

Ranma ½ (Japanese: らんま½) is a manga, and later an anime, that tells the story
of Ranma Soatome, a boy who due to an accident while doing martial arts
training in Chine is cursed to become a girl when he comes into contact with
cold water, while warm water will return him to a male state. (His father also
suffers from this, but turns into a panda instead.)

Why, though, does the name of the manga/anime have the "½"? I assume it has
something to do with Ranma's gender bending, but is there an explanation for
why the "½"?


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Why the "½" in the title of "Ranma ½"?


It seems is just to describe he is a man and a woman. Is because of the gender
switch

> Rumiko Takahashi stated that Ranma ½ was conceived to be a martial arts
> manga that connects all aspects of everyday life to martial arts. Because
> her previous series had female protagonists, the author decided that she
> wanted a male this time. However, she was worried about writing a male main
> character, and therefore decided to make him half-female. Before deciding on
> water for initiating his changes, she considered Ranma changing every time
> he was punched. It was after deciding this that she felt Jusenkyo had to be
> set in China, as it is the only place that could have such mysterious
> springs

Source: [Ranma ½ >
Production](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD#Production)


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