User:David A/Kasumi Characterisation Reference
Kasumi:
1.1: Bored by/not interested in younger men. Takes care of onna-Ranma.
1.2: Wonders why her father is a friend to such strange people. Outraged at Genma for getting Ranma cursed, but lumps Ranma over on Akane because of it. Gives advice to Ranma by describing Akane as a very sweet girl, but a violent maniac.
1.8: Asks Akane to return a pressure-point book she borrowed from Doctor Tofu.
2.1: Returns the book herself. Perplexed and amused by Tofu's strange behaviour.
2.3: Interested in hearing the reasons for Ryouga’s feud with Ranma.
2.6: Shocked by Akane’s cut off hair. Akane complains that Kasumi is always overreacting.
2.7: Woken up by Ranma’s & Ryouga’s fight. Scared when she thinks it may be a burglar. Gives Akane a weight to throw. Relieved when she realises it was only Ranma’s ‘friend’.
2.8: Says that Ranma shoulldn’t sneak into a girl’s room at night.
3.2: Gives Akane first aid after injuring her foot.
3.6: Thinks that Akane & Ranma get along well. Welcomes Ryouga when he enters the Tendo home.
3.8: Doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Ranma was kissed by a boy. Spies on Ranma and Akane, but concludes that they’re late-bloomers.
4.5: Serves Shampoo food as a ‘guest’ into the house. Concludes that Ranma defeated her once again.
4.6: After Shampoo kisses Ranma, Kasumi misunderstands and thinks she’s his girlfriend. Vainly tries to calm down Akane. Concludes that the amazon law was set up to trap men into marriage and encourages Akane to make up with Ranma, but thinks Ranma is a weakling for getting his resistance broken so easily by Shampoo’s affection.
4.7: Doesn’t understand why Akane won’t help wake Ranma up. Comforts her father as he gets sad. Remarks that she didn’t know Shampoo was visiting as she once more chases Ranma with killing intent
4.9. Surprised that Akane doesn’t remember Ranma. Concludes that she must remember him on some level when she nonetheless clobbers his after being hugged by Shampoo. Gladdened that Tofu can cure Akane, but her presence makes him rip apart the recipe. Asks Ranma to buy her some Oolong tea when he decides to go to China for a cure.
5.1: When asked about Ranma’s weakness, she answers that he can eat anything.
5.2: Tries to find a lost cat she was looking after for a friend. Shocked when she learns about the cat-fist training, but can’t understand his fear of ‘cute kitties’. Puts her the cat she was keeping in a cage and tells it not to scare Ranma anymore.
5.3: Asks Genma if there’s any way to cure Ranma. Sympathies with Ranma’s suffering as he tells her of the repeated training attempts.
5.6: Welcomes Shampoo as she treats the family to noodles. Tells Ranma that she’s opened a ramen shop in the neighbourhood. Compliments Cologne on her Japanese.
5.8: Thinks that Ranma can’t lose against Mousse.
5.11: Asks Nabiki where Ranma is. Applauds after Cologne snatches chestnuts out of a fire. Mistakenly thinks that Ranma is just trying to be strong and forget his/her troubles when she’s clearly enjoying herself at a fair.
6.1: Cheers for Akane during the watermelon splitting competition.
6.2: Thinks she’s overdoing it, when calling Ranma stupid. Asks Nabiki if Akane ever learned to swim when she tries to save Ranma.
6.3: Tries to convince Shampoo to stop sneaking into men’s baths.
6.5: Thinks it’s good training for when Akane is married to follow Ranma on a training journey.
6.11: Excited when she finds a runaway horse in the house.
7.1: Thanks a restaurant owner for the free eel teriyaki.
7.7: Sends Ranma to the bathhouse, since the tub has a leak. Later tells him that the tub is going to take a week to fix.
7.8: Remarks that Ryoga appears to have got lost again and Okinawa, rather than Hokkaido. Wonders if Akane is going to bed early.
7.9: Tells her father that a man from the neighbourhood watch committee is visiting to see him. Welcomes Ranma & Akane home. Tells Genma that he’s picking annoying times to turn into a panda. Assembles Happosai’s stolen underwear to bring them to their owners. Thinks Happosai’s revenge is diabolical. Apologises to Ranma when he has to sleep outside to let Happosai calm down.
