Ranma was born a girl but Genma desperately wanted a boy so he raised her as one and planned to curse her at Jusenkyo, however she fell into the wrong spring and turned into a cat who falls into the Nekoken and attacks Genma. She tries to run and makes it to Japan but Genma injured her in the chase, and she ends up with the Tendo’s who help her out. The girls find their father was also involved in the plot to turn Ranma male so they try to save her from the morons and find her mother.