Hinako Ninomiya
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| Hinako Ninomiya 二ノ宮 ひな子 |
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 Adult and child forms of Miss Hinako |
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| Alias: | Miss Hinako |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | Appears to be about 12 in child form, but actually in mid-late 20s |
| Love Interest: | Soun Tendo |
| Rivals: | Ranma Saotome Principal Kuno Happosai Shampoo Ukyo Kuonji Kodachi Kuno Delinquent Students |
| Occupation: | English Teacher |
| Residence: | The Nakayoshi Mansion apartment building, Furinkan |
| Fighting Style: | Anything Goes Martial Arts |
| Attacks: | Happo Five-Yen Satsu (Happougoensatsu) Happo Fifty-Yen Satsu (Happōgojūensatsu) Happo No Yen Coin Return (Happoutsurisengaeshi) |
| Seiyū: | Yumi Tōma |
| Voice Actor: | Janyse Jaud |
| 1st Appearance (Manga): |
Volume 25 |
| 1st Appearance (Anime): |
OAV, "Stormy Weather Comes to School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako" |
Hinako Ninomiya (二ノ宮 ひな子 Ninomiya Hinako?) is a fictional character in Rumiko Takahashi's anime and manga series Ranma ½.
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[edit] History
A teacher hired by Principal Kuno for the purpose of disciplining Furinkan's many delinquent students, she has a reputation for being quite the successful reformer. This status causes a bit of a surprise when she shows up as a young girl. Her reputation, however, is justified, when she uses her ability to absorb a person's battle aura, rendering them incapable of fighting back. After absorbing the aura, she instantly grows into a voluptuous young woman and is then capable of firing back the aura as a large ball of energy with which to strike at her opponents, after which she reverts to her child form.
The reason for her strange abilities and situation is that, as a small child, she was very sickly. Happosai was there raiding the nurses' panties at the hospital where she stayed at, and he "helped" her by manipulating her pressure points, changing her metabolism so she could absorb the auras of other people to increase her health. However, his only motive for doing this was so she could absorb the battle auras of the enraged nurses whose panties he stole, allowing him to make a clean getaway. This altered metabolism made her default form age very slowly, making her true age is that of her adult form.
The battle aura absorbing techniques she employs can be countered by simultaneously hitting five pressure points on her body: two on her back, three on her chest. If this is done every day for one month, her powers will be canceled out permanently. The problem with the counter is that, due to the placement of her pressure points, the only way to hit them simultaneously is to grab the teacher's back with one's left hand while roughly groping her left breast with the right. This, of course, causes the attacker to look like a shameless pervert, as Ranma Saotome discovers as he tries to do so, who later abandons his efforts after he learns he must do it for a whole month.
Later on, Hinako falls in love with Soun Tendo due to the mature way he treated her while she was in her young girl form. Though Soun respects her as a teacher and even admits she is attractive, he can't seem to shake the memory of his long lost wife, who died so long ago. Although Hinako says she gave up in the wake of this, she still secretly pursues Soun in an effort to marry him.
[edit] Character
Hinako's personality is as variable as her form, shifting between two polar opposites. In her child form, she acts mostly like a small child would - she talks in a high-pitched voice, desires ice cream and similar junk foods, and generally acts very childish and immature. Despite this, she still has a strong commitment to being a teacher.
In her adult form Hinako acts like a highly refined adult woman and is more effective in her disciplining methods, possibly because of her gorgeous figure and her tendency to blast people who disobey her. While she can be gentle, she also seems to have a bit more of a vindictive side as an adult, actually enjoying the punishment that she deals out. Her adult form is also quite sensuous and sexual in appearance. Because of this, Hinako is not afraid to use it to her advantage to take control of the situation when dealing with male delinquents. However, in the case where she used the fighting fish to retain her adult form for a long period of time, she experienced relapses to a much more childish personality.
