Perils of Fighting Dirty

Introduction
The Perils of Fighting Dirty is an original, full-colour English Ranma hentai manga (adult comic); RHB's second book release, in July of 2006, and the first collaborative effort between SHADE and Deep Star.

Storyline and Contents
The Story: Non-specifically set a few years beyond the end of official Ranma ½ continuity, Ranma and Akane's relationship has progressed to an adult level (at least in a physical sense). Ranma has become quite complacent and comfortable with this new status quo, and taking the “relationships perks” he receives quite for granted. Akane, however, has run out of patience with his reluctance to commit to her in the matrimonial sense, and demands out of the engagement. Her father Soun, however, insists that if she wants her freedom, she'll have to find a champion to challenge Ranma for it.

Cue Ryouga Hibiki, still carrying a torch for Akane and a grudge for Ranma. What makes him think he can beat Ranma this time, after so many years of coming up 2nd best? Well, for one thing, Ranma's gotten a bit lazy in the top spot, and for another, Ryouga's got the most insidious, underhanded combat techniques and strategy, taught him by the one old perv who can still give Ranma pause; Happosai! Neither side is really planning on a clean, honest fight here, so which low blow will be the knockout?

Cast & Activities:

Featured Characters (those who have sex in this issue)

Akane

Ranma-Kun

Ranma-chan

Ryouga

Other Characters (not sexually active –with another person– in this issue)

Kasumi (but you will see her naked)

Nabiki (but you will see her naked)

Genma

Soun

Happosai

Character Combinations (in order of screen-time):

Ranma-chan + Ryouga

Akane + Ranma-Kun

Sexual Practices:

Blowjobs

Coitus

Forced arousal

Background & Release
If Out of Character 1 was the proof-of-concept prototype, Perils was the test type, to see how well a book can be produced while avoiding as many of the pitfalls discovered in the prototype as possible. SHADE had struggled for 5 years to put OOC1 together, but when Deep Star teamed up with him in February 2006, bringing with him a host of organizational skills and net experience, Perils was released a mere six months later, in July of that year. The book was sold through Deep Star's own online bookstore, created for the purpose, and distributed entirely by download.

Production
Original Concept & Editing:

Deep Star

Story & Colour:

SHADE

Line art:

God of Chaos

Reception
A selection of reviews can be found on this book's entry of the Original Projects page of the RHB main site.

You may also wish to peruse the full listing of reviews for this book in the RHB's Forums.

Trivia
•This is the first full comic drawn by RHB artist God of Chaos.

•This project was originally never intended to be released to the public. Deep Star commissioned the story as a test for artist God of Chaos.

The comic quality however was better than expected, so it was decided that it would be made available for purchase as the first comic of the Deep Star Books era.

•This is the only RHB comic where the subject of marriage is discussed between Ranma and Akane.

On page 3, Akane suggests that she and Ranma formalize their relationship by putting a ring on her finger. Ranma's hesitation to accept quickly leads to a severe beat down.