three-inch (or six if Onna's 

shorter than

Akane) shrinkage in less than a year? Perhaps it's curse that's still
'incomplete'? Maybe it needed some time for the cursed body to adjust 

to the

host's body. That could explain Ranma-onna's gradual height decline, as 

well

her bust growth (I loved that bust battle part- so hilarous!).

This could serve as nice story to use in a fanfic. Something about 

diffuclties

in adjusting to the new changes. Maybe Panda-Genma suddenly gains 

another 150

pounds and he becomes too fat to jump, so he becomes a practice-dummy 

for

Ranma. 

I don't quite agree with this. By my estimate, Ranma-kun is 
approximately average height for a Japanese male of his age, and 
Ranma-chan starts out about two or three centimeters shorter than Akane. 
I have all of the manga volumes, and I do not notice much difference in 
Ranma-chan's height over time. However, if there is a difference, it is 
probably because Takahashi wanted to visually emphasize the difference 
between Ranma's two bodies. I estimate Ranma-kun as 165cm and Ranma-chan 
as thirteen or fourteen centimeters shorter, based on comparing their 
heights against Akane's.

Phil

prohackr@hotmail.com


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