Hinako is obsessed with enforcing discipline and justice at Furinkan, and she will do so at any moment if she feels someone is being a delinquent. Her primary target in this endeavor has been Ranma, whom she wishes to take care of so that everyone else will fall in line. They did, however, team up against Principal Kuno after his methods of discipline made him seem like a delinquent to her.
[edit] Special techniques
Happosai taught Hinako these techniques while she was a sickly young girl in the hospital, claiming they were a specialized form of gymnastics. While the result helped the ancient lech in his panty raids, he is fully aware of the consequences of his actions should she become overcharged. In fact, these attacks are among the few that Happosai cannot overcome. Despite his massive perversion, his arms are simply too short to simultaneously hit all of the five pressure points that comprise the counter, which would neutralize her powers for a day, and if done every day for a month, would cancel it out permanently. He is himself afraid of these techniques, even telling Ranma that they could lead to the death of the Anything Goes School. While she has no traditional combat skills, her unique ability renders potential opponents incapable of fighting back at all. Because of this, Hinako is one of the most dangerous fighters around.
Her first attack is the Happo Five-Yen Satsu (八宝五円殺 Happōgoensatsu), the ability to suck out an opponent's fighting intent (闘気) and grow into an adult woman by drawing in energy through a circular opening, usually the hole in a five-yen coin. Another attack similar to this is the Happo Fifty-Yen Satsu (八宝五十円殺 Happōgojūensatsu), which by using a fifty-yen coin, allows Hinako to absorb aura even if her opponent isn't emitting any. In addition to coins, Hinako can use any round object with a hole as a focus, such as a basketball hoop. Both of these techniques can be stopped by plugging or otherwise filling the hole. Sporting events hinder her ability to dectect battle aura because competitive sprit can hide it.
She also has the ability to use the Happo No-Yen Coin Return (八宝釣銭返し Happōtsurisengaeshi), an attack releasing sucked energy in the form of a large ki blast. After unleashing this attack, Hinako returns to her normal child form. However, she is able to stay in her adult form if she has enough energy. For instance, she was once supercharged by the vengeful ki of Furinkan students, so she was capable of firing off multiple blasts. She also had a fish bowl containing two fighting carp that constantly gave off enormous amounts of battle aura so that she could remain in adult form as she fought.
[edit] Trivia
- Although Hinako is a recurring character in the manga, she has a minor role in the anime, relegated to a single OAV that depicts her as just another opponent for Ranma.
- The first part of her name, "Hina", means "young bird", while "ko" is a common feminine name ending, usually meaning "child", from the word kodomo. Ninomiya is broken down into "two princesses" which is a reference to her adult and child forms.
- Besides the manga and anime, Hinako is also a playable character in the Japanese SNES game, Ranma ½ Super Battle.
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Ranma ½ Characters
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| Saotome Family | |
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| Ranma Saotome | Genma Saotome | Nodoka Saotome | |
| Tendo Family | |
| Soun Tendo | Kasumi Tendo | Nabiki Tendo | Akane Tendo | Mrs. Tendo | |
| Chinese | |
| Shampoo | Mousse | Cologne | Jusenkyo Guide | Pantyhose Taro | |
| Kuno Family | |
| Tatewaki Kuno | Kodachi Kuno | Principal Kuno | Sasuke Sarugakure | |
| Notable Furinkan Residents | |
| Ukyo Kuonji | Hikaru Gosunkugi | Dr. Tofu Ono | Hinako Ninomiya | Konatsu | |
| Major Adversaries | |
| Ryoga Hibiki | Happosai | Mariko Konjo | Herb | Ryu Kumon | Saffron | |
| Recurring / Other Characters | |
| Akari Unryu | Tsubasa Kurenai | Shinnosuke | Minor Characters | |
| Media | |
| Manga | TV Series | Movies | OVAs | |
| Other Articles | |
| Anything Goes Martial Arts | DoCo | Items | Locations | |