7.11: Wonders what happened to Genma & Soun, since they went to bed early, while the TV shows Genma’s & Happosai’s battle.
8.2: Worried that a damaged Akane may need help in a fight.
8.4: Finds it odd that Ranma attempts to make up for loosing his ‘cure’ by guilt-tripping and using Akane. She’s happy for Ranma & Genma when they appear to be cured.
8.7: Encourages Akane not to give up on her theatre role.
8.11: Asks where Happosai got all the underwear.
9.1: Helps Akane learn to bake, since ‘every good bride needs to’.
9.11: Tells Ranma to go check up on Akane when dating Ryoga, since Soun is mad.
10.1: She’s at the beach with her family. Thinks there must be some way to calm Happosai down.
10.3: Amused when enamoured octopus clings to Happosai as his ‘new girlfriend’.
10.4: Happy for Akane when she wins a piggie in a lottery. Shocked when a strange man (Mousse) almost accidentally skewers her in an attempt to kidnap Akane.
10.7: Likes the ‘cute ducky’ in her bathtub. Surprised when told that it’s Akane. Glad to welcome the real Akane home.
11.1: Notices that Ryoga’s dog is asking for him on television. Tells him that Akane already left the house.
11.7: Worried about Akane’s cold. Goes on a trip. Gives advice to Akane to clobber Ranma if he tries to molest her while they’re alone in the house.
11.9: Busy with preparations for New Year’s Eve, wonders where Akane is, and asks Ranma to look for her. Serves noodles to her family.
11.10: Notices that Ranma seems to be holding a grudge after Akane beat him at arm-wrestling.
13.2: Tells Akane that she should be in school. Tells her father to stop strangling Happosai in time not to kill him.
13.3: Polite towards ‘grandpa’ Happosai. Tells him that she can burn any trash he doesn’t want anymore. Worried about Ranma.
13.4: Tells Soun that the Saotomes left the house, and that they might find it awkward since Ranma couldn’t take over the dojo.
13.9: Thinks it’s a shame that Ranma couldn’t get his strength back after so much training
14.1: Happy for Ranma getting his strength back, despite that he revels for a week and destroys much of the house and yard.
14.2: Thinks the giant monster cat is cute. Considerate but thoughtless, as she orders Chinese food from Shampoo to her family.
14.3: Notices a strange wind. Worried about Ranma. Observes that as soon as there’s no cat in his face Ranma turns back to his usual inconsiderate self.
14.4: Happy for Akane when she signs up for swimming lessons.
14.6: Impressed that a little boy ran to the Tendo house from the beach.
14.10: Prepares and serves food to ladies’ club meeting at the dojo. Asks for Akane’s help with preparations.
15.3: Thinks Kuno gave Ranma a lovely little statue.
15.5: Wonders what Ranma will do about the dojo situation. Agrees that Ranma may switch over to Ukyo now, especially given that she’s a cook and that he loves food. Readies a change of clothes for him while he’s away. Concludes that the Gambling King can only beat elementary school students and untalented players like her father and Ranma. Apologises to Ukyo about having to stay at her place when Nabiki is cheated of the house. Wins back the house together with her sisters. Furious about Soun betting and losing rooms in attempts to get back the dojo.
15.8: Confused about Ranma’s unwillingness to undo his pigtail and tells him to hold still.
16.1: Thinks Akane is lucky at lotteries. Suggests that the price of an obstacle course could get Ranma to Jusenkyo. Thinks Soun should stop interfering in Ranma and Akane’s relationship.
16.8: Confused about being invited to dinner by Picolet Chardin, and even more so when he toasts her and her sisters as possible future wives. She’s completely intent on getting an explanation from her father. Wonders if Ranma is holding a grudge towards Picolet.
16.9: Worried that Ranma will upset her stomach.
16.11: Assists Soun in researching Happosai’s martial arts scrolls to help Ranma.
17.1: Revealed to have rudimentary French language skills.
17.3: Notes that Ranma didn’t have to set the dining competition at school.
17.5: Tells her father that he tries to defuse situations too late. Asks Ranma to console Akane, since she needs it most from him. Says that even though Akane is stubborn, violent, clumsy and not particularly cute, she’s still a girl. Tells her father that the balcony is rotten and must be replaced.
