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The School of Anything Goes Cosplay: Ranma 1/2!

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Just add water! In honor of Comic Con 2014 and Throwback Thursday, I think it's about time to showcase another one of my cosplay adventures! While I've already posted some of my comic con adventures in  A Link to the Blog: The Legend of Zelda Cosplay , this costume is the title character from Ranma 1/2, an anime/manga popular back in the 90s.  If you're not familiar with the show/comic, it's pretty simple:  While training in martial arts with his father , the main character, Ranma, fell into a cursed spring which turned him into a girl. Each one of the many pools carries a different transformation curse, activated by cold water and fixed by hot.  What with a dozen different love triangles, blood feuds, and unexpected dousings, antics ensue. Ranma, Shampoo, Mousse, and Ryoga in a rare moment of peace! The character I cosplayed as was female Ranma, a.k.a. girl type Ranma, a.k.a. pig tailed girl. My cohorts cosplayed as other cursed characters: Sha