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Volume 14 (Blue-Green Cover)

Target : Pigtail: Things seem to have quieted down on the fighting front for Ranma - that is, until four little men with heads shaped like pork buns attack him! Seems that Ranma has something that the little "niku" men want, and that's the string that holds Ranma's ever-present pigtail in place. A puzzled Akane looks on as Ranma fiercely resists any attempts to remove the string, with only the clue that it is his "seal" to go on.

Let Your Hair Down: It's bad enough that the niku men are after Ranma's pigtail string, called the "Dragon's Whisker", but when Happosai learns of its secret, nothing's going to stop the perverted and ancient martial artist from taking his shot to take it away - not even the prospect of collecting more bras! Ranma now has to avoid the niku men's trickery as well as Happosai's formidable fighting skill, but he can't avoid them forever. And when the Whisker finally comes off, an ashamed Ranma runs off, only to have Akane find him in the strangest state ever...

The Whisker's Secret: Ranma, now with hair that would outdo Cousin It of the Addams Family, tells the story of the Dragon's Whisker to Akane. It seems that the Whisker has the power to grow hair for any male that consumes it, and many a bald man has fought to possess its hair-growing effects. Now even Ranma's own father has discovered the true secret of the Dragon's Whisker, and Genma and Ranma fight for the right to possess it. The Whisker is once again taken from Ranma, who immediately grows mountains of hair stoppable only by his transformation to a female, but Cologne suddenly shows up with some disturbing news - if Ranma continues to grow his hair out uncontrollably, he will rapidly lose all his hair forever!

Hair Raising: As the niku men, Happosai, and Genma fight a fierce battle to determine the owner of the stolen Dragon's Whisker, Ranma attacks all of them in a desperate bid to get the Whisker back before he goes completely bald. But with three equally skilled opponents, time may run out for Ranma before he can get back the only thing that will return his hair to normal for good...

Let's Go to the Hot: Akane wins two tickets to an onsen (hot spring) race in which the winners get an all-expense paid trip to any spring in the world! Now Akane has Ranma's only ticket back to Jusenkyo to undo his curse, but unfortunately for her, she can't get an opportunity to explain the prize to Ranma. Even worse is the fact that she wasn't the only one to win the tickets, and now Shampoo has snatched up Ranma as a partner in order to win the prize (and Ranma) for herself! Akane isn't about to be discouraged, though, as she recruits, of all people, the myopic Mousse for a partner. Meanwhile, Ryouga gets the courage to finally try to ask Akane to the hot spring race himself, but ends up accidentally asking a certain spatula-wielding okonomiyaki chef...

Screamin' at the Hot Springs!: Ranma and Shampoo arrive at the Hot Springs race site, and discover that they're not the only favorites to win the hot spring prize! Akane, Mousse, Ryouga, and Ukyou are also gunning for the right to travel to any spring in the world, and with the race being entirely run "three-legged", the stakes have been raised! The first part of the race is a log rafting race that's anything but safe, especially with 6 martial artists competing, and for Ranma, things couldn't have gotten worse - until Ukyou and Shampoo, both claiming Ranma for their own, finally meet...

Three-Leg Scramble: Traveling through hot springs filled with hungry alligators is bad enough, but it's even worse when everyone's partners seem to be fighting each other! Ranma and Ryouga decide to form a temporary alliance, leaving the still-fighting Ukyou and Shampoo in the dust, but Akane and Mousse aren't about to let them pull back, even if Mousse does call Akane someone with "stumpy legs". At the end of this leg of the race, Ranma and Akane find themselves paired up, and work to run past yet another hazardous part of the race, but it may be harder then usual when the obstacle happens to be "cold water geyser" springs...

Hot Bath!: The gang all takes a break in the many hot springs around, and the males and females are unaware that the other is around. Mousse decides to finally take a peek at a naked Shampoo, but even Ryouga's temptation to see Akane bathing is going to deter him from stopping the weaponed martial artist. Meanwhile, Ranma is inadvertantly knocked out by a rock thrown by a suspicious Akane and the hot spring is destroyed by the frustrated Mousse. But can a fighting Akane and Ranma get out of the next deadly spring of "sand", with clothes that weigh as much as lead?

Ranma Gets Up?!: Ranma and Akane are swiftly sinking in the quicksand "bath", but even that can't shield Ranma from the realization that he hurt Akane's feelings by not going with her first. A determined Ranma refuses to leave without Akane, even as the town council behind the hazardous race offers a way out of the deadly trap. Using the lead and chains inside his clothes, Ranma manages to grab onto, of all things, Ryouga, in order to get out of the trap, but a backfiring of his plan leads to almost certain disaster. Now it's up to Akane to try and save them both - but will she grab the lifeline to retire them from the race or risk her own life to save Ranma's?

The Final Choice: Now only the "maze" baths remain before the reaching of the final goal of the race, and Akane and Ranma, in last place, struggle to catch up in the turning and twisting of choices in the mini-labyrinth. While Ryouga and Ukyou remain lost in the maze, Shampoo ditches Mousse and attempts to take Ranma away from Akane. But Akane's not about to give up Ranma, and as they come to a fork in the bath maze, Ranma must now make a choice between going Shampoo's way or Akane's way - but the choice just might have more implications than he could ever want...

A Goal Too Far: Ranma, Shampoo, and Akane now all end up in the "sake" (Japanese wine) bath, and a drunk Ranma must now be carried by Akane through to the last leg of the race. The town council, however, isn't about to let someone actually finish the race, and begins to move the goal away from Ranma and Akane. But even in a drunken state, Ranma is determined to win a free trip to Jusenkyo to cure himself, and even the Goal sign going down a snowhill isn't going to stop him from finishing the race and finding a cure for his curse forever.

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