17.6: Tells Akane to make up with Ranma, and that they shouldn’t involve poor Ranma in their quarrels. Mentions to her father that Nabiki told her that she wants to sell the dojo, to make him more supportive of returning the engagement to Akane.
17.9: Sees through Nabiki’s feigned love for Ranma and disapproves of her cruel manipulations.
17.11: Views cursed paintings at a carnival, wonders where Ranma&Genma are. Wonders if an ugly panda painting/spirit is abstract art. Thinks Ranma is trying to be kind to the spirit. Thinks it’s sweet that the spirit was sealed together with a (crappy) drawing of Ranma.
19.1: Helps caring for the unconscious Kuno. Wonders if he has amnesia. Thinks he’s odd for remembering relationships that never happened. Disapproves of Nabiki swindling an amnesiac.
19.4: Curious about why Ukyo moving into the house.
19.6: Concerned about Ranma’s fighting with her father.
19.7: Curious enough to eavesdrop when Akane & Ranma are sleeping in the same room.
19.9: Happy to see Happosai again, welcomes him back and treats him to tea.
20.1: Thinks Ranma is nice and considerate to his friends for helping Ryoga with his training.
20.4: Bemused when Ranma empties the refrigerator in his sleep.
20.6: Tells Nabiki that Ranma is pretty unlucky.
21.1: Notes that Ranma remembers all of Genma’s food thefts and never lost his hatred.
21.2: Doesn’t think Genma could want to hurt Ranma.
21.4: Asks Akane to run an errand for her. Tells her father to try Akane’s cookies.
21.6: Wonders if something good happened to Akane since she’s so enthusiastically friendly towards Ranma.
21.9: Notes that Ranma seems happy.
22.2: Together with her family, visits her mother’s grave on the anniversary of her death. Seems very collected about it, and tells the grave that they’re all healthy and doing well, but wonders why Genma always seems to avoid the issue of Ranma’s mother. Asks Genma to explain who ‘Nodoka’ is, and thinks that it’s likely someone who wants a stolen property returned. Surprised when told that it’s Genma’s wife, and is excited at the prospect of meeting Ranma’s mother.
22.3: Worried when she learns that Nodoka intends to fulfil her duty to be Ranma’s & Genma’s second, if worst comes to worst. Glad to show hospitality and let Nodoka stay for a few days.
22.4: Glad to get help with the cooking from Nodoka. Observes that Ranma and Nodoka look very similar. Tells Ranma-chan that she should know that Nodoka is leaving tomorrow.
22.5: Bids farewell to Nodoka and tells her to visit soon.
22.9: Thinks Ranma is completely clueless in his ‘battle’ to ‘confess’ to Shampoo.
23.4: Grateful that only Happosai’s bump was sprayed with ‘Spring of drowned twins’ water.
23.7: Apologises about being sick and worried about who will take care of the house, but still tries to get up rather than let Akane volunteer. Tells Nabiki to warn Ranma & Akane about the broken hot water pipe in the kitchen, to not be discovered by Nodoka.
23.8: Thanks Ryoga for serving them pastries and asks if he’s really attempting to woo her.
23.9: Baffled when she sees Ranma ‘romantically’ hugging Ryoga.
24.2: Shocked to find out that Ranma is locked in female form.
25.2: Tries to cheer up a worried Akane by assuring her that Ranma will come home soon and to take a hot bath.
25.10: Reveals that the family went to the Ryugenzawa Health Centre when Akane was small, but that the latter got lost in the forest, creating a big uproar. Shocked to find that Akane managed to cook a normal curry.
27.1: Thanks her father for helping with the groceries. Initially unaware of Hinako’s ‘age-switching’ condition, wonders why she’s late for the parent meeting and hopes nothing has happened. Concerned when the ditzy teacher never seems to leave and very surprised when it seems like the latter is attracted to their father.
27.2: Curious about Hinako’s clumsy attempts to fill the role of a mother in the household (horrible cook, trying to charm Soun). Seems to try to be a good hostess (even serving pizza on request) despite that Hinako stays for so long. Tries to stop Nabiki from berating the well-intended teacher, but is surprised to hear that she’s serious about becoming their mother.
