Ranma returns home wet and in female form. A red haired woman calls her Ranko and says she is her daughter, Ranma says she cant be because she is a guy. Nodoka is shocked at the transformation and Ranma falls out with her. Next day Akane drags Ranma over to Nodoka’s and Ranma remembers something in a picture, he was really borne a girl. Ranma struggles with himself and finally tries being a girl over summer break, locking herself temporarily. She enjoys her self and likes being a girl, making friends with Akane’s friends and her fiance’s treating her much nicer. Ranko decides to stay a girl, and she has to tell the school, who are mostly supportive. She joins the music class and applies her martial arts skills to playing the violin. Ryoga asks Ranko out on a date and she accepts, they grow closer but then fall out. Ranko realize she loves Ryoga and tells him. She plays the violin for a recital and decides she wants to be a professional violinist. Sequel: Equal Halves and Notes from Julliard.