Being a teenaged martial artist isn't easy, especially for Ranma Saotome, who went through a major transformation on a training mission with his father. After an accidental dunk into a legendary cursed springs in China, Ranma now changes into a girl every time he's splashed with cold water. That would be enough to complicate anyone's life, even without the arranged fiancee who doesn't like him (or says she doesn't) and the constant stream of rivals and suitors for both his male and female forms. What's a half-guy. half-girl to do? Ranma's latest rival is Ukyo Kuonji, a chef in the art of cooking okonomiyaki , a Japanese griddle specialty. But this latest fight is more than just a rivalry with a fellow martial artist - Ukyo's issues with Ranma o all the way back to childhood, and a certain promise he once made...