Nodoka Saotome

Genma's wife and Ranma's mother. She had been waiting for the return of her husband and son who went on a training journey. She took Genma's empty promise seriously: "They will return as manly men. If they fail to become manly, both father and son will have no choice but to commit seppuku." She arrives at the Tendo Dojo, where Genma and Ranma, who have turned into a panda and a girl, are living lazily, carrying a sword for assisting in seppuku.