All About Ranma 1/2

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The original Spice Guy, Herb is the current leader of the Musk Dynasty. He had the fortune of inheriting the traits of a dragon, presumably from his dragon-turned-human mother. This ancestry is required of any leader of the tribe. Herb, like Ranma, also has the problem of a split personality. This was courtesy of a monkey-turned human girl who pushed him into the Nyanniichuan and even used the magic bucket to make his change permanent. Herb had intended to use this girl to assist him in understanding the female gender before he got married. The reason Herb claims that allowed him to be undermined as such, was the female's breasts, which had stunned him beyond self defense. Unfortunately, this has caused him to develop a phobia of breasts which Ranma would exploit later on. Having Dragonian ancestry has allowed Herb to master all skills which draw upon surrounding gases and is even able to float through the air, although his skill is severely weakened when he is in female form. This would be the basis for the huge battle between him and Ranma over the magic kettle which would restore both of them to normal. (Herb had earlier splashed Ranma using the bucket after the then female Herb was humiliated by Ranma in Nekohantten). Herb was ultimately defeated by a modified version of the "Heaven Blast of the Dragon" technique. Ranma had sucked all the hot gas generated by his "Ultimate Spiraling Dragon" maneuver and redirected it back. Herb then plunged into a crevice and had to be rescued by Ranma from certain death, leaving him to ponder over Ranma's magnanimous actions on his return trip to China.

HISTORY OF MUSK DYNASTY (VERY MUCH ABRIDGED VERSION) Herb's tribe once had a tradition of pushing animals into the Nyanniichuan, resulting in the animal-turned-gal having the qualities of their original species (and they look great too :>). Basically, sly, cunning females or gals who act like monkeys and who generally make a pig out of themselves, depending off course on the animal in question. However, since these women have to stay as women, they have to be splashed with water from a magical bucket. (Usage Note: water used has to either be cold, or from the Nyanniichuan, otherwise the subject would just turn back into an animal, as Ryoga and Mousse would gladly tell you…) The only way to reverse this process is to be splashed with water from a magical kettle. Duh!!! Lastly, boys who are born to the tribe are taken from a young age to train, and thus have no idea what the opposite gender is.
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