27.3: Briefly goes along with Nabiki’s, Akane’s & Ranma’s campaign to keep Hinako from confessing by emptying Soun’s teakettle when he’s about to expose Ranma-chan, but only seems barely convinced that it’s a good idea. Touched about her father’s remaining dedication to their dead mother.
27.4: Saves her food from the table before Ranma falls on top of it.
27.7: Visits the beach with her family. Concerned about an unconscious Ranma-chan and confused about not being able to remove her new ugly cursed swimwear. Worried at the prospect of Ranma-chan being drowned if they don’t fulfil its wish to be complimented by the man who rejected it, and helps to search for him.
27.8: Concerned that Ranma will get drowned unless Kuno compliments the swimsuit. Happy when it seems like Ranma is safe. Asks Kuno to flatter the suit when it looks like Ranma-chan will get drowned.
28.4: Wonders where Ranma is during dinner, and surprised when the room collapses due to the floorboards being ‘stolen’ away.
28.11: ‘Helps’ (intends to, isn’t taken as by Happosai, but turns out to be useful) ‘grandpa Happosai’ by mopping up when he dropped a bucket of Ranma’s tears on the floor.
29.8: Glad to see Ryoga again and serves him tea. Possessed by an oni and carries out her concepts of evil (putting paralysis poison in the food, sewing ‘cross dresser’ on Ranma’s shirt, smoothing out Genma-panda’s fur with a hot iron, giving her father a clawed backrub, drawing graffiti on his face). She’s apparently oblivious after being freed.
29.9: Dejected after Nabiki’s spending spree caused all the family’s belongings to be claimed by debtors and meagre savings to be emptied.
29.10: Tries to help out to pay the bills by preparing to walk the streets as a flower-seller. Very concerned about her father’s traumatized broken state.
30.2: Happy to meet Ryoga’s girlfriend and serves Akari tea.
30.5: Finds Hinako’s lost wallet on the town and asks Akane to bring it to the teacher.
31.9: Patient and wants to wait for Akane before starting dinner. She immediately notices that something is wrong when a cursed spirit doll has possessed Akane.
32.1: Curiously serves tea to ‘Akane’s new friend’ (Rouge). She’s uncertain about Taro’s protests of innocence and concerned about the fainting Rouge.
32.2: Concerned that ‘Asura’ is eating all of Ranma’s food.
32.3: Brings everyone lunch break food while they’re repairing the house.
32.4: Tries to fix the bathroom after a crashing Taro damages it.
32.5: Unfazed by the damage to the house and thinks the imprints from the falling Taro, Ranma & ‘Asura’ look like Nazca earth paintings.
32.8: Uses the rotating chair she received from her father. Notices that the living battle-suit seems fond of Akane.
32.9: Thinks Akane & Ranma’s quarrels are endearing and that they seem like a good couple.
32.10: Spies on Ranma & Akane’s romantic moment, regretful that it was interrupted before they could get closer to each other. Thinks that when two people fight each other as much as Ranma & Akane they must like each other.
32.11: She thinks that Akane would never be able to forget if Ranma ‘hit’ her (in self-defence after being relentlessly assaulted while fighting strictly through restraining tactics) on top of ‘toying with her feelings’. She’s concerned about the suit being destroyed, and later sews it back together ‘because it was cute’.
33.2: Stated to be an angel and a perfect daughter in the intro. Nobody can recall a time she’s ever been upset. She’s unbothered by her family eating on the town without her while she made dinner at home, and tries to get rid of a disorderly stray cat before Ranma comes home out of consideration for his phobia. After her sweater and favourite cup are destroyed and Nabiki blames Ranma she reprimands him in the gentle manner of a mother to a baby, by touching her finger to his head, and still wonders if she overreacted.
33.3: Helps to care for child Ryoga. Observes that her father is happy to see small boys since he’s only had daughters. Readies a bath for Akane. She’s surprised about seeing a child Ranma.
33.5: She doesn’t envy Akane for having to mother the two constantly fighting wild & misbehaving kids. Later she helps to care for the gloomy children.
34.1: She helps Ranma & her father by throwing away the bean-gun plant, since she’s too calm to provoke it, and starts to clean up the mess from all the beans over the house.