It's you...! But what are you doing here?
Sentaro, you and I eloped, did we not?
We did?
You're cruel, Sentaro!
I was only a plaything to you, was I not? Woe, woe, woe.
No! Please wait, Akane!
I love you more than all the cherry blossoms on the trees.
Do you mean it, Sentaro?
I, Sentaro, am a man. My love is indestructible.
I'm so happy.
Give me a sign of your love.
Akane...!
What's all this foolishness in the middle of tea ceremony?
I cannot allow such a flighty one to take over our Martial-Arts Tea School.
Hah...?
Don't "hah" me!
Are you prepared to protect the future of our Martial-Arts Tea School?
Hah...?
Never mind.
Tomorrow you resume rigorous training!
Be thus prepared.
B-But, Grandmother--!
What's happening?!
It's the middle of the night. What a bother.
Huh?! Grandmother!
Who are you people?!
Y-You'll never get past me!
That wasn't fair!
Th-This is terrible! Grandmother has been kidnapped!
I'm hungry. Wanna get somethin' to eat?
What a surprise. Are you treating?
We go Dutch, of course.
Stingy.
You're better off without such a heartless brute.
Come grab hold of happiness with me.
Maybe we should get some ramen noodles.
I hear "Fukusuke Ramen" is good.
Fukusuke Ramen
I wonder if Sentaro wanted something.
I don't wanna think about it.
It's always us who get the short end of the stick when we help him.
Best not get involved.
I guess you're right.
It's different this time! Something terrible has happened!
It's true!
Quit sneakin' up on us!
But I have a good reason for doing this!
What happened, anyway?
Akane, you're so kind. Please listen to my lament.
I don't wanna hear it.
Someone is trying to kill me!
Huh?!
Akane, I don't want nothing t' do with him. I leave him t' you.
Wait!
- I'm coming, too! - Please come back!
What's the idea?!
Two ramen, 1 ,000 yen.
Strike! You're out!
D'you gotta keep followin' us?!
How can you say that to someone who's being stalked?!
What's with you, anyway?!
Ow.
I'm sorry, mister!
Don't worry. This guy is tough.
Here.
Thanks, miss.
That ball was really meant for me!
How can that be?!
No, it's true!
He was trying to kill me! Heaven forbid, heaven forbid.
Hey! Please come back!
Are you okay, Ranma?
This is crazy!
Akane--!
What the heck--?
Akane! Now do you believe me?
I think it's more like Ranma's having a run of bad luck.
That's why I don't wanna get involved with him.
Don't be so cruel!
You must help me! You must!
I'll hear y' out, at least.
Thank you!
Your grandmother was kidnapped?!
The head of your school?!
I just know I'm the one they'll strike next.
I wonder why she was kidnapped?
Someone wants to take over the Daimonji School of Martial-Arts Tea!
'Zat true?!
Afine garden. Beautifully balanced.
You don't know, do you?
But I know who's responsible!
Then it'll be easy.
Who is it?!
It's --
I'm too scared to tell you.
Shoot. Guess I'll havta go.
Ranma! You're going there?
If they kidnapped th' old lady, they must be strong.
They'll be worth fightin'!
Thank you, thank you!
I'll arrange for my marriage to Akane right away--!
What's this?!
It's a family crisis, but nobody's around.
If our students found out, it'd be a terrible scandal.
That's true.
This is Grandmother's room.
Where were you?
Please don't startle me.
Oh, it's just the old trio from last time.
Ranma! That's rude!
Sentaro, I hope you didn't tell anyone about the kidnapping.
I did. Was it so wrong?
We thought we might be able to help.
That won't be necessary.
This is the problem of the Daimonji School of Martial-Arts Tea.
Please leave.
Don't act so tough.
These guys were powerful enough to kidnap the Matriarch.
Sentaro can't take care of them by himself. You know.
Sentaro!!
Yes?!
If you can't be strong at this time of crisis...
what will become of our school?!
Look at this.
They're--!
Ten-point hanafuda playing cards!
We found them in this room.
They're hanafuda cards--
Yes. Bush clover and boar.
Maple and deer. Peony and butterfly.
Did the Matriarch play cards?
The Matriarch never gambled.
It's a challenge from the rival Martial-Arts Tea School!
It is.
The rival school?!
What's that?
It's the first time I've ever heard of it.
Once two Martial-Arts Tea schools competed against each other.
One was our Daimonji School of Martial-Arts Tea.
The other was a rival school, the Miyako-oji!
The Miyako-oji School?
- Charge! - Go!
These two schools...
attempted to outdo each other in everything.
So they trained night and day.
This furious rivalry ended...
when the Miyako-oji School exhausted their funds...
and gradually lost their power.
