Ranma finds a cure for his curse in the Amazon village however when used it splits his body into a boy and girl, both controlled by the same brain feeling and seeing two sets of input at once. At the Tendo’s Ranma and his alter ego Ranko are introduced, however whenever one of the Ranma’s is interacted with the other is forced into a unresponsive state to stop it from copying the first. They explain the curse and are forced to be engaged to Akane. They go to school to try and learn how to act independently and in a fight with Kuno where they learn that injuries from one transfer to the other. Meanwhile the Amazons are hunting them down for stealing from them and Shampoo is on Ranma’s trail.