Ranma/Street Fighter crossover

[Dumbledork]

I finished reading Sakura Ganbaru (only two volumes) and I’m sure it would make for a great Ranma crossover.

Here’s a short summary of the manga for those who haven’t read it. Sakura Kasugano wants to become a great street fighter like her idol, Ryu. Her sensei is Dan Hibiki and under his guidance and her own natural talent she learns and improves very fast. She learns Dan’s special moves and adapts them to her fighting style. In a tournament shr almost defeats Ken Masters. She then decides to travel the world in search of her idol and fight strong opponents at the same time to improve her fighting style. Dan accompanies her since he’s already been around the world and is a rather decent guide.


The fic takes place right after Sakura’s battle with Ken. Instead of traveling to Hong Kong right from the start Sakura decides to investigate the Nerima ward after she has heard rumors that it is the home of a lot of powerful martial artists and she might find Ryu there or clues as to his whereabouts.

However, she was prepared for all the weirdness in the district. As she walks though the streets she witnesses a battle between Ranma, Ryoga, Kuno and Mousse. After Ranma defeats them with his Hiryu Shouten Ha he walks away in a bad mood. Another waste of his time. Over the last few months he’s got really fed up with his life, the constant challenges, rivals and fiancées. All he does nowadays is fight against idiots who have either a grudge against him or have somehow been conned by his father.


He’s really getting annoyed when he sees a girl run up to him and challenge him to a duel. He hasn’t seen the girl before, but he knows that it was either a fiancée or a new rival.

Surprisingly enough the girl grins and he can’t detect any hidden motives. She just wants to fight for the fun of it, which is refreshing and Ranma accepts. And Ranma enjoys the fight a lot. This is what martial arts are really about. Challenging strong people not because of a grudge, but because they want to improve and learn new styles. Ranma hasn’t had that much fun in months and quickly recognizes the girl’s potential although she’s not up to his level. The fight even allows him to get rid of some of the stress that has been accumulating over the months and after the fight he’s visibly relaxed and enjoys talking with her. Imagine that, a girl who didn’t want anything from him.

Sakura tells him about her quest and it strikes a chord with him. This is what he’s been missing these last few months. Real challenges. He realizes that he has been entirely too passive since he came to Nerima, only reacting to attacks and only learning new techniques to counter his enemies’ techniques. Not once has he learnt a new move just for the fun of it and to get better. He realizes that he’s been slowly losing his drive and that he has lost a lot of his fighting spirit.

He then decides to act selfishly for once and to follow Sakura on her quest, consequences be damned. Of course, the NWC doesn’t agree, but he doesn’t care. He knows that the sedentary life is not for him. He has heard of Ryu of course from some of the people he met while traveling with his father (could be any of the Street Fighter characters), but he’s never met him.

[Spokavriel]

Its interesting but it has the painful catch of Ranma's honor. For him to break from the Nerima trap like this he has to effectively go Ronin. Either that or solve the mess. It isn't just a training trip after all.

[Dumbledork]

Its interesting but it has the painful catch of Ranma's honor. For him to break from the Nerima trap like this he has to effectively go Ronin. Either that or solve the mess. It isn't just a training trip after all.

I know, but it's not like he's never done any underhanded stuff before. And honestly, I can imagine him doing it after he gets really fed up with the idiots.

[Spokavriel]

I have trouble seeing him get fed up enough to do this without suiciding earlier for Ukyo and Akane's Honor at the very least. Not impossible just trouble seeing it. So just how much are you going to have Genma the Rivals and Fiancées abuse the Art against Ranma to get him to this point?

[SpaceKnight of Chaos]

I admit that I'm coming from an anime-dominated base, but I have read a fair amount of the manga and, honestly, it doesn't really seem like Ranma gives much a damn about honor in canon. The most he seems to care is about his own personal honor, and it's a pretty twisted personal code. He hangs around Nerima because he's got nowhere else to go and, most importantly, he doesn't particularly mind the stuff he gets caught up in. To say nothing of the fact he's got a crush on Akane and so doesn't particularly want to be away from her. If he decided he didn't like Akane and/or Nerima anymore, there's no real evidence in canon that he wouldn't just up sticks and leave. This wouldn't stop the whole circus (except maybe the Tendos and Kunos) from chasing him, but there's nothing that really keeps him there besides the fact he feels like it.

[ckosacranoid]

i can just see something really bad comeing out of all this.....poor binson didnt know what hit him after inviting this weird group of fighters to his island and hosting a magaor event and they get ticked and tharsh the place....all that work for taken over the world ruined cause the wreaking crew thought that thier was cure for the curses or just got annoyed....
the other idea is the wreaking crew taking thier show in the road hitting places all over the world fighting shadowlow and really annoying bison and his underleings....
the thought of vega and kuno in a pissing match about he is better looking also comes to mind or even vega and the black rose. genma vs blanka...battle of the weirdness
sorry, just rambling with random ideas for tossing out that may or may not help out for ideas.....