But then Miyako-oji School went underground as a rival school.
And still exists today.
A frightening fate.
You're fighting like kids.
If that rival school kidnapped the Matriarch--
They may be plotting to destroy the Daimonji School...
and become the leading school.
So what do these cards mean?
They stand for the three elders of the rival school.
Ino (boar)!
Shika (deer).
Cho (butterfly)!
They're the ones who kidnapped the old lady?!
There's no time to waste!
Go and save her!
Show that Daimonji is the true School of Martial Arts Tea!
Show them!!!
Sentaro!
Ain'tcha goin'
I'm not going.
- Huh? - Hah?
Hah???
What's th' idea? Are y' gonna let your grandma die?
Right! I didn't think you were that kind of person!
They can't fool me!
What?!
This is part of my grandmother's plot to test me!
What do you mean?
The ones who kidnapped my grandmother are our three elders!
I saw them with my own eyes!
So that's why you knew who the kidnappers were.
Are you sure, though?
There's no mistake!
Why go to so much trouble?
Grandmother is crafty.
I'm sure she's testing my character!
Then what about the Miyako-oji School and those playing cards?!
Nothing but lies! Sheer fabrication for sure!
What about those attempts on your life?
- I was imagining things. - Come again?
The best course of action is to do nothing!
I'll show them I'm too smart to be tricked by their scheme!
Maybe Sentaro's right this time.
He's so sure of himself.
She's from Sentaro's school!
Grandmother!
Who're you guys?!
Come back--!
Ranma! Hanafuda cards!
Looks like you were wrong.
How're the three old ladies?
They went to sleep.
They were wearing white, prepared to die in combat.
The Matriarch really was kidnapped, wasn't she.
So what're y' gonna do?
Say somethin'!
I'll do it.
I shall save Grandmother.
I, Sentaro Daimonji, am a man! I am!
- I'll help, if y' want. - Me, too.
Akane! Ranma!
Don't spoil the moment with a mushy thank-you.
I'm a mushy kind of guy. Thank you, Ranma.
According to the Three Elders' letter, this is the Miyako-oji house.
It's gigantic! I thought they used up all their money.
It's way bigger than your house.
I, Sentaro Daimonji, of the Daimonji School of Martial-Arts Tea, am come!
Open the gates! Do!
- Wha--?! - It can't be--!
What th' heck's with th' labyrinth?!
I wonder where your grandmother is?
She's inside.
The Matriarch is safe. If you wish to see her, please do.
But this pathway is a maze.
Where are you?! Come out!
Leave them to me! Go on ahead.
- But--! - Listen to Ranma. Let's go!
Impossible.
Go no further.
If you wish to--
You'll have to get past us, the Three Elders of the Miyako-Oji School...
Ino, Shika and Cho!
They look exactly like our Three Elders.
You're right.
That's just what I want, Hanafuda Grannies!!
Take th' long way if you gotta.
I'll take you on. Fight me!
Don't take us lightly.
You'll--
Regret it!
Why ain'tcha in the formal sitting position?!
That's what the other school does.
Our rival school adapts to any situation!
So we even use this method!
I can see through your technique!
Ice--!
Move, and it'll crack.
Fall in, and you'll freeze.
My word...!
Akane, we came this way before.
I wonder if she really is there?
- Who? - "Who"?!
The Matriarch, of course!
Oh, that's right! I'd forgotten all about her.
How could you forget?!
When I'm with you, I forget all my troubles, and I'm happy.
Look, you...!
If I'm with you, I wouldn't care if I fell into Hades.
Fall by yourself!
Okay-y-y!
Owww!
Grandmother?!
Hey, that's dirty--!
In you go.
Coming your way, girls!
If I had wanted, I could have escaped at any time.
Why didn't you, then?!
I was waiting for you to come.
Let's go home now.
I can't do that.
The Miyako-oji School has issued a challenge to us.
You must fight the representative from their school.
Why?!
Why must I do such a thing?!
It is your duty as the heir to the Daimonji School of Martial-Arts Tea.
But--!
The fateful confrontation.
How brutal.
Introduce him to his opponent.
Come.
Satsuki, remove your hood.
She's an instructor at our school.
My granddaughter, Satsuki Miyako-oji.
Somethin's weird here.
Thou art beautiful.
Let us marry. I shall protect your school of Martial-Arts Tea!
What th' heck--?
A fateful encounter.
This, too, is destiny.
Ranma! Here's a letter from Sentaro and Satsuki.
"Dispensing with preliminaries, thank you for everything.
"Happily, the marriage has been arranged.
"Most likely we'll never meet--"
I thought we'd never meet again, but we have, haven't we!
You twits--!
I never wanna see you again!