Eps 8

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Akane really is the best potential wife. Specifically, because she's so atypically cute. Feisty is best.

One of the things I like about the series is that they give an equal opportunity for the cast to be good at things. Ranma isn't just instantly good at everything because of his "natural agility" or because he's a "natural martial artist" like more recent bullshit of series since the mid-2000s. He actually has to learn some skills to compete in a lot of the activities they do. Likewise, Akane is already good at skating here, unlike the gymnastics, so she's in position to teach Ranma something he doesn't know, and he's more than willing to learn. Or how Ryouga is physically stronger than Ranma.

Ranma not being able to accept his own shame for not knowing how to do something immediately backfired on him, which is even funnier.