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Ranma 1/2: One Page Per Volume, Part Four
Dec. 6th, 2018 08:25 pmShampoo appears in Volume 4! Art is flipped and reads from left to right.
For volume 4 I was tempted to include something from the great Martial Arts Figure Skating arc, a.k.a the Charlotte Cup - the one where Ranma and Akane battle a girl-crazy Casanova and a kleptomaniac on the ice for the sake of Ranma's honour and the ownership of a cute little black pig who's actually Ranma's rival. But it was hard to pick just one page! And in the end, isn't it more momentous that it's the volume where Shampoo first appears, busting through the wall of the skating hall's dressing room in pure Shampoo fashion?
So I picked this page from the end of her introduction arc, as a moment that's pretty darn important for Shampoo's characterisation - and an arguably rare spot of emotional vulnerability from her. I remember being honestly worried about Ranma as Shampoo was just overcome with fury and attacked... but no, she stops herself, and doesn't follow her village's laws about killing an outsider woman who's defeated her. This is one of Shampoo's most compassionate moments. Considering what happens to her later because of it, it might not be so strange that she rarely shows that much compassion again.
For volume 4 I was tempted to include something from the great Martial Arts Figure Skating arc, a.k.a the Charlotte Cup - the one where Ranma and Akane battle a girl-crazy Casanova and a kleptomaniac on the ice for the sake of Ranma's honour and the ownership of a cute little black pig who's actually Ranma's rival. But it was hard to pick just one page! And in the end, isn't it more momentous that it's the volume where Shampoo first appears, busting through the wall of the skating hall's dressing room in pure Shampoo fashion?
So I picked this page from the end of her introduction arc, as a moment that's pretty darn important for Shampoo's characterisation - and an arguably rare spot of emotional vulnerability from her. I remember being honestly worried about Ranma as Shampoo was just overcome with fury and attacked... but no, she stops herself, and doesn't follow her village's laws about killing an outsider woman who's defeated her. This is one of Shampoo's most compassionate moments. Considering what happens to her later because of it, it might not be so strange that she rarely shows that much compassion again.
