Ranma 1/2 never stood a chance
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Just read the old manga
Even as a fan of the series, the old manga is 38 volumes which is 34 volumes of filler and an ending designed to infuriate you. While great for its time, everything it had going for it has been done better since unless you have nostalgia for it.
You read Ranma to laugh at how absolutely retarded the characters can get when they try to solve every normal problem in their lives with insane martial arts. Naruto this ain't. I don't think I've seen another manga that takes dumb decisions that far tbh.
Very true, but the issue is how many of those fillers are actual throwaway using bit characters who lack any of the fun of the actual retards we love from the main cast.
It suffers very much from the "ugh its another X chapter" while some of its better characters languish in obscurity. And unfortunately Akane, the main heroine, is one of those characters you groan at being the focus.
I would tend to agree. Every arc with recurring characters like Pantyhose Taro was great, so their absence is sorely felt at times.
I like Akane, but she was a little too protected overall. There was an unwritten rule that she could never be actually beaten up since in that world she's more like a normal girl than a combatant.