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Thanks to Damon McDaniel for compiling this synopsis!

Volume 18 (Green Cover)

The Lion's Roar: Ranma has received another challenge from Ryoga, and 10 days later, he turns up with a new move - the Shishi Hokodan, which creates a big ball of 'solid' air. Later Ryoga (who's very happy to have finally beaten Ranma) carries back an injured Ranma (who's depressed at not being able to beat Ryoga) to the Tendo's. Ryoga explains how he was given a scroll explaining the move by a construction engineer when trapped in a cave. Ranma challenges Ryöga to a match in a week, but is dismayed to learn that Ryoga hasn't perfected it yet, and it's already powerful.

Prelude to Defeat: Ranma's spent all night trying to figure out the Shishi Höködan, but Cologne tells him to give up, as he won't be able to use it. Meanwhile, Ryöga tries to tell Akane his true feelings again, but she first asks him to help cheer up Ranma, which makes Ryöga more depressed. Ranma bugs Ryöga to see the move again, and gets blasted, so onna-Ranma dresses up as a young admirer of Ryöga, who's happy with the attention. At first Ryöga can't do it, but then does a small Shishi Höködan which knocks a kettle onto Ranma - who gets a BIG blast. At home, Ranma's very depressed, and when Genma comes to check on him, Ranma blasts Genma without deliberately trying to do the Shishi Höködan, and can't figure out why it just worked.

Unlucky Blow: Ranma has been trying all night to do another Shishi Höködan, when Ryöga comes along and taunts him, and Ranma then blasts a wall, and figures out that the move is fueled by despair. Ranma and Ryöga then start blasting each other, while Akane is worried about the downhill spiral of depression. Ranma resolves to make himself more depressed than Ryöga - won't eat, will be Nabiki's slave if he loses.

Emotional Impact: Genma tells Ranma to learn something else, as the Shishi Höködan isn't appropriate for someone of his personality, but Ranma continues to work on the Shishi Höködan. He's having trouble being distracted, and after getting hit by his own wandering Shishi Höködan ball, decides that it's only the strong feeling that's needed not that type to mould the technique to suit himself, and gets very happy and confident. Meanwhile, Ryöga has figured out how to perfect the Shishi Höködan, and asks Akane to tell him that she hates him. When she reluctantly does, he runs off crying, then Akane sees a MASSIVE blast of energy. Ryöga has done the perfect Shishi Höködan, and is standing in a large crater.

Lion Versus Tiger!: Three days late, Ryöga turns up to his fight with Ranma. Ranma counters Ryöga's Shishi Höködan with his Möko Takabisha, fueled by confidence. This makes Ryöga depressed enough to use his full Shishi Höködan, which Ranma jumps out of the way of. Akane figures out that telling Ryöga she hated him made him so depressed, so she tells him, she really likes him and they can be 'just good friends forever'. This makes Ryöga REALLY depressed.

The Weight of Victory: Ryöga tries to finish off Ranma, who is trying to work out why Ryöga isn't being hit when the huge ball comes down. Ranma figures out Ryöga is releasing all his feelings, and so doesn't get hit, and proves this by distracting Ryöga ("you can see Akane's panties") just as the ball comes down. Ranma then tells Ryöga he's kissed Akane, and when Ryöga does a huge full Shishi Höködan, Ranma jumps underneath the ball of chi as it comes down, tells Ryöga he lied, then punches him. Ranma wins, but Ryöga beats him up later for lying.

New Year's Curse: After Shampoo has been missing for a day, Ranma, Akane and Mousse go to the last place she delivered take-away to - the Cat Temple. There, the Bake-Neko has put a curse on Shampoo and she can't leave without turning into a cat. It can only be reversed if the person she loves most kisses her - ie Ranma. Later at the Tendö's, Ranma is still suffering from his cat-phobia, when the Bake-Neko delivers some gifts for his wedding to Shampoo - who will be cat forever, unless she and Ranma kiss by the 108th bell tomorrow (New Year's Day). However, The Bake-Neko had put cat-nip on Ranma, and the cats around the temple chase after him.

Ring Proposal: Ranma tries to get Akane to wear a cat-nip filled jacket to lure away the cats, but both she and Mousse don't want him to kiss Shampoo (who's in a cage), and they start fighting. Ranma persuades Akane to distract the cat, but just before Ranma forces himself to kiss Shampoo, she stops him. Then the bell starts ringing, and Shampoo starts turning into a cat. Ranma tries to break the bell, knocks himself out, and just before the 108th bell, neko-Shampoo kisses Ranma.

The Plum and the Prune: Ranma is repeatedly having a nightmare where this guy and onna-Ranma are having a date and end up kissing. This is because she reminds the old guy (who's in a critical condition in hospital) of his first love, who's spirit then leaves his body. Ranma and the old guy go on a date (Ranma doesn't want to be haunted), but apparently the old guy and his first love promised to elope when the cherry blossoms bloom, but they never did, so they goto where the trees were, but it's now a building site. However, he'd just made it up, and back at the hospital, onna-Ranma isn't happy to find out that the guy married his first love, who's now an old woman Ranma says she doesn't look like.

Sibling Warfare: Kunö slices up a large poster of Ranma, so Kodachi feeds him to her alligator for destroying her poster. The next day Kunö tries to bribe Ranma to be Kodachi's slave (so that they can make up) with "suggestive photos of 'osage no onna'". Ranma turns up, but it's because he wants the photos destroyed. When Ranma beats up Kunö, he then burns all of Kodachi's posters of Ranma, which makes Kodachi want revenge on Kunö and 'osage no onna'.

The Scandal Breaks!: At school Kodachi spreads photos of Kunö and a skimpily dressed onna-Ranma 'on a date' - it's a doctored photo. Nabiki says (for money) that to counter-act it, she'll spread more photos (onna-Ranma in underwear with insidious caption). Onna-Ranma then goes to Kunö to get him to apologise to Kodachi, but Kodachi has some more photos (the others think these will be even more revealing), but it's Kunö's head on P-chan's body. Ranma beats up Kunö, and puppets him, fooling Kodachi into thinking Kunö apologised.

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