Ranma Vol. 32

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Viz published Ranma 1/2 Volume 32 in October of 2005. There are eleven parts, or chapters.

Part 1 - "Shotgun Beans" - The Tendo household is ready to celebrate Setsubun when Soun acquires a strange flying plant that spits beans at the sight of demons. They soon discover it mistakes angry people for demons, and starts shooting people who argue. Naturally, this causes much mayem in the dojo, until Kasumi finally throws the plant in the trash.

Part 2 - "The Little Heart" - The day before Valentine's Day, Akane runs into a little girl and her grandmother who ask her to deliver a Valentine to Ranma. This is very awkward for Akane, since she doesn't want Ranma to think the present came from her. After much misunderstanding, the Valentine gets delivered and Akane gives Ranma a chocolate heart from herself.

Part 3 - "Whack the Principal!" - When the principal throws Ranma and Miss Hinako into a Repentance Room to punish them, Hinako absorbs all the deliquent battle ki, or chi. Then she goes on a manhunt for the principal. But he has a surprise for her- three evil henchmen are ready to fight her.

Part 4 - "Bow Down!" - Ranma helps Hinako defeat the evil three (actually Kuno, Nabiki, and Happosai) and finally get his revenge on the principal.

Part 5 - "Busted!" - Ranma's mother takes Akane and Ranko (female Ranma) shopping for bras. But a saleswoman spills tea on Ranko, and she turns back into Ranma while in the dressing room. This is scary for Ranma because if his mother found out he is half-girl, she will force him to commit Seppuku.

Part 6 - "The Punishment of Perv-Boy!" - Ranko wins a spa treatment and tries to escape after hot water is poured on her and she turns back into a boy. In the process, his mother, Nodoka, sees him fleeing in girl's clothes and assumes there is a pervert in the Tendo household.

Part 7 - "Mama, Papa, and Tata" - Akane is angry that Ranma insulted her bust size. To make up for it, Ranma tries to peek at her bust to show her that he is interested in her. Of course this meets with disastrous results.

Part 8 - "Looking His Best" - Ranma decides to dress and act manly in order to impress his mother, Nodoka. But Happosai swipes his manly clothes for a schoolgirl's sailor dress, just as his mother walks in and assumes Ranma is a cross-dresser.

Part 9 - "See Me for What I Am" - To prove to his mother that he is manly (and to avoid forced suicide), Ranma tries to peek at Akane in the shower. His mother is convinced he is manly and asks to see his face. But he is suddenly hit with cold water and turns into Ranko. Nodoka begins to suspect a connection between Ranko and Ranma.

Part 10 - "Incense of Spring Sleep" - Happosai gives Akane the Incense of Spring Sleep, which means she will sleep until spring comes. But as she sleeps, she has vivid dreams, and becomes violent disruptive in "real-life". Nabiki finally wakes Akane with a mosquito coil, which reminds Akane of summertime.

Part 11 - "The Three-Year Smile of Death" - Mousse thinks Shampoo is angry with him and believes she is cursing him with the Three-Year Smile of Death, an Amazonian attack that hurts the victim in tiny, painful ways. After a fiasco to hit Shampoo's pressure point and release the anger she contains, she reveals to everyone that she was just being extra nice to Mousse because she accidentally broke his equipment.