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I don't own any of the characters.
"Ok. What anime should I watch now?" Y/n said to herself.
Y/n, lying on her bed, scrolling on a anime website. Y/n been marathoning Black Butler last week and Soul Eater the week before that. Then Y/n type 'Ranma 1/2' saw it.
"I can rewatch the original anime. It's been a while since I finished watching it. Since I read the manga after watching the anime. I'll watch it." Y/n mutter.
Y/n clicks on the first episode and for it to load. After the episode finished playing the opening. It was over, but it wasn't loading up. The screen turn blurs, then Y/n's entire laptop turn blue.
"What the hell? Did my laptop crash?! I just got that!" Y/n shouted.
The blue color somehow escapes the computer screen and began to cover up Y/n's room. Y/n fled to the door and try to open the door. The door wouldn't open and Y/n began to turn harder. Nothing. The blue light suddenly reaches to her and everything went black.
Y/n woke up to the soft rustle of fabric shifting beneath her fingers.
For a moment, she didn't open her eyes. She was warm, comfortable, wrapped in the familiar weight of her blanket. Morning light filtered through her closed eyelids in a soft orange glow. Somewhere in the distance, she could hear birds chirping and the faint hum of a neighborhood waking up.
Normal.
Too normal.
She frowned slightly and cracked one eye open.
Her ceiling stared back at her.
Not just any ceiling. Her ceiling. The same faint water stain in the upper left corner. The tiny glow-in-the-dark star sticker she forgot to peel off years ago. Even the barely noticeable crack that ran like a crooked line above her closet.
Y/n blinked.
"...What?"
She pushed herself up onto her elbows and slowly turned her head.
Her desk sat by the window, just like always—messy, stacked with books, a half-empty water bottle, her old headphones tangled beside her laptop. Her chair had that one loose wheel that never rolled right. Sunlight streamed through the curtains she distinctly remembered choosing online after debating for three hours about the color.
Her chest tightened.
Her posters were still on the wall. Her bookshelf was still overflowing. Her laundry basket was still full of clothes she swore she'd fold.
Everything was exactly where it should be.
"...Did I oversleep or something?" she muttered.
She reached for her phone on the nightstand.
It wasn't there.
Y/n paused.
She patted the surface once. Twice. Then looked down.
The nightstand was the same color. Same scratches on the corner. Same little chip in the wood.
But instead of her phone, there sat a small framed photo.
She picked it up slowly.
Her breath caught.
It was a picture of her... but not quite.
She looked a little younger. Her hair was styled differently—shorter in the front, tied back in a simple ribbon. She was wearing a school uniform she had only ever seen in anime: a sailor-style top and pleated skirt.
Y/n stared at the photo, her fingers tightening around the frame.
She stood in front of the Tendo Dojo gate, in doing peace sign with both hands and smiling at the camera while a familiar wooden sign hung above them.
Tendo Dojo.
Her stomach dropped.
"No way," she whispered.
Her eyes darted around the room again, this time sharper, searching.
Her posters—
They weren't bands or movies anymore.
They were martial arts calligraphy scrolls.
Her bookshelf—
Not novels and manga, but training manuals, school textbooks in Japanese, and a few neatly stacked practice journals.
Her desk—
A wooden practice sword leaned against it.
Her closet door was slightly open. Inside, she could see neatly folded gi uniforms.
Her reflection in the mirror across the room made her freeze.
She slowly stood up, legs feeling like jelly, and walked toward it.
The girl in the mirror stared back with wide, disbelieving eyes.
It was her.
But her posture was straighter. Her arms looked more toned. There was a faint bruise on her forearm like she'd been training. Her hair was longer than in OG Akane, tied in pigtails with a ribbons. She was wearing soft cotton pajamas, but they were the kind you'd see in an anime household, not the oversized T-shirt she remembered sleeping in.
Y/n lifted a hand.
The reflection did the same.
"This is a dream," she said weakly. "This has to be a dream."
She pinched herself.
"Ow!"
Not a dream.
Her heart started pounding.
She rushed to the window and threw the curtains open.
The view outside made her knees nearly give out.
A traditional Japanese yard stretched below. A wooden walkway. A koi pond. Carefully trimmed bushes. And beyond the gate—
She could just barely see the street.
A street she had seen dozens of times.
Animated.
Drawn.
Paused on her screen at 2 a.m. during "just one more episode."
"This is..." Her voice shook. "No. No, no, no..."
She backed away from the window, mind racing.
Ranma 1/2.
Tendo household.
The dojo.
Her eyes widened as memories—not hers—fluttered through her head.
Training with her sisters in the yard.
Helping Kasumi in the kitchen.
Arguing with Nabiki over snacks.
Walking to Furinkan High with Nabiki.
They felt real. Lived-in. Years of life she had never actually lived.
But somehow... she remembered them.
"I'm... Y/n Tendo but I'm Akane's reborn with a different name," she said slowly.
The name fit in her mouth like it had always belonged there.
Her hands trembled.
"I got isekai'd into Ranma 1/2," she whispered, staring at her reflection again.
Silence filled the room.
She paused for a long moment.
Then she just sighed.
"...Of all the anime worlds," she muttered, rubbing her face, "it had to be the one with martial arts lunatics, cursed springs, and engagement chaos."
She looked back at the photo in her hand—her smiling together and doing peace signs.
Y/n exhaled slowly.
"Okay," she said under her breath. "Don't panic. You know this story. You know what's coming."
A beat.
"Which... might actually make this worse."
From somewhere down the hall, she heard a familiar, gentle voice call out:
"Y/n-chan? Are you awake? Breakfast is almost ready!"
Kasumi.
Y/n closed her eyes.
Right before Ranma arrives.
Right before everything changes.
She opened them again, determination slowly replacing the shock.
"Guess I'd better get ready," she murmured.
Because the plot was about to start.
And this time...
She was in it.
****
Y/n sat cross-legged on her bedroom floor, sketchbook open across her lap. Her pencil moved almost on its own, capturing lines and shapes that made her heart flutter. She drew a quiet, tender moment she imagined between herself and Ranma—herself leaning down, head resting gently atop his, while his head found a comfortable spot on her chest.
She paused for a moment, tracing the curve of his hair with careful attention. Her breath hitched slightly as she pictured it in her mind—warm, peaceful, the kind of closeness she had only dared dream of.
Then, as if her feelings were spilling straight from her heart onto the paper, she added little hearts around him, tiny symbols of all the affection she couldn't yet say aloud.
Y/n sighed dreamily, pressing her forehead against the sketchbook as she admired her work. "Someday..." she whispered softly, "someday this will be real."
Her pencil hovered over the page again, ready to continue drawing the boy she already felt so connected to, even before he fully entered her story.