Parwendo rwekudzidzisa muBayankala Mountain Range muQinghai Province yeChina, baba vake Genma naRanma Saotome ndeve zvitubu zvakatukwa kuJusenkyo. Ivo vanotora rudzi rwechinhu chero chakanyura imomo mazana kana ma1000s emakore apfuura nguva dzese pavanobata-inotonhora-mvura kana mumwe munhu akadonha mutsime. Iyo hex inozodzoka kana yafumurwa kudzamara yavo inotonhora yemvura ichionekwa kune inopisa-mvura. Ipo Ranma ichidonha munguva yechirimo yemukadzi akanyura Genma anowira kuchirimo chepanda.
Pakudzokera kuJapan, vaviri ava vanogara muNerima, Tokyo mune dojo yeshamwari yaGenma yekare Soun Tendo, anoshanda pamwe naye weMusabetsu Kakuto Ryu kana "Anything-Goes School" yeartial-arts iyo Genma yakapa kuRanma. Soun naGenma vakabvumirana makore apfuura kuti vana vavo vaizoroora voenderera neTendo Dojo. Soun ane vanasikana vatatu vachiri kuyaruka: avo vane hutsinye, vemauto, vasina hanya uye vane udyire Nabiki uye ari nyore uye ane hunhu Kasumi kudzidzisa Akane. Akane, uyo ari zera raRanma, anotumidzwa zita rekuroora nehanzvadzi dzake vachishandisa kufunga kwakajeka kuti nekuti Ranma anongova mukomana hafu yenguva iyoyo uye Akane haadi vakomana, vakakwana pamwe chete. Vaviri Akane naRanma vanoramba kupfimbwa pakutanga, vasina kubvunzwa pamhedziso, zvisinei vanogona kugadziriswa sekuvimbisana uye kumisa kuponesa kana kubatsirana pane zvimwe zviitiko. Ivo vanogona kuwanikwa kazhinji mubhizinesi reumwe neumwe uye nekudaro vanogara vachikumbira mune yavo yekuremekedza yakashata rudo-ruvengo maitiro inova iyo franchise inotarisa.
Ranma anoenda kuchikoro naAkane paFurinkan High School (Furinkan Koko), kwaanozadzisa muvengi wake Tatewaki Kuno, anozvitutumadza kendo timu kaputeni uyo anotevera nesimba Akane, asi nekuwedzera anowira murudo neRanma fomu rechikadzi asina kuwana hex yake. (kunyangwe mamwe manhamba achiinzwisisa). Nerima inoshanda senge yekumashure kwemo-Re martial-arts mayhem nekutanga kwese kwemakwikwi aRanma, senge akarasikirwa nekusingaperi Ryoga Hibiki uyo akafamba hafu-nzira kuyambuka Japan achienda kumashure kumberi kweimba yake, uko Ranma akapedza katatu vakamumirira. Kwaanozopedzisira awira kuTsime reDrown Piglet, Ryoga, achitsvaga kutsiva kuna Ranma, akamugamuchira kuenda kuJusenkyo. Zvino kana asaswa nemvura inotonhorera anotora mhando yenguruve diki. Asinganzwisise izvi, Akane anoda iyo piglet semazita uye chipfuwo icho Pchan, asi Ranma anomunzwisisa uye anomusemesa nekushandisa mamiriro uye kuchengetedza kiyi iyi. Mumwe mukwikwidzi ndiMousse anoona pedyo, uyo anova dhadha kana achinge anyorova uye zvakare anowira mudziva iro riri remashiripiti, chekupedzisira asi chisiri chidiki, pane tenzi mukuru weRanma, Happosai, uyo anoshandisa nguva yake kuba mapanties evasikana vechikoro.
Ranma ramangwana paramours anotangira kuhondo yemitambo-yemajimuni ekumhanyisa muviri mukwikwidzi wake wechipiri uye vechidiki pal Ukyo Kuonji, naKodachi Kuno mutengesi iyo okonomiyaki, inosanganiswa neChina Chinese Shampoo, inotsigirwa naambuya vake Cologne. Sezvo chiratidziro chichienderera mberi, iyo koreji inova yakawanda eccentric uchishandisa kudzoka kwevakadzikira, Hawaii- kuchengetedza simba pamwe nekufungisisa Principal Kuno -eeching switching kid / munhu mukuru Hinako Ninomiya semudzidzisi weRanma Chirungu. Kugadziriswa kwaRanma kusarudza parudo rwake icho chiri chechokwadi kunokonzera kusagadzikana muhupenyu hwekoreji uye nehukama hwake
