Ranma Saotome is the main protagonist and title character of Ranma ? . Ranma is a powerful fighter trained by his father in the Saotome style of Anything Goes Martial Arts. During training, Ranma was practicing near the cursed springs, he falls into the Spring of Drowned Girl. Upon coming up to the surface, Ranma quickly realized that his physical form has now turned into a girl. Ranma must now live with the curse where cold water changes him into a female and hot water changes him into a male.