Ryouga imagined that he could propose to Akane. Ryouga was carrying a bouquet of flowers and crashed into an electric pole because he wasn't paying attention. Then Akane spotted Ryouga. Akane said that there was something she wanted to talk to him about. Then Ryouga said that there was something he wanted to talk to her about. Akane said that Ranma was feeling very sad. She wanted Ryouga to make Ranma happy because they were good friends. Ryouga started to propose to Akane, but since he heard this, he became very sad and he walked away. Ranma found Ryouga walking down the street. Ranma asked to see the shishi houkoudan again. But Ryouga wasn't in the mood. Ranma kept asking him anyways, so Ryouga blasted Ranma. Ryouga's eyes turned red and it was much stronger than before. Ranma thought it was getting closer to perfection. Ryouga was camping out in the open lot. A cute girl came up to Ryouga. (Ranma-chan in disguise) The girl said, "I have always like you. You defeated the very strong Saotome Ranma." Then she said, "I want to see the scroll," in a very cute voice. Instead of the scroll, Ryouga said that he would show her the move itself. Ryouga tried he move. But it failed. Then it failed a second time. On the third time it finally worked. The blast caused the hot water to be spilled on to the girl. Ryouga got very mad and blasted Ranma away. Ranma couldn't stand not knowing the secret of the shishi houkoudan. Then Genma and Akane came. Ranma yelled, "Leave me alone!" and blasted Genma. Ranma had used the shishi houkoudan. Then Ranma tried all night to use this technique again. But it didn't work. Ranma couldn't figure out why it had worked just once. Akane told Ranma to give up. Then Ryouga came and told Ranma that he should give up because he couldn't do it. Akane asked, "Ranma, did you lose to Ryouga?" Then Ryouga answered and said that Ranma had lost twice. Ranma got mad. Ranma used the shishi houkoudan to blast a hole through the wall around the Tendo yard. Ryouga and Akane were surprised. Ranma figured out that the secret behind the shishi houkoudan was "kiga omoi" (a heavy feeling). Ranma was happy now and tried to blast Ryouga. But it didn't work. Then Ranma felt upset that it didn't work. Ranma tried again and it worked, because of his unhappy feeling. Then Ranma and Ryouga took turns blasting each other, and making themselves unhappy. Soun came and yelled at them for destroying his property. Both Ranma and Ryouga became sad. Then they blasted Soun away. They kept taking turns blasting each other. Cologne came and saw what was happening. She said, "Ranma can't win." Ryouga said, "I had always lost to Ranma. I'm bad in directions. I don't have a girl friend," to make himself depressed. Ranma said, "I have this weird body.. Turning into a girl." But Ryouga got very upset and said to himself, "Pig." Ryouga shouted to Ranma, "You can't defeat me in comparing unhappiness." But Ranma said, "Give me one week. I'll get more unhappy than you." Cologne said that this technique would be very frightening if they perfected it. Then came the next episode of this very interesting story Ryouga was thinking that he had to master the shishi houkoudan before Ranma. In the scroll it said, "Think of something bad and make your feelings very heavy. There you did it... But... This is only the basics. To master the shishi houkoudan... [downward arrow]." Ryouga couldn't figure out what the downward arrow meant. At the Tendo home, Ranma told Kasumi that if he lost, he wouldn't eat anything. He also told Nabiki that he would be his slave. Akane said that his unhappiness was not that much. Ryouga fell into a sewer, and turned into a pig. Kasumi wondered which was more unfortunate, Ranma or Ryouga. Nabiki quickly said that Ryouga was. Ranma had a dream. Ranma was starving and running around. He saw Ryouga sleeping in a sleeping bag looking very happy. Ranma blasted Ryouga. [In real life] Ranma was in front of the refrigerator. He was stuffing his face with the food. Ranma had been starving himself. Then Genma came and kicked Ranma. Genma told Ranma that the shishi houkoudan didn't suit Ranma. Genma was going to teach him another technique. Outside in the Tendo yard, Genma set up for his technique. Then he just yelled insults at Ranma. The next morning, Ranma got mad and created a huge energy ball. Ranma thought he can do the shishi houkoudan. He tried again. But Nabiki flipped up Akane's skirt, and the ball disappeared. Ranma got upset again. He released another energy ball. It went up into the air and circled back at Ranma. When Ranma got up after the explosion, he said that he could see it. He became full of confidence, and said that he could counter the shishi houkoudan. Ryouga was in the public bath thinking about the "down arrow". Then he saw the water coming out of a statue's mouth. Ryouga looked at it. He took a rubber fish and put it in the water. He saw it sink. Then Ryouga yelled out that he discovered the secret for perfecting the shishi houkoudan. In the middle of the street, Akane asked Ryouga if he was really going to fight Ranma. Ryouga asked Akane to say to him, "I hate you." Ryouga begged Akane. Then Akane said it softly. Ryouga yelled that he didn't want to hear it and ran off. Akane then saw an enormous energy ball in the distance. Ryouga had created a huge crater in the open lot. He said that he had perfected the shishi houkoudan. At the school grounds, Ranma was waiting for Ryouga. Ryouga arrived three days late. Ranma was full of confidence. Ryouga said, "I threw away my happiness. I'll pound the hell out of you." Ryouga blasted Ranma, but Ranma created an energy ball to block Ryouga's. Ranma said that he can counter the "heavy feeling"(sadness) of the shishi houkoudan with his "strong feeling"(confidence). Then Ryouga said that he had become more unhappy. Ryouga used his most powerful shishi houkoudan so far. Ranma was surprised at the size of it. Ranma couldn't block it, as his confidence level decreased. Ryouga was in the middle of the blast but he was still unhurt. Then Ryouga fired again, and Ranma couldn't block it. Cologne wondered what had made Ryouga so unhappy. Then Akane remembered what she had said to Ryouga. Ryouga tried to fire again, but Akane ran up to Ryouga. She said, "I like you Ryouga." Ryouga became very happy when he heard it, and lost the power of his shishi houkoudan. Then Akane said, "Let's stay friends forever." The thought of being "only" friends with Akane forever made Ryouga feel lower than before. Ryouga's blast became stronger than before. Ranma was getting blasted. Ryouga was getting hit by his own blast too, but he wasn't getting hurt. Then Ranma spotted the change in Ryouga's facial expression as the shishi houkoudan landed. Ryouga said, "I won," and started to walk away. But Ranma had a thought. He said, "One more." Then Ryouga blasted Ranma again. Just as the blast was going to land, Ranma yelled out, "You can see Akane's panties!" Ryouga looked up and the blast crushed him this time. Ranma was right in his guess. Ryouga was releasing his feelings as the blast landed. So the blasts have been going by him. Ryouga asked, "How many times do you think this will work?" as he got up. Then Ranma said, "I kissed Akane." This brought Ryouga down to the lowest level. Akane shouted that it was a lie. Cologne wondered why Ranma make Ryouga increase the power of the shishi houkoudan. Ryouga unleashed his strongest shishi houkoudan. Just when the blast was coming down, Ranma jumped to use the power of the shishi houkoudan. Ranma yelled out, "It's a lie that I kissed Akane." Ryouga looked up. Then Ranma threw a punch into Ryouga with the full force of the blast. Ranma defeated Ryouga. Later at the Tendo home, Akane told Ryouga again that she did not kiss Ranma. Ryouga said that he was happy.
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