Hibiki Ryouga

The Eternally Lost, P-chan


Ryouga has less sense of direction than a shattered brick. He once challenged Ranma to a fight in an empty lot behind his own house, and showed up four days late because he got lost. Ryouga is another one madly in love with Akane, and hates Ranma deeply because of the engagement. Despite his love, though, he just can't bring himself to tell Akane. Now, for an interesting detail: Ryouga was cursed at Jusenkyou to turn into a little black piglet when splahsed with cold water. To Akane, his piglet form is named P-chan (she has no idea that it's Ryouga), and likes to sleep with P-chan, cuddling with P-chan right between her . Ryouga loves this, but is deathly afraid of what would happen if Akane found out. (Ranma does know about this, but is honor-bound not to tell Akane.) Ryouga is eternally depressed, also--in fact, one of his special attacks draws its power from his nearly incapacitating angst. Ryouga also has a hard time dealing with seeing naked/skimpily dressed females, and will develop a nosebleed from the shock. He constantly is wearing a backpack (vitally important for his wandering, since he's always lost) with a 100-pound umbrella strapped to the top, which he uses in fights. Ryouga is my favorite male character.