If Ranma-Chan got pregnant, what would happen to the male?

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:58 am

And, especally, if he turned male, then female again, would she still be pregnant?

And yes, I know that would never happen in the anime.

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:57 am

then why the fuck are you asking ?

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:55 am

This is actually a fairly common idea in Ranma fanfiction. Since Rumiko Takahashi didn't answer the question, different authors came up with diffferent answers.

Some had it that Ranma simply couldn't become pregnant; the constant switching kept resetting his/her menstrual cycle. Others had it that if he/she switched back to male form, the baby would die (no place for a baby in a male body). And still others had it that the curse lock him/her in female form for the duration of the pregnancy to protect the baby.

These are all somebody else's ideas on how pregnancy would effect Ranma's curse, but Rumiko's official response (IIRC) was "I don't think about that, and neither should you."

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:57 am

When I was a member of the Ranma 1/2 Mailing list, this was the answer I came up with:

"The event would cause paradox, which would cause a chain reaction the Ranma-verse spacetime continuim and destroy the universe. Granted this is a worst case scenario. The damage could merely be limited only Tokyo."

In other words, 'don't go there.'
(Wow. It's been several years since I last typed that.)

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:11 am

I just assumed that the baby would be forced out through somewhere painful. Destroying the universe is a little bit rash...

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:51 am

Technically wouldn't the baby be cursed too?

[MOD: This is pretty pointless, so I'm locking it]