Ryoga spent 10 years trying to find Ranma and give her the cure for the dragon whisker curse since he destroyed the one Ranma wore locking him as a girl. Ranma broke the engagement and ran away. Ryoga cures his direction and pig curse and gets the cure for Ranma however it takes him 10 years to find her. She reluctantly uses the cure only to find it doesn’t work. They travel to Jusenkyo, having a few adventures and near deaths on the way. Ranma and Ryoga find themselves getting closer and confess there love, Ranma no longer wants to be cured. Back in Nerima Ranma is reunited with everyone who accept she loves Ryoga except Genma and Nodoka who rejects her. Ryoga talks her round to accepting Ranma however Ranma is shot and hospitalized. When she wakes, Ryoga proposes to her and they marry a month later due to Nodoka’s declining health.