Out of Character 2

Introduction
Out of Character 2 (OOC2) is an original, full-colour English Ranma hentai manga (adult comic); the fifth book produced by Ranma Hentai Books, released in December of 2006. It is the 2nd part of a trilogy, preceded by Out of Character 1 and followed by Out of Character 3.

Storyline and Contents
The Story:

...Such as it is, continues immediately where Out of Character 1 left off: The cast of Ranma ½ desperate for work following the end of their anime series, have been reduced to taking roles in amateurish cheesy sex romps. Not that they're especially professional themselves. Akane and Nabiki are still fighting over interpretation of their script directions, and (since filming seems to have ground to a halt) Ranma has slipped away for a naughty little tryst with the girl he REALLY loves, behind the sets and scenes. None other than... (drumroll please) KODACHI???

When filming does resume, it's on to the next scene in the “plot”. While Nabiki attempts to give “pure” “innocent” Kasumi (off-screen, the most orgasmic cum-bunny of the lot) Ranma and Akane perform the matchup scene everyone was pulling their hair out and yelling at their Tvs to happen during the whole of the original series. The story of lazy actors attempting to follow a storyline continues in Out of Character 3.

Cast & Activities:

Featured Characters (those who have sex in this issue):

Ranma-kun

Kodachi

Kasumi

Akane

Other Characters (not (very) sexually active in this issue)

Nabiki

Character combinations (in order of screen-time):

Ranma-kun + Kodachi

Kasumi + herself (watching the above pair)

Ranma-kun + Akane

Sexual practices:

Coitus

Voyeurism

Masturbation (female)

Background & Release
In the fifth book from RHB, now with a well organized team behind them, SHADE & Deep Star continue telling the tale that started it all, tongues still firmly stuck in their cheeks (and other warm places).

It was released in December, 2006, sold and distributed online through Deep Star Books. It is now archived for viewing & download on the Defenders site.

Production
Line Art by:

Dunno (pages 01-14)

God of Chaos (the remainder)

Story & Colour by:

SHADE

Editor:

Deep Star

Layout by:

Dunno

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
•Because of the many problems encountered in production of OOC1, the sequel sat in limbo for a very long time. The work was begun by the artist Dunno, but he was extremely slow, which lead to months going by without anything to show for it. It wasn't until Deep Star came on the scene that the RHB switched line artists so that real progress finally started being made.

•OOC 2 was kept in limbo so long that although it was the second RHB book in production, 3 other books would come out between the release of OOC part 1 & part 2 (Perils of Fighting Dirty, Misadventures of P-chan, and Dreamlover).

•Although use of 3D backgrounds appeared before this book was released, many of the early experiments in 3D backgrounds were begun specifically for this book. The first was the interior of the Tendo Dojo. Originally SHADE did not expect to be able to use them directly. The models were created to work out odd angles, especially low angles near the floor, that were never shown in the anime.

Shade had no references to work from for such difficult angles, so it was only after much experimenting that he realized he could texture map the models so well that they could be used as they were with no further hand painting.

•The first two 3D backgrounds ever created were the Tendo Dojo interior and the Tendo Dining Room interior, both made for this book. Originally the first 14 pages that take place at Furinkan the school backgrounds were hand drawn. The book was delayed so long however that a Furinkan interior set built for use in Private Tutor Hinako became available, and those original backgrounds were painted out and replaced with the 3D ones.

•On page 05, as Ranma-chan and Kodachi tear through the backlot of "Takahashi Studios", a fictional studio where the show was supposedly filmed, one sound stage claims to be "Ukyo's Shop" as labeled on the outside of the building. An actual set for Ukyo's Shop would not actually be built by the RHB for nearly 4 years.

•Also on page 05, panel 4, one of the last abstract backgrounds features a "speed effect" behind Ranma-chan and Kodachi. This abstract background, and numerous others, were partially or entirely generated by the Winamp visualization plug-in "Milkdrop".

•Nabiki's attempts to make Kasumi cum originally had a whole extra scene involved. It revolved around the delivery of an automatic "ultimate fucking machine". Joke gags revolving around it were going to be Nabiki giving the delivery guy a blowjob as a tip, and struggling for days to put the thing together (some assembly required). It was ultimately cut for being too complicated to draw the machine, and was finally pared down to the scene on page 27-28 where Nabiki has a dildo attached to a giant jackhammer.