Ranma 1-2 Manga (2026)

The Cradle Will Fall

The final confrontation took place at sunset. Baby Kima had constructed a fortress out of dojo cushions, armed with chopsticks and a jar of wasabi. The Matriarch's ancient body (with baby Puchi's mind inside) was gumming a ceremonial sword in the corner, cooing.

"Me?!" Ranma squawked.

Some curses, he decided, were better left uncursed. Especially the ones with diapers. ranma 1-2 manga

"No," said Ranma.

The old woman on the ground cackled. "Foolish boy. This is not about you. It is about her ." She pointed a gnarled finger at the floating baby. "That is the Great Matriarch Jusenkyo, Kima of the Seven Spices. And I am…" the baby burbled, and a surprisingly deep voice echoed from its tiny mouth, "…now merely Mousse's unfortunate great-aunt, twice removed."

"The Matriarch is heading for the knife drawer!" Kasumi called out cheerfully. The Cradle Will Fall The final confrontation took

"RANMA SAOTOME!" bellowed the fur-clad man, whom Ranma recognized with a groan as Herb, the prince of the Musk Dynasty. "You will answer for this!"

Baby Puchi, now in his own body, chose that moment to demonstrate his new, un-cursed personality. He projectile-vomited a perfect arc of formula directly into Ranma's open mouth.

Herb explained, his voice trembling with rage. A renegade Amazon from a forgotten village, attempting to create a "generational rebalancing curse," had stolen the ancient Suiyoubi no Kyouken —the Wednesday Cradle—a cursed artifact. When activated, it swaps the minds of the eldest and youngest members of a bloodline. The Matriarch Kima (age 104) now inhabited the body of her great-great-grand-nephew, a drooling infant named Puchi. And the baby's mind? It was currently running the Musk Dynasty's military strategy from the Matriarch's frail, ancient frame. "No," said Ranma

Then the wall exploded.

The third attempt, Ranma got desperate. He tried the old "octopus in the bath" trick. Baby Kima summoned a swarm of garden koi to form a living raft, floated past the octopus, and used a wet diaper as a slingshot to fire a marble directly into Ranma's forehead.