Fathers know best, unless they're Ranma's. Genma promised Ranma's mother that he would make sure the boy grew up manly - or else he would commit ritual seppuku! which makes for an awkward - and deadly - reunion, when Nodoka shows up and catches sight of her "son" in girls' clothing. Plus more love is in the air with a new cheerleading suitor, Akane's making fortune-telling mochi, more on Happosai's affair with ladies' undies, and an original story that inspired Ranma 1/2: deperately seeking shampoo!