Ranma 1/2: One Page Per Volume, Part Two
Dec. 6th, 2018 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Second part of this repost series from Tumblr last year, featuring some editing and expansion!
This page from volume 2 of the Ranma 1/2 manga features a sudden mutual hug out of relief between Ranma and Akane, from the first Ranma/Ryoga fight where Akane tried to help Ranma change back into a guy, putting her in the line of fire. (That first fight took place before Ryoga fell in love with Akane, when he was just in VENGEANCE VENGEANCE VENGEANCE mode.)
I love how the big borderless panel and the white space underlines the moment of the hug. Alas, it was clearly a little too sudden for the characters at this point! (In hindsight, they should just enjoy it, honestly, there won’t be too many moments like this.)
But note how relatively gentle and quiet the "what are we doing?" realization and reaction are on the page. You could say that the slower pace of the very first volumes strike against the madcap comedy/action pace for the overwhelming majority of the series, but another way of looking at it is that the early chapters set the foundation for how we view the characters, which is part of why the comedy can work so well later on, picking up the pace substantially.
What do you think?
Second part of this repost series from Tumblr last year, featuring some editing and expansion!
This page from volume 2 of the Ranma 1/2 manga features a sudden mutual hug out of relief between Ranma and Akane, from the first Ranma/Ryoga fight where Akane tried to help Ranma change back into a guy, putting her in the line of fire. (That first fight took place before Ryoga fell in love with Akane, when he was just in VENGEANCE VENGEANCE VENGEANCE mode.)
I love how the big borderless panel and the white space underlines the moment of the hug. Alas, it was clearly a little too sudden for the characters at this point! (In hindsight, they should just enjoy it, honestly, there won’t be too many moments like this.)
But note how relatively gentle and quiet the "what are we doing?" realization and reaction are on the page. You could say that the slower pace of the very first volumes strike against the madcap comedy/action pace for the overwhelming majority of the series, but another way of looking at it is that the early chapters set the foundation for how we view the characters, which is part of why the comedy can work so well later on, picking up the pace substantially.
What do you think?