RANMA
Aside from the kyudo club, Lapistoria's school is also home to a kendo club, and Ranma is one of its members. She isn't exactly your typical martial arts enthusiast, though; she carries the burden of a previous life's rivalry on her shoulders. Reincarnated in the modern day, does she have any hope of settling the past once and for all?
In this game, she wields the yellow diamond lapis.
彼女は快刀乱麻 by mami is her song.
IN THE STORY
Well, uh... She's not. She makes a cameo in the main story and shows up in a card story's episode (highly curious about Yuzuru's skills), but given how she was unlocked in the first place, she doesn't show up anywhere else.
She was unlockable through a cross-BEMANI web event called PON'S Fate Purification Project that promoted PON's album released during Lapistoria's run. Read more about the event on RemyWiki, because it's a loooot of typing and as I'm making this page it is Not my day.
NET TAISEN
ATTACK/OPTIONS: "Let it bloom!" (咲かせよう)
DAMAGE: "Is that it?!" (その程度か！)
GOOD PLAY: "I have no regrets." (未練などない)
BAD PLAY: "What a joke..." (洒落くさい…)
WIN: "Scatter!" (散るがいい！)
LOSE: "I don't need your sympathy..." (情けはいらぬ)
TRIVIA
- Ranma's birthday is on February 27th.
- The yellow diamond lapis is shared with Taiga, Albireo and Eito.
- In her 2P palette, Ranma wields the red diamond lapis.
- Yuzuru appears in her FEVER Win animation after he's unlocked (if he isn't, Win animation plays), while non-Lapistoria character N.Naga appears in her FEVER animation. That's her arch-nemesis from her previous life!
- Playing as or against Ranma will yield diamond effects in the background.
- By itself, the kanji forming Ranma's name (乱麻) can translate to "chaos" or "anarchy". But in the context of her song name, as a part of 快刀乱麻 (kaitou ranma), its meaning is "to solve complicated matters skillfully". Chihi didn't get this at first, thinking she had the name already given to her because of the song. That's how we got here.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS
I really really wish Ranma had more going for her... she's so COOL and they don't do ANYTHING with her! At the very least, both of her songs (she got a second one in Usaneko that was ported to Gitadora Galaxy Wave) have jackets so she has some more art but man. Awesome character concept doesn't get any justice and you hate to see it.