Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen episode 125 title: Shampoo toraware no kiss opening song: Love Seeker Can't Stop It (Vision) ending song: Niji to Taiyou no Oka (Piyo Piyo) aired: 1992.05.22 In Nekohanten, Moose was looking for Shampoo. Shampoo came and hit him. Then Moose said that there was a delivery. But Shampoo said she was busy reading a book. Moose told Shampoo that the customer wanted Shampoo to make the delivery. So Shampoo made a delivery to an old temple. But there was nobody there. Just a lot of cats. Then the bakeneko appeared. On the way back from school, Ranma and Akane ran into Moose. Moose hugged Akane thinking that it was Shampoo. After Akane and Ranma pounded Moose, he told them that Shampoo hadn't come back from her delivery in the morning. Then Ranma said that he should go to the place where she made the delivery. They all went to the temple. Ranma went inside. Then Shampoo ran to Ranma. Akane got upset and started to go back. Ranma tried to go out, but he couldn't. Akane thought Ranma was joking. Then Shampoo said that as long as she was holding on to him, he couldn't leave. Shampoo said that she would not let go of Ranma. Then the bakeneko appeared and said that he had put a spell on Shampoo. So Shampoo couldn't leave. He also said that he would make Shampoo his wife. Shampoo told everyone that there was only one way to break the spell. In the morning when Shampoo went into the temple to make her delivery, the bakeneko put a spell on Shampoo. Shampoo tried to beat up the bakeneko. The bakeneko said that he was the only one who could break the spell. Then Shampoo stopped fighting. Shampoo said, "I would rather die," and put a knife to her throat. When the bakeneko told her not to do it, Shampoo said that she wanted the bakeneko put a spell on her so that if her prince kissed her the spell would be broken. Shampoo asked Ranma to kiss him. Then Moose ran to Shampoo, saying he would break the spell. But Shampoo kicked him away. Then the bakeneko licked Ranma, and Ranma freaked out. Akane and Ranma returned home and left Shampoo at the temple. Ranma was still badly shaken. Nabiki said that they shouldn't have left Shampoo, but Akane said that they can go again the next day. That night the bakeneko appeared at the Tendo home. Akane got mad and asked if the kiss was the only way to release Shampoo. The bakeneko said that if Shampoo couldn't break the spell before the temple bell rang 108 times that night, she would turn into a cat and could never escape from the temple or her human form. So the bakeneko asked them not to come to the temple. Then the bakeneko put some powder on Ranma and left. At the temple the bakeneko was getting ready for his wedding ceremony. Shampoo beat up the bakeneko. Then Ranma appeared. When Ranma went into the temple, he yelled, "Considering the circumstances, I'll kiss you!" But a bunch of cats started to run toward Ranma. Ranma got scared and ran away. The powder that the bakeneko put on Ranma was catnip powder. Ranma's plan 1: While Akane was wearing the catnip suit, Ranma can sneak in and kiss Shampoo. Akane got mad at this plan and kicked Ranma inside with the catnip suit. The cats all ran after Ranma. Ranma's plan 2: Ranma put some fish powder on a soccer ball. Ranma kicked the ball into the bushes. All of the cats went after the ball. Ranma was going to walk into the temple. But Moose appeared, and put the soccer ball into Ranma's mouth. The cats came again. Ranma had no more plans. Then Akane told Ranma to just take his clothes off and go in. With new clothes on, Ranma kicked the door down and went in. Moose also went in. Moose beat up the bakeneko and went to kiss Shampoo, who was in a cage. Shampoo kicked Moose, saying that he wasn't her prince. Then Akane then lured the bakeneko. Ranma went to Shampoo and tried to kiss Shampoo. But Moose stopped him and challenged him. Ranma and Moose started fighting. Ranma finally beat up Moose. Ranma went to Shampoo again. When they were about to kiss, Ranma asked Shampoo to close her eyes. Then Shampoo closed her eyes and Ranma's heart started pounding heavily. Akane couldn't stand watching any more and pounded Ranma before he could kiss Shampoo. Then Moose came and started choking Ranma. Akane kicked the bakeneko away. Then the bakeneko started to hit the bell again. Ranma and Akane had already lost count. Then some cat's ears started to grow on Shampoo. The cage that she was in flew to the bell by the bakeneko's magic. The bakeneko started to hit the bell at a faster rate. Shampoo turned into a cat. Since there was no other alternative, Ranma asked Moose and Akane to kick him in the back. They kicked him and Ranma flew into the bell. Ranma collapsed next to the cage. The bakeneko had hit the bell 107 times, and got ready to hit the bell for the final time. Then Shampoo (cat) walked out of the cage and kissed Ranma who was still laying on the ground, just before the bakeneko hit the bell. The spell was broken and Shampoo wanted to kiss Ranma a second time. But Moose and Akane got mad. Moose started choking Ranma, and Akane poured cold water on Shampoo. -- Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering doi@jrd.dec.com Japan Research and Development Center decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi Digital Equipment Corporation Japan [from Japan: doi@dec-j.co.jp]